Well now, I agree with Javier to some degree also.  I mean, Sting is one talented bastard and knows it too.  I mean, I can't say that there isn't a solo album I have not liked, (although the lute one took a while and I haven't listened to it recently), but I have seen Sting in concert about 5-6 times and always enjoyed his shows.  His solo work has been extremely good and really impressed me as to his versatility.  But, equally impressive are the beats, tempos, lyrics, etc that he and his two cohorts came up with in the Police.  I mean, U2 is great, REM, etc... but I really don't think they have a thing on the Police.  Every album was different.  And I'm a big U2 fan too, so don't think I'm just picking on them.  Anyways, I wholeheartedly support the call for a new Police album.  That would be awesome by any stretch of the imagination.  Just not sure how much "solo Sting" would appear or if it would really turn out to be an album that they would all colaborate on.  Who was it that talked about their constant bickering etc, as the real source of their creative power?  Maybe Hugh Padgham in that one article.  Anyways, I could buy into that theory for sure...  But since the bickering is apparently gone, who knows.  Alright, discuss.

Mario <marspala@yahoo.com> wrote:
yeah great response...another sting album like a hole in the head
we need a Police album not another boring STing album
sting needs to wake up to the challenge
 


Javier Macías <javmb@iname.com> wrote:
This argument is interesting, because from my point of view,
musically sepaking, Sting's solo music is in a very high level, his
songs are actually used as examples of arranging, in music schools at
the level of Berklee.

I think that the power that comes when combing the three talents, are
more than evident. But musically speaking, I think that Sting has or
feels more freedom when he's doing it by his own, and I really like
that. I like that he explores with bossa, jazz, with rock, with punk,
with medieval, with celtic, with arabic, even with country music.
(the only thing I didn't like was the over use of loops/electronics
in the Kipper-era). Something that I think that he can't do with The
Police.

I'm a huge fan of Stewart's drumming (I consider him a great
influence on me), and I also admire Andy's playing, but I still
believe that Sting's talent is a bit trapped in the style of The
Police. Haivng the opportunity to mis hist alent with so many others
(Dominic, Chris Botti, Manu, Vinnie, etc) gives him the ooportunity
to explore more, and I really like that, that's one of the things I
like from Sting's solo music, that is you never know what you are
going to hear in a new CD when you click "next".

I really hope that he comes soon with a new solo album.

Well that's just my humble opinion.

javier.

Probably
On 07/03/2008, at 11:07 AM, Chris Ryan wrote:

> I am actually on the fence about a new album. It could be great. But
> then, watching the video posted here of "I Hung My Head," it could
> also be quite embarrassing. Sting has pretty much ruined his own
> reputation in most musical and critical quarters, but he hasn't done
> so to the reputation of The Police. Perhaps he realizes this and
> figures he'll leave well enough alone, at least in terms of new
> material. Fine with me!
>
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