STEWART from Rhythm mag @TP.com

[TheEqualizer]

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For years, a reunion of The Police seemed unimaginable but, as Stewart Copeland reveals to Rhythm, it wasn't as if he'd lost touch with Sting and Andy Summers. "We always got along really well socially, just as long as the P-word didn't come up," says Copeland. "'How are the kids doing? How's the new record? How's your new house?' Anything and everything until somebody else at the table says, 'So, guys, are you going to get together and make a record again?' There goes the atmosphere!"

The impulse for the subsequent massive reunion tour came from Sting. "He woke up one morning and said, 'Hey, I want to do a tour,' and he called Andy and me," says Copeland. The new box set, 'Certifiable', captures the band live in Buenos Aires. "The main event is the documentary, rather than the concert in my view," says Copeland. "The fact that it was shot by my son Jordan has nothing to do with my high opinion of it. This opinion is shared by others, including Andy and Sting.

"He established a relationship and rapport with everybody - he was able to get interviews with Andy and Sting that nobody else could get because they've known him all his life and he's a very clever lad. Sting is particularly difficult and Jordan got material from him that nobody else ever has."

The fact that the documentary, 'Better Than Therapy', came to fruition at all was a surprise to Copeland, who describes Sting as being "allergic to film, particularly film of himself". An unexpected side effect has been that the drummer is now similarly afflicted. "I'm now a little bit allergic to seeing myself on the screen," explains Copeland. "I never thought that would happen. You have your inner vision of how groovy you look and then you see film of yourself. That's not what I thought I look like. It was devastating - I still think I'm 25. I look at the film and I see this old bastard. 'Who's that?'"

© Rhythm magazine (Feb 2009)

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[TheEqualizer]

The TP.com also gives this link to reviews for Certifiable

http://www.thepolice.com/discog/?v=v&a=2

To their credit, they give both negative and postive reviews

[smax]

[quote="TheEqualizer"] "We always got along really well socially, just as long as the P-word didn't come up," says Copeland. "'How are the kids doing? How's the new record? How's your new house?' {

so how come he said they didn't know that he could or has been composing for orchestras / orchestrating arrangements etc?

[/quote]"I look at the film and I see this old bastard. 'Who's that?'"[/quote]

heh heh.

[Spec A!]

It's probably the Beaver Faces he cringes at most.

[policerule]

[quote="Spec A!"]It's probably the Beaver Faces he cringes at most. [/quote]


Probably... but I think that his fans find them endearing or just "raw Stewartness", so I hope he doesn't get too upset about it.

That "old bastard" looks better than most and he'll always be 25.

[Spec A!]

Not only that, he still hits them like he's 25 too- I hope to god I play as well 25 years from now.

[policerule]

[quote="Spec A!"]Not only that, he still hits them like he's 25 too- I hope to god I play as well 25 years from now.[/quote]


Of course I meant 25 in all ways!

[Jose]

[quote="TheEqualizer"]The fact that the documentary, 'Better Than Therapy', came to fruition at all was a surprise to Copeland, who describes Sting as being "allergic to film, particularly film of himself". An unexpected side effect has been that the drummer is now similarly afflicted. "I'm now a little bit allergic to seeing myself on the screen," explains Copeland. "I never thought that would happen. You have your inner vision of how groovy you look and then you see film of yourself. That's not what I thought I look like. It was devastating - I still think I'm 25. I look at the film and I see this old bastard. 'Who's that?'"

© Rhythm magazine (Feb 2009)

[/quote]

Clever description of allergenic disturbs from cameras :roll: 8)

[Jose]

[quote="TheEqualizer"]The fact that the documentary, 'Better Than Therapy', came to fruition at all was a surprise to Copeland, who describes Sting as being "allergic to film, particularly film of himself". An unexpected side effect has been that the drummer is now similarly afflicted. "I'm now a little bit allergic to seeing myself on the screen," explains Copeland. "I never thought that would happen. You have your inner vision of how groovy you look and then you see film of yourself. That's not what I thought I look like. It was devastating - I still think I'm 25. I look at the film and I see this old bastard. 'Who's that?'"

© Rhythm magazine (Feb 2009)

[/quote]

Clever description of allergenic disturbs from cameras :roll: 8)

[DirtyMartini]

[quote]You have your inner vision of how groovy you look and then you see film of yourself. That's not what I thought I look like. It was devastating - I still think I'm 25. I look at the film and I see this old bastard. 'Who's that?'" [/quote]

Haha. Honey, if *I*'m not 25 anymore . . .


[quote="Spec A!"]It's probably the Beaver Faces he cringes at most. [/quote]

Who wants to break it to the poor guy that the 25-year-old made the drummer faces as well?


Thanks for the info, EQ.


ETA: Interesting to see that that hideous Certifiable promo is no longer the TP.com home page.

[TheEqualizer]

It should be noted that the January 2009 issue (the one currently out) is worth a look. It features a tribute to Mitch Mitchell. Also has Keith Moon on the cover.

[Divemistress of the Dark]

Aw, poor Stewart. Sucks that he thinks he looks old, in an unattractive way.

I think I know what he means vis a vis cringing at images of oneself, though, being the world's most unphotogenic person.

[policerule]

[quote="Divemistress of the Dark"]
I think I know what he means vis a vis cringing at images of oneself, though, being the world's most unphotogenic person.[/quote]


You mean we can't share that title? Could that be the reason that we're BEHIND the lens?

[Grace]

Anybody unhappy with their image on film should talk to our very own Luddite Lady.
I hold the Toronto Xmas get-together photos as evidence of my very best portrait ever.
She can make you even younger than 25.

[policefan]

> I still think I'm 25. < - - - I think that is great!!

If you are twenty something and think you are fifty something

- that's bad!