If you did a poll of our favourite bands in the world ever, then Love would be in the top five. We'll leave it to everybody else to go into the minute details of Arthur's life but we will say that this guy was probably the first ever punk. Like a black Mick Jagger but with balls sixteen times the size, Arthur tore apart the hippies with his amazingly beautiful, dark music. Seriously, there are tears in the office. Condolences to everybody who ever played Forever Changes back to back for six hours because there's been a lot of people who've tried but nobody's even got near this guy in terms of songwriting, lyrics and spirit. He died after a long battle with leukaemia in Memphis. This is a HUUUUGE loss. Rest in peace Arthur.Listen: Love - "Alone Again Or"
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