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Police/Andy make RS 100 best guitar songs of all time list
by Chris Babcock 07 Jun '08

07 Jun '08

65 "Message in a Bottle" The Police (1979) In Andy Summers, Sting had a rare and precious thing, especially for the punk era: an assertive, melodic sidekick who played for the singer and the song. This second-album Police hit is a catalog of supporting brilliance, from the brittle main riff to the patches of watery strum. Here's the link: http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/20947527/page/28

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20 Best Brits of the Last 25 Years
by Ross Viner 31 May '08

31 May '08

Muchmusic just did a countdown, and our boys (to my surprise to be honest) were #1!

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6 months off the list ... I'm back!
by Jason Daly 28 May '08

28 May '08

Jason from cold and sometimes hot Ireland, is back! Whats new?

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the police setlist 1978 - need help
by DtmrCls＠aol.com 27 May '08

27 May '08

hi you might know about the Police wiki site that is built right now _http://www.policefans.org/Police_wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page_ (http://www.policefans.org/Police_wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page) I was trying to find out the setlist of a concert at the Hope'n'Anchor from February 23, 1978. Most of you will have the Visual Documentary book. You can find two photos from this gig where the setlist is visible next to Andy. The first photo is on page 4 (counting the cover pages) - the second one is on the November 1977 pages. I took out a magnifying lens and had a closer look at both photos. You could help me by doing the same and let me know what you can read from those two setlist photos. Here's the setlist as I can identify it - but at least two songs are a mystery to me: _http://www.policefans.org/Police_wiki/index.php?title=1978-02-23_ (http://www.policefans.org/Police_wiki/index.php?title=1978-02-23) thanks Dietmar

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GraphJam.com meets Every Breath You Take
by Angeline Adams 22 May '08

22 May '08

http://graphjam.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/funny-graphs-stings-watch-cover… The site lets you represent any pop culture concept as a graph; there are some really funny ones but I particularly liked this... Oh, and what the hell, here's another (not Police) song-related one: http://graphjam.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/funny-graphs-papas-brand-new-ba… Angeline

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Dusseldorf Show. Any Attendees?
by Adrian 20 May '08

20 May '08

Hi All, I am travelling from Rome to Dusseldorf for the Police show on my own. I'm in the centre/standing area (hoping to get up close). Is anyone else from here planning to attend? -Adrian

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I think I've lost my mind...
by Chris Babcock 19 May '08

19 May '08

I woke my husband up at 3 this morning, asking him if we could fly to the opposite end of the US for a weekend to see The Police again. If you want to know the details and have some free time, here's the rest of the story.... I saw them last year, fairly early in the tour, and they were great. But not great the way they used to be, the show we went to was fairly jazzy. My husband was really disappointed. I wasn't disappointed, I had been waiting to see them since I was 8 years old, but I didn't run out and look for more shows to go to either. This year, they came to my back door. Literally, less than 5 miles from my house, so of course then ya GOTTA go. So I got excited again, but with lowered expectations, and went to the Orlando show with my best friend. The first show we saw, people only stood up at the very end. The Orlando show I think everybody only sat down during Invisible Sun, the rest of the time... let's just say this time you could tell they were once a punk band. The first clue that this one was going to be different was Demolition Man - blistering! Stewart was on fire! They played more of those older songs, too. Been busy since Friday night, so last night was the first time I got to sit and really think about it, and I got more excited than I've been since the tour was announced. You know what a "Bucket List" is? Things you want to do before you die. One of mine was to see them, check. There are two venues I've never been to and always wanted to see a show in - Red Rocks is the first, and The Gorge at the George in Washington is the second. I was bummed last year when they never announced either of those. I found myself last night wishing I'd tried harder to get Red Rocks tickets when they came out, but I was thinking of last year's Police then. On a whim, I checked Ticketbastard. Couldn't find anything at Red Rocks, but.., is that? It is! Gorge Amphitheater in George, WA! Are there tickets? Yes, and pretty good ones! I went to bed thinking I'd ask in the morning, but when I got in bed the dog woke him up. I said "I wanna ask you something but I think you'll probably say no." "Ok..." he says, sounding worried. I explain about the Gorge. I explain about how different this recent show was. I tell him what a great Elvis Costello set he missed (he REALLY didn't like Fiction Plane). "Sure" he says. "Don't you wanna know how much it costs?" "No, I trust you not to spend too much." Have I told you I have the best husband ever? We're going to the Gorge in July. Chris

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Re: [Police] Dusseldorf Show. Any Attendees?
by DtmrCls＠aol.com 15 May '08

15 May '08

if everything works out as planned - front row center :) Dietmar Hi All, I am travelling from Rome to Dusseldorf for the Police show on my own. I'm in the centre/standing area (hoping to get up close). Is anyone else from here planning to attend? -Adrian

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Bill O'Reill flips out.
by Ross Viner 14 May '08

14 May '08

I wonder if Sting was the blame. http://www.holytaco.com/2008/05/12/bill-oreilly-goes-on-screaming-rampage/ I wonder what track it was.

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Oh my God
by Anne-Jelmer Drent 11 May '08

11 May '08

So I couldn't afford a telecaster, so a couple of years ago I bought a stratocaster copy. And because my girlfriend prefered red over blue. I got a red one. Now I finaly added some Andy Summer signature style. Oh My God!!! http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/1127/ohmygodbo8.jpg

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