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Hi there I agree with some of your opinion .... still fond of Stewart's work and news ( see my site below) , interested by Andy's new projects ( waiting for Circa Zero) , considering Sting I'm a bit perplex though I still like his voice, but in my opinion a bit deceived by the last attempts, as the man seems to repeat a lot ( Symphonicity tour ...) and I think the last good album was Mercury Falling ( though I like very much Songs from the Labyrinth and If on a Winter's night - remark that they were only 'covers' album). Waiting for a surprise ... You can visit : Stewart Copeland Inside Out - Kollected Works http://stewartcopeland.free.fr/ http://www.myspace.com/kollectedworks --- En date de : Jeu 14.3.13, giovanni.pollastri@libero.it <giovanni.pollastri@libero.it> a écrit : De: giovanni.pollastri@libero.it <giovanni.pollastri@libero.it> Objet: [Police] R: Re: Does anyone listen any more? À: mathew@wattobay.com, "SDFT" <police@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Jeudi 14 mars 2013, 10h12 Every now and then I send messages concerning Stewart (many of you know that I run his website), and even yesterday I sent a message concerning The Police (footage from people waiting outside the Palasport in Reggio Emilia in 1980 at their concert). In Italy when you listen to the radio it's very very easy to listen to a Police or Sting track, they are definitely broadcasted frequently; on the other side, I run the Italian website (www.illegaltales.com) and a very very active facebook page of the same name, and people write tons of messages every single day! I don't know, maybe it's just because I never gave up following what's happening in their careers, even if there is something that I may dislike (my fb page is full of criticism and discussions are a weekly issue, as well as positive vibes of course). Some old-skool fans are still there, some others 'left the building' some time ago, but there are even new 'followers', and some of them are 16 years old (!!!). I guess it's always a 'personal' view; we are not forced to follow a band forever, even Sting decided to give up working on solo albums, and I guess we may never see a new one like the old days...he has changed, people change; his new attitude toward his discography is focused on someone else work, rearranging it. We can't tell him what to do, and we're not forced to like it, why should we? But there's nothing wrong with it. The new album 'The Last Ship' will be something 'taken from the past' (The Soul Cages), revisited, increased in creativity, will be a musical...let's see; that's what Sting is up to do now; I am always very very curious about his work, his moves are always full of ideas, new directions...that is what I like. I don't care about a new record like he used to do; if he's not working on something like that, I guess he's enough clever to avoid giving us something that is not at a certain level. Gio ----Messaggio originale---- Da: mathew@wattobay.com Data: 14/03/2013 6.54 A: "SDFT"<police@mailman.xmission.com> Ogg: Re: [Police] Does anyone listen any more? Ditto from down under! On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 3:44 PM, Diggiedog <diggiedog@prodigy.net> wrote: Still here, still waiting for something new, unusual, authentic. Perhaps Sting's happiness was his creative downfall. Now we're all old farts, maybe he could cater to our nostalgia. diggie From: Holly Mollo <hollywhhs@gmail.com> To: Chris Ryan <sharprichnorth@me.com>; SDFT <police@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2013 11:50 PM Subject: Re: [Police] Does anyone listen any more? Hi Chris, I am a classic rock person, and lately I've been hearing some relatively rare tracks, like Tea in the Sahara and Canary in a Coal Mine. I wrote to the list after Sting's appearance on the Grammys (a crummy show, imho). Yes, there's nothing really new with any of them, but their music is still being played, at least on classic rock and satellite radio. And I still enjoy it! I hope the list will stay active, even if the group is not! Who knows what tomorrow may bring? -Holly On Mar 13, 2013 11:09 PM, "Chris Ryan" <sharprichnorth@me.com> wrote: I was a member of this list when it was very active, back in the early 1990s. There was lots of discussion, especially of the then-recent Sting albums, which at least at the time sounded be pretty decent. There seemed to be a lot of momentum and enthusiasm from the still relatively recent Police era. There was always hope and anticipation of a reunion. In retrospect, it seems obvious to me that Sting's albums were pretty uneven, and sometimes just awful: I know at least a few members of the list thought so at the time, but perhaps some of us just appreciated the familiar voice. (And I gave up after the one with "Desert Rose" on it, whatever that was.) After what I considered a very lacklustre "reunion" in which no new music was produced—how can three musicians tour the world without coming up with anything new?