THEY are back!

seaneldon · 29th May 2007

who could possibly be excited about that when THESE guys are back?

not with pete thomas, who is busy with the imposters, but still...

theblue1 · 29th May 2007

Quote:

Someone opened up a closet door and out stepped Johnny B. Goode
Playing guitar like a-ringin' a bell and lookin' like he should
If you gotta play at garden parties, I wish you a lotta luck
But if memories were all I sang, I rather drive a truck

-- Ricky Nelson

seaneldon · 29th May 2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by theblue1

Someone opened up a closet door and out stepped Johnny B. Goode
Playing guitar like a-ringin' a bell and lookin' like he should
If you gotta play at garden parties, I wish you a lotta luck
But if memories were all I sang, I rather drive a truck

-- Ricky Nelson

that said, glen tillbrook and chris difford should always be playing squeeze songs because they're the coolest.

oh, and "**** the police" has a new meaning.

allencollins · 29th May 2007

I would rather have have had a Bay City Rollers Reunion.

dbbubba · 29th May 2007

Yeah, Allen... you and a lot of mid forty year old women!

max cooper · 29th May 2007

Still wi****lly holding out for the Adam and the Ants reunion.

musical5 · 29th May 2007

Man, thats funny. I was just thinkin the same thing the other day about Adam.

max cooper · 29th May 2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by seaneldon

who could possibly be excited about that when THESE guys are back?

not with pete thomas, who is busy with the imposters, but still...

...and anyway, I always thought Squeeze with Paul Carrack was like Van Halen with Sammy Hagar.

Couldn't get Jools away from the tele?

seaneldon · 29th May 2007

paul carrack isn't touring with them. that's just the funniest press shot ever done.

SFTPH · 30th May 2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by seaneldon

that said, glen tillbrook and chris difford should always be playing squeeze songs because they're the coolest.

They'd be playing Slayer songs if they were the coolest.....
and burning those lame vests!

Barnabas · 30th May 2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by musical5

Man, thats funny. I was just thinkin the same thing the other day about Adam.

Adam and the Ants had a thunderous sound with the two full drum kits playing at the same time. (You can see two drummers in that video.) It was quite a visual spectacular to see them live.

max cooper · 30th May 2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by Barnabas

Adam and the Ants had a thunderous sound with the two full drum kits playing at the same time. (You can see two drummers in that video.) It was quite a visual spectacular to see them live.

Totally. I saw them in about '83. Full horn section too. No keyboard player. Some crappy band called INXS opened that show.

As for the Police, anyone going? (back on topic, see?)

poncival · 30th May 2007

I had the pleasure of seeing THEM live on Feb 11th at the Staples Center. I never was too much of a dedicated Police fan but I do know most all of the old "greatest hits" by heart and have always had a great appreciation for the cool musicianship and writing.

I never dug any of Sting's solo stuff, it seemed to me he was trying to compete with the Enyas of the world and it all seemed so cheesy compared to his old stuff with the band.

That being said, when I heard THEM play Roxanne live for their big reunion gig, I thought it was lame and they weren't as tight as they should have been, Sting certainly can't sing the way he used to and there was no getting away from that washed up nasty feeling of Enya-itis no matter what the guys were doing behind him. Despite all this, it was pretty cool to finally get to see a band that I had long ago figured I would never see.

I must admit I was kind of excited when I first heard about it because I had never seen THEM live but hearing Sting sing that song now pretty much ruined it for me, He reminded me of Ozzy... Singing most of the notes except the high ones he either drops out or just sings them low cause he's tired...

cgarges · 30th May 2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by max cooper

As for the Police, anyone going?

Wrigley Field, July 6th.

Chris Garges
Charlotte, NC

poncival · 1st June 2007

Just saw this on Yahoo News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070601/...m/police1_dc_1

ArcCirDude · 1st June 2007

Well, as a veteran of playing live music for the past twenty five years one thing that I have learned is that, no matter how high the level of musicianship, some nights you're on, some nights you're off. We're only human. I think many people are spoiled by the perfection of modern recordings. Hell, this has been a problem since the advent of multitrack recording. Jesus, the Beatles stopped touring, Steely Dan stopped touring because of the problems surrounding live playing. Screaming fans, bad sound systems, lame venues, relentless pressures of touring.....

