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“Sweeter Than Heaven, Hotter Than Hell”: Florence and the Machine
Posted in: Drumming,General,Lyrics,Musical Performance,Reviews by Tom Beaudoin on October 30, 2009
The new English rock band Florence and the Machine recently played the Bowery Ballroom here in New York City, and critic Jon Pareles has a review of the show in the New York Times here. The show, as reported by Pareles, exemplified a point often made in rock research and which we have occasionally emphasized on this blog: rock’s ongoing relationship to its religious origins. Pareles writes that “After a set full of intimate strife, Florence and the Machine returned with a devout, gospel-tinged remake of ‘You’ve Got the Love,’ which insists, ‘My savior’s love is real.’ ”
Here is the band performing “You’ve Got the Love.”
And speaking of the continued working-through of rock’s religious origins, here are Florence and the Machine performing “The Drumming Song”:
Can the church bells clear out the drums? Which sounds, from the church or the kit, will be more responsive to the transvaluation of an extra-religious desire “sweeter than heaven, hotter than hell”?
Tom Beaudoin
New York City
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