>But at the same time, isn't it possible that these guys could
reinvent themselves? I mean, >there would have to be something
remaining of the "old" Police in their writing style.
Steve, I can understand that you like many
others may like something like the old Police style, but they are 30 years
older now, they are different people, they have different needs, they have
complete different lives from those times, there are complete different
discography rules, different managers, different tastes.... people change,
and I'm afraid their style could be different...maybe better, maybe
not...
When Stewart, before the reunion was
announced, told me that they could work on new stuff mixing all their
different musical experiences (Taranta, Jazz, Reggae, Electronic, Fusion,
Brazilian, ecc....) I was thinking that they were coming back as they found
the right formula to release something definitely new and interesting under
the name THE POLICE; they did not, for different reasons, but I am sure
they thought a lot about it, they talked a lot, they even tryed to work on
those new songs for what I know, but everything was killed from the
beginning.
Giovanni
Sting's writing and playing styles have changed of course, but he
wouldn't be writing his solo stuff. Isn't it possible for him, as well
as Andy and Stewart of course, to incorporate his(their) current
influences and somehow come up with a newer sound that is still
"Police-like"? As hard-headed and domineering as he is over Andy and
Stewart, I would like to think that they would not just let him walk all
over them, especially Stewart. I don't know. It's all just
speculation anyways, and probably nothing will happen. They'll
finish their tour and go about their seperate ways again.... And we'll
all be left wondering...
foxie
<forfoxie@yahoo.com> wrote:
Hey!
Great
posts by Chris and, of course, G. Thx guys!
Those hardcore fans
are truly caught between the rock and the hard place aren't we? When the
tour was announced...and I first heard scuttlebutt that a new record was
being planned, I was VERY excited.
But as the months have passed,
the more I thought about it...the more I think that I do NOT want it to
happen.
And the reason is this...I don't believe that Sting can
go back to writing songs in the Police style. And I am not talking about
early-Police material...I am talking about "Ghost" and
SYNCHRONICITYesque material. I believe not only is he disinterested in
doing it...but that he couldn't do it if he tried...because he has been
away from writing in that vein for so long.
Think of it...what
benefit would Stewart give to "A Thousand Years"? What could Andy do
with "Desert Rose"?
And that is not an attack on Sting's solo
material. I love it...well, up to MERCURY FALLING anyway. (And BRAND NEW
DAY has "loving" moments on it for me as well.)
But...BRAND NEW
DAY and SACRED LOVE...THAT is the material that Sting is writing at
present...do you think that those tunes are Police material, Police
"worthy".
I don't.
As I mentioned before...I look at this
reunion as as way for Sting to go on hiatus...to recharge the songwriter
battery within him. And when the fruits of that hiatus bloom, nothing
like "Driven To Tears" of "Secret Journey" is coming
out.
Truth Hits Everybody, Truth Hits
Everyone,
Rich
----- Original Message ----
From:
Giovanni Pollastri
To:
casimar@yahoo.com; police@mailman.xmission.com
Sent: Saturday, March
15, 2008 5:56:27 AM
Subject: Re: [Police] A few thoughts / Even the
bad nights on this tour were magic to me
>Even the bad nights
on this tour were magic to me.
I see your point Christopher, but
we don't have to consider ouselves as the
main element to take care
of; WE are a minority, we hardcore fans see things
in a different
way than the rest of the world, the usual radio listener, the
usual
magazine reader, etc.. etc..
Dont'get me wrong when I say I don't
believe in a new album; I am a great
fan and I'd love to see a new
album that would sound as great as the
previous five albums, but if
they won't release it, I'm afraid they have
nothing in their hands
that could top that sound and image.
Nothing wrong with that; at
least they haven't ruined their fame like too
many other bands have
done keeping working together for years and years
releasing records
that get out of catalogues in three years!
If they have to release a
new record they have to 'shock the world', not
only the
fans.
Giovanni
----- Original Message -----
From:
"Christopher Simar"
To:
Sent: Friday, March 14, 2008 9:55
PM
Subject: Re: [Police] A few thoughts
>I was trying
not to get in on this one, lol, but I
> just wanted to agree with
Giovanni. I wouldn't want a
> "crap" Police album. But I don't
think it's likely.
>
> Even the bad nights on this tour were
magic to me. I
> have filled my hard drive with mp3s of them
despite
> the repetitiveness of the set, the lack of
obvious
> experimentation, etc. The Police, playing
ANYTHING,
> are magic. I would love to hear a new song or
two.
>
> 'Solo Sting,' however, has made an increasingly
high
> percentage of things that I can't really get
behind,
> starting in the late 1990s and falling from there.
I
> enjoy his later studio albums at first, then rarely
>
re-listen. I don't always catch him on tour. The
> lute album and
the 9/11 live album, I can't listen to.
>
> I just feel like
Sting should do something with The
> Police, or just retire. His
"legacy" is important,
> too, right? And if he can't come up with
material
> that Andy could do something with (Andy can do
>
ANYTHING, is my opinion) then, well, he probably can't
> come up
with good enough material to release under
> anyone's name, even
his own solo name. That's just my
> two cents. I fear my hero has
peaked. And I was
> hoping The Police would revive his old
vitality.
>
> I don't think I'm in this for nostalgia, at
least not
> entirely.. I am in it for whatever "it" is that
only
> those three guys can do, even just noodling around.
>
I'd rather hear The Police play than hear session
> musicians
hired by Sting, be that on old or new
> material. I respect his
right to do that, but that
> doesn't mean I have to like it. (But
I hope I do.)
>
> Christopher
>
>
> ---
Giovanni Pollastri
>
wrote:
>
>> What if they will do a crap
album?
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>>
From: Mario
>> To: police@mailman.xmission.com
>>
Sent: Friday, March 14, 2008 4:43 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Police] A
few thoughts
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
bottom line they should do an new album just to
>> surprise
everyone and go through with the challenge
>>
>> this
solo stuff is just crap for now
>
>
>
>
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