Fred, didn't you get booted from the ballroom at some point? ;-) During the HOF sound check they jammed When the World is Running Down and I got shivers down my spine. Christine and I were front row centre for the entire soundcheck. Andy sounded quite good but what I didn't get was why he didn't use his signature beat up Telecaster for the soundcheck or the show. I could tell Sting wasn't too impressed with Andy's sound during the soundcheck either and at one point walked over and lowered the volume on his amp!! Half-joking, half serious I'm sure. Andy of course walked over and did the same thing to Sting all in good fun no doubt. One thing that I hope sees the light of day at some point - Ian, as usual, got the entire soundcheck on video. Michelle, I know you don't regret seeing The Police live that night but it was the best night of my life having never seen or met them before. They weren't 1980 Japan or '81 Australia fantastic but they barely rehearsed together in NYC and didn't have the chops or road experience that AC/DC had. AC/DC kicked ass, took no prisoners and I'm not even that big of a fan. Maybe Andy did have a few drinks that night and the nerves/pressure played a part. Imagine all your past and present peers in one room and try not to fumble the ball. As I said, I blame it more on the different guitar used that night. Stewart rocked that night and Sting barely looked like he was enjoying himself. Who knows all the circumstances and excuses. Certainly the end left a lot to be desired and I didn't like the backup singer at all.... but this wasn't really a show for public consumption anyway. It was cobbled together by the HOF staff. Originally they were all supposed to be onstage together for I Fought The Law as a tribute to Joe Strummer but Sting probably didn't want to do that so we got EBYT as the big closing number. Bring on the reunion and world tour!! Peace and The Police!! Chris From: foxie <forfoxie@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [Police] follow up To: police@mailman.xmission.com Message-ID: <20070105161107.6649.qmail@web30312.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 oh really? sorry about that, fred - i was unaware of his sound during rehearsal. i actually went to the waldof to catch it, but i got there too early. only thing i accomplished that day was to say 'congratulations' to miles, who looked at me like i had 6 heads! rich --- Fred Berthelot <F.Berthelot@Ramsa.com> wrote:
During rehearsal, Andy didn't sound "raw." They sounded like The Police. Then during the live show, Andy drifted and did his own thing. Then the harsh unPolice-like sound was compounded by the addition of "vocal" guests.