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* LongTitle: ''Should the World Fail to Fall Apart'', "The Line Between the Devil's Teeth (And That Which Cannot Be Repeat)".

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Peter John Joseph Murphy (born 11 July 1957) is a British AlternativeRock musician currently based in UsefulNotes/{{Turkey}}. He came to prominence in TheEighties as the LargeHam singer of GothRock pioneers Music/{{Bauhaus}}, where his BadassBaritone, doom and gloom poetics and vampiric appearance earned him the title of "Godfather of Goth".

After the band split and he tried a short collaboration with Music/{{Japan}}'s Mick Karn as Dalis Car, he set out on his own moderately successful solo career, holding the Billboard Modern Rock charts longer than any previous single in 1990 with "Cuts You Up". His music is characterized by his high-personality BadassBaritone, a Music/DavidBowie inspired penchant for arty Alternative Pop, and the occasional dabble in World Music, including that of his home country Turkey since converting to Islam and moving there in TheNineties.

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Peter John Joseph Murphy (born 11 July 1957) is a British AlternativeRock musician currently based in UsefulNotes/{{Turkey}}. He came to prominence in TheEighties as the LargeHam singer of GothRock pioneers Music/{{Bauhaus}}, where his BadassBaritone, deep voice, doom and gloom poetics and vampiric appearance earned him the title of "Godfather of Goth".

After the band split and he tried a short collaboration with Music/{{Japan}}'s Mick Karn as Dalis Car, he set out on his own moderately successful solo career, holding the Billboard Modern Rock charts longer than any previous single in 1990 with "Cuts You Up". His music is characterized by his high-personality BadassBaritone, high-personality, a Music/DavidBowie inspired penchant for arty Alternative Pop, and the occasional dabble in World Music, including that of his home country Turkey since converting to Islam and moving there in TheNineties.



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-->"The actress' love that he mistook\\
A siren love for his aging look."

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-->"The -->''The actress' love that he mistook\\
A siren love for his aging look."look''



-->"Ahh no hundred men now would dare cut into us"

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* WordSaladLyrics: His songs often include really abstract metaphors, such as "Your head's a supernova" from "Deep Ocean, Vast Sea" and "Crush her velvet call" from "Marlene Dietrich's Favorite Poem"

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* WordSaladLyrics: His songs often include really abstract metaphors, such as "Your head's a supernova" from "Deep Ocean, Vast Sea" and "Crush her velvet call" from "Marlene Dietrich's Favorite Poem"Poem."
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*WindowsOfTheSoul: Indirectly referenced in "A Strange Kind Of Love", where he sings that the girl's eyes are "Like the doors to a wide, vast dominion, they open to your prize", implying her soul is beautiful as well.
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* WordSaladLyrics: His songs often include really abstract metaphors, such as "Your head's a supernova" from "Deep Ocean, Vast Sea" and "Crush her velvet call" from "Marlene Dietrich's Favorite Poem"
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Peter Murphy is a British AlternativeRock musician currently based in UsefulNotes/{{Turkey}}. He came to prominence in TheEighties as the LargeHam singer of GothRock pioneers Music/{{Bauhaus}}, where his BadassBaritone, doom and gloom poetics and vampiric appearance earned him the title of "Godfather of Goth".

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Peter John Joseph Murphy (born 11 July 1957) is a British AlternativeRock musician currently based in UsefulNotes/{{Turkey}}. He came to prominence in TheEighties as the LargeHam singer of GothRock pioneers Music/{{Bauhaus}}, where his BadassBaritone, doom and gloom poetics and vampiric appearance earned him the title of "Godfather of Goth".

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After the band split and he tried a short collaboration with Music/{{Japan}}'s Mick Karn as Dali's Car, he set out on his own moderately successful solo career, holding the Billboard Modern Rock charts longer than any previous single in 1990 with "Cuts You Up". His music is characterized by his high-personality BadassBaritone, a Music/DavidBowie inspired penchant for arty Alternative Pop, and the occasional dabble in World Music, including that of his home country Turkey since converting to Islam and moving there in TheNineties.

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After the band split and he tried a short collaboration with Music/{{Japan}}'s Mick Karn as Dali's Dalis Car, he set out on his own moderately successful solo career, holding the Billboard Modern Rock charts longer than any previous single in 1990 with "Cuts You Up". His music is characterized by his high-personality BadassBaritone, a Music/DavidBowie inspired penchant for arty Alternative Pop, and the occasional dabble in World Music, including that of his home country Turkey since converting to Islam and moving there in TheNineties.

