The Police Roll Call (7/20/07)

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes,Japanese Golfer:
Are we talking about the same band that Smackie panned only a few weeks ago?

Even the great vansmack can be wrong. Maybe he just caught 'em on the wrong night. Fuck if I know. I just know I saw some legendary shit on July, 20, 2007.

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yeah - that one.

Originally posted by TheDirector217:
I have a new found appreciation for "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic." That was one of the many highlights of the show.

He probably got the lyrics right this time!

I'm glad you got everything you wanted out of it! Maybe we just got an off night out here in the Bay Area…

Legendary? Truly?

I just can't imagine the Police ever being more than a guilty pleasure.

Originally posted by westendgirl:
Definitely not worth the $250 I paid and a 5 hour and 20 minute drive from Tysons but a decent show. The next time I slip into a sudden bout of insanity please, please stop me from paying $250 to see a band!

I'm not entirely sure what else I could have said in my review of the Bay Area show to stop you from going…everything I complained about in my review you complained about in yours. Thankfully, I only paid $90.

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes,Japanese Golfer:
Legendary? Truly?

I just can't imagine the Police ever being more than a guilty pleasure.

I've seen many a show, my friend. I don't tend to operate in hyberbole. The last show I left that amazed from was Iggy Pop here @ 9:30. It's pleasing when you have a group/artist on a pedestal, & they live up to your expectations. Just my perspective, right or wrong . . .

anyone who pays that much for a show, either feels it was worth it or it was a rip. the money controls the brainwaves of life. eeg all the way to the atm.

Originally posted by vansmack:

Originally posted by westendgirl:
Definitely not worth the $250 I paid and a 5 hour and 20 minute drive from Tysons but a decent show. The next time I slip into a sudden bout of insanity please, please stop me from paying $250 to see a band!

I'm not entirely sure what else I could have said in my review of the Bay Area show to stop you from going…everything I complained about in my review you complained about in yours. Thankfully, I only paid $90.

Smackie, I think you may have been expecting the "punky" version of The Police (who did emerge for a nice portion of the show), as opposed to the jazzy/experimental Police which may be the source of your disappointment. I like how they've played with the arrangements, & made more or less brand new songs out of classic rock standards. Some people took your position. Others have taken mine. From the looks of the other 20,000 people around me minus the girl who named herself after my favorite Pet Shop Boys song, they seemed to lose their fuckin' minds as well.

Originally posted by TheDirector217:
I think you may have been expecting the "punky" version of The Police (who did emerge for a nice portion of the show), as opposed to the jazzy/experimental Police.

"Punky" = Police
"jazzy/experimental" = Sting

I wanted the much anticpated and promised Police reunion. I got the less talked about Sting solo show with great backing muscians who were handcuffed. But this has run it's course…

I really am happy that you enjoyed the show.

Originally posted by walkonby:
anyone who pays that much for a show, either feels it was worth it or it was a rip. the money controls the brainwaves of life. eeg all the way to the atm.

Eh. I consider concerts an investment in my happiness. There's only a handful of acts I would/have pay(id) that much to see. Police, Stones, U2, The Who, Prince, & Michael Jackson. That's about it. (Zeppelin & Floyd, but it'll NEVER happen.) Case en point, I wouldn't mind seeing Genesis but there is no way on Earth they're worth $225. That's a fuckin' joke. I laugh. Haha.

having seen the Police at Bonnaroo… i concur with vansmack and we need to lobby the dictionary societies about getting stingified added… maybe we should get colbert to use it on his show.

Originally posted by kosmo:
having seen the Police at Bonnaroo… i concur with vansmack and we need to lobby the dictionary societies about getting stingified added… maybe we should get colbert to use it on his show.

I guarantee you he would, pal. Just make sure Colbert doesn't jack you for your slanguage . . . Yours/smackie's contribution to pop culture needs to properly recognized . . .

Am I the only one that thought Flock of Seagulls blew away the Police on the Synchonicity tour? Probably!

I usually have your back on these things, but the shit I saw at Live Earth spoiled ANY positive memories from seeing the Police in high school, thus no way in hell they're getting another dime out of me unless they can find that senior I got busy with in the Tacoma Dome parking lot, now THAT's a reunion I'd be happy to attend.

Originally posted by bnyced0:
Am I the only one that thought Flock of Seagulls blew away the Police on the Synchonicity tour? Probably!

I usually have your back on these things, but the shit I saw at Live Earth spoiled ANY positive memories from seeing the Police in high school, thus no way in hell they're getting another dime out of me unless they can find that senior I got busy with in the Tacoma Dome parking lot, now THAT's a reunion I'd be happy to attend.

