Jer, you must be kidding! "Least cynical person you will ever meet!"??? This is coming from someone who for the first half of the tour was CONVINCED that Danny Q pressed a "magic button" on his laptop to sustain Sting's tantric "...tomorrow we'll seeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee..."! ;-) I jest, Jer! But seriously, Sting won the Golden globe fair and square. I don't see why people on this list would want to taint his award. People have complained about him not having written new material in a while, and when he finally does, he comes up with a sweet little waltz, wins a Golden Globe for it, and his fans call the whole thing a fix... I knew he would win the Golden Globe, the song had great potential. I would have had my doubts had he won for Funny Friend, but that neither grabbed the GG nor the Oscar. The GG's are not based on popularity or box office numbers. The fact that a lot of people aren't familiar with the song has no bearing on the quality of the song. Are people more familiar with the other nominated songs? I doubt so. I haven't heard Vanilla Sky because I boycott Tom Cruise, I missed Enya's song at the end of The Lord Of The Rings because of a bladder issue, and will probably not get around to see Kate & Leopold. But I assume most people who saw K&L also heard Until. I am thrilled for Sting's Golden Globe, as was he. He really didn't expect it, judging from his reaction (and his manager's) and his speech. I said a while ago that he'd win it, and I predict he'll be nominated for an Oscar, and WIN (if the Academy doesn't give Sir Paul his obligatory vote...) Finally, for those of you who still haven't heard Until, it's readily available on Morpheus, Kazaa, Audiogalaxy etc (the live Regis and Kelly version). I'll try to upload it tonight on my site. Cheers, Fred -----Original Message----- From: Jeremy . [mailto:artsyman@hotmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2002 5:35 PM To: burgaus@juno.com; Stingfan222@aol.com Cc: police@xmission.com Subject: [Police] (no subject) Teri, you seem to have a love for the word cynical, or cynicism, and I am curious how you come to these judgements so quickly on the basis of an email. The comments I made about sting were valid, it is actually something that is being talked about in the trade at the moment as it is a recurring issue. I am also one of the least cynical people you will ever meet, so I found it amusing. Optimism is the food of life Jer