Thursday my Mum, Christin, Chrisanne and I went and saw The Police in concert. I had seen Sting about 5 or so years ago when he came into town as a solo artist. I did enjoy that show. Meanwhile The Police weren't bad, I have to say I've been to better concerts! As you all know I'm an avid concert-goer and I think my opinion stands for something (for some strange reason the local paper gave the show a glowing review).
The show was opened by Elvis Costello
First of all, Sting, you surely needed a shave! Meanwhile a 5 o'clock shadow is sexy on some men, a 3 day salt & pepper growth of facial hair made you look OLD and not sexy. The t-shirt you were wearing, was thin with holes in it! My first impression, did you roll out of bed after a 3-day drinking binge, suddenly remembering that you had a concert to put on?
Second, your opening song should be something that gets the audience on its feet, dancing, singing along, and cheering. A "mellowed down" version of "Bring On The Night" didn't even get me on the edge of my seat!
Third, the 3-4 songs following the opening were so obscure that I was starting to fall asleep! I was yawning big time! My Mum went out for a smoke (she's never done this at a concert!) and Christin and Chrisanne decided to visit the facilities. Usually a visit to the ladies room is the LAST thing you want to do during a concert!
Fourth, when you did start playing the hits, the improvising, melodizing, and drawing 4 minute songs into 10 minute songs ... just sucked! I want to be able to sing along, when you go off into long guitar riffs and leave out the rest of the lyrics... just sucks. I can't fault the guitar playing, I can't fault the percussion but everything just seemed to be mellowed down and drawn out. At a concert I want to have the urge to get off of my butt and on my feet dancing and cheering you seriously disappointed me Sting!
And that's all I have to say about that.
Now on the up side... more STASH! From Christin, part of my birthday gift, that took longer than expected to arrive in the mail. A FULL set of the DMC Colour Variations! How lovely!
On Friday my order from Down Sunshine Lane arrived! I've got the last four words for the Lizzie*Kate Double Flip-its! I also added to the order Housework Never Killed Anyone and A-B-C-razy Alphabet. I'm looking forward to stitching all of these charts.
Today Christin and I went and saw Iron Man in the theaters... we both really enjoyed it! Worth the cost of a matinee!
15 comments:
" Housework never killed anybofdy"...comon Dani..that's just subversive...you need the one I saw in Nashville..." Housework makes you ugly"!
So sorry to hear that you were disappointed in the Police. At least Ironman was a good one. All the DMC Variations - wow - lucky you
Shame about the concert - sounds like the Shakira concert we went to and paid mega bucks for last year that sucked big time!
Nice stash haul and I like that L*K Housework one! I stitched up the Only Dull Women Have Immaculate Homes one years ago - might have to add this one to the stash to go along with it :)
Nice new stash Dani!
Sorry to hear you were disappointed with The Police concert. That is a real bummer when you pay lots of money.
Great stash and nice birthday gift.
Shame when you are disappointed with a concert after the high cost of going in the first place. You would have thought a star like him would have rocked!
Sorry the concert was not what you expected...
Great stash!!
Hi from Jeannette Douglas! Saw her yesterday at Celebration! Ouch - sorry The Police did not fulfill your expectations - I had always thought they would be a fun concert... thanks for the update on the Waterlilies this AM
Great stash! Sorry to hear you were disappointed with The Police.
Sorry the concert was such a disappointment, sounds like they forgot what people go to a concert for. Like you, I want to feel like I have to get up and move, and I want the songs to follow the songs as I know them, not be constantly changed or drawn out.
However, wonderful stash. The variations are so pretty, you'll love using those, and the patterns are great. I don't have the last ones for the LK double flips yet, although I did order them, but since I just started this I won't need them for a while. You're going to be posting a finish very soon I think.
Sue
Bummer about the concert :(
But what great stash! Really, housework never killed anyone? Sometimes I feel like it's gonna do me in, LOL!!!
Aha, I knew there must a good side to being middle-aged: I got to see The Police live in 1982, when they were still young and just blew everyone away with their energy. Best part was that Sting, yes, the 1982-therefore-still-young-Sting, ended the evening shirtless (what else, on a July evening in Italy?), leaping and bounding on the stage and still belting out.... wow! After that experience I never even remotely considered the idea of trying to see them on their current tour, it just couldn't be the same. So sorry for you youngsters :-)
Nice stash - you'll have the Flip-It banner stitched in no time now!
Sorry that the concert was bad. When I saw them last summer I thought they were decent.
-Jen
Holy you are funny! Next time you don't like a concert you shouldn't hold back, but really tell us how you feel! LOL In all honesty, sorry you didn't enjoy yourself. I honestly hate concert performances don't stay try to the original song. Inserting a little extra something is one thing, but making it so that I can't sing along really bothers me too!
When I saw the Police they were wonderful. I guess they should have quit while they were at the top......
All those threads from Christin are wonderful. What a lovely gift. You deserve it!
All your stash looks like fun too!
Shame about the concert: guess they should think about retiring if they're not up to it any more. :0(
Very nice stash haul. :0)
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