I do think the timing was a bit odd. I mean, the song was supposedly sung by Rinoa's mother (as a love song directed at Squall's father), but the game never really found a way to actually do anything with that -- like, maybe have the mother sing it during one of the flashback scenes? I'm guessing if they'd written it into the story better, it would have been less jarring for you. I love the story of FF8, but it got dumb sometimes.
Either way, if we end up getting vocals in D:OS2, I'd like some first-rate vocals, not drunken-sailor vocals. XD
