Black Stone Heart; Bauhaus

Bauhaus were an English rock band formed in Northampton in 1978. The band was originally "Bauhaus 1919" before they dropped the numerical portion within a year of formation. With their dark and gloomy sound and image, Bauhaus are generally considered the first gothic rock group.¹

Wait, wait... First gothic rock group! Terrific, huh? The song that testifies the (as they say in their website) "unintentional birth of a genre" is the 1979 first single and 9 minutes track "Bela Lugosi's Dead" (video on YouTube, if you mind.)

So years and years passed, they split up and join again, went on hiatus and finally came back to released Bauhaus final album in 2008. The album named "Go Away White" has one song that features whistling. Pitchfork reviews the album and says the following words about the track: "'Black Stone' melds dark and dancey rhythms and Murphy's novel multi-personality melodramatics with hand claps, whistling, and stilted piano."

My heart
Is a black stone
A streaking mirror
Of unseen creatures
He had a milkness
From the universe
18 thousand feet
A black stone heart

My heart
Is a black stone
A moon glab night
Come with this darkness
I come
With this darkness
And go away white
Go away white

Silver wind and carcass
Carcass and blue
Velocity endless
Ohhhhhhhh
Silver wind and carcass
Carcass and blue
Invisible toooooooo

Ohoh ohohohoh
Ohoh
Ohohohohoh
Hey

Silver wind
And carcass
Carcass and blue
Velocity endless
Ohhhhhhhh
Silver wind and carcass
Carcass and blue
Invisible toooooooo

When my black is back
And sea out of sight
I go there
With my darkness
And go away white
And my black is back
And my sea out of sight
I go there
Wwith my darkness
And go away white
Go away white
Go away white
Go away white

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