Sting - Belgian TV

[wombatboter]

Yesterday, Sting was a guest in a Belgian tv-show to talk about this new album.
It wasn't rehearsed but Sting went to the stage to sing "Message in a bottle" with the completely surprised house-band.
Thought I'd share this with you...

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mosg6v6qDM0"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mosg6v6qDM0[/url]

[misrule]

They weren't that surprised -- they had the music on the stands in front of them, as Sting pointed out.

Good effort, though, under pressure

Cheers

Mark

[wombatboter]

They had used the chord sequence of "message in a bottle" to announce a Belgian cook ("cock" Rodman joked) earlier in the show (he wrote a book about cooking "SOS Cooking") so they only new the verse.
They were surprised since the soundmix normally is a bit better and they would have known the structure better (I know the musicians too so I'm pretty sure)

[url="http://www.kookeiland.be/kookeiland.asp?filename=DVD-SOS-Piet.htm"]http://www.kookeiland.be/kookeiland.asp?fi...VD-SOS-Piet.htm[/url]

[skankdelvar]

Think what you like about his tree-hugging, his tantric sex and his new beard - that bloke can [b]sing[/b]. And he's no spring chicken.

Little bass-player [i]totally[/i] made up when Sting compliments him on his rendition of the bass part. Awwww!

Thanks for posting this, wombatboter!

Edited November 12, 2009 by skankdelvar

[misrule]

[quote name='wombatboter' post='652419' date='Nov 12 2009, 11:07 AM']They had used the chord sequence of "message in a bottle" to announce a Belgian cook ("cock" Rodman joked) earlier in the show (he wrote a book about cooking "SOS Cooking") so they only new the verse.
They were surprised since the soundmix normally is a bit better and they would have known the structure better (I know the musicians too so I'm pretty sure)

[url="http://www.kookeiland.be/kookeiland.asp?filename=DVD-SOS-Piet.htm"]http://www.kookeiland.be/kookeiland.asp?fi...VD-SOS-Piet.htm[/url][/quote]
Fair enough. The band must have loved it

Cheers

Mark

[EssentialTension]

[quote name='skankdelvar' post='652434' date='Nov 12 2009, 11:22 AM']Think what you like about his tree-hugging, his tantric sex and his new beard - that bloke can [b]sing[/b]. And he's no spring chicken.

Little bass-player [i]totally[/i] made up when Sting compliments him on his rendition of the bass part. Awwww!

Thanks for posting this, wombatboter![/quote]
Yeah, that was good. I was more disturbed by the fisherman's jumper than the beard.

And I would not have minded at all being that bassist.

[Josh]

[quote name='skankdelvar' post='652434' date='Nov 12 2009, 11:22 AM']Think what you like about his tree-hugging, his tantric sex and his new beard - that bloke can [b]sing[/b]. And he's no spring chicken.

Little bass-player [i]totally[/i] made up when Sting compliments him on his rendition of the bass part. Awwww!

Thanks for posting this, wombatboter![/quote]

I've never really understood why so many people dislike Sting.

Regardless, the guy is a legend and people neglect his contribution to music. I mark him as a great influence on my playing.

[EssentialTension]

[quote name='Josh' post='652928' date='Nov 12 2009, 07:14 PM']I've never really understood why so many people dislike Sting.

Regardless, the guy is a legend and people neglect his contribution to music. I mark him as a great influence on my playing.[/quote]
I've got to admit to being annoyed by some things about him but I think you're correct about his songwriting and his bassplaying and his singing.

[thisnameistaken]

He's a real talent but I don't know about that Captain Scott look.