The Police rock. I saw a classic concert on VH1 tonight and... wow. I didn't know they were a three piece. Amazing... I also didn't know that Sting could sing like that. And LIVE! Makes me ashamed of my generation in a way. And the drummer! OH, the drummer! I'm a new fan. Truly blown away. I'm at a loss for words, obviously.

Yep, they rock. One of the supergroups for sure. They get regular play here.

The Police rock. I saw a classic concert on VH1 tonight and... wow. I didn't know they were a three piece. Amazing... I also didn't know that Sting could sing like that. And LIVE! Makes me ashamed of my generation in a way. And the drummer! OH, the drummer! I'm a new fan. Truly blown away. I'm at a loss for words, obviously.

They are an extremely accomplished band, Stewart Copeland is also a highly regarded film score writer and producer, you should do more research on their respective careers. The Police is just the tip of the iceberg :thmbsp:

I was at the ass-end of the eighties..But I had older siblings, so I have an apprecciation for groups like The Police..Sting alone is amazing, but some feel he did his best stuff with "the band".

They were a great band who had some good tunes. For me, Synchronicity was their best album. It was also their last studio release.

Check out Sting's The Dream Of The Blue Turtles, his first solo album. Pretty good material there also.

i'd like to give 'Sting' (i can't even write his stupid name w/o putting it in quotes) a good slap in the chops nowadays.

but they were a GREAT band for about three years. "Message in a Bottle" is my long time fave...or is it "SOS"? forgot...

They are an extremely accomplished band, Stewart Copeland is also a highly regarded film score writer and producer, you should do more research on their respective careers. The Police is just the tip of the iceberg :thmbsp:


Yeah, Check out URGH a music war which he helped produce. It captures a nice slice of what was happening musically in the early 80's :thmbsp:

They're a pretty good 3 piece, but no Rush. :D

A bit too "poppy" and one-dimensonial for me.

I've got Syncronicity, that's a good one. :yes: I've heard all of their albums but have yet to buy them all on cd.

I do like their drummer as well.


"Sting" though, no thanks. Like George Carlin said about one-name rock stars:

"Here's a name for you: pretentious f**k!" :D

I don't like much of his solo work and it seems if he farts into a ziplock bag he gets a grammy. Overrated! *cough*

I haven't seen the Police live (before my time) but I did have a live concert double cd that I was severly unimpressed with, they sounded off tune and out of sync with each other and Sting's voice was abysmal. :thumbsdn:

Maybe they, like Rush, have gotten better live with time though (not that Rush was ever bad live, it's just since the mid-90's their live concert albums and dvds have been phenomenal) and this new round of concerts will produce a good live album. :thmbsp:

PS: "Behind My Camel" sucks! :D Well, it's ok, but come on, THAT beat "YYZ"? No way.

Permanent Waves, this could be way off the mark but I think you might like RUSH. :scratch2:

Permanent Waves, this could be way off the mark but I think you might like RUSH. :scratch2:

What gave it away? :D

To really appreciate Sting I think it is imperative to purchase one of the music dvd's and turn it up using your HTR setup. Just enjoyed The Brand New Day Tour Live from the Universal Ampitheatre. FYI I have Integra Receiver and Universal Player. Speakers are AR3's as my Mains. Klipsch KSF C-5 Center, M&K V-125 Sub, Klipsch RSX-5's for my surrounds. The DTS Digital Surround versions of Every Breath You Take and Nothing Like the Sun are excellent as well.

Did I mention that you should TURN IT UP !!!:thmbsp:

Permanent Waves, this could be way off the mark but I think you might like RUSH. :scratch2:

Hehe!

Yea, but the Police are good too, they have a lot of similarities to early - mid 80's Rush, and I know Rush has said they were influenced by them for some of their sound from that era.

To really appreciate Sting I think it is imperative to purchase one of the music dvd's and turn it up using your HTR setup. Just enjoyed The Brand New Day Tour Live from the Universal Ampitheatre. FYI I have Integra Receiver and Universal Player. Speakers are AR3's as my Mains. Klipsch KSF C-5 Center, M&K V-125 Sub, Klipsch RSX-5's for my surrounds. The DTS Digital Surround versions of Every Breath You Take and Nothing Like the Sun are excellent as well.

