Scary or Romantic?

[ralph]

Most people think of it as romantic. Sting says he wrote it as a stalker type song. He says it still amazes him that it is sung at weddings and such.

I vote for scary stalker song since that is what Sting says it is about.

Hmmm I never knew this or thought of it as a stalker song....hey what ever he sings he has me at hello...... ;-)

 

[kathydwells]

Very Interesting. From Wikipedia.

The track was written during the collapse of Sting's marriage to [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_Tomelty"]Frances Tomelty[/ame]; the lyrics are the words of a sinister, controlling character, who is watching "every breath you take / every move you make".

?I woke up in the middle of the night with that line in my head, sat down at the piano and had written it in half an hour. The tune itself is generic, an aggregate of hundreds of others, but the words are interesting. It sounds like a comforting love song. I didn't realise at the time how sinister it is. I think I was thinking of Big Brother, surveillance and control.?

?[ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sting"]Sting[/ame][1]​

 

[seacrestkristi]

 

[steele mama]

I thought for a minute it was the Clay Aiken Fly on the Wall song. Remember how much you don't like that one???

 

[Mango]

I thought for a minute it was the Clay Aiken Fly on the Wall song. Remember how much you don't like that one???

I love your family SM.

 

[steele mama]

I love your family SM.

Ah, thank you so much. You are sweet.

 

[rogpurf]

My wife and I have danced to this song for many years. We love it.

 

[Beachbummette]

I heard the story from Sting himself in an interview. Changed it for me from then on.

 

[Miss Kitty]

I liked PDiddy- PuffyDaddy's version about his friend Biggie Smalls.

 

[Allifunn]

diversity in music...Sting is all about that