by Max Taffey on 06 Sep 2007 15:07
[quote="DirtyMartini"]Thanks, SS. Great description they posted:
STEWART COPELAND
“Sting says ‘Play your hi-hat instead’. I say ‘F*** off!’” As The Police’s revolutionary sticksman returns to the spotlight with a monster kit and matching confidence, he tells Rhythm about reuniting with Sting and Andy, and why he’s sure glad to be back.[/quote]
Just another weasel-media move to play up the phony "Sting and Stewart hate each other" angle that sells magazines.
The actual quote in the article goes like this:
"So what was it like at your first rehearsal in over 20 years?
"Hell. Each of us has been president of our own universe for the last two decades, so we now have to get used to each other again. But we are kind of over that now. At first it was quite amazing for a guitarist or a bass player to turn around to me and say 'Could you play your hi-hat instead of your ride cymbal?' To which the only logical response is 'Fuck you! Okay, you play my hi-hat or my ride cymbal, asshole!' This was the sort of dialogue that we began with to mutual astonishment- 'You can't talk to me that way!' "