Electricity 3 (An Electropop Sampler)

IS THIS MARK ? iS THIS MARK .....? YOU BETCHA

     

I HAVE LISTENED AND WRITTEN ABOUT MARK SINCE "THE MOMENT" CAME OUT - HIS GROWTH IN LIFE WHICH HAS FUELED ( NO PUN INTENDED ) HIS MUSIC WAS REPRESENTED ON EVERY ALBUM. WE CAN STILL HEAR THAT WONDERFUL WIT AND PSUEDO SARCASM WE CAME TO LOVE IN HIS EARLY STUFF. GREEN ASPIRES TO THE LIKES OF EARLY NINE INCH NAILS BUT WHAT WE GET IS A UNIQUENESS NOT CARVED OUT BY REZNOR FOLLOWING PRETTY HATE MACHINE - MARK STAYS TRUE TO THE DANCEABILITY OF THE NEO BRIT POP SOUND WHILE GIVING US THAT WHICH TRENT REFUSED TO. ANY ONE WHO LOVES CLOSER OR ANY SONG ON PRETTY HATE MACHINE CAN GRAVITATE TO THIS TRACK AND WONDER AT A NEW SOUND DERIVED AT AND ALLUDED TO BY THE SYNTH GENIUS OF REZNOR. NO I AM ABSOLUTELY NOT COMPARING MARK TO REZNOR BUT .. I FOUND THIS SO ACCESSIBLE TO MYSELF AS A FAN OF INDUSTRIAL AND DANCE AND POP AND TRIP HOP AND WELL FRANKLY...SEX. I KNOW FROM TALKING WITH MARK THAT THERE IS SOMETHING VERY SYMBOLIC AND TONGUE IN CHEEK AND YET, HE IS ALWAYS WILLING TO BE REVEALING ABOT MEANING AND RELATION. I CAN RELATE INDEED ! - THERE IS SOMETHING UNDERNEATH THE LYRIC AND SOMETHING VERY HAUNTING AND VERY DEEP TO ANY RELATIONSHIP ISSUE. I THINK IF YOU TAKE IT TOO SERIOUSLY YOU WILL MISS WHAT MARK IS SAYING - I MAY BE TOTALLY WHACKED BUT THERE ARE TWO THINGS I GET FROM THIS TRACK (1) HOW DO YOU KEEP A RELATIONSHIP FRESH AND BORING AND STILL BE ABLE TO SURVIVE CHEATING, GUILT, DESIRE, BOREDOM AND STAGNATION (2) IN ANOTHER SENSE I THINK THAT THERE IS A HINT OF ALTER EGO HERE- MARK IS LOOKING AT COSMICITY (HIS OTHER NAME) AND TELLING IT THAT IT IS TIME FOR A CHANGE THERE BY MAKING THE SPIRIT OF COSMICITY JEALOUS. MAKING HIS ALTER EGO - HIS LIGHT SIDE FACE UP TO THE DARK PARTS OF HIMSELF. HE IS SAYING SEE I CAN BE REAL - I CAN CHANGE IT UP - I CAN CHALLENGE MYSELF ALL THE WHILE MAKING YOU WATCH. AND THIS IS AN AMAZING THING ABOUT HUMAN BEINGS. WE ALL MIGHT BE JEALOUS AND KNOCK SOMETHING BUT ACTUALLY - WE SECRETLY VIEW IT IS A PRIVATE AROUSAL- WE ARE ACTUALLY TURNED ON BY IT. THIS SONG HAS MEANING FOR ME AND EVEN MARK WOULD AGREE TO COME TO YOUR OWN CONCLUSIONS. THIS IS WHY I LOVED DEPECHEMODE GROWING UP ( I RELATED TO THEM AND THEIR STRUGGLES AND THEIR HONESTY AND MARTIN GORES DOUBLE ENTENDRES) AND THIS IS WHY I HAVE ALWAYS LOVED MARK NICHOLAS IN ALL HIS INCARNATIONS, INCLUDING HIS NEW REBIRTH FROM NEW WAVE JEDI MASTER TO DARK LORD OF THE SYNTH. KEEP IT COMING BABY AND BY THE WAY - I WANT THAT DUCHESS ALBUM NOW PUNK !!! :) I HAVE WAITED LONG ENOUGH ...BUT GREEN GAVE ME THAT WONDERFUL SHARING MENAGE A TROIS BEFORE THE REAL MOMENT. I FEEL SO DIRTY NOW I HAVE TO CALL MY EX GIRLFRIEND HA ! ...YOU TURN IT GREEN FOR ME MARK BABY- I HOPE YOU SUCCEED WITH ALL OF THIS AND I AM GLAD YOU HAVE RETURNED WITH SOMETHING NEW TO SAY AND FOR BEING WILLING WITHOUT FEAR TO REDEFINE YOURSELF - YOU DESERVE MORE ACCOLADES AND HONORS THAN YOU HAVE RECEIVED IN THE PAST - YOU ARE A GREAT SONGWRITER, YOU WRITE BRILLAINT HOOKS AND MESMERIZING BASS LINES AND YOU BRING ME BACK TO THE GOOD OLE 80'S - YOU ARE PROOF THAT SYNTHPOP NEVER DIED - IT JUST GOT TRASHED BY THE BIZ. YOU ARE THE LAST BEST CHANCE FOR PEOPLE TO HONOR AND LOVE SYNTH POP AND ELECTRONICA. I ABSOLUTELY AM HOLDING MY BREATH AND WETTING MY PANTALONES IN ANTICIPATION OF YOUR LATEST FULL RELEASE.

ALL THE BEST -- RICHARD G.