Okay, I promise this will be my last Police post, that is unless the rumors become fact and they tour this year to celebrate their 30th anniversary. Anyway, if you are a Police fan, and again, don’t tell me if you’re not, you must see Stewart Copeland’s documentary, Everyone Stares: The Police Inside Out. Even H found it interesting and he is not really a fan. Early in their career, Stewart Copeland purchased a Super 8 movie camera and started taking all kinds of behind the scenes footage of their band on tour, and unknowingly, on their rise to fame. Wow, you can see them lugging their own equipment motel to motel at the beginning, and then playing to thousands of people in Rio with tons of crew and equipment in the end. We see coverage of them playing festivals, doing in-stores, and walking the streets of Japan mingling with the fans. It is an excellent first-person account of the experience. There is one moment in the documentary where they are now successful and the cameraman (usually Copeland himself) looks out the backdoor of the venue that they have just played. There is a sea of people surrounding the car that the band is to get in to leave the venue and the crowd is, a little aggressively, chanting Sting’s name. The cameraman then points the camera just inside the door of the venue at Sting, preparing himself to make his way to the car and I almost had an anxiety attack for him. I think I would have just slowly slid down the wall into the fetal position before facing that crowd! Copeland has the camera going during gigs as well, which is an interesting perspective.
Fashion note: count how many horizontal striped shirts the band wears. For awhile I was thinking well, maybe it’s one shirt and because they’re touring, they’re sharing clothes or something, but not so. Check it out, it’s unbelievable (the documentary, not the shirts). –J
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