The Stewart Copeland Thread

[rohbit]

I haven't seen Stewart mentioned on here too much, so I thought as a followup to my thread regarding "So Lonely", I'd create this so all you Copeland fans can talk about stuff you like by him, beats, just general Copeland facts and all.

So yeah! Discuss! :thumb:

[the_runs]

Heres a little tid-bit. His family moved to the middle east when he was an infant. They lived there for most of his childhood. Wierd?

[beaker_747]

Fact: the Hi-Hat/Rim click groove in Regatta de Blanc is awesome

[rohbit]

Fact: His dad was a CIA agent.

A friend of mine Interviewed Miles Copeland his brother regarding a Belly dancing show he was throwing at a local casino (The River Rock Casino for those of you who live in Vancouver).

[beaker_747]

Fact: Really? that's cool.

He does alot of motion picture soundtrack work these days. I was watching a show on nickelodeon today, and he composed the opening theme.

[Wizz]

Fact , i have a Huge poster of Stewart the wall in front of me

[Aaron]

copeland..

http://store.drumbum.com/media/wuhan-splash-traditional.jpg

[beaker_747]

Fact: This thread isn't repetitive at all.

But Copeland is the man

[Pikeymikey22]

Last gig I played, we covered Roxanne. Tis a lovely groove indeed. It went so well that a week later we went into a studio at our bassist's college and recorded it.
Interesting lil fact.... The Arctic Monkeys song "When The Sun Goes Down" has a big *** Roxanne reference:
"And I've seen him with girls of the night
And he told Roxanne to put on her red light."

[Talos]

copeland..

http://store.drumbum.com/media/wuhan-splash-traditional.jpg

Fact : I have that exact splash, its teh pwn. Its really good for crashing and riding suprisingly.

[chipinsticks]

Has any one heard copeland in oysterhead man three of my most favored musicans in one band

But yea copeland has some badass grooves in that one

[Double Bass Jim]

Copelands one of the guys you can recognize within 3 seconds of hearing him play

[xeonman9000]

Fact: one of these people doesn't deserve to be here;
http://www.mikeportnoy.com/media/pics/celebs/MPLarsCopeland.jpg

My favourite picture of Copeland, apparently he was really pissed off at Sting that day;
http://www.drummerworld.com/pics/drum/dpa38/stewart-copeland.jpg

[Double Bass Jim]

That kits rules too ^

One of the best

[Talos]

That kit is awesome man, I think the huge RUDE on those Paistes spoil it though, something ive never liked about Rudes.

[Motleyguy]

Fact: I'm listening to the live version of So Lonely from the first disc of their live CD.
Yeah, Copeland has teh grooves.

[Double Bass Jim]

Driven to tears has always been on of my fav copeland tracks.

He roasts up some nice fills in that one, uses the big octobans quite a bit too.

[rohbit]

Everything he plays sounds so smooth and so natural. He makes the basic punk beat in so lonely sound good.

And lol at the pic of Copeland. I remember reading about that on Wiki. Lovely kit though. It really sounds like he uses a smaller kit on alot of recordings.

[givemeaname]

I was never really a fan of The Police, sort of take em or leave em, but I always liked Copeland's work and love the Oysterhead album.

I heard Oysterhead were in the first stages of a second album, does anyone know if that's true and when it's expected?

[Motleyguy]

Driven to tears has always been on of my fav copeland tracks.

He roasts up some nice fills in that one, uses the big octobans quite a bit too.

is that a police song?

[keeferz]

Fact: I'm listening to the live version of So Lonely from the first disc of their live CD.
Yeah, Copeland has teh grooves.

I have that CD too. Love those licks.
Also, check out the Synchronicity dvd if you're a hardcore fan. ;)

[xeonman9000]

is that [driven to tears] a police song?
Yeah, off their Zenyatta Mondatta album

[Aaron]

anyone else agree that in alot of the polices stuff, where the lyrical content is dark, copeland seems to make it funkier with his feel? i reckon without him they'd seem really really new-romantic and boring. haha 80s emo.

[some jive turkey]

Murder by Number is an awesome song.
No one ever talks about it but it's my favorite Police tune.