My senior yr. in high school I came this close to permforming this song in our school's talent show--just me singing with my choir teacher accompaning me on piano. At the last minute I had to drop out of the show because it conflicted with my after-school job's schedule. Listening to this song 23 yrs. later, I wished I had skipped work that night and sang this song, just me with the piano. Even when I fell in love with this song as a teenager, I could tell even back then my stripped down version for the talent show did this song way more justice than the "Dream Police" version with a full amplified band, a string section, and to my now-very-adult ears, noticing Robin Zander warbling and sounding rather precious in delivering the lyrics. Too bad such a beautiful, tender song had been given that kind of "rock anthem" treatment, thus totally overpowering such a lovely, sweet, yet strongly passionate "power pop" ballad.
My senior yr. in high school I came this close to permforming this song in our school's talent show--just me singing with my choir teacher accompaning me on piano. At the last minute I had to drop out of the show because it conflicted with my after-school job's schedule. Listening to this song 23 yrs. later, I wished I had skipped work that night and sang this song, just me with the piano. Even when I fell in love with this song as a teenager, I could tell even back then my stripped down version for the talent show did this song way more justice than the "Dream Police" version with a full amplified band, a string section, and to my now-very-adult ears, noticing Robin Zander warbling and sounding rather precious in delivering the lyrics. Too bad such a beautiful, tender song had been given that kind of "rock anthem" treatment, thus totally overpowering such a lovely, sweet, yet strongly passionate "power pop" ballad.