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Peter Murphy is a British AlternativeRock musician currently based in UsefulNotes/{{Turkey}}. He came to prominence in TheEighties as the LargeHam singer of GothRock pioneers Music/{{Bauhaus}}, where his BadassBaritone, doom-and-gloom poetics and vampiric appearance earned him the title of "Godfather of Goth".

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Peter Murphy is a British AlternativeRock musician currently based in UsefulNotes/{{Turkey}}. He came to prominence in TheEighties as the LargeHam singer of GothRock pioneers Music/{{Bauhaus}}, where his BadassBaritone, doom-and-gloom doom and gloom poetics and vampiric appearance earned him the title of "Godfather of Goth".

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* TitledAfterTheSong: The Hundred Men, Peter's backing band until after the Holy Smoke tour, take their name from a line in "All Night Long":
-->"Ahh no hundred men now would dare cut into us"
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After the band split and he tried a short collaboration with Music/{{Japan}}'s Mick Karn as Dali's Car, he set out on his own moderately successful solo career, holding the Billboard Modern Rock charts longer than any previous single in 1990 with "Cuts You Up". His music is characterized by his high-personality BadassBaritone, a Music/DavidBowie-inspired penchant for arty Alternative Pop, and the occasional dabble in World Music, including that of his home country Turkey since converting to Islam and moving there in TheNineties.

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After the band split and he tried a short collaboration with Music/{{Japan}}'s Mick Karn as Dali's Car, he set out on his own moderately successful solo career, holding the Billboard Modern Rock charts longer than any previous single in 1990 with "Cuts You Up". His music is characterized by his high-personality BadassBaritone, a Music/DavidBowie-inspired Music/DavidBowie inspired penchant for arty Alternative Pop, and the occasional dabble in World Music, including that of his home country Turkey since converting to Islam and moving there in TheNineties.



* ''A Live Just For Love'' - (2001, LiveAlbum)

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* ''A Live ''Alive Just For for Love'' - (2001, LiveAlbum)



* CoverVersion:
** ''Should the World Fail to Fall Apart'': "The Light Pours Out of Me" by Music/{{Magazine}}, "Final Solution" by Music/PereUbu
** ''Love Hysteria'': "Fun Time" by Music/IggyPop

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** ''Should the World Fail to Fall Apart'': "The Light Pours Out of Me" by Music/{{Magazine}}, "Final Solution" by Music/PereUbu
Music/PereUbu.
** ''Love Hysteria'': "Fun Time" by Music/IggyPopMusic/IggyPop.



* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: ''Ninth'' is his ninth album, including ''A Live''.
* GothRock: A pioneer of the genre, though he has been mostly out of the style since the 80s, and since moving to Turkey he remains unaware of anything happening in the {{Goth}} subculture. 2014's ''Lion'' is his first GothRock-like release since Music/{{Bauhaus}}.

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* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: ''Ninth'' is his ninth album, including ''A Live''.
''Alive Just for Love''.
* GothRock: A pioneer of the genre, though he has been mostly out of the style since the 80s, '80s, and since moving to Turkey he remains unaware of anything happening in the {{Goth}} subculture. 2014's ''Lion'' is his first GothRock-like release since Music/{{Bauhaus}}.



* LiveAlbum: ''A Live Just For Love''
* LongTitle: ''Should the World Fail to Fall Apart'', "The Line Between the Devil's Teeth (And That Which Cannot Be Repeat)"

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* LiveAlbum: ''A Live ''Alive Just For Love''
for Love''.
* LongTitle: ''Should the World Fail to Fall Apart'', "The Line Between the Devil's Teeth (And That Which Cannot Be Repeat)"Repeat)".



A siren love for his aging look"

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A siren love for his aging look"look."
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* AnswerSong: "The Answer is Clear" is a response to "The Movement of Fear" by former Music/{{Bauhaus}} bandmate Daniel Ash's band Tones on Tail, which Peter believed to be about him. The song quotes the title of "The Movement of Fear" in the chorus.

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* AnswerSong: "The Answer is Clear" is a response to "The Movement of Fear" by former Music/{{Bauhaus}} bandmate Daniel Ash's band Tones on Tail, Music/TonesOnTail, which Peter believed to be about him. The song quotes the title of "The Movement of Fear" in the chorus.chorus and features Ash himself on guitar.
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* SillyLoveSongs: Where a lot of his love songs are coated in poetry and gloom, "I'll Fall With Your Knife" is a sprawling, unambiguous declaration of love and devotion.

