Re: (TV) In Defense of Cover

[Mike Ehritz <mikeez@earthlink.net>]

On 11/18/04 12:58 PM, "Casey, Leo J" <Leo.J.Casey@Volpe.dot.gov> wrote:

> Also: 
> "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 postpunk pop music.
> --Monica Kendrick 1996-
> 

I always thought this particular passage is possibly some of the most
amazing music I have ever heard. Cue up a nice stereo with some awesome old
school speakers, turn up the volume and turn off the lights. Better than an
E-ride at Disneyland.

Mike  
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