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Obsession and ownership are commonly confused as love and infatuation in music

Obsession and ownership are commonly confused as love and infatuation in music

By Grace Azaula, Staff Writer November 1, 2023
Needing someone. Owning someone. Watching someone. While these disturbing expressions may sound like themes common in horror movies, they can also be used to describe a host of famous “love songs.” Across genres and decades, musicians have sung about love in a way that borders on obsession, thus normalizing a dangerous depiction of what love should look like. 
"The Bridge" is a technically impressive, although overall non-innovative album from Sting, the former lead singer and bassist for The Police.

Review: Sting creates album without innovation or notability

By Eleanor Kay November 30, 2021
"The Bridge" is a technically impressive, although overall non-innovative album from Sting, the former lead singer and bassist for The Police.
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