DON'T
STAND SO CLOSE TO ME
Hello
everybody from Giovanni.
The second track from the Police derangements is a real
gem!
This sounds like THE POLICE IN
2002!!!
A quiet beginning with more rythmic background than the
original, not too much, with the volume of the guitar a little higher than the
original (two original chords from the beginning of the
track).
The highlight of the track is that Stewart used part of
the sound of the original master from 1980 and part of the vocal from the 1986
version, and the result kicks ass!!!
The armony is a little bit different, there aren't the
usual two notes of the bass, typical for this song at the beginning, but an
armonic progression that gives the song a real new cool vibe! Stewart added a
few touches of piano and keyboard background, very soft, very easy, and the
voice comes out in a fantastic
way.
Some changes in the structure gives it a new
sound, and it's so incredible to hear how actual is this song even now! This
could be without problem a NUMBER ONE in the first week of
release!!!
The only problem is the main refrain, where all the
vocal melodies are a little bit confusing; the refrain is not like the original
one, as the bass line is different and the vocals from the original 1980 and
1986 are mixed together on a different background, even if it is a real pleasant
listening as well.
There are many guitar riffs and sound coming out in a
brilliant way, some parts have been sampled and repeated during the
song.
I can hear a sort of 'orchestral' attitude in this
song, mainly in the refrain; here you can listen a lot to Stewart kind of
composing, arranging and attitude.
The sound in general could really be like the
Police now, but this is only a personal opinion, as THE POLICE are linked
to those times, and I don't personally think that the three of them could be THE
POLICE again in 2002/2010; I'd like to see them linked to a certain period of
the music, that was it, that was the right time, that was the story. Don't get
me wrong, but listening to this stuff makes you think a lot about that, and THE
LEGEND can't be touched.
Those re-works have a fantastic spirit, and
it would be great to see them published, but we are talking about something we
have already lived; I think that if the band will ever come on stage again, they
could probably reworks the songs in this way, with different bass lines,
different vocals, different guitar riffs maybe, that would be really
clever, but again, we are taking about something from the past....and I think
that's the reason why they never did
it.....
..they would kick asses
anyway!
Ciao ciao
Giovanni
Ps.: next song will make you feel chills........be
ready for your new cup of Tea
In ....