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shadowsintherain
by S. Rao 16 Nov '01

16 Nov '01

Coplovers! Wow.. So many global responses from so many people - I feel welcome. Thanks to Susy, Giovanni (Grazie, ma bene!), Ruediger, Sebastien, Dogstar112 and Maggie. Where do I begin - I guess at the beginning. I was 13 when I first heard the Police on the radio in Singapore in 81 -Dodododadada was on the air. Being a big music fan at the time - I was stoked to hear something very different and 'riffy' - Andys chicken picking. The road to obsession began there and really took off after I heard Regatta de Blanc. My favorite album - Is it alright for you? :) We went on to play Dodododadada and Man inna Suitcase at clubs in Singapore in the late 80s. I saw Urgh Its Music War in Dec. 81 (4 times!) and soon discovered west coast punk (X, DK, etc.)along with what all was happening in the UK(Magazine, Gang o 4,etc). Now I live here in San Francisco - I play a straight. Anyway - I have about 5-6 bootlegs - that most o y'all probably have. Ill have to go home and dig the names out - but I can name a couple here - Truth Hits Everybody - The Hotel Diplomat sessions(78/9) and Wallaby - Police downunder (80?)- thats a good one. See you in court! Shivu Rao San Francisco, Calif. USA _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp

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VH1 fans
by whitepio＠smbsd.k12.ca.us 15 Nov '01

15 Nov '01

Reminder that the Sting fan show is on VH1 on Sunday. Here's what Ian had to say about it on his webpage forum: You might also look out for the show on VH-1 about Sting's "biggest fan" that was filmed here at Backstage. I'll tell you a funny story (I think). One night at Backstage a young girl came over to me and asked if it would be okay to film a short interview that she explained she was submitting to VH-1 in hopes that she would be picked as "Sting's biggest fan," on a VH-1 show I'd never even heard of. Well, of course I said no problem. I thought nothing of it until a few weeks later I got a call from VH-1 saying that she had won, and they asked me to do an interview here. Again, of course I said no problem, and it turned out they also took a whole tour of the place with their cameras. Anyway, I think that's GREAT, though one never knows how much will actually end up in the video (for instance, I was interviewed for hours on REM, The Police, Sting, The Bangles, Go Gos, etc. and only a few seconds were used if any at all). Maggie

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DTS versions of Police and Sting albums
by frotri＠panafonet.gr 15 Nov '01

15 Nov '01

Hi folks, my girlfriend and I were recently -in between some earthquakes here in Greece- listening to the DTS versions of The Police The Classics (thnx Deb & Jer) , TST and BND (thnx DB). Just like Ross mailed earlier, I too bought a dvd-dts player lately and was finally able to listen at the DTS dvd's. If you haven't bought the DTS from the Police, do so as many of the songs have got complete new arrangements. Echoes were added to Andy's guitar parts in quite some of the songs, and of course there is that splendid new version of De do do do De da da da and Stearts drumming is perfectly balanced although less present in some of the songs. As we were listening, we discovered a complete "new album". Anyway, we hope that they will once decide to "DTS" the whole Police catalogue as that would simply result in 5 new albums ,-)) Hello as well to LJB, LJG, LNB, ... Cheers, Karel _

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testing
by rossviner＠shaw.ca 15 Nov '01

15 Nov '01

Mmmm. Before it wouldn't let me post from this address. I'm hoping with the new software, things are working for this account. Well, are you reading this? :) By the way, I bought a DVD player last weekend, and was finally able ot enjoy the the Universal show I got for my last birthday (finally).

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Re: [Police] its alright for Oysterhead
by Dogstar112＠aol.com 15 Nov '01

