May 18, 2006

Mad About Lute

I'm a huge Police fan, and ... ok, a Sting fan too. (Up until 1991 those were some incredible albums, really!) But even I draw the line somewhere.

In an exclusive interview with Sting.com, Sting has revealed his latest project - an album of sixteenth century music performed on the lute. The album will be released in the autumn on the classical label Deutsche Grammophon.

The LP is all lute with some four part harmonies, and if Mr. Sumner convinces Diddy or Twista to remix it, I may have to burn my copy of Dream Of The Blue Turtles out of spite.

However, I'll always love Scrantonicity (YouTube). [That episode = so best.]

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It's a miracle Andy and Stewart were able to reign in Sting's pretension for as long as they did. You can see the seams splitting at the end: Synchronicity is a great album, but there are definite signs of "wank" even then. It's so sad that Sting intentionally disappeared up his own ass, only to emerge as a refugee from a renaissance fair.

Posted by: the management at 05/18/06 10:26 AM | Reply
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Also, I meant "rein," not "reign." Dammit.

Posted by: the management at 05/18/06 10:28 AM | Reply
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uh-oh, scott stereogum. i think you just jumped the shark with that sting revelation ;)

Posted by: c at 05/18/06 11:40 AM | Reply
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I loves me some Police...especially older stuff -- I got the box set! In all honesty, I'm way more interested in hearing an album full of lute whatever than any of the godawful VH1 fodder Sting(k) has been cranking out for the past decade or so.

Posted by: Ben at 05/18/06 11:52 AM | Reply
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> uh-oh, scott stereogum. i think you just
> jumped the shark with that sting revelation ;)

Ha. It was bound to come out sooner or later. I gotta be honest.

Posted by: scott at 05/18/06 12:32 PM | Reply
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I would like to bust a tantric nut in his eye

Posted by: Richard Head at 05/18/06 1:04 PM | Reply
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so are you saying you aren't feeling the SOUL CAGES? heart of stone you have!

Posted by: soul cages at 05/18/06 1:06 PM | Reply
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> so are you saying you aren't feeling the
> SOUL CAGES? heart of stone you have!

No I love Soul Cages. I should've wrote 'up until 1993' I suppose.

Posted by: scott at 05/18/06 1:09 PM | Reply
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I'm more pissed that DG is doing "crossover." Bet it'll still be better than that Billy Joel "Classical" album.