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Supertramp's "Sister Moonshine"
by krapola 07 Feb '06

07 Feb '06

Hi all, Supertramp has a GREAT song called "Sister Moonshine." There is one lyric which of course reminds me of "The Police." "If I was a Lion, I could be the King of all the Pain." I was thrilled of the connection between my two favourite bands. OR so I thought, for years. It's actually "I could be the King of all the plain." When I realized that, I just went "sigh." Ross -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.15.2/252 - Release Date: 06/02/2006

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Anyone know this song?
by produceink 06 Feb '06

06 Feb '06

Hey Everyone, I just got this from a friend and apparently no one can identify the second song on this clip. Anyone know what the song is? Here are the words... And no matter then. My steps are small, my distant sister. I find no one here. But faces always seem to hold up. And turning harder as i pass. Since here, love is just letters. Love is dead. And white my smile and black my winter eyes. Still closing. Anyone? A friend thought you'd like this streaming media. Play it now with your RealPlayer: http://switchboard.real.com/player/email.html?PV=6.0.12&&title=WeeklyDavesp… Note: This content may require the latest RealPlayer, which is not available on Windows 95, Mac OS9 or Linux systems. --------------------------------- Bring words and photos together (easily) with PhotoMail - it's free and works with your Yahoo! Mail. --------------------------------- Brings words and photos together (easily) with PhotoMail - it's free and works with Yahoo! Mail.

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My (long) review of Everyone Stares
by Maggie White 06 Feb '06

