at a mall Cheesecake Factory.
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 13 April 2013 12:57 (eleven years ago) link
that's when i'd reach for my revolver too
― Rapper Boy (some dude), Saturday, 13 April 2013 13:01 (eleven years ago) link
I've often been half-tempted to call up record stores asking what Police albums they have in stock, just to see how they pronounce the titles of the first three...
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Saturday, 13 April 2013 13:01 (eleven years ago) link
But is the interview real? That's what I'm asking.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Saturday, 13 April 2013 13:14 (eleven years ago) link
yes. it's probably just their april issue and when someone wanted to put an exact date on it they defaulted to "april 1."
― Rapper Boy (some dude), Saturday, 13 April 2013 13:16 (eleven years ago) link
Worst filler is Secret Journey or Omegaman
― OutdoorFish, Sunday, 14 April 2013 20:09 (eleven years ago) link
no way, both those are great
― frogbs, Sunday, 14 April 2013 20:17 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah. I'm listening to the back half of Ghost in the Machine now and it's terrific. Dunno why the band describes it as a dense, crammed album since the bits of saxophone and synth remind me of what Steely Dan might have done had they stuck around through New Wave and Gone Political.
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 14 April 2013 20:20 (eleven years ago) link
Shall have to listen again. Liked Secret Journey at the time, but recall it now as a bit corny. Omegaman seemed like a rush job.
― OutdoorFish, Sunday, 14 April 2013 20:28 (eleven years ago) link
That interview is real. Supposedly it was recorded to be bonus material on remasters of the albums, but was discarded for obvs. reasons. (makes 'drinky-drinky' motion with hands) Revolver (which had just launched as an American answer to Mojo or Q) picked it up and ran it in their first issue.
― Sheela-Tubb-Mann, You Real Know-It-All (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 14 April 2013 20:28 (eleven years ago) link
I like the idea of Sting thinking, "Man, I miss the boys, let me invite them to Tuscany for the weekend for swimming and wine," then regretting it as they start beating each other's asses again and vowing never to speak again
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 14 April 2013 20:31 (eleven years ago) link
bet it happens once a year at least
i watched that Police documentary that Stew put together a few years back and that is definitely how they always talked to each other
― frogbs, Sunday, 14 April 2013 20:33 (eleven years ago) link
I thought for sure I was gonna vote Ghost in this but I am surprising myself by hovering my finger over the Zenyatta button instead. I would propose that the guitar sound on 'When the World is Running Down' is one of the most edible ever put to tape.
― brad palsy (Jon Lewis), Sunday, 14 April 2013 20:36 (eleven years ago) link
what would it taste like?
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 14 April 2013 20:37 (eleven years ago) link
Zenyatta!
― OutdoorFish, Sunday, 14 April 2013 20:40 (eleven years ago) link
a smooth, translucent slice of pickled ginger
― brad palsy (Jon Lewis), Sunday, 14 April 2013 20:41 (eleven years ago) link
I was gonna say: a martini with St Germain instead of vermouth, with a slice of cucumber.
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 14 April 2013 20:43 (eleven years ago) link
i concede to you!
― brad palsy (Jon Lewis), Sunday, 14 April 2013 20:44 (eleven years ago) link
Listening to Ghost for the first time in ages. I like the sound but can't shake the sense that it's basically Regatta with a wirier, more menacing sound (which they would bring to full fruition on "Synchronicity II") - that is, some killer singles, generally energetic playing... and a lot of underwritten songs whose choruses amount to everybody chanting the title repeatedly. There are still some great moments along the way, for example the way the solo comes in on "Omegaman" (too bad it's so aimless), but it kind of empties the magazine in the first three tracks.
― Doctor Casino, Sunday, 14 April 2013 21:24 (eleven years ago) link
synchronicity because it is different in that it is goin into new directions. btw it's rare that a band finishes with their best album, the only other one i can think of is talk talk (though laughing stock and spirit of eden are about equally great).
― it's the distortion, stupid! (alex in mainhattan), Sunday, 14 April 2013 21:33 (eleven years ago) link
Mother is quite amazing
― OutdoorFish, Sunday, 14 April 2013 21:58 (eleven years ago) link
How unfortunate that Stingo didn't share his impressions.
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 14 April 2013 22:06 (eleven years ago) link
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EgqIkazCdAA
― OutdoorFish, Sunday, 14 April 2013 22:42 (eleven years ago) link
"Does Everyone Stare" may be their best filler. Is it their only piano-driven song? It's wonderful/awful how the piano just... can't... keep... in the groove with the incredible rhythmic tightness of the other instruments.
