WHY DOES NOBODY LIKE STING?

Just wondering earlier: Why doesn't anybody like sting?

I haven't liked him since he went red and black Wolfpac. The less he says, the better.

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Just wondering earlier: Why doesn't anybody like sting?

I like The Police, does that count?

I haven't liked him since he went red and black Wolfpac. The less he says, the better.

Oh man, that's too funny!

Post of the year.

I like Sting. He's an extremely gifted musician and songwriter. Actually, "gifted" is the wrong word--it implies that his talent wasn't something he's worked ferociously hard at for decades. Clearly, he's put in more bloody-minded graft than 90% of players in rock and you can hear it in the way that he can play and sing such complex vocal and bass lines with finesse.

Flipside is that I don't care for the bulk of his solo work, if only because it's far too traditional-sounding. Compared to the Police, who were a group of innovators, blending genres and utilizing technology to create then-unheard sounds, Sting's tendency to lean on jazz and blues just feels a little weak. But nobody can take the guy's legacy away from him, and he remains a formidable bassist, guitarist, singer, and lute player (sorry, had to throw that in there).

who said no one likes Sting... in the words of Stu Copeland, he's a petulant schoolboy.... and I think he's a pretentious tool as a person (and his classical guitar playing and lute playing is a joke, though I appreciate that he's aware that there was pop music before recording technology)... but he's a talented songwriter, vocalist and multi-instrumentalist worthy of respect in pop/rock/elevator-jazz genres!

I really enjoyed the album with 'fields of gold' for instance and occasionally still put it on! And the Police. What a significant part of the soundtrack of my childhood. Who can deny the might of the 1st 4 Police albums?

I agree with Nik though, I most respect Stingo's dedication and work ethic. I think he's a Thomas Edison (as am I), 99% perspiration! and I respect that more than anyone born with brilliance!

I would also add that Sting is a hell of a prose writer. His autobiography, "Broken Music," was one of the best things I've ever read by any popular musician. (Admittedly, the bar is pretty low in this category. But it's still a very well-written book, IMO.)

I would also add that Sting is a hell of a prose writer. His autobiography, "Broken Music," was one of the best things I've ever read by any popular musician. (Admittedly, the bar is pretty low in this category. But it's still a very well-written book, IMO.)

Sting had enough schooling to become a teacher in England. I'm pretty sure that Nikki Sixx, for instance, would benefit from a few grammar lessons from Mr Sting at 'Sumner' school (oh man, that pun was bad, but I had to)....

I haven't liked him since he went red and black Wolfpac. The less he says, the better.

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By the way, that was hysterical. I'll bet a lot of our younger members don't even get the joke though!

Sting had enough schooling to become a teacher in England. I'm pretty sure that Nikki Sixx, for instance, would benefit from a few grammar lessons from Mr Sting at 'Sumner' school (oh man, that pun was bad, but I had to)....

Haha! I almost named "The Dirt" by way of contrast, but decided to keep the gloves up. Glad you decided to go for it.

I haven't liked him since he went red and black Wolfpac. The less he says, the better.

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By the way, that was hysterical. I'll bet a lot of our younger members don't even get the joke though!

He's still around actually. They made him TNA's version of Stone Cold for years and recently he fought Undertaker at Wrestlemania. He was one of the keys that clued in the WWE owning TNA and ROH. I remember years ago on A&E he gave an interview saying that McMahon had been trying to get him into the WWF for years but only to lose to one of the top talents. Once the Invasion storyline happened, it worsened. True to his word though, 20 years later he finally got to do it. Write that Sting loses his first big match against a WWF Attitude persona. The young'ns will likely know who Sting is, but the version they know him for is a loud mouth that loses matches.

Interesting note, Sting had to wrestle Jeff Hardy the night he was high on heroin. Sting became so mad that he gave him a real kick to the gut before pinning him in the first 20 seconds of the match. The ref's, Eric Bischoff, and Sting all planned it off the top o ftheir heads so that they wouldn't risk fans knowing what was happening. Everyone boo'd Sting for winning in 20 seconds with 1 move and Sting left the arena telling the crowd "I know. I'm sorry. I think it's bull$%$% too"

I like a couple of genesis and police songs okay. The most interesting thing about Sting for me was that he played with his thumb, the way I taught myself. I always thought I invented that style until watching him play.

They made him TNA's version of Stone Cold for years and recently he fought Undertaker at Wrestlemania.

