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Re: [Police] The bitter Sting of Tears
by Stingfan222＠aol.com 08 Dec '01

08 Dec '01

Wow! What a nice thing to read after all that's been going around. Sounds like you're a very lucky man and Kim a very lucky lady. Best wishes and happy holidays to you, Kim, baby Gavin and the girls! Michelle In a message dated 12/7/01 7:34:36 PM, sheehansound(a)earthlink.net writes: >Hello All, > > > > This goes out to all of the Senior List Members as well as the >Junior List Members. > >On December 1, 1999 it all changed for me!!! I had this concert I had been >waiting for! Of all the Sting and Police shows I had previously seen, there >was seemingly no line for this one for tickets. I stepped up with a friend >of mine and bought a ticket to the future. Sting fourth row at the State >Theatre in Detroit. > > Well, as it turns out this good friend of mine, a teacher, who >could not attend due to prior committment, suggested I go with a friend >of his, who was interested to go. He told me she was a woman, and " hoped >I would'nt mind". I had no resistance to this of course. > > > > During the show a purple light (heavenly) was shining down on Kim, >and I swear as God as my witness I said, "this woman is my wife". I looked >at her and there was something, God knows what it is,? That tells you this >is my future. > > > > At the end of that show I shook Stings hand. I left the venue feeling >different. Well everybody I am alot different. I am Married to a wonderful >woman, whom I met at a Sting Concert.(go figure), I am a new daddy of a >wonderful boy Gavin Michael, and I am stepdad to 4 wonderful girls. I am >not really sure how this all works out with the big man above, but I am >married to a wonderful woman I met at a Sting concert. God knows I could >not have dreamed it up any better. This story has lots of chapter's, but >I had to let you all know where I have been lately!! Very Happy indeed. >Happy Holidays!! > > > >Take Carel, > >Terrence Sheehan > >

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Re: [Police] The bitter Sting of Tears
by jmunz 08 Dec '01

08 Dec '01

Wow...and all I got was this crumby t-shirt..... Jane This goes out to all of the Senior List Members as well as the Junior List Members.On December 1, 1999 it all changed for me!!! I had this concert I had been waiting for! Of all the Sting and Police shows I had previously seen, there was seemingly no line for this one for tickets. I stepped up with a friend of mine and bought a ticket to the future. Sting fourth row at the State Theatre in Detroit. Well, as it turns out this good friend of mine, a teacher, who could not attend due to prior committment, suggested I go with a friend of his, who was interested to go. He told me she was a woman, and " hoped I would'nt mind". I had no resistance to this of course. During the show a purple light (heavenly) was shining down on Kim, and I swear as God as my witness I said, "this woman is my wife". I looked at her and there was something, God knows what it is,? That tells you this is my future. At the end of that show I shook Stings hand. I left the venue feeling different. Well everybody I am alot different. I am Married to a wonderful woman, whom I met at a Sting Concert.(go figure), I am a new daddy of a wonderful boy Gavin Michael, and I am stepdad to 4 wonderful girls. I am not really sure how this all works out with the big man above, but I am married to a wonderful woman I met at a Sting concert. God knows I could not have dreamed it up any better. This story has lots of chapter's, but I had to let you all know where I have been lately!! Very Happy indeed. Happy Holidays!! Take Carel,Terrence Sheehan

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RE david hoper post
by cia-agent 07 Dec '01

07 Dec '01

Hi dave great post im a big classic rock/metal fan besides the police & have seen some huge bands reform after long layoffs (my other fave band "the Eagles" being a prime candidate) its so frustrating to know what a great success they could be & how many people they could make happy by doing a tour & issuing a new album or a live album with some new tracks like "hell freezes like the eagles did. oh well what can you do.....catch you later....paul (uk)

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Vegas ticket
by whitepio＠smbsd.k12.ca.us 07 Dec '01

07 Dec '01

If any Outlandos member has an extra Outlandos Vegas ticket (just one) they won't be able to use, please let me know. I am an Outlandos member, but wasn't receiving Tina's emails about tickets this summer and fall due to a mistake by the fan club. I understand that some fan club members bought tickets, but now are realizing they can't go to Vegas for a variety of reasons. I'd be happy to help you out. :) Thanks. Maggie

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Jools Holland ablum
by Paula Mickevich 07 Dec '01

07 Dec '01

Dec. 7 My CD from England just arrived : Jools Holland his Rhytmn & Blues Orchestra and friends "Small World/BigBand" Sting sings along with the Band on almost the shortest song on the CD with "Seventh Son" (I'm the one, I'm the one, the one they call the seventh son) Most of the song is the orchestra and Sting sounds stuffed up but that could be my Discman - I am listening to it here at work. song is 3.04 minutes. Lots of spirit in the song. (recorded Aug. 2001) If that doesn't sound enough to buy it, the second song on the album (Sting's is first) is George Harrison's last recorded song - Horse to Water - a very downbeat preachy kind of tune but truly George. (recorded Oct. 2001) Joe Strummer, Van Morrison, Paul Weller, Mark Knopfler, Eric Clapton, and others are also on the CD. Paula

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...All This Time DVD
by thehounds 07 Dec '01

