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Re: [Police] new CD
by WiggleHips＠aol.com 09 Jul '03

09 Jul '03

In a message dated 7/9/2003 12:07:34 AM Eastern Daylight Time, snsv(a)yahoo.com writes: > I hope Sting is not fading into his twilight years as a failure with this > album. I still have hope for a good album. Wasn't Brand New Day Sting's best-selling album thus far? Not that sales translate into quality, but Sting is not going the way of James Taylor by fading into irrelevance. And not to sound like Casey Kasem, but Sting is still a "chartbuster." Sting makes money for the record execs. I don't like "Send Your Love," but I think it will help sell the album to the kids on the dance floors, and those kids buy A LOT of albums. And I think the album will pick up in quality after we get this first single out of the way. Johnny Nitro

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Re: [Police] Still Be Love in the World
by WiggleHips＠aol.com 09 Jul '03

09 Jul '03

In a message dated 7/8/2003 10:43:04 PM Eastern Daylight Time, listgary(a)mn.rr.com writes: > What is "Still Be Love in the World"? I've never heard of it... Gary, Still Be Love in the World was a collection of songs Sting released a few years ago. I believe Target, the store chain, had exclusive rights to the work. The songs on the CD were: After the Rain Has Falllen (Live) A Thousand Years (Nitin Sawhney Mix) Perfect Love Gone Wrong (Live) Every Breath You Take (Live) Fragile (Live) Brand New Day (Cornelius Mix) Desert Rose (Melodic Club Mix Radio Edit) Regards, Johnny Nitro

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Re: [Police] new CD
by Don Morris 09 Jul '03

09 Jul '03

Adding more gasoline/petrol to the fire... Thanks to the fine folks at www.stingus.net, I was able to hear a 44 second snip of the 'new' 2003 Moon over Bourbon Street via a link they have on their site. Two words: Pure S***. Overproduced, poor vocals, just not at all worth spending the extra money on the Japan CD. I can only imagine what the remix of Send Your Love must sound like. The last time I spent money on any remixes of Sting AND was satisfied was when I acquired the Roxanne '97 CD single with the four remixed tracks of Walking on the Moon. That happened just last month. Save your money, don't buy the Japanese version of "Sacred Love". It'll turn up on eBay for far less than you'll pay for it new. All of this having been said, I'm very hopeful that the new CD doesn't suck big blue monkey balls. Regards, Don in Sunny Florida _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail

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Still Be Love in the World
by Gary Schmitz 09 Jul '03

09 Jul '03

What is "Still Be Love in the World"? I've never heard of it... Gary

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Re: [Police] B-sides never seen
by Don Morris 09 Jul '03

09 Jul '03

It just dawned on me from reading Mr. Lucky's comments that the B-sides that were included on the last "Fragile" CD single (Desert Rose demo, different version of Fill Her Up) were rather acceptable. Also, if my memory serves me right, there was an early demos CD of BND floating around there. Yes, I found it at www.stingoop.com - it was a USA promo titled "Sting Singles & B-sides", and included two songs (Folk Tune, Bach Parita) that never saw the light of day, unless he renamed the songs. It also has various versions of Desert Rose, BND, and so on. 10 tracks in all. Has anyone on the list seen or heard this CD? Regards, Don in Sunny Florida _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus

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Re: [Police] b sides etc
by Steve Agovino 08 Jul '03

