Sometimes an artist needs to be told they're done (embarrassing Sting content)

Will you tell me what's bad about it?

(If we count Police performances, I have seen the guy 5 times in concert. You could say I am a nerd about at least some of his musical pursuits, but I have a hunch as to what some of this criticism involves. I have no plans to see him again in concert either.)

I suspect this trouble came in the last 7 or so years when tunes like Synchronicity II finally got a key change. I think at this point all of his old tunes have had that modification (the one in the video was dropped 3 semi-tones).

To my ears he did a good job of embracing the husk for years, but I wonder now if he has lost enough high-end on his range that it's more of a juggling act to figure that out.

His voice now is one reason I won't see him again (the other being setlist, as I doubt he will play anything else I would want to see).

Right, Its hard for some singers/voices to go half throttle. The real test would be if he tried to belt it out and failed.

It's like he wasn't honestly trying - I don't know why he even did.   If they were "examining a part of the song" sure, butcher it.

But...a ...D list full performance...blah.

There's a scene in the documentary of the making of "We Are The World" where Dylan is up for his part. He just kind of looks lost in his own Dylan mind, whisper-mumbling the line. Stevie Wonder jumps in and takes him to a piano and "teaches" Dylan the part in a Dylan-esque voice, lol. Maybe Rick Beato could've come to the rescue and done the same with Sting. 😆

I listened all the way through and conclude there was little effort put into it, vocally speaking. My guess is that this isn't an accurate representation of his vocal range.

I didn't find it particularly sad, but more of a confirmation that Dylan is a little, uh, "spectrum-y".  

I sat through it..twice.   It hurt.

That sounds a lot like me singing, which is why I don't. Sting doesn't need the money, either. He is earning $5K every day just from Diddy's sample of EBYT. He is estimated at $300 million net.

That kind of stuff doesn't bug me.

If great uncle Clyde wants to get up and dance at the wedding he won't dance as well as he did when he was young, but so what? Let him enjoy himself in his old age, as long as he doesn't break his hip. A guy like Paul McCartney probably wouldn't know what to do in life without music. All that money, but he isn't going to find something else to do with his time. They don't seem to be trying to act like they're 26 again (*cough* Madonna *cough*), they're just trying to stay active with music.

I think it would be less irritating if we thought of it as a great musician winding down and still having fun. Instead nostalgia wants them to be at their peak, or not be there at all. Not to mention some who want them to be the saviors when current music is so boring. I guess they're a bit like actors in that regard. Stop hoping the old actor coming out of retirement will save the music business. It isn't their fault there aren't young actors who could be as good as they were in their prime.

I do get annoyed with how much the Robert Plant/Allison Krause stuff gets praised. It isn't bad, but it is just really boring. Why do people obsess over it...?

I liked a video with Plant/Krause. Thought they did quite well there at least on the one I saw.

I agree.

I believe Sting has earned the right to sit in a casual setting and discuss anything he wants in any way he deems comfortable and convenient.

I liked The Police but that was, what, 40 years ago? Since then he has always struck me as being insufferable.