15 Nov '01

In a message dated 11/14/01 7:20:25 PM Eastern Daylight Time, shivu25(a)hotmail.com writes: << Hi Gang - Im new to the list. Big fan of the Police and especially Stewart. Shivu Rao San Francisco, Calif. USA >> Hello - anyone out there>? >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hey Shivu, Welcome to the list. I'm a big Stewart fan too. I'm a drummer hugely influenced by him. Actually about two hours ago I got back from seeing Oysterhead for the second night in a row at Roseland here in NYC. Here's a review of last night's show: *********************** Got to Roseland a couple hours before the doors opened and managed to get up against the stage barrier. It was quite a show. As a drummer, I'm glad to see that Stewart still has it. Actually he was better than the last time he played in NYC in 1994. The crowd was mostly Phish-heads, then Primus fans. Only saw a couple Police shirts, but Stewart got a lot of the applause. He definitely won them over. There were a couple calls from the audience for Walking On The Moon, but they didn't play it. The band was really incredible. This is a musicians band for sure. Oysterhead is basically three phenomenal musicians who can't write a song to save their lives. That's ok, they know it. That's not what this project is about. It's not about the songwriting. It's not about melodies and harmonies. It's about putting three animal musicians together and letting them explode all over the place. Stewart got to ham it up during Wield The Spade. Standing behind his second drumset near the left side of the stage, under a spotlight he recited the words with the animated conviction of a godlike dictator. Looking in a handheld mirror and raising his arms up to command the audience while he shouted "Wield The Spade!!" I couldn't help thinking of Bono's "Macphisto." Les Claypool, as always is quite a character. I was focused on Stewart for most of the show but Les managed to tear me away a number of times. I can see that if the Police ever did get back together Stewart would still be able to drive that band. No wonder Sting doesn't want to do it. He wants to be the leader, completely in control. And with Stewart in the band you have to know your place. Too bad they're both incredible musicians. Guess their ego's just can't handle it. The average age in the audience was about 17 years old. More weed than I've ever seen at a show. I felt like the old man without a joint. While waiting on line before the show some interesting conversations were overheard among the young naive little tykes. One guy claimed that Sting is bigger than the Police ever were. (Anyone here think Sting could sell out Shea Stadium in a couple hours?) Another guy thought a Police reunion wouldn't be a big deal. (Guess he never heard of Miles Copeland - who would most likely book it as the second coming of Christ). I'll let them slide since they probably weren't even born when the Police were still a band. But even so, it's sad that so many people don't have a clue of the potential. For the last few years I've thought that a reunion would be a mistake. That they were past their prime and might not be able to recapture the magic. After seeing Stewart play again I can safely say that they could do it. With the way Stewart is playing I have complete confidence that the Police would still be able to kick every other band's ass out the door. I took some pictures at the show. I'll let you know if any came out. Later, Ron NYC <A HREF="http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/248/r_matthews.html"> mp3.com/driventotears</A>

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Re: [Police] Go to sea-shop after four...???
by Timothy Enders 15 Nov '01

15 Nov '01

He's saying "Go to C# after four..." It's a call for a key change, that's all. -Tim

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Go to sea-shop after four...???
by Mikkel Z. Herold 15 Nov '01

15 Nov '01

I just relistened to an old live version of Jeremiah Blues and noticed Sting saying something like "go to sea shop (or C-sharp??) after four" at some point. Is this a quote from a song (like "If I were a carpenter" in Why Should I Cry For You) or what? I think this has been discussed here a long time ago, but I don't remember what the answer was. Anyone know? __________________________________________________________ "And my sanity scans the horizon" (Sting, "The wild wild sea") http://www.geocities.com/mikkelshule

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ALERT: OYSTERHEAD ON CONAN!
by Ruediger Hoeckel 15 Nov '01

15 Nov '01

OYSTERHEAD will be performing on Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Thursday night, at 12:35 AM ET on NBC. Check local listings for exact times. They will be performing "Oz Is Ever Floating." Cheers, RÃ¼diger ===== "...but something in our minds will always stay." (Sting - "Fragile") RÃ¼diger's website: http://www.rhoeckel.de Please visit my auctions on Ebay! http://cgi6.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewListedItems&userid=rhoeckel __________________________________________________________________ Gesendet von Yahoo! Mail - http://mail.yahoo.de Ihre E-Mail noch individueller? - http://domains.yahoo.de

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test
by Winca 15 Nov '01

15 Nov '01

sorry Winca

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Re: [Police] Sanborn/Sting song
by frotri＠panafonet.gr 15 Nov '01

15 Nov '01

Just to add that the recordong on that album is actually a live recording from quite some time ago on which all the audience noise was mixed away. A real studio version can be heard on the Soul Cages demo tapes. Groetjes, Cheers, Karel StingUs-team www.StingUs.net Weekly newsletter: Sting-Newsletter-subscribe(a)yahoogroups.com Several versions of "All This Time live CD" can be pre-ordered in our StingUs-shop. ----- Original Message ----- From: mvansant <mvansant(a)wxs.nl> Date: Thursday, November 15, 2001 10:15 am Subject: Re: [Police] Sanborn/Sting song > Hi Jeanne > > David Sanborn's album is called "Inside' > and the song is 'Ain't No Sunshine' > > The label is: Elektra. > > greetings from Holand > magda > > Donkeydewey(a)aol.com wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > Could someone please tell me which David Sanborn album > contains a song > > sung by Sting and what the name of the song is? Thanks, Jeanne > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Police mailing list > > Police(a)mailman.xmission.com > > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/police > > > _______________________________________________ > Police mailing list > Police(a)mailman.xmission.com > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/police > _

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