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When i think of the Police, images of a michelangelo venus-as-a boy-Sting floating on a OOrt cloud of tantric sex harnessing the Vulcan mind meld to stop himself from blowing his load at a Bel air chem sex party with This mates from Toto, Hall and Oates and wang chung spring to mind.
The cod reggae plate lipped charity work which he doesn't like to talk about mate , money for nothing and your chicks for free MTV palarva leaves me cold. And yet Stweart Copeland is probably the drummer i've ever heard. Andy summers the best guitarist.
Forget the sacharrin carcinogenic pap of 'de doo dah dah'
1977-1983. 5 brilliant albums. And that was all she wrote.
the older i get, the better they get.
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Where there's a will - and there is a will - there's a way - and there is a way.
Could have been written by steve arrington or frankie beverly. Soul/funk loops flowing from the quill of a Geordie secondry school teacher with a bleach blonde peacock haircut.
Copelands drumming. A 5th dan high sensi of the skins in full flow.
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Where there's a will - and there is a will - there's a way - and there is a way.
I remember going to the flicks to see Rumblefish, knowing nothing about it. Stewart Copeland's score was awesome.
I adore Stewart Copeland. The man is a fcking genius. Now, combine him with the idiot savant that is Les Claypool and you get the most powerful rhythm section in the history of humans. Oysterhead.
'What do we want? We don't know! When do we want it? Now!'
I adore Stewart Copeland. The man is a fcking genius. Now, combine him with the idiot savant that is Les Claypool and you get the most powerful rhythm section in the history of humans. Oysterhead.
Yeah Dorse!
75 years old..
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Where there's a will - and there is a will - there's a way - and there is a way.
First ever concert was The Police. 30th Dec 1983 at Wembley Arena. Saw then again in 2007 at Twickenham. Always think they did it right by going out after Synchronicity as they were the biggest band in the world, had just done Shea Stadium and couldn't really get much bigger.
This feels a bit like a confessional but, embarrassingly, I was about number 7 or 8 in their fan club when I was around 15 maybe but never renewed it so I must have got over it quickly . I had their early singles and albums and also a green vinyl Stewart Copeland album (who knows what happened to it) that I recalled was something like Superman but when I look it up now it was Klark Kent so that was the connection. I have some fond memories of their songs because of that time but can't say I listen to them any more
I sort of hate Sting because of a specific interview he did decades ago. Came across as a right smug c**t.
They've got a few good tunes though. The drummer is the star of the show. I was never all that impressed by Andy on guitar.
Stefan Moore, Stefan Moore running down the wing. Stefan Moore, Stefan Moore running down the wing. He runs like a cheetah, his crosses couldn't be sweeter. Stefan Moore. Stefan Moore. Stefan Moore.
Sting, and Sting's guitarist Dominic Miller being Interviewed by Rick Beato, ''Dont stand so close to me'' was such a track when It was released. There are some great Interviews out there with Stuart Copeland too.
My Father had a profound influence on me, he was a lunatic.
I was always a fan then in 1988 I ended up at A&M Records. They'd split up by then and Sting had released Dream of The Blue Turtles a few years before. Nothing Like The Sun was good but I felt the Soul Cages was very morose, but that's no surprise as a lot of it was a reflection of his dad's passing a few years before. I saw him live at the Hammersmith Odeon around that time and it was one of the dullest concerts I'd ever seen. By. contrast I felt Bring On the Night was a great live album and was in fact the first CD I ever owned having blagged a copy a week or so after staring the job! Seeing my daughter perform a dance routine a year ago with the rest of the girls to the song "Fields of Gold" was a special moment as that was one of many of Stings singles (and albums) I had worked on in terms of LP, MC & CD manufacturing & stock control.
On the whole he's done a lot of good solo stuff but the Police were clearly the best times. Five stonkingly good albums in a short time span. A lot of pain went into their last album and it could have been a turkey but was really good. Maybe they broke up at the right time. Flogging a dead horse could have led to some bad albums thereafter, better they went out on a high.
I think Outlandos D'Amour is one of the greatest debut albums ever. Amazing when you think how quickly it was recorded and cost relative buttons as well. £1500 quid! I don't think they ever bettered it as an album.
Why so many repetitive lyrical singles ? So Lonely, So Lonely….. Roxanne, Roxanne I Can’t, I can’t, I can’t stand losing….. Message in a bottle, message….. Walking on the moon, walking on, walking on Beds too Big without you, beds too big…… Don’t stand, don’t stand, don’t stand so close to me….. De do do do, de da da da….. Spirits in the material sky, the spirits…..
It’s just the chorus of every single is just repeated to death ? Just saying. Still like ‘em.
Why so many repetitive lyrical singles ? So Lonely, So Lonely….. Roxanne, Roxanne I Can’t, I can’t, I can’t stand losing….. Message in a bottle, message….. Walking on the moon, walking on, walking on Beds too Big without you, beds too big…… Don’t stand, don’t stand, don’t stand so close to me….. De do do do, de da da da….. Spirits in the material sky, the spirits…..
It’s just the chorus of every single is just repeated to death ? Just saying. Still like ‘em.
but never renewed it so I must have got over it quickly . I had their early singles and albums and also a green vinyl Stewart Copeland album (who knows what happened to it) that I recalled was something like Superman but when I look it up now it was Klark Kent so that was the connection. I have some fond memories of their songs because of that time but can't say I listen to them any more 
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