Sting release delivers
By Shreya Bhakta
Daily Forty-Niner
Sting is still a hopeless romantic.
His new album, "Brand New Day," is a joy
for the ears and melts the heart.
The lyrics in each song are thoughtful
and portray happiness and love.
"My challenge was to write a happy love
song without being banal or smug," said Sting in a press release.
All the songs are splendidly put together.
It is evident that Sting spent a great deal of time composing the songs
on this album, which has elements of Middle Eastern rhythms, country, jazz,
gospel and pop-rock.
"Trying to write simple pop songs over
a compound time is my idea of a crossword puzzle, or three-dimensional
chess," Sting said.
"Desert Rose" is one of the songs that
lingers in your mind.
The song is about dreaming of the ideal
world, but he finds himself waking up to pain.
The last verse of this song leaves one
in awe of Sting's lyrical abilities: "Sweet desert rose/ This memory of
Eden haunts us all/ This desert flower, this rare perfume/ Is this sweet
intoxication of the fall."
"Perfect LoveÖGone Wrong," is a song about
a relationship threatened by a third person.
Sting writes this particular song from
a perspective of a puppy with a humorous tone.
"I howl all night and I sleep all day/
Take more than a biscuit baby to chase these blues away/ Got a long enough
leash/ I could almost hang myself/ It's a dog life loving you baby/ When
you love someone else," Sting sings.
The final song, "Brand New Day," is about
broken lives being healed by taking a stand for love.
This album gives hope to all those hurt
by failed relationships. |
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