Concert Summary
Sting - lead vocals,
bass Headlining a bill that
featured Robert Johnson and The Knack, the Police hit the stage at the Not surprisingly, their
repertoire was still primarily limited to their 1978 debut album, Outlandos d'Amour.
Every track on the album, with the exception of the final one, "Masoko Tanga," is
performed live here. In addition to the early Sting classics like
"Roxanne" and the reggae-rock anthems to unrequited love, "So
Lonely" and "Can't Stand Losing You," they are still
performing the early contributions from Summers and Copeland, such as
"Be My Girl" and "Peanuts." Although many perceived
the bandmembers to be far younger than they
actually were, a couple of songs in this performance contain obvious
references to the contrary, like "Born In The 50s." Sting also segues the band in and out of the 1967 Beatles
composition, "Fixin' A Hole," during
"Hole In My Life." In addition to the
first album material, the set is fleshed out with two early songs that didn't
make the first album and would not be included in the follow-up. Relegated to
obscurity are a high energy version of "Fall Out" and
"Landlord" which transitions directly into "Next To You"
to close the set. Having exhausted all their material, they exit the stage,
but the sold-out crowd of 3000 won't let them go. They return for an encore
and whip into the song that kicked off the show, "Can't Stand Losing
You," for a second time. Although they would
soon venture into more ambitious songwriting territory and diversify their
sound, this show captures the Police between their first and second albums
and at their most direct. Their sound still possesses a raw edge and their
energy is undeniably explosive. This recording captures the Police in their
early glory, still a hungry band and full of the raw aggression that put them
on the musical map. |
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Concert Set List
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1. Introduction
0:44 ·
2. Can't
Stand Losing You 5:14 ·
3. Truth
Hits Everybody 2:43 ·
4. So
Lonely 6:54 ·
5. Fall
Out 3:05 ·
6. Born In
The 50's 4:45 ·
7. Hole In
My Life 3:52 ·
8. Be My
Girl 3:25 ·
9. Peanuts
3:25 ·
10. Roxanne
8:36 ·
11. Landlord
2:25 ·
12. Next
To You 2:56 ·
13. Crowd
1:09 ·
14. Can't
Stand Losing You 5:53 ·
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