Jheesh! No, I personally am not too fond of Labyrinth and am not defending it (although I'm also not criticizing it), but isn't this continued vitriol over the doings of an admitted pop musician a bit much? Regarding these words of "wisdom", frankly, these sound to be quite reasonable expressions of what a successful, reasonably intelligent pop musician might think of the world and the nature of his/her line of work. Read it if you'd like; don't if this isn't your thing. Personally, I wouldn't even have known these existed if you weren't so obsessed with seeking out all the reasons why we should all spend our time criticizing Sting...and I actually like Sting (other than Labyrinth), especially pre-Synchronicity Police.
You'd make a better impression celebrating the lute-related things you like than you do in obsessively digging dirt to fuel vitriolic sarcasm regarding the non-lute doings of a relative newcomer to lutes. Please tell us something about something you enjoy soon, perhaps play a bit of lute, and lay this issue to rest. Sincerely, Eugene ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wednesday, November 22, 2006 7:19 pm Subject: [LUTE] Re: Sting! > In einer eMail vom 23.11.2006 00:43:50 Westeurop=E4ische > Normalzeit schreibt > [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > > > This is getting more and more ridiculous....he should be ashamed of > > presenting this to the world.... > > > > regards > > > > Bruno > > > > Dear Bruno. > > Don't get frustrated, try starting your day with a word of wisdom > from the > zen master.... > The "Sting quote of the day" at www.sting.com > Try it sometime, it will give you a warm and happy glow the whole > day long. > For instance..... > > "What surprises me is that people see me as arrogant. To a certain > extent, I > am, but any artist worth his salt has arrogance. It's a > prerequisite of being > stage-worthy. You have to have a certain air of 'watch me, because > I'm really > good'." STING > > Not bad, but wait till you read this..... > > "I do like intellectualism. I do find it stimulating. I like > reading involved > books. I like complex music even though I'm a pop musician. I'm > not just > happy making simple music; I need some kind of acerbic, difficult > quality to it > somewhere." STING > > But my absolute favorite must be > > "I don't often look back at my work and ponder its significance. > You might > find that difficult to believe, but I don't. I'm too worried about > what I'm > going to do next." STING > > Yes we all do find it very, very, very dificult to believe that > you don't > ponder on your own significance. > But we are still in awe of that 'watch me, because I'm really > good' mantra > The only thing I can say is thank you for bringing a ray of > sunshine into > our lives every single day. > > OMM SHANTI > Peace brothers > Mark To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
