Comments on: Weekly Rewind – The Pretentious Doomsday Clock Edition http://www.project42radio.com/2010/02/01/weekly-rewind-the-pretentious-doomsday-clock-edition/ The old stuff. The new stuff. All the stuff in between. Fri, 04 Nov 2011 03:49:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Lumbering Jack http://www.project42radio.com/2010/02/01/weekly-rewind-the-pretentious-doomsday-clock-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-30 Lumbering Jack Mon, 01 Feb 2010 17:58:02 +0000 http://www.project42radio.com/2010/02/01/weekly-rewind-the-pretentious-doomsday-clock-edition/#comment-30 I'm a huge fan of Sting and The Police. More the Police I suppose. I don't consider Sting a genius or anything, but he's pretty good at what he does. My thoughts on his pretentiousness: He seems to be far more interested in the experience of experimenting with music than actually making sure what comes out is really good. Instead of letting his music come naturally, he tries to force things. So, using "Russians" as an example, he'll say "I'm going to make a song on the Cold War, and no matter what I ~must~ finish it and put it out there." This has happened with his country songs* and his new album of "winter" songs. * He's got 3 or 4 country songs, I think, and only one -- "I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying" -- really worked. That song literally makes me tear up because it's so touching. I’m a huge fan of Sting and The Police. More the Police I suppose. I don’t consider Sting a genius or anything, but he’s pretty good at what he does.
My thoughts on his pretentiousness: He seems to be far more interested in the experience of experimenting with music than actually making sure what comes out is really good.
Instead of letting his music come naturally, he tries to force things. So, using “Russians” as an example, he’ll say “I’m going to make a song on the Cold War, and no matter what I ~must~ finish it and put it out there.” This has happened with his country songs* and his new album of “winter” songs.

* He’s got 3 or 4 country songs, I think, and only one — “I’m So Happy I Can’t Stop Crying” — really worked. That song literally makes me tear up because it’s so touching.

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