THE POLICE REUNION

[sadaist]

Originally posted by lazlor


.. and only one beer was involved lol

At $12 per beer, can't really afford much more than that. My favorite song of the night was Truth Hits Everybody. Not my fav Police song by far, but the energy they had when they played it was cool.

So Lonely was quite good as well. Fuck it! The whole show was awesome. If anyone is on the fence about going, GO! You won't be disappointed.

OPENING SONG AT DODGER STADIUM

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[sadaist]

Another cool clip from Dodger Stadium.

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[LstLkly2Succeed]

Nice clips! Too bad I'm not seeing them Maybe next time round.

[ALMOSTsaved]

I saw the band last night in Nawlins, Louisiana. 'Twas a great show....I didn't film any of it, but my GF and I were feeling slightly creative and decided to film our drive into the Big Easy... Enjoy.

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[LstLkly2Succeed]

Originally posted by ALMOSTsaved
I saw the band last night in Nawlins, Louisiana.

Lucky!!! I'm just anticipating the Meatloaf concert I'm going to on the 18th! Until then I gotta be jealous of all the people who got to see (or are going to see) The Police.

[tajmahal]

Now I know why the Police are a great band.

- No extra musicians

- No background vocals

- No ridiculous stage lighting

Just three really great musicians.

They had a b-side off of the Synchronicity albulm called I Burn. This is a great song. Did they play this song. I heard they played Murder by Numbers.

[Terry]

Originally posted by sadaist
Another cool clip from Dodger Stadium.

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Sounds pretty good.

Cool that it was only the three of them onstage, as opposed going out there with a bunch of backups singers, a second guitarist and the like.

[sadaist]

Originally posted by tajmahal
Now I know why the Police are a great band.

- No extra musicians

- No background vocals

- No ridiculous stage lighting

Just three really great musicians.

They had a b-side off of the Synchronicity albulm called I Burn. This is a great song. Did they play this song. I heard they played Murder by Numbers.

I thought they did, but after going through the recordings I made I realized they skipped it. It wasn't missed though. They played 2 solid hours with no real talking in between songs. Just hammered out the hits.

Plus, no new music to throw in the mix. Just classics.

[sadaist]

This show and the VH reunion, with a possible Led Zep reunion next year, Genesis, The Who, The Stones made me wonder if any of todays bands will be around in 30 years or if anyone will care.

These old guys sure know how it's done.

[LstLkly2Succeed]

Originally posted by sadaist
This show and the VH reunion, with a possible Led Zep reunion next year, Genesis, The Who, The Stones made me wonder if any of todays bands will be around in 30 years or if anyone will care.

These old guys sure know how it's done.

This is the only thought that gets me through the day. Honestly I think in 30 years all of these non talent "musicians" (e.g. pussycat dolls, nelly furtado, shakira) will have lost the only thing going for them...which is their looks. We live in a world where the girls with the best bodies get the most popularity. What we're missing is real artists like Janis Joplin, and the Rolling Stones (well, we still have them, but I'm just makign the point that they're not pretty) these are the acts with real music, not this electronic crap pumped through the airwaves that claims to be music. In 30 years all that shit will be gone, but the real innovative musicians will still be around.

Sorry, that was a bit of a rant, but new "music" gets me so mad sometimes.

[Redballjets88]

yeah its sad that popular music has left the tune of a song behind and its all about the beat

[ODShowtime]

Originally posted by LstLkly2Succeed
Sorry, that was a bit of a rant, but new "music" gets me so mad sometimes.

That's because most new music is shit, unfortunately.

The Police kick ass though. I was listening to the LA show today and they sound pretty good still.

Summers is underrated. And Copeland is rated just about right. He's the man. He discovered Sting.

[Jérôme Frenchise]

Originally posted by tajmahal
I heard they played Murder by Numbers.

They do. It's on the boot I'm just listening, recorded in Vancouver on 05/28/07. Not really the peak of the gig, though.

Mostly the three of them sound like they WANT to play, many tracks last way longer than during the Synchronicity Tour for instance. It's not even a wonder if they tend to slow down many a tempo, safe on stuff like "When the world is runnin' down".
In fact, it all sounds like it's damn worth seeing them.

[bluemustard]

I think you mean "I burn for you" from the brimstone & treacle soundtrack.Maybe it was a b-side too..i dunno..never heard of "I burn".
I've seen sting in the 90's playing this alot with Omar Hakim on drums..fuckin awsome.

[bluemustard]

I saw sting 13 times.
If Kayne west would have done that shit then..Bradford Marsalis,Daryl Jones,Omar Hakim and fo sho Kenny Kirkland would have kicked that wiener off stage.
LOL

I almost said the N word again