Two from Mr. Sumner
If you’ve ever “been there”, some songs truly need no explanation. IMO these are two such songs.
If you’ve never “been there” with respect to the first song, consider yourself a truly lucky individual.
If you can’t identify with the latter tune in some way . . . you have my sympathy.
Author’s Note: yes, the article’s title is correct. Sting’s given name is “Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner”.
Category: Pointless blather, Who knows
Always thought the first one a bit creepy – kinda like a stalkers anthem. Never able to turn that into a positive, although it can be done, surely.
The second is even more poignant now than it used to be.
Here’s a creepy one from Phil Collins:
Phil Collins has no end of creepy/stalky songs…Misunderstanding, Don’t Lose My Number, Just a Job To Do, Something Happened on the Way to Heaven, and definitely the one you reference – lots of stalking, hunting folks down, you can’t run from me shit…
(I still love the guy…)
Sting is one of those artists who I liked when he was in a group, but like better still as a solo artist.
Throw in a few more, like, “Shape of My Heart”, “Fragile”, and, “Desert Rose” in there too.
https://youtu.be/Zn7eWTsj9wU
Don McLean … Vincent
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxHnRfhDmrk&index=29&list=WL
Meat Loaf … Rock ‘n Roll Dreams Come True
First one also AKA “The Paranoia Song”.
Had a part-time job in a jewelry store when I was in school. A young lady bought a pocket watch as a wedding gift for her fiancé. To make it extra special, she wanted the inside case engraved with “Every breath you take, every move you make, I’ll be watching you.” I remember, right before writing up the special order, looking at her and asking “Really?” She was a serious as she could be.