Jeremey wrote:Orzabal is a guy I think most in the know would quantify as a musical genius. Not the easiest guy to be around, from my understanding, and like most geniuses he's prone to meticulous obsession, but simply as a fan of his music, it's really been the only constant in my musical catalog for twenty five years or so.
I would have to agree. The only singer I have pulled out consistently over the years. My sister didn't like SOL when I pulled it out on a long car trip. She popped in Seeds of Love, listened, and said, forget it, I don't like it. I said, wait until later. Played it much later on a dark interstate, very quiet, great sound system, and she was blown away by it. The huge-sounding instrumentals in the songs and the great sound production really are served well on such a long stretch of driving at night. One of my favorites off Seeds of Love:
Standing on the Corner of the Third World - http://www.youtube.com/v/QP11EuHh7vs&hl=en
Swords and Knives - http://www.youtube.com/v/Q3N-fFV-f3Q&hl=en
But I still never connected to those type songs the way I did to SFTBC, like Shout (that songs builds and great guitar solo, great vocals) and Everybody Wants To Rule the World and The Working Hour and Listen (such a beautiful almost completely instrumental song).
