Members Vito Corleone Posted April 21, 2018 Members Share Posted April 21, 2018 That would work with a new "Police", but we're talking The Police. In concert, when it came time for "The Greatest Hits", I don't think he could pull it off satisfactorily. Kinda resembles the questions about the new"Fleetwood Mac". I'd agree with Copeland, Visually impossible, Sonically easy. I take the exercise to imagine the band without this member from the beginning. Not just replacing a member in order to go out and play the hits. So in the case of removing either Copeland or Summers, you'd have to imagine what any other drummer or guitarist would have done with that same material and what would have been the result. I could see The Edge being there and giving the songs a similar interesting textual character, although the result would have been very different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members HAMMER TOSS Posted April 21, 2018 Members Share Posted April 21, 2018 replace Sting with somebody not annoying and pretentious - like Bono Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members powbob01 Posted April 21, 2018 Members Share Posted April 21, 2018 Peart took them from cock rock to relevance. Sorry, no. Still can't stand that ugly shrieking chick singer Geddy is a monster bass player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Opposite Day Posted April 21, 2018 Members Share Posted April 21, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SteinbergerHack Posted April 21, 2018 Members Share Posted April 21, 2018 I would replace Copeland with Rod Morgenstein. Think about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Danocoustic Posted April 21, 2018 Members Share Posted April 21, 2018 Geddy is a monster bass player. That he is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kreatorkind Posted April 21, 2018 Members Share Posted April 21, 2018 That's what I was gonna say. I think that'd be a pretty rad band. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted April 21, 2018 Author Share Posted April 21, 2018 Keep reading! Someone asked me who I'd cut later in the thread, and I gave my answer as well as my reasons for it - and I even give a few recommendations for possible replacements... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted April 21, 2018 Author Share Posted April 21, 2018 ROTFL!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted April 21, 2018 Author Share Posted April 21, 2018 Geddy is a monster bass player. Yes he is. With a god-awful, nails on chalkboard voice. IMHO of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted April 21, 2018 Author Share Posted April 21, 2018 I would replace Copeland with Rod Morgenstein. Think about it. Hmmm.... that's actually a very interesting idea... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted April 21, 2018 Author Share Posted April 21, 2018 I take the exercise to imagine the band without this member from the beginning. Not just replacing a member in order to go out and play the hits. So in the case of removing either Copeland or Summers, you'd have to imagine what any other drummer or guitarist would have done with that same material and what would have been the result. That's pretty much how I understood the concept behind the game when it was explained to me originally too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vito Corleone Posted April 21, 2018 Members Share Posted April 21, 2018 Yes he is. With a god-awful, nails on chalkboard voice. IMHO of course. Ive tried so hard so many times to get into Rush but just can’t get past that voice. I think I hate it more now than I did back in the day because now it sounds horrible AND dated. If they had ever done an instrumental album, I’d probably love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Hoot Owl Posted April 21, 2018 Members Share Posted April 21, 2018 I laughed so hard I coughed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Hoot Owl Posted April 21, 2018 Members Share Posted April 21, 2018 I would replace Copeland with Rod Morgenstein. Think about it. I would replace Copeland with Bill Cosby. Think about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted April 22, 2018 Author Share Posted April 22, 2018 I would replace Copeland with Bill Cosby. Think about it. I'll give you credit for thinking waay outside the box, but you're trying waay too hard - your (now deleted) Keanu Reeves suggestion (and graphic) were much funnier. [ATTACH=JSON]{"data-align":"none","data-size":"full","title":"big_keanu-reeves.jpg?v=1515971934.jpg","data-attachmentid":32209784}[/ATTACH] Think about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Hoot Owl Posted April 22, 2018 Members Share Posted April 22, 2018 Two bass players and no drummer would be odd. Think about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted April 23, 2018 Author Share Posted April 23, 2018 And Bill Cosby replacing Stewart Copeland wouldn't be odd? Think about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted April 23, 2018 Author Share Posted April 23, 2018 Okay, this seems to have run its course over in HCPP, so I'm moving it to SSS to see what the folks over here think... Who would YOU cut from The Police? And what are your reasons for the choice you made? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members nat whilk II Posted April 23, 2018 Members Share Posted April 23, 2018 Yeah, since you have to cut someone...sorry, Andy, you're the cull. I always felt a lot of creativity sprang from the tension between Copeland and Sting. Kept the band from drifting into Sting's schmaltzier tendencies. And I'd replace Andy with.....hmmmm......Al Di Meola? Johnny Greenwood?? Larry Carlton??? Would have to have tryouts to decide I think. BTW - I took my daughter to see The Police in Dallas at the American Airlines Center, the 2007 reunion tour. I have to say, in this new millennium where the average level of musicianship in pop/rock has dropped so markedly, it was infinitely satisfying to watch and listen to three truly top-notch musicians work the trio format to perfection. So many good songs and the chops to bring them fully to life. Kind of rare these days, no? Made me feel like I took them way too much for granted back in the day. nat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Luke17 Posted April 23, 2018 Members Share Posted April 23, 2018 I agree. roger that. what a vocal range. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted April 23, 2018 Author Share Posted April 23, 2018 roger that. what a vocal range. So who would you give the ax to in the Police? It's too late to back out of the thread now - I've already seen you here, and the rules say you HAVE to pick someone to kick out of the band... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AlamoJoe Posted April 24, 2018 Members Share Posted April 24, 2018 Keith Moon was really the Lead player in that band. Even Pete copped to being essentially a rhythm guitarist. Moonie filled all the spaces that needed filling, IMHO anyway. I thought Baker was great. Bream would not have been Cream without his loud, busy butt. I don't think Bonham overplayed at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AlamoJoe Posted April 24, 2018 Members Share Posted April 24, 2018 I guess I'd have to give the ax to Andy, And replace him with Pat Metheny. That may sounds nutz.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members nat whilk II Posted April 24, 2018 Members Share Posted April 24, 2018 I guess I'd have to give the ax to Andy, And replace him with Pat Metheny. That may sounds nutz.... Not nutz at all - Metheny is about as versatile as they come. I find, in general, the Metheny-haters don't really listen to him. They tend to lump him in with the soft/smooth jazz thing from the 70s-90s. Bob James, Fourplay, et al. Which I don't care for at all, but I am a long-standing Metheny fan. Metheny did come out playing that chorused jazz electric sound, and that sound causes a certain number of people to slam the dial off instantly. He's moved way on from that sound, but you know how people get labeled and the listening stops there. I was thinking maybe Lindsey Buckingham could pull off the Police gig as another idea. Bruce Cockburn, too. nat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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