― SlimAndSlam, Sunday, 14 April 2013 23:01 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah that is a good one, the piano is great...
― OutdoorFish, Sunday, 14 April 2013 23:08 (eleven years ago) link
I like Rob Sheffield's explanation: Copeland's autobiographical manifesto.
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 14 April 2013 23:10 (eleven years ago) link
Would Deathwish be classified as filler?
― OutdoorFish, Sunday, 14 April 2013 23:11 (eleven years ago) link
that interview was indeed great, and made me think i probably wouldn't want to be in a band with stewart either
at some point in my ignorant youth i asked a friend of mine who knew french what the first few police albums meant in english; when we got to zenyatta mondatta he spit out 'high and mighty' without missing a beat
― mookieproof, Monday, 15 April 2013 00:24 (eleven years ago) link
never liked the big hits much but i quite like a bit of solo Sting (Fragile, Englishman In New York) and i love King Of Pain by The Police. is there more stuff like this in the back catalogue?
― piscesx, Monday, 15 April 2013 01:33 (eleven years ago) link
That one solo Sting album is really good.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 15 April 2013 01:35 (eleven years ago) link
sting solo is the woooorst
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 15 April 2013 01:36 (eleven years ago) link
all o's warranted
― I have many lovely lacy nightgowns (contenderizer), Monday, 15 April 2013 01:38 (eleven years ago) link
Just the one album.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 15 April 2013 01:43 (eleven years ago) link
woooooooooooorst
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 15 April 2013 01:46 (eleven years ago) link
Sting's very own "Rhythm Nation:"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYps5LfOaGg
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 15 April 2013 01:52 (eleven years ago) link
I've heard a shocking number of just-hangin-with-Sting tales that earn the guy a good deal of my patience with all the stuff about him that sucks.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 15 April 2013 01:55 (eleven years ago) link
Once, friends of mine were out at a trendy place for a late dinner, and their table was next to Sting and his wife. Eventually he just invited them over and they spent a couple of hours kickin' it with Sting. But the best story - and if the subject of this story posts here, hey, how are you? - a friend of mine was working for a Milwaukee paper or weekly or something. One day, he gets a call from a publicist, who invites him to meet Sting before the show. He figures, what the hell, Sting! So he shows up to the venue and is escorted back to a room where Sting and his entire band is set up. But my acquaintance (also named Josh) notices a bunch of other civilians back there, too, so he gets the scoop: apparently Sting, bored a lot of the time, had (has?) a tradition of live band karaoke in every city he hits! So Sting goes around the room greeting everyone, and then, one by one, people in the room got to pick their favorite Stings/Police songs from a binder, and Sting and his band backed them up! But it gets better, because apparently after the songs were done Sting just hung around, milling about. So my pal Josh was leaning on a wall somewhere and Sting walks by, gives him a polite nod hello, and just says "Josh" in a matter of fact way. So Josh, thinking of no other alternative and unable to help himself, responds with the SNL copy guy line: "Stiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing." iiiiiTrue story.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 15 April 2013 02:03 (eleven years ago) link
But does that story forgive this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8YDTPnqnf4
Probably not, no.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 15 April 2013 02:08 (eleven years ago) link
I'd only hang with Stingo if he treated me to expensive wine.
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 15 April 2013 02:13 (eleven years ago) link
and if he threw all of his lutes down a well
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 15 April 2013 02:19 (eleven years ago) link
And if I built this fortress around your lute wellEncircled it in trenches and barbed wireThen let me light a matchFor I cannot risk the chanceThat you might dig them out and play this song again
― I have many lovely lacy nightgowns (contenderizer), Monday, 15 April 2013 02:35 (eleven years ago) link
feel like sting is a total bro, insofar as someone who goes by 'sting' can be
still better than 'mankind' tho
― mookieproof, Monday, 15 April 2013 02:35 (eleven years ago) link
OH SHIIIII
― mookieproof, Monday, 15 April 2013 02:36 (eleven years ago) link
around your heart
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 15 April 2013 02:45 (eleven years ago) link
in a dark scottish loch
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 15 April 2013 02:47 (eleven years ago) link
many miles away, something strums to the surface
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Monday, 15 April 2013 03:02 (eleven years ago) link
There's a little black spot on the sun todayThat's my lute up there
― earlnash, Monday, 15 April 2013 03:10 (eleven years ago) link
ANOTHER BOR-ING FUCK-ING LUTE SONGGGGGGG
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 15 April 2013 03:11 (eleven years ago) link
Sting throws his lute down a well, it lands on a butterfly and kills it. many miles away, a man writes a song about it, then stars in a remake of "The Bride."
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 15 April 2013 03:12 (eleven years ago) link