ROX-ANNE!
YOU DON’T HAVE TO PUT ON THE RED LIGHT!
ROX-ANNE!
YOU DON’T HAVE TO PUT ON THE RED LIGHT!
PUT ON THE RED LIGHT!
PUT ON THE RED LIGHT!
PUT ON THE RED LIGHT!
PUT ON THE RED LIGHT!
PUT ON THE RED LIGHT!
Anyway, yeah, the Police might be getting back together.
Quick survey, PopWatchers: Good Thing / Bad Thing?
(You must pick one. No hemming, no hawing. No "Maybe, but"s. I shall start.)
BAD THING BAD THING BAD THING.
It’s gonna be boring. And also sad. And the Stooges AND Genesis ANDmaybe Wham! beat them to it for 2007, not to mention the Pixies andDinosaur Jr. and … you see my point. And I know Sting (pictured, center) doesn’t needthe money, because even if he only sold 9 copies of the lute album, hestill managed to convince me to buy that "Fields of Gold" album back inthe ’90s and that took some doing, because that song makes me want toset things on fire, like fields. And if I bought it, consequently, everybody bought it, and so Sting ≠ needs the money.
So, is it Andy and Stewart’s fault? Let’s see…
Ah, yes. There’s your hint, right in the article: "The British pressis a-twitter with rumors of a Police reunion in the wake of word thatrehearsal dates have been penciled in for the trio, presumably inFebruary prior to bassist/vocalist Sting’s upcoming European tour andafter drummer Stewart Copeland [pictured, right] completes his duties as a judge on theBBC-TV “singing with the stars”-style celebrity duets program “Just theTwo Of Us.” Guitarist Andy Summers [at left] recently published his memoir of histime with the Police, “One Train Later,” but doesn’t appear to have anyoutstanding commitments currently."
Sigh.
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Are you kidding? Of course we want a Police reunion! Who in their right mind wouldn’t? They were one of the great bands of the 80’s. Even if they can only stand each other for a little bit, it will at least be interesting drama.
GREAT THING!
Yeah, this is definitely a good thing. I know these guys will charge a boatload for tickets but for fans who were too young (or zygotes) when The Police were together, this is a dream come true.
Sting finally woke up and realized that it’s the Police stuff that people love and not that elevator music he’s been churning out for the last decade. Hopefully this is for real, and hopefully we’ll get some new material and not just a tour.
Only if they film the reunion reality TV style for my amusement (e.g. VH1’s “SuperGroup”). Otherwise there’s no point. I have the albums from when they were great and don’t really want that tainted by some cash-grab that won’t yield anything new or relevant.
Totally a good thing! The Police were at their creative (not to mention commercial…) peak when they split, and I’d love to see them bring Sting out of his “safe” (read: boring) stage.
“Sting finally woke up and realized that it’s the Police stuff that people love and not that elevator music he’s been churning out for the last decade.”
Exactly!
Yes Yes Yes!!!!! I am definitely in and amen to Shawn & Lora’s comments!!!!
Anything that will get Sting off the Lute ballads and wake him up!
YES!
Ooosh… I wish you hadn’t put that no hemming or hawing thing in there because I am having trouble picking between a good thing and a bad thing. I’ll have to go with bad thing because a lot of times reunions are not all they’re cracked up, or should I say hyped up, to be.
DITTO Ken and Cassandra. I’m so down with a Police reuninion tour!!! (as long as they don’t charge an arm and a leg and add on those ridiculous “Ticketb@stard” fees…)
Sure, why not? But I bet the ticket prices are so outrageous that I won’t go.
This is awesome! And Whitney, the Police were the biggest band in the world in between the Stones/Zeppelin era and the U2 era. Don’t compare them to Wham, The Stooges, Genesis and Dinosaur Jr.
My heart says yes, my head says no… or maybe the other way around.
Love Sting, Loved the Police. I think that’s it.
Good thing, I guess, IF they rock out…which means, of course, no post-Police Sting-y songs. But I don’t know…maybe it’s best left alone.
*Discontented sigh*
Yes, if they promise to stay together this time.
They may reunite, but Sting and Stewart hate each other so much that it will never work. I would love a reunion, too.
BAD THING
As many times as my wishes on these pages seem to have conjured up exactly what I wanted (someone released Galaxy High on DVD, 30Rock didn’nt get cancelled, but Lucky Louie did, G4 airs reruns of AD, Daniel Craig turned out to be a good Bond, Tamnoh Penikett got props in the magazine, and, I even got to meet my fiance at an airport bar like the dude in Lost. All things I wished for right here in the comments section at one point or another), it seems that my wish to have the Police return has been granted.
EW Popwatch comments section is better than a genie in a bottle, that punk only grants three wishes yo.
A Police reunion? I can barely stand Sting! He needs to let some air out of his head, it’s too big.
Mmm…could be good. The “other two” are kind of unkown quantities to me, but it might be interesting to see Sting in a band again, just to see where that takes him musically.
I predict a celebreality show that I will watch.
If we finally get to see the brilliant Stewart Copeland beat the crap out of the pompous jackass Sting it will be well worth it. Sting made me realize that I don’t really hate Phil Collins.
It COULD be a good thing, provided they make it a Police tour, and not a “Sting’s Greatest Crap From the 90’s” tour.
As much as it pained me at the time, I still think the Police were wise to disband when they did- it’s better to leave on top instead of being stuck on the riverboat casino / fairgrounds tour for the rest of your lives.
I’ve gotta go with “bad thing” if only ’cause I can’t help thinking that seeing the blonde sex / rock n roll gods balding with pot bellies will draw my attention to my stretch marks and the sagging body parts formerly known as pert . . .
Like most people who’ve posted here, I loved the Police and have been bored with Sting’s music. Yes, this child of the 80’s would be there for a reunion. I actually think they would make an interesting record, unlike some of the other bands that’ve gotten back together.
yikes. definitely bad thing.
Definitely a good thing. But I have to agree with Tommy G. that this has to be the Police, not a Sting re-hash with two backup musicians who happen to be Copeland and Summers.
Given recent comments by Stewart Copeland in Modern Drummer magazine, he appears to be getting along somewhat better with Sting. But even if they weren’t, I’d still love to see an actual reunion (and, dare we hope, an album of new material). I started playing drums as a scrawny 13-year-old way back in 1983 thanks to the “Synchronicity” album, and one of my biggest regrets has always been never getting to see the Police live. So maybe there is still some hope.