Fun Music Information -> Sting
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Band Name Origins:
- besides the striped shirts it also has something to do with the fact that the guys in the band were White Anglo Saxon Protestants (W.A.S.P.) s Submitted by: bob riedel
- Sting got his name form a jazz musician, not by the way he dressed. Forget the archives, it came from the man himself. The clothes may have been inpsired by the name, but not the reverse. I think it's insulting to his image and intelligence to think he would name himself based on how he dressed. Submitted by: josh
Performer Pseudonyms:
Also known as: Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner. Submitted by: Meehan
Also known as: Gordon Mathew Sumner. Submitted by: Peltio
Strange Offspring Names:
- Birgitte Michaela - Also, known as Mickey for short. I think she is a model. Other kids are Giacomo, Coco (originally Elliott - a girl). Jake and his two with first wife are Joe and Fucha Kate. Submitted by: Claire
- Brigette Michael - Hey, CydM, I don't find this name odd at all. Mickey is not that odd of a nickname either. However, the spelling is. My name is Mikhaila, a Ukrainian name, and when i was young I had the choice of a nickname. I could choose MIki or Meisha and I chose MIki. Therefore, I do not find this child's name weird at all but unique. Submitted by: miki
- Giacomo - Named after the Kentucky Derby horse races. Heard this on The Millionaire show. Submitted by: Brenda
- Eliot Pauline - This is Coco's real given name, although Eliot may make it unusual for a girl. Then again, there is Sarah Chalke's character on SCRUBS named Elliott. Submitted by: Eric Andrews
- Michael - Michael is a girl but then there are also Michael Learned, the mother from 'The Waltons', and Michael Steele from The Bangles who are women named Michael. Submitted by: Jessica
- Fuchsia - Submitted by: fuchsia ii
- Jiacamo - I am not sure of the exact spelling of this one, but it's pronouced jack-a-mo. I have always wondered what he and his siblings use as last names. I don't think they use their mother's maiden name, which is Styler. I wonder if that is why they have bizarre names. Sso they don't need a last one! Submitted by: caluf
- Brigette Michael - Called Mickey. Considering I know a woman named Brigette who is called "Git," this doesn't seem so bad. Submitted by: CydM
- Eliot Paulina - Called Coco. Submitted by: CydM
- Coco - Submitted by: Kismetmama
Singers Who Act:
Notable Acting Credits | Comments & Submitter Name |
| "Dune" | It wasn't nearly as bad as it could have been. Bit wooden, but then again, everyone else in that movie was too. - ChuckyG |
Former Career:
Name | New Career | Comments & Submitter Name |
| "Sting" | "Bus Conducter" | Got this tidbit from Ripley's Believe it or Not. - Hank |
Song Titles Not Used as Lyrics:
Song Name | Comments & Submitter Name |
| "Saint Augustine In Hell" | Although you hear the h-word at least once, you never hear the name 'Saint Augustine' once in the song. Some would probably know it best from the chorus: 'The minute I saw her face, the second I caught her eye, the minute I touched the flame, I knew it would never die!' - Larcen Tyler |
Literally Impossible Song Titles:
Song/Performer | Comment | Submitter Name |
| "Fields Of Gold," | How much you want to bet people would steal it? | Larcen Tyler |
| "Desert Rose," | It would be hard to keep a rose growing there... | Larcen Tyler |
Use a Song Title to Answer a Different Song:
Song & Band Name | Song & Band Name | Comments & Submittor Name |
| "What Is Love?" | "Love Is The Seventh Wave," Sting | Todd W. Zimmerman |
| "How Long (Has This Been Going On?)" | "Seven Days," Sting | Larcen Tyler |
| "Midnight At The Oasis" | "Desert Rose," Sting | MOR |
| "What's Up?" | "Russians," Sting | FussBudget |
| There are additional songs titles that answer other songs available. | ||
Remove a Letter From a Song Title:
"All His Time" originally "All This Time"
Bob
"Fields Of Old" originally "Fields Of Gold"
Do you grow old in there I wonder?
