August 2002 - Police - mailman.xmission.com

cool discovery
by Josh Corwin 28 Oct '02

28 Oct '02

Hey everyone. found a great website in a magazine today. It's www.archive.org They have been automatically archiving websites since 1996 and have 5x the amount of storage space as the libary of congress. The Sting/Police portion of this is that Stingchronicty is one of their sites (along with many other older pages not available anymore) Really a great site and worth checking out. If you deem this off-topic, please ignore. -Josh

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Wanna have Sting to play in your living-room...?
by Ruediger Hoeckel 05 Sep '02

05 Sep '02

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Contest live DVD Chris Botti and Friends
by frotri＠panafonet.gr 29 Aug '02

29 Aug '02

Hello folks, It is almost Friday, and we will make it a special one as from tomorrow evening on, StingUs.net in cooperation with a US record company will distribute 10 (ten!) DVDs of Chris Botti's live concert featuring also Shawn Colvin, Sting, etc. Complete details and instructions will follow tomorrow evening in the weekly Sting-newsletter. Not subscribed yet? Do so via Sting- Newsletter-subscribe(a)yahoogroups.com. Groetjes, Cheers, StingUs-team www.StingUs.net Weekly newsletter: Sting-Newsletter-subscribe(a)yahoogroups.com Check out our StingUs-shop with all the latest releases by Sting, The Police, etc.! _

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Re: [Police] STUNG
by stunglive＠cs.com 28 Aug '02

28 Aug '02

Thanks karel and Steve for sticking up for us! As I told Karel, I must admit, I was rather amused and excited by Dieter's comments, and I don't think he is absolutely wrong! Ask anyone in STUNG and they will tell you that those demos we posted on our site DO suck! But it gives a flavor for the spirit of the band. We recorded it for free and did it the same week we had decided to even do the project, no rehearsals! We have gotten better in recent months, and I guess Steve caught us this weekend when we got to play all night and got to really stretch songs out and go deep into the catalog. (Tell him to say hi next time!) But in the spirit of fairness, I feel compelled to put Dieter's comments on our buzz list page! I mean, lets be honest, why put just all the positive praise fro oneself? Now THAT would be pretentious (sp?) I guess it is just that the response to STUNG has been so overwhelmingly positive, it was nice to finally hear someone rip us a new one! Gotta keep us in check. I mean, he had the balls to send it directly to me, which I admire. So, thanks Dieter, for being honest and ballsy. I appreciate that quality in a person! And thanks to Karel and all at StingUs.net, as well as the xmission list for being so supportive. Rock on! Steve, hope to see you this weekend with some "boots"! Cheers, Bee STUNG www.stunglive.com

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Synchronicity cover band
by TONI CARBO 28 Aug '02

28 Aug '02

hi friends!!!! if anybody wants to listend a great cover band of POLICE, just listen Synchronicity, from Barcelona, this is the best cover band I never hear!!!. TONI CARBO P.O.BOX 14282 08080 BARCELONA CATALONIA SPAIN TONICARBO(a)TELELINE.ES TONICARBO(a)teleline.es

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(no subject)
by Paulwilk69＠aol.com 27 Aug '02

27 Aug '02

Hello all, listen to the Secret police they look and sound like the police

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Re: Police digest, Vol 1 #291 - 3 msgs
by Stephen S. Sayad 27 Aug '02

