Last night, I was listening to 104.1 in Boston and the DJ had just played "Roxanne." After playing the song, he went on at length about how wonderful the Hall of Fame ceremony was, how the Police reminded the world how good they were, how cool it was that they mentioned a Boston DJ in their speach, etc. etc. etc. One thing that he mentioned that I'd never heard before (after 8 years on this list!) was that while Sting deserves the writing credits for Roxanne, Andy told Sting where to put the bass notes to make it more "reggae." When Sting first presented it, it was more of a straight ahead rock song. According to the DJ, this has always been a bone of contention between Andy and Sting - Andy continues to speak of his contribution and Sting has never acknowledged Andy's help on the song. So, is this true? Or, at the very least, has someone heard this story before? Is it some bizarre Police Urban Legend? Thanks, Julliette
on 13-03-2003 20:18, Julliette Thompson at juliewt@mindspring.com wrote:
One thing that he mentioned that I'd never heard before (after 8 years on this list!) was that while Sting deserves the writing credits for Roxanne, Andy told Sting where to put the bass notes to make it more "reggae." When Sting first presented it, it was more of a straight ahead rock song.
I always thought it was Stewart who taught Sting where to put the bass notes in Roxanne, I'm sure I read it in a Police biography I have. I wonder who deserves more credit, but I tend to believe what my book says. After all, hasn't Stewart/Klark Kent always been more of a bass player than Andy? A big envious WOW from Italy to those who made it to the Show in NY. Michele
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