I think these guys have proved themselves. What have YOU done lately? Sting's solo stuff is fantastic IMHO. He has a sound. Instantly recognizable. Comparing him with Enya is an insult to both him and her.

You know, Bach wasn't appreciated while he was alive. His music was old fashioned. His son C.P.E. Bach was like, hip man. (Who can take a rainbow...) Point is, in a hundred years, the Police AND Sting will be recognized to be among the best of late twentieth century music.

Autocrat · 1st June 2007

You get a different vibe when you read the news outlets. Here's the original post:

Stewart Copeland :: View topic - OUR FIRST DISASTER GIG!

Posted: Thu May 31, 2007 8:11 am Post subject: OUR FIRST DISASTER GIG!

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

“Whenever you’re ready Mr. Copeland” says Charlie, the production manager, as two crew members hold aside the giant gong, creating just enough space for me to slither onto my percussion stage, which is still down in its pit. I leap on board but my foot catches something and I sprawl into the arena in a jumble as the little stage starts to rise into view. Never mind. The audience is screaming with anticipation as I collect myself in the dark and start to warm, up the gong with a few gentle taps. But I’m overdoing it. It’s resonating and reaching it’s crescendo before the stage has fully reached its position. Sort of like a premature ejaculation. There’s nothing for it so I take a big swing for the big hit. Problem is, I’m just fractionally too far away and the beater misses the sweet spot and the big pompous opening to the show is a damp squib. Never mind.

I stride manfully to my drums. Andy has started the opening guitar riff to MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE and the crowd is going nuts. Problem is, I missed hearing him start. Is he on the first time around or the second? I look over at Sting and he’s not much help, his cue is me – and I’m lost. Never mind. “Crack!” on the snare and I’m in, so Sting starts singing. Problem is, he heard my crack as two in the bar, but it was actually four – so we are half a bar out of sync with each other. Andy is in Idaho.

Well we are professionals so we soon get sorted, but the groove is eluding us. We crash through MESSAGE and then go strait into SYNCHRONICITY. But there is just something wrong. We just can’t get on the good foot. We shamble through the song and hit the big ending. Last night Sting did a big leap for the cut-off hit, and he makes the same move tonight, but he gets the footwork just a little bit wrong and doesn’t quite achieve lift-off. The mighty Sting momentarily looks like a petulant pansy instead of the god of rock. Never Mind. Next song is going to be great…

But it isn’t. We get to the end of the first verse and I snap into the chorus groove – and Sting doesn’t. He’s still in the verse. We’ll have to listen to the tapes tomorrow to see who screwed up, but we are so off kilter that Sting counts us in to begin the song again. This is ubeLIEVably lame. We are the mighty Police and we are totally at sea.

And so it goes, for song after song. All I can think about is how Dietmar is going to string us up. In rehearsal this afternoon we changed the keys of EVERY LITTLE THING and DON’T STAND SO CLOSE so needless to say Andy and Sting are now on-stage in front of twenty thousand fans playing avant-garde twelve-tone hodgepodges of both tunes. Lost, lost, lost. I also changed my part for DON’T STAND and it’s actually working quite well but there is a dissonant noise coming from my two colleagues. In WALKING/FOOTSTEPS, I worked out a cool rhythm change for the rock-a-billy guitar solo, but now I make a complete hash of it – by playing it in the wrong part of the song. It’s not sounding so cool.

It usually takes about four or five shows in a tour before you get to the disaster gig. But we’re The Police so we are a little ahead of schedule. It’s only the second show (not counting the fan gig – 4,000 people doesn’t count as a gig in the Police scale of things).
When we meet up back-stage for the first time after the set and before the encores, we fall into each other’s arms laughing hysterically. Above our heads, the crowd is making so much noise that we can’t talk. We just shake our heads ruefully and head back up the stairs to the stage. Funny thing is, we are enjoying ourselves anyway. Screw it, it’s only music. What are you gonna do? But maybe it’s time to get out of Vancouver… STEWART

max cooper · 2nd June 2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by ArcCirDude

Jesus, the Beatles stopped touring

I think He did some dates after the Ressurection.

ArcCirDude · 2nd June 2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by max cooper

I think He did some dates after the Ressurection.

Haha! But after those few appearances he disappeared into the history books....

kafka · 2nd June 2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by max cooper

I think He did some dates after the Ressurection.

