This is a fantastic idea - you have my full support and agreement. I think that the reformation of the Police is not only long overdue, but would be an excellent way of raising money.
Think how many people there are who would love to see this band perform again.... and what about the ones (myself included) who never got to see them first time around?
Let's get this thing moving!
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I would love to see a Police reunion more than anything, and I think it's
a good idea. People say that bands that reunite do it just for the money
and their new material is crappy. But I honestly think a Police renunion
could change these ideas. They are three amazing musicians who know how to
write songs and put on a show. How could they not be amazing? The
semi-recent show that Stew and Andy put on together in LA supporting that
Outlandous D'Americas thing is a testament to that. Even though I wasn't
there, I know that they rocked! The addition of Sting would make it that
much more incredible!
I am waiting for a full blown reunion album and tour. Hopefully my wish
will be granted one day.
Good luck to all those college kids going through the old finals grind.
Take Care, Malav
On Mon, 10 May 1999, outlando wrote:
> This is a fantastic idea - you have my full support and agreement. I think that the reformation of the Police is not only long overdue, but would be an excellent way of raising money.
> Think how many people there are who would love to see this band perform again.... and what about the ones (myself included) who never got to see them first time around?
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In my opinion, I don't think that the Police, should they ever re-form, would successfully produce any new material nearly as good as their original stuff... as has already been cited here, they have all moved on from that stage in their lives.
However, as I understand it, this reunion thing is all about getting them to *PLAY* at Net Aid. This does not require the penning of new tunes.
I think that it would be great to see them play together again; and if they did decide to put out some new material, I would definitely be buying it. I just don't think it would compare to the oldies.
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I don't have a Sting Lithograph but I do have a silk screen limited
edition huge painting kinda thing of the Police. I believe it is an image
from the Outlandos cover photo session. I got it beautifully framed so
it's probably worth around $200. It's is definetly one of my prize
possesions.
Don't even bother asking because I will never sell it:)
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On Fri, 14 May 1999, jmunz wrote:
> if i were a rich woman (and i'm not) i would buy the Sting lithograph (about $200 or more Canadian). Not because i particilarily like it (i do) but because for example; if you were a Beatles fan in the 60's, and you had the opportunity to buy a lithograph of the band (even if it was a crappy one), wouldnt you wish now that you had bought it? Besides, Sting is not going to be doing this forever. Does anyone here own it?? Jane
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The movie is called "Dune", based on the 50s novel by Frank Herbert. Sting plays Feyd Harkonnen, nephew to the evil baron Harkonnon. You should read the book. It's good.
The Guy from Star Trek (Jean-Luc Picard) is called Patrick Stewart.
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Nah, not me, I was too busy watching Sesame Street. :)
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It is the silence of our friends."
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On Tue, 25 May 1999, jmunz wrote:
> Many years ago (about 16 yrs ago! Man am i old!!) there was an article that a friend saved for me. It was 'the world's 10 hottest men' Sting was in there at about number 6 I think. he was sitting on the floor, facing the camera. His hair was spiked and he was wearing nothing but black tights that went all the way over the heels of his feet. Oh yes, he had on his typical black watch too. Anyone see that?
> Jane
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Geeeezzzz I feel old judging by the amount of people on this list that never saw the band live. I also feel some what priviliged, that I saw the Police 3 times in the 80's.
I saw them play the Capitol twice, here in Sydney back in 81 I think. Then I was at both shows of the Synchronicity tour, Sydney and Melbourne.
Melbourne was the last stop on the world tour. I actually think now that I am really lucky to have seen their last offical stadium gig. I am not counting the Amnystey gig in 86. (No flames if I am incorrect here!!!!)
Cheers!
Mathew
> No he shouldn't, but he did and that's what I want to know about. I was
> only born in 1978 and I wasn't around to experience the Police when they
> were around and making music. Info on Sting is much easier to find and
> there are always interviews with him on magazines and on TV right now. We
> all know about what Sting is doing because it is currently available. With
> the exception of a few decent sites on the internet, Police info is long
> gone. I wouldn't know any inside info about the Police if it weren't for
> the videos (Around the World and Outlandos to Synchronicities) and that's
> more of what I'm (an alot of other people as stated by the lady
I think that personally I could not decide which I prefer. The older ones fit better with certain moods, and more recent with others. I have found that the more recent Police albums have a feel which is closer to that of (some of) Sting's solo work, although the sound itself is different.
