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Ksyrup
10-19-2006, 10:07 AM
Sting: Today's rock music 'bores me'

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BERLIN, Germany (Reuters) -- British rock star Sting said contemporary rock music is so stagnant that he prefers to sing 16th-century English ballads.

The former teacher who shot to fame as lead singer, bassist and composer in the 1970s and '80s for The Police told German newspaper Die Zeit that he prefers singing songs of Elizabethan lutenist and composer John Dowland to the rock music of today.
"Rock music has come to a standstill, it's not going forward anymore, it only bores me," Die Zeit quoted Sting as saying.

The 55-year-old singer, whose birth name is Gordon Sumner, had a string of hits with The Police with songs like "Roxanne" and "Don't Stand So Close To Me." He has since also had a lucrative solo career with songs like "Englishman in New York." He recently appeared on NBC's "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip," playing a version of his "Fields of Gold" on the lute.

"Forty years ago it was my dream to break out of Newcastle and never be poor again," he told the magazine.

"I'm very privileged. I'm a successful musician, live in a beautiful house, and have a wonderful family."
Desnudo
10-19-2006, 10:09 AM
Gordon, hah
Toddzilla
10-19-2006, 10:26 AM
That dickhead can go sit in the basement of his stupid castle and play his damned lute all he wants.
rkmsuf
10-19-2006, 10:26 AM
Oh look, there's Sting looking for his last name in the dip.
RendeR
10-19-2006, 10:28 AM
That dickhead can go sit in the basement of his stupid castle and play his damned lute all he wants.


Why? Just because he's right? The man's got more talent in his pinky toe than the vast majority of bands and performers coming out today. Don't hate the messenger, he's just stating facts.
Pumpy Tudors
10-19-2006, 10:31 AM
Oh, no! Sting says new rock music is boring! Well, that's all the impetus I need to stop listening to it!

BECAUSE STING SAID SO
path12
10-19-2006, 10:36 AM
I loved the Police, but IMO Sting is the most pretentious bore.
CraigSca
10-19-2006, 10:37 AM
Good grief. Just because he's quoted saying that in an interview doesn't mean that he called the newspaper specifically to say that he finds the current music environment boring. You guys treat it like he called a press conference to make such an announcement.

While I'm not a Sting fan, I respect his music.
Subby
10-19-2006, 10:58 AM
You people are sheep.
Pumpy Tudors
10-19-2006, 11:01 AM
You people are sheep.
BECAUSE SUBBY SAID SO!
timmae
10-19-2006, 11:11 AM
BECAUSE SUBBY SAID SO!


Because Pumpy said subby said so..

Sorry, couldn't resist.
st.cronin
10-19-2006, 11:38 AM
Stewart Copeland is THE GREATEST DRUMMER EVER.

That is all.
Ksyrup
10-19-2006, 12:35 PM
Sting makes Phil Collins look like Peter Gabriel by comparison.
Pumpy Tudors
10-19-2006, 12:55 PM
Sting makes Phil Collins look like Peter Gabriel by comparison.
That sentence just blew my mind.
Critch
10-19-2006, 01:10 PM
I listened to the Sting CD of 17th century ballads this morning. It's pretty good except Sting doesnt have a good enough voice for it and it sounds strained in a lot of places.
Marc Vaughan
10-19-2006, 01:14 PM
I love Stings music .... I also love the stagnant rock he's talking about.... variety is the spice of life and I think thats all he's trying to indicate is that it'd be nice if more people tried something new and different.
Ksyrup
10-19-2006, 01:16 PM
That sentence just blew my mind.

How's this:

In Your Eyes >>>>>>>>>>>> Sussidio >>>>>>> We'll be Together on Dune While Dreaming of Losing My Faith in the Seventh Wave of Desert Fields of Roses
path12
10-19-2006, 01:40 PM
How's this:

In Your Eyes >>>>>>>>>>>> Sussidio >>>>>>> We'll be Together on Dune While Dreaming of Losing My Faith in the Seventh Wave of Desert Fields of Roses


I can go with that. But don't the Russians love their children too?
cartman
10-19-2006, 01:57 PM
Sting makes Phil Collins look like Peter Gabriel by comparison.

I'm confused. Does this mean Sting is taking Phil Collins place on the upcoming Genesis tour?

:D
rkmsuf
10-19-2006, 01:59 PM
I'm confused. Does this mean Sting is taking Phil Collins place on the upcoming Genesis tour?

:D

Maybe he's taking over for Philip Bailey on Easy Lover.
Ksyrup
10-19-2006, 02:02 PM
I'm confused. Does this mean Sting is taking Phil Collins place on the upcoming Genesis tour?

:D


No, but unfortunately, Gabriel won't be a part of it, either.
Ksyrup
10-19-2006, 02:05 PM
I love Stings music .... I also love the stagnant rock he's talking about.... variety is the spice of life and I think thats all he's trying to indicate is that it'd be nice if more people tried something new and different.


I don't mean to slag on anyone's taste in music, it's just that I've always hated Sting for how quickly he went adult contemporary after The Police broke up. He could have waited a little longer before turning into the 50 year old he actually became in 2001.
JonInMiddleGA
10-19-2006, 02:22 PM
Regardless of how bad his music is, I still think he'll beat Jeff Jarrett.
dawgfan
10-19-2006, 02:28 PM
Why? Just because he's right? The man's got more talent in his pinky toe than the vast majority of bands and performers coming out today. Don't hate the messenger, he's just stating facts.
Except that he's not. If what he means is that record companies and corporate radio stations are less interesting than they've ever been, he's right. But there is plenty of interesting, innovative music being produced today if you're willing to make a slight effort to find it.

The irony here is that he used to be among the more innovative artists himself. Used to being the key parts of that sentence...
sterlingice
10-20-2006, 07:41 AM
Two thumbs up for the thread title :)

SI
QuikSand
10-20-2006, 08:02 AM
No, but unfortunately, Gabriel won't be a part of it, either.

Yeah, it's a great loss there -- it would be inspiring to see Peter all dressed up as a giant flower and calling for a 28-minute version of Foxtrot, while the rest of the band instead decides to go for I Can't Dance and forces him to march around the stage in a funny little walk. Hilarity ensues.
Rizon
10-20-2006, 08:13 AM
Contemporary rock music is what I thought it would be.
Passacaglia
10-20-2006, 09:17 AM
Except that he's not. If what he means is that record companies and corporate radio stations are less interesting than they've ever been, he's right. But there is plenty of interesting, innovative music being produced today if you're willing to make a slight effort to find it.

The irony here is that he used to be among the more innovative artists himself. Used to being the key parts of that sentence...

On the other hand, 16th century ballad record companies and corporate radio stations are far more innovative than ever before!