Did I mention that you should TURN IT UP !!!:thmbsp:

You know, I haven't heard live solo Sting, just live Police. So I wasn't commenting on his live solo stuff, just his regular solo output from his albums, which is ok (though I haven't heard the last two or so).

I'll have to check out that tour cd or dvd. I think the Police, btw, sounded fine at the grammy's, and I even thought about seeing them this summer, but I don't want to pay around $100 for bad seats!

Can anyone guess who I WILL be seeing this summer though? :D

Well, no one's mentioned the other member of the Police, Andy Summers, who happens to be a wonderful and very underappreciated guitarist. Oh yeah, and composer and author. His memoirs of the Police years and his childhood, One Train Later, is just an excellent read if you have any interest in the Police whatsoever.

Outlandos D'Amour, their first album, is my favorite, but all are good. Summers' guitar work got buried towards the end, unfortunately. Listen to "So Lonely" off the album mentioned - great solo by Andy on that one.

One thing about the Police, for whatever reasons they disbanded after Synchronicity, the did leave at the top of their game and the very peak of their popularity.

When I moved to San Diego in 1980 to attend UCSD, the then wife and I stepped off the plane and were met by friends who picked us up. After we got in their car, they handed each of us a cold can of Tecate with a lime slice to toast our arrival, and then we headed off in time to make the Police concert at the SDSU open air stadium. Excellent show with the big screen monitors so that even the cheap seats could see what was happening on stage. And yes, they rocked... :thmbsp:

T'was a great start to the four years we spent there before moving back to the midwest... :yes:

The Police rock. I saw a classic concert on VH1 tonight and... wow. I didn't know they were a three piece. Amazing... I also didn't know that Sting could sing like that. And LIVE! Makes me ashamed of my generation in a way. And the drummer! OH, the drummer! I'm a new fan. Truly blown away. I'm at a loss for words, obviously.

I think I saw the footage that you speak of. I must admit that it got my attention. This is strange because my general opinion of the Police or more specifically Sting is about like Permanent Magnet's opinion. I was a teen in the early 80's and I remember spending the night at other kids houses who were lucky enough that their parents had cablevision (a new thing then). The tv would STAY on MTV all day and night, with the exception of maybe a Saturday Night Live or SCTV show that might come on.

The Police were all over MTV and I feel that the polished image I saw blinded me to the real musical ability of the band in a live atmosphere. I thought they were too Pop and a bit whimpy at the time. All these years later I see this vintage footage of them and was very impressed. They are very tight and raw in this show. I think the footage is very early. Like 79-or 80.

I think Andy Sommers is an ex member of King Crimson

Gosh I'm feelin old because I'm remembering a certain friend who had his own 19" color tv and his parents actually had cable run to his room. This meant a channel box, and THAT meant remote control!! Before that we actually stood up EVERY time we changed the channel!! Can anyone under 35 remember or conceive that? Can you imagine getting UP to change a channel? Yep, it really happened.

I'm a big fan of Andy Summers, actually, he's probably my favourite member of the band. No, he was never with King Crimson, although he did a couple of collaborations with Robert Fripp, he never played with the group King Crimson. Sting's alright, but Message in a Box is fantastic from beginning to end, whereas the only thing by him solo that I really liked was Dream of the Blue Turtles.

I'm a big fan of Andy Summers, actually, he's probably my favourite member of the band. No, he was never with King Crimson, although he did a couple of collaborations with Robert Fripp, he never played with the group King Crimson. Sting's alright, but Message in a Box is fantastic from beginning to end, whereas the only thing by him solo that I really liked was Dream of the Blue Turtles.
If you liked DotBT, you owe it to yourself to give "Ten Summoner's Tales" a listen, especially tracks 4 and 5. Odds are you'll add the album to your collection...

while i agree w/ all this praise of the police, i feel the need to add that sting ssaid that he was only in the punk rock scene (in their beginnings) for the exposure (or something like that). said that punk is terrible music. i'd rather hear the clash or the damned's 1st on most anyday. they are good, though. my faves being the first (outlandos d'amour?) and the last (syncronicity)