Welcome "everyone" to the Morning Toast column.
Our subject for this week is the drummer for The Police, Stewart Copeland.
Contrary to popular belief, Copeland's unique and unmistakeably sharp "reggae-esque"
sound did not in any way come from Reggae. Copeland, who labeled himself a Diplobrat, was
exposed early on to many different cultures because of CIA employed father, and found himself
repeating the Lebanese dance rhythms that he heard while he lived there. This dance was
called the Debke.
Also, and unbelievably, Copeland said on an interview (and I can't find it now on YouTube, but I both read about him saying it and then saw it on a video on said site) that not only has he never heard the music of Black Sabbath, but at the time of the interview - which was within the last 10 years - he had never heard of them. Not just that he didn't know their music, but he didn't even know they existed. It amazes me because he was in one of the more popular bands of the 70's and 80's. He had never even heard of a band named Black Sabbath.
That's amazing, to have never seen the name on a T-Shirt, a poster, heard them mentioned, not spray-painted on a building wall or on a TrainCar or a sticker..... Never heard of them.
I wish I'd never heard of them, quite frankly. I don't wanna know.
Our subject for this week is the drummer for The Police, Stewart Copeland.
Contrary to popular belief, Copeland's unique and unmistakeably sharp "reggae-esque"
sound did not in any way come from Reggae. Copeland, who labeled himself a Diplobrat, was
exposed early on to many different cultures because of CIA employed father, and found himself
repeating the Lebanese dance rhythms that he heard while he lived there. This dance was
called the Debke.
Also, and unbelievably, Copeland said on an interview (and I can't find it now on YouTube, but I both read about him saying it and then saw it on a video on said site) that not only has he never heard the music of Black Sabbath, but at the time of the interview - which was within the last 10 years - he had never heard of them. Not just that he didn't know their music, but he didn't even know they existed. It amazes me because he was in one of the more popular bands of the 70's and 80's. He had never even heard of a band named Black Sabbath.
That's amazing, to have never seen the name on a T-Shirt, a poster, heard them mentioned, not spray-painted on a building wall or on a TrainCar or a sticker..... Never heard of them.
I wish I'd never heard of them, quite frankly. I don't wanna know.
And your comment on my comment count made me LOL.