—it seems that's kind of the end of the discussion. I haven't really chosen to Sting or the Police in years, and though I usually don't change the channel when a song comes on, it's increasingly rare to hear one of their tracks anywhere. I guess it's partly that I'm not a "classic rock" kind of person; there is a lot of amazing new music available today, and easier to find than ever. So my question is: has the band simply passed into pop music history now? They're not top-of-mind in the popular imagination any longer, for obvious reasons. Sting hasn't released new music in years, as far as I'm aware (maybe the others have, but with the exception of the few years immediately following '86, they've been ignored). This list is dead; when I received the latest digest today, it seemed three of the four messages were spam or related. Is there any point in thinking about this band, thirty years after Synchronicity? (As I'm on the digest, it's likely I won't receive any replies to this for weeks, unless I'm cc'd.) Chris _______________________________________________ Police mailing list Police@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/police _______________________________________________ Police mailing list Police@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/police _______________________________________________ Police mailing list Police@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/police -----La pièce jointe associée suit----- _______________________________________________ Police mailing list Police@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/police
You got it...... You said: "Waiting for a surprise ..." Surprise us, Sting! Sing about things like crows with broken backs and playing cards as a meditation and not standing too close to me! But don't make any of your new stuff sound like the old stuff. Maybe wriggle like a worm (fish) out on dry land? Maybe keep the lute out of it? Maybe not....... ;-p Does he really have to be sad to make me happy? Diggie ________________________________ From: M.A <hilcem@yahoo.fr> To: police@mailman.xmission.com Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2013 9:31 AM Subject: [Police] Fw : R: Re: Does anyone listen any more? Hi there I agree with some of your opinion .... still fond of Stewart's work and news ( see my site below) , interested by Andy's new projects ( waiting for Circa Zero) , considering Sting I'm a bit perplex though I still like his voice, but in my opinion a bit deceived by the last attempts, as the man seems to repeat a lot ( Symphonicity tour ...) and I think the last good album was Mercury Falling ( though I like very much Songs from the Labyrinth and If on a Winter's night - remark that they were only 'covers' album). Waiting for a surprise ... You can visit : Stewart Copeland Inside Out - Kollected Works http://stewartcopeland.free.fr/ http://www.myspace.com/kollectedworks --- En date de : Jeu 14.3.13, giovanni.pollastri@libero.it <giovanni.pollastri@libero.it> a écrit :
De: giovanni.pollastri@libero.it <giovanni.pollastri@libero.it> Objet: [Police] R: Re: Does anyone listen any more? À: mathew@wattobay.com, "SDFT" <police@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Jeudi 14 mars 2013, 10h12
Every now and then I send messages concerning Stewart (many of you know that I run his website), and even yesterday I sent a message concerning The Police (footage from people waiting outside the Palasport in Reggio Emilia in 1980 at their concert). In Italy when you listen to the radio it's very very easy to listen to a Police or Sting track, they are definitely broadcasted frequently; on the other side, I run the Italian website (www.illegaltales.com) and a very very active facebook page of the same name, and people write tons of messages every single day! I don't know, maybe it's just because I never gave up following what's happening in their careers, even if there is something that I may dislike (my fb page is full of criticism and discussions are a weekly issue, as well as positive vibes of course). Some old-skool fans are still there, some others 'left the building' some time ago, but there are even new 'followers', and some of them are 16 years old (!!!). I guess it's always a 'personal' view; we are not forced to follow a band forever, even Sting decided to give up working on solo albums, and I guess we may never see a new one like the old days...he has changed, people change; his new attitude toward his discography is focused on someone else work, rearranging it. We can't tell him what to do, and we're not forced to like it, why should we? But there's nothing wrong with it. The new album 'The Last Ship' will be something 'taken from the past' (The Soul Cages), revisited, increased in creativity, will be a musical...let's see; that's what Sting is up to do now; I am always very very curious about his work, his moves are always full of ideas, new directions...that is what I like. I don't care about a new record like he used to do; if he's not working on something like that, I guess he's enough clever to avoid giving us something that is not at a certain level. Gio
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Da: mathew@wattobay.com Data: 14/03/2013 6.54 A: "SDFT"<police@mailman.xmission.com> Ogg: Re: [Police] Does anyone listen any more?
Ditto from down under!
On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 3:44 PM, Diggiedog <diggiedog@prodigy.net> wrote:
Still here, still waiting for something new, unusual, authentic. Perhaps Sting's happiness was his creative downfall. Now we're all old farts, maybe he could cater to our nostalgia.
diggie
________________________________ From: Holly Mollo <hollywhhs@gmail.com> To: Chris Ryan <sharprichnorth@me.com>; SDFT <police@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2013 11:50 PM Subject: Re: [Police] Does anyone listen any more?
