Sting should retire

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He is like a baseball player hanging on too long. You know, the player that is just sticking around for the money but has been bad for years.
He is so bad it's scary. His music is so boring
I cant believe this is the same guy who put some of the best music with the Police.
He could have combined his last 6 albums into 1 and nobody would noticed.

― yaeger, Tuesday, 25 November 2003 14:29 (twenty-two years ago)

Too late. He has been dragging down his reputation since the mid 90s anyway, and there is nothing that can be done to save it, really.

Shame, since not only his albums with The Police, but also his first solo albums, were all great.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Tuesday, 25 November 2003 14:32 (twenty-two years ago)

He should've retired after fuckin' Dream of the Blue Turtles.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 25 November 2003 14:33 (twenty-two years ago)

He shouldn't, as then he'd never made the beautiful "Nothing Like The Sun". He could have retired after the quite decent "Soul Cages" though.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Tuesday, 25 November 2003 14:35 (twenty-two years ago)

Soul Cages....I wanted to hate it, but fell asleep instead.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 25 November 2003 14:37 (twenty-two years ago)

Sting should retire

...Sting should preferably be ritually dismembered first, and his head should be used for cheese-rolling. As useless as his music is though, I *think* I'm right in saying that his last album was his best-selling one to date.

― NickB (NickB), Tuesday, 25 November 2003 14:37 (twenty-two years ago)

That song that Johnny Cash covered recently is pretty good.

― Jay Kid (Jay K), Tuesday, 25 November 2003 14:42 (twenty-two years ago)

Sting should retire

Sting should shave

― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Tuesday, 25 November 2003 14:45 (twenty-two years ago)

Sting should have retired after his teaching career.

― M Carty (mj_c), Tuesday, 25 November 2003 14:57 (twenty-two years ago)

He should form a supergroup with Michael Bolton and Celine Dion.

― dave225 (Dave225), Tuesday, 25 November 2003 15:07 (twenty-two years ago)

It is called milking it for all it is worth, the guy will pimp anything.

― earlnash, Tuesday, 25 November 2003 15:11 (twenty-two years ago)

If pimping Jaguars could enable me to afford one, I'd probably do it too.

I'm not too eager to pimp my Dodge Neon, though.

― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Tuesday, 25 November 2003 15:13 (twenty-two years ago)

I think Sting could afford all of the Jaguars he would want to drive in the rain forest with his Compaq laptop and his old lady in some new Victoria Secrets threads before he started pimping ads.

― earlnash, Tuesday, 25 November 2003 15:18 (twenty-two years ago)

You should stop listening to Sting records.

― Huckleberry Mann (Horace Mann), Tuesday, 25 November 2003 15:57 (twenty-two years ago)

I don't know, some of Ned's writing has really given me a new appreciation for solo-period Sting....he's a BIG fan.

― Matt Helgeson (Matt Helgeson), Tuesday, 25 November 2003 17:27 (twenty-two years ago)

Oh, I have so clearly been found out.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 25 November 2003 17:33 (twenty-two years ago)

We should set up a "Sting vs Rod Stewart and other adult contemporary throwdowns" thread to see what the Googlers that reach it are like.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Tuesday, 25 November 2003 17:36 (twenty-two years ago)

say what you like, he has a brilliant voice.

― scottjames23 (worrysome-man), Tuesday, 25 November 2003 17:42 (twenty-two years ago)

(sorry ned, something about the idea of you and sting being locked in mortal combat amuses me to no end)

― Matt Helgeson (Matt Helgeson), Tuesday, 25 November 2003 17:42 (twenty-two years ago)

or mortal KOMBAT (now I'm wishing I was better with photoshop.)

― Matt Helgeson (Matt Helgeson), Tuesday, 25 November 2003 17:44 (twenty-two years ago)

I have fears!

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 25 November 2003 17:52 (twenty-two years ago)

I still can't get over his name being STING!

― Sonny A. (Keiko), Tuesday, 25 November 2003 17:55 (twenty-two years ago)

Neither could Dana Carvey; he does an entire routine on Sting as a nerdy teen getting beat up by the cool kids because A) his name is Gordon; and B) he wanted people to call him Sting.

