I can't say one way or the other, but I can say that if the record co. is suggesting album ideas then he has either completely run out of creative juice or there is something else going on. Someone else who has a better understanding of the music business world can hopefully provide more insight.

I hope it goes over well for him, I just... feel pretty conflicted, the same as his last few albums. Though, admittedly, I STILL think the lute idea was really cool.

D[MiaS]

On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 10:23 AM, David Lucky <dlucky711@yahoo.com> wrote:
Exactly, an orchestra version of Next to you.  Interesting.   Now to do it live he would NOT need permission from the band as far as I know but to put that out on record he would.  And I cant imagine Stewart is into this concept - I could be wrong though.

I found it interesting how he earlier had admitted that his record company had suggested a christmas record and he thought about it and came up with the winter idea.   Do you think the record company came up with the orchestra idea....could be as he has done two deutcshe grammaphone releases in a row here.

David 

From: "hjusth@knology.net" <hjusth@knology.net>
To: David Lucky <dlucky711@yahoo.com>; David <dripdry@gmail.com>
Cc: police@mailman.xmission.com
Sent: Fri, February 26, 2010 11:15:06 AM
Subject: Re: Re: [Police] New Tour

>From the press release about the tour:

"Selections will include fan-favorites such as 'Roxanne', 'Next To You', 'Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic' and 'Every Breath You Take', to notable songs from Sting's enduring solo career - 'Englishman in New York', 'Fragile', 'Russians', 'If I Ever Lose My Faith in You', 'Fields of Gold', and 'Desert Rose.' "

Personally...I find the choice of 'Next To You' interesting to say the least....

Bye!
Hilary



On Fri 26/02/10 11:06 AM , David dripdry@gmail.com sent:
> Interesting. You mean to say there might be orchestrated Police tunes?
> I'm not sure how I feel about that, but would like to hear
> opinions.
>
> D[MiaS]
>
> On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 10:01 AM, David Lucky  wrote:
> I agree with some of the comments earlier on this upcoming tour.  I
> just cant pass up an opportunity to see Sting and his latest.
>  However this one is a bit of a different one.   I saw him at one
> of the Winter shows and think wow this guy just loves to tour and
> play.  It is amazing and he certainly is a hard worker.  And for
> that I am glad.  I think back at all the different tours in past 6
> years or so including the Broken music tour etc.  I sure hope the
> tixs arent too much.  
> Also, not sure how exciting this will be.  Is there an album of
> orchestra versions down the road coming out?  Or will it not include
> Police songs as the other guys may not go along with the idea?
> David
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