I guess the cheese stands alone . . . :D

Originally posted by vansmack:
I wanted the much anticpated and promised Police reunion. I got the less talked about Sting solo show with great backing muscians who were handcuffed. But this has run it's course…

YES! This sums it up for me! I must have missed your review of the Bay area show, but I doubt it would have done me any good. I bought my ticket just after they went on sale and prior to the start of the tour with just a hunch that it wouldn't live up to the hype. By 3 p.m. on Saturday I had forgotten all about the show.

Now 48 hours after seeing Interpol AND I AM STILL FLOATING ON A CLOUD!!!!!

I'm with The Director on this one. Who wants to see a Xerox of 1983? Well, I guess a LOT of people do with regards to the Police. Some of you have to take off your nostalgia/rose-tinted glasses. Andy Summers, Sting and Stewart Copeland are living in 2007. I don't know what everyone was expecting. I'm sure if you ask Sting, he's REALLY sorry that "Next To You" didn't rock hard enough for you.

Everybody creams their shorts when Billy Corgan and hired guns play a carbon copy of "Today" but when the three people who created it "play around" musically with a song like "Roxanne" it's heresy.

It totally makes sense to me now why they played Bonaroo. I'd rather see Summers, Sumner and Copeland "jam" than Phish. I guess they should have put on everyone's ticket:

"We have matured as musicians. We won't be wearing the Mad Max outifts from the "Synchronicity II" video, either."

It reminds me of the quote from Muhammad Ali:

"A man who views the world the same at fifty as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life."

Brian

P.S. Good pictures, The Director. My highlights were "Wrapped Around Your Finger," "Truth Hits Everybody" and "Driven To Tears."

Originally posted by Brian Wallace:
Everybody creams their shorts when Billy Corgan and hired guns play a carbon copy of "Today" but when the three people who created it "play around" musically with a song like "Roxanne" it's heresy.

That's because Corgan isn't charging $200+ per ticket.

I'm all for artists stretching a little and mixing things up a bit. But when a night out costs as much as a car payment, they need to drop the ego and give the people what they want.

I agree tickets were/are WAY overpriced. I paid $90 each for mine but wouldn't have paid more. The seats I got with the Best Buy presale were really good. That's why I always go for the cheapest seats when I go to a show. I'm tall. I can stand in the back and still see.

Brian

Originally posted by Bombay Chutney:

Originally posted by Brian Wallace:
Everybody creams their shorts when Billy Corgan and hired guns play a carbon copy of "Today" but when the three people who created it "play around" musically with a song like "Roxanne" it's heresy.

That's because Corgan isn't charging $200+ per ticket.

I'm all for artists stretching a little and mixing things up a bit. But when a night out costs as much as a car payment, they need to drop the ego and give the people what they want.

It's a double-edged sword. People build shit up just to tear it down. As someone who was at the Pumpkins & Police shows, I was throughly satisified with both show. However, the Pumpkins were really good. The Police were borderline phenomenonal. Thus justifying the $270 price tag. In today's concert climate, that price is about right for the seats I wanted. I'm a "seat snob", so I already what's poppin' before I even jump out there for an on-sale/pre-sale.

Originally posted by Brian Wallace:
I'm with The Director on this one. Who wants to see a Xerox of 1983? Well, I guess a LOT of people do with regards to the Police. Some of you have to take off your nostalgia/rose-tinted glasses. Andy Summers, Sting and Stewart Copeland are living in 2007. I don't know what everyone was expecting. I'm sure if you ask Sting, he's REALLY sorry that "Next To You" didn't rock hard enough for you.

Everybody creams their shorts when Billy Corgan and hired guns play a carbon copy of "Today" but when the three people who created it "play around" musically with a song like "Roxanne" it's heresy.

It totally makes sense to me now why they played Bonaroo. I'd rather see Summers, Sumner and Copeland "jam" than Phish. I guess they should have put on everyone's ticket:

"We have matured as musicians. We won't be wearing the Mad Max outifts from the "Synchronicity II" video, either."

It reminds me of the quote from Muhammad Ali:

"A man who views the world the same at fifty as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life."

Brian

P.S. Good pictures, The Director. My highlights were "Wrapped Around Your Finger," "Truth Hits Everybody" and "Driven To Tears."

Those were my highlights as well. In addition to "Magic", which I never really got into like that until the show. "Bed's Too Big . . ." was killer as well. "So Lonely" of course. I would have liked to have got a taste of "Spirits In The Material World". Oh, well. I got 3 more shows to catch that one. :D "Voices Inside My Head" was great as well . . .

At times your theories are somewhat outlandish, but I'm with you 150% on this one. Killer show, to say the least. I had the time of my life . . . One of 'em anyway. :D