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FT: Sting, Annie Lenox, & Dominic Miller 07/18/04 Tweeter Center, Tinley Park, IL
by Kenneth Dudzik 22 Jul '04

22 Jul '04

Hi, I taped this show last Sunday. If anyone is interested in a copy, please let me know. I'm looking for Andy Summers, Eric Johnson, and Sting shows. Thanks! Ken Sting Tweeter Center, Tinley Park, IL 07/18/04 Aud 108 Min Recorder: Sony TCD-8 Bass Roll off: SP-SPSB-1 Mics: CMC-4(AT853) Hyper Cardioids Disc 1 55 Min 1. Introduction by Tom Marker (WXRT FM) 1:16 2. A Thousand Years (Intro) 2:05 3. Send Your Love 4:04 4. Synchronicity II 4:56 5. Seven Days 6:24 6. Dead Mans Rope 5:43 7. Well Be Together Tonight (W/Annie Lenox) 5:58 8. This War 6:08 9. Fragile 3:37 10. Fields of Gold 3:42 11. Sacred Love 7:05 12. Englishman In New York 4:28 Disc 2 53 Min 1. Whenever I Say Your Name 6:14 2. Roxanne 10:55 3. Never Coming Home > When the World is Running Down 10:54 4. Desert Rose 5:08 5. If I Ever Lose My Faith 5:24 6. Every Breath You Take 6:26 7. A Thousand Years 7:34 Disc 3 75 Min Dominic Miller (Solo Acoustic) 1. ? 3:10 2. ? 3:38 3. The Star Spangled Banner 2:49 4. Air on a G String 3:12 5. Shape of My Heart (With Sting) 4:01 Annie Lenox 6. Intro by Sting 0:19 7. Have Mercy? 5:05 8. Little Bird 4:32 9. No More "I Love You's" 4:58 10. Pavement Cracks 6:01 11. Cold 6:55 12. Here Comes The Rain Again 3:18 13. Waiting In Vain 4:33 14. Walking on Broken Glass 4:26 15. Missionary Man > I Need A Man 8:00 16. Sweet Dreams 3:18 17. Why 6:39 Notes: Dominic Miller (Stings guitarist) opened the show solo acoustic. Sting came out and sang Shape of My Heart for his final song. Annie Lenox was the second opening act. She rocked. The sounds system at the Tweeter Center was cutting in and out. They had technical problems so there is a noticeable difference in sound at some parts during the show. When all the speakers worked, the sound quality was superb. The show was taped center stage, from the front of the lawn. Sting had two drummers, two keyboard players, two backup singers, one guitarist, and he played Bass. Synchronicity II still did not sound as full as it did when the trio of The Police played it. They did a cool improvisation during Roxanne. Stings voice sounded overall healthy.

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Stolen Car Remix
by Josh Corwin 21 Jul '04

21 Jul '04

At the risk of getting flamed. I just heard the Will I Am Twista Remix....Not sure if there is more than one version. This one opens with Sting and a flat tuned flute in the beginning....I really like this song...I suppose you have to enjoy the genre, but its a really good blend of hip-hop with some R&B flare. Should really be getting radio play on hot 97 in NY or even Z-100 Let the flames begin.... -Josh

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Chicago Sun-Times Review
by Chris Orange 21 Jul '04

21 Jul '04

Thanks for posting that review Ted. I doubt we'll be seeing that one anytime soon on sting.com. The review seems to echo my sentiments on their Toronto gig. In fact i think i used the words "lull" and "sleep" in the same sentence too! The journalist even goes so far as to peg Sting's Sacred Love as "bland adult-contemporary". I'm sure someone on this list would hotly debate that one but I'm finding myself agreeing more and more with that sad statement. I'm finding it interesting that Lennox is stealing the show in a lot of the reviews and remains much of the focal point for the writers. I wonder if Sting's ego will be able to accomodate another tour like this in the future? (kidding, no flames plz) One thing I think the reviewer is spot on about is Lennox's set-list being "less concerned with peddling her latest product than with taking listeners on an emotional roller coaster ride". I think even the most ardent Sting fan can agree with that one. Maybe he'll take note for his next tour. I'm going to go apply for a job at the Sun-Times now- hopefully they need another pop music critic. ;) Chris

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need some help + new video arrivals
by Giovanni 20 Jul '04

20 Jul '04

Hello again from Giovanni. Does anybody have a list of Sting and Police songs covered by other artists, with the artists names that covered them? I've never been too much into those great songs covered, but I'd like to have a look at how many have come out. On the collection side, these are the videos that I will have in my hands very very soon: ANDY SUMMERS live in Parma, Italy 2004 (DVD) (private) STING live in Rome, 11/07/2004 (DVD) (private) STEWART COPELAND live in Caserta 07/2004 (DVD) STEWART COPELAND live in Milano 17/07/2004 (DVD) ALL OF THEM ARE COMPLETE CONCERT VIDEO RECORDINGS. They have been recorded by people that usually never trade or something like that, and they are not in this list. I'm open to swap with other live video recordings. Ciao ciao Giovanni http://www.stewartcopeland.it http://www.illegaltales.com

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another Stewrt Copeland new release
by Giovanni 20 Jul '04

