Fred, If this was in response to my posting I'd just like to say that I neither "hold a grudge against Sting" nor "blindly dismiss his solo efforts no matter what. " After The Police split up I was still very actively a Sting fan for years. True, I have never liked his solo work as much as The Police, but I continued buying (and enjoying) his albums for years. I know a lot of people on the list seem to cite Mercury Falling as a point when his albums began to decline - personally (and I know a lot of you on the list will disagree), I think the decline began with The Soul Cages (or maybe that horrible "All For Love" single with Bryan Adams and Rod Stewart). For me Mercury Falling (an appropriate title) was when I stopped buying his albums. I borrowed Brand New Day from my Mother-In-Law for a couple of days and never listened to it again. After hearing the comments on the list about Sacred Love - I expect I will do the same for this album. I do find it disturbing that the man who was the idol of my youth now makes essentially Easy Listening that my Mother-In-Law listens to. Actually, more disturbing is that he's not above performing with the Backstreet Boys, Puffy, and the like... If someone had told Sting in the '80s that he'd be doing this kind of crap 20 years later he would have gone ballistic. He might as well have written "Peanuts" about his future self. Ah, well... you can't please everybody. Omaha Perez www.omahaperez.com www.bodhisattva.ws

Message: 2 Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 16:21:02 -0400 From: "Fred Berthelot" <F.Berthelot@Ramsa.com> Subject: RE: [Police] All the positive things I can say about "Sacred Love" To: "police" <police@mailman.xmission.com> Message-ID: <DB1650855C1C1D4680350CEED63BF21C01FBAF@RAMSAEX.RAMSA.COM> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"

Some people have a war to win, but can they tolerate the peace?...

It seems like everyone who's negatively reviewed Sacred Love are Police nostalgics (or should I say extremists?) who hold a grudge against Sting and will blindly dismiss his solo efforts no matter what.

I believe The Police regrouped a few months ago didn't they? Oh, wait, yes, I was there! And as much as it was a thrill to see them together on the same stage again, I'm glad Sting isn't resorting to a Police reunion. You want a reunion? Go see Simon & Garfunkel!

The reunion I'm looking forward to is the Sting, Dominic & Vinnie reunion!