Preach it, Edge:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ELpJqa4PaY
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 21 April 2017 23:11 (six years ago) link
Page: "gosh not sure if I can figure out how to play those two notes or not. Whoof"
― Οὖτις, Friday, 21 April 2017 23:13 (six years ago) link
Stink n' Boner
― calstars, Saturday, 22 April 2017 00:14 (six years ago) link
The video is cringeworthy as hell, but it's worth it perhaps to see Paul glance and smirk at Gordon at one point when they're sharing the mic, but G doesn't return the look, not willing to foresake the gravitas of the moment.
― calstars, Saturday, 22 April 2017 00:24 (six years ago) link
And in the almost as difficult to watch Jimmy / David interaction, I wonder if there were any latent English / Irish musings in their heads
― calstars, Saturday, 22 April 2017 00:27 (six years ago) link
His worst songs.
https://humanizingthevacuum.wordpress.com/2017/07/10/i-dont-subscribe-to-this-point-of-view-the-worst-of-sting-and-the-police/
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 12 July 2017 02:07 (six years ago) link
v glad i saw them live before Synchronicity
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 12 July 2017 02:23 (six years ago) link
"Synchronicity I"???????
― Mr. Snrub, Wednesday, 12 July 2017 11:07 (six years ago) link
'Synchronicity I' is excellent, as is the brilliantly unhinged 'Mother', which is one of my many personal highlights on that LP.
'Saint Augustine in Hell' has the hilarious part about music critics, too.
― The Anti-Climax Blues Band (Turrican), Wednesday, 12 July 2017 12:25 (six years ago) link
I actually like synchronicity a lot as a whole except for brontosaurus/lesson for us
― or at night (Jon not Jon), Wednesday, 12 July 2017 12:42 (six years ago) link
I used to love "Mother," now I wish Sting had sung it. Or, better, Andy's mom.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 12 July 2017 12:43 (six years ago) link
I actually like synchronicity a lot as a whole except for brontosaurus/lesson for us― or at night (Jon not Jon), Wednesday, July 12, 2017 12:42 PM (two minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― or at night (Jon not Jon), Wednesday, July 12, 2017 12:42 PM (two minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Ha, yes!!
― The Anti-Climax Blues Band (Turrican), Wednesday, 12 July 2017 12:45 (six years ago) link
Let's rank their albums.
― The Silky Veils of Alfred (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 19 September 2018 18:38 (five years ago) link
I would do something like
1. Reggatta2. Ghost3. Zenyatta4. Synchronicity5. Outlandos
damn, they're all good!!
― frogbs, Wednesday, 19 September 2018 18:41 (five years ago) link
Not canon, but disc 1 of the live album is pretty great too.
― dinnerboat, Wednesday, 19 September 2018 19:37 (five years ago) link
yea and the first few tracks of disc 2 are pretty decent too
always bothered me how the volume suddenly increases a 30 seconds or so into the first disc. such an obvious glitch, I don't get how it wasn't fixed
― frogbs, Wednesday, 19 September 2018 19:38 (five years ago) link
Their logic ties me up and rapes me!
― recriminations from the nitpicking woke (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 22 May 2019 01:03 (four years ago) link
I'd forgotten about 'Let Your Soul Be Your Pilot' which is indeed garbage.
'If I Ever Lose My Faith In You' is one of his best ever songs, though, as is 'Synchronicity II' ...
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Wednesday, 22 May 2019 01:21 (four years ago) link
I wish the Toby Keith version of "I'm So Happy.." had charted.
― recriminations from the nitpicking woke (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 22 May 2019 01:25 (four years ago) link
Ok, rating Don’t Stand so Close to Me ‘86 over the original is bananas!
― Darin, Wednesday, 22 May 2019 05:11 (four years ago) link
Seconded. That ‘86 version destroys the chorus and in general just has all the life drained out of it. To this day I feel shortchanged for its inclusion on that year’s singles compilation.
