Well
to me, a reunion only sorta took place. I've seen Sting enough times that
all the songs played sounded the same a solo tour. I'm thrilled I got to
see my favourite band play before I die, but the true artistic test would have
been new material as Andy and Stewart DO contribute to "that" sound, no
question.
Having
said that, Sting writes the hits, and has little to lose resuming a solo career,
and likely three times the money, and 100% control. Who can blame
him?
Yeah; the history of Police rumours being
what it is, they might have done better not to say anything about new songs
etc. until they were sure they'd be playing them - let alone a new album.
Honestly, I'm not complaining that the tour happened - if it did one
fine thing, it was to make the fans equal. Before there was the generation
who'd seen the band live and the generation who hadn't, and now we've all had
that chance. :)
It's just... what Marisa said. People do get
disappointed when "new album" gets waved about...
Angeline
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Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2008 12:21:03 -0800 (PST)
From: Marisa M <stingetc4u@yahoo.com>
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Re: [Police] The Police: boo!
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I don't have a problem with the
excellent show that I saw. Where my disappointment lies is that I feel
that they led us on. They kept hinting at "new music, new album", and
that's where I have a problem. I wish they had been upfront from the
beginning, admitting that there was no intention to make new music at this
point in time. I would feel a lot less disappointed right now if that
had been the case. Hence, my next thought: what really WAS the
motivation behind the tour? Was it REALLY for us fans? If it
was, then why won't they write new music FOR US FANS?
For what it's
worth...
- Marisa