Andy Summers in Acoustic Guitar Magazine
Hi Everyone! My husband subscribes to Acoustic Guitar Magazine, and Andy is the cover story! It shows him posing with his self-designed Martin signature series Andy Summers guitar. There are several more pictures and a long article full of very technical stuff that I'm sure my husband would love to explain to me in minute detail, but... I'm an afficionado, not a guitarist! There was a very interesting mention, in a little blurb attached to the article, of a cover of EBYT, and I'll quote it here: "Police songs have been covered by everyone from Alanis Morrisette and Anthrax to UB40 and frank Zappa. 'Recently I got this album, Policia,' (The Militia Group, www.themilitiagroup.com) Summers says. 'It has about 12 different bands doing Police covers. My one criticism of the record is that it gets too heavy, so all the subtlety and all the little weird stuff we did gets lost in this massive, sheet-of-sound modern production. But there's a version of EBYT on there (by an English band called, ironically, Copeland) that is really fantastic. They do it slowly, like a ballad, and they've completely reharmonized it. It's a knockout. I might actually write to these guys and say congratulations.'" Has anyone heard this cover? Sounds intriguing! Also, the magazine always gives free tabs for guitarists to try, and this issue includes "World Gone Strange" and "Every Little Thing She Does is Magic." It's an interesting article and a beautiful guitar, so check it out! Have a great week! Holly
At 7:15 PM -0400 5/23/06, Sweetmomb@cs.com wrote:
Hi Everyone! My husband subscribes to Acoustic Guitar Magazine, and Andy is the cover story!
Thanks for the heads up -
"Police songs have been covered by everyone from Alanis Morrisette and Anthrax to UB40 and frank Zappa. 'Recently I got this album, Policia,' But there's a version of EBYT on there (by an English band called, ironically, Copeland) that is really fantastic. They do it slowly, like a ballad, and they've completely reharmonized it. It's a knockout. I might actually write to these guys and say congratulations.'" Has anyone heard this cover? Sounds intriguing!
Reading this I went to iTunes - this version is not there but there are about 40 other versions of EBYT including one by - are you sitting down? - Jack Jones! To anyone who complains about how laid back or mellow Sting is now, at least he's no Jack Jones! Oy! thought I would like UB40's version - never saw 50 Date movie - but from the little blurb, no, don't think so - LOVED their remake of Elvis's Can't Help Falling in Love. BUT thanks to myspace - http://www.myspace.com/policia - when you go there EBYT plays!
Have a great week! Holly
you too! and everyone else! Paula
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