A truce it is! I tend to agree on THE (hmm, unfortunate acronym) - I like the version on Live more than the studio track too. On MuchMusic last night they had a brief bit talking to the guys from Incubus, who were saying the one band they'd love to see reform was The Police, intercut with scenes of a Sting interview with him saying it ain't gonna happen. The Incubus guys were saying they'd be the roadies on that tour if it happened. Didn't someone recently mention Incubus displaying some Police influences? Jason Quoting foxie <forfoxie@yahoo.com>:
hahaha! a truce, jase! and i see your point about boring and repetitive. but for the record, these posts are merely concert reviews from reporters, written for various newspapers across north america. consider me their editor! haha! listened to LIVE on the way to new york today: for what it's worth, i've realized that i like that version of 'truth hits everybody' better than the one on 'outlandos'...
rich
--- Jason MacNeil <jmacneil@chebucto.ns.ca> wrote:
I'm absolutely *against* stopping anyone from making a comment. I totally disagree with censorship, and if that's what you thought I meant, I apologize. My comment was meant to be about the repetitive nature of the posts. It seems to be the same thing over and over. Take a review and make it negative. There's nothing new there. I've seen the same post a bunch of times now. I totally understand foxie thinks Sting's shows are boring and repetitive now. I ask him to look at his posts under the same light, which are boring and repetitive...though, maybe that's the point. In which case I'd retract my comment, because that's a wonderfully subversive way to make a point.
And I don't want to block foxie, I've read a lot of interesting stuff from Rich, who's been a great contributor to this list for years.
The front page of canoe.ca currently has a nice pic of Sting and Annie from the ACC show (and of course, a review as well).
Jason
Quoting Anne-Jelmer Drent <annejelmer@hotmail.com>:
Negativity? I would rather call it realism. I just might keep us from being fundamentalist-fans. (war against...?) And you would call it negativity, don't shoot the messenger, anybody should feel free to make any comment. You can always block sombody, if neccecary.
Foxy, keep it up!
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Anyway, anybody listenend to the clever bassline of "sooner or later" lately? It's pretty good.
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Look, I'm a dedicated lurker, so feel free to jump all over me for opening my mouth, but what's the point of these posts? I think you've made your feelings known. They're not getting back to Sting, so they're not going to change what he's doing, and really, it's depressing to keep reading so much negativity on the list.
Having said that, I'm not coing anything constructive to counteract the negativity, so feel free to ignore me as I sink back down into the mists ;)
Jason
Quoting foxie <forfoxie@yahoo.com>:
again, allow me...
...He coasted through much of his set, technically sound, but uninspired on tracks like "Send Your Love" and "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free."
--- StingUs <frotri@panafonet.gr> wrote:
Sting, Annie a handsome singing duo
It was the moment they had been anticipating. So, when Annie Lennox reappeared onstage to join Sting in a duet at the Air Canada Centre last night, 14,000 fans shrieked their approval. And a handsome pairing it was. They're a perfect complement, you know, this former Police frontman and erstwhile Eurythmics siren, who will bring their show back to the Air Canada Centre on Oct. 17. It's their maturity and longevity and lithe good looks. It's their vast repertoires of popular songs. It's the shared ability to both soothe and incite. It's a perception of sincerity and graciousness. It's the relief that somebody is still making music for grown folks. It was during the fifth song of his 100-minute set, as Sting launched into "We'll Be Together" from his 1987 album Nothing Like the Sun that Lennox emerged from backstage to sing with him. They started off back-to-back - him strumming bass - and together they swayed and skanked across the stage, she wailing and frenetic, his tenor restrained. We can't show you what this scene looked like, because Lennox's undue restrictions on media photography caused the Star to opt out of shooting her. Despite her self-portrayal as a reluctant celebrity, the native Scot retains tight control over her image. You can't really knock her though, if that's what has helped the classically trained musician (as a flautist) navigate her way through two successful bands, the Tourists and Eurythmics, survive two divorces and raise two daughters. She has sold more records since stepping out solo in the '90s than she did with either group and earlier this year won an Oscar and Golden Globe for the song "Into the West" from Lord of the Rings: Return Of The King. And based on last night, the short-cropped blonde, who turns 50 this year, is at the top of her game. She opened the show clad in jeans and a sequined top and strutted across the stage like a diva, swung the microphone and kicked up her heels like a rock 'n' roller in an hour-long set that included Eurythmics hits as well as songs from her three solo albums. Even when she slowed it down, tinkling the ivories on "Here Comes The Rain Again" and caressing each note, a growl lingered nearby. Sting's portion was a retooled version of his March show at Massey Hall - buffed just enough to make you wonder how that
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