Steve wrote:
I would love to hear Man In A Suitcase and Peanuts or Born in the 50s, or Canary In A Coalmine
As would I, but I think it was Stewart who admitted in an interview earlier this year, that they "had been advised" to stick to the hits. I'm sure it has something to do with selling tickets (meaning that the majority of people, the casual fans, want the hits). In the absence of any new music, it does make sense. I just saw Van Halen this past Saturday in Portland and they were operating much the same way. The one difference is that they limited the songs they played to those that they'd produced prior to Sammy Hagar taking over for David Lee Roth. Hence, they had a little room to add a few non-singles. If you count "Hole In My Life," "Truth Hits Everybody," and "Next To You" then the Police are doing this as well. You could even include "Driven To Tears," "Voices Inside My Head," and "When The World Is Running Down." as they were not exactly singles either [note: I'm not counting the remix singles that were released well after the Police had ceased arresting people ;) ]. Mitch