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 25 November 2003 17:58 (twenty-two years ago)

"He should form a supergroup with Michael Bolton and Celine Dion."

Or he could just rejoin Rod Stewart and Bryan Adams for a remake of "All For One All For Love."

I'll probably end up hating him if there isn't a Police reunion tour sometime in the next 5 years.

― billstevejim, Tuesday, 25 November 2003 18:02 (twenty-two years ago)

that Dana skit was great, I also loved his portrayal of McCartney as a Liverpudlian half-wit Rain Man

― Matt Helgeson (Matt Helgeson), Tuesday, 25 November 2003 18:14 (twenty-two years ago)

I saw him last month at the Hammerstein Ballroom in NY and his world class band kicked some ass from start to finish. He even threw in a segway into Miles Davis' It's About Time during one song. Of course, I truly enjoy a sense of sophistication in the music I listen to ...that may bore many others.

― bahtology, Tuesday, 25 November 2003 18:35 (twenty-two years ago)

*cranks up 'Nancy Boy' by Placebo and revels in the lack of sophistication* Sorry, what?

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 25 November 2003 18:37 (twenty-two years ago)

*signs bathology's post to ned*

― Matt Helgeson (Matt Helgeson), Tuesday, 25 November 2003 18:43 (twenty-two years ago)

WAH

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 25 November 2003 18:44 (twenty-two years ago)

I know that Sting is considered as another aging "middle of the road" pop star, but I still enjoy his releases quite a bit. The majority of his melodies tend to stick in my head. Also, his ability to write deceptively simple pop ditties in odd time signatures impresses me highly. He also employs the best musicians who possess such great talent that they make it all seem so effortless.
I know my opinion isn't shared, but I like his solo material much more than his stuff with the Police.

― Brian, Tuesday, 25 November 2003 23:32 (twenty-two years ago)

this thread is so much better than it has any right to be!

― M Matos (M Matos), Wednesday, 26 November 2003 00:33 (twenty-two years ago)

Sting brings out the best in people!

― Matt Helgeson (Matt Helgeson), Wednesday, 26 November 2003 00:39 (twenty-two years ago)

like when he rescued whatever it was that got stuck in the well on The Simpsons!

― M Matos (M Matos), Wednesday, 26 November 2003 00:46 (twenty-two years ago)

if yer really gonna take sides then make it elvis costello-vs-joe jackson-vs-sting. i'll take sting.

― scott seward, Wednesday, 26 November 2003 00:47 (twenty-two years ago)

I won't, because I'm a walking cliche who owns 290 of the Rolling Stone Top 500 Albums.

― M Matos (M Matos), Wednesday, 26 November 2003 00:49 (twenty-two years ago)

um, as they are now that is.or as they have been for the last umpteen years.

― scott seward, Wednesday, 26 November 2003 00:49 (twenty-two years ago)

oh, I gotcha. I'll still take Costello, since I liked When I Was Cruel a lot

― M Matos (M Matos), Wednesday, 26 November 2003 00:50 (twenty-two years ago)

i have owned or own or have heard at least 85 percent of that list, but i ain't bragging.that list was probably responsible for me buying that minor threat dvd the other day.

― scott seward, Wednesday, 26 November 2003 00:51 (twenty-two years ago)

oh, I gotcha. I'll still take Costello, since I liked When I Was Cruel a lot

me, too....how boring our we, Matos? wanna help me hatch a rockist plot to make sure Dizee Rascal doesn't break big in the States?

― Matt Helgeson (Matt Helgeson), Wednesday, 26 November 2003 00:52 (twenty-two years ago)

NOOOOOOOO

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 26 November 2003 00:53 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www3.telus.net/erki/stingsegway.jpg

― Captain Sleep (Captain Sleep), Wednesday, 26 November 2003 00:55 (twenty-two years ago)

i rock too much cuz i bought the minor threat dvd instead of the new basement jaxx once i saw the long list of novelty vocalists on it. was i wrong? probably. but i can't help but think of hal willner when i see such a mix and i'm afraid i won't listen to it more than once.i liked elvis's song on the grace of my heart soundtrack. i think he is funny and likeable. i dunno why i choose sting. i don't listen to any of the three.i like sting on hal willner albums.

