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Date Posted: 12:35:05 06/17/05 Fri
Author: Sal Dudley
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Re: The Beat and The Police concert
In reply to: Calvin Brujeria 's message, "The Beat and The Police concert" on 00:08:13 06/17/05 Fri

>Amigos-I noticed where you mentioned that The Beat
>played with The Police. This always confused me, I
>never got to see The Beat live, but I did go to a
>show. This was many years ago and the tickets were
>sold for The Police, opening band The Beat. I bought
>the tickets and waited for the day the concert was to
>happen. Now I thought everything was fine until I
>actually went to the show. That was the funny part.
>
>The band who opened for The Police was called The
>Beat, yes they were a punk band, but they were from
>the U.S. The music was good but I thought I was
>getting The Beat from the UK, who played Mirror In The
>Bathroom and Twist and Crawl. Nowadays, to avoid
>confusion, they call the other Beat Paul Collins Beat
>and our band The Beat is called The New Beat with
>appearances as Special Beat. (The Specials & The Beat
>of course)
>
>The Paul Collins Beat website is
>http://www.paulcollinsbeat.com while The Beat's site
>is http://www.twistandcrawl.com. The difference
>between both bands of The Beat is that one played new
>wave ska with a 60s flavor and the other played new
>wave pop/rock with a 60s flavor.
>
>It would be weird if they played shows together, both
>bands as The Beat. Now I wonder if The Beat (our ska
>band) ever played with The Police. The Police had
>those cool reggae taps in their songs and reminded me
>of The Beat. I think that would be a good combo. Your
>friend, Calvin
Well that did happen Calvin, back in October1980 I think because I saw them support The Police in Portland Oregon. I was on a school exchange visit for a month going to a school in Lake Oswego. Life really didn't get much better than when I realised The Beat would be supporting The Police two of my fave bands at the time! Being sweet sixteen the screams reached fever pitch. I went, it was great, can picture it now. Later on in the visit Mount St Helen's blew and we all had to wear masks to school. What a trip!
Regards Sal ( no longer sixteen but still very sweet)

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Re: The Beat and The Police concert -- Mysterious Miss M., 20:55:48 06/17/05 Fri
- Re: The Beat and The Police concert -- Burton Steve, 05:28:43 06/20/05 Mon
  - Re: The Beat and The Police concert -- davewakeling, 20:25:46 06/20/05 Mon