Stewart Copeland Of The Police
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Stewart Copeland of the Police is in town this Sunday with the DSO doing Stewart Copeland: Police Deranged (click here for tickets) . We caught up with Stewart before he got on a plane for Detroit – discussing his love of Motown, musical influences, and what’s the ONE song from The Police he’d play for someone who had never heard the band. Here’s part of his answer:
I would say either message in a bottle or can’t stay losing you.
Why is it there’s some personal connection to it?
They’re both some of my favorite songs that Sting wrote but Can’t stand losing you was where we discovered our bass ackwards approach to rhythm Where if everything’s not where it’s supposed to be but totally rocks, you know how to tap your foot to it. But it’s not where it’s supposed to be the backbeat is on the front and the down, you know, the front beat is on the back and so that kind of shows what our gimmick was, if you like.
That’s sort of like our trick, our gimmick. Let’s call it that. Let’s take it right down to the bass level here.
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Jim O'Brien is the Host of "Big Jim's House" Morning Show at 94.7 WCSX in Detroit. Jim spent eight years in the U.S. Naval Submarine Service, has appeared on Shark Tank (Man Medals Season 5 Ep. 2), raised over two million dollars for local charities and is responsible for Glenn Frey Drive and Bob Seger Blvd in the Motor City. Jim's relationship with Classic Rock includes considering Bob Seger, Phil Collen from Def Leppard, Wally Palmer of the Romantics and many others good friends. Jim writes about ‘80s movies, cars, weird food trends and “as seen on TikTok” content.
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