Peter Murphy, “Cuts You Up”
Peter John Joseph Murphy is an English singer and musician. He was the vocalist of the rock group Bauhaus and later went on to release a number of solo albums, such as “Deep” and” Love Hysteria”. Thin with prominent cheekbones, a baritone voice, and a penchant for gloomy poetics, he is often called the “Godfather of Goth”.
Daniel Ash convinced Murphy to join Bauhaus, one of the establishing acts of the goth movement. Their use of spacey recording effects and theatrical aesthetics was evocative of glam rock; they became an influential group in the early days of gothic rock. In 1983, Bauhaus appeared during the opening sequences of the horror film The Hunger, performing one of their most popular songs, “Bela Lugosi’s Dead”. The camera focused almost exclusively on Murphy during most of the scene, panning only briefly to the stars David Bowie and Catherine Deneuve.
Most people I know dismissed Peter Murphy; but I always thought he was unique in voice and style. Love this song. On my list for drives to NYC.