Hi Gang, Giovanni here.
allow me to being by saying that recent DVD discussions were about 2 different DVD projects - the one that G told us about (call it the "Stewart DVD" and the one that i have been referring to.
I don't want to create confusion but I got to give some more details about the Stewart dvd's I'm talking about: 1 - when I talk about Stewart dvd that might never see the light I mean the old Police footage he would like to release; he said he choosed between 20 hours of interesting stuff, from the piles of 8mm tapes he had wrapped in some shelves; he choosed the best stuff available, considering the quality of the recordings, and it's all stuff that comes 'from Stewart eyes'; this sound interesting as you can see everything that happened from his eyes....he got videos of the first Police signing sessions, the travels by train in the early days, the moments they got into their hotel rooms with Sting bringing his bass on hand; as Stewart told me, it's more about what happened around the band, he didn't say that much about the music to tell the truth. Maybe there might be some studio footage I guess. 2 - There is another Stewart dvd I am talking about and is the new one coming out on May 31st, intitled 'Orchestralli'; that's the official release with the live recordings of the Italian 2002 tour. Ciao ciao Giovanni here's the info on "mine": i have a friend that works on DVD releases for universal music. i met him during my stay at sony music. in late december 2003, he contacted me, advising that he was just assigned a new project, one on the police - to make a proposal and, if the universal powers at be liked it, he could run with it, work on it to see if it would be cleared for release. knowing what a lunatic i am about the police, he asked me for my help - specifically, what would i, as a police fan, like to see on this DVD? so i told him to put something out with as much unreleased and/or hardly seen material as he could get. we went back and forth on what to get for weeks. here's a sample of some of the stuff he set after: Shea Stadium footage (it go so that he was trying to get clearance to put the entire concert on the DVD) Footage from last concert (Australia, 3/84) Footage from BPI Awards in November 1985 (the police got a Lifetime Achievement Award at this ceremony - I didn't know who (if anyone) from the band went but, if they did, it would have been the 1st time they appeared together since aforementioned Australia gig) Footage from recording of SYNCHRONICITY in Montserrat Footage from recording of tracks for EBYT: THE SINGLES i saw this DVD as two-fold: a documentary with a LET IT BE slant - assuming footage from the respective recording sessions could be had, you would see the band's final implosion. so, armed with ideas, my friend set off. universal liked it. next up was miles and, after some "negotiations", he was fine with it. but all along, i KNEW that there was something - no, more like someone - that could screw it all up. that sting would have final say over any police-related project. a few weeks ago, this project was presented to sting's management for the 1st time. again, at this point, all that the project entailed was ideas - nothing was set in stone, nothing HAD to be on the project. not every request for something had to be granted. it was just a mixed bag of things. well, to say that the sting camp was not thrilled with the project would be an understatement. it languished there. then, yesterday, my friend sent me an e-mail, and i quote: "Forgot to tell you dude, found out this morning sting has blocked the new dvd. He says no and that's that!" was i surprised? no. was i made? not really. my personal feeling is that, for the past 20 years, sting has done all he could to downplay the police for the betterment and furtherance of his solo career. there will be no reunion and no projects like this or like the Stewart DVD or like 'Derangements" (remember THAT?!!!) sting is far too busy - he has albums to make, performances with the backstreet boys and twista to do. so he will just keep busy, drown us all in himself and hope that we will, by process of police starvation, forget about the police and shift our feelings for the band to him. i think it was Brando that said "all you owe your audience is a good performance". but i say "who says you have to say in the audience?" there was a time when i held sting's solo material just as close to my heart as police material. then came BND and, well, you all know that story. SL hasn't helped. i can count on one hand how many times i have listened to it. at the speed of sound, sting has begun down that slope of mediocrity - like his pals elton john and billy joel. an creature of adult contemporary (read: safe) radio. it is very sad. he can release all the remixes, all the GH or live albums he wants, tour the world 5 times over. i could care less. at best, i am indifferent towards him now, doubtful that i will ever see him perform live again. he can continue his subversive attempts to make me forget about the police, denying whatever police-related projects he wants, trying to get all to accept HIM as SOLOIST! but i will FOREVER look at him as stewart's bass player... rich --- M <mpal1@yahoo.com> wrote:
what dvd did STing reject??
--- foxie <forfoxie@yahoo.com> wrote:
i gotta fly but tomorrow i will advise on what was to have been on this dvd. here's a teaser: a great deal of shea footage was to be on it, perhaps the entire damn show!
--- MattCo82@aol.com wrote:
Dans un e-mail daté du 25/05/2004 18:07:38 Paris, Madrid (heure d'été), burgaus@juno.com a écrit :
I'm disappointed in him. Stewart, as I've come to secretly believe, does love us more. Now I know why back in the day my best friend use to like him best.
Teri
Yeah, let's make a Stewart fan club (& Andy!)... Hmmm... can we do a "Sting stop being a jerk!" club?! Anyway, I think a good way to please police fans around the world would be to release The Police live at the Shea Stadium 83! That would be a real treat... and I know that it has been captured... Just my 2 cents... Matt from France.
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