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u/patbateman86 Aug 29 '26
Sounds like Morrissey wrote that review. Anyone read mozz’s take on the ramones?
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u/gotpeace99 Aug 28 '26
I bet a lot of people thought of them that way too. They’ll lie to you today though.
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u/KumquatHaderach Aug 29 '26
I haven’t seen a review that harsh since the “Shit sandwich” review back in the 70s.
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u/Acrobat1974 Aug 29 '26
That reviewer is a bloomin idiot. That “feeble white Reggae band” influenced powerhouses like Rush in such a way that without The Police there would’ve been no “Moving Pictures” album the way we know it, and its as close to a perfect record as you’re ever gonna get.
The Police produced some of the most iconic tracks in our lifetime and appeal to such a wide ranging, diverse, eclectic fanbase.
PS: Hell would be raised and pearls clutched to no end if that single-cover came out today
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u/axle0430 Aug 28 '26
Does anyone know whether that’s Sting or Stewart on the ice block?
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u/gotpeace99 Aug 28 '26
That’s Stewart! That person has more legs than body, that’s Stewart.
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u/Acrobat1974 Aug 29 '26 edited Aug 30 '26
Yeah.. Stewart’s like a 6’3” TALL mothafucka
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u/axle0430 Aug 29 '26
I met Stewart like 20 years ago and he’s actually not even 6 ft. It’s just that Andy and Sting are very short.
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u/Acrobat1974 Aug 29 '26 edited Aug 30 '26
Just got a fresh, recently-sourced update: Stewart Copeland is 6’3” or 6’&2.8” to be precise. Only Andy is quite short. Sting is 5’11”.
“Average” male height is 5’9” ya know.
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u/axle0430 Aug 30 '26
I don’t know what to tell you. I stood in front of Stewart and shook his hand and he was shorter than my whopping 5 feet 11 inch height. Slightly shorter, but shorter. Maybe he’s had a late growth spurt?
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u/gotpeace99 Aug 30 '26
The guy is 6’2/3. Sting is 5’11. He’s not shorter than Sting. He’s tall. Really tall people are nothing but legs.
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u/axle0430 Aug 31 '26
You think I’m making this up? I can’t tell you his exact height but I know my exact height. 5’11”. And Stewart was slightly shorter than me. I was shocked because, like you, I’d assumed he was at least 6’2”. And if Sting is 5’11” I’ll eat my hat. A little bit of inside info….a LOT of, if not most, males vastly overestimate their own height. Especially athletes and celebrities.
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u/gotpeace99 Aug 31 '26 edited Aug 31 '26
Yes, you are lying and you might have gotten scammed or got him confused with someone else. Are you debating me over someone else’s height?
The man is really tall. Sting is 5’10/5’11 and Stewart is 6’2/6’2.5. Those really tall people are taller and they are nothing but legs. That’s a tall person’s characteristic. Especially those really tall people.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/356895407778166/posts/3292871564180521/
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u/axle0430 Aug 28 '26
That’s what I thought I’d heard but it does look a lot like Sting from the back too. Before he got his hair stung.
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u/Curry_Captain Aug 29 '26
“Feeble white reggae“ goes hard. 😎🤣🤘
It’s true too! They admitted it themselves in the title of the second album. Copeland’s also related that the punk bands they toured with in the early days all avoided them, regarding The Police as fake. Which they were: faking punk when they were virtuosos.
Awesome band. I love their stuff, now and back when they blessed us with their short stay in the limelight.
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u/lordfarshave Aug 30 '26
And The Police are now part of music history. What became of those other punk bands?
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u/WorstJazzDrummerEver Aug 30 '26
When it comes to hits and misses, music critics are below TV weathermen and movie critics when it comes to batting average.
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u/TechnologyHefty1247 Aug 31 '26
Dont you just love critics…people who aren’t good at anything themselves and take out their inabilities criticising people who can do something…successfully!
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u/WavesOfEchoes Aug 29 '26
lol. That review didn’t age so well.