― dorsalstop, Wednesday, 22 May 2019 08:57 (four years ago) link
"Every Breath You Take" make my friend hilariously angry, because he can't hear it without hearing this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=837k74c4rHQ
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 22 May 2019 11:52 (four years ago) link
A+
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Wednesday, 22 May 2019 13:15 (four years ago) link
where do the Shaggy singles fit in here
― frogbs, Wednesday, 22 May 2019 13:33 (four years ago) link
it wasn't me
― recriminations from the nitpicking woke (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 22 May 2019 13:40 (four years ago) link
Ok, rating Don’t Stand so Close to Me ‘86 over the original is bananas!― Darin, Wednesday, May 22, 2019 5:11 AM (eight hours ago)Bookmark Flag Post PermalinkSeconded. That ‘86 version destroys the chorus and in general just has all the life drained out of it. To this day I feel shortchanged for its inclusion on that year’s singles compilation.― dorsalstop, Wednesday, May 22, 2019 8:57 AM (four hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Darin, Wednesday, May 22, 2019 5:11 AM (eight hours ago)Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― dorsalstop, Wednesday, May 22, 2019 8:57 AM (four hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Thirded. One of the most pointless recordings Sting has been involved in, and this is Sting we're talking about.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Wednesday, 22 May 2019 13:41 (four years ago) link
Didn't realize "Next To You" wasn't a single! Manifestly belongs in the classic pile.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Wednesday, 22 May 2019 15:01 (four years ago) link
It's pointless, yeah. It needn't exist. Yet the fadeout in the original allows the tension to leak out of the song. I prefer how sinister Sting sounds in the original.
― recriminations from the nitpicking woke (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 22 May 2019 15:03 (four years ago) link
you guys know there's an album of re-recorded Sting songs out in two days right
― frogbs, Wednesday, 22 May 2019 15:04 (four years ago) link
As Tom Ewing wrote, "It’s not that 'Don’t Stand' needs to resolve its story – in fact it works better for not doing so – but it doesn’t need to hang around either."
― recriminations from the nitpicking woke (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 22 May 2019 15:05 (four years ago) link
aww, i've always loved 'spirits in the material world'. had no idea what it was about obv and if i tried to unpick it now i would probably find it totally ludicrous (hey it's sting), but i suppose i was a sucker for quasi-mystical nonsense in my early teens (too much time spent watching 'monkey' instead of doing my homework); 'secret journey' off the same album tickled the same part of my brain. that sax blort at the start of the song sort of fools you into thinking it's a sort of odd ska that they're going for but it's some weird eastern european folk fusion thing isn't it? the synth standing in for an accordian, and then that zithery balalaika thing on the third verse. the drums are fantastic (hey it's stewart) - the crispness of the snare when it comes in is soo good! solid 7.5/10. still sad that sting isn't actually signng about the reykjavik of failure though.
― Br. Des Shadows (NickB), Wednesday, 22 May 2019 16:23 (four years ago) link
'Spirits in the Material World' is a better song than 'Invisible Sun', IMO, the energy level of the former is one of many points in its favour over the trudge of the latter.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Wednesday, 22 May 2019 16:27 (four years ago) link
As Tom Ewing wrote, "It’s not that 'Don’t Stand' needs to resolve its story – in fact it works better for not doing so – but it doesn’t need to hang around either."― recriminations from the nitpicking woke (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, May 22, 2019 5:05 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― recriminations from the nitpicking woke (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, May 22, 2019 5:05 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― dorsalstop, Wednesday, 22 May 2019 16:28 (four years ago) link
Oh I had another possible misheard lyric in ‘Spirits’. Does Sting really say ‘grow testes and survive’? Actually nervous about googling that one
― Br. Des Shadows (NickB), Wednesday, 22 May 2019 16:48 (four years ago) link
I’ll be honest with you I usually don’t check what thread I’m posting in
there is only one thread, i'm on the same page. literally
― sarahell, Tuesday, 9 June 2020 05:12 (three years ago) link
been on an andy summers kick of late, had never actually heard his epic solo on this one before:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_aAsg2UTZo
(the guitar solo is from 2:00 to 6:30)
(it sounds nothing like the police btw)
― Boris the Spreader (NickB), Tuesday, 21 July 2020 21:13 (three years ago) link
the audio on this is killing me!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJyEr-jWVv4
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Monday, 7 February 2022 21:42 (two years ago) link
sounds like some of the guitar parts from 'voices' - anyone know if it's available somewhere?