20 Jul '04

Hello everybody from Giovanni in Milano, Italy. First of all, I haven't read any new e-mail since July 9th; this means that if you wrote personally to me, I haven't read your post yet (I'll do it tonight and give you an answer as soon as possible). After the ORCHESTRALLI release, out in June, there is a new Stewart Copeland cd called LA NOTTE DELLA TARANTA, recorded live in Melpignano, Italy, in August 2003; same as Orchestralli, the cd is a combo set (cd+dvd) and was already available during the latest italian Stewart Copeland tour, at the venue where Stewart played; it will be officially released soon. If you want to know more about the NOTTE DELLA TARANTA live in Melpignano, you can check my website www.stewartcopeland.it, there is a section dedicated to that concert with lots of pics (I spent that day with Stewart). Soon I will add more details about the cd + dvd set. Ciao ciao Giovanni http://www.stewartcopeland.it http://www.illegaltales.com

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Chorus to Like a Beautiful Smile
by Chris Orange 20 Jul '04

20 Jul '04

Hi Ross, I've pasted the sonnet below - Sting uses the entire sonnet throughout the song but the chorus is not by Shakespeare. "Neither a borrower nor a lender be" :) Cheers, Chris Sonnet 18 Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate: Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer's lease hath all too short a date: Sometimes too hot the eye of heaven shines, And often is his gold complexion dimm'd: And every fair from fair sometimes declines, By chance, or nature's changing course untrimm'd; But thy eternal summer shall not fade, Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow'st, Nor shall death brag thou wander'st in his shade, When in eternal lines to time thou grow'st; So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see, So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.

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Like A beautiful Smile chorus
by Ross Viner 20 Jul '04

20 Jul '04

Hi all, We know that "Like a Beautiful Smile" uses lines from Shakespeare. But is the chorus Shakespeare as well? Thou has thy doubts. Ross

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Chords to "Like a Beautiful Smile"
by Ross Viner 20 Jul '04

20 Jul '04

Can anyone help me ASAP? For an acting class on Wednesday evening. Ross

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Re: [Police] Annie and Sting at ACC
by Chris Orange 16 Jul '04

16 Jul '04

Hi other Ross, I'm not worried about my parents liking Sting's music at all. I'm thrilled that my dad loves Fields of Gold and Fragile. If you asked him who sings those songs though he probably couldn't tell you as he likely heard them on the Easy Rock radio station he normally listens to. Now when I played a Police track for my dad a few years back, he told me to turn it off. I'd go out on a limb and say your dad is way cooler than my dad because he'd actually go out and buy Outlandos. My dad might think Outlandos was the name of a new SUV. I'd also say that it's relative because my dad is probably much older than your dad. If your dad is a senior citizen I'll take it all back. My question is - since when did a lot of Sting's audience become as old and older than Sting is? It's not necessarily a bad thing - i just never noticed it before and figure it may be related to the kind of music he's producing these days. Cheers, Chris Message: 6 Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2004 14:49:43 EDT From: TheRoss66(a)aol.com Subject: Re: [Police] Annie and Sting at ACC To: police(a)mailman.xmission.com Message-ID: <6d.2e6dd9ba.2e297d47(a)aol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" I think it's funny how you guys are worried about your parents liking the music. My dad is why I got into the Police and Sting. Of course, he told me how he was first introduced to "So Lonely" from the Synchronicity video and how dissappointed he was when he finally bought Outlandous and heard the album version. So, my dad enjoys the higher energy songs as well. Must be because he was a drummer.

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Re: [Police] Annie and Sting at ACC
by Teri Kronberg 16 Jul '04

16 Jul '04

>super-extend-o-delux-o version of Roxanne-o. It's the longest >version of Roxanne I've ever heard. Lots of little noodling here >and there by the band which is cool for fans but tiresome for the >50-somethings who really enjoy the "easy-listening" Sing songs >and probably became fans around the BND album. I don't think of BND as easy listening. My love for Sting returned in full force with that album, so I could never dislike it. Though, I have found it to be lulling at times in a good way. SL is easy listening for me. I actually fell asleep listening to it--and that was while watching the DVD too. *sigh* I'm not happy about that at all. I had a fantastic time seeing Sting in March--but couldn't help but notice that the growd was as equally unenthused during the SL songs as me. They even used those times to leave their seats. I would never go that far. >Are these the people Sting is marketing his music to these days? >My parents?! Yikes!!! Yeah, my parents do enjoy his music. 0_o Well, mom always loved EBYT from the classic Police days. Dad always sang Roxanne (as badly as the guy did on SNL in the elevator), and loves Fields of Gold. I like the more energy-filled Sting solo or wilder Police songs myself--which is something that's not so much in SL. In fact, the Police songs are being down-played into the mix over the years, which is probably why Synchronicity II stood out so wonderfully in the March performance. >I still love the guy. Me too, but I've been thinking lately about when I loved him most--during The Police days. I've come to terms with that now. The love is still there, but it's been changing. Like, I came out of seeing him in March and felt satisfied that I wouldn't be seeing him again, until the next album, maybe not then. I've never loved any singer as much as him, which makes this feeling a bit hard to accept. I'm thinking maybe it's because I discovered him with The Police, and fell in love with them first. I'm thinking maybe there is a definite difference between those who were into The Police, and those who became a fan of Sting later. The memories don't haunt you. Though, right now, the memories of early nineties Sting keep haunting me. Perhaps, now we're equal. Teri ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the Internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the Web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today!

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