2000 Great Songs #1232: All In My Mind
I spent a fair amount of time with Love And Rockets' Express album back in 1986, though mostly that just meant cranking up the catchy "Kundalini Express" single every chance I got. But nearly as great is the slightly more restrained "All In My Mind." It's quite lovely, starting off with a dreamy bit of subdued goth, a bit like early Cure , before the band kicks in and, like "Kundalini," it swivels into another surprisingly infectious pop tune. The song was cool enough that they included two versions on the LP, and frankly, I've probably spent even more time with the stripped-down alternative acoustic version--jangly dream pop, hypnotic and haunting, it was something I threw on my ever-evolving Music for Insomniacs mix, and it's still something I find helpful when I need a little nudge drifting off. Regular version: Acoustic version: Live version by Poptone (2/3 of L&R): Pixie-fied cover by Pixies' Black Francis:
