Paul and Sting????

[DaveinDK]

Check this out from the Onion. Read the whole thing.

Thought it was pretty funny til I got to the end. Now I'm not so sure.

[DaveinDK]

Sorry, here's the link:

www.theonion.com/content/node/33682

[prozach]

"I was sitting at one of my pianos, working out some chords for my forthcoming album The Tepid Heart, when the wife asked me to pick up some diet soda."



okay, that was pretty funny.

[scoOter]

funny, funny stuff. the westerberg comment, though? ouch, very ouch.

[DDog]

I'm surprised Gordon knows who Paul Westerberg is considering the fact he can't recognize his own music...

[Kathy]

prozach said:

"I was sitting at one of my pianos, working out some chords for my forthcoming album The Tepid Heart, when the wife asked me to pick up some diet soda."



okay, that was pretty funny.

But this was funnier:

"I was in the den, watching some figure skating on TV and reading Parade."

[bigbak]

Paul as an identifier for the had-it-lost-it category? Naw, the guy who wrote that bit was just trying to put his "hip-chops" on display, as 89% of the Onion's readership base has no idea who P-dub is (That percentage is based on an informal poll I just conducted of the twenty or so people I know who read the Onion, which is as acurate a sampling as anything Gallup would pull out of a hat).

[prozach]

[Kathy]

Bruce and Sting sitting in a tree

Bruce: wearing a cool black vest, no shirt, awesome silver belt
Sting: wearing a turtleneck sweater with appliques of some sort and a scarf.

[prozach]

admin said:

Bruce: wearing a cool black vest, no shirt.

. . . ?

[allshookup]

admin said:

Sting: wearing a turtleneck sweater with appliques of some sort and a scarf.

[headlightbeams]

There's the Josh connection
From sting.com:
JOSH FREESE
Josh Freese is the young buck of Sting's current band.
Q: How does it feel to now be playing those songs with Sting?
A: It's definitely a weird twist. I've been fortunate in that I've gotten a chance to work with a lot of guys I grew up loving. The difference here is that Sting sold about 100 million more records than Paul Westerberg. So getting up on stage with Sting was certainly a bit intimidating.
-- from the April 2005 issue of The Missoulian newspaper

[A Regular]

admin said:

Bruce and Sting sitting in a tree

Bruce: wearing a cool black vest, no shirt, awesome silver belt
Sting: wearing a turtleneck sweater with appliques of some sort and a scarf.

admit it, you were hoping they'd kiss while sharing that mic.

admit it.

[Kathy]

unsatisfied2 said:

admin said:

Bruce and Sting sitting in a tree

Bruce: wearing a cool black vest, no shirt, awesome silver belt
Sting: wearing a turtleneck sweater with appliques of some sort and a scarf.

admit it, you were hoping they'd kiss while sharing that mic.

admit it.

Well Sting did look quite pretty, I must admit.

[Kathy]

prozach said:

Bruce: wearing a cool black vest, no shirt.

You know I love a guy in a sleeveless black top, esp one with all the coolest dance moves.








(Now is the time for Monkey to say: "Jean Claude Van DANCE! Am I right?!")

[Nickel]

Just an independent set of opinions here:

First - no idea what Sting means by these comments, but I take it to mean that even the hardest rockers can turn mellow. We have to admit Pual has in many ways - in good ways. I want to think that is how he meant it.

I've met Sting twice and both times he was TOTALLY cool. Almost embarrassed. He actually said to two girls "i'm just a guy who writes music". I had heard in the news and crap about what a dick he was and he wasn't. This was maybe 2-3 years post police.

Now Stewart Copeland. Met him once - that was enough. MAJOT ASSWIPE. I also met Sandy Summers - totally mellow- had ZERO reason being a rockstar.

Paul vs. Sting - I take Paul in a heartbeat, but I want to think Sting meant nothing bad byt his comment, despite his music growing incredibly drab over the past 2-3 CD's. What that, I haven't much cared for Folker or most of the songs on CFMT either - too much of the self produced thing.

Best Paul Solo CD - Suicaine G.
Best Sting Solo - Mercury Falling or Ten Summorners Tales

If I could only pick one, I take Suicaine.

[DaveinDK]

Ummm---should I tell him?

Only a true Sting fan would fail to miss the satire in that piece. This is precisely why so many Europeans claim we Americans don't understand irony...

Nickel, man, you can stop scratching your head as to what the "TOTALLY cool" Sting meant by his comments. He didn't make them. Sting DID NOT write that piece, ok? It's a joke.

It's kind of interesting, though, that Suicane is the album that hits home with the sting fan base. Maybe THAT'S what Paul was aiming for with that dud. He should got Brnaford Marsalis to play on it or something.

What's that commercial Sting did a couple of years back? Was it for Apple or something? Can't remember, but Sting was in a commercial acting like it was beneath him to make commercials. You know what I mean? He's riding in the back seat of a car, taxi, or something. That was just sickening to me. Here's a millionaire who claims to be against "selling out", commercialism, whatever, and then the ass goes and exploits this image of himself in a commercial.

"Almost embarrased"? Sting should be full on ashamed.

[prozach]

folks, in regard to Sting, please remember:

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and finally

[mrblasty]

[Phillbis]

What's that commercial Sting did a couple of years back? Was it for Apple or something? Can't remember, but Sting was in a commercial acting like it was beneath him to make commercials. You know what I mean? He's riding in the back seat of a car, taxi, or something. That was just sickening to me. Here's a millionaire who claims to be against "selling out", commercialism, whatever, and then the ass goes and exploits this image of himself in a commercial.

"Almost embarrased"? Sting should be full on ashamed.[/quote]

Sting was in a Jaguar commercial.

Sheryl Crow has the chest of a 14 year old boy or an 80 year old woman. I can't seem to figure it out...