Sheer deloight! - As the
fellow himself might say. This is the first PiL single in well over
a year, and however dubious their excuses might sound, 'Flowers' is
at least fair compensation for all the waiting around.
As title-track, it augurs
well for the LP to follow. One of the starkest, most single-minded pieces
they've ever done - on first hearing it seems all thudding drum and
piercing Lydon whine - 'Flowers' stands supreme this week; one of that
tiny handful of records cable of provoking some emotional response in
the listener.
Take the time to get to know
it, the hypnotic beat, those uniquely chilling vocals - a relentless
montone - and the eerie, vaguely Eastern drone at the music's core.
On the face of it, 'Flowers of Romance' is hardly a song at all, but
on the inside it's really much, much more. Let's have more! |