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Zombification? The Police!
I guess I missed out on the zombification whozamawhatsits, but whatever it was all about, I have survived with brain intact. (That's what I get for my scattershot attempts at keeping up-to-date in LJ land, apparently)
Here's my take on last night's show:
The Police show last night made me happy. Not as happy as I would have been had I been allowed to see them on the Synchronicity tour at age 13? 14?, (my hopes were kiboshed by the "parental units" on that one) but considering there were no albums after that one*, I can't imagine the show would have been too drastically different (although maybe I would have heard "Tea in the Sahara" back then).
* Not including the greatest hits with the re-recording of "Don't Stand So Close to Me"
Setlist is here, along with a link to a couple unenthusiastic reviews. From a sound standpoint, both K and Larry said the low end was pretty sucktastic - we didn't pay $200 for our tickets, and I felt like their performance was worth the $30 per guy I paid to spend a couple hours with them. I had a good time, and that was all I was looking for. K was a trooper; we didn't know if he was going with us as he's been sick for the last few days, but we cajoled him into going and I think he was glad he went.
The Police is one of those bands that I used to really like a lot, but I almost never listen to them anymore, so it was kind of strange to be sitting there, singing along word-for-word to all these songs...I kind of marvelled at myself for remembering them, and then tried to remember if I was a HUGE Police fan when I was fangirly about so many other acts in high school. Apparently so :) I always did love Sting's lyrics, though, and was reminded of how much I learned from tracking down the myriad references that peppered his writing.
Highlights for me:
- "Invisible Sun"
- "When the World is Running Down"
- "Every Little Thing She Does is Magic"
- "Can't Stand Losing You"
- The fact that I was finally watching The Police - Live!
- No drunken jerks in our section
A gratifying and satisfactory concert-going experience all in all, for me at least, and an absolutely perfect night for an outdoor show. Not the best, far from the worst, and glad to have seen them live at last.
Here's my take on last night's show:
The Police show last night made me happy. Not as happy as I would have been had I been allowed to see them on the Synchronicity tour at age 13? 14?, (my hopes were kiboshed by the "parental units" on that one) but considering there were no albums after that one*, I can't imagine the show would have been too drastically different (although maybe I would have heard "Tea in the Sahara" back then).
* Not including the greatest hits with the re-recording of "Don't Stand So Close to Me"
Setlist is here, along with a link to a couple unenthusiastic reviews. From a sound standpoint, both K and Larry said the low end was pretty sucktastic - we didn't pay $200 for our tickets, and I felt like their performance was worth the $30 per guy I paid to spend a couple hours with them. I had a good time, and that was all I was looking for. K was a trooper; we didn't know if he was going with us as he's been sick for the last few days, but we cajoled him into going and I think he was glad he went.
The Police is one of those bands that I used to really like a lot, but I almost never listen to them anymore, so it was kind of strange to be sitting there, singing along word-for-word to all these songs...I kind of marvelled at myself for remembering them, and then tried to remember if I was a HUGE Police fan when I was fangirly about so many other acts in high school. Apparently so :) I always did love Sting's lyrics, though, and was reminded of how much I learned from tracking down the myriad references that peppered his writing.
Highlights for me:
- "Invisible Sun"
- "When the World is Running Down"
- "Every Little Thing She Does is Magic"
- "Can't Stand Losing You"
- The fact that I was finally watching The Police - Live!
- No drunken jerks in our section
A gratifying and satisfactory concert-going experience all in all, for me at least, and an absolutely perfect night for an outdoor show. Not the best, far from the worst, and glad to have seen them live at last.
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I had a blast, glad I went, glad I forked over the money, etc. My only "complaint" is there were too many "extended breakdowns". I realize they're all badass, and they all want a spot in the show to "show off their skills" or whatever. That's cool. But I would have happily traded some of the jamming to hear "Synchronicity I". :)
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My only disappointment was that I had heard they were doing "Murder by Numbers" which I would have LOVED to hear (omg!), but in our show it was switched out for "Spirits in the Material World" -- didn't mind the latter, but would have fallen out of my seat for the former :)
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Fact is, there's no way I could really get back the fact that I missed those '80s Day on the Green shoes w/the Police & Oingo Boingo that all my friends when to but I was stuck w/my grandparents in Florida. *sigh* So I just couldn't pony up for this one.
Glad it was a generally good show :-)
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I saw the Police on the Synchronicity tour twice, but if it's any consolation, I missed David Bowie. Maude forbid my mother plan her wedding on one of the other days he WASN'T in town. :^)