Articles tagged "sting"

Decade-Dense: The 60 Most Memorable Films of 1999 Feature

Part 1: The Thin Red Line to Star Wars Episode I (January - May 1999)

by PopMatters Staff

[23.Mar.09] :. The first part of PopMatters' look back at the films of 1999 is bookended by the long awaited return of two cinematic auteurs of wildly different styles, Terrence Malick and George Lucas.

Decade-Dense: The 60 Most Memorable Films of 1999

 

Sound Affects

Spectacle: Elvis Costello with the Police (Episode 6)

by Zeth Lundy

[7.Jan.09] :. The day before their supposed Final Show Ever at Madison Square Garden on August 7, 2008 (a hyped-up moment to cap the already hyped-up Improbable Reunion Tour), the Police recorded an appearance on...

Sound Affects

 

News

As band’s tour comes to an end, drummer says the reunion was done for all the right reasons

by Sean Piccoli [South Florida Sun-Sentinel (MCT)]

[12.May.08] :. Has “reunion” become a dirty word in rock music? Stewart Copeland of the Police thinks not. Weary critics might grouse about old rockers hogging the limelight, cashing out and repeating...

PopWire

 

News

Reunion is fun, but Copeland says there’s more to life now

by Kevin C. Johnson [St. Louis Post-Dispatch (MCT)]

[12.Jul.07] :. "Sting is a champion of change. He has been playing these songs for 20 years, so I can understand he might want to change. His creativity never stops. It's like an 8,000-pound gorilla you gotta keep feeding. It can be a blessing and a curse, but that's why Andy and I are here, to feed the monster."

PopWire

 

News

The Police adjust to touring in the 21st century

by Sean Piccoli [South Florida Sun-Sentinel (MCT)]

[5.Jul.07] :. "The main reason to do it is for the buzz." Playing music is "a drug. It's one of the greatest things you can do in life, and I personally feel this is what I'm supposed to be doing. I'm trying to be a great musician, and I think I am, and I get to show it off. ... There's great joy in that."

PopWire

 

Music Review

Allison Krauss: A Hundred Miles or More

by Will Layman

[8.Jun.07] :. Every last gorgeous Alison Krauss guest spot or soundtrack contribution, right here, in a shimmering newgrass pool of prettiness.

Recent Music reviews

 
Featured Article

Music DVD Review

Various Artists: Radio On [DVD]

by Shaun Huston

[3.Apr.07] :. Radio On will enrapture and fascinate some, bore and alienate others, and leave many with unanswered questions.

Recent DVD reviews

 

Sting: Bring on the Night [DVD]

by Will Layman

[22.Jun.05] :. The 1985 documentary in which Der Schtingle forms his first post-Police band and demonstrates for the first time that he will soon become a hopelessly pretentious British pretty boy.

 

Sting: Sacred Love

by Jason MacNeil

[10.Dec.03] :. Sting might be a proponent of saving the rain forest, but you’d have a hard time communicating that to his record label. With a press kit that comes in three sections with highlights, 29 pages...

 

Sting:  . . . All This Time

by Jason MacNeil

[19.Nov.01] :. If you’ve been fortunate to see the special behind-the-scenes documentary that coincided with the album, you may find this album to be lacking a noticeable amount of tension and initial...

 

Sting: Brand New Day

by Chris Massey

Since his first solo effort, The Dream of the Blue Turtles, released in 1985, Sting has been pumping out polished pop for 15 years. Many listeners miss the unpretentious, fun spunk of The...