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Originally posted by ade:if you've seen sting before you've missed nothing by not seeing him again

I've seen both The Police and Sting solo - but I'd see him again just for the sake of it. Wouldn't you see Bruce again even if he played a 70% of the same songs? We do it with U2 for example

Also, Sting has a very good habit of rearranging his songs, something that I like a lot. Nevertheless, crying over the spilled milk solves nothing (or however that idiom is in English). I just wish to see The Boss once again.

ade

12 years

It's very difficult to put my thoughts on sting into words but i will try. I would take the police 1978-1986 (i'm including the amnesty shows) over everyone. They were my first ever gig in 1979 and as i've said before on here i heard bruce for the first time because the bbc played the river video while waiting for the police live from rockpalast on 18 october 1980 by which time i'd already met (by a total accident) sting. There is no one, believe me with a bigger and better collection of live police stuff for those years and what i have that isn't out there on other peoples lists that you can read on the net is not coming out ever. The police rarely changed the setlist during a tour - three or four appearances for 'no time this time' 1979/80 amount to the only changes there. The swapping of demolition man for walking on the moon and the removal of every little thing/next to you for the synchronicity tour. And the gigs weren't exactly long either at most 110 minutes. But that was what they were - a three piece rock band with some fantastic songs which they knew how to get the best out of. What was rehearsed for the reunion tour, songs that had never been played before, would have been fantastic. And this is my problem with sting he continually spouts the 'i like to be challenged musically' line in interviews and yet for the last seven years he's stuck to 90% of the same setlist whether it's solo or the police - backtracking on, for example, the inclusion of 'rehumanise yourself', 'secret journey' and 'low life' in the latters set list. The fact that sting's live audience has dropped dramatically speaks volumes. Even the between song chat is the same from city to city. I doubt he'd know what to do with a pineapple now (and that is a very obscure joke).

As for your bruce question the answer is no. But i would happily see u2 play 100% the same. And Bowie can come on stage, fart, walk off and i'll be happy.

LikeASong

12 years

WAY OFFTOPIC BUT... I think the main factor behind Sting's audience dropping lately (Songs From The WTFerynth mostly), not the amount of changes he does in his setlists.

I mean -and here we go again with the same story of last week

-, it is known that a high part of the audience (I'd personally rate it between a 50-80% depending on the artist and the country) that attends a concert is not aware of setlists, rarities played here and there, tour premieres or b-sides. They're there just for the sake of being there, enjoy the music and the tunes they recognise, take a few photos and buy a poster. And, like it or not, artists perform for the whole audience. If they consider that a setlist/show structure works well, they're not much keen on changing it - and I understand them. I myself play in a band, and we do setlists according to what we like to play PLUS what we know our audience likes to hear. Of course, I'm talking of 50-100 people and not 30.000, but you get my point.

PS. I didn't know you were such a big Police fan! Great to know. They're part of my life soundtrack, together with Dire Straits and U2, they're probably the 70s-80s band that have shaped me the most. Love them!

ade

12 years

if you go and stand fully clothed under a running shower that is what i came out of my first police gig like in the middle of december 1979 - you'd have loved them at their peak. though i wasn't a massive fan of the reunion tour in the end that night of the grammy's with the opening riff of roxanne and sting saying we are the police and we're back was something i'll never forget

clover68

12 years

i didn't like much his singing in The River ...

by the way was Mona-Not Faded Away into She's The One rightly underlined?

ade

12 years

the version from madison square gardens 24th august 1988 is quite nice, so is the recording

patou2

12 years

Originally posted by ade:They were my first ever gig in 1979 and as i've said before on here i heard bruce for the first time because the bbc played the river video while waiting for the police live from rockpalast on 18 october 1980 by which time i'd already met (by a total accident) sting.

That was my second birthday

I have some Sting boots and the shows are very similar

ahhhh let s go back to the topic ...i m sorry

ade

12 years

some of you may like to check my friends blog - i have no idea which links still work, though i'm told some do, so it's going to be a case of click and cross your fingers. password for unzipping/unrarring any download is policecito

http://policecito.blogspot.co.uk/

clover68

12 years

if anyone interested 2013-06-03 Milan - Our Love Is Real (Godfatherecords) is out

ade

12 years