The first time I listened to it I was mesmerized by its strangeness. It does indeed begin like a brat pack composition, but suddenly all this melancholy sci-fi atmosphere is created; Lee's somber voice juxtaposed by the violent irruptions of Nancy's sweet and dangerous voice. After her dark, prophetic voice, Nancy's is an apparition, a white ray of heavenly light cutting up the shadows. There's something mythic, epic, about this song, something absolutely drug-induced. The creation of an unreal, fantastic space. An opening in time. The song is fragmented, cut up, divided by Lee's and Nancy's parts, creating a non-fluent dialogue, a strange, never-heard-before sound artifact. Before such distinct bands like Mojave 3, Belle & Sebastian or Sonic Youth, there were Nancy & Lee. This is 1968.
Listen to it first thing in the morning. You will notice immediate effects.
[There's a fairly recent cover version by Primal Scream with Kate Moss, by the way.]
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Hay otra versión, más extraña que la de Primal Scream, más bizarra, por el uso de un violin, el cover lo hizo My Dying Bride, (si la banda de doom-gothic metal) y aparece en su disco "Meisterwerk".
What about the"These Immortal Souls"
version? (i think mid 90's)
Nothing compares to Lee's but I give Roland s Howard credit for trying.
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