Hmm. A 40 year grudge. Dude, just take credit and be done with it.
I presume he still got paid for all his gigs.
Oh, the stalker song.
Did someone do a big cover of it recently where only the song writer gets the royalties?
“Sting began work on it in 1982 after breaking up with his first wife and embarking on a relationship with her friend.”
That’s nice. /s
Great video. B&W, just the musicians, with the only non-musician being the very metaphorical and mysterious window washer.
Sting was the least talented member of The Police. By a lot. I mean he could write some catchy lyrics, but he’s not that great at anything else. All you’ve got to do is look at their post Police collaberations:
Andy Summers - Robert Fripp, John Etheridge, Fernanda Takai
Stewart Copeland - Adrian Belew, Vittorio Cosma, Peter Gabriel
Sting - Shaggy
So there you go. Sting should be giving Summers and Copeland thank you checks for making him famous and fooling people into thinking he has talent.
I’d tell Copeland that the groove IS the relentless steady- ness of the bear. It develops an intensity that underscores the stalker like fixation in the song. A hell of a lot of pro and amateur recording engineers consider it a near perfect recording.