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I know it’s about AIDS, but I listen to this song when I feel melancholy about unrequited loves of the past. It’s odd, I can’t usually get to into love songs written by straight artists, but the autumnal sadness of Pet Shop Boys often nails what I’m feeling lovewise. Proof that great art is not black or white, gay or straight, it just is.
This is The Orb’s finest moment, and one of my favorite ambient tracks. Usually I hate having beats with my ambient, but this is an exception. The Orb is a really amazing group and this is their finest moment. A 20 minute track that takes as long to say as it does to listen to “A Huge Ever Growing Pulsating Brain That Rules From The Centre of the Ultraworld” I want to subscribe to this Brain’s newsletter.
I could be a scrooge and mention any number of 80s and 90s indie rock bands Yuck reminds me of. Or I could just shut up and enjoy the music. Think I’ll do that.
