This thread is dedicated to Sting and The Police. Their songs, albums, concerts, films, projects, life... all about them cause i love the band and sting as solo. ;)

 

 

also i want to tell him Happy birthday Sting. :kiss:

 

Official Sting Site

http://www.sting.com/main.html

A very complete and interesting site about The Police

http://www.stingetc.com/

sending out a SOS

 

 

*love that song*

:nice:

Wrapped Around Your Finger is pretty damned cool.

 

So is, uh, 'When The World Was Running Down, You Make The Best of What's Still Around'

you are wrong brian.

 

"when the world is running down ou Make The Best of What's Still Around"

You get what I fucking meant. Sheesh. :rolleyes:

 

Some info.

 

What careers did the band members have before joining The Police?

 

* Stewart Copeland was part of a band called Curved Air before he put together The Police.

* Before becoming lead singer of the band The Police, Sting was a ditch digger. He was also a school teacher at St. Paul's Roman Catholic First School in Cramlington, England. There he taught English and was also a football (soccer) coach. Before being invited to join The Police by Stewart Copeland, Sting was in many jazz bands, including The Ronnie Pierson Trio, Earthrise, the Phoenix Jazz Band, the River City Jazz Band, the Newcastle Big Band, and Last Exit.

* Andy Summers studied classical guitar at Northridge University. He was a session musician and was also a member of the bands New Animals and Zoot Money's Big Roll Band (later renamed Dantalion's Chariot) before joining The Police.

 

Why did they decide to call themselves The Police?

 

Stewart Copeland joked that they called themselves The Police because it gave them free publicity in every country in the world.

 

What do the album titles mean and who thought of them?

 

Police manager Miles Copeland named the first three albums.

 

* For first album, Miles wanted to combine two opposite elements and originally came up with Outlaws of Love, but was dissatisfied with that. Since many of the Police's early performances reminded Miles of hit-and run, he thought of the band as commandos, which then became Outlandos of Love. To make the title sound more exotic, French was used: Outlandos D'Amour.

* Reggatta De Blanc refers to the fact that the Police were blond, and played white reggae and punk music of the "Blank Generation."

* Zenyatta Mondatta was originally going to be called Trimondo Blondomina, meaning "three blond guys (dominating the world)," but the band did not want another title referring to "blond" so it was shot down. They reached a consensus with Zenyatta Mondatta. Zenyatta Mondatta is supposedly a composite of several things. "Zen" comes from the eastern religion. "Yatta" is rumored to have ties to Kenyatta (the leader of the Mau Mau's of Congo-Zaire-Kenya). "Mond" comes from "Monde" - the French word for world. The whole thing was then articulated in such a way to sound like "Reggatta." Another possibility is that the title came from "Zenith" and "Monde," which means "Top of the World." A third theory: In Japanese, Zenyatta Mondatta has a somewhat rude meaning: "gave money, gave a massage."

* Ghost in the Machine is the title of a book by the philosopher Koestler. The book focuses on man's "automated" behavior.

* Synchronicity comes from the title of a book by philosopher Carl Jung: Synchronicity; An Acausal Connecting Principle. The basic theory of synchronicity states that events which seem entirely unrelated may actually be related. The song Synchronicity II deals with this theme.

;)

Sting's real name was Gordon Sumners and was nicknamed Sting because he used to wear this yellow-ish coat or something?

please brian be serius :dozey: i dont joke in threads :angry:

I'm not joking. I fucking read it somewhere. Sheesh.

yeah that´s true brian. Gordon Matthew Sumners ;)

well brian i dont get you today :stunned: i mean i dont undertand you so if you are joking :dozey:

Do you have, like, two personalities? :rolleyes:

me? why you say that? :stunned:

What the hell do I have to be joking about here?! Jesus christ. :stunned:

ok brian :D anyways how are you? i didnt talk to you in ages :cry:

Uh... I'm fine... :idea2:

info about sting

 

What is Sting's real name?

 

Gordon Matthew Sumner

 

 

How did Sting receive his nickname?

 

He received the nickname Sting while a member of The Phoenix Jazzmen. Everyone in the band had a nickname. One day Sting came to a rehearsal in a striped soccer sweater and the trombone player, Gordon Solomon, remarked that Sting looked like a bee. This led to him being called "Stinger" - which eventually became "Sting."

Birthdate

 

Sting was born Gordon Matthew Sumner in Wallsend, Northumberland (a working class district of Newcastle Upon Tyne) England on October 2, 1951.

 

so today is his bday :D

info about sting

 

What is Sting's real name?

 

Gordon Matthew Sumner

 

 

How did Sting receive his nickname?

 

He received the nickname Sting while a member of The Phoenix Jazzmen. Everyone in the band had a nickname. One day Sting came to a rehearsal in a striped soccer sweater and the trombone player, Gordon Solomon, remarked that Sting looked like a bee. This led to him being called "Stinger" - which eventually became "Sting."

 

I said that already. :rolleyes:

yeah i know brian i told you you are right :D

First The Police song on their first album

 

Next to you

Words and music by Sting

 

 

I can't stand it for another day

When you live so many miles away.

Nothing here is gonna make me stay,

(You) took me over, let me find a way.

 

I sold my house

I sold my motor, too.

All I want is to be Next To You.

I'd rob a bank

Maybe steal a plane.

You took me over,

Think I'm goin' insane.

 

What can I do,

All I want is to be next to you.

What can I do,

All I want is to be next to you.

 

I've had a thousand girls or maybe more,

But I've never felt like this before.

But I just don't know what's come over me,

You took me over, take a look at me.

 

What can I do,

All I want is to be next to you.

What can I do,

All I want is to be next to you.

 

All I want is to be next to you,

All I want is to be next to you,

All I want is to be next to you.

 

So many times I used to give a sign

Got this feeling, gonna lose my mind.

When all it is is just a love affair.

You took me over baby, take me there.

 

What can I do

All I want is to be next to you

What can I do

All I want is to be next to you

What can I do

All I want is to be next to you

What can I do

All I want is to be next to you.

 

All I want is to be next to you...

 

(note: i will post a the police song per day by albums so we can comment them)

stings first film

 

Quadrophenia (1979)

 

 

i saw the film and i have the LP :D

sending out a SOS

 

 

*love that song*

:nice:

 

I love that song too!!hehehe :D

:thumbsup: They rule :D