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Oysterhead
by Ruediger Hoeckel 11 Dec '01

11 Dec '01

Hi folks, on http://members.tripod.de/rhoeckel/oysterhead.txt you can find my latest Oysterhead live list. If you would like to trade just let me know. 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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DVD ... All this time
by Martin Vauchel 11 Dec '01

11 Dec '01

Hi All I' just finished my first view of the french DVD... Most significant detail on the show to me: This is not the Hounds Of Winter version from the CD!!! Different singing, different, well... Just different. After that. The DVD is region 0 which means it can be played everywhere. It's stated made in EU. The Sting and dots are RED like on the US release of the CD. Set list is the as Japanese CD without Mad About You (which as an amazing extract in the documentary, recorded in a hallway, all sat don on the floor). This means, yes: seven days and shape of my heart included... Don't very well about the quality because I've watched it on my PC, but the shows seems stunning. Less sure about the quality of the picture during the documentary... All in all, this DVD is AMAZING... Even features an instrumental remix of after the rain during the end credits, which are very funny by the way... Get your hands on it, as soon as you can!!! 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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Sting Does Dallas
by Steve Sayad 11 Dec '01

11 Dec '01

Just now, Sting did a promo on Monday Night Football. When asked about next week's game between New Orleans and St. Louis, Sting turns to some big guy next to him and says, "The Rams, high powered offense against, who, ah the Saints' [pause] stellar defense"---all with EBYT in the backround. Then Dennis Miller says, "ya know, he practices tantric sex and can go for eight hours at a time--I haven't had eight hours of sex in my entire life." He must have a twin; he seems to be everywhere.

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Soul Cages
by csloan 11 Dec '01

11 Dec '01

Dear Everyone, It is quite sad that The Soul Cages is not more recognized. While it might not have been Sting's biggest seller, I think it is his best album. By that I mean that it projects an overall mood and story, and while it includes some variety, there is a cohesiveness of sound and technique. It is perfect. Albums should be judged as a body of work; not on the merit of one or two singles. Love, Courtney

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discerning directors
by The Steel Chick 10 Dec '01

10 Dec '01

>Also in Blender the talk with director Kevin Smith (he is the guy who wrote >Clerks, Dogma, Mallrats, ect..). He says, Sting, The Soul Cages "My >all-time >favorite album, hands down. The dude's got taste. Soul Cages is my favorite Sting album and probably one of my top five of all time, up there with the first Roxy Music album (the rest keep changing). I caught Behind the Music featuring our Mr. Sumner the other week, and he remarked that Soul Cages seemed to be the album that people didn't really clue into as much as his other stuff. A pity-- it's a f*ckin' brilliant piece of work. jENNIFER "I don't matter, you don't matter Neither does this mindless clatter." -P.T. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp

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Re:[Police] Wrapped sampled
by Teri Kronberg 10 Dec '01

10 Dec '01

--whitepio(a)smbsd.k12.ca.us (White,Maggie) wrote: On Mon, 10 Dec 2001 08:58:04 >an R&B trio called Blaque is going to >sample Wrapped Around Your Finger in one >of their upcomming songs which >I think will be called "Bliss." >I think this is a female trio. >The little blurb in the newspaper called >it "Sting's Wrapped Around Your >Finger." Excuse me, doesn't anyone (other >than us) remember that the Police were a >band??? And a great band, at that!?! Yeah, really. I guess Sting had to approve of this sampling of the song then? I wish he wouldn't. I was talking the other day with a friend about sampling and how it never works. It always sounds like you have spliced two songs together with *no rellation to each other* in terms of rhythm. It doesn't matter how well it's mixed (it's still like puting water and oil in a glass together). I think of songs as well-crafted stories--with their own time (era), and rhythm (timing). You take a set of chords and you build around them. It's a signature that no one else can believably use as their own. You can argu that someone younger might not have heard the sampled song. That still doesn't matter, because anyone who is sensitive at all to a disruption in a song's rhythm will know "hey that's a sample". The only positive thing is maybe they'll listen to the original song to compare--and realize it's better. I'm sorry I just don't believe as Sting once commented...that all music has been written. Teri (thanks for letting me get that off my chest) :) ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/.

