Amazing song, I'm not bothered that a man sings about Johnny's love. It's not impossible to imagine how love makes you crazy. The recognition of loves power in our lives is so poetic here. Love is madness, and we all run to it and embrace it.
Remember the monday in July '87 watching the needle fade off the vinyl into the sunset. Turned over the 'True Faith' 12" and smiled. Gillian, Peter, Bernard & Steven - Sort it out. You are loved.
This is one of the tracks I play to people who claim that synthpop and electronica can't convey emotion. It's a frightening, tragic song with a slightly wistful, nostalgic undertone - and the instrumentation is central in bringing out those multiple layers of feeling.