Hi Chris, I am a classic rock person, and lately I've been hearing some relatively rare tracks, like Tea in the Sahara and Canary in a Coal Mine. I wrote to the list after Sting's appearance on the Grammys (a crummy show, imho). Yes, there's nothing really new with any of them, but their music is still being played, at least on classic rock and satellite radio. And I still enjoy it! I hope the list will stay active, even if the group is not! Who knows what tomorrow may bring? -Holly On Mar 13, 2013 11:09 PM, "Chris Ryan" <sharprichnorth@me.com> wrote:
I was a member of this list when it was very active, back in the early 1990s. There was lots of discussion, especially of the then-recent Sting albums, which at least at the time sounded be pretty decent. There seemed to be a lot of momentum and enthusiasm from the still relatively recent Police era. There was always hope and anticipation of a reunion.
In retrospect, it seems obvious to me that Sting's albums were pretty uneven, and sometimes just awful: I know at least a few members of the list thought so at the time, but perhaps some of us just appreciated the familiar voice. (And I gave up after the one with "Desert Rose" on it, whatever that was.) After what I considered a very lacklustre "reunion" in which no new music was produced—how can three musicians tour the world without coming up with anything new?—it seems that's kind of the end of the discussion.
I haven't really chosen to Sting or the Police in years, and though I usually don't change the channel when a song comes on, it's increasingly rare to hear one of their tracks anywhere. I guess it's partly that I'm not a "classic rock" kind of person; there is a lot of amazing new music available today, and easier to find than ever. So my question is: has the band simply passed into pop music history now? They're not top-of-mind in the popular imagination any longer, for obvious reasons. Sting hasn't released new music in years, as far as I'm aware (maybe the others have, but with the exception of the few years immediately following '86, they've been ignored). This list is dead; when I received the latest digest today, it seemed three of the four messages were spam or related.
Is there any point in thinking about this band, thirty years after Synchronicity?
(As I'm on the digest, it's likely I won't receive any replies to this for weeks, unless I'm cc'd.)
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I’m waiting for him to fuss and flap in priestly black like a murder of crows again, and not so much send his love into the future. Fred From: police-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:police-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Diggiedog Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2013 2:57 PM To: M.A; police@mailman.xmission.com Subject: [Police] Struggle to avoid any helping hand..... You got it...... You said: "Waiting for a surprise ..." Surprise us, Sting! Sing about things like crows with broken backs and playing cards as a meditation and not standing too close to me! But don't make any of your new stuff sound like the old stuff. Maybe wriggle like a worm (fish) out on dry land? Maybe keep the lute out of it? Maybe not....... ;-p Does he really have to be sad to make me happy? Diggie ________________________________ From: M.A <hilcem@yahoo.fr<mailto:hilcem@yahoo.fr>> To: police@mailman.xmission.com<mailto:police@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2013 9:31 AM Subject: [Police] Fw : R: Re: Does anyone listen any more? Hi there I agree with some of your opinion .... still fond of Stewart's work and news ( see my site below) , interested by Andy's new projects ( waiting for Circa Zero) , considering Sting I'm a bit perplex though I still like his voice, but in my opinion a bit deceived by the last attempts, as the man seems to repeat a lot ( Symphonicity tour ...) and I think the last good album was Mercury Falling ( though I like very much Songs from the Labyrinth and If on a Winter's night - remark that they were only 'covers' album). Waiting for a surprise ... You can visit : Stewart Copeland Inside Out - Kollected Works http://stewartcopeland.free.fr/ http://www.myspace.com/kollectedworks --- En date de : Jeu 14.3.13, giovanni.pollastri@libero.it<mailto:giovanni.pollastri@libero.it> <giovanni.pollastri@libero.it<mailto:giovanni.pollastri@libero.it>> a écrit : De: giovanni.pollastri@libero.it<mailto:giovanni.pollastri@libero.it> <giovanni.pollastri@libero.it<mailto:giovanni.pollastri@libero.it>> Objet: [Police] R: Re: Does anyone listen any more? À: mathew@wattobay.com<mailto:mathew@wattobay.com>, "SDFT" <police@mailman.xmission.com<mailto:police@mailman.xmission.com>> Date: Jeudi 14 mars 2013, 10h12 Every now and then I send messages concerning Stewart (many of you know that I run his website), and even yesterday I sent a message concerning The Police (footage from people waiting outside the Palasport in Reggio Emilia in 1980 at their concert). In Italy when you listen to the radio it's very very easy to listen to a Police or Sting track, they are definitely broadcasted frequently; on the other side, I run the Italian website (www.illegaltales.com<http://www.illegaltales.com/>) and a very very active facebook page of the same name, and people write tons of messages every single day! I don't know, maybe it's just because I never gave up following what's happening in their careers, even if there is something that I may dislike (my fb page is full of criticism and discussions are a weekly issue, as well as positive vibes of course). Some old-skool fans are still there, some others 'left the building' some time ago, but there are even new 'followers', and some of them are 16 years old (!!!). I guess it's always a 'personal' view; we are not forced