Title track of the band's 1984 album, this sweeping ballad showcases a grand orchestration and Ian McCulloch's emotive vocals. Its poetic lyrics evoke a sense of longing and romanticism, culminating in a dramatic crescendo. Often considered one of their most iconic songs.
I buy or have bought a lot of physical media in my life, so there is a lot of #MyPreciousMusic on my shelves: PF's "Meddle", Eluveitie's "Slania", ERR's "Marked for death", etc. But the hashtag calls for something more special and there is only one album, on CD, that I have scratched only due to extended overuse. It was my first CD ever, and therefore is my treasure.
"Just Like Heaven" is a song by British #alternativeRock band #theCure. The group wrote most of the song during recording sessions in southern France in 1987. The lyrics were written by their frontman #RobertSmith, who drew inspiration from a past trip to the sea shore with his future wife. Smith's memories of the trip formed the basis for the song's accompanying #musicVideo. Before Smith had completed the lyrics. https://youtu.be/7ZtH4PQPwD0
#Albini laid it out in a December 1993 essay “The Problem With Music” — a piece in which he shirked the title of “#producer” & mocked music producers — writing that bands are held “hostage” by labels.
He began the article with an image: “I imagine a trench, about four feet wide & five feet deep, maybe sixty yards long, filled with runny, decaying [excrement]. I imagine these people, some of them good friends, some of them barely acquaintances, at one end of this trench. I also imagine a faceless industry lackey at the other end, holding a fountain pen & a contract waiting to be signed.”