But if I was forced to choose, I would probably say
1 Synchronicity
2 Outlandos D'Amour
3 Ghost in the Machine
4 Regatta De Blanc
5 Zenyatta Mondatta.
Although I tend to listen to the "Message in a Box" set, so the albums often seem to merge into each other, and the distinctions become blurred.
Just my tuppence worth....
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What is the general opinion of the list on Sting's live rendition of Police songs? In my opinion/experience, some of them are awesome, and some not so impressive. Sometimes the sound quality is better but the arrangement poor, and others the re-arrangement seems almost better (if that is actually possible!!).
Your thoughts would be intereSTING....
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In my opinion, "Ghost In The Machine" is the greatest Police album and one
of the greatest albums of all time. There is not one bad song there,
(which you can say about all the other Police albums) and the mood the
album creates is very intense. You could call it a "concept album" on some
levels, but it doesn't matter anyway because it is amazing.
Malav
On Fri, 28 May 1999, Outlando wrote:
> I think that personally I could not decide which I prefer. The older ones fit better with certain moods, and more recent with others. I have found that the more recent Police albums have a feel which is closer to that of (some of) Sting's solo work, although the sound itself is different.
> But if I was forced to choose, I would probably say
> 1 Synchronicity
> 2 Outlandos D'Amour
> 3 Ghost in the Machine
> 4 Regatta De Blanc
> 5 Zenyatta Mondatta.
>
> Although I tend to listen to the "Message in a Box" set, so the albums often seem to merge into each other, and the distinctions become blurred.
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I agree with you Malav. I couldn't see The Police live when they came to Rio de Janeiro because i was too young, but when Sting came I was there to see him in Maracana, and the audience was a little bit frustrated cause he played many songs from DOTBT and NLTS (most of the show) and few songs from The Police time. For me it was an excellent show but for others it wasn't.
Cheers
Goncalo
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> ** Original Sender: Malav Trivedi <machmood@eden.rutgers.edu>
> ** Original Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 09:34:33 -0400 (EDT)
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> Very good point Matt. I think he plays Police songs, because he knows
> that's what the audience wants to hear. I've seen Sting live twice and the
> highlights were definetly Police songs. Like he says in "Bring on the
> Night": "I give 'em (the audience) half of what they want, the hits.."
> 75% of Sting's hits happen to be with the Police.
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> Take Care, Malav
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> On Fri, 28 May 1999, Mat Planet wrote:
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> > Yeah, it's tough on Sting, but he brought it on himself...
> >
> > >From: Gerard Marks <g_marks@yahoo.com>
> > >If I were in Sting's shoes and the media continued hounding me with
> > >requests for Police reunions and focused mainly on the Police part of
> > >my career, man, that would be more incentive not to do a reunion, ever!
> >
> > If he could have dropped that part of his career and moved on, he might
> > be better recognized as Sting and not "the former singer of the Police".
> >
> > I know, I know, I've heard him say, "Those are MY songs", and they are.
> > He should be able to play them if he wants. But maybe he shouldn't have.
> >
> > Let's take, for example, Peter Gabriel. He left Genesis and began his
> > solo career, and that was it. He never played Genesis songs again. Just
> > Peter Gabriel songs. It helped define him as a solo artist. Now all the
> > old Genesis songs were credited "All Titles by All", but certainly all
> > the songs from the Lamb Lies Down on Broadway....those songs were HIS.
> > That was all Gabriel. But he never played them again after he left
> > Genesis because they were Genesis songs and he was busy playing Peter
> > Gabriel songs. So he went out and got booed off the stage when he was an
> > opening band for the likes of Frank Zappa, but he built his own career
> > and didn't borrow part of it from his old band.
> >
> > Now if Sting could have said goodbye to that whole Police thing maybe he
> > wouldn't be associated with the Police so much over 10 years later.
> > Granted, he wouldn't have been able to headline a major tour like he did
> > after DOTBT- not enough material. It would have made it harder on him,
> > but it also could have made it easier on him later on.
> >
> > -MatPlanet
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