Did You Know?
By: Shy Savage
Everyone knows that Savage Garden writes their own music. And what great
music it is!! But did u know that once Savage Garden actually sang nothing
but other peoples music? "I had been in a cover band ripping off other
people's songs to make a living," Daniel has confessed.
Amazingly enough, Dan's future partner - Darren - had been doing the same
thing! Darren even went so far as to tour his country singing covers! Even
though he enjoyed it, he really wasn't happy doing it. "I'd sing all these
classic songs- none of them were my own feelings, or my own emotions- and my
heart would sink a little," Darren has said. Darren quickly realized he was
fooling himself into believing he was a real singer. "You mistake their
applause for what you are doing," he's said. "But it's just that they
recognize the songs. That's all."
Meanwhile, as Daniel sang at night, he wrote his own music on the side,
until a publishing company took an interest and suggested he find a frontman.
He placed an ad in the paper and Darren responded. The reasoning was simple,
according to Darren, who's said he was thinking at the time: "Hang on,
something is definatly wrong with this picture because I don't enjoy singing
covers at all. The sort of music that I want to write, I don't see it in
pubs." That was mostly because the era was grunge then.
Pretty amazing how SG got their start eh? They went from singing cover
songs to having the most amazing songs of their own that the whole world has
fallen in love with. A pretty amazing feat I'd say!
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