06 Feb '06

HereÂs my review of Everyone Stares from the Santa Barbara Film Festival on Saturday night. First, the highlights. Stewart and Andy were both there! Stewart did a Q&A after the movie as it was the last one of the night. Both guys were very approachable after the movie and talked with fans, signed autographs, posed for pics, etc. I had my picture taken between both of them by a nice bystander. I have to email said bystander this morning to see if the pic came out (it was outside and fairly dark.) There were about 500 people in the cool, old Art Deco theatre. IÂd say the room was about Â¾ full. It seemed like most of the people attending chose the film at random (there are dozens of films playing every day) and werenÂt psycho fans. I talked to people in line, and many were like ÂOh, I read the description and recognized the name ÂPoliceÂ so I thought it would be interesting.Â Some were fans of the Police, but havenÂt really followed the guys since the breakup. I heard several comments like ÂWhat have the other two guys been doing?Â Those comments set my teeth on edge! I talked to the people around me in line about the movie and what the guys HAVE been doing without Sting. I knew Stewart was there because I walked to the front of the line looking for some friends who had my ticket. I saw him being interviewed by TV. The movie was supposed to start at 9, but they didnÂt start letting people in until about 9:20 p.m. While sitting in my seat, I noticed Andy about four rows ahead of me when he stood up. I was so excited they were both there! Stewart came out before the movie and said a few words. Why he decided to make the movie, etc. ItÂs all a blur. The film started about 9:35 and is about 75 minutes long. The movie is fun, fun, fun. It is so cool to see the old footage that no one has seen before. And the musicÂ.hearing it surround me made me remember (not that IÂve forgotten) why I love this band so much. There arenÂt as many Derangements as I expected. Most of the songs are straight versions. I asked the first question of the night (of course) and I asked about the Derangements being released. Stewart said that heÂd love to, but he had to get the other guys to agree. Then he said, ÂWeÂve got one of the guys right here tonight, letÂs ask himÂ and pointed to Andy. Andy stood up and gave a thumbs up or something (I couldnÂt tell as his back was to me), but everyone was clapping and happy, so I took that to mean YES. Then SC said ÂSo, weÂve got 2/3 approvalÂÂ The style of some of the filming is very fast Â time is sped up. The music fits perfectly. I always thought that some Police songs have kind of a frantic, frenetic pace to them. SC and AS got long applause each time they spoke. The movie itself got really good applause at the end. The movie is very funny. I didnÂt expect that. People who didnÂt know much about the Police still found it funny, so thatÂs a good thing. Andy steals the movie. HeÂs goofing around or cracking jokes in many scenes. There are several scenes that are VERY similar to scenes in Almost Famous. Stewart clearly saw the similarities as he specifically references the ÂGolden GodÂ jumping into the swimming pool at one point. Sting comes off as kind of petulant, or maybe faux petulant, I donÂt know. He seems to always be sticking his tongue out, crossing his arms in a huff, saying Âf*** you,Â etc. Honestly, he comes across as sort of crabby. Maybe he was. Maybe thatÂs just the moments the camera captured. Maybe Sting thought he was cool at the time. Maybe those are just the moments SC selected. You donÂt see much of SC unless heÂs playing drums. The studio footage is amazing. So cool to see. During the Q&A session someone asked why thereÂs not much (any) footage from 83-84. SC noted that he got tired of looking at everything through the camera. He was missing the REAL life as it was happening. He also explained that heÂd give the camera to people to film concerts, but they would only get snippets of songs, hardly any whole songs. He said that he has 10 different versions of Next to You (including two played by the techs), but only a few minutes of Message and no live version of EBYT at all. ThereÂs some interesting behind the scenes at concerts and video shoots. Some good snippets of Ian and Kim Turner. Lots of fun footage of fans mobbing their cars. SC narrates some throughout the movie and also thereÂs words ÂtypedÂ on the screen. YouÂll know what I mean when you see it. I found some of the old audio to be very hard to hear. Anyone who has ever filmed people knows that everyone talks at once, some people mumble, some people have their back to the camera, etc. Maybe IÂve been to one concert too many, but I found it hard to decipher some of the conversations. That would be my only complaint (other than itÂs not long enough), but maybe itÂs just me. The other Q&A questions touched on SC growing up in Lebanon, why he made the film, what camera he used, etc. I canÂt remember everything. Pretty normal stuff. StewartÂs answers were often funny and interesting. Of course, someone asked the ÂreunionÂ question and he just said ÂNo.Â Then he paused for a few seconds and said something like ÂIÂd love it to happen, but I donÂt really think it ever will.Â He mentioned that originally, Sting said he loved the movie, blah, blah, and then later Sting admitted to SC that he didnÂt watch it. Sting showed it to his kids and they loved it, but he doesnÂt watch footage of himself. SC chalked it up to Sting being superstitious. I donÂt know if Sting would LOVE it. IÂm sure heÂd find it fun/funny, but he doesnÂt come out of it smelling like a rose. I mean, SC is honest, and itÂs all stuff we already know. But your average person doesnÂt know what was going on around the time of Ghost. Stewart notes that Sting started bringing in totally finished songs and didnÂt like it when SC or Andy tried to change them. He says that the band wasnÂt supporting each other any more. It didnÂt sound fun at all, it sounded like pressure. Sting comes off as a bit of a control freak. The last line before the fade out of the movie is Sting jokingly saying something like ÂIf anything goes wrong, IÂll blame it all on the person who is holding the cameraÂ i.e.: SC. There has to be a reason SC chose to end the movie with that. During one of his answers, SC said that some people have complained there's not enough drugs and sex in the movie. He said that the Police were never a druggy band because they'd seen drug problems in the bands that came before them. He said the Police were "Boy Scouts." Now, they obviously weren't Led Zep, but I doubt they were truly Boy Scouts. He didn't touch on the sex part. Our own Giovanni gets mentioned in the credits with some other folks under ÂSpiritual AdviceÂ or ÂSpiritual InspirationÂ or something like that. After the movie, I talked with both SC and AS. I thanked SC for putting the movie together and said that fans really want early (and any) Police footage on DVD. He said that the plan is to release ES on DVD. Yipee! IÂd say probably 20 fans waited for SC and AS each for conversation or autographs. I spoke with AS briefly about something lame (the fact that my parents never let me see the Police b/c they thought the Police were satanic.) Andy said ÂYeah, we used to get thatÂ and made a funny face and put his fingers put like devil horns beside his head. Anyway, IÂm sure IÂll think of more. I should have written this when I got home, but it was 1:30 a.m. and I was pooped. And yesterday was too busy around my house. I should say that the movie is really FOR THE FANS. There are lots of things that only we would appreciate. But it is accessible to people not familiar with the band. They won't be hanging on every word like we will, but they will enjoy it. --------------------------------- Brings words and photos together (easily) with PhotoMail - it's free and works with Yahoo! Mail.

