I'm not an ex-heroin addict who actually died a number of times--like Gahan did--but so much of what I see in his life resonates.
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Monday, January 28, 2008
Why Gahan Gets It.
I don't know that anyone in entertainment has so fully immersed him or herself in the deepest pits of debauchery and blackness and has emerged as amazingly reflective and implicitly conflicted about it as Dave Gahan. He is strong; he wants to walk the steady path, but his work--lyrically and visually--points to what I believe is a deep longing to get back to those horrible but illuminating moments, and a marveling that even he can't believe sometimes that he lived through it it all. Goddamn, his work only gets more interesting.
I'm not an ex-heroin addict who actually died a number of times--like Gahan did--but so much of what I see in his life resonates.
Great interviews:
Sentimentalist Mag
The Observer
Great videos:
I'm not an ex-heroin addict who actually died a number of times--like Gahan did--but so much of what I see in his life resonates.
Great interviews:
The Observer
Great videos:
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What kept going through my mind when I watched/listened to that topmost-embedded video was, gee, I could sort of sing this about Jesus.
Heroin, eh? Like "...when I put a spike in...?"
I keep saying you should go hunt up a copy of Under Heaven's Bridge by Michael Bishop and Ian Watson and it would illuminate so, so very much... coming from a different angle...
Oh yeah, there's lots of wrestling with Jesus when it comes to DG. Just listen to "Blasphemous Rumours." Certainly Depeche has reflected that as a band, but when guys are working together with the level of intimacy that they have, stuff starts to intertwine.
I highly recommend downloading DG's new album, "Hourglass," from iTunes. It's transformative.
And I do remember you recommending Bishop/Watson's book before--I will put it on my short list. Thanks!
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