The Police Roll-Call

[vansmack]

Tonight in Oakland.  Anyone going to be there with me?

[Vas Deferens]

Whatever, dude. You didn't go to Voxtrot with me at the GAMH! j/k
 
 Are they playing at the Oracle Arena? or Coliseum?

[vansmack]

Originally posted by wanderlust aka j. marshmallow:
  Whatever, dude. You didn't go to Voxtrot with me at the GAMH! j/k
 
 Are they playing at the Oracle Arena? or Coliseum?

I saw that post in the other thread and I thought, shit I forgot to PM him.  In my defense it was the day the Ducks won the Stanley Cup and I was "occupied," but you deserved more.  Sorry about that.
 
 It's at the Coliseum.
 
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[Venerable Bede]

no "fields of gold"???  bunch of crap.

[Vas Deferens]

No "All This Time" ?

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

No "I Fuck For Eight Hours at a Time"?

[Venerable Bede]

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes,Japanese Golfer:
  No "I Fuck For Eight Hours at a Time"?

thank you, once again for blessing a thread with your prescence and witty repartee.

[vansmack]

Stingify:  to suck the balls out anything that might contain anything that might contain some semblance of manhood.
 
 If it's not in the urban dictionary yet, it will be after this tour.  
 
 You folks know me as somebody who likes a lot of music, but I can tell you that this Police reunion disappointed me in ways I never thought imaginable.  They were never on tempo, Sting forgot lyrics or messed up bridges, the sound was atrocious and nearly every song was Stingified, despite not playing a single Sting solo track.
 
 This is a trainwreck.  I'm going to sleep on it to see if I still feel the same way in the morning, but right now, I feel as though the 20+ year reunion I was so eagerly waiting to happen has so let me down that I just don't know what to think about the Police.
 
 It was so bad that I've even begun to think that maybe I've never understood the Police from day one, which is a frightening thought from someone who own nearly every album on vinyl.

[TheDirector217]

Originally posted by vansmack:
  Stingify:  to suck the balls out anything that might contain anything that might contain some semblance of manhood.
 
 If it's not in the urban dictionary yet, it will be after this tour.  
 
 You folks know me as somebody who likes a lot of music, but I can tell you that this Police reunion disappointed me in ways I never thought imaginable.  They were never on tempo, Sting forgot lyrics or messed up bridges, the sound was atrocious and nearly every song was Stingified, despite not playing a single Sting solo track.
 
 This is a trainwreck.  I'm going to sleep on it to see if I still feel the same way in the morning, but right now, I feel as though the 20+ year reunion I was so eagerly waiting to happen has so let me down that I just don't know what to think about the Police.
 
 It was so bad that I've even begun to think that maybe I've never understood the Police from day one, which is a frightening thought from someone who own nearly every album on vinyl.

Prior to this post, I only feared three things:
 1)God
 2)The IRS
 3)the words, "I'm late"
 
 I spent a decent amount of coin on seeing the Police (4 shows thus far - WAS thinking about 5 or 6) this summer/year, so much so that I couldn't wait for the Hershey show & pretty much am going to Bonnaroo because I couldn't wait.  Kinks in the show are to be understood, but with three accomplished musicians like that you'd figure they'd have worked it out by now. This really worries the fuck out of me, because your opinion actually holds weight with me.  I'm gonna go into Bonnaroo with an open mind, but if it's as bad you make it out to be, then a fire sale is gonna ensue.  God forbid I end up parting with that MSG seat on Halloween . . . .

[yinzer]

for the record:  i was only stating in the previous police thread that they should have their shit together for the amount of dough that they're charging.  for that i was pilloried.  i don't like to hear about people getting ripped off.

[nkotb]

OH MY GOD!  YOU'VE OBVIOUSLY NEVER PLAYED AN INSTRUMENT OR LISTENED TO MUSIC IF YOU HAVE AN UNFAVORABLE OPINION OF SOMETHING NONE OF US (save vansmack) HAVE FIRST HAND EXPERIENCE WITH!!?!?!?!?!?!    
 
 

Originally posted by yinzer:
  for the record:  i was only stating in the previous police thread that they should have their shit together for the amount of dough that they're charging.  for that i was pilloried.  i don't like to hear about people getting ripped off.

[Vas Deferens]

Where is "WHEN WE DANCE" on the set list??   :eek:

[vansmack]

Nope.  I've had more time to think about it.  And it was still terrible.  I think I'll try a song by song break down for you all....

[vansmack]

MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE:  First song, new venue, and I believe this was the first show at a larger outdoor venue.  I was cutting them a little slack on this one.  It actually was OK but the drum-techs and sound guys were struggling to figure out Stewart's set-up.  As the song progressed, things were worked out and I was looking forward to a great show once the kinks were worked out.

[vansmack]

SYNCHRONICITY II:  This is where I started to get worried.  I even looked at Venerable like "what the hell was that?"
 
 At the first past of the bridge section where Sting is supposed to sing "Mother chants her litany of boredom and frustration But we know all her suicides are fake" was an absolute disaster.  Nobody could find the others in the band.  Sting was just nowhere to be found.  It was likely supposed ot be some new jazzy version of something, but not only did it not work, it wasn't even noticeable.
 
 So it comes back again - completely misses it again.  By the third time he sings that part 5 minutes into the song, he finally is somewhat audible and it's acceptable, but nowhere near tight.