Fields of POLL: The Best of Sting

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dr. seuss is a better lyricist than sting.

― Daniel, Esq., Sunday, March 14, 2010 9:54 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

There might not be a rock lyricist better than Dr. Seuss. For sure at most 5.

That the Police were better than solo Sting is a fact too obvious to restate but in this case it instructs us, reliably, to vote for the one song on here that sounds like a good Police single, "Fortress Around Your Heart."

i don't think FAYH sounds anything like the police, but i (reluctantly) admit it's a good song.

Fortress Around your Heart still would have been better with Andy Summers putting some of that creamy chorus guitar around it. He would have eaten that chord progression for breakfast.

agreed.

Ha! Is it the modern lot of wives, listening to the Police box set only when their husband is away? I qualify! It must be how he feels when he watches pornography when I'm not around, kind of dirty but also relieved.

sting is much more sorid than pornography.

sting is horrible.

Sting pornography would be the worst.

It probably would last a long time.

http://imgsrv.nightswithalicecooper.com/image/nwac/UserFiles/Image/sting.jpg

I would watch a Sting pornography if, in it, he had intercourse with younger guys who looked sort of like him, like Neil Patrick Harris and Christopher Masterson.

It probably would last a long time.

only if you include dinner and a movie in calculating the time.

lol. TS: Sting (professional bard) v. Sting (professional wrestler)

I'm abstaining, though I'd vote for "Desert Rose" (w/ Cheb Mami) if it was on here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyf4KDbnrP0

I still reckon his first three solo albums were indeed quite good. Even "Ten Summoner Tales" contained a couple of nice singles, but by then he was completely on his way into ZZZ-land.

Had to stop reading Daniel Levitin's The World in Six Songs after he went on at length about the genius of Russians and referred to "my friend Sting".

Really hate that Mr Kruschev/Mr Pinochet mister-thing that Sting does.

No Love Is The Seventh Wave, no credibility.

oh lord, "Russians" is the most embarrassing song in the world that isn't "They Dance Alone"

Love is a big fat river in flood

btw this is very very gross

You really should read the rest of those lyrics I linked. Feel the revulsion!

"love is stronger than justice" is pretty cool music-wise; all that shit about burritos, bandidos and "ethical stuff" needs to die, though

gah nevermind, just listened to it for the first time in like 10 years and it's totally unredeemable. need to wash my ears out w/some bizcuit now

Maybe because it's embarrassing, I voted for "Russians" -- a gorgeous (cribbed) melody, the clunkiest of lyrics, that new dad feeling along with all its attendant earnestness, all those "misters"... what's not to love?

cribbed from what?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wf5w-PP6UQo

ok now i'm less guilty about my secret fondness for 'russians'. see, i didn't even confess it till now. lostandfound otm iow.

How would history had differed if he'd used the Trololo melody.

How can I save my little boy from Oppenheimer's deadly trololololo?

I like my toast done on one side.

Eh? Is this considered an English affectation?

Yeah, like cooking the left half of a pizza.

Am eagerly waiting on Sting's "Disgusting Savages" song.

Yeah, like cooking the left half of a pizza.

No, we only cook the edge

But that's a Scottish thing, surely. The English do what I have described, then dunk it in tea.

In fields of barley.

Lute-fired pizzas.

no "Desert Rose", no credibility

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"If I Evah Lose My Faith in You" is a catchy little number, but I'll go with "Fields of Gold".

never got into "desert rose". half-assed vocals (ending every other line with "ay-ay-ay-ay"), super cluttered, plus cheb mami being so low in the mix makes his vox obstructive to everything else that's going on. boring melody, too.

i meant to append an "i dunno" at the end of that so as to not seem rude

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

NO VOTES FOR THIS COWBOY SONG?

outrageous.

all the time was robbed

Didn't vote, but would have added one more to "Be Still My Beating Heart." It helped, during my senior year of high school, to not know that expression, much less be aware it was literary, and I loved Andy's guitar and the beat and sound. Also, I never cared as much about lyrics as most people. Also, I was super depressed.

Been getting back into the Bring on the Night live album, which was just reissued a couple years back. it's Sting with the famous jazz band that played on Blue Turtles, and it's actually really good, much better than any of his studio albums. It's split between Police tunes and his solo stuff. The Police tunes in particular get some pretty interesting workouts. The most notable thing about it is that there's almost nothing on there that was a hit - only "Moon Over Bourbon Street" which wasn't even really a big one. Instead he focuses on stuff like "Demolition Man", "Bring on the Night", and some obscure Police tunes like "Low Life" and "I Burn For You". Some of it is quite dated - there's a ridiculous rap on the first track, and way too much clarinet overall, but this is really a great live set!!

Hard to believe he turns 60 this year!!

came here to say Englishman In New York is fantastic innit? glad it won!

ace video too

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d27gTrPPAyk

hobbes