Tannhäuser - Part Seven

A Rock 'n' Roll Fairy Tale by Prince Stash with Audio Recording

On stage, Tannhäuser always appeared transfigured. Perhaps the key to the mystery of his incredible success was due to the fact that while he performed, he was able to give free rein to the mysterious, intoxicating force that possessed him. 

Then, a unique feeling of tremendous power seemed to sweep aside all earthly limits, lifting him high beyond pain and bliss into a dimension of pure lust.

The dazzling energy that radiated from him, coupled with the irrepressible magical compulsion of his music, hit the audience with such irresistible strength that, in turn, it responded, yielding to the play of his perverse fantasy, its awesome collective might.

It was that mysterious thrill, which he could only find and express in music, that compelled Tannhäuser to go on playing—in short, to go on living.