I appreciate that and understand.Ī: I will when I'm asked. The hippest thing for him is to have me at arm's length. The 16-year-old is in a band and he's very serious about it. My first wife (actress Frances Tomelty) and I have two, 10 and 16. The wedding was about six months later.Ī: My wife and I have three, 2, 6 and 8. They said, "We'll feel better if you're married.'' I waited for a romantic moment and I proposed. We're from the generation that didn't want to get married. They were very militant about the wish that we should get married. I think children are very conservative in their needs and desires. Q: The rumour is that the marriage was your children's idea.Ī: That's true. It rained until we made our promises, then the sun came through the stained-glass window. 22 in a 900-year-old Saxon church in England. The songs are very much about being happy, being who you are. I wrote the songs before I got married, but that was the mood. Q: Were you happy because you and (actress-film producer) Trudie Styler married during 1992?Ī: Yes. I was always very happy during the period of making 'Ten Summoner's Tales' and wanted the album to reflect that. I wanted to get back to writing songs to amuse my band and family. I didn't have to dredge up an inner wound. I didn't feel the need to repeat the exercise. Q: You did say that your 1991 'The Soul Cages' contained "heavy imagery,'' didn't you?Ī: That was very personal and confessional. There aren't any songs about issues on the new album. Somehow they come to you by a magical process, which I'm grateful for, sometimes anxious about. If I knew where to look for metaphors, I'd be there digging. It's as if I suddenly discovered a sense of humour.Ī: I never write about an issue unless I find a metaphor to express it. I think writers tend to focus on songs about issues because they're easier to write about. Q: Do you think your reputation for seriousness is deserved?Ī: I think it's a distortion.
Long beach press telegram professional#
His plane was several hours late, but the 41-year-old singer-songwriter showed few signs of jet lag, giving his usual thoughtful, articulate answers and responding openly to questions both professional and personal. There are also more typical Sting compositions: the moody ballad 'It's Probably Me' and 'Shape of My Heart', with its line about "the sacred geometry of chance.'' He even takes on the media in 'Epilogue (Nothing 'Bout Me)', chiding those who "check my records, check my facts, check if I paid my income tax.''ĭespite having just arrived from London, the bassist and former leader of the Police was in a friendly mood during a recent interview. His latest album includes such songs as 'Love Is Stronger Than Justice (the Magnificent Seven)', in which seven brothers compete for one bride, and 'Seven Days', the story of a love-struck David and the Goliath who competes for his girl. If that's not exactly 'National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon', it's still a change of pace for the self-proclaimed 'King of Pain', a man best known for tortured love songs ('Every Breath You Take') and social commentary ('Russians'), for reminding listeners, "There is a deeper world than this.'' It's "a mild literary joke,'' a takeoff on the story 'Summoner's Tale' from Chaucer's 'The Canterbury Tales' and also a reference to Sting's real name, Gordon Sumner. Take the album's title: 'Ten Summoner's Tales'. The following article by Mary Campbell appeared in an March 1993 issue of The Long Beach Press-Telegram newspaper.įans and critics may think of Sting as a pretty serious guy, but his new record really isn't that serious.
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