October 2, 200421 yr 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/
October 2, 200421 yr 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'
October 2, 200421 yr Author you are wrong brian. "when the world is running down ou Make The Best of What's Still Around"
October 2, 200421 yr Author 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. ;)
October 2, 200421 yr Sting's real name was Gordon Sumners and was nicknamed Sting because he used to wear this yellow-ish coat or something?
October 2, 200421 yr Author well brian i dont get you today :stunned: i mean i dont undertand you so if you are joking :dozey:
October 2, 200421 yr Author 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."
October 2, 200421 yr Author 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
October 2, 200421 yr 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:
October 2, 200421 yr Author 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)
October 2, 200421 yr Author stings first film Quadrophenia (1979) i saw the film and i have the LP :D
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