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miles davis & sting
by michel 27 Nov '03

27 Nov '03

Hi Sting's dream would have been to play with Miles , he encounters Miles in1985 and collaborated in the album 'You're under arrest (Sony rec) on the track One phone call/street scenes' where he made a ' 'French Policeman's voice '. 'Swinging to the¨Police' was released in 1999 and featured 12 The Police /Sting tracks - jazzy versions. That's all for the story. Does Sting was credible as a french policeman was another story .. Hi, I found this album on cduniverse.com: http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=1167121&cart=166152899&style=m usic Anyone has any knowledge of it? You can listen to track samples, they sound great! Since I'm at it, I have a question: the article says Sting collaborated with Miles Davis, whenever did that happen?? Ciao from Milan Michele

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[Police] The True Psychological Underpinnings of "We Work the Black Seam Together"
by Raj Manoharan 27 Nov '03

27 Nov '03

Seems to me Sting is relating his experience in The Police by means of his mastery of metaphor: "Our blood has stained the coal" (The blood of The Police as a collective stained the coal of Sting's creative genius) "We tunneled deep inside the nation's soul" (Andy and Stewart got into Sting's head with such madness as speeded-up drumming and Mother and eventually drove Sting crazy, compelling him to break up The Police) "The seam lies underground" (Sting was the seam that held The Police together) "Three million years of pressure packed it down" (The Police collective restrained the seam of Sting's creative genius) "We walk through ancient forest lands..." (Incessant mention of The Police) "...Your dark satanic mills" (The music industry machine that continues to milk fans dry with reissue upon reissue of Police material as opposed to multiple versions of each Sting album) "Have made redundant all our mining skills" (Continual appraisal of Sting's long-past achievements in The Police as opposed to the present trails he's blazing now) "You can't exchange a six inch band for all the poisoned streams in Cumberland" (Six inch band=Sting and The Blue Turtles / poisoned streams in Cumberland=The Police) ®@J _________________________________________________________________ Gift-shop online from the comfort of home at MSN Shopping! No crowds, free parking. http://shopping.msn.com

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Re: [Police] Police] On the subject of lyrics and their meaning .....
by Bob McKenzie 27 Nov '03

27 Nov '03

Just pulled out Dream of the Blue Turtles to re-read lyrics. "Our blood has stained the coal We tunneled deep inside the nation's soul "The seam lies underground Three million years of pressure packed it down We walk through ancient forest lands... etc. ...Your dark satanic mills Have made redundant all our mining skills You can't exchange a six inch band for all the poisoned streams in Cumberland" It seems to me he is alluding to many topics related to mining: - "but deadly for twelve thousand years is carbon fouteen" carbon-coal? - "Power was to become cheap and clean": coal smoke was incredibly dirty - "Grimy faces were never seen": no more smudgy coal-blackened faces of miners - "build machines that they can't control": Nuclear power in the wrong hands could wreak havoc on their quiet countryside whereas coal was contained, underground, and they had built their lives around it I know this because I hold a Masters' Degree in Mining Sciences with a minor of Metallurgy and Technical Writing.* * To clarify, that was meant in jest and certainly did not call into question any lister who may actually have attended University for this very subject and could explain coal mining far better than I. What does he mean in "Rock Steady" by "the signified monkey"? That has always baffled me. >From: "HM" <2ho(a)gmx.net> >To: "Bob McKenzie" <hoser_3317(a)hotmail.com> >Subject: Re: [Police] Police] On the subject of lyrics and their meaning >..... >Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2003 08:18:29 +0100 > >I always thought he meant money with that. >Isn't one of the larger dollar notes about six inches long? > >Can't be Euro, they were not even thought about when the song was written >:-) >Holger > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Bob McKenzie" <hoser_3317(a)hotmail.com> >To: <police(a)mailman.xmission.com> >Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2003 2:33 AM >Subject: [Police] Police] On the subject of lyrics and their meaning ..... > > > > Here is one I have always meant to ask about and now seems like a good >time. > > In We Work the Black Seam he says "...............you can't exchange a >six > > inch band for all the poisoned streams in Cumberland." What is the six >inch > > band? > > > > ~Anne > > > > Coal. AKA "the Black Seam". > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* > > >http://join.msn.com/?page=dept/bcomm&pgmarket=en-ca&RU=http%3a%2f%2fjoin.ms… > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Police mailing list > > Police(a)mailman.xmission.com > > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/police > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail http://join.msn.com/?page=dept/bcomm&pgmarket=en-ca&RU=http%3a%2f%2fjoin.ms…

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On the subject of lyrics and their meaning .....
by Anne Robinson 26 Nov '03

26 Nov '03

Here is one I have always meant to ask about and now seems like a good time. In We Work the Black Seam he says "...............you can't exchange a six inch band for all the poisoned streams in Cumberland." What is the six inch band? ~Anne P.S. Jer pleasereconsider.

