Money for Sting
Sting (b. Gordon Sumner) as Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen in David Lynch’s weird, ill-fated (But we still like it) adaptation of Dune. Behind him are Sardaukar soldiers, the Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam of the Bene Gesserit, and is that supposed to be Beast Rabban? Not our idea of Beast Rabban.
Dear Gordon,
Yes we address you by your real name, not the one by which you are addressed by millions (or is it thousands now?). Though it is many years since we parted ways, we feel compelled to inform you that ABS-CBN/Star Cinema, the biggest movie studio in the Philippines, has made a movie called “Every Breath You Take”. Yes, the biggest hit of your career appears to be the theme song for their latest production, which stars matinee idol Piolo Pascual. The song is sung in their trailer—not your version with The Police, but a cover by one of ABS-CBN’s many contract stars.
Not that we doubt the watchfulness of your business team, but these movies make tons of money even with the peso-dollar conversion rate and we hope you have charged accordingly. You wouldn’t want to keep touring in your old age, would you, singing “Roxanne” at theme parks, or even after that, in hologram form (whether fake or real). To paraphrase your backing vocals in that old song, “You want your ro-yal-tees…”
JZ
The official announcement of the break-up, reprinted in Twisted II. (Of course all the Twisted books are in print and available at National Bookstores etc.)
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Answers to questions you might be asking, unless you wandered onto this site purely by accident >>>
May 3rd, 2012 at 06:50
Cats Eye!
May 3rd, 2012 at 10:45
I hope that Gordon does get compensated nicely by the record-company monkeys who own the rights to his catalog, who in turn should have charged Star Cinema a hefty price for a song about stalking.
The only solo album I could take from Mr. Sumner – besides the first three – is Ten Summoner’s Tales, which got overplayed by yours truly between 1994 and 1996. Everything after that was embarrassing… though I did buy the Brand New Day album, before I realized that nearly every single track had been turned into advertising jingles.
May 3rd, 2012 at 11:57
Korak! The early Drew Barrymore movie. They’re not going to throw Piolo onto an electrified floor are they?
May 3rd, 2012 at 13:36
“They’re not going to throw Piolo onto an electrified floor are they?”
This needs to happen, for certain.
May 3rd, 2012 at 15:36
Isn’t this the same song that Puff-Piff-P. Diddy sampled years ago?
And my goodness, Piolo is singing it?!
Ang sarap gawing mani ang isang banig ng Biogesic ah.
May 4th, 2012 at 03:00
…and the MTRCB has the hypocrisy to lecture the public on piracy.