It was just an abbreviated club tour for the hard-cores. Nothing for the masses. ;-)

emfrank72 · 2nd June 2007

I'll be seeing them this Thursday in Seattle. My wife really wanted to go (left me her credit card and a note that read"Get tickets!!!". I actually am looking forward to seeing them although I hope they have ironed the kinks out the songs by then.

SergioS · 2nd June 2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by ArcCirDude

Well, as a veteran of playing live music for the past twenty five years one thing that I have learned is that, no matter how high the level of musicianship, some nights you're on, some nights you're off. We're only human. I think many people are spoiled by the perfection of modern recordings. Hell, this has been a problem since the advent of multitrack recording. Jesus, the Beatles stopped touring, Steely Dan stopped touring because of the problems surrounding live playing. Screaming fans, bad sound systems, lame venues, relentless pressures of touring.....

I think these guys have proved themselves. What have YOU done lately? Sting's solo stuff is fantastic IMHO. He has a sound. Instantly recognizable. Comparing him with Enya is an insult to both him and her.

You know, Bach wasn't appreciated while he was alive. His music was old fashioned. His son C.P.E. Bach was like, hip man. (Who can take a rainbow...) Point is, in a hundred years, the Police AND Sting will be recognized to be among the best of late twentieth century music.

I couldn't agree more. Sometimes I get the feeling that there is a lot of envy among gearslutz posters when discussing succesfull musicians.

29th May 2007	#1
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30th May 2007	#14
poncival Lives for gear Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Mesa, AZ Posts: 685	I had the pleasure of seeing THEM live on Feb 11th at the Staples Center. I never was too much of a dedicated Police fan but I do know most all of the old "greatest hits" by heart and have always had a great appreciation for the cool musicianship and writing. I never dug any of Sting's solo stuff, it seemed to me he was trying to compete with the Enyas of the world and it all seemed so cheesy compared to his old stuff with the band. That being said, when I heard THEM play Roxanne live for their big reunion gig, I thought it was lame and they weren't as tight as they should have been, Sting certainly can't sing the way he used to and there was no getting away from that washed up nasty feeling of Enya-itis no matter what the guys were doing behind him. Despite all this, it was pretty cool to finally get to see a band that I had long ago figured I would never see. I must admit I was kind of excited when I first heard about it because I had never seen THEM live but hearing Sting sing that song now pretty much ruined it for me, He reminded me of Ozzy... Singing most of the notes except the high ones he either drops out or just sings them low cause he's tired... __________________ myspace.com/poncival www.thesaltmine.com

1st June 2007	#17
ArcCirDude Lives for gear Join Date: May 2005 Location: Nesna, Norway Posts: 1,171	Well, as a veteran of playing live music for the past twenty five years one thing that I have learned is that, no matter how high the level of musicianship, some nights you're on, some nights you're off. We're only human. I think many people are spoiled by the perfection of modern recordings. Hell, this has been a problem since the advent of multitrack recording. Jesus, the Beatles stopped touring, Steely Dan stopped touring because of the problems surrounding live playing. Screaming fans, bad sound systems, lame venues, relentless pressures of touring..... I think these guys have proved themselves. What have YOU done lately? Sting's solo stuff is fantastic IMHO. He has a sound. Instantly recognizable. Comparing him with Enya is an insult to both him and her. You know, Bach wasn't appreciated while he was alive. His music was old fashioned. His son C.P.E. Bach was like, hip man. (Who can take a rainbow...) Point is, in a hundred years, the Police AND Sting will be recognized to be among the best of late twentieth century music. __________________ "Creative work defines itself; therefore, confront the work." John Cage Gary Hoffman Arctic Circle Recording Studio New Web Site Coming Soon!

