TJOpootertoot
(Toronto) | | Posted: Jan 18, 2007 - 08:07 | |
zipper wrote:
It's a cover. I love Sting, but... 
It's not a cover, just not the (superior) original.
IIRC, this is a live album he did with some interesting-if-mellow re-arrangements of old stuff, and it was recorded on 9/11/01 in Europe.
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Jemoke222
(Oakland, Ca) | | Posted: Jan 18, 2007 - 08:06 | |
jah_blessed wrote::puke:
Jah Blessed Sting too, just as he has Franti.
It's a good tune, come on.
You got good taste, I usually agree w/ ya.
Peace brotha |
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andrello
(Germany) | | Posted: Jan 18, 2007 - 08:06 | |
Oh, I just realized that this is not the version from his "Nothing Like The Sun" album.
(I rated without hearing it here on RP actually  )
Needed to correct my vote from 8 to 4.
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helene
| | Posted: Jan 18, 2007 - 08:04 | |
The beginning of this song reminded me of Oi Va Voi's "Refugee". Then it got really boring.
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Jemoke222
(Oakland, Ca) | | Posted: Jan 18, 2007 - 08:03 | |
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algrif
(Slightly west of Zero) | | Posted: Jan 18, 2007 - 08:03 | |
Delboy77 wrote:never thought i'd say this, but it's time for sting to shut up and quit music.....useless bunch of crap!!!!
One day you'll wish you never said that..
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Livverlips
| | Posted: Jan 18, 2007 - 08:02 | |
Seen him a few times and Im not a fan of this either.
Kill it with FIRE!!!!  |
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MojoJojo
(Indianapolis, IN USA) | | Posted: Jan 18, 2007 - 08:01 | |
Fruh-gee-lay.  Must be italian! It's a major award! |
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jah_blessed
(Netherlands) | | Posted: Jan 18, 2007 - 08:00 | |
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coy
(san antonio) | | Posted: Jan 05, 2007 - 07:34 | |
what a smooth ride
who cares if he's got a big ego
i have one too
check out my blog http://rohnbayesjourney.typepad.com/
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bigtwistee
(Native Texican) | | Posted: Dec 20, 2006 - 05:58 | |
Big talent, fersher, unfortunately an ego to match.
His early punk/reggae stuff with Police is how I would rather remember him. This tune like most of his recent stuff is just lame.
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meydele
(By the sea) | | Posted: Dec 20, 2006 - 05:58 | |
How many times is the man going to remix this song? I can think of 3 versions off the top of my head.
Sting- Leave it. It's done.
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Delboy77
(Vienna, Austria) | | Posted: Dec 20, 2006 - 05:51 | |
never thought i'd say this, but it's time for sting to shut up and quit music.....useless bunch of crap!!!!
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araujokrl
(the county) | | Posted: Dec 20, 2006 - 05:50 | |
kerr wrote:Well, I still like it although I'd probably prefer to hear the original.
agreed |
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Kornmann
(New York, NY) | | Posted: Dec 05, 2006 - 16:15 | |
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kerr
(Up a bit) | | Posted: Nov 21, 2006 - 02:07 | |
Well, I still like it although I'd probably prefer to hear the original.
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daveesh
(birthplace of the american revolution) | | Posted: Nov 06, 2006 - 11:34 | |
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MtnGoat
(On the Last Train to Lhasa) | | Posted: Nov 06, 2006 - 11:32 | |
Harpua wrote:It's pretty rare when I'm really at odds with the bulk of the comments, but this version of this song still sends chills up my spine when I hear it. I saw the video for it shortly after 9/11 and it captured the way I felt perfectly.
If you've never seen the movie that goes with this, you really ought to just to catch the emotion of it. They follow the band and it's rehearsals for a show he's doing at his house on 9/11. Of course, they don't know it's going to happen but you do so it adds an odd tension to the movie. Slag it if you want, but I think he has the emotional pitch just about right.
Yup, right there with ya, Harpua.
I bought it based on some comments here. It's a moving production and well worth it.
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Harpua
(Atlanta) | | Posted: Oct 08, 2006 - 06:48 | |
It's pretty rare when I'm really at odds with the bulk of the comments, but this version of this song still sends chills up my spine when I hear it. I saw the video for it shortly after 9/11 and it captured the way I felt perfectly.
