Back on my old site (before I moved it to blogspot) I wrote about my "Top 5" (technically 4, but I'll explain that later) favorite bands: the Police, Led Zeppelin, Bob Marley (and the Wailers) and the Talking Heads. I never saw any of these bands in person and my chances of seeing any of them (in their original lineups) was slim to none. John Bonham and Bob Marley died when I was four; And the Police and the Talking Heads had arrogant head cases for lead singers (Sting and David Byrne) who did pretty well as solo acts and both had made it fairly clear they had no interest in reuniting.
The closest I would get to seeing any of these bands would be Robert Plant and Jimmy Page collaborating a few years ago (and not even giving John Paul Jones a call) and the Talking Heads and the Police doing short sets at their respective Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductions.
Well, rumors now abound of a Police reunion, and I'm giddy as a school girl. Now, I know they'll be a shell of their former selves and Sting will probably want to "jazz up" or, as I like to call it, butcher a few of their classics by bringing in Chris Botti. (In case you don't know who Chris Botti is, think Kenny G with a trumpet... and Sting has used him on tour before.)
Well no matter, I'm desperately looking forward to this.
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