Give Me Back My SOS
February 12th, 2007 | Posted by Shannon
Well, I’m back, and ready to start boring you all again with my too frequent music posts.
I guess, to be totally honest, I am not sure how I feel about this. Actually I am pretty sure it kind of freaks me out.
Yeah, they rock it, even though the crowd in front doesn’t really seem to give two shits. And now, the Police have announced they’ll tour. The Police! Who hate each other! I always figured that when the Police gave in and forgave each other, I’d have to hang it all up.
I guess I am just being unrealistic, also selfish. I also hated the fact that Prince was on the Super Bowl, but then I loved his show. I think I mostly hated that stupid ad. Even though I hated the ad and the fact that Prince was on the Super Bowl, I still couldn’t wait to watch his performance. Does that mean I will have to go to one of the Police shows? God, I hope not.
There are some things that are sacred and shouldn’t be dredged up after over twenty years. Like, 1984. Though I have to admit that I was totally thrilled, during the freeking Super Bowl Halftime Show of all places, to hear those first seconds of 1999 (which actually came out in, what, 1982?) I think I am mostly horrified to think I will be one of those aging yuppifieds that will go to this show and be all happy and start screaming “sending out an SOS” over and over when they play “Message in a Bottle.” I am terrified of getting old. But I AM old. Also, GETTING OLDER.
I guess it could be worse. I guess I could have been into a band like, I dunno, someone who is currently tearing it up at some random casino in the middle of nowhere. Instead I am horrified that I might spend several hundred dollars to see a band that I used to love but now sort of hate because they stopped hating each other. Also, the thought of Sting practicing his Tantric love shit on a new wave of groupies just makes me want to hurl.
Oh well. At least, to date, The Clash remains sacred.
February 12th, 2007 at 8:55 pm
I saw Police in concert in the late 70s, when their second album came out (concert was in Vancouver) – and I walked out half way thru! Every song sounded exactly like the album. Nothing different. I don’t know what I was expecting, but I remember a Talking Heads concert from the same year that was incredible. I searched YouTube to find a video of last night’s performance – should have come here first!!
February 13th, 2007 at 9:51 pm
i saw the police at the l.a. forum in the 80’s….i can’t remember the year, but it was way before they started to suck. it was one of the very first concerts i had ever been to and it was one of the very BEST shows i have ever seen. they were on fire, especially the drummer. i want to hold that memory dear and that is why i won’t go see the reunion tour. even if they shred it. i almost went to see the pretenders here in new zealand, but avoided it in order to protect my precious memories of them in their heydey. shit, the image of the (large and bloated) b52’s reunion remains burnt in my mind forever…haunting…and that was just something i saw on t.v.
February 15th, 2007 at 8:38 am
Hate to tell you, but I LOVE Sting! He looks pretty damn good for a 55-year-old guy!
I never saw the Police in concert, but I would like to.
I know what you mean, though, about the memories being better than the reunion.