Larcen Tyler
Add a Letter To a Song Title:
"Send Your Lover" originally "Send Your Love"
Eac Zeffron
"Send Your Glove" originally "Send Your Love"
Eac Zeffron
"Spend Your Love" originally "Send Your Love"
Serafina
"Fortress Around Your Hearth" originally "Fortress Around Your Heart"
Serafina
"Call This Time" originally "All This Time"
Serafina
There are additional Sting song titles with a letter added available.
Change a Letter In a Song Title:
"If You Move Somebody, Set Them Free" originally "If You Love Somebody, Set Them Free"
kozar
"Love Is The Seventh Cave" originally "Love Is The Seventh Wave"
Lindsay Lowhound
"If I Ever Lose My Faith In Lou" originally "If I Ever Lose My Faith In You"
Regina Haniger
"Stolen Caw" originally "Stolen Car"
A crow's call stolen?
Blake DeKalb
"Stolen Cat" originally "Stolen Car"
Blake DeKalb
There are additional Sting song titles with a letter changed available.
Song Parody Recordings:
Feb 28
"If you love the hedgehog (He'll run free)" by Andrea Huckstep a.k.a. Queen Dedede
a parody of "If you love somebody set them free" by Sting
Song Parodies:
Original Song Name | Parody Song Name | Parody Author |
| "Fields Of Gold" | "Feel So Old" | Green Bloodied Hound Dogs |
| "I Hung My Head" | "I Hung My Head (the Emo/Scene Story)" | Chris Kilo |
| "Russians" | "Muslims" | Red Rebel |
| "Englishman In New York" | "Englishman Who's Called Mork" | Stuart McArthur |
| "Englishman In New York" | "Moron From New Jersey" | Sarcastic Paranoid |
| "After the Rain Has Fallen" | "After the Brains Have Fallen" | MrMacphisto |
| "Let Your Soul Be Your Pilot" | "You Should Go on a Diet" | MrMacphisto |
| "You Still Touch Me" | "You Still Touch Me (Michael Jackson is Free)" | MrMacphisto |
| "When We Dance" | "When in France" | MrMacphisto |
| "Shape of My Heart" | "Scent of My Fart" | MrMacphisto |
There are additional Sting song parodies available. | ||
Untapped Commercial Ideas:
Song Name | Product | Submittor |
| Fields Of Gold | Barley Growers of America | Ed |
| If You Love Somebody Set Them Free | Divorce Court | TRL |
Bad Choices for On Hold Music:
Song Name | Company/Organization | Submittor |
| Don't Stand So Close | Deoderant Factory | Meagan |
| Stolen Car | Kleptomaniac Hotline | Meagan |
| If I Ever Lose My Faith In You | Church | Larcen Tyler |
| King Of Pain | National Coalition Against Domestic Violence | Jeff |
| Every Step You Take | Counselling for Leg Amputees | Murphy |
| There are additional Sting on hold music ideas available. | ||
Duets Not Yet Performed:
First Band/Song Name | Second Band/Song Name | New Song Name | Submittor |
| Dancy's Dream Restless Heart | The Dream Of the Blue Turtles Sting | Dancy's Dream Of the Blue Turtles | Todd W. Zimmerman |
| Unbreakable Heart Jessica Andrews | Fortress Around Your Heart Sting | Fortress Around Your Unbreakable Heart If it's unbreakable why is it in a fortress? | Ed |
| Another Brick In The Wall Pink Floyd | Fortress Around Your Heart Sting | Another Brick In The Wall In The Fortress Around Your Heart No one gets in or out. | Ed |
| If You Love Someone, Set Them Free Sting | Shut Up Black Eyed Peas | If You Love Someone Shut Up | Jizzo |
| There are additional Sting duets that haven't been done yet available. | |||
If Groups Combined, Their Names Might Be :
The Yellowjackets Sting
The Yellowjackets combined with Sting
They sure do!
Submitted By: Raphael
W.A.S.P. Sting
W.A.S.P. combined with Sting
Submitted By: rocky
The Bees Sting
The Bees combined with Sting
Submitted By: rocky
Jellyfish Sting
Jellyfish combined with Sting
Submitted By: rocky
There are additional Sting Combined Groups that haven't been done yet available.
