Love Is... (song)
| "Love Is..." | ||||
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| Single by King Missile | ||||
| from the album King Missile | ||||
| Released | 1994 | |||
| Genre | Avant-garde, doom metal | |||
| Length | 3:38 | |||
| Label | Atlantic | |||
| Songwriter(s) | John S. Hall, Roger Murdock, Dave Rick, Chris Xefos | |||
| Producer(s) | Daniel Rey | |||
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"Love Is..." is a song by avant-garde band King Missile. It was the only single from the band's 1994 album King Missile.
In "Love Is...," a dirge-like track with elements of doom metal, frontman John S. Hall dryly recites several examples of what love is ("beautiful / Like birds that sing") and is not ("ugly / Like rats / In a puddle of vomit"). The chorus consists of Hall ominously chanting, "Love is beautiful."
The "Love Is..." maxi-single was intended for promotional use only, and not supposed to be sold; nonetheless, copies are sometimes available in "used" sections of record stores, because some people who received the maxi-single sold it anyway.
All lyrics by Hall. All music by Roger Murdock, Dave Rick, and Chris Xefos.
The video for "Love Is..." was directed by Richard Kern. The video contrasts shots of the band performing in a white room with shots of a dark, sordid party at which attendees engage in heterosexual, homosexual, and zoophilic partnerships.
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