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The Police was an incredible band. Of that there is no dispute. But they had a very controlled simple palette of sound. Sylistically Sting had a desire to go beyond those limitations as a songwriter and as a performer. Sting had a strong love for jazz and R&B. In fact one of the first things he did was the Bring on the Night project with a band of jazz musicians. Since that time he has gone through many styles and songs, from the mega hit Fields of Gold (in my opinion one of the best mellow songs of all time) to the world music inspired Desert Rose. And as always he mixed a lot of R & B along the way. The Police may have been the more focussed group, but Sting is one of those artists that is first and formost a songwriter and performer. He has a real need to go where the writing leads him. And he does it very well. From a musician's viewpoint, I remember one band I was playing in decided to add a few cover tunes to our songlist. When some songs from Sting were suggested, the respons was immediate... there are a few performers so big that you don't cover their tunes... and we decided not to. I love the Police and have been happy for their reunions, but Sting was bound to go on his own. He is a unique talent and needed the freedom.
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My main reason is that Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland seemed to be restraining or balancing forces to the creative powers of Sting. The most popular The Police songs (i.e. Every Little Thing, Every Breath You Take) are equal parts melody and poetic lyrics. To their credit, The Police kept churning out hit after hit during their time (which is probably why they're Rolling Stone's #70 out of the 100 Most Influential Groups of All Time).
Sting, to some extent, was able to maintain that balance of lyric and melody once he launched his solo career. There were social commentaries (Englishman in New York) and even anti-war messages (Russians). By 1999, he had released Brand New Day and had touched on some styles that sounded more psychedelic than stupendous. I personally saw it as an artistic experiment that should probably have been revised or just left on the drawing board altogether.
Yes, I believe that Sting worked better back then with The Police. He still writes fantastic lyrics, but the catchy and melodic style of the original group seems to have been affected by entropy when Sting forged out on his own.
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However that can also work against a artist in a way as well, it can also work as a distraction.
Sting has always brought pieces of music mostly different from the mainstream pop singers of the world.
Sting is a free spirit type of person I think it's better he went his separate way. Who knows maybe someday they will get back together if they are still all around.
On A more personal note:
I remember one of my very first presents from my brother was a Sting CD and much to my astonishment.
While me and my siblings don't share the same taste for music I have always at-least kept stings music alive and CD's of his on the turntable of my life.
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And sometimes artists compliment each other sometimes they don't.
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December 27, 2008 05:09 PM
I liked Sting when he was part of The Police. Of course he is a successful rock star alone, yet there is nothing better when a leading musician is surrounded by other talented musicians. Even some of the best musicians have a team of back ups, whether its lead guitarists, drummers, they cannot do it all on their own. They must have some sort of accompany to make them the great musician they are. A solo rock star with a band on payroll makes it hard for anyone in the band to challenge you, to want to be the lead. Whereas when you're the lead in a band, there are other members of the band who want to compete for that lead role. This is true with Sting's solo records, he does not have that competitive force that he had with The Police. When he was with Stewart and Andy, they were able to put him in his place, and give him a run for his position as the leader.
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December 29, 2008 05:58 PM
I tend to disagree with your answer, though it was very well thought out and I enjoyed reading it. I personally think that an artist becoming solo would challenge them to be more creative than they were when they were with such a well-known group of musicians.
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December 27, 2008 05:22 PM
Nobody can deny that Sting is a wildly creative person, but there's also such a thing as too wild. That's why I think he did better work back in The Police than he did alone. My main reason is that Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland seemed to be restraining or balancing forces to the creative powers of Sting. The most popular The Police songs (i.e. Every Little Thing, Every Breath You Take) are equal parts melody and poetic lyrics. To their credit, The Police kept churning out hit after hit during their time (which is probably why they're Rolling Stone's #70 out of the 100 Most Influential Groups of All Time).
Sting, to some extent, was able to maintain that balance of lyric and melody once he launched his solo career. There were social commentaries (Englishman in New York) and even anti-war messages (Russians). By 1999, he had released Brand New Day and had touched on some styles that sounded more psychedelic than stupendous. I personally saw it as an artistic experiment that should probably have been revised or just left on the drawing board altogether.
Yes, I believe that Sting worked better back then with The Police. He still writes fantastic lyrics, but the catchy and melodic style of the original group seems to have been affected by entropy when Sting forged out on his own.
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December 27, 2008 07:43 PM
I think a artist sometimes needs talented musicians and singers around them to trade off ideas once in a while. However that can also work against a artist in a way as well, it can also work as a distraction.
Sting has always brought pieces of music mostly different from the mainstream pop singers of the world.
Sting is a free spirit type of person I think it's better he went his separate way. Who knows maybe someday they will get back together if they are still all around.
On A more personal note:
I remember one of my very first presents from my brother was a Sting CD and much to my astonishment.
While me and my siblings don't share the same taste for music I have always at-least kept stings music alive and CD's of his on the turntable of my life.
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And sometimes artists compliment each other sometimes they don't.
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My love of music.
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