http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3934&rws=%2Fthe-mission-uk%2Fmusic-videos.rssPerhaps Goth's answer to the Monkees, Britain's late-'80s Goth Pop sensations the Mission U.K. churned out hit after impossibly catchy hit of effects-drenched pseudo-darkness. Clad in their renaissance fair smocks and rope belts, they looked like lipstick-weilding dragonslayers though singer-songwriter Wayne Hussey's sunglasses and devil's-baritone aesthetic was a dimestore knockoff of the Sisters of Mercy's Andrew Eldritch. Still, sharply tuned, fiery bits of Cure-inspired Wizard Rock such as "Over the Hill and Far Away" and "Bridges Burning" were high-school hymns for that weird kid who toted a briefcase to class and wore heavy lipstick and eyeliner. The elegant, pretentious melodramatics of acoustic-bred gems like "Dance on Glass" and "Love Me To Death" may well have been this poor outcast's vicarious dates on lonely weekends. - Kelly BaumanGothen720Sun, 20 Dec 2009 16:46:23 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3934&rws=%2Fthe-mission-uk%2Fmusic-videos.rss Perhaps Goth's answer to the Monkees, Britain's late-'80s Goth Pop sensations the Mission U.K. churned out hit after impossibly catchy hit of effects-drenched pseudo-darkness. Clad in their renaissance fair smocks and rope belts, they looked like lipstick-weilding dragonslayers though singer-songwriter Wayne Hussey's sunglasses and devil's-baritone aesthetic was a dimestore knockoff of the Sisters of Mercy's Andrew Eldritch. Still, sharply tuned, fiery bits of Cure-inspired Wizard Rock such as "Over the Hill and Far Away" and "Bridges Burning" were high-school hymns for that weird kid who toted a briefcase to class and wore heavy lipstick and eyeliner. The elegant, pretentious melodramatics of acoustic-bred gems like "Dance on Glass" and "Love Me To Death" may well have been this poor outcast's vicarious dates on lonely weekends. - Kelly Bauman http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=mvid.8721254&rws=%2Fthe-mission-uk%2Fmusic-videos.rss Mon, 31 Oct 2005 18:27:59 -0800 Music Videos by The Mission U.K. on Rhapsody Online mvid.8721254 mvid.8721254 The Mission U.K. art.3934 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=mvid.8721254&rws=%2Fthe-mission-uk%2Fmusic-videos.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=mvid.8721219&rws=%2Fthe-mission-uk%2Fmusic-videos.rss Mon, 31 Oct 2005 18:25:31 -0800 Music Videos by The Mission U.K. on Rhapsody Online mvid.8721219 mvid.8721219 The Mission U.K. art.3934 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=mvid.8721219&rws=%2Fthe-mission-uk%2Fmusic-videos.rss