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Wrapped sampled
by whitepio＠smbsd.k12.ca.us 10 Dec '01

10 Dec '01

I'm doing this from memory: I read over the weekend that an R&B trio called Blaque is going to sample Wrapped Around Your Finger in one of their upcomming songs which I think will be called "Bliss." I think this is a female trio. The little blurb in the newspaper called it "Sting's Wrapped Around Your Finger." Excuse me, doesn't anyone (other than us) remember that the Police were a band??? And a great band, at that!?! Maggie

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Daily Mail CD available in New England
by Stingfan222＠aol.com 10 Dec '01

10 Dec '01

Hi there, Just wanted to let you all know if you're in the Boston area, Newbury comics has the Daily Mail release of Fragile for 9.99. It's much better than the other single I bought first (same price) as it has some video clips of the interview material from the show that ran on A & E. Best Buy also has the My Funny Friend and Me single for 9.99. Guess who's been buying her own Christmas presents? Michelle

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Police DVD
by SOMEDUDE20＠aol.com 10 Dec '01

10 Dec '01

Hello list, I was going through the current issue of Blender and found this: The Police: Outlandos to Synchronicities: A history of the Police Live! They gave it four stars and said, " A 1995 doc on a great rock trio with a Behind the Music-style ego problems. But when it delivers its fantastic live footage, including their first performance of "Message in a Bottle," all ego is forgiven." I know this came out when the live albums did. But it seems as thought its now on DVD. I wonder if there are any extras on it? Also in Blender the talk with director Kevin Smith (he is the guy who wrote Clerks, Dogma, Mallrats, ect..). He says, Sting, The Soul Cages "My all-time favorite album, hands down. I've listened to it more than I've ever listened to anything else. The genesis in many ways of the film Dogma, particularly the song 'All This Time,' which wraps up with Sting saying 'Men go crazy in congregations/But they only get better one by one'." I never would have thought him to be a Sting fan. Anyway, hope you enjoy, The Dude

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sampled
by The Steel Chick 10 Dec '01

10 Dec '01

>I read over the weekend that an R&B trio called Blaque is going to >sample Wrapped Around Your Finger in one of their upcomming songs >which I >think will be called "Bliss." A friend and I were cooking dinner the other night, and we had the radio tuned to KRCW 88.9 (we're from LA), which is our preferred culinary-time station. They were playing the usual dance-inflected stuff, and a song incorporating "Wrapped Around Your Finger" came on. I actually quite liked it-- in fact, if anyone knows who did this song, let me know. KCRW listeners, let your voice be heard! >The little blurb in the newspaper called it "Sting's Wrapped Around >Your >Finger." Excuse me, doesn't anyone (other than us) remember that >the >Police were a band??? And a great band, at that!?! Yeah, nowadays the Police aren't billed as a stand-alone band-- if you look for a greatest hits compilation, you come across "The Very Best of STING and the Police". This is one of my pet peeves-- it's the same with Roxy Music (if I may be forgiven for bringing up this band twice in one day), who are always described as "Bryan Ferry and Roxy Music". It seems sloppy to cram music from two different careers together, even if some people might want "Roxanne" and "Fields of Gold" on the same album (or "Virginia Plain" and "Slave to Love" as the case may be). To be fair, the Police and Sting do have their own separate greatest hits albums. And the abovementioned compilation hasn't fooled some wise Amazon customers, as I see from a quick perusal of that page. Maybe Sting and Bryan should do an album together-- a set of standards, backed by members of their old bands. HA!! jENNIFER "I don't matter, you don't matter Neither does this mindless clatter." -P.T. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp

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