’’Somewhere inside my evolution karmically I seek retribution
looking for love in physical beauty
desire is the drug of the bourgeois
and now I try to intellectualise
like a glimmer of good in a bad an’s eyes
I am consumed by the flesh haunting me
I know temptation taunts the empty
so pour yourself over me
until ther’s nothing left to see
because I like the way you move in the dark
I like the tension, the tension and the spark’’ (I LIKE THE WAY)
.... do these remind you of anyone...an individual ... a group that created music so
different yet so appealing that they still have a die hard fan following even though they just released two albums....anyone remember...’’a thousand words’’
’’you can resurrect a thousand words to deceive me more and more
a thousand word would be the reason why I don’t need you anymore!’’
Yes I am talking about DARREN HAYES, the singer who has showed such a beautiful range and voice quality in not only as a part of savage garden but also flying solo..... after the smash hits like ’’insatiable’’ and ’’crush’’ this prolific australian is back casting his own brand of cynicism and wonder at this world that has gone so haywire that it has no idea that it has changed so much.
THE TENSION AND THE SPARK according to darren hayes is ’’a set of ideas flowing through my system which I have finally been able to let the world know; a voice which should have spoken a long time back cause its message is true.’’
This is music at its over-powering best... the music is different , a blend of cool acoustics and beats and in some the near absence of background music makes this album worthwhile... its brilliant.
Admitted the music is rather dark, it doesn’t have any happy happy tune, but you cannot expect that from a person who is as wounded and dying to speak out as hayes... the lyrics is mind boggling and often deceiving....
’’I have been cold, I have been blind
you have come to change my mind
I can put my faith in you
light it blisters
your light’’. (LIGHT)
Or for instance the song POPULAR,
’’I’m willing to sleep my way through to the top
I wanna be popular.’’
There are 13 songs in total in this album, out of which I would say the following are
definitely worth anyone’s time
DARKNESS
I LIKE THE WAY
POPULAR
HERO
UNLOVABLE
LOVE AND ATTRACTION
the songs are mature and speak of the very cynical time that we live in.. here love,
loyalty, morality does not have any value.... heroism is just an absence of better work... we are so consumed by our own problems that we don’t have time for others.
obviously the album is not ground-breaking, it would not leave you so baffled that you might want to chuck the whole world and start a reform... the music is modern, with an yearning that beckons you to listen and i’m sure you would like the experience.
’’ladies and gentlemen listen up please
i don’t wanna be your hero
no I am not open, parts of me are broken
do yourself a favour save yourself
don’t pick me find someone else
why do you want to bother?
find yourself another.’’ (HERO)
do I hear any fans already?
PS: I’M SURE MOST OF YOU HAVEN’T HEARD OF THIS, SO IF YOU GET A COPY OF THIS ALBUM CAN YOU PLEASE ATLEAST HEAR IT AND TELL ME WHAT YOU THOUGHT OF IT.