Well...I guess if you listen to it out of context, and just compare it to what's "hip" in current music...it's probably always going to be unappealing. I'm not being critical...just an observation.
I mean, you can take music for the '50s, '60s, '70s, etc...and most 20-30-somthings today will say it's sounds like "MOR/dad Rock"...because it's not your generation...but that doesn't by itself mean it's "awful songwriting", IMO...though you are not the only one who might hear things in that way.
I know lot of people (even here on HR) who can only reference what is appealing/good to what they listened to during their teens or twenties. Most of the stuff outside of that ends up being either unappealing or misunderstood....and if it's something from like way back...'20s, '30s, '40s...they would proabably never listen to it...or if it's from a foreign country, and especial in a foreign language.
I can see that happening more with your typical "fan" type listener, but I always find that odd with musicians....I mean...I like to think that musicians usually listen a little more deeper and open-minded and beyond just the superficial/generational appeal of any music...though I find it's not always the case, and people do tend to get locked into one main style that they like/listen to...most of their lives.
I guess it's not that unusual.
For the time period, APP was kind of on the more modern/techy side of Rock. The earlier albums were probably much more cerebral...but as things go, the minute something makes it to Pop radio...then the artists end up pandering to that and their music tries to feed the beast.
AFA the production aspect of having lots of different people on the albums, and it being more of an assembled product VS a "band" recording in a studio...that was one of the things I found very cool about APP back in the day...and Alan Parsons' production approach and skill was something I always admired and used as a reference...because it is very similar to what we all do as solo musicians trying to record songs...it's all layers and overdubs for the most part. So I found that somewhat inspirational about the APP stuff. It showed me early on what you could do without a typical "band" approach...and I thought it was very cool....very much like painting pictures by using a variety of colors and brush strokes, etc....not like a photograph, where you just capture everything all at once...if that makes any sense.
Sorry....didn't mean to get into a whole APP discussion thing.
To the OP...I tired to play your song...but I can't get 'em to play or download. Why don't you just embed the MP3 file into the post?
You can do that.