08 Jul '03

We did get the Desert Rose and Fill Her Up demos as Bs on the Fragile single, but because no other singles from ...All This Time were commercially released (or even really worked to radio, for that matter), there wasn't any other opportunity to add any other songs. You never though, though... Stingus is reporting that 3 singles from the new album will be worked; that opens up possibilities. Actually, most CDs have dropped in price - and becoming value-enhanced at the same time (music videos, interviews, weblinks to exclusives, added tracks, bonus CDs/DVDs, etc.) - to dissuade people against illegal downloading. But if you're still paying $19.99 for your CDs (single disc), you really ought to shop somewhere else - that's mostly the retail markup that you are paying. Best Buy has the best prices around. Target and Circuit City also have decent prices and a good selection... with some exclusives as well. Steve >From: David Lucky <dlucky711(a)yahoo.com> >To: police(a)mailman.xmission.com >Subject: [Police] b sides etc >Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2003 09:03:57 -0700 (PDT) > >I agree that the Sting b-sides have been weak. What >ever happened to the much promised (during the BND >discussion) of early demos as B-Sides. I'd take that >over all these garbage remixes. > >And 10 songs on a CD with the increasing price and >declining value of CDs is bad news. You'd think >they'd put as much as they could on the cds to give >more value to the consumer to purchase it. Like DVDs >are doing. I wonder if they will put an exclusive >website link and a video on the CD? 10 songs on the >US release seems thin. > >D > > >__________________________________ >Do you Yahoo!? >SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! >http://sbc.yahoo.com > >_______________________________________________ >Police mailing list >Police(a)mailman.xmission.com >http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/police _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus

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b sides etc
by David Lucky 08 Jul '03

08 Jul '03

I agree that the Sting b-sides have been weak. What ever happened to the much promised (during the BND discussion) of early demos as B-Sides. I'd take that over all these garbage remixes. And 10 songs on a CD with the increasing price and declining value of CDs is bad news. You'd think they'd put as much as they could on the cds to give more value to the consumer to purchase it. Like DVDs are doing. I wonder if they will put an exclusive website link and a video on the CD? 10 songs on the US release seems thin. D __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com

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Re: [Police] new CD
by Don Morris 08 Jul '03

08 Jul '03

Maggie, [stands upon soapbox] I agree, 10 songs seems like the extent of Sting's range when making CDs. Are you sure that he doesn't have a "prelude" among those 10 songs? BND was 9 songs and an intermission. On top of that, why the hell can't he make some quality B-sides, as opposed to remixing songs from previous albums? A 2003 remix of Moon over Bourbon Street? In my personal opinion, that song was by far the most annoying one performed on his last tour, why torture the Japanese with a remix of that song? Shape of my Heart acoustic? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? The lone "true" B-side from BND (End of the Game [full]) was by far a gem of a song. Just because you're massively successful doesn't mean that fans will settle for what you give them. Coldplay for example continues to include B-sides on their CD-single releases. I'm sure that they haven't rested on their laurels despite their current blooming success. Here's a novel idea: take the three songs from the Police reunion and put that on a CD-single. At least it's "sort of new". [steps down from soapbox] Regards, Don in Sunny, Hotter than you know what Florida _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail

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new CD / Best B-side
by Holymagiccentury 08 Jul '03

08 Jul '03

"Well, you see it only takes a few minutes to send your love, but it takes all night to make it! heh!" Mitch Good point;that must be the "smoking gun" that proves what bring Sting down to 45m. spins of a cd,he is just asking for action...not taking action! best Bee/aside: Desert Moon;Sister Moon;End of The Moon...oops (Game) ===== :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) ========================SMILE=============================== __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com

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Re: [Police] Worst Remake
by R. M. Prior 08 Jul '03

08 Jul '03

I don't gig Sting for bad remixes. He probablly has nothing to do with those. And some of them are God awful. Rich >From: WiggleHips(a)aol.com >To: police(a)mailman.xmission.com >Subject: [Police] Worst Remake >Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2003 19:45:15 EDT > >In a message dated 7/7/2003 7:24:21 PM Eastern Daylight Time, >WiggleHips(a)aol.com writes: > > > All the other remakes - Like Black Seem '93 and Beds too Big '96 are >pretty > > > > good. > >What's the worst Sting/Police remake that Sting has ever released? I vote >for the Puff Daddy songs as a tie for first. > >Maybe we shouldn't even count the Puff Daddy stuff as Sting's work, but >still, we as a buying public were subjected to them. > >Some of the stuff on Still Be Love in the World, that album released >exclusively by Target, is brutal, too. I wonder if Sting somehow didn't >like the >contract he signed--the exclusivity agreement or whatever--and just stuck >it to >Target by releasing garbage. Kinda what Prince did a few years ago to his >old >record company. > >Johnny Nitro >_______________________________________________ >Police mailing list >Police(a)mailman.xmission.com >http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/police _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus

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