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Refugee
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The Police Appreciation Thread
They were fuckin awesome. And if it wasn't for Sting's arrogance, we'd have them back.
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The Police
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Best thing about The Police? Terrific musicians all. Got better with each record. And, most impressively, they walked away at their zenith. Left at the top.
(Frankly, I wish U2 had fallen their lead by bowing out after Slane Castle 2001....but I am convinced they are hell-bent on becoming the Rolling Stones, sadly). |
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I like Sting and the Police. I have the Police greatest hits... the crappy US version with the 2 pointless remixes.
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The Police are one of the best bands ever.
Enough said. |
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The Police are awesome, I love them, so good musically- Andy Summers guitar work, Stuart Copelands awesome drumming and Stings good bass playing. It's a pity they don't reform. Sting is a good musician but he needs to stop writing songs about the rainforests and love and crap like that
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I guess I shouldn't be laughing about that, you're completely right. Yeah, The Police were great. Sting solo is generally not.... |
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The Fly
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the world would be a better place if the Police and the Talking Heads were still together. And the Clash. RIP Joe Strummer.
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Mmmm...
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() And though I don't go for his solo stuff as much as I did the band's music, he still sounds (& looks!) amazing. Mr. Blu & I saw him with Annie Lennox last September - feckin' superb!! ![]() |
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Oh my god, another appreciation thread. Don't you people know you're bringing this forum down with each new one.
You people are fucking crazy. I hate you. ![]() ![]() |
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So because of all the tension between himself and Stu, Sting decided to quit the force. ![]() You can tell from the way Sting talks, acts, and performs nowadays that he's still gotta overblown ego. |
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speaking of reforming
listening to Don't Stand So Close to Me '86 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Yes they were an extraordinary band, one of the best bands ever but again Sting's arrogance blew it
His overblown ego was the fucking reason! Didn't you hear him the other day? He said something like " Bob Geldof doesn't ask you, he tells you" Who do you think you are you stupid asshole? You should be thankful they are inviting you Say something like "im glad to be part of this experience, and to do something in behalf of the poor" What a waste. Poor Stuart and Andy. They should find a singer an rename the band, something like "Policemen" or "Polizei" Kick Sting's ass please!! |
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As good as Stewart and Andy are, you couldn't have the Police without Sting. They were a trio; the band need all three of them to sound as great as they did.
I was at an event last year, and Stewart was there. He looks fabulous, all gray haired and tall and handsome and rich. ![]() |
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![]() I can't really offer an educated opinion - although I love'd their music, most of their albums were released before I had much spending money. Sychronicity is the only Police album I ever owned. ![]() |
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BINGO!! We have a winner...Sting was the main songwriter because he wrote the best songs...period.
Also, for all the flak Sting is taking for his solo career on this thread (and I admit the last decade has been cheesy world music, etc), he does have some VERY GOOD solo albums, notably Ten Sumners Tales (1993) and, my personal favorite, the very dark and most anti-commercial record Sting has ever recorded, The Soul Cages (1990). |
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The Police are awesome, but what do you mean Sting wrote the songs? Did he just come up with the melody? Or did he come up with the guitar riffs, and bass lines etc..? Or what does he do to write the songs?
__________________Personally Sting has some great solo albums, Soul Cages, Dream of the Blue Turtles , and Nothing Like The Sun, and 1 song off TST- "shape of my heart" everything past that has sucked, his music gets worse and worse every second. |
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