The Police

Quick recap of last night's performance by The Police here in Cville:
It wouldn't be too cliche to say that most of us had waited our entire lives for this performance. The band broke up back when most of us were still trying to color inside the lines in elementary school, and for two decades the thought of seeing them perform live was one of those wishful thinking moments I'd have as I listened to one of their songs. But then they surprised a lot of us by getting back together, and then they flat out shocked almost all of us by bring their world tour here to Cville. Really? Charlottesville, in Virginia. The Police. Here. Like they were in London, NYC, etcetera.
With that amount of hype I'm sure it's tough to live up to it. Overall I found it to be a good show. Not a great show, but a good one.
I'd say it was more like hearing a band playing their songs in person as opposed to, say, a rock concert. [And by 'rock concert' I mean an entire experience. To get a feel for this, see U2 in concert. Anytime. Mesmerizing] They've definitely mellowed with age; many of the songs were slower or more 'chill' last night. Gone was a lot of the high energy feel that they had that defined them and a generation of music from the UK in the 1980's.

Overall I'm giving it a solid B+. They received a B for a somewhat subdued performance and mellower versions of their songs. They get the + because it's still The Police, reunited, and in Cville. I mean, we had dinner at the Guad and then went to see Sting in Cville. Not bad for the old 22901.