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* SillyLoveSongs: Where a lot of his love songs are coated in poetry and gloom, "I'll Fall With Your Knife" is a sprawling, unambiguous declaration of love and devotion.devotion, while "Let Me Love You" has even less subtlety.

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* OutOfGenreExperience: Peter raps for several measures halfway through and in the fadeout of Art Rock song "Shy".



* SillyLoveSongs: Where a lot of his love songs are coated in poetry and gloom, "Fall With Your Knife" is a sprawling, unambiguous declaration of love and devotion.

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* SillyLoveSongs: Where a lot of his love songs are coated in poetry and gloom, "Fall "I'll Fall With Your Knife" is a sprawling, unambiguous declaration of love and devotion.
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Peter Murphy is a British AlternativeRock musician currently based in UsefulNotes/{{Turkey}}. He came to prominence in TheEighties as the LargeHam singer of GothRock pioneers Music/{{Bauhaus}}, where his BadassBaritone, doom-and-gloom poetics and vampiric appearance earned him the title of "Godfather of Goth".

After the band split and he tried a short collaboration with Music/{{Japan}}'s Mick Karn as Dali's Car, he set out on his own moderately successful solo career, holding the Billboard Modern Rock charts longer than any previous single in 1990 with "Cuts You Up". His music is characterized by his high-personality BadassBaritone, a Music/DavidBowie-inspired penchant for arty Alternative Pop, and the occasional dabble in World Music, including that of his home country Turkey since converting to Islam and moving there in TheNineties.

!!Solo Discography:
* ''Should the World Fail to Fall Apart'' - (1986)
* ''Love Hysteria'' - (1988)
* ''Deep'' - (1989)
* ''Holy Smoke'' - (1992)
* ''Cascade'' - (1995)
* ''A Live Just For Love'' - (2001, LiveAlbum)
* ''Dust'' - (2002)
* ''Unshattered'' - (2004)
* ''Ninth'' - (2011)
* ''Lion'' - (2014)

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!!Peter Murphy provides examples of:
* AlternativeRock
* AnswerSong: "The Answer is Clear" is a response to "The Movement of Fear" by former Music/{{Bauhaus}} bandmate Daniel Ash's band Tones on Tail, which Peter believed to be about him. The song quotes the title of "The Movement of Fear" in the chorus.
* BadassBaritone
* CoverVersion:
** ''Should the World Fail to Fall Apart'': "The Light Pours Out of Me" by Music/{{Magazine}}, "Final Solution" by Music/PereUbu
** ''Love Hysteria'': "Fun Time" by Music/IggyPop
* ElectronicMusic: Dabbled in the ambient side with ''Cascade'' and the darker, {{Industrial}} side with ''Lion''.
* EpicRocking: Every song on ''Dust'' runs between 6:47 and 9:00.
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: ''Ninth'' is his ninth album, including ''A Live''.
* GothRock: A pioneer of the genre, though he has been mostly out of the style since the 80s, and since moving to Turkey he remains unaware of anything happening in the {{Goth}} subculture. 2014's ''Lion'' is his first GothRock-like release since Music/{{Bauhaus}}.
* {{Improv}}: Much of ''Lion'' was improvised. When it came time to tour the album, Peter questioned how he managed to sing so high.
* LargeHam: His singing style includes a near-operatic level of command, bravado and personality.
* LiveAlbum: ''A Live Just For Love''
* LongTitle: ''Should the World Fail to Fall Apart'', "The Line Between the Devil's Teeth (And That Which Cannot Be Repeat)"
* PoesLaw: "Canvas Beauty" talks about a man misinterpreting the actions of an actress.
-->"The actress' love that he mistook\\
A siren love for his aging look"
* SelfBackingVocalist: Most of his records are sung entirely by him, excluding some female backing vocals on ''Cascade''.
* SequelSong: "The Line Between the Devil's Teeth" is a rewrite of the Music/{{Bauhaus}} song "In the Flat Field".
* SillyLoveSongs: Where a lot of his love songs are coated in poetry and gloom, "Fall With Your Knife" is a sprawling, unambiguous declaration of love and devotion.
* TakeThat: "I Spit Roses" towards his former Bauhaus bandmates, taking its name from a situation where Peter spat roses into their faces while recording Bauhaus' ''Go Away White'' album.
* ThreeChordsAndTheTruth:
** ''Cascade'' has a more ambient, sparse style following the dissolution of his backing band, The Hundred Men.
** ''Ninth'' is a stripped-down Rock album with simpler, more spontaneous compositions.

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