I've always thought this song as a bit of a sequal to Black Celebration... about life being mundane and bleak so we find happiness and relief in the little things around us. With Black Celebration it was like knowing you've made it and also companionship are what make everything okay. But with this song it's clearly sexual! It's also nowhere near as dark, BC is deep and very VERY dark... this is dancy and sexy. I think that BC was personal, like 'I can't be bothered with life and I need something to live for' whereas Pleasure is more like 'you can't be bothered with life, so I'll show you something to live for.' I can see a similar sort of sequel-esque thing with a few DM songs (Shake The Disease and Stories Of Old) but basically I think that like so many other songs 'I Want You Now' 'Fly on The Windscreen' ETC this could very well be another 'I love you/We're all gonna die/Life is shit... I know, let's have sex?' number. Mr Gore is good at writing these... If Pleasure Little Treasure and I Want You Now did not get him laid like 7892653+ times there is something wrong with the world!
I've always thought this song as a bit of a sequal to Black Celebration... about life being mundane and bleak so we find happiness and relief in the little things around us. With Black Celebration it was like knowing you've made it and also companionship are what make everything okay. But with this song it's clearly sexual! It's also nowhere near as dark, BC is deep and very VERY dark... this is dancy and sexy. I think that BC was personal, like 'I can't be bothered with life and I need something to live for' whereas Pleasure is more like 'you can't be bothered with life, so I'll show you something to live for.' I can see a similar sort of sequel-esque thing with a few DM songs (Shake The Disease and Stories Of Old) but basically I think that like so many other songs 'I Want You Now' 'Fly on The Windscreen' ETC this could very well be another 'I love you/We're all gonna die/Life is shit... I know, let's have sex?' number. Mr Gore is good at writing these... If Pleasure Little Treasure and I Want You Now did not get him laid like 7892653+ times there is something wrong with the world!