Just a quick one as I am not, technically speaking, really here.
Leaving aside it's somewhat sinister overtones (this is Sting we're talking about), I just think this is one of the best crafted, well balanced, and warm sounds ever. It resonates on a deep level (which is why I think the disturbing aspect of the lyrics is often overlooked). One of those great moments.
Every Breath You Take on LastFM
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Well, lookie here - a song that i quoted in a sermon this very week!
Being a bit dull at times, when this was a hit at first, I didn't see the sinister side and didn't really get it until Sting himself spoke about it some tiime later. I guess that proves your point! In my defence, it was 1983 and I was in love.
It is a very finely crafted piece, one of their most crafted it seems to me (in terms of hits). And a song that gets you from the start - one listen and you know it, love it; it becomes a part of your history before it ends.
Over the years, the fact it isn't a straight love song has deepened its appeal to me - it explores something many of us know about, in varying degrees. It's interesting that Sting opened his first solo album, Dream Of The Blue Turtles with a song in apposition to this (If You Love Somebody Set Them Free) and then went on to do a little bit of self-effacing parody on the next track (Love is the seventh wave). Did he feel a need to redress the balance I wonder?
Anyway, great choice, Badger. Muchos gracias, dude.
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