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Audioslave on The Police
by Chris Orange 06 Feb '06

06 Feb '06

Thanks for sharing that article Kinetic Kid. Brings back some memories. As it turned out Tom Morello took the picture of my girlfriend and I with Sting at the Hall of Fame show. Tom just happened to be standing nearby and my girlfriend thrusted the camera at him (not knowing who he was) and asked him to take a pic. I remember the look on Tom's face was kinda priceless. He obliged and turns out Tom is a great photographer! Afterwards I noticed he and Sting shared some words and I made it my mission to find out who Tom was. I didn't realize he was such a big Police fan (as is Steven Tyler). My girlfriend apologized to Tom after I mentioned to her that he was the dude from Audioslave. Tom was totally cool about it and said, hey, I knew you were a big fan so no worries. Looks like the rest of the band are huge fans of the Police as well. Incidentally, one of the songs Sting refused to play at the Hall of Fame was I Fought The Law, which was supposed to be the big closer. The Clash were inducted that year too as you may recall.

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Tim Commerford (RATM and Audioslve) on The Police
by Kinetic Kid 06 Feb '06

06 Feb '06

I thought this might please many of you, it's an article i was reading on Tim Commerford of Audioslave. Turns out him and Brad Wilk (Drummer of Audioslave) are huge Police fans. They metionned the Gateshead show. Enjoy! Kinetic kid FN= Fender Interviewer TC= Tim Commerford FN: That goes back to Buddy Miles from Band of Gypsys Â TC: ThatÂs it! Buddy Miles is freakinÂ sick. (Jimi Hendrix Experience drummer) Mitch Mitchell too! HeÂs the best (laughs)! He wouldÂve been a better addition to the Band of Gypsys. ThereÂs something about the controlled chaos of Mitch Mitchell Â FN: Mitchell in turn inspired Stewart Copeland, another favorite drummer Â TC: CÂmon! My father-in-law and I were talking about The Police, and he was asking me about Stewart. I told him that I think he might be the best rock drummer ever! Brad and I have a DVD of the Ghost In The Machine tour, and we just watched it about a week ago. And you know, Sting simplifies the bass lines and doesnÂt play the intricacies of whatÂs on the record while heÂs singing, which kinda sucks. HeÂs not like Geddy Lee, where the guyÂs actually playing the exact stuff that he plays on the record. But it still sounded good; he simplified them in a cool way. But then Stewart Copeland is so sick! He actually makes you forget that the bass line is a little more simplified. Then you start to listen to Andy Summers, the most unsung guitarist ever. It feels like, during the course of a song, he changes what heÂs playing ten or 15 times. He keeps changing it every time he comes back to it, and itÂs never the same. And itÂs never, like, in your face. ItÂs always in the background. I was so blown away by Andy Summers. IÂm a huge fan of the Police and always have been. But like I said, we just watched that, and I thought Andy Summers was so great. We went back and listened to songs by focusing on Andy Summers. We were blown away! FN: And you think itÂs studio trickery, but when you hear it live Â TC: No, itÂs him! ItÂs incredible! And he doesnÂt screw up. They played ÂThe BedÂs Too Big Without You,Â and I couldnÂt even figure out what he was playing. I asked Brad, ÂWhereÂs the ÂoneÂ?Â But he did it so perfectly. That guitar part is so crazy in that song. ItÂs unbelievable man. They hold up and withstand the test of time. If there was a reunion show, it would be the greatest one ever! FN: Did you see them reunite at their Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame induction? TC: Yeah. Tom was there doing some other stuff, and he had a ringside seat. Tom told me that Andy and Stewart wanted to do more songs, but Sting just said ÂNo.Â Did you see StingÂs tour where he played Police songs? FN: No. TC: He had Josh Freese on drums and played at the Roxy in Hollywood. Talk about dramaticÂStewart Copeland was standing right in the middle of the house! FN: Are you kidding? TC: IÂm not kidding. ThatÂs sick! You know, Josh is a great drummer, but he doesnÂt play like Stewart Copeland. FN: Nobody does. TC: ThatÂs the beauty of that guy. It was his band. I saw the Behind The Music (laughs)! Stewart Copeland was the brains behind the whole thing. HeÂs such an incredible drummer. And youÂre only as good as your drummer. IÂve said that so many times, and itÂs the truth. You can be the slamminÂ-est bass player in the world, and it doesnÂt mean a thing if your drummer sucks. It really doesnÂt. And Stewart Copeland is the greatest ÂstartÂ or foundation of a band. That heÂs able to make those beats that he plays sound like they groove even though theyÂre really not those kind of beats, you know? I love that! FN: ItÂs interesting that you play with Brad and are so into Copeland. Their styles are so different Â TC: Oh yeah, but youÂve got to hear us go off on our Rush tangent. We bust into ÂYYZ.Â ItÂs really weirdÂwhen we were kids coming up, that was the song that we had to learn. It was the same for Brad. I learned that song. That was it. I can play ÂYYZ.Â And when I first learned it, it wasnÂt exactly right. Then IÂd figured it out and see them one more time. And IÂd figure it out and get it right. So, when Brad and I do it, itÂs right, man (laughs)! ItÂs pretty sick. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Re: [Police] People Sting quote
by Teri 06 Feb '06

