Stewart Quote from French "Rock and Folk" magazine

[george]

Interesting interview which says mostly what Stewart's been saying in other interviews about Certifiable etc....however the last question (and I'll translate it directly) is :

RnF : And the future ? :

Stewart : Who knows...? We went into the studio, but nothing came of it. The Police works only when 80 000 people are are watching us . The only way for us to do an album would be to have all these people in the studio with us. Do you know of a Studio that's big enough ?



PS : I have translated this as closely as possible to the original language. Stewart confirms that they obviously did try something back in 2007, but I believe that the time wasn't right. They were under pressure to make sure that the songs they were rehearsing for Tourzilla would be perfect and weren't ready to record new stuff...and with the news arriving every day of another sold out show, that pressure must have dictated the decision to only concentrate on the old material. Andy also mentioned at the time that They were told not to release any new stuff because people were paying to see "what was written on the cookie jar" (to coin a stewart anology). I also believe that LiveNation said something like "Do the tour with the old songs first, then decide afterwards if you want to do something new"..because Live nation knew that a nostalgia tour with all old songs would sell MUCH better than a set of new songs.


Will (has) Sting call (ed) the boys to record a new album ?

I think he will...but it may not be the project we are dreaming of...I could see Sting offering something that would be a mixture of him Solo and him with Andy and Stewart..a sort of half arsed "full circle" album that would feature friends from his whole career...a couple of songs with Dom, some with Edin, a couple with The Police.

Would Andy and stewart accept this ? Who knows...

Yours speculating

George (and Happy new Year all u nutters !)

[Philippe Again]

Merci for the translation, George. I planned to do it, but didn't find the time. I think there is another quote you could add: the one whit Sting and Stewart recording the song with Henry (quite funny when Stewart says he wanted to call Andy to tell him the big news) in 2004. I'm sure your translation will be more understandable than mine.

Speculations? Despite the rumours and my envy to see them recording a new album, I prefer to calm down... Even if they go in a studio, it's not sure they will achieve anything. See what happened back in 1986, and then in 2007.

[DirtyMartini]

[quote="george"]Stewart : Who knows...? We went into the studio, but nothing came of it. The Police works only when 80 000 people are are watching us . The only way for us to do an album would be to have all these people in the studio with us. Do you know of a Studio that's big enough ?[/quote]

Nice.

Thanks for the translation, george.


[quote="Philippe Again"]the one whit Sting and Stewart recording the song with Henry (quite funny when Stewart says he wanted to call Andy to tell him the big news)[/quote]

HAHA. If anyone can, yes, please.

[Philippe Again]

[quote="DirtyMartini"]
[quote="Philippe Again"]the one whit Sting and Stewart recording the song with Henry (quite funny when Stewart says he wanted to call Andy to tell him the big news)[/quote]

HAHA. If anyone can, yes, please.[/quote]

OK, I'll try tomorrow unless George has been faster than me once again.
They also mentionned Ian and Miles in the article. Very briefly, but glad to see Ian is not forgotten.
The only thing I didn't appreciate were comments on Andy Summers: "Sting wasn't there, and nobody cares about the guitarist, so we met with Stewart Copeland". Well, it's not exactly what they wrote, but it meant that.

[Ramuthra]

I really think they would accept it, yeah. Might not be a bad thing either

[TOWOS]

[quote="george"]Stewart : Who knows...? We went into the studio, but nothing came of it. The Police works only when 80 000 people are are watching us . The only way for us to do an album would be to have all these people in the studio with us. Do you know of a Studio that's big enough ?[/quote]


What a nice way to say NEVER.AGAIN.

[Philippe Again]

Other quotes from the same magazine. LL, feel free to correct the mistakes.

(Comment reforme-t-on un groupe qui ne s'est jamais séparé ?)

How do you reform a band that never split?

(Rien de plus facile, il suffit d'aller aux répétitions. Le truc c'est qu'aussitôt après, je me suis rendu compte que j'avais deux problèmes : Sting et Andy. Ces deux enfoirés avaient changé, j'avais l'impression de ne plus les connaître.)

Very simple, you just need to go to the rehearsals. The thing is immediately after, I realized I had two problems: Sting and Andy. These two motherf..kers have changed, I had the feeling I didn't know them.


(La petite graine de cette reformation n'a-t-elle pas été plantée lorsque Sting et vous avez joué sur l'album d'Henry Padovani en 2004 ?)

Hasn't the seed of this reformation been planted while Sting and you have played on the Henry Padovani album in 2004?

(Certainement, et j'ai même failli appeler Andy pour lui dire : Hey, tu sais quoi ? J'ai deux nouvelles ! On reforme Police et c'est avec le guitariste original (rires) !)

Certainly, and I almost called Andy to tell him: Hey, you know what? I got two news! We reform The Police and it's with the original guitarist (laughs)!


(Etiez-vous resté en contact durant ces vingt années ?)

Have you been in touch during these past twenty years?

(Oh oui, on s'est toujours super bien entendu... tant qu'on ne parle pas musique.)

Oh yes, we've always got along well together... as long as we don't talk about music.


(Police, c'est la chose la plus importante de votre vie ?)

The Police is the most important thing of your life?

(Je dois bien l'avouer, et Dieu sait que ça me coûte de le dire (rires).)

I have to admit it, and God knows how much it costs me to say it (laughs).

[TheEqualizer]

[quote="Philippe Again"] I realized I had two problems: Sting and Andy. [/quote]

[DirtyMartini]

[quote](Comment reforme-t-on un groupe qui ne s'est jamais séparé ?)

How do you reform a band that never split?

(Rien de plus facile, il suffit d'aller aux répétitions. Le truc c'est qu'aussitôt après, je me suis rendu compte que j'avais deux problèmes : Sting et Andy. Ces deux enfoirés avaient changé, j'avais l'impression de ne plus les connaître.)

Very simple, you just need to go to the rehearsals. The thing is immediately after, I realized I had two problems: Sting and Andy. These two motherf..kers have changed, I had the feeling I didn't know them.
[/quote]

[quote](Police, c'est la chose la plus importante de votre vie ?)

The Police is the most important thing of your life?

(Je dois bien l'avouer, et Dieu sait que ça me coûte de le dire (rires).)

I have to admit it, and God knows how much it costs me to say it (laughs).[/quote]

Nice stuff. And extra points for working "motherfuckers" in there.


Merci, Philippe!

[luddite lady]

Merci Philippe. C'est parfait.
"J'avais deux problemes...Sting et Andy."
That's priceless.