Sting turns 70
Daily Comfort ZoneThe Police rockband member, now a Deutsche Grammophon artist, will hit a milestone on Friday.
We hope he cheers up.
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I’m sure Sting is perfectly happy.
I saw his performance of the Dowland songs at Disney Hall. Stupendous. the lutenist was amazing. This recording is a false representation of Sting’s skills and artistry.
Wonderful songwriter.
All the best for this great singer. I will never forget the moment I discovred alone that the melody of his song Russians has a connection with Prokofiev. I have to say that I heared first Sting and that I was upset to don’t have known it earlyer.
To my ears he turned Dowland into Dour-land…..but in matters of faith and taste there are no winners.
But here Dowland is the loser.
When will Sting perform Stockhausen and will Stockhausen be performed at Glastonbury . I haven’t heard Mozart or Berio on Radio 1 recently …
Sting participated in a wonderful recording of Stavinsky’s Histoire du Soldat with Ian McCellan and Vanessa Redgrave back in the day. Truly an eclectic performer.
Also excellent narrator in Peter and the Wolf, conducted by Abbado. When my children were at the right age, this was, in my opinion, the best recorded narration and musical interpretation I could find.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuqgqqpFoZw&list=PL-HUaOhrcOmCG_YbMkpIpBOYhPd_MSNHQ
Sting retired and became Stung.
As a very long-time fan of Sting I think it’s great that his 70th birthday coincides with the release of ‘The Bridge.’ – his new album of original music.
This release coming after some great albums like ‘If On A Winter’s Night.’, ‘Songs From The Labyrinth.’, ‘The Last Ship.’, and the rather tepidly received ’57th & Night.’. But also in my opinion too many years of re-tooling his back catalogue of solo and The Police songs over and over again.
After water-treading albums like ‘Symphonicities.’ and the dreadful ‘My Songs.’ it’s quite a relief to know that Sting hasn’t lost his songwriting mojo.
Now I feel old.
He will turn 70 on Saturday October 2. I have been a fan since the late 70’s.
Funny story:
Patrick Stewart Had No Clue Who Sting Was When They Worked Together on ‘Dune’
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/patrick-stewart-didnt-know-who-sting-was-dune-1104219/
I wonder if it’s true.
Sting’s real name is Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner. The Police could have been the Gordon Summer Band. Or just Summer. Not a bad name for a band.
Only in the past year did I hear Sting’s “Fragile” for the first time, loving its gentle-powerful, essential message; its wondrously original and tender beauty. His version of “Soul Cake” slays me, too, first hearing it while high up in the West Maui Mountains during a Christmas television broadcast six years ago.
Two other great favorites are “Desert Rose” and “A Thousand Years” with their gorgeously hypnotic, sublime assimilation of Middle Eastern essences…
http://azuremilesrecords.com/thefeelingismutual.html