Edmonton Concert Review

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I liked this one:

http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/P/Pol ... 30244.html

While it begins by bringing up the blog bonanza of last week, I appreciate the writer's commentary on it and the show, especially this:

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"They're human beings. They make mistakes. You want real people playing music with no fake junk or canned backing tracks - warts and all? You will get real people playing music with no fake junk or canned backing tracks. Warts and all.

Only musician wonks were counting the minor wrinkles and cacks last night. (165 in total). The important thing for most of the 30,000 fans in Commonwealth Stadium was the spontaneity, passion and energy these aging British rockers managed to bring across. This was no ordinary reunion tour done for the money. Who cares if Summer missed a cue in Syncronicity II The crowd was too busing hollering out the "oh-oh-ohs," which turned out to be a mere warm-up for the "eyo-beeyo, eyo, eeyos" later on in Walking on the Moon.

Who cares if Copeland's double kick pedal routine in Voices Inside My Head wasn't quite in the pocket? He really went for it. The song was the first time of the night the Police really rocked. You got the feeling they wanted to be mellower than they actually were in a stadium, but even through the bluster, there was room for subtlety and nuance. Who cares if the guitar synthesizer sounded a bit gimpy and awkward? Who, in fact, cares about mistakes in live music at all? It should at least remind us that these are human beings up there. And only three of them, too, don't forget that. "