Rod in Toronto Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 Another dream come true...here's an interview I did with Stewart Copeland of The Police. Around the 38 minute mark, he talks about his friendship with Neil, attending a Rush concert and his opinion about the band. The whole interview is full of amazing quotes by Stewart, and lots of information on The Police, Guizmodrome, Oysterhead and many of his endeavours: https://www.sonicperspectives.com/interviews/interview-with-stewart-copeland/ 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeduck Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 I hope you forced him to listen to a huge batch of JAZZ albums while you were at it! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cat 3 Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 That’s awesome Rod! Congratulations, that is pretty darn impressive. What impressed you most about him as a result of the interview. Are you a big Police fan? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod in Toronto Posted April 23, 2020 Author Share Posted April 23, 2020 He hates jazz!!! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod in Toronto Posted April 23, 2020 Author Share Posted April 23, 2020 That’s awesome Rod! Congratulations, that is pretty darn impressive. What impressed you most about him as a result of the interview. Are you a big Police fan? Thanks! I'm a big Police fan, and this interview was not offered to our website, I actually pursued it. I've been trying to interview him since 2018, and it finally happened. What impressed me the most is how he acts like he doesn't care what you're going to think of him, he speaks his mind unashamedly. Also, how eloquent he is, compared to your average rock star. He was very gracious, and answered to all my questions with a lot of patience. It really was a dream come true to talk to him, and since I interviewed Andy already, now there's only Sting left for the trilogy to be complete!!! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tangy Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 Congrats Rod!!! :haz: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chemistry1973 Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 Wow! Awesome. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueschica Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 That was an awesome interview! I had no idea he was such a colorful personality. He was so comfortable with you! Had you met him before or interviewed him before? It was fun hearing what a relaxed good time he has with Oysterhead! He has so many artistic projects going! I had to laugh when he talked about how "easy" lead guitar was compared to being on the drums. I also like what he said about Roxanne and Message In A Bottle; can't remember the exact words but something about it takes listening to a song for a lifetime to develop a true love for it. Great job and great interview! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod in Toronto Posted April 23, 2020 Author Share Posted April 23, 2020 That was an awesome interview! I had no idea he was such a colorful personality. He was so comfortable with you! Had you met him before or interviewed him before? It was fun hearing what a relaxed good time he has with Oysterhead! He has so many artistic projects going! I had to laugh when he talked about how "easy" lead guitar was compared to being on the drums. I also like what he said about Roxanne and Message In A Bottle; can't remember the exact words but something about it takes listening to a song for a lifetime to develop a true love for it. Great job and great interview! Thanks! I never met him, I guess I made him comfortable! :sundog: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RushFanForever Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 (edited) Stewart Copeland likes to admit that his gong is bigger than Neil Peart's. Check it out below around the 31:36 mark. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTfu9PuHKqU Edited April 23, 2020 by RushFanForever 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod in Toronto Posted April 23, 2020 Author Share Posted April 23, 2020 Stewart likes to admit that his gong is bigger than Neil Peart's. I know where that quote came from!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeduck Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 That was an awesome interview! I had no idea he was such a colorful personality. He was so comfortable with you! Had you met him before or interviewed him before? It was fun hearing what a relaxed good time he has with Oysterhead! He has so many artistic projects going! I had to laugh when he talked about how "easy" lead guitar was compared to being on the drums. I also like what he said about Roxanne and Message In A Bottle; can't remember the exact words but something about it takes listening to a song for a lifetime to develop a true love for it. Great job and great interview! Thanks! I never met him, I guess I made him comfortable! :sundog:Rod are you going to vote in THE YEAR © ℗®™ polls? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod in Toronto Posted April 23, 2020 Author Share Posted April 23, 2020 That was an awesome interview! I had no idea he was such a colorful personality. He was so comfortable with you! Had you met him before or interviewed him before? It was fun hearing what a relaxed good time he has with Oysterhead! He has so many artistic projects going! I had to laugh when he talked about how "easy" lead guitar was compared to being on the drums. I also like what he said about Roxanne and Message In A Bottle; can't remember the exact words but something about it takes listening to a song for a lifetime to develop a true love for it. Great job and great interview! Thanks! I never met him, I guess I made him comfortable! :sundog:Rod are you going to vote in THE YEAR © ℗®™ polls? If you share this interview in your social media, I will. Send me evidence of that and I'll vote!