More Sting
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.
Fragile
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Carson can say mama, paw paw and hi….
So Sweet
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
😄😄😄
😂. Sweet Carson. Don’t mess with him 😁
Soon he will be quoting complex scientific formulas and such. We’ll give him a little time. He is sooooooo intelligent. Also I know that you are enjoying these ‘firsts’. (smile) He’s still a little one.
Our little sweet heart brings so much joy.
https://twitter.com/emilyslist/status/1054884434829176832
Good grief, Chris “Spittle”Matthews just introduced “The great Rick Scarramuci”.
Who btw is also plugging a book aka grifting
WTF
https://twitter.com/BNONews/status/1054797583481294848
Lord
https://twitter.com/RepRaulGrijalva/status/1054810985599549440
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
https://twitter.com/thecrisismag/status/1054746230847426561
Typical ignorant racist trash…..
https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1054790831939436546
Wow. But we shouldn’t be surprised. This year the GOP is running the dirtiest campaigns I’ve seen in my lifetime.
What are the buzzards and cowards going to say when he wins?
https://twitter.com/politvidchannel/status/1054788403890315264
Uh huh
Uh huh 😒 😒
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
UN-GODLY
This is who they are.
https://twitter.com/TexasLottery/status/1054769592042549248
https://twitter.com/theGrio/status/1054765319418392576
https://twitter.com/TheDailyEdge/status/1054758386435268611
https://twitter.com/JeffreyPorterPM/status/1054562594009296901
https://twitter.com/yashar/status/1054744740459991041
So, was the “Crown Prince” going to cut Salah’s head off if he didn’t do the photo op?
https://twitter.com/BenWeiserNYT/status/1054488661935431680
https://twitter.com/icebergslim1047/status/1054752041959112705
https://twitter.com/joshrogin/status/1054733742953152513
https://twitter.com/MalcolmNance/status/1054712865926643713
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.
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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.
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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
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https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1054486355521220609
so sad when a grown ass man has to get up in front of a mic and tell grown ass folks don’t boo, vote.
*sigh* I’m TIRED, FOLKS.
https://twitter.com/nvdems/status/1054479557368016897
https://twitter.com/DanaHoule/status/1054211534413533184
https://twitter.com/skepticalbrotha/status/1054441380540530688
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https://twitter.com/hausmuva/status/1054476656084168706
hollering….
https://twitter.com/MalcolmNance/status/1054399654836629504
https://twitter.com/nhannahjones/status/1054149431866638337
https://twitter.com/HoarseWisperer/status/1054399548007817216
https://twitter.com/GSorensen/status/1054528528887222272
😠😠😠
https://twitter.com/Johngcole/status/1054530030859157504
there are thousands of Somalis in Maine. somebody’s ass didn’t get the memo…
https://twitter.com/reginaflannery1/status/1054555271324987393
Perfect. They’re ALL LOWLIFES.
https://twitter.com/RVAwonk/status/1054573445420322820
These racists POS are some dangerous MOFOs.
They will roll up on the wrong persons, exercising their SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHTS.
https://twitter.com/John_Hudson/status/1054390395499675648
https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1054409665357012992
https://twitter.com/jackiekashian/status/1053764509519630336
👏👏👏
https://twitter.com/bubbaprog/status/1053857660532129792
https://twitter.com/repjohnlewis/status/1054415950227877888
Too cute for words 😍😍
https://twitter.com/_SJPeace_/status/1054093246736019456
LOL How cute. Kids these days have everything right at their finger tips/lips. Just ask and it is given.
Yeah, they live in a whole other world. I can’t even imagine.
Good Morning, Everyone 😄😄😄
Good Morning, Rikyrah & 3 Chics Family.