Whoa! Thank you so much, I heard he was coming out with something. He does sound the same, but a little different.
I had many a sad, reflective, yet whimsical moment with him in my early 20's. Actually, just when I was 20 and broke up with that one guy for a few months and was really sad.
But still.
The music is a bit different, some songs have a middle eastern flavor, but his lyrics seem thematically the same. It's just what you would expect him to say now that he's older, or ever.
Sometimes even while I'm admiring him, I'm like, "damn, dude, you're a wuss!"
But he's a Cancer so I cut him some slack. And I mean "wuss" in the best way, you know, all sensitive and reflective and deep cheesy with a pretty voice.
Did I say sappy or cheesy? Oh right, cheesy. Either way.
His cover of Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood is...*feel free to fill in the blank. I'm not quite sure how to describe it so far.
* It's a bit much. The harder, less melodic tone of the music of the original offset some of the very revealingly painful lyrics. To have painful lyrics and so much musical/melodic emotion is a bit overkill.