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RE: [Police] Ok, everybody...
by Fred Berthelot 26 Nov '03

26 Nov '03

Getting back to Stewart busting his drum head at the HOF, Sting expresses his opinion on the reunion in Tracks magazine: http://www.tracksmusic.com/article.jsp?ID=9310 Cheers, Fred -----Original Message----- From: Timothy Enders [mailto:tenders@loyola.edu] Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2003 4:23 PM To: police(a)mailman.xmission.com Subject: [Police] Ok, everybody... Hello again all... Look, In the past five or six posts, I've seen the F-word used several times, and a lot of name calling. Can we PLEASE ALL let it go? Please? Can we do something like discuss the Police? Like how cool it was when Stewart busted his drumhead during the HOF show? Or how great Andy's live shows are? Or how cool it is that Sting will be touring again soon? Please? -Tim _______________________________________________ Police mailing list Police(a)mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/police

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police reunion comments by Sting
by David Lucky 26 Nov '03

26 Nov '03

I thought Sting's comments about the Police reunion in the Tracks magazine was interesting. Its like the first time I can recall he has said something like that. Does anyone know what else he has said about the reunion - the "unhappy boy". I also have been surprised that in all the publicity and interviews he has been doing hardly anyone asks him about the reunion gig. The whole thing seemed rather anti climatic to me.

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Tracks Mag
by Paula Mickevich 26 Nov '03

26 Nov '03

If you haven't seen the cover of Tracks you can go to amazon.com, in search on left put in Tracks and scroll down to magazines and hit go... Mr. Mean ;)

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Tracks magazine
by Karen Peterson 26 Nov '03

26 Nov '03

Please help, someone! I have been unable to find a copy of Tracks magazine anywhere in my town (Santa Fe, NM), and am desperate to locate one! Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks in advance for any ideas! Karen in NM

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Re: [Police] On the subject of lyrics and their meaning .....
by Stingfan222＠aol.com 26 Nov '03

26 Nov '03

Mikkel I may just have to jump all over your butt for picking on short people! ; o (of course I AM joking!) Thanks for adding some humor to this uptight phase the list is going through! Michelle in TX In a message dated 11/26/03 7:23:51 AM, mikkel(a)mzh.dk writes: << > What is the six inch band? A groups of very short musicians, maybe? Mikkel P.S.: In the light of recent endless discussions on the list, let me make this absolutely clear: The statement above was ironic (for a definition, look here: http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=42023&dict=CALD) and meant as a joke (http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=42879&dict=CALD) In no way should any criticism of short people be inferred from the statement, as this was not the intention. I have nothing against short people, in fact, one of my closest friends is short, albeit more than six inches, so please refrain from flaming me. -- "And my sanity scans the horizon" Sting - The Wild Wild Sea http://www.mzh.dk >>

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Re: [Police] On the subject of lyrics and their meaning .....
by Anne Robinson 26 Nov '03

26 Nov '03

LMAO !!!! Thanks for the comic relief !!! ~Anne "Mikkel Z. Herold" <mikkel(a)mzh.dk> To: "Sting-liste" <police(a)mailman.xmission.com> Sent by: cc: police-bounces(a)mailman.x Subject: Re: [Police] On the subject of lyrics and their meaning ..... mission.com 11/26/2003 08:23 AM Please respond to "Mikkel Z. Herold" > What is the six inch band? A groups of very short musicians, maybe? Mikkel P.S.: In the light of recent endless discussions on the list, let me make this absolutely clear: The statement above was ironic (for a definition, look here: http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=42023&dict=CALD) and meant as a joke ( http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=42879&dict=CALD) In no way should any criticism of short people be inferred from the statement, as this was not the intention. I have nothing against short people, in fact, one of my closest friends is short, albeit more than six inches, so please refrain from flaming me. -- "And my sanity scans the horizon" Sting - The Wild Wild Sea http://www.mzh.dk_______________________________________________ Police mailing list Police(a)mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/police

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