The Police were an alchemy of three musicians - Sting could never be the Sting we know without Stewart and Andy...and he knows that very very well.... -----Messaggio originale----- Da: police-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:police-bounces@mailman.xmission.com]Per conto di Trini Inviato: venerdì 31 ottobre 2003 5.32 A: foxie; police Oggetto: Re: [Police] Sting on Oprah Comon, Sting wrote all the songs. Do you think the Police would have been the greatest band with songs like "Mother"? Sting was the Police!!! Refusing to accept that fact is pure denial of reality and fact! foxie <forfoxie@yahoo.com> wrote: i concur with Ms. Michelle on this. we are indeed lucky to still have sting around in any shape of form, still producing music - my only hope/contention being that the material is up to snuff. for me, i asked the question out of what's been a life spent defending the police as a band to people, demanding them to be recognized as, for my money, the single greatest band ever - this my virtually everyone i have ever gotten into a discussion about music with. rightly or wrongly, i feel that the legacy of the police is not held in as high a regard to the world outside this wegpage - that they are blown off and/or taken for granted, that their uniqueness has not been given its just due. i mean, the rock and roll hall of fame induction was nice, but i think there should be more. so, admitted, i get a bit annoyed when i - again, correctly or incorrectly - see interviews with sting steered away from even the smallest amount of discussion on the police, when i see sting perform in concert and hear only 4 police songs in a 25-song set or things of that nature. i hope to be rewarded for this righteousness on day... rich p.s.: i'm listening to SACRED LOVE as i type this out, here comes "dead man's rope". my reward comes early... --- Stingfan222@aol.com wrote: > Does it really matter who sold more? We were lucky > enough to have him in the > world's best band, and then lucky enough to have him > go solo and succeed. Can > you imagine if all three of them just disappeared > into the wordwork after > dissolving the Police? If I can't have the Police, > I'm happy having them solo. > Call me the eternal optimist. > Michelle in TX > > In a message dated 10/29/03 7:31:47 PM, > sam@illuminated.co.uk writes: > > << Ross Viner wrote: > > [Tara and Bruce wrote:] > >> Yes, Oprah mentioned that Sting sold 40 million > albums with The Police and > >> another 45 million as a solo artist. Also, Sting > played EBYT and Roxanne. > > > > I do think it noteworthy, that the Police sold > most of their over the > > span of 6 years. Sting as a solo artist, has had > 18 years. > > The raw numbers in themselves mean relatively > little. I'd like to see a > proper graph of sales versus time progression, to > see at which point Sting > started selling more than the Police. I'd also be > interested to see how the > "Sting & the Police" compilations were counted. > > There's a whole bunch more stuff than can be said > about Sting vs. The Police > (I mean this in a comparative sense, and I don't > mean to imply any sense of > antagonism), but if people are going to compare > Stings solo with The Police, > then I'd like them to restrict to recent times. It > would be genuinely > interesting to work out which songs in a live set > got the greatest audience > reaction, Sting or Police songs; hell, I'd be > interested in seeing the > figures for back-catalogue sales, assuming we had a > year where the figures > weren't sullied by re-issues and other promotional > gambits. > > Sam > -- > Home page: http://www.illuminated.co.uk/ > > > _______________________________________________ > Police mailing list > Police@mailman.xmission.com > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/police > >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Police mailing list > Police@mailman.xmission.com > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/police __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Exclusive Video Premiere - Britney Spears http://launch.yahoo.com/promos/britneyspears/ _______________________________________________ Police mailing list Police@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/police ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Do you Yahoo!? Exclusive Video Premiere - Britney Spears