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Songs that STING
HIS BAND was earlier called Sting and Police. Later, he went solo, and his last album; Brand New Day swept the Grammy awards in 1999. The Desert Rose singer, Sting, is back with his new album called Sacred Love. Each song in this album projects a mature, abstract idea.
The inspiration for Sacred Love (Universal Music; cassette; Rs. 135) came to Sting when a unique concert was organised in his backyard in Italy two years back. This concert set him thinking, and he felt the need to mature as a songwriter, and consequently, Sacred Love projects the theme of a philosophical basis of love. Philosophical in the sense that his songs look deeper into love as an emotion and project ideas that relate to the human spirit. "There is something happening in the human spirit" says he, "and we are all connected to it, whether you are American, or British, or from the Islamic world. We are connected to some energy in the world, and we need to sort out what it is", he adds. The striving to discover this connection is what is reflected in the tracks of Sacred Love.
The first single, Send Your Love, talks about attaining human salvation. "There is no religion but sound and dancing," sings Sting. What he means to say is how religion has lost its value in recent times, but at a deeper level, the song projects his personal view where he feels that music, sound and dancing is religion to him.
Forget About The Future satirically suggests how people dig up the wounds of the past, and fail to moved ahead into the future, and This War, which, according to Sting, was written during the build-up of war on Iraq, reflects an idea where the war may ultimately be won by someone, but what happens after that?
Beginning to feel that the album is too serious and abstract for you? Well, not really. The lyrics do make you think and ponder for a while, but Sting's vocals and music are infectious, especially Send Your Love, which has already entered a few radio and TV charts. The remix version of this track is infectious and is sure to be a hit with DJs. Inside is hard-hitting and being the first track in the album, it seems to set the mood for the rest of the album. Whenever I Say Your Name features Mary J. Blige and the vocals are soothing.
On the whole, a very mature album. If you just want to listen to some good music, buy the album for Send Your Love.
A. VISHNU
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