1st June 2007	#18
Autocrat Gear addict Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Orange County, CA Posts: 384	You get a different vibe when you read the news outlets. Here's the original post: Stewart Copeland :: View topic - OUR FIRST DISASTER GIG! Posted: Thu May 31, 2007 8:11 am Post subject: OUR FIRST DISASTER GIG! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “Whenever you’re ready Mr. Copeland” says Charlie, the production manager, as two crew members hold aside the giant gong, creating just enough space for me to slither onto my percussion stage, which is still down in its pit. I leap on board but my foot catches something and I sprawl into the arena in a jumble as the little stage starts to rise into view. Never mind. The audience is screaming with anticipation as I collect myself in the dark and start to warm, up the gong with a few gentle taps. But I’m overdoing it. It’s resonating and reaching it’s crescendo before the stage has fully reached its position. Sort of like a premature ejaculation. There’s nothing for it so I take a big swing for the big hit. Problem is, I’m just fractionally too far away and the beater misses the sweet spot and the big pompous opening to the show is a damp squib. Never mind. I stride manfully to my drums. Andy has started the opening guitar riff to MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE and the crowd is going nuts. Problem is, I missed hearing him start. Is he on the first time around or the second? I look over at Sting and he’s not much help, his cue is me – and I’m lost. Never mind. “Crack!” on the snare and I’m in, so Sting starts singing. Problem is, he heard my crack as two in the bar, but it was actually four – so we are half a bar out of sync with each other. Andy is in Idaho. Well we are professionals so we soon get sorted, but the groove is eluding us. We crash through MESSAGE and then go strait into SYNCHRONICITY. But there is just something wrong. We just can’t get on the good foot. We shamble through the song and hit the big ending. Last night Sting did a big leap for the cut-off hit, and he makes the same move tonight, but he gets the footwork just a little bit wrong and doesn’t quite achieve lift-off. The mighty Sting momentarily looks like a petulant pansy instead of the god of rock. Never Mind. Next song is going to be great… But it isn’t. We get to the end of the first verse and I snap into the chorus groove – and Sting doesn’t. He’s still in the verse. We’ll have to listen to the tapes tomorrow to see who screwed up, but we are so off kilter that Sting counts us in to begin the song again. This is ubeLIEVably lame. We are the mighty Police and we are totally at sea. And so it goes, for song after song. All I can think about is how Dietmar is going to string us up. In rehearsal this afternoon we changed the keys of EVERY LITTLE THING and DON’T STAND SO CLOSE so needless to say Andy and Sting are now on-stage in front of twenty thousand fans playing avant-garde twelve-tone hodgepodges of both tunes. Lost, lost, lost. I also changed my part for DON’T STAND and it’s actually working quite well but there is a dissonant noise coming from my two colleagues. In WALKING/FOOTSTEPS, I worked out a cool rhythm change for the rock-a-billy guitar solo, but now I make a complete hash of it – by playing it in the wrong part of the song. It’s not sounding so cool. It usually takes about four or five shows in a tour before you get to the disaster gig. But we’re The Police so we are a little ahead of schedule. It’s only the second show (not counting the fan gig – 4,000 people doesn’t count as a gig in the Police scale of things). When we meet up back-stage for the first time after the set and before the encores, we fall into each other’s arms laughing hysterically. Above our heads, the crowd is making so much noise that we can’t talk. We just shake our heads ruefully and head back up the stairs to the stage. Funny thing is, we are enjoying ourselves anyway. Screw it, it’s only music. What are you gonna do? But maybe it’s time to get out of Vancouver… STEWART __________________ www.oftheseven.com

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29th May 2007	#2
seaneldon Lives for gear Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Bahstahn, MA Posts: 2,669	who could possibly be excited about that when THESE guys are back? not with pete thomas, who is busy with the imposters, but still...

29th May 2007	#5
allencollins 3 + infractions, forum membership suspended. Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Rosedale Cemetery Singing Beach, MA Posts: 4,873	I would rather have have had a Bay City Rollers Reunion.

29th May 2007	#6
dbbubba Banned Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 7,099	Yeah, Allen... you and a lot of mid forty year old women!

29th May 2007	#7
max cooper Lives for gear Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: tx Posts: 8,802	Still wi****lly holding out for the Adam and the Ants reunion. <object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/oJFqw80ilv4"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/oJFqw80ilv4" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object> woooohoooo!

29th May 2007	#8
musical5 Lives for gear Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Gilbert Az Posts: 527	Man, thats funny. I was just thinkin the same thing the other day about Adam.

2nd June 2007	#22
emfrank72 Gear addict Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Washington State Posts: 365	I'll be seeing them this Thursday in Seattle. My wife really wanted to go (left me her credit card and a note that read"Get tickets!!!". I actually am looking forward to seeing them although I hope they have ironed the kinks out the songs by then.

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