to follow a band forever, even Sting decided to give up working on solo albums, and I guess we may never see a new one like the old days...he has changed, people change; his new attitude toward his discography is focused on someone else work, rearranging it. We can't tell him what to do, and we're not forced to like it, why should we? But there's nothing wrong with it. The new album 'The Last Ship' will be something 'taken from the past' (The Soul Cages), revisited, increased in creativity, will be a musical...let's see; that's what Sting is up to do now; I am always very very curious about his work, his moves are always full of ideas, new directions...that is what I like. I don't care about a new record like he used to do; if he's not working on something like that, I guess he's enough clever to avoid giving us something that is not at a certain level. Gio ----Messaggio originale---- Da: mathew@wattobay.com<mailto:mathew@wattobay.com> Data: 14/03/2013 6.54 A: "SDFT"<police@mailman.xmission.com<mailto:police@mailman.xmission.com>> Ogg: Re: [Police] Does anyone listen any more? Ditto from down under! On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 3:44 PM, Diggiedog <diggiedog@prodigy.net<http://fr.mc1716.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=diggiedog@prodigy.net>> wrote: Still here, still waiting for something new, unusual, authentic. Perhaps Sting's happiness was his creative downfall. Now we're all old farts, maybe he could cater to our nostalgia. diggie ________________________________ From: Holly Mollo <hollywhhs@gmail.com<http://fr.mc1716.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=hollywhhs@gmail.com>> To: Chris Ryan <sharprichnorth@me.com<http://fr.mc1716.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=sharprichnorth@me.com>>; SDFT <police@mailman.xmission.com<http://fr.mc1716.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=police@mailman.xmission.com>> Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2013 11:50 PM Subject: Re: [Police] Does anyone listen any more? Hi Chris, I am a classic rock person, and lately I've been hearing some relatively rare tracks, like Tea in the Sahara and Canary in a Coal Mine. I wrote to the list after Sting's appearance on the Grammys (a crummy show, imho). Yes, there's nothing really new with any of them, but their music is still being played, at least on classic rock and satellite radio. And I still enjoy it! I hope the list will stay active, even if the group is not! Who knows what tomorrow may bring? -Holly On Mar 13, 2013 11:09 PM, "Chris Ryan" <sharprichnorth@me.com<http://fr.mc1716.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=sharprichnorth@me.com>> wrote: I was a member of this list when it was very active, back in the early 1990s. There was lots of discussion, especially of the then-recent Sting albums, which at least at the time sounded be pretty decent. There seemed to be a lot of momentum and enthusiasm from the still relatively recent Police era. There was always hope and anticipation of a reunion. In retrospect, it seems obvious to me that Sting's albums were pretty uneven, and sometimes just awful: I know at least a few members of the list thought so at the time, but perhaps some of us just appreciated the familiar voice. (And I gave up after the one with "Desert Rose" on it, whatever that was.) After what I considered a very lacklustre "reunion" in which no new music was produced—how can three musicians tour the world without coming up with anything new?—it seems that's kind of the end of the discussion. I haven't really chosen to Sting or the Police in years, and though I usually don't change the channel when a song comes on, it's increasingly rare to hear one of their tracks anywhere. I guess it's partly that I'm not a "classic rock" kind of person; there is a lot of amazing new music available today, and easier to find than ever. So my question is: has the band simply passed into pop music history now? They're not top-of-mind in the popular imagination any longer, for obvious reasons. Sting hasn't released new music in years, as far as I'm aware (maybe the others have, but with the exception of the few years immediately following '86, they've been ignored). This list is dead; when I received the latest digest today, it seemed three of the four messages were spam or related. Is there any point in thinking about this band, thirty years after Synchronicity? (As I'm on the digest, it's likely I won't receive any replies to this for weeks, unless I'm cc'd.) 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Spot on Fred! Cheers, Karel StingUs-team www.stingus.net From: police-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:police-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Fred Berthelot Sent: 15 March 2013 16:21 To: police@mailman.xmission.com Subject: Re: [Police] Struggle to avoid any helping hand..... I’m waiting for him to fuss and flap in priestly black like a murder of crows again, and not so much send his love into the future. Fred From: police-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:police-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Diggiedog Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2013 2:57 PM To: M.A; police@mailman.xmission.com Subject: [Police] Struggle to avoid any helping hand..... You got it...... You said: "Waiting for a surprise ..." Surprise us, Sting! Sing about things like crows with broken backs and playing cards as a meditation and not standing too close to me! But don't make any of your new stuff sound like the old stuff. Maybe wriggle like a worm (fish) out on dry land? Maybe keep the lute out of it? Maybe not....... ;-p Does he really have to be sad to make me happy? Diggie _____ From: M.A <hilcem@yahoo.fr> To: