I also heard this article over the airwaves this morning, and at first I was upset, then the more he read the more I laughed... Was it Blender mag? who the f*** cares?! I always find it humorous when people try and pass off something like this as "factual" when music (as an art form) is nothing but subjective! And millions and millions of folks apparently disagree with this writer... I sure as hell do. SoCalJen Bruce Greenwood <bruce.greenwood@rogers.com> wrote: You can't take stuff like that seriously....Sting is just one of those people that some people love to hate, and those people pick on qualities that they are envious of. This survey is a result of just that. Even casual music fans are impressed with his lyrics, and normally The Police and Sting have been praised by the critics for being cerebral. Complaining that he "...coopt[ed] the works of Chaucer, St. Augistine, and Shakespeare." Is pretty funny. In the words of Kanye West, "Uhh....Uh." Interestingly, I heard about this earlier today on CBC radio. You could tell that the host of the program thought it was a bit off that Sting would top this list. He said something like "I imagine there will be a lot of upset people across Canada when they hear this," and he proceded to play a bit of "Russians". Cheers, Bruce -----Original Message----- From: police-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:police-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Ross Viner Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2007 4:53 PM To: police@mailman.xmission.com Subject: RE: [Police] Yahoo! Canada News Story - Sting tops list ofworstlyricists - Yahoo! Canada News Ironically the lyrics were among the reason I think sting is brilliant. Granted rhyming Nabokov with cough is weak, at best. But we all know there are too many brilliant moments to count. -----Original Message----- From: police-bounces+ross=rossviner.com@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:police-bounces+ross=rossviner.com@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Jo-Ann Sent: October 9, 2007 1:15 PM To: police@mailman.xmission.com Subject: [Police] Yahoo! Canada News Story - Sting tops list of worstlyricists - Yahoo! Canada News Jo-Ann (djtcoggan@hotmail.com) has sent you a news article ------------------------------------------------------------ Personal message: Hate to be the one to send this out but can you believe this crap!! OMG makes me so mad to hear the ridiculous opinions of someone with no friggin' clue. Note the lack of people like 50 cent, Kenye West, Brittney Spears, you know, lyrical geniuses!!!! Sting tops list of worst lyricists - Yahoo! Canada News http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/reuters/071009/entertainment/entertainment_ly ricists_col ============================================================ Yahoo! Canada News http://ca.news.yahoo.com/ _______________________________________________ Police mailing list Police@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/police No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.14.6/1059 - Release Date: 09/10/2007 8:44 AM No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.14.6/1059 - Release Date: 09/10/2007 8:44 AM _______________________________________________ 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 THINK BLUE! AIM: MamaRocks62 Visit MySpace --------------------------------- Shape Yahoo! in your own image. Join our Network Research Panel today!