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Artist: The Police
Album: Every Breath You Take: The Classics

Oh, The Police. 

Do you want to hear about the biggest disappointment I have ever had, at least as far as music-related expectations? The answer is when I got the chance to see The Police at bonnaroo back in 2007. I was so excited to see this band that I had grown up loving, and could not wait until they took the stage.

Unfortunately, their set left me less than satisfied. The sound was awful, and they only played for about an hour and a half, when they were allotted a three hour timeframe. There was no jamming out or mixing it up, which is, at least to me, the heart and soul of a set at bonnaroo. It was just frustrating to watch and left a bad taste in my mouth. The set that they did play was not terrible in terms of songs, though. It had a lot of my favorites, so I wasn’t totally disappointed, I guess. I just wished that they played longer, and that I could actually hear what was happening.


Here is a copy of the setlist, nabbed from stereogum.com:
01 “Message In A Bottle”
02 “Synchronicity II”
03 “Walking On The Moon”
04 “Driven To Tears”
05 “Voices Inside My Head”
06 “Truth Hits Everybody”
07 “Every LIttle Thing She Does Is Magic”
08 “Wrapped Around Your Finger”
09 “The Bed’s Too Big Without You”
10 “De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da”
11 “Walking In Your Footseps”
12 “Can’t Stand Losing You” > “Regatta De Blanc”
14 “Roxanne”
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15 “King Of Pain”
16 “So Lonely”
17 “Every Breath You Take”
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18 “Next To You”

Like I said, they hit on a few of my key favorites, which made the entire experience suck a little less, and the song I was most happy to hear was “cant stand losing you.” I don’t know what it is about this song that makes me so happy, because its really not a happy song at all, but I get giddy as a schoolgirl when I hear it.

I can remember once, back at Waynesburg, watching a flyers game and listening to this song on repeat until it was over, because we were losing and I didn’t want to see that. I cant remember if we had a TV in our room or if I was getting updates online via my roommate’s computer, but I know that I was aware of the score and freaking out over the idea of losing that game.

For as much as a ticket to this tour went for, im glad I didn’t pay for it outwardly, and that we saw them at the festival. The awesomeness of other bands that weekend can overshadow the disappointment I felt after seeing The Police.