police@mailman.xmission.com Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2013 9:31 AM Subject: [Police] Fw : R: Re: Does anyone listen any more? Hi there I agree with some of your opinion .... still fond of Stewart's work and news ( see my site below) , interested by Andy's new projects ( waiting for Circa Zero) , considering Sting I'm a bit perplex though I still like his voice, but in my opinion a bit deceived by the last attempts, as the man seems to repeat a lot ( Symphonicity tour ...) and I think the last good album was Mercury Falling ( though I like very much Songs from the Labyrinth and If on a Winter's night - remark that they were only 'covers' album). Waiting for a surprise ... You can visit : Stewart Copeland Inside Out - Kollected Works http://stewartcopeland.free.fr/ http://www.myspace.com/kollectedworks --- En date de : Jeu 14.3.13, giovanni.pollastri@libero.it <giovanni.pollastri@libero.it> a écrit : De: giovanni.pollastri@libero.it <giovanni.pollastri@libero.it> Objet: [Police] R: Re: Does anyone listen any more? À: mathew@wattobay.com, "SDFT" <police@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Jeudi 14 mars 2013, 10h12 Every now and then I send messages concerning Stewart (many of you know that I run his website), and even yesterday I sent a message concerning The Police (footage from people waiting outside the Palasport in Reggio Emilia in 1980 at their concert). In Italy when you listen to the radio it's very very easy to listen to a Police or Sting track, they are definitely broadcasted frequently; on the other side, I run the Italian website (www.illegaltales.com <http://www.illegaltales.com/> ) and a very very active facebook page of the same name, and people write tons of messages every single day! I don't know, maybe it's just because I never gave up following what's happening in their careers, even if there is something that I may dislike (my fb page is full of criticism and discussions are a weekly issue, as well as positive vibes of course). Some old-skool fans are still there, some others 'left the building' some time ago, but there are even new 'followers', and some of them are 16 years old (!!!). I guess it's always a 'personal' view; we are not forced to follow a band forever, even Sting decided to give up working on solo albums, and I guess we may never see a new one like the old days...he has changed, people change; his new attitude toward his discography is focused on someone else work, rearranging it. We can't tell him what to do, and we're not forced to like it, why should we? But there's nothing wrong with it. The new album 'The Last Ship' will be something 'taken from the past' (The Soul Cages), revisited, increased in creativity, will be a musical...let's see; that's what Sting is up to do now; I am always very very curious about his work, his moves are always full of ideas, new directions...that is what I like. I don't care about a new record like he used to do; if he's not working on something like that, I guess he's enough clever to avoid giving us something that is not at a certain level. Gio ----Messaggio originale---- Da: mathew@wattobay.com Data: 14/03/2013 6.54 A: "SDFT"<police@mailman.xmission.com> Ogg: Re: [Police] Does anyone listen any more? Ditto from down under! On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 3:44 PM, Diggiedog <diggiedog@prodigy.net <http://fr.mc1716.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=diggiedog@prodigy.net> > wrote: Still here, still waiting for something new, unusual, authentic. Perhaps Sting's happiness was his creative downfall. Now we're all old farts, maybe he could cater to our nostalgia. diggie _____ From: Holly Mollo <hollywhhs@gmail.com <http://fr.mc1716.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=hollywhhs@gmail.com> > To: Chris Ryan <sharprichnorth@me.com <http://fr.mc1716.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=sharprichnorth@me.com> >; SDFT <police@mailman.xmission.com <http://fr.mc1716.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=police@mailman.xmission.com> > Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2013 11:50 PM Subject: Re: [Police] Does anyone listen any more? Hi Chris, I am a classic rock person, and lately I've been hearing some relatively rare tracks, like Tea in the Sahara and Canary in a Coal Mine. I wrote to the list after Sting's appearance on the Grammys (a crummy show, imho). Yes, there's nothing really new with any of them, but their music is still being played, at least on classic rock and satellite radio. And I still enjoy it! I hope the list will stay active, even if the group is not! Who knows what tomorrow may bring? -Holly On Mar 13, 2013 11:09 PM, "Chris Ryan" <sharprichnorth@me.com <http://fr.mc1716.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=sharprichnorth@me.com> > wrote: I was a member of this list when it was very active, back in the early 1990s. There was lots of discussion, especially of the then-recent Sting albums, which at least at the time sounded be pretty decent. There seemed to be a lot of momentum and enthusiasm from the still relatively recent Police era. There was always hope and anticipation of a reunion. In retrospect, it seems obvious to me that Sting's albums were pretty uneven, and sometimes just awful: I know at least a few members of the list thought so at the time, but perhaps some of us just appreciated the familiar voice. (And I gave up after the one with "Desert Rose" on it, whatever that was.) After what I considered a very lacklustre "reunion" in which no new music was produced—how can three musicians tour the world without coming up with anything new?