Tuesday Open Thread | Sting Week

Posted on October 23, 2018 by rikyrah

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Musical career
1977–1986: The Police and early solo work

The Police:

In January 1977, Sting moved from Newcastle to London and joined Stewart Copeland and Henry Padovani (soon replaced by Andy Summers) to form the Police. From 1978 to 1983 they had five UK chart-topping albums, won six Grammy Awards, and two Brit Awards; for Best British Group, and for Outstanding Contribution to Music.Their initial sound was punk-inspired, but they switched to reggae rock and minimalist pop. Their final album, Synchronicity, was nominated for five Grammy Awards including Album of the Year in 1983. It included their most successful song, “Every Breath You Take”, written by Sting.

According to Sting, who appeared in the documentary Last Play at Shea, he decided to leave the Police while onstage during a concert of 18 August 1983 at Shea Stadium because he felt that playing that venue was “[Mount] Everest”. While never formally breaking up, after Synchronicity the group agreed to concentrate on solo projects. As the years went by, the band members, particularly Sting, dismissed the possibility of reforming. In 2007, however, the band did reform and undertook a world tour.

Four of their five studio albums appeared on Rolling Stone’s list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, and two Sting songs, “Every Breath You Take” and “Roxanne”, appeared on Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. In addition both songs were among the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. In 2003 the band were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. They were also included in Rolling Stone’s and VH1’s lists of the “100 Greatest Artists of All Time”.

In 1978, Sting collaborated with members of Hawkwind and Gong as the Radio Actors on the one-off single “Nuclear Waste”. In September 1981, Sting made his first live solo appearance, on all four nights of the fourth Amnesty International benefit The Secret Policeman’s Other Ball in London’s Drury Lane theatre at the invitation of producer Martin Lewis. He performed solo versions of “Roxanne” and “Message in a Bottle”. He also led an all-star band (dubbed “the Secret Police”) on his own arrangement of Bob Dylan’s “I Shall Be Released”. The band and chorus included Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Phil Collins, Bob Geldof and Midge Ure, all of whom (except Beck) later worked on Live Aid. His performances were in the album and movie of the show. The Secret Policeman’s Other Ball began his growing involvement in political and social causes. In 1982 he made a solo single, “Spread a Little Happiness” from the film of the Dennis Potter television play Brimstone and Treacle. The song was a re-interpretation of the 1920s musical Mr. Cinders by Vivian Ellis, and a Top 20 hit in the UK.

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  2. skepticalbrotha says:
    October 23, 2018 at 9:49 pm

    Tamron Hall the next time she catches #MegynKelly on the street…. #Blackface pic.twitter.com/Y0dAaVhg0N— skeptical brotha 🌈 (@skepticalbrotha) October 24, 2018

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  4. SouthernGirl2 says:
    October 23, 2018 at 7:35 pm

    Carson can say mama, paw paw and hi….

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  5. SouthernGirl2 says:
    October 23, 2018 at 7:32 pm

    Carson news update.

    He pulls up his mom’s shirt, pinches and then watches to see her reaction. If she doesn’t say oww, he says it. LOL

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  7. ametia says:
    October 23, 2018 at 6:29 pm

    Good grief, Chris “Spittle”Matthews just introduced “The great Rick Scarramuci”.
    Who btw is also plugging a book aka grifting
    WTF

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  10. Ametia says:
    October 23, 2018 at 4:31 pm

    Turkey’s Erdogan stirs the pot
    By Jennifer Rubin-Opinion writer
    October 23 at 1:30 PM

    Until the killing of Post Global Opinions columnist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s reputation had been under siege in the West. After Turkey detained American pastor Andrew Brunson, President Trump slapped sanctions on Turkey, which was already in an economic tailspin. (“The United States doubled its tariffs on steel and aluminum imported from Turkey and froze the assets of the Turkish interior and justice ministers,” Julie Honoré wrote in Foreign Policy magazine. “The Turkish lira hit a low of 5.11 to the dollar, and inflation reached 24.5 percent. Erdogan railed against the United States, and some Turks made a show of burning dollars, boycotting McDonald’s, and destroying Apple products.”)

    Erdogan has been under severe criticism from the West for his practice of snatching Westerners, his campaign of domestic repression and his coziness with Russia and Iran. Jake Sullivan and Eric Edelman wrote in

    February:

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/opinions/wp/2018/10/23/turkeys-erdogan-stirs-the-pot/?utm_term=.497611aa1507

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  14. SouthernGirl2 says:
    October 23, 2018 at 12:04 pm

    Translation: Stacey Abram’s voter turnout operation scares us and I’ll lose if all those Black people uses and exercises their right to vote

    https://twitter.com/NatashaBertrand/status/1054778971290849280

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  23. Ametia says:
    October 23, 2018 at 8:40 am

    If there is a ‘blue wave,’ Democrats would have black women to thank
    Eugene Robinson

    (AND IF THEIR ISN’T A BLUE WAVE, WILL BLACK WOMEN BE BLAMED FOR IT, TOO?)
    Just asking

    Four hundred years of history have imbued African American women with steely determination.

    Read more »

    https://s2.washingtonpost.com/c9cb87/5bcef83dfe1ff605f4bf0ee4/YXdhcmVvZjQxMUBnbWFpbC5jb20%3D/21/85/3a569220054ddfca9b49a25bb24a75b5

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  25. Ametia says:
    October 23, 2018 at 8:35 am

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4kcoBVKiAk

    Erdogan says Saudi officials plotted to kill Khashoggi
    By Kareem Fahim

    President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s remarks calling the death a planned operation conflict with the account provided by Saudi officials, who have said the prominent journalist was killed during a fistfight when “rogue” Saudi agents had tried to bring him back to Riyadh.

    Read more »https://s2.washingtonpost.com/c9cb3b/5bcef12dfe1ff605f4bf0e4b/YXdhcmVvZjQxMUBnbWFpbC5jb20%3D/7/75/3a569220054ddfca9b49a25bb24a75b5

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  26. Ametia says:
    October 23, 2018 at 8:32 am

    Word of the Day : October 23, 2018

    Mawkishp: adjective MAW-kish

    Definition
    1 : lacking flavor or having an unpleasant taste

    2 : exaggeratedly or childishly emotional

    https://www.merriam-webster.com/word-of-the-day/mawkish-2018-10-23?pronunciation&lang=en_us&dir=m&file=mawkis01&utm_campaign=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_source=wotd&utm_content=pron

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  45. rikyrah says:
    October 23, 2018 at 6:19 am

    Good Morning, Everyone 😄😄😄

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