07 Dec '01

Hi all Don't know how many people out there already with the DVD in their hands, but... ANd several online shop the details of the dvd mantionned hidden bonus. Did anyone happened to find some??? Though it's way hypothetic as the setlist they were and still are showing is nothing like the truth!!! :-) Anyway, I just wanted to make sure I wasn't going to miss something somewhere! Take care Martin ______________________________________________________________________________ ifrance.com, l'email gratuit le plus complet de l'Internet ! vos emails depuis un navigateur, en POP3, sur Minitel, sur le WAP... http://www.ifrance.com/_reloc/email.emailif

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...All This Time DVD
by Martin Vauchel 07 Dec '01

07 Dec '01

Hi all Don't know how many people out there already with the DVD in their hands, but... ANd several online shop the details of the dvd mantionned hidden bonus. Did anyone happened to find some??? Though it's way hypothetic as the setlist they were and still are showing is nothing like the truth!!! :-) Anyway, I just wanted to make sure I wasn't going to miss something somewhere! Take careMartin

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What If & Why
by David Hooper 07 Dec '01

07 Dec '01

Hello... from a silent lurker. I thought I'd throw out just a few thoughts here, and see just what the rest of you think. I'm sitting here at home, having had a long day at work, I've had a couple of glasses of wine and single malts, and was listening to some early Police bootlegs... which is my want when I'm looking for serious inspiration. Much Music here in Canada is showing the U2 Live in Boston show which I believe is their new DVD. Anyway, what I'm getting at is this, I saw U2 back in October, and it was a fantastic show, and I'm sure there are similar complaints about a set list that doesn't vary much, and possibly an over rehearsed show, with little improvisation, or that is just too polished to have major changes or mistakes, etc. For whatever reason, it made me think about the Police. I'm right in there with most of you and will say that if they ever have that reunion that we all pray for, I'll be not only in line for tickets, I'll take the time off work and play Police Head too. But here's why. While I appreciate the charts for what they are, and having worked in the business at various times, can say that I understand the "bubble-gum" phenomenon... (excuse the wine please)... it's just not my thing. I'm 34 years old, have been a Police fan for many years, and while I can justly be accused of loving the music of the 80's - which was my high school and university years - I'm quite up to date with current bands that grab my ear - Tragically Hip (yes they are Canadian, but I've seen them develop over the years), James, Harry Connick, Oasis, Jamiroquai, Cold Play, etc, etc, etc. I've always maintained that I'd love to see a Police reunion, with the following in mind... yes Sting, you've been an arrogant bugger, yes Stewart, you can't keep a beat to save your life, and Andy, can't remember the damn chords... but can you not see fit to save us from the Brittany Spears, N'Synchs, Michael Bolton's and Jacksons, Mariah Carey's, Celine Dionn'es of this world? Now, at the same time, I completely understand Sting's comments that they would be competing with their past... and trying to sell more records than current artists, etc. So I will acquiesce to all of their comments. BUT, HOWEVER, I beg to differ on this one point. And it was this U2 performance that really drives this point home. I don't care it the Police ever record anything new... I want to see the awesome power that that they were LIVE!!! As they said many times, in the studio, they would use whatever technology was available to them at the time, they would overdub, and use the studio magic. But live, they had to re-interpret the material, they used backing singers (which I wasn't fond of), and lots of loops and sequencers, etc, but the power they had... and in my mind, particularly in the Reggatta through Ghost era shows... they would blow everyone away. They would in the least be the equal of the awesome shows U2 has been putting on. And those of you who have seen the Elevation Tour, you know what I mean (here's the shameless plug... check out the Live in Boston DVD when you get a chance... old and new material.) The Police were phenomenal musicians, Sting could work a crowd like no other when he wanted... Stewart could lead them in unknown directions (whether he sped up or not) and Andy would fill the holes and could be your 60's and 70's guitar hero, or he could be the guy that influenced other guitarists with sound shapes instead of just chords..adding colour instead of sound. Go back, and listen to the space and sound of Reggatta and Zenyatta era boots, and listen to what these guys could go. Many of the Synchronicity shows were too rehearsed, or too restricted in terms of the set list...l but when the boys cut loose and played in the moment, they were mind blowing. I can think of very few bands that could wrap up an audience in it's arms, and at the same time, impress the muso's in the crowd. Some of you who have been fans for years, or on this list since the mid 90's, etc, will know exactly what I mean. And I apologize for rambling and maybe not being completely succinct.... but it is a nice quiet evening at home with U2 that makes me miss the Police, far more than watching Sting @ Tuscany (itself, a show with much merit.) Just the ramblings of an old Police fan who misses the good old days... When the set list might not have changed to much, but you just didn't know how long Roxanne or Bed's Too Big or Deathwish were going to be on any given night. David

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Are you ever baffled...
by Ross Viner 07 Dec '01

07 Dec '01

.. when you love a police or Sting song, and just CAN'T understand why, when you play it for someone else, they don't? I remember when I was kid, and I desperately wanted my elderly neighbor to hear "Every Breath You Take." SO I basically MAKE her listen to it, and she says calmly "Yes Ross, it's a nice song." "That was it?" I thought to myself. Nice song. NICE SONG!!!!??? It's an incredible song. How CAN SHE RESIST!!!! Something I'll never understand.

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Sting Broadcast tonight
by Steve Roberts 06 Dec '01

06 Dec '01

sting.com now lists stations taking the brodcast from the Beacon tonight. Does anyone know when this will be broadcast in LA? Does anyone know if this will be on live today at 5pm PST? _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp

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