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the police played their final show at MSG in NYC a few weeks ago. they played somewhere around 150 show, to over 3 million people and earned at least 300 million dollars.

nice work if you can get it. i sat the reunion out. i've seen sting before. twice in '94, once in '96. and i've seen stewart.. in '94... and hung out with vinx for a while. if they had reformed 10 years ago, i'd be there. they played fantastic, but i like my favorite bands as they were, and i don't need to have them come back to entertain me... or charge me $200 for the honor of seeing them play. having said that... here's some fantastic clips from the golden days of the blonde trio. this clip is epic. campy, satirical... playing crappy instruments and faking the song, while actually singing... one of the most impressiv esingles of the past 30 years... intelligent, political and painfully catchy. and god... what a look.

anyway...





here's one to blow minds. stings first successful band, last exit, recorded this song in 1975. here it is called fool in love. the lyrics became the basis for so lonely. they sound like an early SNL house band. actually. now that i think about it... it sounds like the opening theme for 3-2-1 contact!

this is an early demo of spirits in the material world. love the drum machine.

max headroom, interviewing sting, shortly after he went solo. this is back when television didn't suck. its weird how old the 80's look. btw. max was not computer generated. ask me about this sometime.




jewels holland interviewing sting while recording ghost in the machine.

stewart copeland explaining his drum sound and approach. love the shirt.

this is sick.

synchronicity live

spirits in the material world - live in chile 1982

when the world is running down... live in chile 1982

spirits... live in montreal '83


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