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The Police - Certifiable

NewDamageNewDamage Posts: 1,913
edited November 2008 in Other Music
Anybody pick this up today? Best Buy exclusive 2 cd/2 dvd show from Buenos Aires recorded during the reunion tour. I've got the cd spinning right now...pretty awesome. Its $19.99 this week (or $29.99 if you want Blu-Ray)
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  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    NewDamage wrote:
    Anybody pick this up today? Best Buy exclusive 2 cd/2 dvd show from Buenos Aires recorded during the reunion tour. I've got the cd spinning right now...pretty awesome. Its $19.99 this week (or $29.99 if you want Blu-Ray)

    just ordered it (dvd and vinyl!!) gonna pick it up after work :D
  • NewDamageNewDamage Posts: 1,913
    cutback wrote:
    just ordered it (dvd and vinyl!!) gonna pick it up after work :D
    Yeah I felt compelled to pick up the vinyl as well, since I have all their studio albums and a compilation on vinyl.

    They play some of my favorite deeper cuts like Truth Hits Everybody and Hole In My Life. Great!
    I am lost, I'm no guide. But I'm by your side...

    8/25/92, 10/4/96, 10/5/96, 9/1/98, 9/4/98, 8/4/00, 8/6/00, 4/15/03, 4/16/03, 10/6/04, 6/16/08
  • BrainOfJHABrainOfJHA KC Posts: 708
    half way thru the DVD and it is Awesome! I saw them towards the end of their tour in Kansas City so I didn't get to hear them play my favorite song Synchronicity II cause they dropped it from their set. Glad it is on the DVD cause it is a sweet version of it!
  • decides2dreamdecides2dream Posts: 14,977
    NewDamage wrote:
    Anybody pick this up today? Best Buy exclusive 2 cd/2 dvd show from Buenos Aires recorded during the reunion tour. I've got the cd spinning right now...pretty awesome. Its $19.99 this week (or $29.99 if you want Blu-Ray)

    i *just* got the email regarding this. am thinking about it, but unsure. i was really hoping they'd make a DVD of their final performance at MSG.
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  • tybirdtybird Posts: 17,388
    Sounds like something I need to add to my list for Santa....:D
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  • NewDamageNewDamage Posts: 1,913
    decides2dream wrote:
    i *just* got the email regarding this. am thinking about it, but unsure. i was really hoping they'd make a DVD of their final performance at MSG.
    Its well worth it. I'm loving some of the arrangements on these songs. For instance...Walking In Your Footsteps...never was all that crazy about it but the version on this is awesome!
    I am lost, I'm no guide. But I'm by your side...

    8/25/92, 10/4/96, 10/5/96, 9/1/98, 9/4/98, 8/4/00, 8/6/00, 4/15/03, 4/16/03, 10/6/04, 6/16/08
  • 12345AGNST112345AGNST1 Posts: 4,906
    I recently got into The Police because of a greatest hits cd. Great band, and Stewart Copeland is a really unique drummer.

    edit: $20 for a 2 cd concert, DVD of the concert, and one more DVD with a 50 minute documentary? Hell that is a fucking deal.
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  • i like matt.ci like matt.c Posts: 1,122
    I had no idea about this, but I'll be picking one up when I get the chance.
  • BinFrogBinFrog MA Posts: 7,309
    NewDamage wrote:
    Yeah I felt compelled to pick up the vinyl as well, since I have all their studio albums and a compilation on vinyl.

    They play some of my favorite deeper cuts like Truth Hits Everybody and Hole In My Life. Great!


    (I'll be buying the DVD/CD set soon)

    I saw the reunion tour 3 times. I was really hoping for a few other rarities too, like "Does Everyone Stare?" or "Canary In A Coalmine" or "Masoko Tanga". Still, the shows freaking rocked.
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  • chris05chris05 Posts: 347
    Yeh i got to pick this up...I seen them on the reunion tour and it was awesome.
    Who cares if the world is going down the toilet? Eddie Vedder got his mojo back!
  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    started watching it last night as i went to sleep....good stuff....reminds me of the 4 times i saw them :)
  • lockedlocked Boston Posts: 4,039
    I am a long time / old time Police fan..

    I heard Andy Summers really re-ingnited his "barn-burner" solos on the new tour..

    Does the CD / DVD capture any of those moments?

    If so, what songs?
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  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    locked wrote:
    I am a long time / old time Police fan..

    I heard Andy Summers really re-ingnited his "barn-burner" solos on the new tour..

    Does the CD / DVD capture any of those moments?

    If so, what songs?


    yep but i was falling asleep so i don't remember right now....but andy was smokin'! :)
  • decides2dreamdecides2dream Posts: 14,977
    NewDamage wrote:
    Its well worth it. I'm loving some of the arrangements on these songs. For instance...Walking In Your Footsteps...never was all that crazy about it but the version on this is awesome!



    well i've heard many of the new arrangements and all b/c i did see them 2x for this last tour, jones beach and the final MSG performance. i guess just for my own personal nostalgia, i wanted a DVD of the MSG show. :)

    i always refer to the police as 'the pearl jam of my youth'...i was THAT in love with their music! i enjoyed seeing them again live, but i really can't say i love any of the changes moreso than the originals. i might be a purist b/c it was such a sacred part of my youth, idk. i also kinda feel like they are going a bit for the $$$-grab nowadays. granted, they STILL are all amazing, such talent....but yea......


    so idk..on the fence. although for $20, probably will just go for it. ;p
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  • NewDamageNewDamage Posts: 1,913
    decides2dream wrote:
    i always refer to the police as 'the pearl jam of my youth'...i was THAT in love with their music! i enjoyed seeing them again live, but i really can't say i love any of the changes moreso than the originals. i might be a purist b/c it was such a sacred part of my youth, idk. i also kinda feel like they are going a bit for the $$$-grab nowadays. granted, they STILL are all amazing, such talent....but yea......
    The Police were the first band I ever really loved as well. I remember my mom buying me Synchronicity on vinyl when I was 5 years old. Before that I was only really exposed to music she liked. I've been a big fan for 25 years now. Even Sting's solo stuff, though to a much lesser extent (first 3 albums were brilliant). The Police were gone by the time I was 8, so I obviously never got to experience them live. So whether or not the reunion was $$$-driven, doesn't matter to me. Although I don't really think it was. Why would they need it, esp. Gordon? :)
    I am lost, I'm no guide. But I'm by your side...

    8/25/92, 10/4/96, 10/5/96, 9/1/98, 9/4/98, 8/4/00, 8/6/00, 4/15/03, 4/16/03, 10/6/04, 6/16/08
  • lockedlocked Boston Posts: 4,039
    my musical lineage goes like this:

    Led Zep > Black Sabbath > The Police > U2/REM > Pearl Jam...

    The Police (circa 1979) was where i broke out of my head banging phase.. mostly because of Steward Copeland's drums and Andy Summers guitar...
    "This here's a REQUEST!"
    EV intro to Chloe Dancer / Crown of Thorns
    10/25/13 Hartford
  • Get_RightGet_Right Posts: 13,498
    NewDamage wrote:
    Yeah I felt compelled to pick up the vinyl as well, since I have all their studio albums and a compilation on vinyl.

    They play some of my favorite deeper cuts like Truth Hits Everybody and Hole In My Life. Great!

    truth hits everybody was the highlight of the set IMHO
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