On Mon, 24 Mar 2003 16:10:00 -0800 "Maggie White" <
mwhite@gw.smbsd.k12.ca.us>
writes:
> I tried to send this earlier today, but had a glitch, I
guess.
>
> I watched the new DVD last night. Here's a quick
review.
>
> Best Buy has the DVD for $18, Borders has it for $20.
My local
> Wherehouse didn't have it at all.
Circuit City = $15.99
> I've got a lot of this stuff on video, but it's been ages
since I've
> watched it, so my memory is faulty. But I think some of the
videos
> are ones I've never seen before.
>
> The Roxanne
video isn't the guys with the red backdrop, which is the
> one I'm used
to. It's a mostly live concert video with Sting in his
> jumpsuit looking
intently into the camera a lot. Often, the vocals
> don't match what's on
screen.
Yeah it would of been great to have the original red room video on
DVD... kinda sucks since its on VH1 Classic all the time too.
> I think So Lonely was new to me, as was De Do Do Do
(standing in the
> snow is soooo exciting).
The "So Lonely" video is from the "Around The World" video.
> The video for Don't Stand 86 is just terrible. Horrible. Stewart
and
> Andy are Photoshop cardboard cutouts who stand with their arms
> folded the whole time. Sting isn't much better. At the end, when
> they flash pictures of the Police's album covers and magazine covers
> over their heads, you can see that Dream of the Blue Turtles is one
> of the covers flashed. I hadn't noticed it before. Interesting.
Not to mention that Sting's DOTBT band was also shown in the video
too.
Angel C. Little