I take it you mean POST Police career? I was going to say if it were all time, I'd say the Synchronicity tour was the high point (maybe not for him mentally) I'd think HIS personal high point was singing at the Olympics, but I have yet to say if it was mine since I fell asleep before he came on and I still need to see it... I'd have to say the low point was the Superbowl "blast" a couple Fridays ago. I rather liked him alone for the first song, but good grief, I can't stand when they put those screaming/rapping/no talent bozo's with him and have him sing one of his songs! Of course, that's just MY opinion! Michelle In a message dated 2/18/02 3:15:42 PM, SOMEDUDE20@aol.com writes:
Hello list, Since this seems to be a slow period, I figured I'd ask this; in your OPINION, what was Sting's low and high point in his career? You can also put this towards Stew or Andy, but I figured that since Sting is the most visible, I'd ask it about him. For example, I think Sting's TST album and tour was his high point. (What a great tour, but those were the days) I would use his last studio album and tour as a low point, but I think that has been said enough. So, I'll go with his remake of Demolition man for the movie Demolition man. In my OPINION I think the redone version was pure crap (as was the movie) but at least the EP had some live cuts with a rocking
version of KOP. I am interested to hear what you think
i think sting's career high point (post police) was his NLTS tour- he put together a really hot band, brought great energy to his shows, and had a great setlist. on the other hand, the BND tour would have to get my vote for the low point of his career- backing tracks, no female back-up singers, a tour that went on forever with practically no change in arrangements or set lists from venue to venue, pulling out the same tired old songs night after night...... on 2/18/02 4:27 PM, Stingfan222@aol.com at Stingfan222@aol.com wrote:
I take it you mean POST Police career? I was going to say if it were all time, I'd say the Synchronicity tour was the high point (maybe not for him mentally) I'd think HIS personal high point was singing at the Olympics, but I have yet to say if it was mine since I fell asleep before he came on and I still need to see it...
I'd have to say the low point was the Superbowl "blast" a couple Fridays ago. I rather liked him alone for the first song, but good grief, I can't stand when they put those screaming/rapping/no talent bozo's with him and have him sing one of his songs! Of course, that's just MY opinion!
Michelle
Oh boy here we go again, Yep!! that's exactly how it went down, I agree for the most part. however it is tough to beat the Bring on the Night Live CD, that is the peak as far as I see it. Opening no can of worms, Terrence Sheehan ----- Original Message ----- From: "amaryll" <amaryll@gis.net> To: <police@xmission.com> Sent: Monday, February 18, 2002 4:37 PM Subject: Re: [Police] Sting
i think sting's career high point (post police) was his NLTS tour- he put together a really hot band, brought great energy to his shows, and had a great setlist. on the other hand, the BND tour would have to get my vote for the low point of his career- backing tracks, no female back-up singers, a tour that went on forever with practically no change in arrangements or set lists from venue to venue, pulling out the same tired old songs night after night......
on 2/18/02 4:27 PM, Stingfan222@aol.com at Stingfan222@aol.com wrote:
I take it you mean POST Police career? I was going to say if it were all time, I'd say the Synchronicity tour was the high point (maybe not for him mentally) I'd think HIS personal high point was singing at the Olympics, but I have yet to say if it was mine since I fell asleep before he came on and I still need to see it...
I'd have to say the low point was the Superbowl "blast" a couple Fridays ago. I rather liked him alone for the first song, but good grief, I can't stand when they put those screaming/rapping/no talent bozo's with him and have him sing one of his songs! Of course, that's just MY opinion!
Michelle
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yes, that has got to be his most amazing cd!! although i find i am unable to stop listening to his new live cd- i find it quite compelling!!! on 2/18/02 1:24 PM, sheehansound at sheehansound@earthlink.net wrote:
Oh boy here we go again, Yep!! that's exactly how it went down, I agree for the most part. however it is tough to beat the Bring on the Night Live CD, that is the peak as far as I see it.
amaryll wrote: [...]
although i find i am unable to stop listening to his new live cd- i find it quite compelling!!!
I think All This Time is a fantastic success, insomuch as it achieves what It set out to be - not an ordinary live album. I like how it's not bombastic or loud. And to me, the opening to A Thousand Years is as good an intro as he's done since Be Still My Beating Heart (or, comparing intros with outros, Valparaiso). For all that you can carp about the BND tour being too long and the setlist never changing (although hasn't he always done that, apart from when he opened for the Grateful Dead and *had* to change his setlist or be lynched?), All This Time is a wonderful ending to it, given that we've probably all downloaded the Central Park concert anyway. Although I wonder whether the DVD would have been as interesting if the concert hadn't been on September 11th. Normally I won't watch DVDs or videos of concerts I have the audio version of, because I want to be able to do other things and not sit through relatively pedestrian video coverage of it. But you really appreciate the change of mood throughout the night when you watch the DVD - from the initial feeling of not wanting to play, to the realisation that, as Dominic said, damn, we want to play. The exuberance during Every Breath You Take is wonderful to behold, given what happened a few hours beforehand. Pity they couldn't keep "On such a night" as the title, and instead randomly picked a hit out of the bucket and used it as the title, a la Fields Of Gold. Feh. Sam -- Home page: http://www.illuminated.co.uk/ Sting by the numbers: http://www.illuminated.co.uk/sting/
i think the original title would have been quite fitting and appropriate. on 2/18/02 7:06 PM, Sam Kington at sam@illuminated.co.uk wrote: Pity they couldn't keep "On such a night" as the title, and instead randomly
picked a hit out of the bucket and used it as the title, a la Fields Of Gold. Feh.
Sam
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