― scott seward, Wednesday, 26 November 2003 00:58 (twenty-two years ago)

you have to ask people on this board whether the Jaxx is any good?!

and haha "rockist plot to make sure Dizee Rascal doesn't break big in the States"--like how, being British and rapping?

― M Matos (M Matos), Wednesday, 26 November 2003 01:00 (twenty-two years ago)

oh, and i bought timbaland instead of basement jaxx too. cuz timbaland is a quality brand(i wear carolina boots though. they have a lifetime guarantee) oh, and i bought the drive-by truckers! it's cool. i had never heard them. they are better than sting. they won't make my top ten though. i have to make room for gaby kerpal and possibly the yin yang twins.

― scott seward, Wednesday, 26 November 2003 01:02 (twenty-two years ago)

like how, being British and rapping?

What?? All the cool kids on my block are pumping So Solid Crew!

― Matt Helgeson (Matt Helgeson), Wednesday, 26 November 2003 01:04 (twenty-two years ago)

i would buy so solid crew records just based on the covers i have seen on ilm.they would almost have to be good.

― scott seward, Wednesday, 26 November 2003 01:06 (twenty-two years ago)

yes, Timbaland is a quality brand and Basement Jaxx isn't. oh, I'm sorry Scott, didn't mean to muss up your hair while patting you on the head, there.

― M Matos (M Matos), Wednesday, 26 November 2003 01:06 (twenty-two years ago)

god I have to get a drive-by truckers album. I don't have either. I likes some good alt/country/roots stuff, and there's not too much good these days....although Chris Knight is pretty great. He fills the void Steve Earle left in my life when he turned into a big fat bore.

― Matt Helgeson (Matt Helgeson), Wednesday, 26 November 2003 01:10 (twenty-two years ago)

i just felt like being safe, i guess. i always want to hear new timbaland. whereas, i've never heard a Basement Jaxx album and i only had x amount of money to spend. actually, not x it was 50 bucks. since i don't have cable now i'm kinda wishing i had just bought that live cure dvd and the floyd at pompeii. i don't know why the sight of meshelle nedegocello(sic) and siouxsie sioux scared me off. dizzy didn't scare me off though.

― scott seward, Wednesday, 26 November 2003 01:24 (twenty-two years ago)

I don't necessarily blame you, but for real, the Jaxx reign supreme.

― M Matos (M Matos), Wednesday, 26 November 2003 01:26 (twenty-two years ago)

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It's just where his studio was located.

― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 18 November 2016 12:52 (nine years ago)

It's kind of a terrible album title too? Isn't memorable, it's not his 9th album (nor his 57th), it's just some dumb intersection. Album itself is kinda crap but I guess I'll try to stomach it again.

― frogbs, Friday, 18 November 2016 14:07 (nine years ago)

I talked to two jazz bass players recently who had worked with him and couldn't get them to say a bad word about.

― K-tel Leid (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 18 November 2016 14:53 (nine years ago)

Stink and Boner should retire together, just buy a trailer in Arizona somewhere and leave us alone

― calstars, Friday, 18 November 2016 15:16 (nine years ago)

haha wow the new album is really bad. it's like he decided "yeah, that bland christian rock sound, that's where it's at"

― a but (brimstead), Tuesday, 22 November 2016 01:15 (nine years ago)

it's all been downhill since desert rose

― harold melvin and the bluetones (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 22 November 2016 21:59 (nine years ago)

a timely encore of "The Russians" is needed.

― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 22 November 2016 22:08 (nine years ago)

ok I listened to it again. my biggest gripe (other than Sting losing an entire octave of his vocal range) is that it just sounds like garbage. like I know people who record in their basement who make better sounding music than this. songs themselves ain't too bad, just, god, so bland

― frogbs, Tuesday, 6 December 2016 20:33 (nine years ago)

I heard a bit of it in Reflex (Newcastle) the weekend, it sounded OK in a 'Police-lite' sort of way, bearable. Did not want one, obv, but.

