The the

I dag gjorde jag mitt första inköp på Itunes och det var MINDBOMB av The The, en skiva jag hörde första gången 1986 om jag minns rätt och som jag har köpt minst tre gånger. På LP, kassett och CD. Jag vet inte varför jag alltid brukar tappa bort just den skivan men aldrig i hela mitt liv har tappat bort bandet med .. ja vad hette han, den engelske sångaren som sjöng känslosamma middle-of-the-road-låtar med kristet tema.
John Parish?

Highlights som jag minns dem, från båda skivor

To obey is better than sacrifice
I don't want your money, I need your life
And I know you say that I'm coming back soon
but you act like I'll never return

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Suddenly last summer I started going out of my mind
In a tiny hotel room, lay naked on the bed.
I knew what you were doing, and I knew what you'd done
Your life with me was endning, a new life had begun.
And I was cursing your name, and I was cursing that room.
Praying for the strength to stop loving you.
Was our love to strong to die
Or were we just too weak to kill it?