We Must Be Damaged

Primal Scream “The Glory Of Love” (Single Version) – It’s not as if Primal Scream were ever a band to deny themselves or their listeners of pleasure, but “The Glory Of Love” still comes as something of a surprise. If they had recorded it when they started off in the ’80s, it could have been a huge hit, but so late in their career, it just seems like a gleeful surrender to boppy, carefree and uncomplicated pop. The song bears a passing resemblance to Bruce Springsteen’s perkiest chart hits, but Bobby Gillespie’s voice changes the mood and the tone. As with many of the best Primal Scream songs, he sounds like a wide-eyed enthusiastic kid gone to seed, and that mix of innocence and debauchery is very well suited to this simple, sincere song about true love balancing out our dysfunctional lives and self-destructive behavior. (Click here to buy it from Amazon UK.)