The tour is still several months out. It has to be a preliminary list.
[quote]This must be Andy's stand, because the book open to Rehumanize Yourself is guitar tab.[/quote]
I'd argue that it's Sting's stand. Andy don't need no tab.
[quote]The OBVIOUS ONES, CAN'T ARGUE:
Magic[/quote]
Surprised to see it considering how much trouble it gave them in the studio and how much trouble it was for Sting to sing on the following tour.
[quote]De Do Do Do -- the lyrics are kind of annoying and cheesy, but the music is good, and it was a hit, so OK, if you have to...[/quote]
Cheesy? If that's cheesy, so is a good third of all the pop songs ever written. De Do Do Do, shares a similar lyrical thread with a great many of them (miscommunication). It's also a tremendous song live.
[quote]Synchronicity II -- the Loch Ness monster thing is kind of cheesy, but it's a good rock song, and somewhat well known[/quote]
Again with the cheese? The "Loch Ness Monster thing" is metaphor. Not a dairy product.
[quote]Invisible Sun -- kind of slow for a live performance[/quote]
And yet they played it at nearly every show since GHOST was released. And, in fact, prior to the Grammys, it was the last song they played together in public.
[quote]One World -- very drippy hippie sentiment, pretty mediocre song[/quote]
A simple song that also shines very brightly in a live scenario. One thing that the Police proved time after time is that "simple" doesn't automatically equal "mediocre."
[quote]SONGS I WISH THEY WOULDN'T PLAY:
Tea in the Sahara -- not as bad, but it's a song that starts out slow and quiet and stays that way, and the lyrics make no sense--maybe somebody can explain them to me[/quote]
It's about broken promises.
[quote]sounds like Sting solo material, not the Police[/quote]
Tea In The Sahara is probably the single greatest example of Andy's "warbling cloud." It's a signature sound.
[quote]Murder By Numbers -- lounge music. weak lyrics. [/quote]
I think that's a band favorite. It's certainly one of Sting and Andy's favs. The lyrics are about the manipulation of large groups of people. The music is based on a jazz chord progression.
[quote]nothing more to be said.[/quote]
And yet you keep going!
[quote]SONGS I THINK THEY OUGHT TO PLAY:
Instead of some of the ones in the last two groups--
Omegaman -- Good up-tempo song, Andy's best-written[/quote]
It's decent, but if they are going to play one of Andy's songs, I'd prefer "Friends." It's darker, cooler, and has a greater potential for improvisation. To my knowledge, they've never done it live - which makes it one of the most surprising Police songs they could choose.
[quote]No Time This Time -- awesome song, maybe hard for them to pull off live at their age... Would be a perfect closer.[/quote]
Age has nothing to do with it. Only ability and attitude (which they all still have). I agree that it would be a [i]decent[/i] closer, but they already have a much better, [i]signature[/i] one in "So Lonely."
[quote]Darkness -- Stewart's best song, one of my favorite Police songs -- maybe not an ideal live song, but it's a better "slow" song than some of the ones above.[/quote]
It's one of my favorites as well. However, I don't really see it (or hear it rather) as an arena performance song. But I'm certain they could find a way to change that.
[quote]Replace Walking, Tea, Murder, One World, and either Synch II or Invisible Sun with those, and I'd call it close to perfect. Just my opinion, though.[/quote]
To each his own!
