This song is like slowing down time only to realize there are still so many beats. A single moment can still have more to observe, absorb and feel than we could possibly consume and process. Think about it too much and it can be overwhelming to the point you can do nothing other than just breathe.
By the way, an alternate version, that I also recall being broadcast, is here:
Of course both of those are abridged versions for the videos. The original full version from the album is here:
I hate it when this happens. I hear a GREAT "new tune" and it's by this really cool artist. Sometimes I post it as a NEW tune. But usually, I catch the actual date and see the song I'm promoting is ten years old already! How can such good music not have found my ears in all that time? Do I live under a rock? The opportunity lost clangs to the floor with a thud.
Case in point: Midge Ure's Breathe came out in 1996. The video looks like it was produced yesterday.
There are usually around 30,000 albums released each year. I think it was a little lower in the 1990s, but regardless there are only 365 days in a year and how could anyone listen to 100 albums a day? Some music is bound to fall through the cracks because music has channels for dispersal, and most people only listen to certain channels, be it particular radio stations, blogs, or whatever. You're more likely to hear some stuff you do not like over and over than you are to find everything you would like. Great opportunities are thus lost with no good solution to prevent this. The most you can do is keep your ears open to new songs, and build on what you like… if you like X and Y is being suggested to you because you like X, then go listen to Y!
This is a cool song. It is a bit new age-y or soft rock-y, and both new age and soft rock have a bad rap. New Age and Soft Rock are just not cool with the punk, rock or pop crowds in general (AKA most of North America) so the song probably was not widely dispersed. It does appear he hit the charts several times in the UK (he is Scottish by the way), including with this song in 1996. His earlier work is more New Wave-y and Glam Rock-y, and so by this, his 4th album (I think), he just didn't have the same audience. I never heard of him or that song before, and you are so right about it looking like it was just produced. The imagery is not time specific which helps. I would not have guessed it is 13 years old. We could totally just tell people it came out last year and pretend we're up on the latest trends! (Fortunately we are already so we don't need to lie. We know we're that cool. *snort laugh*)
