When I first heard Elvis’ voice I just knew that I wasn’t going to work for anybody; and nobody was going to be my boss. Hearing him for the first time was like busting out of jail. Bob Dylan There is a disrespect towards Elvis that does not fit his achievements and heritage of being the …
It is on Depeche Mode‘s smoldering masterpiece Violator (1990) where you find Personal Jesus, released as the album’s lead-single and becoming the biggest-selling 12-inch single in Warner Bros. history to that point. According to Johnny Cash a ‘gospel’ and “the most evangelical song I have ever recorded”, it remains to this day the perfect song …