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeduck Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 That was an awesome interview! I had no idea he was such a colorful personality. He was so comfortable with you! Had you met him before or interviewed him before? It was fun hearing what a relaxed good time he has with Oysterhead! He has so many artistic projects going! I had to laugh when he talked about how "easy" lead guitar was compared to being on the drums. I also like what he said about Roxanne and Message In A Bottle; can't remember the exact words but something about it takes listening to a song for a lifetime to develop a true love for it. Great job and great interview! Thanks! I never met him, I guess I made him comfortable! :sundog:Rod are you going to vote in THE YEAR © ℗®™ polls? If you share this interview in your social media, I will. Send me evidence of that and I'll vote!!!f**k that! :smoke: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod in Toronto Posted April 23, 2020 Author Share Posted April 23, 2020 Stewart Copeland likes to admit that his gong is bigger than Neil Peart's. Check it out below around the 31:36 mark. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTfu9PuHKqU "You were singing in tune, but you weren't singing with me". F*CK YOU, Sting!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueschica Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 That was an awesome interview! I had no idea he was such a colorful personality. He was so comfortable with you! Had you met him before or interviewed him before? It was fun hearing what a relaxed good time he has with Oysterhead! He has so many artistic projects going! I had to laugh when he talked about how "easy" lead guitar was compared to being on the drums. I also like what he said about Roxanne and Message In A Bottle; can't remember the exact words but something about it takes listening to a song for a lifetime to develop a true love for it. Great job and great interview! Thanks! I never met him, I guess I made him comfortable! :sundog:Rod are you going to vote in THE YEAR © ℗®™ polls? If you share this interview in your social media, I will. Send me evidence of that and I'll vote!!! I shared your interview in a FB group I am in for people that love 80's music! It's gotten 7 likes and loves so far. :) 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod in Toronto Posted April 23, 2020 Author Share Posted April 23, 2020 Thank you!!!! I usually listen to my interviews once after they're published just to see what I can improve, but I'm on my second listen of this one, and still in disbelief!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RushFanForever Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 Rod, there's a Canadian group from the 80's called The Tenants, which sounded like The Police in a way. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTbr5RRHa0o 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod in Toronto Posted April 23, 2020 Author Share Posted April 23, 2020 Rod, there's a Canadian group from the 80's called The Tenants, which sounded like The Police in a way. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTbr5RRHa0o Holy canole!!! They sound EXACTLY like The Police, at least on this track. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyBlaze Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 I'm about half way through listening now. It's pretty interesting to hear him talk about how music can be done by anyone and that you don't need to be Eric Clapton to release music that's enjoyable. Everyone pretty much knows that already but it's pretty cool to hear it from Copeland, one of the all time great modern musicians. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyBlaze Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 Great interview Rod! :cheers: And with that, here's this from Letterman a few years back... http://youtu.be/pnBJdc1C984 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod in Toronto Posted April 24, 2020 Author Share Posted April 24, 2020 I'm about half way through listening now. It's pretty interesting to hear him talk about how music can be done by anyone and that you don't need to be Eric Clapton to release music that's enjoyable. Everyone pretty much knows that already but it's pretty cool to hear it from Copeland, one of the all time great modern musicians. After we finish these interviews, I try to find a quote from the artist to put on the headline. Sometimes it's a painful effort, because they'll just say cookie cutter statements. In Stewart's case I had the opposite problem: he said so many cool things, that it was tough to settle on one sentence. Other favorites were: "writing an opera is the most fun a musician can have without being naked", "The Police were fake punks", "Sting could take up any minutes, and within ten minutes, something magical happens" etc. etc. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyBlaze Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 I'm about half way through listening now. It's pretty interesting to hear him talk about how music can be done by anyone and that you don't need to be Eric Clapton to release music that's enjoyable. Everyone pretty much knows that already but it's pretty cool to hear it from Copeland, one of the all time great modern musicians. After we finish these interviews, I try to find a quote from the artist to put on the headline. Sometimes it's a painful effort, because they'll just say cookie cutter statements. In Stewart's case I had the opposite problem: he said so many cool things, that it was tough to settle on one sentence. Other favorites were: "writing an opera is the most fun a musician can have without being naked", "The Police were fake punks", "Sting could take up any minutes, and within ten minutes, something magical happens" etc. etc. Yup. There were tons of interesting and amusing things he said.I'd have to listen again but about Sting I thought he said, "Sting could take up any instrument, and within ten minutes, something magical happens." Anyway, thanks for the cool interview :cheers: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod in Toronto Posted April 24, 2020 Author Share Posted April 24, 2020 Oops, I typed the wrong quote there about Sting. You're right!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 Great interview Rod! :cheers: And with that, here's this from Letterman a few years back... http://youtu.be/pnBJdc1C984:cheerleader: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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