My thoughts on "Send Your Love" promo and a lyrics listing

Date: 27 Jun 2003 02:22:42 -0700
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My husband tends to monitor chatter in this newsgroup more than
myself, and he told me tonight of the link at Baron's website, and
that he had a hard time hearing the song at work. So I downloaded it
and ran it through my wav editing software to decode it out of .mp3
format, then played it on my computer's high end speakers.
Oh, boy...
The first bars of the song really reminded me of Peter Gabriel's
style. But that was only the very initial impression. When the
Indian/Arabic riff started, I was up out of my chair and dancing. I
do jazz and salsa anyway, but the back-beat and rhythmic line just
pulled me up on my feet, much to Jeff's bemusement (he doesn't dance;
his loss). After working up my heart rate a bit, I sat back down and
really listened to the song.
The better speakers brought out Sting's vocals a bit, but there is
definitely an electronic "gloss" over his voice that makes it sound
just a tad "fuzzy." And it does detract from vocal clarity. However,
it fits the remix. My initial complaint--being a "dance person"--was
that it ended too soon. I wanted to hear more! It struck me as
similar to Indian dance music that one of my co-workers from a former
job always had on in one of the labs. (We wasted a lot of time
dancing around the benches on Fridays.)
To help out hubby hear the fast vocals, I gave a close listen and
picked out the lyrics, which only made the song more impressive to me. I wouldn't exactly describe myself as a hedonist, but Sting has
encapsulated a lot of my own beliefs in this song. What I picked out
is listed below, with question marks beside words I'm not quite sure
if I heard correctly.
My advice to anyone who is initially reacting with dislike to this
song is to give it a listen on really good equipment. (I'll even
offer to burn a CD for anyone who wants it.) The lyrics may come
across as less than "poetic," but they are *powerful.* And the song
doesn't appear to have been constructed around a melodic line but
rather a rhythmic line. Most modern dance songs have this in common,
since their main calling is to get you up on your feet. It doesn't
make it a "bad" song, or even "not Sting's best work," just different.
It's become almost common-place for Madonna to "reinvent" her music
every so often, and yet for Sting it appears many listeners would
prefer him to remain in a static state as far as his muscial
evolution. This something I simply can't understand. Perception, and
experiences, change everyone, and that's going to be reflected in the
creative process.
To be entirely honest, I've been listening to Send Your Love for the
past hour while doing other stuff on the Web, and whenever I stick a
song on repeat, I know I'm gone, man, solid gone... I *like* this
song.
Never ceases to amaze me that a person who doesn't really dance has
this fantastic rhythm inside him... Yowza. ;-)
***Send Your Love -- Sting***
Send your love
into the future
Send your love
into the distant dawn
This is your night at the relay station
A mission forward into the unknown
We'll send a seed to a distant future
And we can watch a galaxy growin'
This ain't no time for dialing your power,
this ain't no time for hidin' your care
Climbin' down from an ivory tower,
you've got a stake in the world we ought to share
See the stars they're movin' so slowly,
but still the earth is movin' so fast
Can't you see the moon is so lonely,
she's still trapped in the pain of the past
This is the time of the world's collidin'
This is the time of kingdoms fallin'
This is the time when the world's dividin'
time to heed your call
Send your love
into the future
Send your precious love
into some distant time
I'll face that moon in tatters(?)
with the love of your healin'
Send your love
Oh, send your love
No religion but sex and music
There's no religion but sound and dancing
There's no religion but line and color
There's no religion but sacred trance
There's no religion but the endless ocean
There's no religion but the moon and stars
There's no religion but time and motion
There's no religion just travelled stars
Far better than to watch the ocean
I see the ripples manage(?) in the distance
It's just the same with all the emotion
It's just the same in every instance
No religion but the joys of rhythm
No religion but the rights of spring
No religion in the path of hate
No prayer but the one I sing
Send your love
into the future
Send your precious love
into some distant time
I'll face that moon in tatters(?)
with the love of your healin'
Send your love
Oh, send your love
No religion but sex and music
There's no religion that's right or winnin'
No religion in the path of hatred
Ain't no prayer but the one I'm singin'
Send your love...
Send your love...
Grrrrrrrrroowwwwllll --
-- /\ /\ | ^o o^ D.K. "Cat" Kraft | A cat is a lion in a jungle of small ->T<- email-address-deleted | bushes. ~ Lynnwood, WA |
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