October 2002 - Police - mailman.xmission.com

HAPPY BIRTHDAY
by Saira H. Bhatti 07 Oct '02

07 Oct '02

ooopss, I got late...sowwwyyy.... Belated Happy B'Day to the Best Musician in the music world.... -Saira _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com

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Sting on Bravo Monday-Oct.7th
by SusyAdrian＠aol.com 07 Oct '02

07 Oct '02

Hi Everyone, I was writing because I just saw that Sting will be on Bravo tomorrow night at 8:00p.m. on a Songwriters Hall of Fame show. I just saw the preview and they showed him singing Roxanne. Barry Manilow is going to be on also :) Thanks, Susy

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'sting forever' on bbc
by Andee26＠aol.com 04 Oct '02

04 Oct '02

october 19th it debuts for BBC America, and according to the advert, inculdes exclusives from Bring on the Night era, thru the most recent works. Its billed as a 'tribute.' can't wait. andee B. in indianapolis

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For sale on eBay: STING live 2 CD set: LAS VEGAS 1993 (superb!)
by w2000 04 Oct '02

04 Oct '02

Hi all, here is my latest offer on eBay: this rare Japanese 2 CD set (these are real factory made CDs, *no* CD-Rs!) includes Sting's appearance in May 1993 at the Sam Boyd Silver Bowl, Las Vegas, USA. The set he performed was unusual as he decided to perform several songs that he hadn't played for years and that where not part of the usual set for this tour. Here is the run down of the content of the CDs (songs marked '*' are the ones which where usually not played during this tour): CD1: 1) Tea In The Sahara/Consider Me Gone (*), 2) Walking On The Moon (*), 3) If I Ever Lose My Faith In You, 4) Love Is Stronger Than Justice, 5) A Day In The Life, 6) Fields Of Gold, 7) Synchronicity II, 8) Roxanne, 9) Englishman In New York, 10) King Of Pain, 11) Bring On The Night/When The World Is Running Down CD2: 1) Ain't No Sunshine (*), 2) Children's Crusade (*), 3) Seven Days, 4) Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic, 5) Fortress Around Your Heart (*), 6) Penny Lane, 7) It's Probably Me/Sister Moon, 8) Shape Of My Heart, 9) Purple Haze (*), 10) Message In A Bottle, 11) She's Too Good For Me, 12) Nothing 'Bout Me, 13) Fragile. Sound quality for the concert is breathtaking - most excellent soundboard stereo!! Very clean and full sounding. Comes with very nice full color 4 page booklet. Condition of discs and artwork is as new. Artwork scans can be found here: http://home.arcor.de/werbur/silver_bowl.jpg If you want to bid for the CDs please go here: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=911067408 Please e-mail me for any further questions. Thanks, w2000

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two Police Live 1983 LPs on ebay
by dieKnufs＠t-online.de 03 Oct '02

03 Oct '02

Hello, I have finally put the two vinyls on ebay I offered here recently. the URLs are: Dortmund, 10/10/1983 http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=911042888 Lyon, 03/10/1983 http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=911043147 the infos page for pics and mp3 samples: http://dieknufs.bei.t-online.de/polilive.htm I don't know if ebay will shoot down these auctions, bidding starts at EUR 9, buy it now for EUR 25 thanks Volker :o)

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interview highlights
by Maggie White 03 Oct '02

03 Oct '02

I don't have a ton of time to give the highlights, but I'll do my best. I have easy access to a tape duplicator, so I'm happy to make copies for people. Just send me your mailing address and don't expect it too soon. I'm swamped at work and even taking work home on the weekends. Stew talked a lot about film scoring and how Coppola (sp?) gave him his first chance to work in film. He related the story about playing at Sting's wedding. Same old story, except there are a few more details. He talked about how it felt going from being an unknown band to selling out arenas. He said it was very disconcerting /confusing. He bashes (in a severely funny way) jazz and jazz musicians. He talks about the development of the various albums and how the later albums were mostly Sting-driven. Stew calls his own early tunes "lame." He comes across as very intelligent and funny. The two interviewers (who are also drummers) were very impressed. He talked about how he can play several instruments, but has never mastered keyboards/piano. The most important thing is that they played 3 snippets of new Stewart concoctions. He calls them Police "Derangements." As far as I know, this was the first time they've ever been played publicly. He's taken bits and pieces of songs and mashed them all together. They really aren't remixes because it's more than one song. He's taken the bass line of one and combined it with the melody of another and the lyrics of yet another and then perhaps the audience sing-along (e-yay-ooo) from a life track and spliced them all together. I know I'm not explaining this very well. Stew does a better job. He called it "lobotomized Police material." ie - lyrics from Can't Stand with the guitar solo from Demolition man and the bass from So Lonely or something. Or the lyric of Roxanne over the backing track of Can't Stand. It sounds a lot like "house" techno music to me. Some of them "work" better than others. Very fast-paced. He's developed 7 songs. He said he's made 20 CDs of them for friends. He gave each of the interviewers their own CD and the program will probably play the music occasionally as "bumper" music after a commercial break. He said the idea of a whole new CD has already been "nixed" but he's sent the songs to Sting and Andy hoping (and waiting) to get their approval. He hopes that one or two of these songs will be used to "sweeten" the releases of remastered albums or other greatest hits, etc. In other words, the bonus tracks to encourage people to buy the CD. As my husband was taping this, he said his first thought was "Sting is going to sue the ass off Stewart in about two seconds." Stewart kind of downplayed the "rift" rumor between him and Sting. He basically said, "Ya, there are times we don't get along, but we still enjoy being with each other." He talks about how excited he is to be playing with the Doors. He's always been a fan of the Doors. And he just loves getting back to drums. He talked some about drum technique, most of which went over my head. He did make a funny comment about how the new CD is called "The best of STING and the Police. But then he compliments Sting's solo work. It's about a 30 minute interview. If I can think of anything more, or if I get more time, I'll send out another email. Maggie

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radio interview
by Maggie White 02 Oct '02

02 Oct '02

I caught about two minutes of it between meetings. I'm counting that my husband taped it. Andy was not feeling well, so he didn't make the interview. What I caught had Stew talking about the creative (or lack of) process for Ghost and Synch, in which Sting basically brought finished pieces to Montserrat (sp!) and anything Stew or Andy did to the song was "messing it up." He also played some new music! Could this be the rumored re-mixes???? I didn't hear the intro to the music, but it was like a combination of several police songs. Stew called it Demolition or Deconstruction or something like that. I know this is horribly inadequate! But I swear, if my husband tapped it, I can make copies for anyone who is interested. You just have to give me some time, because my job is really crazy right now. I'll listen to the tape tonight (I hope) and tell more on Thursday. Maggie

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY
by SusyAdrian＠aol.com 02 Oct '02

02 Oct '02

Happy Birthday, Sting! Love, Susy

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October 2nd
by The Greatesting 02 Oct '02

02 Oct '02

HAPPY BIRTHDAY STIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIING!!! :)))))))))))))) Greg _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com

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Re: [Police] October 2nd
by Stingfan222＠aol.com 01 Oct '02

01 Oct '02

You got it Greg, right there at midnight!~ Hope the man is enjoying his birthday THIS year since last years' didn't turn out to be what he expected. Michelle

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