PREdictions, and PREthoughts

Shall we gather here to conduct the postmortem for this evening's Police activity?

I'll give a prediction: Stewart will rush, Sting will give him either a disinterested look or a scathing glance of stifled rage, and Andy will be on his side of the stage, serenely awash in the peaceful solitude of a chorus/echo guitar effect. I predict that Stew and Sting will miss at least ONE hit by a minimum of a sixteenth note. They will flam either an ending or an in-song transition. Andy will keep playing. Stewart will throw a stick or break a drumhead. Sting will stare forward and ask people to sing along and go "ee-yo-yo-yo" at some point. Andy will keep playing his guitar. Sting will shout "Cha!" Stewart will have a vocal mic and want to sing, but you won't be able to hear him. Andy will be playing guitar and arpeggiate something. They will not play anything off of Synchronicity (Stewart hates the record). We will hear Message...again.

If it were up to me, they'd open with "Next to You". Then maybe play "One World" or "Omegaman". I hope they don't do a medley, but rather, three well chosen songs that aren't obvious, but burning.

Likely, they'll have one slot and it'll either be one song (Message or Roxanne) or a jarring mashup of three or four tunes.

Do it right, guys. Go out there and burn and surprise us. Show us why we care about you. You don't have to be great tonight...just don't mail it in.

I wanna see Stewart play too fast and make Sting remember how to rock, I wanna see them have a fistfight BEFORE they start playing, so that when they play, we can tell that this MATTERS.

Don't mail it in.
Don't mail it in.
Don't mail it in.

Doesn't have to be great. It has to not suck, and have energy. It has to be played like they've been on tour for 4 1/2 years doing blow and chicks without a day off and with Miles Copeland talking about them being the biggest, best band in the world.

Make Miles proud. Do it right. Be the rock.