I have to give Sting some serious praise

[BongoBoy]

Me Too.

I was always kinda pissed at Sting but at the same time (being in a band myself) I can see how things can get frustrating. He wanted to get his songs out. I always could hear Andy and Stewart on his solo stuff (in my head).

...fast forward to now. First of all, he is the singer, these are tough vocals. He is really singing great..The Grammys? ...WOW!

He seems to want to be an a band again. He wants a jam band. It doesn't even seem real...I love his new attitude. I hope nothing goes wrong. If it all went well and they do an album, I predict they will be number one...20 years after.

Great guys, great music. Thanks Sting, I've been bummed out later over a bunch of stuff...this has brought me back.

I think real fans of The Police are healing, I truly believe that seeing them happy shows you that this is a life. Not just music and money but friends and finding whats important.

I think they are having fun.

PS. here is what I think happened. I think Stings son (from Fiction Plane) probably watched Stewarts "Everyone Stares" and told Sting how awesome it was etc. I think being older this kinda stuff get to you, then one day...Yea I'm gonna call my mates!!!

Thanks Stingo! welcome back.

[bella]

[quote="alex"]Edited to add..... And this is not a slight against Sting in any way! But is it just me, or did Sting start to get all nostalgic the second Stewart said he wasn't interested in a reunion anymore? I know that if I was in his position, and my bandmate who has openly wanted a reunion for years suddenly said, ah, I'm done with this. It's over, let it go people. Hmmm, well I think I would all of a sudden want to reunite as well, just a thought, hahah.[/quote]

I think Sting knew all along that HE was going to reunite the band at some point in time (maybe not consciously). When Stew wanted to do it, Sting said he would never. Why? Because it would then be forever remembered as STEW's idea and influence and not STING's. He held on until he heard Stew make it publicly known that he had given up hope of a reunion, and then the ball would all be in STING's court. The world would know that it was HIS idea, his feeling of nostalgia one day, that brought the band back together. It was all under his control, not Stewart's or Andy's.

Don't get me wrong. I love Sting. I've loved him and followed him long after they broke up, but he's still just a human with an ego and I don't think he likes to share. Which, of course, is the reason they broke up in the first place. Stew and Andy were too much for him to handle, in a sense, and he was like the older sibling that didn't want his parent's to have another kid, because then he wouldn't be special anymore. Am I getting too analytical here? Oh well, I'm a girl. We over analyze everything.

[edgyspice]

[quote="alex"]There was a time when Sting WAS The Police for me. I idolized him. I bought any solo stuff I could get my hands on as well.[/quote]

I agree-- he was my hero when I first got into the music (I was about 14 or 15, so this was over a decade ago), so what you said really resonated for me.

Sting already takes a lot of heat for being humorless, pretentious, doing that damn lute album, etc. I don't hero-worship him any more, and I don't feel the need to defend him, but I'm not interested in bashing him either. The important thing is that the guys have put aside their differences for this tour. I've only seen Andy play live up to this point, so this is obviously a very big deal for me!