You know, there are so many factors that play into this besides his obvious
talent. If he had not been with the Police, maybe he would still be married
to Frances, he may have been perfectly happy doing the nightclub thing and
being a family man. Maybe Trudie has been a driving force with his solo work
... there are so many what ifs.
Speaking of Trudie, I just watched Fair Game which she starred in. Bizarre
little flick, but kind of fun to see something she's done besides the
Grotesque with the Stingmeister.
Back to the "what ifs." While he has his own distinct voice and compositional
talent, would he have been "discovered"? Did the Police (and the adoration
that came with it) negate that shyness and give him the thirst for more
adoration? If I hadn't have been taken by the Police decades ago, would I be
as avid a Sting fan if he were to come into my life as a soloist in 1979?
Probably not. As a young teenager I needed the Police, not a soloist playing
fairly mellow songs. If he had achieved the same amount of fame, I'm sure his
fan base would be a good 15 years older on the average! Just my thoughts.
I'll do anything to avoid football today! Is that sacrilegious of me being in
Massachusetts and having no interest in the Superbowl besides U2 at half-time?
Michelle
In a message dated 2/2/02 8:01:26 PM, SOMEDUDE20(a)aol.com writes:
>article a few years ago where Stew said that Andy should have gotten credit
>
>for his riff in "Every Breath" but in the end it was Sting. SO, would Sting
>
>be as famous, and what would his songs have (had) sounded like without
>the
>Police. Food for thought. PS in Wild Thing Ian said that Sting was very
>shy,
>would he have beaten that without the Police?
