Re: (TV) RE: Verlaine's great but unavailable songs - The Miller's Tale 2 ? / Take 5

[mike <mikeez@earthlink.net>]

> "...Five Miles of You," with its bittersweet tension between
> ambivalence and desire, is maybe the most beautiful of all
> Verlaine's love songs; and the segue between the last verse
> ("Walking out in the wind and light / Before me I see only
> you / Walking out in the wind and light / Into the mystery of
> you") and the final choruses, where Verlaine's guitar and voice
> well up out of the rhythm track, is one of the most transcendent
> moments in post punk pop music."

I agree. One of the most amazing outtros ever. It must be played very loud
for full effect. Thank God for car stereos. This thread makes me want to
roll a fatty and drive around the block a few times.

Mike
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