― Mark G, Tuesday, 6 December 2016 23:55 (nine years ago)

yeah both "50,000" and "Pretty Young Soldier" are solid tunes. also lol @ "Petrol Head" which is probably the most STING ROCKS! song since, uh, "Next To You"? (this doesn't mean it's any good)

― frogbs, Wednesday, 7 December 2016 03:37 (nine years ago)

five months pass...

is it kind of "cool" to hate sting?

― Violet Jax (Violet Jynx), Wednesday, 31 May 2017 19:00 (eight years ago)

I'm not sure the average teenager in 2017 knows who Sting is or even cares.

― The Anti-Climax Blues Band (Turrican), Wednesday, 31 May 2017 19:20 (eight years ago)

they probably think its the wrastler

― Violet Jax (Violet Jynx), Wednesday, 31 May 2017 19:56 (eight years ago)

Stink fatigue

― calstars, Wednesday, 31 May 2017 20:36 (eight years ago)

I saw him with Peter Gabriel last year and he was surprisingly strong, when he was singing his own stuff but also when he was just playing bass and doing backing vocals for Gabriel on his songs. Seemed like he was having a blast.

― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 31 May 2017 21:13 (eight years ago)

The specially prepared menu includes: Carved Prime Rib au Jus, Breaded Baked Haddock, Roasted Red Potatoes, Whole Green Beans, Carrots, Tossed Salad, Rolls, Cake, White Punch, Apple & Ginger Ale.

― Violet Jax (Violet Jynx), Thursday, 1 June 2017 13:49 (eight years ago)

Sting's been getting ragged on for like 30 years now so I guess it's cool to like him again?

wish his new album didn't blow so hard

― frogbs, Thursday, 1 June 2017 18:54 (eight years ago)

Isn't Sting the guy Mom puts on when she wants to get it on? So much easier when Marvin Gaye was around.

― it's just locker room treason (Sanpaku), Thursday, 1 June 2017 20:55 (eight years ago)

oh i don't know he probably weighed more than sting

― Universal LULU Nation (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 1 June 2017 21:08 (eight years ago)

No one is getting in on to Sting except maybe Sting.

― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 1 June 2017 21:19 (eight years ago)

four weeks pass...

Ladies and gentlemen, please enjoy. (Sting's face at 1:47 specifically)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gZWIE081po

― kurt schwitterz, Friday, 30 June 2017 17:42 (eight years ago)

Shoulda gotten a stronger stiff-upper-lip supplement

― Mungolian Jerryset (bendy), Friday, 30 June 2017 18:03 (eight years ago)

"Howay, bonnie lass, I'm gannin' yem."

― weird echo of the falsies (Tom D.), Friday, 30 June 2017 18:20 (eight years ago)

Who pays for this shit

― calstars, Friday, 30 June 2017 18:57 (eight years ago)

six months pass...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOaRPJQXFG4

cool song Sting but Flynt Flossy did it better

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajcGDaLy4Zw

― frogbs, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 19:34 (eight years ago)

Shag & Stingy

― IF (Terrorist) Yes, Explain (man alive), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 20:03 (eight years ago)

Stinky n’ Shaggy

― calstars, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 21:59 (eight years ago)

two months pass...

FIRST SONG HAS A HIP HOP AIRHORN

Sting's first verse "the politics of this country are getting to me"

god it's everything I thought it would be

― frogbs, Friday, 20 April 2018 14:28 (seven years ago)

that rhymes!

― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 20 April 2018 15:14 (seven years ago)

What country is he talking about though?

― (Henry) Green container bin with face (Tom D.), Friday, 20 April 2018 15:16 (seven years ago)

Sting owns a Jacobian castle in Wiltshire, which he calls "Lake House", where he records his albums, as well as a place in London, an apartment in New York, a place on the beach in Malibu, California, and a Renaissance Florentine Villa called "Palagio" in Figline Valdarno, Tuscany, Italy.

I assume they mean Jacobean there...

― (Henry) Green container bin with face (Tom D.), Friday, 20 April 2018 15:17 (seven years ago)

news today that he's playing a free set here this summer WITH SHAGGY & I was happy to know where NOT to be that day

― droit au butt (Euler), Friday, 20 April 2018 15:23 (seven years ago)

lol

― calstars, Friday, 20 April 2018 15:36 (seven years ago)

Why in god's name did ILM not pre-cover this?

