so, i'm surfin' the channels last night and i come across, vh1's: "the alternative" program and i see it, oh i probably saw it years ago and i've played the song a million times, but there he is, alive, lip-syncing, and alive, again, just for a moment, my mind races back to a distant time, a happy time, a time of learning, of exploration and experimentation, a time when musical trends were being turned upside down, certainly an exciting yet troubling time for many, ian couldn't handle it, his new found fame, his sickness, his addictions and rejection, it all came to a head and then to an end, and it robbed us all of the "joy" that would never grow, never mature, never reach it's full potential, listening to him and studying his every move, i am overcome by emotion, a calming feeling that allows me to float off and be carried along with the music, to a peaceful place, where there is no stress pulling at your daily lives and that is when it hits me, for in this moment of total clarity, i realize, what is before me, is the greatest song ever made.....

LOVE WILL TEAR US APART