Original video located here. Accessed 14th November 2016
Song title: More
Artist: Sisters of Mercy
Year: 1990
Why I like this song:
Lately I've been listening to the Sisters of Mercy for the first time
Of course I already knew the above song but I always thought it was a Meatloaf song - turns out, I was close: it was a co-write with Jim Steinman, the madman who writes Meatloaf's material.
So the Sisters of Mercy: A touchstone of gothic rock which is basically Andrew Eldritch, a drum machine (Doktor Avalanche) and a whole lot of other people. They've been around for quite a while, their recorded output is small, they have had countless members coming and going, they write very long songs and stability is clearly not the order of the day.
Still these songs do have power and clearly a consistent presence for goth playlists for a reason.
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