Ian Fleming Does NOT Suck!
"When you listen to Ian Fleming's debut release "The Wrong One", the thing that stands out the most is his voice. The man's got AWESOME rock pipes. A little Chris Cornell, a little Lou Reed, with a hint of snarl which is killer. Fleming's lead single "I Suck" is playful and self-deprecating, but also powerful and most importantly, catchy as hell. Regular everyday people are bombarded by music, so when something comes along that is truly memorable (in a good way), that's a big deal. Another stand-out track is his cover of "Eye In The Sky", the '80s chestnut from The Alan Parsons Project. I don't think I fully appreciated it back in 1982, but now I am really taken with it, the lyrics especially, and Fleming's muscular reinvention of the song propels it to a new place. If I were a major label, I would take "I Suck" and run with it all the way to the bank as it has the potential to be a #1 hit on the modern rock charts. I would follow that up with "Eye In The Sky" to show that Fleming is a lot more than a one hit wonder, and then pinch myself for being smart enough to have signed this superstar-in-the-making while I still had the chance."