—it seems that's kind of the end of the discussion. I haven't really chosen to Sting or the Police in years, and though I usually don't change the channel when a song comes on, it's increasingly rare to hear one of their tracks anywhere. I guess it's partly that I'm not a "classic rock" kind of person; there is a lot of amazing new music available today, and easier to find than ever. So my question is: has the band simply passed into pop music history now? They're not top-of-mind in the popular imagination any longer, for obvious reasons. Sting hasn't released new music in years, as far as I'm aware (maybe the others have, but with the exception of the few years immediately following '86, they've been ignored). This list is dead; when I received the latest digest today, it seemed three of the four messages were spam or related. Is there any point in thinking about this band, thirty years after Synchronicity? (As I'm on the digest, it's likely I won't receive any replies to this for weeks, unless I'm cc'd.) 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G, Fred, et. al - Good to hear from you all. While I admit that my regards for Sting's solo work began waning after MERCURY FALLING (to the point that I don't even have his last few outtings), I must also say that I truly believe he has at least one more good record in him. I would like to see him strip it down to a 3 or 4-piece and let the total focus being on the songs and his vocals. He is just too good a songwriter to bow out on what has been put out recently. Best, Rich ________________________________ From: Fred Berthelot <F.Berthelot@RAMSA.COM> To: "police@mailman.xmission.com" <police@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Friday, March 15, 2013 11:21 AM Subject: Re: [Police] Struggle to avoid any helping hand..... I’m waiting for him to fuss and flap in priestly black like a murder of crows again, and not so much send his love into the future. Fred From:police-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:police-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Diggiedog Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2013 2:57 PM To: M.A; police@mailman.xmission.com Subject: [Police] Struggle to avoid any helping hand..... You got it...... You said: "Waiting for a surprise ..." Surprise us, Sting! Sing about things like crows with broken backs and playing cards as a meditation and not standing too close to me! But don't make any of your new stuff sound like the old stuff. Maybe wriggle like a worm (fish) out on dry land? Maybe keep the lute out of it? Maybe not....... ;-p Does he really have to be sad to make me happy? Diggie ________________________________ From:M.A <hilcem@yahoo.fr> To: police@mailman.xmission.com Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2013 9:31 AM Subject: [Police] Fw : R: Re: Does anyone listen any more? Hi there I agree with some of your opinion .... still fond of Stewart's work and news ( see my site below) , interested by Andy's new projects ( waiting for Circa Zero) , considering Sting I'm a bit perplex though I still like his voice, but in my opinion a bit deceived by the last attempts, as the man seems to repeat a lot ( Symphonicity tour ...) and I think the last good album was Mercury Falling ( though I like very much Songs from the Labyrinth and If on a Winter's night - remark that they were only 'covers' album). Waiting for a surprise ... You can visit : Stewart Copeland Inside Out - Kollected Works http://stewartcopeland.free.fr/ http://www.myspace.com/kollectedworks --- En date de : Jeu 14.3.13, giovanni.pollastri@libero.it <giovanni.pollastri@libero.it> a écrit : De: giovanni.pollastri@libero.it <giovanni.pollastri@libero.it> Objet: [Police] R: Re: Does anyone listen any more? À: mathew@wattobay.com, "SDFT" <police@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Jeudi 14 mars 2013, 10h12 Every now and then I send messages concerning Stewart (many of you know that I run his website), and even yesterday I sent a message concerning The Police (footage from people waiting outside the Palasport in Reggio Emilia in 1980 at their concert). In Italy when you listen to the radio it's very very easy to listen to a Police or Sting track, they are definitely broadcasted frequently; on the other side, I run the Italian website (http://www.illegaltales.com/) and a very very active facebook page of the same name, and people write tons of messages every single day! I don't know, maybe it's just because I never gave up following what's happening in their careers, even if there is something that I may dislike (my fb page is full of criticism and discussions are a weekly issue, as well as positive vibes of course). Some old-skool fans are still there, some others 'left the building' some time ago, but there are even new 'followers', and some of them are 16 years old (!!!). I guess it's always a 'personal' view; we are not forced to follow a band forever, even Sting decided to give up working on solo albums, and I guess we may never see a new one like the old days...he has changed, people change; his new attitude toward his discography is focused on someone else work, rearranging it. We can't tell him what to do, and we're not forced to like it, why should we? But there's nothing wrong with it. The new album 'The Last Ship' will be something 'taken from the past' (The Soul Cages), revisited, increased in creativity, will be a musical...let's see; that's what Sting is up to do now; I am always very very curious about his work, his moves are always full of ideas, new directions...that is what I like. I don't care about a new record like he used to do; if he's not working on something like that, I guess he's enough clever to avoid giving us something that is not at a certain level. Gio ----Messaggio originale----
Da: mathew@wattobay.com Data: 14/03/2013 6.54 A: "SDFT"<police@mailman.xmission.com> Ogg: Re: [Police] Does anyone listen any more?
