Sunday 11 November 2012

Sunday Morning Blue: David Sylvian: I Surrender: Wonderful World

If compilations were allowed to feature in my 'Albums for Life' David Sylvian's 'Victim of Stars' would feature high.
It's a treasure trove of the man's gorgeous work.
He may no longer be The Most Beautiful Man in the World but his profile's never been higher in this house.




2 comments:

  1. two gorgeous songs. i love his almost hypnotic more experimental stuff but I aos hope he never forgets he can write killer tunes as well as these 2 show

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  2. I remember watching a documentary about a South American tribe who disfigure their young boys at an early age; break their noses; scar them; so that when they become warriors vanity does not weaken them as warriors. I always get reminded of this when I listen to Sylvian's more experimental stuff. Much as I enjoy the flash of beauty beauty as it pokes around the edges it's almost as though he's hobbling himself so that we can keep up with him...

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