The four of us (wife, kids and myself) make the trek to Dodger Stadium to see The Police and The Foo Fighters. I've waited well over 20 years to see The Police so it was a dream come true. I now also make it a point to bring my kids to see bands of true significance (we blew it not taking them to see U2 a couple of years ago). It was a bonus when they announced the Foo Fighters would be playing the show. Two bands I dig, one show. Very cool!
So we're walking around Dodger Stadium and I hear this "Nice shirt!" (I was wearing a This Holiday Life to support a great local San Diego band). I turn around and it is Andy Barron, media guy supreme who is working with Switchfoot. It was good to see a friendly face.
The big disappointment was the Dodger Dogs; the tasted like tofu dogs. As a Dodger fan I've always boasted about the greatness of Dodger Dogs. Not now after eating that crap.
To the important stuff; the show. Stings son's band called Fiction Plane was the first band. What a way to get some promotion. They were OK. The mighty Foo Fighters were next and they were amazing. Dave Grohl just flippin' goes for it on stage. His energy and enthusiasm was quite evident. All the women think he's hot and all the dudes thinks he's the coolest guy in the world. They did about an hour show and it was awesome.
Finally, The Police emerged. To me they are one of the top bands of all-time and I've enjoyed their music since I was a freshman in high school. I haven't read much about the shows so I was expecting the 3 "policemen" along with a bunch of backing musicians and singers. This was not the case; it was just Steward Copeland, Andy Summers and Sting. They were the 3 piece as it should have been. One thing to remember is these guys are all a lot older than when the were singing "Every Breath You Take" in 1983. Sting's voice doesn't go as high as it used to be and they don't jump around like they used to; nothing I didn't expect.
They played all Police songs without any solo songs. I've seen Sting solo before so I was glad they just stuck to the songs of the five amazing Police albums. They did everything I expected along with a favorite of mine called "Reggatta de Blanc". The energy wasn't as high as the Foo Fighters but it was still a great show.
I hope that this tour completes The Police. They've made five wonderful albums in a different time. They don't need to hurt their legacy by making anything new. For us long-time fans it was a nice way to say a proper "good bye".
Posted by Tim at June 24, 2007 11:05 PM
