P.S. Stewart’s son,
Bruce
From: police-bounces@mailman.xmission.com
[mailto:police-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On
Behalf Of Leandro Germán Montibelli
Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2007
2:38 PM
To: Police
Subject: [Police] Little Buenos
Aires concerts review
I'm starting this mail as most of non-English speakers do: I'm sorry
for my English writting. Please understand this is not my native language. I'll
do my best!!!
I want to say that i'm still shocked and excited with the things that I lived
on Saturday and Sunday nights. I'm 25 and started listening to The Police when
I was 13, when I found a Greatest Hits CD that belonged to my sister (the one
with the white background and the picture with the three of them wearing black
glasses). Since that moment I became a fan and when I started to read things
about the band I realized that I would never be able to see them alive. So last
weekend I felt like all my dreams were becoming true.
I admit I was a bit affraid that shows would not completely fill my expectations,
but now I see that I couldn't be more wrong. Both shows were unbeliaveble
amazing! The sound quality, the big screens, the audience, the schedule, Sting,
Andy, Stewart! Everything was incredible. Even Beck seemed to sound well while
we were waiting the main event!!!
The setlist was the identical for both concerts:
Message
in a bottle
Synchronicity
II
Walking
on the Moon
Voices
Inside My Head / When The World Is Running Down…
Don't
Stand So Close to Me
Driven To
Tears
Truth
Hits Everybody
Every
Little Thing She Does Is Magic
Wrapped
Around Your Finger
De Do Do
Do, De Da Da Da
Invisible
Sun
Walking
In Your Footsteps
Can't
Stand Losing You / Regatta de Blanc
Roxanne
King of
Pain
So Lonely
Every
Breath You Take
Next To
You
I was surprised how they made room for Andy. He, with his red stratocaster,
really rocked!!! He did 5 o 6 solos that were amazing!!!
Sting reached almost all the high tones he wanted to reach. He made two
mistakes with the bass that i could count but he played brillantly (with his
left thumb pressing the fourth string, strange technique)
Stew was absolutely great. Sometimes seemed as if the drums were part of his
body. And of course he was the most beloved by the audience. A continuous
ovation for him.
The shows duration were of 1:45 hour. Both of them. That was a con. Everything
was under a script. Even an acting that Andy an Stewart made before Next to you
bis. Both days the same. Why, please tell me why, the didn't play Spirits in a
Material World??? whi?? :(
Anyway, I'm glad they rejoined, I'm glad they came down here, I'm glad they
played so perfectly and I'm glad I spent the most beautiful days of my life (or
at least in the top five)
Leandro
PD: links: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i419646tMvA
; http://www.tn.com.ar/mm.aspx?id=772755
; http://www.rollingstonela.com/varios/Fotosymas/GaleriaImagenes_cs.asp?nota_id=967762¬acategoria_id=2
PD2: I read in a local newspaper that