― Matt DC, Friday, 20 April 2018 16:00 (seven years ago)

Shaggy is awesome. Y’all can hate Sting all you want to, but Shaggy is one of the great dancehall artists who keeps releasing good stuff year after year.

― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Friday, 20 April 2018 19:45 (seven years ago)

i like the way Spotify displays the Sting/Shaggy album because i can imagine "with Shaggy" is part of the song titles pic.twitter.com/cfWqIp1BCq
— Al Shipley (@alshipley) April 20, 2018

― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 20 April 2018 20:59 (seven years ago)

Sting is one of those dudes we should have managed to laugh out of existence but here we are

― YouTube_-_funy_cats.flv (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Saturday, 21 April 2018 05:06 (seven years ago)

Sting should just sell signature cologne or wine decanters at this point

― brimstead, Saturday, 21 April 2018 16:09 (seven years ago)

six months pass...

was in a Barnes & Noble this weekend and apparently they sell vinyl now. top shelf had 3 Sting albums, Dream of the Blue Turtles, The Soul Cages, & the Shaggy one. they were TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS EACH. the new one, fine, whatever, but do people really not know that you can get old Sting albums for a buck ?

― frogbs, Tuesday, 23 October 2018 18:44 (seven years ago)

I really need to hear that song about fortresses and moats around emotions on vinyl

― calstars, Tuesday, 23 October 2018 19:01 (seven years ago)

Sting, Phil Collins, and Eric Clapton seem like the holy trinity of ridiculed 80s pop stars.

― ... (Eazy), Tuesday, 23 October 2018 19:16 (seven years ago)

Somewhere Bryan Adams is crying.

― Siegbran, Tuesday, 23 October 2018 20:25 (seven years ago)

xp People have been saying that about Phil Collins on here lately... I honestly didn't know he was so widely disliked/ridiculed. I can't recall ever encountering too many strongly negative Phil Collins opinions.

― a neon light ablaze in this green smoky haze (morrisp), Tuesday, 23 October 2018 20:32 (seven years ago)

Phil is one of the greats but slothfingers and stink should go live under a rock and not bother anybody

― calstars, Tuesday, 23 October 2018 21:00 (seven years ago)

^ OTM. I have little use for Sting after Synchronicity, and for Clapton after the Derek and the Dominos album.

― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Tuesday, 23 October 2018 21:25 (seven years ago)

first thing I ever knew of Phil Collins was his appearance on South Park which in retrospect was pretty far off the mark - has Phil ever acted like that? maybe cuz of the thread and all but Sting would've been a much better fit for that role

― frogbs, Tuesday, 23 October 2018 21:56 (seven years ago)

Clapton is the most risible, because, yeah, he didn't have much going for him post Derek and the Dominoes, then, talent squandered sucked extra hard in the '80s, then really topped off the decade by getting worse. Iirc, he got better, but the decades of damage had been done.

Sting has been hit or miss, and mostly miss, since the Police. But the run of Nothing Like the Sun to Soul Cages to Ten Sumners (almost wrote Ten Slumbers) is solid.

― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 23 October 2018 22:05 (seven years ago)

And of course, Sting's appearances on No Jacket Required offer a nice assist to Phil.

Btw, I saw that Sting/Peter Gabriel tour, and I was surprised to see Sting playing bass for a bunch of the Gabriel set. He seemed to be having a lot of fun just being a musician in the background.

― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 23 October 2018 22:06 (seven years ago)

I still have a soft spot for Blue Turtles since that CD was playing all the time in the house when I grew up. Guessing I'd cringe a lot if I heard it now but some of the lyrics meant a lot to me when I was 12. That said the "Bring on the Night" live double disc is probably Sting's peak - one of the few live albums from a superstar act that actually shows how deep his catalogue really was, making a conscious decision to avoid nearly all his hits.

― frogbs, Tuesday, 23 October 2018 22:10 (seven years ago)

four years pass...

I think a good way to describe Sting is "pouty and horny"

― | (Latham Green), Tuesday, 1 November 2022 14:19 (three years ago)

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