Why is Sting running away from his reggae tunes?
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On the Nothing Like The Sun Tour, he dropped History Will Teach Us Nothing (big mistake) early on and then Straight to my Heart... He refuses to play Love is the 7th Wave anymore He refused to play the reggae infected rhythm at the end of When the Angels Fall on the Soul Cages tour On the Sacred Love tour, he drops Stolen Car On the Police tour, he drops Bed's Too Big (big mistake) and Spirits Did Branford Marsalis influence him in not respecting Reggae anymore? Sep 13, 08 | 6:20 pm
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Stolen Car is reggae?
Stings reggae-ish songs are some of my favourite, I wish he would play them live too!! I dont think Bradford Marsalis has anything to do with it, maybe Sting just thinks he cant pull off that sound anymore! Coco sings reggae now instead! lol! Sep 13, 08 | 7:01 pm
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I was wrting it myself LD! Probably he let Coco do the reggae stuff.... ;-))
Sep 13, 08 | 9:37 pm
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Interesting that he dropped Stollen Car from the tour setlist right about the time the song was given radio air play and shortly after the appearance on wasn't it Letterman?
Sep 14, 08 | 3:01 am
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The live version of Stolen Car was indeed a soca/reggae hybrid.
Sep 14, 08 | 8:15 pm
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I love "Stolen Car" but the live version I heard in Cologne in June 2004 sucked so big time! I was amazed by the concert as always, and didn't stop talking about it for months on end, until everyone was annoyed, but seriously I did not mention "Stolen Car" with one word, because it was one of the very few low lights.
Obviously Sting thought that the "Will.I.Am" version he released on the single must have been hip, so he actually even simplified that version way more (in lack of the actual Will.I.Am?) and let the band play the same stupid four chords over and over again, endlessly. The fine harmonies from the original were all murdered! I found it so completely uninspired. Later in November in Oberhausen, Chris Botti was the support act to Sting, and he later came out to join in on "I was brought to my senses", which was really wonderfully played. I wish they would have (s)kipped "Stolen Car" in the summer and also played it when Chris Botti was there to add some of his lovely Jazz Trumpet. Guess we can't have everything =o) To get back to the actual question: Maybe that Coco theory is right, maybe he just really lost interest in it. But I agree with you, how could he drop "Bed's too big" from the Police setlist? And keep "Hole in my life" in? I loved "Hole", but seriously, which was the way bigger hit? It doesn't make sense - another stingish mystery... Sep 15, 08 | 3:13 pm
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On the broken music tour , "bed's too big without you" and "spirits" were also on the set list .
Bed's too big appeared during the mercury falling tour too I'm not agree with you : roxanne live contains since 1990 a reaggae impro in the middle Sep 15, 08 | 3:25 pm
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cause he can't write anything decent without andy and stewart
Oct 22, 08 | 4:53 am
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snare, snare, crash....
Oct 22, 08 | 9:54 am
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Yeah, reggadabla ... that's why he wrote half of the popular Police songs while he was in Last Exit. You don't know what you are talking about.
Oct 23, 08 | 4:29 pm
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yeah who do you think changed those arrangements? STing needs Andy and Stewart
Nov 01, 08 | 10:49 pm
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Love is the 7th Wave/One World combo needs to make a comeback on the next solo tour!
Nov 03, 08 | 4:15 am
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