What about the time that Sting commented on the reworking of the theme to "Mission Impossible"? Not remembering the exact quote, I believe he was unimpressed (putting it mildly) with U2's version, saying something to the effect that any idiot could put a song back into 4/4 time. [Personally, I agree with the idea that the song was slaughtered from the original mixed meter to the monkey-esque redo.] An interesting comment to make if in fact they are good buddies. I don't think there is any love lost... does someone else know otherwise? Of course, I'll never forget the rumor that Sting was the only one in the SatNiteLive audience that didn't stand up for the ovation for Paul McCartney. :) Good to be back on the list! Peace, love, and Sting, Jen -----Original Message----- From: police-admin@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:police-admin@mailman.xmission.com]On Behalf Of foxie Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2002 9:23 AM To: police@xmission.com Subject: [Police] (no subject) hey! i hope you have all had a chance to read the Uncut mag article on the police. there is something else i found interesting: the idea that the police reformed for the Amnesty shows because sting could not stand being upstaged by u2...

Since they don't allow you to read the article on-line... has anyone seen it anywhere else or got a copy posted? Cheers David -----Original Message----- From: police-admin@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:police-admin@mailman.xmission.com]On Behalf Of foxie Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2002 9:24 AM To: police@xmission.com Subject: [Police] (no subject) hey! i hope you have all had a chance to read the Uncut mag article on the police. there is something else i found interesting: the idea that the police reformed for the Amnesty shows because sting could not stand being upstaged by u2. i have mixed emotions on this theory: part of me cannot believe it. for one thing, sting and bono have developed into buds over the years. u2 also opened for the police on some GHOST tours. in 1986, sting was supporting his first solo album while u2 had a body of work to draw from - THE UNFORGETTABLE FIRE being their 3rd(?) studio album. being the professional that he is, is it possible that sting could overlook this, especially since he limited himself as to the amount of police material he played on the "blue turtles" tour. on the other hand, the only ego in music that i have ever known to be on par with(even greater than)is paul "i have to close the show" maccartney. i think it quite possible that, given the egomaniac that he is, that sting really was bothered by his role as a u2 warmup and enlisted andy and stewart to helpe him get top billing on the shows. i don't know if any of you have ever seen video of the set the police played at the giants stadium show. i find it fascinating: stewart looks happy as a calm, andy looks like he wants to kill someone and sting looks like the most uncomfortable, out of place man on the planet. they didn't even look at each other - especially andy, who kept looking down. rumor has it that andy and sting had some argument before going on stage. also, they arrived at each show seperately and left the same way, in three different cars. regardless, as depressing it was these amnesty shows were the last time the boys played a true set together, it is equally sad, given how mad/unhappy/indifferent they seemed to be while playing... rich __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax http://taxes.yahoo.com/ _______________________________________________ Police mailing list Police@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/police