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Final Show - Madison Square Garden
by Pete Ashdown 01 Feb '09

01 Feb '09

The set-list changed with the addition of "Sunshine of Your Love" at the beginning and "Purple Haze" after the first encore. The highlights were the NYPD drum-corps after "Sunshine" kicking off "Message in a Bottle" and Sting's numerous daughters (and a few sons later?) dancing during "Everything She Does is Magic". The trio made a few minor tweaks and changes, the comedic end with a roadie dressed up as the "fat lady opera singer" and Looney Toones' "That's All Folks" was funny, but left this fan wanting just a bit more. Instead of two extra songs from other bands, I wish we could have heard some of the gems in the catalog. Synchronicity, Murder By Numbers, Spirits in the Material, Walking in Your Footsteps, Bring on the Night. They know how to play them, in fact, they played them this tour. Just not all in one place. Doesn't the "final" gig justify that? A couple decades ago, I watched "The Church" play what seemed like an infinite show. It was almost 3 1/2 hours long and most of the crowd had left by the end. Inexplicably, they just kept playing and playing to a small Utah audience. I wondered how long The Police could play before I left. If by some superhuman ability, they could play days, weeks, months, how long would the fans hold out? When would it become obnoxious and numbing? How much is too much? When would I be forced to get back to reality and my life? In many ways this tour was that. 18 year-old Pete pushing 41-year-old Pete back into the fan-seat for a band that in some years I had forgotten completely. A band whom I spent most of my savings on buying singles and rarities during my first trip to New York in 1985 yet left me conservatively hesitant about how much to spend ($10K for a meet & greet?) for this trip. Whether intentional or not, the band consistently gave off the aura of, "Yes this is fun, but we'd really rather be doing something else." I was at the premier of Stewart's documentary at Sundance, I saw them at the beginning and end of the reunion tour and four times in between, yet I never met any of them except for weird, uncomfortable run-ins with Stewart in 1985 and once on this tour. I don't know what I'd say if I did meet all three of them. Thanks? That is about it. I'm glad I was there for the end. Reading others wishing makes me realize how fortunate I am. When Sting said "This is the last time we'll ever do this," before the "Can't Stand Losing You" "deeeyaaaayoh" sing-along, I really felt it and sang it with 19,000 other lucky fans at the top of my lungs. It was great to be there. Sunshine of Your Love Message in a Bottle (with NYPD Drum Corps) Walking on the Moon Demolition Man Voices / When the World is Running Down Don't Stand So Close To Me Demolition Man Driven To Tears Hole in My Life Everything She Does is Magic (with Sting's daughters and other family members) Wrapped Around Your Finger De Do Do Do De Da Da Da (with "There She Was Just A Walking Down the Street" intro) Invisible Sun Can't Stand Losing You Purple Haze (Sting sings a bit of Younger Than Springtime) Roxanne King of Pain So Lonely (Been Down So Long finish) Every Breath You Take Next To You (The Fat Lady Sings) (Looney Toones "That's All Folks")

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video torrent for montreal 7 25 07?
by cetla 26 Aug '08

26 Aug '08

hello all does anyon e know where i might find a torrent for montreal 7 25 07? miss them already

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Sting press kit and photo on eBay
by Elke & Volker Kulms 22 Aug '08

22 Aug '08

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Re: [Police] we knew Stew's dad was a spy
by slangele 14 Aug '08

14 Aug '08

Well, i don't think you can believe everything Fox News spouts out.... -----Original Message----- From: Guerren Solbach <gpsolbach(a)ucdavis.edu> Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 15:04 To: Police(a)mailman.xmission.com Subject: [Police] we knew Stew's dad was a spy Article: Julia Child Among Spies Revealed in Newly Released Federal Documents http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,403443,00.html Excerpt: Other notables identified in the files include John Hemingway, son of author Ernest Hemingway; Quentin and Kermit Roosevelt, sons of President Theodore Roosevelt, and Miles Copeland, father of Stewart Copeland, drummer for the band The Police. Interesting! - Guerren

