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Article: New band ignites the fire lacking in his songs // Sting works when music overwhelms lame lyrics
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- February 21, 1988
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The worst thing about Sting's music is Sting himself.
OK, I know. I realize that Sting is responsible for bringing
these musicians together, that the marvelous band that will back him
at the UIC Pavilion on Feb. 28 simply wouldn't exist without him. I
know that he writes the songs and establishes the musical terrain -
the combination of melodic sophistication, hot-blowing intensity and
rhythmic internationalism that extends the territory he first mapped
for himself with the Police. I'll even grant that he has a certain
allure onstage and on the screen, what passes for charisma in some
quarters.
Still, when I hear his breathy warble on "Be Still My Beating
Heart," it makes me want to ...