I sort of accidentally hit play on the Leeds Secret Garden today, and as is somehow usual with me, I started listening on a loop, then I got totally absorbed in the song.
So... I think it was a mistake to shelve the 1994 relationship album. I read somewhere that it was Landau's idea to go with the career overview instead.
I checked some aincent sites (really weird, if I may say so), and there were people discussing whether it was a song about a prostitute, or about the inaccessibility of the most deepest levels of a woman's soul. 🤯
Bruce said it was darkly erotic and centered around the mysteries that remains between partners, even the closest of relationships.
I like what Bruce said, although I have days when the darkly erotic seems more predominant, and others when I hear the song in a more romantic, sentimental way. Which I guess makes the song more ambiguous and intriguing, and even better.
The sax solo is blissful, but I can't decide whether I like the greatest hits version more, or the strings version.
Any visitors to the Secret Garden around here? Anyone ever got in?
Couple of quick thoughts inspired by the above.
Secret Garden has never been a personal favourite... infact, for my tastes I could never understand how Secret Garden got selected for GH ahead of what I consider the far superior Back In Your Arms. The ironic thing is, Secret Garden eventually earned it's place on GH after the fact when it was used for Jerry Maguire and actually became a hit.
I must say, I do like the version from Leeds. But I like pretty much everything on Leeds. I think I'm somewhat out on my own, but Leeds is easily a Top 10 Archive show for me. Great sound and some killer performances. The four song sign request pack is great fun.