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Re: [Police] we knew Stew's dad was a spy
by Doreliz Gonzalez 14 Aug '08

14 Aug '08

I read it on CNN this morning as well.... ----- Original Message ---- From: slangele <slangele(a)yahoo.com> To: Guerren Solbach <gpsolbach(a)ucdavis.edu>; "," <police(a)mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 4:39:09 PM Subject: Re: [Police] we knew Stew's dad was a spy Well, i don't think you can believe everything Fox News spouts out.... ________________________________ From: Guerren Solbach <gpsolbach(a)ucdavis.edu> Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 15:04 To: Police(a)mailman.xmission.com Subject: [Police] we knew Stew's dad was a spy Article: Julia Child Among Spies Revealed in Newly Released Federal Documents http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,403443,00.html Excerpt: “Other notables identified in the files include John Hemingway, son of author Ernest Hemingway; Quentin and Kermit Roosevelt, sons of President Theodore Roosevelt, andMiles Copeland, father of Stewart Copeland, drummer for the band The Police.” Interesting! - Guerren

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we knew Stew's dad was a spy
by Guerren Solbach 14 Aug '08

14 Aug '08

Article: Julia Child Among Spies Revealed in Newly Released Federal Documents http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,403443,00.html Excerpt: "Other notables identified in the files include John Hemingway, son of author Ernest Hemingway; Quentin and Kermit Roosevelt, sons of President Theodore Roosevelt, and Miles Copeland, father of Stewart Copeland, drummer for the band The Police." Interesting! - Guerren

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Re: [Police] Fat lady sings to end The Police tour
by slangele 14 Aug '08

14 Aug '08

Hey Mitch, thanks for the helpful response. Didn't realize they had so many kids. My wife really likes tbe name Gordon, but i wasn't too keen on it... Btw, didn't anybody else like my dumb use of the pseudo-word "coinkydink"? Ross seemed to like it. Heck, he named one of his kids that. What a "coincidence ". Who knew? Oh, and Happy re-Birthday Ross. Wouldn't want to forget about that. That video is still entertaining. What a lucky guy, i still say. Once in a lifetime, like Talking Heads used to sing... Well, cheers. Steve -----Original Message----- From: Mitch Darby <mitch(a)harashick.com> Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 10:06 To: Police(a)mailman.xmission.com Subject: Re: [Police] Fat lady sings to end The Police tour Steve Langele wrote: > Who's son is named Anton? We just had our second son and we named him Anton... what a coinkydink.... Andys: Layla, Andrew, Maurice, Anton Stings: Joseph (Joe), Fuschia Katherine (Kate), Bridget (Mickey), Jake, Eliot (Coco), Giacomo Stewarts: Sven , Jordan , Scott, Patrick, Eve, Grace, Celeste - Mitch __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 3356 (20080814) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com

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Fat lady sings to end The Police tour
by Mitch Darby 14 Aug '08