Ditto from down under!
On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 3:44 PM, Diggiedog <diggiedog@prodigy.net> wrote: Still here, still waiting for something new, unusual, authentic. Perhaps Sting's happiness was his creative downfall. Now we're all old farts, maybe he could cater to our nostalgia. diggie
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From:Holly Mollo <hollywhhs@gmail.com> To: Chris Ryan <sharprichnorth@me.com>; SDFT <police@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2013 11:50 PM Subject: Re: [Police] Does anyone listen any more? Hi Chris, I am a classic rock person, and lately I've been hearing some relatively rare tracks, like Tea in the Sahara and Canary in a Coal Mine. I wrote to the list after Sting's appearance on the Grammys (a crummy show, imho). Yes, there's nothing really new with any of them, but their music is still being played, at least on classic rock and satellite radio. And I still enjoy it! I hope the list will stay active, even if the group is not! Who knows what tomorrow may bring? -Holly On Mar 13, 2013 11:09 PM, "Chris Ryan" <sharprichnorth@me.com> wrote: I was a member of this list when it was very active, back in the early 1990s. There was lots of discussion, especially of the then-recent Sting albums, which at least at the time sounded be pretty decent. There seemed to be a lot of momentum and enthusiasm from the still relatively recent Police era. There was always hope and anticipation of a reunion. In retrospect, it seems obvious to me that Sting's albums were pretty uneven, and sometimes just awful: I know at least a few members of the list thought so at the time, but perhaps some of us just appreciated the familiar voice. (And I gave up after the one with "Desert Rose" on it, whatever that was.) After what I considered a very lacklustre "reunion" in which no new music was produced—how can three musicians tour the world without coming up with anything new?—it seems that's kind of the end of the discussion. I haven't really chosen to Sting or the Police in years, and though I usually don't change the channel when a song comes on, it's increasingly rare to hear one of their tracks anywhere. I guess it's partly that I'm not a "classic rock" kind of person; there is a lot of amazing new music available today, and easier to find than ever. So my question is: has the band simply passed into pop music history now? They're not top-of-mind in the popular imagination any longer, for obvious reasons. Sting hasn't released new music in years, as far as I'm aware (maybe the others have, but with the exception of the few years immediately following '86, they've been ignored). This list is dead; when I received the latest digest today, it seemed three of the four messages were spam or related. Is there any point in thinking about this band, thirty years after Synchronicity? (As I'm on the digest, it's likely I won't receive any replies to this for weeks, unless I'm cc'd.) Chris
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Hi there Rich, concerning your statement:
I would like to see him strip it down to a 3 or 4-piece and let the total focus being on the songs and his vocals. He did record a new album after the Broken Music Tour, exactly as you are expecting, didn't put any words on the songs, but never completed it...and left it in a shelf probably...you never know one day he will remember about it. Gio
He is just too good a songwriter to bow out on what has been put out recently. Best, Rich From: Fred Berthelot <F.Berthelot@RAMSA.COM> To: "police@mailman.xmission.com" <police@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Friday, March 15, 2013 11:21 AM Subject: Re: [Police] Struggle to avoid any helping hand..... I’m waiting for him to fuss and flap in priestly black like a murder of crows again, and not so much send his love into the future. Fred From: police-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:police-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Diggiedog Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2013 2:57 PM To: M.A; police@mailman.xmission.com Subject: [Police] Struggle to avoid any helping hand..... You got it...... You said: "Waiting for a surprise ..." Surprise us, Sting! Sing about things like crows with broken backs and playing cards as a meditation and not standing too close to me! But don't make any of your new stuff sound like the old stuff. Maybe wriggle like a worm (fish) out on dry land? Maybe keep the lute out of it? Maybe not....... ;-p Does he really have to be sad to make me happy? Diggie From: M.A <hilcem@yahoo.fr> To: police@mailman.xmission.com Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2013 9:31 AM Subject: [Police] Fw : R: Re: Does anyone listen any more? Hi there I agree with some of your opinion .... still fond of Stewart's work and news ( see my site below) , interested by Andy's new projects ( waiting for Circa Zero) , considering Sting I'm a bit perplex though I still like his voice, but in my opinion a bit deceived by the last attempts, as the man seems to repeat a lot ( Symphonicity tour ...) and I think the last good album was Mercury Falling ( though I like very much Songs from the Labyrinth and If on a Winter's night - remark that they were only 'covers' album). Waiting for a surprise ... You can visit : Stewart Copeland Inside Out - Kollected Works http://stewartcopeland.free.fr/ http://www.myspace.com/kollectedworks --- En date de : Jeu 14.3.13, giovanni.pollastri@libero.it <giovanni.pollastri@libero.it> a écrit : De: giovanni.pollastri@libero.it <giovanni.pollastri@libero.it> Objet: [Police] R: Re: Does anyone listen any more? À: mathew@wattobay.com, "SDFT" <police@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Jeudi 14 mars 2013, 10h12 Every now and then I send messages concerning Stewart (many of you know that I run his website), and even yesterday I sent a message concerning The Police (footage from people waiting outside the Palasport in Reggio Emilia in 1980 at their concert). In Italy when you listen to the radio it's very very easy to listen to a Police or Sting track, they are definitely broadcasted frequently; on the other side, I run the Italian website (http://www.illegaltales.com/) and a very very active facebook page of the same name, and people write tons of messages every single day! I don't know, maybe it's just because I never gave up following what's happening in their careers, even if there is something that I may dislike (my fb page is full of criticism and discussions are a weekly issue, as well as positive vibes of course). Some old-skool fans are still there, some others 'left the building' some time ago, but there are even new 'followers', and some of them are 16 years old (!!!). I guess it's always a 'personal' view; we are not forced to follow a band forever, even Sting decided to give up working on solo albums, and I guess we may never see a new one like the old days...he has changed, people change; his new attitude toward his discography is focused on someone else work, rearranging it. We can't tell him what to do, and we're not forced to like it, why should we? But there's nothing wrong with it. The new album 'The Last Ship' will be something 'taken from the past' (The Soul Cages), revisited, increased in creativity, will be a musical...let's see; that's what Sting is up to do now; I am always very very curious about his work, his moves are always full of ideas, new directions...that is what I like. I don't care about a new record like he used to do; if he's not working on something like that, I guess he's enough clever to avoid giving us something that is not at a certain level. Gio ----Messaggio originale---- Da: mathew@wattobay.com Data: 14/03/2013 6.54 A: "SDFT"<police@mailman.xmission.com> Ogg: Re: [Police] Does anyone listen any more? Ditto from down under! On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 3:44 PM, Diggiedog <diggiedog@prodigy.net> wrote: Still here, still waiting for something new, unusual, authentic. Perhaps Sting's happiness was his creative downfall. Now we're all old farts, maybe he could cater to our nostalgia. diggie From: Holly Mollo <hollywhhs@gmail.com> To: Chris Ryan <sharprichnorth@me.com>; SDFT <police@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2013 11:50 PM Subject: Re: [Police] Does anyone listen any more? Hi Chris, I am a classic rock person, and lately I've been hearing some relatively rare tracks, like Tea in the Sahara and Canary in a Coal Mine. I wrote to the list after Sting's appearance on the Grammys (a crummy show, imho). Yes, there's nothing really new with any of them, but their music is still being played, at least on classic rock and satellite radio. And I still enjoy it! I hope the list will stay active, even if the group is not! Who knows what tomorrow may bring? -Holly On Mar 13, 2013 11:09 PM, "Chris Ryan" <sharprichnorth@me.com> wrote: I was a member of this list when it was very active, back in the early 1990s. There was lots of discussion, especially of the then-recent Sting albums, which at least at the time sounded be pretty decent. There seemed to be a lot of momentum and enthusiasm from the still relatively recent Police era. There was always hope and anticipation of a reunion. In retrospect, it seems obvious to me that Sting's albums were pretty uneven, and sometimes just awful: I know at least a few members of the list thought so at the time, but perhaps some of us just appreciated the familiar voice. (And I gave up after the one with "Desert Rose" on it, whatever that was.) After what I considered a very lacklustre "reunion" in which no new music was produced—how can three musicians tour the world without coming up with anything new?—it seems that's kind of the end of the discussion. I haven't really chosen to Sting or the Police in years, and though I usually don't change the channel when a song comes on, it's increasingly rare to hear one of their tracks anywhere. I guess it's partly that I'm not a "classic rock" kind of person; there is a lot of amazing new music available today, and easier to find than ever. So my question is: has the band simply passed into pop music history now? They're not top-of-mind in the popular imagination any longer, for obvious reasons. Sting hasn't released new music in years, as far as I'm aware (maybe the others have, but with the exception of the few years immediately following '86, they've been ignored). This list is dead; when I received the latest digest today, it seemed three of the four messages were spam or related. Is there any point in thinking about this band, thirty years after Synchronicity? (As I'm on the digest, it's likely I won't receive any replies to this for weeks, unless I'm cc'd.) 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