The 1 Song Sting Will Never Sing Again
If you’re a fan of Sting or the Police you may not be very happy when you got to see Sting in concert. He says there’s one song that he will never play again in front of an audience.
Sting was interviewed by People, and as he talked about some of his hit songs, he commented on the Police tune “Don’t Stand So Close to Me.” He says the reason you won’t hear it at any of his shows is because it’s about the relationship between a male teacher and a female student.
Sting was a teacher before he hit it big in the music world and said, “It’s certainly not biographical, but people having relationships with teachers, it definitely happens.” He also defended the song by saying, “Nothing happens. It’s just the danger of something happening and the teacher is aware of it, which is why he’s saying, “Don’t stand so close to me.”
Sting also acknowledged that the song could be interpreted in “many, many different ways,” which can certainly become an issue. He went on to share that “In the current climate, I don’t sing that live, people with a sort of puerile sensibility will say, ‘Oh it’s about you.’ And of course, it’s not, but it’s an interesting situation.”
Sting is being honored as a Fellow of the Ivors Academy at the Ivor Awards on May 18th in London, and he’s very proud of the honor. “If you ask me my profession, I would say I’m a songwriter, so to receive this honor is very special,” he shares. “I get people coming up to me saying, “Oh, I got married to your song,” or “We buried Uncle Charlie to your song” or “I fell out of love to this” People mark their lives with the songs of their era, as do I.”
If you want to see Sting not sing “Don’t Stand So Close to Me,” a complete list of dates can be found at Sting.com.
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