If you've never seen the movie that goes with this, you really ought to just to catch the emotion of it. They follow the band and it's rehearsals for a show he's doing at his house on 9/11. Of course, they don't know it's going to happen but you do so it adds an odd tension to the movie. Slag it if you want, but I think he has the emotional pitch just about right.
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zipper
| | Posted: Sep 23, 2006 - 12:54 | |
QualityPie wrote:I hadn't heard this song in years, and when it came on,
I was busy at the stove, cooking.
The chorus doesn't come in for a while, so I thought for a bit,
"Wow, this sounds like a lame rip-off of 'Fragile'."
And then the chorus came in, and I thought,
"Oh, okay, I get it: it's a lame COVER of 'Fragile'."
Then I finally got to see the listing, and hey--it's the original.
Never realized it was this weak.
Stewart Copeland, go kick this man in the nerts.
It's a cover. I love Sting, but... |
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QualityPie
(Rose City Til I Die) | | Posted: Sep 08, 2006 - 21:45 | |
I hadn't heard this song in years, and when it came on,
I was busy at the stove, cooking.
The chorus doesn't come in for a while, so I thought for a bit,
"Wow, this sounds like a lame rip-off of 'Fragile'."
And then the chorus came in, and I thought,
"Oh, okay, I get it: it's a lame COVER of 'Fragile'."
Then I finally got to see the listing, and hey--it's the original.
Never realized it was this weak.
Stewart Copeland, go kick this man in the nerts.
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meloman
(Warsaw, Poland) | | Posted: Aug 25, 2006 - 06:51 | |
Like the Greeks' Cronus and the Romans' Saturn, our Sting has eaten his own child.
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exciter76
(venice - la bella italia) | | Posted: Aug 25, 2006 - 06:43 | |
vandal wrote:I saw the Police years ago in Orlando, they were brilliant. After following the separate members over the following years I've grown increasingly bored with Sting. I really feel that his best and most creative years are well behind him. He has become a caricature of himself and his latest releases sound more and more like each other. This version adds nothing to the original and in fact actually dilutes its value (IMHO).
I perfectly agree, police were great.... sting's early solo years things good but then.... decline...but we can't pretend that a man could done masterpieces for a lifetime |
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supergroverx
(Los Angeles) | | Posted: Jul 27, 2006 - 00:18 | |
agreed, this version doesn't even come close to the original. not his fault that he got older and his voice ain't the same. it's still a gorgeous song, always has been, from the very first day i heard it. 7.
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vandal
(the 'couve) | | Posted: Jul 12, 2006 - 08:33 | |
I saw the Police years ago in Orlando, they were brilliant. After following the separate members over the following years I've grown increasingly bored with Sting. I really feel that his best and most creative years are well behind him. He has become a caricature of himself and his latest releases sound more and more like each other. This version adds nothing to the original and in fact actually dilutes its value (IMHO).
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RBS76
(Syracuse, NY) | | Posted: Jul 12, 2006 - 08:27 | |
Abulafia wrote:Now the ORIGINAL would get a 9 instead of a 5
Totally agree. The original is one of my fave songs ever. I wish I was hearing it right now instead of this version.  |
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SuperWeh
(51° 59' 46" N, 4° 21' 13" E) | | Posted: Jul 12, 2006 - 08:26 | |
didn't really like the original much, I find this more tolerable. Yes, it is true it is pretty elevator-ish I guess (maybe sting's got a house with an elevator and needed some music for it?)
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parrothead
(could be anywhere in the great USA) | | Posted: Jun 27, 2006 - 16:29 | |
Reading the comments and reviewing the ratings many listeners feel the same as I about this song.I think that Sting has some talent,but his music does nothing for me...
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donpdonp
(Portland, Or) | | Posted: Jun 27, 2006 - 16:26 | |
its slow, mellow, even elevator-like, but its a brilliant song and i can ride along with it like a sailboat on a river's current.
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Abulafia
(Vancouver, BC) | | Posted: Jun 27, 2006 - 16:24 | |
Now the ORIGINAL would get a 9 instead of a 5
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