The Undertaker still wrestles? AMAZING! He was my boy in the early 90s (after the ultimate warrior got boring)! If I had been old enough to gamble I woulda bet on that Goth-ass Mofo!

The most interesting thing about Sting for me was that he played with his thumb, the way I taught myself. I always thought I invented that style until watching him play.

Actually sting is from a long line of thumb guys on both bass and guitar... Paul McCartney of the Beatles started as a thumb man and still is very thumby on acoustic guitar. Wes Montgomery, all those wicked jazz licks... all thumb. There are lots of guys, I am just too tired to think of them right now. I love playing with my thumb. Sounds awesome and is just right for certain kinds of lines.

They have him wrestle about a match a year now. He attacks someone around January so he can have a reason to be in the next Wrestlemania. He's really just a shell of who he was. He's become a Ric Flair and a Hulk Hogan. Every match is identical. He's only allowed to do the Tombstone on rare occasions so you never see it in matches.

I really wanted Kane VS Undertaker as his last match and that way they can retire both characters. WWE has crapped on both characters for years. I want to remember Kane being a scary scarred giant who caught people on fire and couldn't be killed. Over the passed decade they've made him comic relieve, a normal guy, and they strongly hinted for a few months that he was in a homosexual relationship with his tag partner, the relationship of which consisted of the tag partner yelling at Kane, and Kane crying, hugging the other guy, and trying to mend their relationship. They even had them go to couples counseling as a gimmick. They've really gotten as far away from the original Kane as they possibly can.

I haven't watch wrestling routinely in years but every year or so I get curious how things are going and try to catch an episode. I'm always angered and disappointed with what I see.

I haven't watch wrestling routinely in years but every year or so I get curious how things are going and try to catch an episode. I'm always angered and disappointed with what I see.

I can't eal with it anymore. One of my band's managers had a personal assistant who's stepdad was a pro-wrestling trainer/choreographer. She also dated a small-time wrestler who got onmy nerves. All they talked about was wrestling. Nice enough girl, she just killed the whole thing for me.

I haven't watch wrestling routinely in years but every year or so I get curious how things are going and try to catch an episode. I'm always angered and disappointed with what I see.

I can't eal with it anymore. One of my band's managers had a personal assistant who's stepdad was a pro-wrestling trainer/choreographer. She also dated a small-time wrestler who got on my nerves. All they talked about was wrestling. Nice enough girl, she just killed the whole thing for me.

Oooh I hate it when people cling to industry lingo to feel connected and alienate people outside their profession. We used to do i tin the prison system. I work with a girl now who is an ex-con. She ends every conversation with "I know that's right". I really hate Prison lingo all together these days. It's been a minute since, I made a johnny, boss, referring to their room as their house. Uggh.

Same goes for wrestling talk. Someone will over use the terminology and it comes off like that are desperate to be identified with wrestling. "He took a bump. The new neighbor is a face. Some jobber and that jabroni he was with... I marked out when he sandbagged.".

I think maybe this applies to me in all businesses I guess. I go blank when car guys go on about this and that.

Vocabulary in general bugs me :) I hate it when someone calls a gun's magazine a clip or a shot a bullet.

Well, in an attempt to get this thing back on track... both of them, I'll leave these behind.

1. "I'll be watching you" is supposedly written by a stalker to Sting and he used it as a love song. Probably all urban legend.

2. The Answer is, he beats kids!

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1. "I'll be watching you" is supposedly written by a stalker to Sting and he used it as a love song. Probably all urban legend.

2. The Answer is, he beats kids!

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My son is such a hoolign, he would probably enjoy that, especially smashing into the china cabinet! My little dude just tore around the yard naked with a hose for an hour before yanking me into his kiddie pool (that's what the hose was supposed to be doing). Even in this heat wave the yard is like a swamp now. I guess I'm not mowing the lawn during his nap. Oh well. Call Sting for me. I need his help wearing this toddler out.

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nope

Is he old enough for a sport like Soccer? That would drain a bit of it.

Is he old enough for a sport like Soccer? That would drain a bit of it.

not in a team situation, he's 18 mos

Lu does have a really good attention span for a toddler, I have started teaching him to dribble and pass a soccer ball and an hour or 2 of soccer practice with daddy does take it out of the little guy. I think sting's method of putting kids to sleep looks way more effective though.