27 Aug '02

I have to say it is awfully offensive to make the statements about STUNG when one has never seen them. I sat in on a show over the weekend and they were excellent. For a few seconds I shut my eyes and could swear I was hearing The Police in early 1979. How many people did The Police play before at CBGBs? You can bet people were making the same uninformed decisions. Perhaps ignorance is bliss to some; I prefer to make an informed judgment, and these guys can play. They are far better than the bands they are opening for, and have an appreciation for early Police work, which they pull off admirably. STUNG is the real deal, and it is utterly refreshing to hear these Police songs done live and so well. We should be thankful there are bands today with talent and an awareness of the greatness of The Police, with so much crap out there, especially on TV (and the radio isn't much better). Keep it going STUNG! Stephen S. Sayad ----- Original Message ----- From: <police-request(a)mailman.xmission.com> To: <police(a)mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2002 5:32 AM Subject: Police digest, Vol 1 #291 - 3 msgs > Send Police mailing list submissions to > police(a)mailman.xmission.com > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/police > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > police-request(a)mailman.xmission.com > > You can reach the person managing the list at > police-admin(a)mailman.xmission.com > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Police digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: STUNG (frotri(a)panafonet.gr) > 2. Re: STUNG (Timothy Enders) > 3. Re: Sting Putting Down His Previous Albums (foxie) > > --__--__-- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 11:38:31 +0300 > From: frotri(a)panafonet.gr > Subject: Re: [Police] STUNG > To: DtmrCls(a)aol.com > Cc: Stunglive(a)cs.com, Police(a)mailman.xmission.com > > Dear Dietmar, > > although there is nothing like the real The Police, I believe that > Stung does a pretty good job and I believe that saying they "suck" is a > rather crude thing to say, although I respect your opinion. They are > heavy Police fans and that is for sure reflected in the way they > perform the songs, influenced by the many bootlegs they have been > listening too for sure!. > > Cheers, Karel > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: DtmrCls(a)aol.com > Date: Tuesday, August 27, 2002 11:01 am > Subject: [Police] STUNG > > > Hi, > > > > I had a look at the website of STUNG and some other Police cover > > bands. After > > downloading several mp3s I have to say - they suck! Especially > > Stung from > > America and Mr. Police from Germany (I guess the last one's a > > comedy group). > > > > Stop bragging. > > > > Dietmar > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Police mailing list > > Police(a)mailman.xmission.com > > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/police > > > _ > > > > > --__--__-- > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 07:38:27 -0400 > From: "Timothy Enders" <tenders(a)loyola.edu> > To: <Police(a)mailman.xmission.com> > Subject: Re: [Police] STUNG > > That was really classy, Dietmar. > > >>> <DtmrCls(a)aol.com> 08/27/02 04:01AM >>> > Hi, > > I had a look at the website of STUNG and some other Police cover bands. > After > downloading several mp3s I have to say - they suck! Especially Stung > from > America and Mr. Police from Germany (I guess the last one's a comedy > group). > > Stop bragging. > > Dietmar > > _______________________________________________ > Police mailing list > Police(a)mailman.xmission.com > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/police > > > --__--__-- > > Message: 3 > Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 05:11:04 -0700 (PDT) > From: foxie <forfoxie(a)yahoo.com> > Subject: Re: [Police] Sting Putting Down His Previous Albums > To: police(a)mailman.xmission.com > > hey! > > as we all know, all 5 police studio albums are > absolutely fantastic. it always bothers nme to hear > critics say how poor an album "zenyatta" is - that is > just not true. > take away the singles, the remixes and whatever > else and you atill have a GREAT album: "voices", > "shadows", "man in a suitcase". awesome stuff... > > rich > > --- The Police File <craig(a)thepolice.fsnet.co.uk> > wrote: > > On the subject of Sting Putting Down his previous > > albums Solo And With The > > Police.. > > > > Well the ultimate must be Zenyatta Mondatta!...Sting > > claimed in various > > interviews that the album was not what it could of > > been (the album was > > rushed due to Miles booking anouther tour to cash in > > on The Police's new > > found international fame by this point in mid-1980) > > According to Andy...when > > the band along with Nigel Gray listened to the > > playback of all the completed > > tracks for the album, it sounded dreadful...so > > amazingly they Remixed the > > whole album from scratch through the night and > > finished mixing all the > > tracks around 4am the next morning. > > > > Adding to this, it did not help matters during the > > recording of Zenyatta > > Mondatta, when the band were getting endless phone > > calls from the Record > > Company, as the band were under a lot of pressure > > from the marketing machine > > to get the album finished on time. > > > > But because of the pressure, in my opinion, they > > made the best Police album. > > The Police had perfected 'The Police Sound' even > > more so than Reggatta De > > Blanc, until they changed the style which would then > > become Ghost In The > > Machine & Synchronicity. > > > > The album broke the guys in the states, and De Do Do > > Do De Da Da Da became > > the bands biggest hit since Roxanne. > > Also back home in the UK, Don't Stand So Close To Me > > was the biggest selling > > single of 1980. > > > > Two album tracks from Zenyatta Mondatta became Remix > > singles, Voices Inside > > My Head & When The World Is Running Down, were > > remixed by Roger Sanchez and > > DifferentGear, with both singles topping the Dance > > charts in the UK. > > > > It just proves The Police's songs on Zenyatta > > Mondatta were highly original > > and very catchy, and have some of the best guitar > > passages i have ever heard > > I do not agree that The Police should of been > > under pressure to record > > that album, as it can effect the album to an extent > > but if they were not > > under any pressure, i don't think they would of put > > so much into it, as The > > Police new that this was going to be the big > > breakthrough album, so they > > made it the best possible...and i think you can hear > > that with Zenyatta > > Mondatta. There was 2 Polls recently....with > > Zenyatta topping both and > > making Synchronicity second place! > > > > Even Amazon rate this as the best Police Album! > > > > Craig Betts > > The Police File > > United Kingdom > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes > http://finance.yahoo.com > > > > --__--__-- > > _______________________________________________ > Police mailing list > Police(a)mailman.xmission.com > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/police > > > End of Police Digest >

