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| From | "Josh Chasin" <jchasin@nyc.rr.com> |
| Subject | Re: The Police |
| Date | Fri, 2 Feb 2007 13:59:05 -0500 |
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On their first US tour, they didn't have enough material to fill out the
set, so they used to stretch out on a couple of songs. I think they
actually composed later songs in this fashion.
----- Original Message -----
From: <adamghost@aol.com>
To: <audities@smoe.org>; <audities@smoe.org>
Sent: Friday, February 02, 2007 1:45 PM
Subject: Re: The Police
> Interesting comments re: the Police. What's interesting is that after
> years in the desert, I've noticed young bands starting to cover them
> again, just like when I was in college. Things have come full circle.
>
> Good comments also re: Sting's songwriting. To me, their albums always
> suffered from the fact that they were obviously too busy touring (at least
> for the first four albums) to really come up with songs...most of their
> songs were really catchy riffs, with the main exception being the first
> album, which is pretty solid.
>
> That said, their musicianship is first rate -- arrangement-wise, possibly
> the most inventive three piece rock band of all time -- and Sting's best
> songwriting is phenomenal. "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" is,
> IMHO, one of the finest pop singles ever recorded. Pure exuberant joy,
> and the video of them bouncing around the control room of a studio just
> accentuates that feeling. The one time I saw them, in '83, I was
> disappointed that they did not play it.
>
> To me, the second best Police album is KLARK KENT -- the Stewart Copeland
> solo record that came out around '79. Deadpan vocals and loopy
> musicianship around a fine bunch of offhand, smart-ass songs and
> Ridgway-esque quirky instrumentals.
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