"sting cannot possibly be the same guy who was in the police."

I don't think I mind "Love is the Seventh Wave," either, but admittedly I haven't heard it in years. Beyond that, ick.

Quote from Stewart Copeland on the Police "Behind the Music": "In my mind, the Police will always be my band... and Sting's my singer. No, actually--Sting's MY BASS PLAYER."

i just had a sudden and disturbing flashback to the love trio with rod stewart and (shudder) bryan adams from 3 musketeers. maybe it is a different sting...

"The Police were appallingly written maudlin new-wave-sub-reggae- fusion rubbish who might have been tolerable without one of the worst vocalists ever."

Speaking as a previous owner of the Police boxset, I have to agree with Nelly's assessment of the ossifers in question. Sting's pretention quotient went way up right about the time that the Police toured the world (or so I gather from the boxset bio). By my estimation, that makes only the 1st two albums worth a damn (if they're worth that).

Sting himself, I do agree, seems to have been mummified in the nether regions of his own tantrically-trained anus.

I heard Sting's response was that he'd stop singing that way when Elvis stopped singing in a crap American accent. I gather there was no follow-up comment from EC.

a he's nowhere near good enough musically b it would not sell, even with his name on the cover c he probably doesn't actually like it, he just thinks he should

In that Morley NME interview back in 1980 he professed his love for Joy Division and Gang of Four and declared himself as interested in the cutting edge, but now moans about the "noisy garbage like Sonic Youths" his son plays.

And as for his fucking fields of gold, can't he put his loose change in his white jodhpurs like everyone else?

Oh god yes.

That said, I think you could make a really nice single CD-R of the best Police songs and leave it at that. I wish they cut loose more with songs like "Voices Inside My Head", as that's an amazing tune.

I am reading Sting's autobio and already 10 pages in he had used the word "manfully."

In describing himself.

A literal mansplanation.

I like the bit where he returns from a boat trip comparing himself to Odysseus. His pomposity is awe-inspiring.

i didn't even know he had an autobio. what is is it called? "Sting"?

Broken Music: A Memoir

i assume the twist at the end is when he reveals that he is not, in fact, the same guy who was in The Police.

Isn't he I Blame Coco's dad? Just terrible, how he's trying to cash in on her success :-(

I am reading Sting's autobio and already 10 pages in he had used the word "manfully."

I wonder how many times he uses it in the course of the book. I don't know if it is worth it to find out for myself.

Haha, it might be like the time my friend in junior high bragged he read Stephen King's It and kept tally of how many times the word "fuck" was used.

in a wire interview long long long ago, branford marsalis admitted he'd been a YES fan when small: this is the only interesting thing about sting since MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE and/or WALKING ON THE MOON, whichever was last.
― mark s, Wednesday, 2 January 2002 01:00 (8 years ago) Bookmark

^^ i do not follow the logic of this statement

it's like that one lydia davis story about the one guy's favourite meal

His 1990 guest spot on Kip Hanrahan's Tenderness is likely the only recorded evidence I can offer of either Sting incarnation. Great album and no, he doesn't detract. There's an annoying stock pic of him in the booklet though.

Sting songs I like:

"Love Is the Seventh Wave"
"Consider Me Gone"

"Fragile" is OK. I think that is it.

I am having absolutely no problem with his output up to and including "The Soul Cages" in 1991. "Ten Summoner's Tales" also had its moments, but was increasingly boring and the beginning of the end.

in a wire interview long long long ago, branford marsalis admitted he'd been a YES fan when small: this is the only interesting thing about sting since MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE and/or WALKING ON THE MOON, whichever was last.
― mark s, Wednesday, 2 January 2002 01:00 (8 years ago) Bookmark

^^ i do not follow the logic of this statement

― thomp, Tuesday, 2 November 2010 17:47 (2 days ago) Bookmark

Branford Marsalis played the spoons on a couple of Sting albums iirc

oh, so the 'he' is sting -- for some reason i parsed that as 'the most interesting thing about sting is that branford marsalis was a yes fan when a young person'

No, I think you're right the first time: 'the most interesting thing about sting is that branford marsalis (who had a brief try-out on the hurdy gurdy in Sting's band) was a yes fan when a young person'

oh ok

I think basically that s1nker was bringing Sting zings via Branford triv.