formed in antwerp, belgium, in 1991, deus' debut album "worst case scenario" was released on september 16, 1994 to critical acclaim. their second outing named "in a bar, under the sea" followed two years later. it was around then that i got a tape free on the front of some music magazine (i can't even remember the name) which was an island records sampler. it contained loads of tracks by bands that didn't even rate space in my memory (except i remember there was a tindersticks track on there too). one track that did make an instant impression was this track i have chosen today.
i played it over and over, which is pretty labour intensive on a tape player! shortly after that i bought the album and it changed the way i would look at music, and with it's original cover artwork, art in general, forever. i would seriously have to say that this is one of my favourite songs of all time; not least because it is truly great but also because it means so much to me.
so with that in mind my song du jour is "for the roses" from the album "in a bar, under the sea". this video is sincerely nuts, very arty and very odd which is what you would expect from deus and their friends. but for me it is all about the song. so please, if you don't like the vid give the song a chance...
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