14 Aug '08

This article appears to answer the question regarding the cover songs in the final show. Mitch From http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Music/08/08/police.end.tour.ap/index.html (a photo of Sting in a police hat with members of the New York City Police Drum Corps is on that page). Fat lady sings to end The Police tour NEW YORK (AP) -- The Police ended one of rock 'n' roll's most successful reunions in Madison Square Garden on Thursday with a tribute to other famous trios, an assist from some real cops and a not-particularly close shave. The 150th and final show of a comeback tour that stretched past 14 months was a benefit for two New York public television stations. Sting, guitarist Andy Summers and drummer Stewart Copeland added some end-of-the-road silliness to their set list, walking off to Porky Pig's signature line, "That's all, folks." Four songs in, Sting thanked his band mates for "your musicianship, your companionship, your friendship and your understanding." "The real triumph of this tour is that we haven't strangled each other," he said. "Not to say it hasn't crossed my mind -- or Andy's or Stewart's." Sting and Copeland are both volatile personalities who nearly drove each other crazy before the band broke up while at the top of the rock world in 1984. The mellowing agent of time -- and the tour's phenomenal business -- kept the band adding concert dates well beyond their original intention. The comeback leaves the Police standing with the Eagles as the two most successful reformations in rock history. The Eagles are an active touring and recording unit again; the Police say they're done. The band opened with Cream's "Sunshine of Your Love" and later played the Jimi Hendrix Experience's "Purple Haze," the covers a nod to two other famous rock trios. Unlike bands that augment their sound with backing musicians, The Police came back as a true trio: A roadie who took one swing at a gong and the New York City Police band were the only other music-makers allowed onstage Thursday, and their appearances were brief. With Copeland sitting atop a mountain of percussion, the band members seemed like their own countries onstage. Twice they used three separate staircases to exit. Their skillfulness, and determined need to show it, sometimes left songs meandering past the breaking point. Yes, The Police can add jazz fusion to their punky reggae sound, but it sure spoiled this night's version of "Roxanne." And they're hardly a party-hearty bunch. One stretch included consecutive songs about suicide, a hooker, the "King of Pain," loneliness and a creepy obsessive relationship -- the latter ("Every Breath You Take") their biggest hit. Yet the Police brought a drive to Sting's songs that his more mannered solo work often misses. The man, at nearly 57, can still rock on material like the unexpectedly strong "Demolition Man," and the years haven't worn down his voice. Early material "Can't Stand Losing You," "So Lonely" and "Next to You" were the purest distillation of the band's original sound, and those lesser-known songs stood their ground with later hits. After the Cream cover, the band brought out about two dozen uniformed members of the police band for a thunderous version of "Message in a Bottle" that drew one of the night's loudest ovations. Sting wore one of New York's Finest's caps as he sang. The New York tour finale was intentional; the band wanted to call it quits in the same city of their first U.S. gig 30 years ago, in the far smaller -- though no less famous -- CBGB's nightclub, now closed. The date raised money for New York stations WLIW-21 and Thirteen/WNET. It was an unexpected gift for the stations: a spokeswoman said the offer came as a surprise and had done so well that seats behind the stage were being sold for $50 a few days before the show. During a break before the encore, a camera followed Sting backstage where he sat, shirtless, as he had the scraggly beard he'd been wearing shaved off by some exceptionally attractive female stylists (and ladies, the yoga sessions are doing him well: he never put his shirt back on). The laughing audience watched the spectacle on video screens, as Copeland came over to kiss his clean-shaven singer. Sting still had leftover shaving cream in the corner of his mouth as he came out to sing "Roxanne." There were other lighthearted moments. Three of Sting's daughters crept onstage to dance beside him during "Every Little Thing She Does is Magic." At the show's end, a roadie dressed outrageously as a fat opera singer lip-synched an aria. The intentions behind that cliche were hard to miss. Things really were over.

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Re: [Police] Happy Birthday
by Jenny Dolan 13 Aug '08

13 Aug '08

Well come on now, if I had a video like that I'd make sure everyone saw it every birthday, too! As I don't, I had to "settle" for a pub full of my friends all night for my birthday this past Saturday instead... Jenny Dolan LIVE GREEN / THINK BLUE dolanbalin(a)yahoo.com AIM: MamaRocks62 MySpace / Facebook ----- Original Message ---- From: "BBredice(a)aol.com" <BBredice(a)aol.com> To: Michelle Manoni <mlmanoni(a)earthlink.net>; Ross Viner Cell <Ross(a)rossviner.com>; Police(a)mailman.xmission.com Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2008 1:36:53 PM Subject: Re: [Police] Happy Birthday Oh no. This is not good. -----Original Message----- From: "Michelle Manoni" <mlmanoni(a)earthlink.net> Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:04:29 To: Ross Viner<ross(a)rossviner.com>; <Police(a)mailman.xmission.com> Subject: Re: [Police] Happy Birthday _______________________________________________ Police mailing list Police(a)mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/police _______________________________________________ Police mailing list Police(a)mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/police

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Happy Birthday
by Ross Viner 13 Aug '08

13 Aug '08

uhm to me. For on this day I was reborn (Do I use that same joke every year?). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJqQjMpgNcA

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