I have just learned that Karl Wallinger, the Welsh-born musician, multi-instumentalist, and songwriter best known for his work with The Waterboys and World Party, passed away a little more than a month ago at 66.
In all honesty, I don't know much more about Wallinger nor the bands with which he was associated, but The Waterboys' The Whole of the Moon remains one of my favorite pop/rock songs from the 1980s, mostly for the back-and-forth contrasts within the lyrics and the song's simple yet catchy carnivalesque foundation, upon which the band adds layers of instrumentation and backing vocals resulting in a culminating crescendo via a sax solo.
I must confess, any pop song that features violins, trumpets, and a saxophone automatically receives bonus points from me.
Anyway, Wallinger is the chap playing the keyboards in the video below.
In all honesty, I don't know much more about Wallinger nor the bands with which he was associated, but The Waterboys' The Whole of the Moon remains one of my favorite pop/rock songs from the 1980s, mostly for the back-and-forth contrasts within the lyrics and the song's simple yet catchy carnivalesque foundation, upon which the band adds layers of instrumentation and backing vocals resulting in a culminating crescendo via a sax solo.
I must confess, any pop song that features violins, trumpets, and a saxophone automatically receives bonus points from me.
Anyway, Wallinger is the chap playing the keyboards in the video below.
HQ audio version below.
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