Positive Gold Video Creations Boy George & Jesus Loves You - I Specialize in Loneliness
album: The Martyr Mantras (1991)
Jesus Loves You were a British band, founded by the singer Boy George. The band's music is a mixture of electronic dance music, Indian classical music and western pop music. Their lyrics are about love, spirituality and the equality of all human beings.
Boy George founded the band Jesus Loves You, as a collective project with other musicians, under his own label More Protein, which aimed to be an underground label and not meant to release music for the charts. George adopted the pseudonym "Angela Dust". "After the Love", the first song by Jesus Loves You that was released as a single, is about the separation from his ex-bandmate Jon Moss, drummer of Culture Club, and the two artists wrote it together.[1]
The first three singles by the band only had modest success in the UK Singles Chart. On a journey across India, Boy George got to know better the Hare Krishna movement. He was impressed with the Hare Krishna philosophy, and as a result he wrote the song "Bow Down Mister". This was a crucial reversal point for the band, because it was their first religious song. It was released as a single in 1991 and it became a hit in the United Kingdom – with a peak of #27, their highest position, France, Switzerland, Germany and most notably in Austria – where it peaked at #2 in the Ö3 Austria Top 40, the official singles chart.
Because of this success, the band's debut album, The Martyr Mantras, was released in the same year. Meanwhile, Boy George felt more and more grateful to Hare Krishna.
When I first met you
You had scars much deeper than my own
I know I was weak
But I feel I have grown
In the back of my mind
I know the difference between wrong and right
So if you should decide to leave
I won't put up a fight
I specialize in loneliness
In loneliness I specialize
If you were a diamond
I wouldn't want you now
If you were a pearl
I'd throw you back somehow
I could never love in that superficial way
And I'm much too proud to ask you if you'll stay
I know these are dangerous times for love
Shouldn't we stick together?
I specialize in loneliness
In loneliness I specialize
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