06 Feb '06

Yeah, absolutely....but he only stayed fifteen minutes? I love to see "the boys" get together though. Teri -- produceink <produceink(a)yahoo.com> wrote: Gary, I share your hope that we will see a reunion tour someday, and although most of the articles air negativity and a blame game, I hope that these recent encounters will spark a new understanding between them. The past held such great sentiment that has been overlooked by all involved. I still believe that relationships that are that deeply rooted will eventually come full circle. Gary Schmitz <mailgary(a)mn.rr.com> wrote:At the bottom of this, Produceink says that this "should suffice". While it is more than I EVER thought I'd see, I still hope for nothing less than a reunion tour. Gary In the Feb 6th edition of People Magazine (page 51) there is a snipit from Sundance and a great picture.(Probably the one that I can't seem to find from the other threads :)) It reads: Sundance Synchronicity Sting and his wife, Trudie Styler, made an appearance at Sundance this year, showing up Jan. 21 at BlackBerry's party for A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints, a film he executive-produced. Insider discreetly mentioned that Sting's former Police bandmates Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland just happened to be dining down the road. " I want to go see the boys," he said. " Where are they?" So we headed off to Harry O's restaurant. " You have a party and you don't f---in' invite me?" Sting shouted, settling in between a surprised Summers and Copeland....... There is a bit more, but I thought this should suffice. ________________________________________________________________________ Try Juno Platinum for Free! Then, only $9.95/month! Unlimited Internet Access with 1GB of Email Storage. Visit http://www.juno.com/value to sign up today!

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Picture on People Magazine
by Simon Castellan 05 Feb '06

05 Feb '06

Wow, thank you for the picture ! Andy and Sting seems to be like twins ! They have the same laugh ! Peace ! Simon In the Feb 6th edition of People Magazine (page 51) there is a snipit from Sundance and a great picture.(Probably the one that I can't seem to find from the other threads :))

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Sting & Sheryl Crow...
by Nuno Leite 05 Feb '06

05 Feb '06

.have recorded a duet of Sheryl Crow's "Always on Your Side". The original song is included in Crow's latest album but does not feature Sting, this one has been released as a promo single. I found it for download at: http://www.savefile.com/files2.php?fid=5475444 Cheers, Nuno

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People Sting quote
by Gary Schmitz 05 Feb '06

05 Feb '06

At the bottom of this, Produceink says that this "should suffice". While it is more than I EVER thought I'd see, I still hope for nothing less than a reunion tour. Gary In the Feb 6th edition of People Magazine (page 51) there is a snipit from Sundance and a great picture.(Probably the one that I can't seem to find from the other threads :)) It reads: Sundance Synchronicity Sting and his wife, Trudie Styler, made an appearance at Sundance this year, showing up Jan. 21 at BlackBerry's party for A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints, a film he executive-produced. Insider discreetly mentioned that Sting's former Police bandmates Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland just happened to be dining down the road. " I want to go see the boys," he said. " Where are they?" So we headed off to Harry O's restaurant. " You have a party and you don't f---in' invite me?" Sting shouted, settling in between a surprised Summers and Copeland....... There is a bit more, but I thought this should suffice.

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[Police]People Sting Quote
by produceink 05 Feb '06

05 Feb '06

In the Feb 6th edition of People Magazine (page 51) there is a snipit from Sundance and a great picture.(Probably the one that I can't seem to find from the other threads :)) It reads: Sundance Synchronicity Sting and his wife, Trudie Styler, made an appearance at Sundance this year, showing up Jan. 21 at BlackBerry's party for A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints, a film he executive-produced. Insider discreetly mentioned that Sting's former Police bandmates Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland just happened to be dining down the road. " I want to go see the boys," he said. " Where are they?" So we headed off to Harry O's restaurant. " You have a party and you don't f---in' invite me?" Sting shouted, settling in between a surprised Summers and Copeland....... There is a bit more, but I thought this should suffice. --------------------------------- Relax. Yahoo! Mail virus scanning helps detect nasty viruses!

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