We like Sting (really), but a collection of 16th century music performed exclusively on the lute is even too indie for us. If you’re curious, some of Sumner’s covers of Elizabethan lutenist John Dowland are streaming here. Songs From The Labynth is out stateside on Tuesday, and all proceeds with benefit Sting. Part of why we love him, though, is his pretentiousness. Who else would sample Prokofiev and sing about Oppenheimer … in the same song? Plus, Sting tells Page Six, “Today’s music is not designed for me. I don’t understand a Beyonce or Justin Timberlake.? We don’t understand a Beyonce either, Stingy.

Police fans should check out Stewart Copeland’s new documentary Everyone Stares (named after a great Copeland-penned Regatta song) now out on DVD. It’s composed entirely of footage the drummer shot on Super-8 when the band first broke in America. Few new revelations, and the whole thing would be unwatchable without Stew’s narration, but there’s enough fun clips from their “boy band” days to keep you interested. We especially liked the Making The Video for the trio’s original clip for “Don’t Stand So Close To Me.” You’ve no doubt seen the classroom one and the misguided ’86 remake, but here’s the more obscure ski mountain version.

Finally, Andy Summers’ new book One Train Later is getting pretty good reviews! We haven’t read it yet, but hopefully it’s got more gossip than Stewart’s movie.

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Comments (4)
  1. dan s  |   Posted on Oct 5th, 2006

    that was no ll cool j stripping of his ski dress.

  2. kyle  |   Posted on Oct 5th, 2006

    Damn, I was hoping for covers of David Bowie’s songs from Jim Henson’s Labyrinth.

  3. Memememe  |   Posted on Oct 7th, 2006

    Are those supposed to be Santas? Are they intimidated by all the Santas or do they wish they were Santas. Oh wait, here comes the bridge — the Santa are chasing them. What a stupid video. No wonder they shitcanned it. How many shots of Sting on a snowmobile does one music video need?

  4. Sting’s comments about rock music really rubbed me the wrong way. I even spent a few moments to write him a letter: http://hearya.com/wordpress/2006/10/26/a-letter-to-sting/

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