Some one, sorry, I can't remember who, remarked that we choose our heros carefully. Either those we could never be, or those who with a enough effort we could hope to emulate.
I spent rather a lot of time as a teenager in the 80's trying to "be" Eldritch,
who to me back then was the very epitome of cool rock 'n' roll sleeze.
I also spent rather a lot of money on other Eldritch inpsired pursuits.
Don't remember a lot about the summer of 94', except I crawled back home to my parents weighing six and a half stone!
Once you pass thirty such things seem unimportant or foolish - I found out who I was a long time ago. Any similarities that now exist are probably actual rather than contrived.
I still admire his work a lot, particularly the early references to Eliot.
Been disappointed recently, believe he both could and should be trying harder. But ultimately, who am I to judge?
Sometimes the inertia of the past is a hard thing to escape.
So I guess I like Eldritch because of what he meant, rather that what he's become.