Monday, February 06, 2006

Black Forest (Lorelei), by Mercury Rev



To listen to Black Forest (Lorelei) is like coming to yourself from a dream, but basically everything I've heard by Mercury Rev has that quality to me. You start listening and before you know it you are trapped in that Black Forest that


...took a strange course...promised a danger...
For a while



You go through a fantasy journey full of darkness, sadness, and hope, which cannot be avoided, which is necessary for all, a sort of rite of passage. Somewhere, there is a hint of light, but it is not completely tangible.

There is only the expectancy of riding through the spiraling black forest, and leaving behind all the possibilities of loss, of being persuaded by all those dragonflies.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Qué envidia. Me ganaste el post. Soy fan from hell de esta rola, para mí es una de las canciones que amé desde la primera vez que la oí.