Love is the Answer
Brent Bourgeois mentioned in his interview that most people only know the song Love is the Answer as performed by Seals & Croft (or England Dan & John Ford Coley). i didn’t think about that fact until he mentioned it. you know, it’s a bit sad to realize that the general listening audience doesn’t even know about the artist behind that classic song. So, today i thought i’d share a couple of different versions of the song Love is the Answer including one performed by none other than the ones that wrote the song – Utopia.
Love is the Answer by Utopia – this is a great live version of the tune recorded during Utopia’s heyday back in 1982. the group sounded great back then.
Love is the Answer by Cindy Morgan – This version is produced by Brent Bourgeois and I love the arrangement and the great musicians playing on this version. it’s just that Cindy has a limited vocal range and it shows during her awful vocal runs at the end. yikes.
Love is the Answer by Rick Springfield – yes, the guy who sang Jessie’s Girl. I don’t care too much about this one. Springfield’s voice isn’t all that great nowadays and the guy leaves out the whole bridge section in his version. what’s up with that? maybe he couldn’t figure out the chords to the bridge? a bit too difficult, perhaps?
Love is the Answer by Todd Rundgren – yup, another version by the man himself, Mr. Todd Rundgren. bossa nova style. it’s not my favorite but i like the concept of redoing a song in a whole different style. and yes, why cover a song if you’re just going to copy it note for note, right England Dan & John Ford Coley?
enjoy the tunes.
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