I was watching some channel with my 9 year old son over the weekend and there was some show on that dealt with the lunar landings. Excellent footage and music. Being old enough to have been a young adult when man journeyed to the moon (conspiracy theorists can back off at this point and get a real life, thank you very much) I explained every step to him. He listened intently as I did, asked a few questions, tried to understand. Then a little bit ago I had the FM on and was thinking about my darling son and that show...and heard these words sneak unseen from my radio.

"Giant steps are what you take
Walking on the moon
I hope my legs don't break
Walking on the moon
We could walk forever
Walking on the moon
We could live together
Walking on, walking on the moon

Walking back from your house
Walking on the moon
Walking back from your house
Walking on the moon
Feet they hardly touch the ground
Walking on the moon
My feet don't hardly make no sound
Walking on, walking on the moon"


...and I just wanted to say, "Thank YOU, Sting.

Great old song Davo......this is my favorite Sting project, right after the Police broke up....

"Bring on the Night"




Sting's Early Solo Days Captured Live!, February 10, 2001
By W. Langan.....

This is one of Sting's early solo efforts (it had only been a few years since the Police broke up) taken from his 1st solo tour. Sting sounds confident on this CD (he sings and plays rhythm guitar) and his band (Darryl Jones on bass, Branford Marsalis on sax, Omar Hakim on drums, Kenny Kirkland on keyboards to name a few) sounds top notch! There's more jazz on this CD than anything else.
"Bring On the Night" is joined with "When the World Is Running Down" and they jam out on that one! He also segues "Dream of the Blue Turtles" (from his solo debut of the same name which got nominated for a Grammy) with the hard rockin' "Demolition Man"! He combines 2 songs with a simmilar reggae beat (and message) "One World"/"Love Is the 7th Wave". "Driven to Tears" is a great political conscientious song- "too many cameras and not enough food". "Children's Crusade", as Sting points out on the liner notes, talks about different eras from the 11th century to World War I to 1985 (then the present). "Another Day" is Sting's characteristically "despondent" side (with its ironic upbeat melody) and "Low Life" is humourous and catchy. "I Burn for You" is featured in the movie Brimstone and Treacle, which Sting both acted in and composed some of the songs (Sting points out that he composed this while he was teaching: "The soundtrack got a Grammy. [My students] got their O levels."). "We Work the Black Seam" is loosely based on a coalmine strike. The CD closes with "Been Down So Long" (a bluesy break from the jazz improvisation, but as Sting says, "the blues is music form indigenious to the coalfields of Northern England") and the Police classic "Tea in the Sahara" (not to put down the original, but this version has reinvinted itself greatly in comparison).

This post was last modified: Jun 04, 2008 08:20 AM by Dorian Gray.

Excellent post, CK. Sting managed to break from the Police with hardly a whimper. This is an incredible album and your post has brought back all sorts of wonderful memories and emotions. Mostly good ones. I've always considered Sting to be in a category all by himself and I'm certain that all musicians, both famous and infamous, would agree. Thanks for this, CK. I'm off to try to find the CD and do a little time travelling.

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He also does 'Moon Over Bourbon Street' on this album. It blows away the original done from the 'Dream Of The Blue Turtles' album......Absolutly haunting version.....