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Stung criticism
by DtmrCls＠aol.com 27 Aug '02

27 Aug '02

Hi, << uninformed decisions. >> ??? I wrote about their mp3 samples. Now don't tell me that these sound like The Police... I don't dislike cover bands in general - au contraire. << these guys can play >> I don't doubt that they can play. Still - they don't sound anything like The Police. Dietmar

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Sting Putting Down His Previous Albums
by The Police File 27 Aug '02

27 Aug '02

On the subject of Sting Putting Down his previous albums Solo And With The Police.. Well the ultimate must be Zenyatta Mondatta!...Sting claimed in various interviews that the album was not what it could of been (the album was rushed due to Miles booking anouther tour to cash in on The Police's new found international fame by this point in mid-1980) According to Andy...when the band along with Nigel Gray listened to the playback of all the completed tracks for the album, it sounded dreadful...so amazingly they Remixed the whole album from scratch through the night and finished mixing all the tracks around 4am the next morning. Adding to this, it did not help matters during the recording of Zenyatta Mondatta, when the band were getting endless phone calls from the Record Company, as the band were under a lot of pressure from the marketing machine to get the album finished on time. But because of the pressure, in my opinion, they made the best Police album. The Police had perfected 'The Police Sound' even more so than Reggatta De Blanc, until they changed the style which would then become Ghost In The Machine & Synchronicity. The album broke the guys in the states, and De Do Do Do De Da Da Da became the bands biggest hit since Roxanne. Also back home in the UK, Don't Stand So Close To Me was the biggest selling single of 1980. Two album tracks from Zenyatta Mondatta became Remix singles, Voices Inside My Head & When The World Is Running Down, were remixed by Roger Sanchez and DifferentGear, with both singles topping the Dance charts in the UK. It just proves The Police's songs on Zenyatta Mondatta were highly original and very catchy, and have some of the best guitar passages i have ever heard I do not agree that The Police should of been under pressure to record that album, as it can effect the album to an extent but if they were not under any pressure, i don't think they would of put so much into it, as The Police new that this was going to be the big breakthrough album, so they made it the best possible...and i think you can hear that with Zenyatta Mondatta. There was 2 Polls recently....with Zenyatta topping both and making Synchronicity second place! Even Amazon rate this as the best Police Album! Craig Betts The Police File United Kingdom

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Re: [Police] STUNG
by Timothy Enders 27 Aug '02

27 Aug '02

That was really classy, Dietmar. >>> <DtmrCls(a)aol.com> 08/27/02 04:01AM >>> Hi, I had a look at the website of STUNG and some other Police cover bands. After downloading several mp3s I have to say - they suck! Especially Stung from America and Mr. Police from Germany (I guess the last one's a comedy group). Stop bragging. Dietmar _______________________________________________ Police mailing list Police(a)mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/police

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