This is reminiscent of the Old Vic Theater show performance of the song. But I think this video is better. It's so quintessentially Bauhaus! I remember still shots of Peter Murphy in the laser maze, but I never got to see it until now. God, I love the early 80s, they are magic! The world before the Rock Me Tonight video broke the karma of Western Culture. It was all downhill after that.
Same age, i had the luck to enjoy them in a concert in Athens(1983) -i'm German we lived there at that time- but i was too young to fully realize their magnificence, my mind was at the girl who was with me and i tried to impress(that's how 16 years old boys are...). Few months later i watched "The Hunger", a movie with Bowie and Deneuve, oppening scene was this track and then i felt the explosion in my head, it was like somehow i "carried" the whole impression since the concert and it came up to the surface. Whatever happens i consider this as one of my life's highlights, much more important than all the degrees and the so called "good times in life", Bauhaus for teen was more than mind blowing.
I remember seeing them on 21th November 1981 in Het Paard van Troje (Trojan Horse). A venue in The Hague, Netherlands. Most remarkable about this gig was, that after the first encore the roadies started to switch of and disconnect the instruments, floor lights in the venue were switched on, a DJ started to play music. But a small group of fans (including myself) kept on shouting for more. And at a certain moment the instruments were reconnected, amplifiers switched on and they played this song, which was all new to me, but immediately overwhelming.
Message received. Nothing like Peter Murphy to sing the news. 😢 I did see many things coming, and completely warned everyone. Haunting voice, no BS involved.
This song was the first number the wrote in 79. A very a head of it's time indeed. Perfect. Ever goth chick in a shopping mall owes everything to this one band . Now it's 45 years later and I can still see goth kids today.
