police dino tours

["samba -" <sambacomet@hotmail.com>]

  The Police and the Talking Heads were the last commercial.rock/pop acts 
I 
liked ,haven'tlistened to commercial music since then.Was already steeped 
in 
all sorts of wierdnessand hadn't seen a stadium show in years,though I'd 
probably been to 150 of them in the early 70s. I saw the Police on their 
last tour.and while I enjoyed it,it was far from great,they obviously were 
doing the same rehearsed set every night,all the lighting cues,etc. were 
choreographed.I find note for note reproductions of recorded songs the 
most 
boring thing in the world.I don't caer about being impressed by skill-why 
would I see a rock band if I was?.Summers did some nice guitar 
synth,Copeland'sm time feel seemed rushed,having been a long time reggae 
fan 
I could never understand why some people found his style so fresh,it was 
like reggae on too much coffee,But I liked his textural ideas and use of 
electronics. The bass sound pounded one in the chest to a degree that was 
really obnoxious. The sound while presumably state of the art was not that 
good.I'd seen the grateful dead the nigt before ( outside) and their sound 
was a thousand times better. I stopped going to stadium shows because 
they're terrible placs for music. I've played a few and worked a alot as a 
stage hand ,but I would never pay for one.
  Please notice that the dinos are touring to make money-because that's 
where the money is.Merchandise is a big part,but live music creates a 
sense 
of community that humans need.Anyone that can deliver live should be able 
to 
work.

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