Matt & Matt,
I wholeheartedly agree!
A chatty and generous Sting, a singing crowd, a "smaller" venue, a
KICKASS Andy, three smiling boys, made this concert THE BEST of the five I've
been to! And yeah, Stewart has to be the hardest working person up
there!!!
The energy in the room was palpable, what a night! The Police are now The
Police. Everyone will enjoy assuming it stays this way...
I have to say this, being from SoCal.
I am a proud Los Angelian, Dodger fan, "blue-stater."
But oh, how my "team" let me down this week!!!
Orange County, home of the Angeles, red team, money bags, etc... god, I'm
embarrassed of being from LA County!!! Staples Center crowd was snooty,
ho-hum, unresponsive.. and the OC was giving, receptive, enthusiastic... I bow
to the right today, in humble appreciation for your generosity. You totally
stuck it to us.
We suck.
-Jen
from SoCal
Mathew Hoffman <mathew@wattobay.com>
wrote:
>From
the sound of this report.... fine wine and all..they will be the
most
exquisite bottle of wine on the planet by the time they hit down
under!
Thanks Matt for the report.
Cheers from down
here!
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Of Matthew Giller
Sent: Friday, 22 June 2007 6:30 PM
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Subject: [Police] Annaheim - June
21st
Like a fine bottle of wine, the Police get better
with
age. Unlike a fine bottle of wine, it is only taking
three weeks
for the Police to age.
Great show in Annaheim tonight! Again, the
same
setlist with a few minor changes in placement of
songs. The first
set ended with Roxanne instead of
Can't Stand Losing You. However,
improvisation is
continuing to creep its way into the set (BTW,
all
Stewart does is improvise. He never plays a song the
same way).
When Stewart talked about improvising
during the show, I thought he meant
long, extended
jams. What the Police are doing now is just
finding
ways to play portions (usually the ending) of a
song
differently. The version of Roxanne tonight was
something I had
never heard before, with the Police or
with Sting. They added a fun
ending to Next To You as
well. Now they seem to be comfortable with the
songs
they are performing which will allow themselves to be
more
comfortable in taking risks. It seems to be
working (at least for
me).
Sting was the most talkative that he has been of any
of the
three shows that I have seen. I guess he read
one of the reviews from
last night's show. Also, he
was more encouraging in having the crowd sing
along
with him. Crowd participation was always Sting's
strength with
the Police in the past. It is nice to
see this aspect coming back as
well.
Everyone is having fun. Huge smiles on Andy, Sting,
and
Stewart's faces each time they take or leave the
stage. They are playful
with one another on stage,
which kind of makes me think that this might
be it:
one tour and done. I am kind of okay with that. It
would be
great if there were more. But if it ends
after the tour, the fans got
what they wanted, the
Police make a boat load of money, and,
most
importantly, their legacy remains intact. For sure a
live album
and DVD will be released, probably with a
Best Buy exclusive. I saw the
Protools setup last
night under the stage, as well as a variety
of
microphones set up around the stage to catch the
crowd's response.
I guess only time will tell.
Sorry there wasn't much on specific
about each song.
I was too busy annoying the crowd around with
my
singing. One more show on Saturday and that may be it
until the
fall. I really looking forward to seeing
the Foo Fighters open up for the
Police. Wouldn't it
be great if Dave Grohl joined the Police
onstage?
What song would they sing?
Thanks for
reading,
Matt
G.
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