Sting & Peter Gabriel - Rock, Paper, Scissors Tour - Columbus
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Data: 21 June 2016 |
CD 1 1. The Rhythm of the Heat 2. If I Ever Lose My Faith in You 3. Talk Gabriel Sting 4. No Self Control 5. Invisible Sun 6. Games Without Frontiers 7. Shock the Monkey 8. Secret World 9. Driven to Tears 10. Fragile 11. Red Rain 12. Dancing With the Moonlit Knight - Selling England By the Pound 13. Message in the Bottle 14. Darkness 15. Walking in Your Footsteps 16. Kiss that Frog CD 2 1. Don't Give Up 2. The Hounds of Winter 3. Big Time 4. Englishman in New York 5. Solsbury Hill 6. Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic 7. If You Love Somebody Set Them Free 8. Roxanne 9. Love Can Heal 10. Desert Rose CD 3 1. In Your Eyes 2. Every Breathe You Take 3. Sledgehammer |
First night of the Rock, Paper, Scissors Tour
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Review taken from The Columbus Dispatch
By Curtis Schieber
For The Columbus Dispatch • Wednesday June 22, 2016 2:08 AM
Peter Gabriel and Sting walked — rode bikes — among us for two weeks leading up
to the opening night of their Rock, Paper, Scissors tour, which debuted in
Nationwide Arena on Tuesday night. During that time, the pair rehearsed the
program in the Arena, beginning with just their own songs and a belief that a
musical dialogue would emerge. The two hadn’t toured together since the late
1980s.
Gabriel explained that he grew up among cows, while Sting grew up close to ships.
He believed they both had plenty to learn from the partnership. Sting described
it as a battle of the bands.
It was nothing like a battle, but more like a pas de deux.
That’s not to say that the two famous rockers didn’t display the deep
differences in their approaches to rock music, Sting emphasizing the melodic and
visceral in his work with the Police and a more introspective side solo, while
Gabriel’s arty beginnings in Genesis and his commitment to world music while
solo both staked a claim Tuesday night.
First and foremost, though, the two displayed a deep respect and care for each
other’s material. The two, virtuosic bands melded frequently; the two artists
exchanged roles, singing during and leading each other’s songs.
One of the evening’s highlights — and a sequence that summed up both their
distance and common ground — began as Sting quietly sang the opening from
Genesis’ “Selling England By The Pound,” from that last album Gabriel made with
the group, its magical imagery and hook line about to fit into a larger theme.
From there the singer segued into the Police’s “Message In A Bottle,” broadening
the song’s personal loneliness into a plea for international sanity.
During songs such as Gabriel’s “No Self Control” and a few of Sting’s, the two
traded verses, in a scheme that not only reinforced their camaraderie but showed
a fine sensitivity toward each other’s melodies.
Gabriel’s delivery of Sting’s “If You Love Somebody Set Them Free” was a sweet
display of artistic friendship.
Still, the balance needs a little tweaking. It was plain before deadline called
more than two hours in — the concert began 25 minutes late — that Sting’s
rockers generally would get the loudest reaction, leaving the following songs
saddled with an energy deficit. The transition from Sting’s “Message” to
Gabriel’s foreboding but lovely “Darkness” was problematic even though each was
successful on its own.
The tour opener nonetheless set the stage for a memorable combination of major
talents, a marriage made of uncommon respect and enthusiasm. If it evolves over
the course of its travels, it will be one to remember for a long time.
Dodano: 5.2.2017
