This has got to be one of the weirdest records I have in my collection but (as I hope you know by now) I love weird and wonderful things!
Dali’s Car is a band made of Peter Murphy from Bauhaus and Mick Khan from Japan who got together with Paul Vincent Lawford to produce one album in 1984 from which this was the only single.
I first came across ‘The Judgement Is The Mirror’ when the video (which you can see here) was shown on ‘The Tube’ one Friday night back in 1984. As a Bauhaus and Japan fan I knew Peter and Mick and immediately loved this very strange and unusual song. This is another one of those instances where (for me) I find it hard to divorce the music from the imagery of the video that accompanies it and the video with its video discs (like large DVDs) and ‘Midnight Express’ style locations as well as the general weirdness of it I find very exciting!
Mick Kahn died in January this year following a long battle with cancer. He was a truly great musician and this song as well as his work with Japan stand as a tribute to his ability.
Now listen to the song….
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