Misheard Lyrics:
"Desert Rose"
Misheard Lyrics: This spaceship moves in the logic of all my dreams.
Original Lyrics: This way she moves in the logic of all my dreams.
| "An Englishman In New York"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm an alien, I'm a Lithuanian
I've got big teeth, I'm from Frankfurt Original Lyrics: I'm an alien, I'm a legal alien
I'm an Englishman in New York. |
"Fields Of Gold"
Misheard Lyrics: Upon the fields of Barney.
Original Lyrics: Upon the filds of barley.
| "Seven Days"
Misheard Lyrics: Seven days in a kliko. (Pronounced 'kleeko')
Original Lyrics: Seven days will quickly go.
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| There are additional Sting misheard lyrics available. | |
Misheard Lyrics Story:
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"Fields Of Gold"
Misheard Lyrics: And I swear on the mesclun.
Original Lyrics: But I swear in the days still left.
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Story about this misheard lyric by: Disneygirl I was about nine when I first heard this song, and I really liked the line I thought I heard. So I actually wrote a story about someone swearing on mesclun. It was pretty funny. |
| There are additional Sting misheard stories available. | |
Nonsensical Lyrics:
"We'll Be Together"
The Nonsensical Lyrics: Forget the weather, we should always be together. Any other thought is unkind.
Why They're Nonsensical: What on earth does what the weather is have to do with whether or not you're together with someone?! Sounds pretty silly to me.
Submitted by: Edward
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Misrhymed Lyrics:
"Shape of My Heart"
The Misrhymed Lyrics: And if I told you that I loved you
You'd maybe think there's something wrong I'm not a man of too many faces The mask I wear is one Why They're Misrhymed: Ok, I love Sting as a writer and performer. He has made some of the best songs in the world to me, and this is one of them. However, I wince whenever this part comes up, it just sounds too clumsy and like he was trying to be so deep but ended up sounding like Yoda. Plus, 'Wrong' doesn't rhyme with 'One'
Submitted by: Ed
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Inappropriate Lyrics:
"We'll Be Together"
The Inappropriate Lyrics: I see you and me, and baby makes three
Why They're Inappropriate: Actually, in Sting's case, it's more like nine or ten... but then, who's counting?
Submitted by: Joshua
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Dated Lyrics:
"We Dance Alone (Gueca Solo)"
The Dated Lyrics: Hey Mr Pinochet, you've sown a bitter crop
It's foreign money that supports you, one day that money's gonna stop Why They're Dated: Pinochet has not be the leader of Chile since 1990, whose regime this song was protesting. Although it is one of the top 5 best songs Sting has written, you can tell it is definitely dated.
Submitted by: Ed
| "Children's Crusade"
The Dated Lyrics: Midnight in Soho 1984
Fixing in doorways, opium slaves Why They're Dated: Back in '84, workmen worked on lofts in the Soho town of New York City.
Submitted by: Mickey D.
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Song Lyrics That Name Check Celebrities:
"Big Lie Small World"
The Lyrics: I'm wanted almost everywhere now
I make out like Casanova Friends are always coming over Who They Mention: Casanova
Submitted by: Tania WYEP
| "Russians"
The Lyrics: Mr Khruschev said we will bury you
I don't subscibe to his point of view Mr Reagan said we will protect you I don't subscribe to his point of view Who They Mention: Nikita Khruschev, Ronald Reagan
Submitted by: britrock
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Super Short Pop Songs:
"She's Too Good For Me" Length: 2:30
Only 2 and a half minutes long, but a really great song!
Submitted by: Larcen Tyler
Song Title Acrostics:
MOBS: "Moon Over Bourbon Street"
Plenty of mobs in Bourbon Street nowadays.
Submitted by: Anonymous Jack
FOG: "Fields Of Gold"
Submitted by: Tiffany Llewellyn-Affit
"Love Is the Seventh Wave"
No word on what the first six waves are
Submitted by: Todd W. Zimmerman
