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Manifestor_of_Light

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6. The Police. Rush.

Sat Apr 19, 2014, 01:22 AM

Apr 2014

And ZZ Top if you want mindless party music.

I gave up on rock 'n' roll when the Police broke up in 1983. This was right after I saw them on their last tour, the Synchronicity tour, and they were getting really good on their last two albums. It was called Synchronicity because Sting had been reading Carl Jung at the time.

Nobody else in rock has grabbed me on sheer talent and musicianship since then. I guess that makes me an old fart.

Guess I'm stuck in the 60s and 70s. Things like chords, melody, not overusing distortion and effects.

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