Don't stand so close to me 2007 vs 1980

[hollo]

Don't stand so close to me 2007 vs 1980

[hollo]

The chorus of the 2007 live version is amazing. I love it so much.

[PhilippeC]

I voted 1980 version.
2007 version is not that bad, but to my opinion, the chorus is too mellow. I'de be curious to hear DSSCTM '86 live (with the "true" Stewart on drums, not the "virtual" one), but I'm not very fond of this 2007 "mix" of the two previous versions. It really lacks of energy.

[Philip]

the same as PhilipC

[thedaner]

So far what I've heard (and seen on You Tube), it's the same version that Sting redid for the "All This Time" recording. So, I'm not crazy about it. That also backs up reports that songs have retained the Sting arrangements and not allowed for Stewart or Andy input.

[GinaSuperCat]

I see them as pretty much two different songs but I do like the new one and I can't help but think it would have been more like 86 version if Stewart was in one piece and playing drums...Reworking that song away from what many find to be so sad (86 version, implosion of the Police) into something new for the Police 2007 is such a nice move...

[howardhughes]

I think its right to see them as two different songs.
unsuprisingly i think

1980 ...great.

1986...band imploding ..nuff said.

2007.....almost as bad as walking on the moon 2007....and thats saying something. tepid tepid tepid..

I think they are in error playing such .......shall we agree on 'subtle ' versions of songs at stadium gigs.....soryy just seems wrong to me...and thats my honest opinion.

should they change em? .......its up to them.... they are their songs ..not mine!

HH

[sockii]

>That also backs up reports that songs have retained the Sting
>arrangements and not allowed for Stewart or Andy input.

How can we know for sure? For all we know Stew & Andy LIKE the new arrangements themselves...

I think they're all arrangements that will evolve over the length of the tour, so I'm not going to cast a vote yet until I've heard more than just the first two performances (and only on bootleg anyway).

(Also, I have to say that the new Wrapped Around Your Finger, with the timpani percussion on the choruses, reminds me a LOT of Stew's scoring work. And there's a lot in the guitar parts that sound like Andy's more recent jazz-heavy work--which some people may be bitching about but it just makes sense to me after all the years & times I've seen Andy performing solo. So I hear a lot of all three of their newer musical directions in the new arrangements, not just Sting...)

[Laz]

[quote="sockii"]

(Also, I have to say that the new Wrapped Around Your Finger, with the timpani percussion on the choruses, reminds me a LOT of Stew's scoring work. And there's a lot in the guitar parts that sound like Andy's more recent jazz-heavy work--which some people may be bitching about but it just makes sense to me after all the years & times I've seen Andy performing solo. So I hear a lot of all three of their newer musical directions in the new arrangements, not just Sting...)[/quote]

I thought it was just me!! I definitely DID notice that!

Laz

[morrisminiman]

Interesting... was in Edmonton, I would have to say I liked the original better. Having said that, this was fresh. It would make my summer to hear it released and hit the top 40 and get some radio time.

Go POLICE! ps the Edmonton concert was excellent.

[Mrs. Gradenko]

Original is always better.

[thedaner]

I'm probably speaking too soon (or with no knowledge) when I say that Stewart and Andy get no input. I think the new version of "Walking In Your Footsteps" kicks serious ass. I dig the groove a lot! That might've been a Stewart or Andy suggestion. Obviously Stewart said "I'm bringing the whole percussion setup whether you like it or not--SHUT THE F#@K UP AND PLAY THE BASS!"

It'd be nice if DSSCTM were closer to the original. Okay, I'll take Sting needing to change key, but at least keep the groove and let Andy guitar synth it out in the middle, but this new version gets the thumbs down (or thumbs sideways since they haven't hit Dallas yet) from me.

[New Zealand Promoter]

all you need to do is ask yrself this question:

what's going to sound like classic, timeless pop / rock music in 20 years from now? the original or the 'new' version?

let some consideration on that level inform you.

[blueseattle]

I understand them wanting to do something new and exciting, but the song was perfect in itself, especially that amazing introduction and I loved the synth before.

1980!

[Wait and See]

Yep...this is one they just should not have messed with so much. They have many songs with a typical rock arrangement that could be "augmented" in some way, but Don't Stand had a fully realized, carefully constructed arrangement to begin with. The intro, the permutated reggae beat Stewart plays on the verses, Sting's vocals, Andy's guitar parts, the bridge, the ending...they nailed the whole thing the first time.

Definitely a case of "fixing" something that wasn't broken.