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Monday, 7 February 2022 21:43 (two years ago) link
Is it the intro music on the Synchronicity tour?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cyp7au1vOrM
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 7 February 2022 22:08 (two years ago) link
oh, definitely related to that, thanks! the tempo is a bit quicker though and the guitar parts are a bit more abstract. drum machine sounds like the same one that plays at the start of 'duchess' by genesis - CR-78?
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Monday, 7 February 2022 22:19 (two years ago) link
Thinking about picking up Around the World. Picture quality aside (it does look great now that it's fully-restored from the negative) how's the film itself? Is it a good doc or at least a good concert compilation of sorts?
― birdistheword, Saturday, 21 May 2022 03:27 (one year ago) link
The band originally broke up in . . . 1984? When Sting decided he would be better off going it alone, a la Paul Weller. In retrospect, it seems like an inevitability, but he pulled the plug on the band when they were still fairly well peaking.
Like a friend of mine said a while back, when we were listening to Dream of the Blue Turtles: "You broke up the Police for this? Fuck you."
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Sunday, 22 May 2022 01:29 (one year ago) link
So, your friend didn't consider Sting turtley enough for the Blue Turtle Club?
Although, to be fair, you could say he did a favour to the legacy of the Police by breaking them up when he realized his muse was leading him in that direction.
― Halfway there but for you, Sunday, 22 May 2022 02:34 (one year ago) link
Credit where credit's due, he put together an extraordinary group of musicians for that record. But his "muse" seemed to be leading him much more astray than was Weller's. I suppose the warning signs were there with Synchronicity, which nevertheless still showed flashes of brilliance; I'd put "Synchronicity II" among their best songs, as well as among the best songs of the 80s.
Anyway, if we are going to do S/D, I'd search "Secret Journey." Apart from the obvious "Mother," I don't think the world would miss "Born in the 50s."
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Sunday, 22 May 2022 04:22 (one year ago) link
I thought the plan was they'd get back together after the Blue Turtles record. At least that is what Stew assumed was going to happen.
If you haven't heard it yet the Bring on the Night live set is really great. The band gets to flex a lot more. All of the medley tracks are awesome. Interesting live record too, it's almost as if he was intentionally shying away from his hits, trying to prove he really did have a deep catalogue.
Copeland's record live record with Gizmodrome is really good too. The tightness reminds me of 80's King Crimson. Also you get to hear a lot of Police cuts that never got played live.
― frogbs, Sunday, 22 May 2022 04:28 (one year ago) link
Yeah, I think I rented the VHS when that came out. I also saw the Blue Turtles tour when it came to Red Rocks. Sadly, it was the closest I ever came to seeing the Police.
I'll check out the Copeland record. Interesting comparison to King Crimson.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Sunday, 22 May 2022 04:31 (one year ago) link
For me, there's been a good EP's worth of solo Sting cuts that could've been pretty good Police songs, and most of them are on Blue Turtles: "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free," "Love Is the Seventh Wave," and "Fortress Around Your Heart." But it takes more than three cuts to make a good album, and "Russians" is as well-meaning as it is colossally stupid.
― birdistheword, Sunday, 22 May 2022 05:20 (one year ago) link
The Bring On the Night doco offers some insight to the astonishing level of self-belief from which Sting was operating in those times.
― assert (matttkkkk), Sunday, 22 May 2022 07:55 (one year ago) link
y'all are mad
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 22 May 2022 10:04 (one year ago) link
his best imo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eT64QnhZD4o
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 22 May 2022 10:05 (one year ago) link