Nicely said, I'm with you .....!

---

From: Nuno Leite <nfleite@bes.pt>
To: Police@mailman.xmission.com
Subject: RE: [Police] reunion setlist
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 12:53:46 +0000
>Come on, you guys are too much!
>
>Two months ago no one would even dare to dream about a Police reunion. Take
>me, for instance, I have never seen my favorite band live (they played in
>Lisbon 500 meters from my house when I was seven...) and I had already
>assumed that I would die without having that privilege.
>
>Now that the ABSOLUTE MIRACLE is about to happen, people are already
>complaining about an unknown setlist! Come on, let them do whatever they
>want, now is the time to give them a break, I don't give a s**t if it's for
>the money, the wales, the rainforest, or any other reason. And I don't care
>if they play gingle bells, I just want to see them.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Nuno
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: police-bounces+nfleite=bes.pt@mailman.xmission.com
>[mailto:police-bounces+nfleite=bes.pt@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of
>foxie
>Sent: 30 January 2007 12:31
>To: police@mailman.xmission.com
>Subject: [Police] reunion setlist
>
>My feeling on the looming setlist is this: I agree
>that it will be a SYNCHRONICITYesque setlist, a
>"greatest hits" setlist. That, to me, is unfortunate
>for these reasons:
>
>(1) the tour will no doubt be buried critically, as
>yet another "old" band reforming to make one last stab
>at the cash. sure, this very well may be the case, but
>I do not like to read or hear about it at every turn.
>
>(2) musicianship: we are not talking about a CSNY
>reunion, or yet another Stones jaunt around the world.
>We are talking about a band that, when you add up the
>abilities of the members, is, as far as musicianship
>goes, is one of the finest bands ever in existence. so
>for them to "just do the hits"? that is a waste not
>only of their abilities, but also will cheapen the
>tour for me...because i KNOW that they could do/play
>just about anything. in a perfect world, they would
>not only play a different setlist every nite, but
>(like rush has done for its past few tours) there
>should be no opening act.
>
>(3) WE - people on this list, people that are true and
>sincere fans of this band - deserve better.
>unfortunately, this tour is not about us. it is about
>the corporate crowd. those that will pay a couple
>thousand for a luxury box, so they can tell all their
>pals that "yeah, i went to see the police last week.
>it was alright." ("ALRIGHT"?!) it's about those that
>know little about the police (let alone are a fan)
>that will go see them because it is "the thing to do",
>because the tour will no doubt be some type of hype or
>fad that john Q. public wants to get in on.
>
>don't get me wrong, there are none happier about this
>tour. i have NEVER seen the police live and i plan to
>follow them around the east coast like a deadhead. but
>i have a feeling that i will leave all these shows
>thrilled...but deep down knowing they could have
>played better.
>
>but, as they say, beggars cannot be choosy! and look
>at it this way...at least we will not hear "a thousand
>years"!
>
>rich
>
>
>
>____________________________________________________________________________
>________
>Expecting? Get great news right away with email Auto-Check.
>Try the Yahoo! Mail Beta.
>http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailbeta/newmail_tools.html
>
>_______________________________________________
>Police mailing list
>Police@mailman.xmission.com
>http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/police
>
>
>_______________________________________________
>Police mailing list
>Police@mailman.xmission.com
>http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/police