Back in March 2007 the singer Paul Weller ( now 51), was taking his seat at Russell Brand's 'Teenage Cancer Trust Show in the Royal Albert Hall, when he saw a photograph of 'Sting'( now 58 ) on the wall. He walked up to it, spat in Sting's photoed face and apparently went away swearing.
It's not the first time Weller has vented his spleen against Sting. In a magazine interview , the former Jam front man blasted that Sting was " a ....... horrible man ". " Not my cup of tea at all. ....... rubbish. No edge, no attitude, no nothing".
Weller certainly had 'edge' as was seen and heard in the lyrics of 'The Jam's Early 1980's song 'That's Entertainment'.
SO,THE QUESTION :
IS WELLER STILL RELEVANT, AND MORE RELEVANT IN BRITAN TODAY, THAN STING ?
A police car and a screaming siren.
Pneumatic drill and ripped up concrete.
A baby wailing, a stray dog howling.
The screech of brakes and lamp lights blinking.
That’s entertainment, that’s entertainment
A smash of glass and the rumble of boots.
An electric train and a ripped up phone booth.
Paint splattered walls and the cry of a tom cat.
Lights going out and a kick in the balls.
I say that’s entertainment, that’s entertainment.
Days of speed and slow time Mondays.
Pissing down with rain on a boring Wednesday.
Watching the news and not eating your tea.
A freezing cold flat and damp on the walls.
I say that’s entertainment, that’s entertainment.
Waking up at 6 a.m. on a cool warm morning.
Opening the windows and breathing in petrol.
An amateur band rehearse in a nearby yard.
Watching the telly and thinking 'bout your holidays.
That’s entertainment, that’s entertainment.
Waking up from bad dreams and smoking cigarettes.
Cuddling a warm girl and smelling stale perfume.
A hot summers day and sticky black tarmac.
Feeding ducks in the park and wishing you were far away.
That’s entertainment, that’s entertainment.
Two lovers kissing amongst the scream of midnight.
Two lovers missing the tranquillity of solitude.
Getting a cab and travelling on buses.
Reading the graffiti about slashed seat affairs.
I say that’s entertainment, that’s entertainment
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqiXf0WxDPQ
Was Weller right when he said that Sting was: "rubbish. No edge, no attitude, no nothing"?
OR IS STING MORE RELEVANT TO BRITAIN TODAY ?
Here he talks about his new album :
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article6877003.ece
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