Let Me Take You Back To Church

When driving to work last week I heard this (quite old) song on the radio. Since then I’ve been playing it quite a lot. I probably missed it at the time since 1988 had me completely occupied with acid house.

You might know it from the movie Donnie Darko, its by australian band The Church and called ‘Under The Milky Way’:

I played it in the Kong Suites today where Sean suprised me with this Wikipedia entry, here’s the interesting bit:

According to a press release , the song was written about an infamous Amsterdam hash bar called The Milky Way (Melkweg) Bar, which Kilbey used to frequent.

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We aren’t sure if this is the ‘De Melkweg - Milky Way’ venue they’re talking about or just a random coffeeshop. But if the song is about De Melkweg, then perhaps the band’s name links to the Paradiso venue (which is an old church around the corner) ;)

March 12, 2008 | Tagged Amsterdam, Music 

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