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12-12-2010, 01:32 PM
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Just saw the "Certifiable" DVD Reunion thing a few years back, and I noticed that Sting, who plays relatively simple lines in Police songs, ripped it up during a few tracks....
especially during "when the world is running down"
Maybe during 20 years of being a jazz/smooth rock musician he ripped off some Darryl Jones, etc licks.
Anyone who doubts Stings ability to jam should find a clip of this performance. (sorry don't have time right now to dig on Youtube for it---just wanted to post while fresh in mind) |
12-12-2010, 01:35 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Tuscaloosa, Alabama | | | Not only do I own "Certifiable", I saw The Police live and you are absolutely right. His re-arrangement on the bass parts for those songs was absolutely incredible. Now I have two sets of Police songs to learn instead of just one!
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12-12-2010, 01:37 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Sacramento, CA | | | his single coil P tone was a little wonky, but decent in the mix. really tore it up. |
12-12-2010, 01:42 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2005 Location: Europe | | | I love Sting's approach on the bass. Smart, yet unclatterd. And he can play!!!
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12-12-2010, 01:46 PM
|  | I'm gonna love and tolerate the **** out of you! | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Memphis/Knoxville TN | | | His playing style is really something else these days, too. Kinda like playing a classical/flamenco guitar. |
12-13-2010, 03:24 PM
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Originally Posted by fullrangebass  I love Sting's approach on the bass. Smart, yet unclatterd. And he can play!!! | I agree, the notes that he doesn't play are just as important as the ones he does play. I love his style for sure. |
12-13-2010, 03:29 PM
|  | I took the one less traveled by | | Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Reims, Champagne, France | | | Most of his playing borderlines genius level. Musical, always fit and clever.
Anyone thinking he's not a great musician is a fool. |
12-13-2010, 03:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Jazz Ad Most of his playing borderlines genius level. Musical, always fit and clever.
Anyone thinking he's not a great musician is a fool. | Word. Great player. Singing at the same time, too.
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12-13-2010, 03:42 PM
| | I took the one less traveled by | | Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Reims, Champagne, France | | I mean, come on. There isn't a single simple thing in this song. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ug-qQ6fXevo |
12-14-2010, 05:12 AM
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Originally Posted by M0ses Word. Great player. Singing at the same time, too. | I always thought a lot of his Police bass lines were pretty simple until I tried playing and singing. A lot of times the vocals and bass are doing completely different things and doing both can be a lot harder than it sounds, for me anyway.
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12-14-2010, 01:16 PM
|  | Gettin' medieval on yo' bass... | | Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: new hampshire | | | He says in his autobiography that he started taking a minimalist approach to bass when he was drafted into singing. He doesn't play that stripped-down way out of lack of ability.
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12-14-2010, 06:33 PM
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12-14-2010, 09:37 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Maryland, USA | | | Sting's no slouch on bass. I rate him as the 3rd most melodic bassist of all time.
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12-15-2010, 09:17 AM
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Managing Editor, Bass Guitars Editor, MusicGearReview.com | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Pittsburgh, PA | | | Sting has musical chops -- and not just on bass. As someone else above noted, being a bassist is more about what you don't play than what you do in developing a line to fit the song. Andy Summers took up a lot of the unfilled sonic space in the Police, and when you have a drummer as active as Copeland, too much bass would be Clash of the Titans time.
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12-15-2010, 09:22 AM
| | | | I believe Sting played jazz before forming the Police. A fellow musician once told me that he read an interview with Sting wherein Sting proudly admitted that the Police's punk/new wave/reggae mixture was shrewdly and coldly calculated in order to vie for attention and seek fame.
He's a wonderful bass player. His brilliant use of a pick on "Spirits in the Material World" led me to start using one again, after switching from pick to fingers when I was first learning.
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12-15-2010, 09:30 AM
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Originally Posted by Jazz Ad | I really enjoyed that. thanks for posting! |
12-15-2010, 09:30 AM
| | | | Sting is an absolute favorite of mine. His sense of groove, fun basslines, and great timing are inspiring.
Spirits in a Material World
Driven to Tears
Man in a Suitcase
(the pickup note coming out of the solo in) Bring on the Night
Miss Gradenko
Can't Stand Losing You
Funny enough last time I saw them it was like watching a musical fistfight between him and Copeland. Sting lays back and Copeland wants to speed up the WHOLE TIME!!!
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12-15-2010, 09:53 AM
|  | My favorite songs were never heard on the radio | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Tulsa, OK | | | Saw the Police live a few years ago, and bought "Certifiable" on Blu-ray when it came out.
I love jamming on the bass lines from "Peanuts" (Outlandos D'Amour), and "On Any Other Day" (Regatta De Blanc). |
12-16-2010, 09:59 AM
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Originally Posted by Chrisk-K Sting's no slouch on bass. I rate him as the 3rd most melodic bassist of all time. | Okay, I'll bite...
1) McCartney
2) ?
3) Sting |
12-16-2010, 10:29 AM
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Originally Posted by dougjwray Okay, I'll bite...
1) McCartney
2) ?
3) Sting | Duff's gotten really melodic lately... Him?
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