Sacred Love

The ultimate rock star (for me, at least), Sting took his Sacred Love concert tour to Seattle, WA at the White River Amphitheater last Friday October 8th, 2004 and I witnessed it! This was my very first Sting concert and certainly won't be the last if I had anything to do with it! LOL!

Annie Lennox opened for Sting with a string of hits from her albums of late and ended her act with a rendition of a couple of old-time favorites, Sweet Dreams from her Eurythmics days and Why. It was pretty amazing how her voice hadn't changed one bit. If I closed my eyes and just listened, I could still see a young Annie Lennox singing the same song in her much much younger 80's locks and dress code. That's not to say she doesn't look good now that she's older. She looked fabolous in tight-fitting jeans and dark tank top. Maybe a little too thin but she looked great nonetheless.

When it came time for Sting, the crowd was all fired up from Annie Lenox's performance. He came onstage wearing a black long-sleeved shirt and a jacket over it. He opened with a fiery rendering of Send Your Love. Then he took off his jacket and the crowd went loud and wild for more! Before the concert started, in the car on the way to White River, I kept wishing and wishing hard he'd sing two of my all time favorite Police songs and sure enough after the second song, Sting began to strum the old familiar chords of Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic. I screamed, applauded and started dancing and singing along with the crowd.

Though I've tried before to tell her
Of the feelings I have for her in my heart
Every time that I come near her
I just lose my nerve
As I've done from the start

Most of the songs that Sting sung were from the Sacred Love album, his latest release. But the classic Sting songs are the ones the crowd responded most to including Englishman in New York where the crowd screamed "Be yourself no matter what they say". Annie Lennox joined Sting for the song We'll Be Together. One of his backup singers sang Whenever I Say Your Name with him and that has got to be the best, most energetic performance of the night, sans Mary J. Blige! Among my other favorite performances were Fields of God, Fragile, and of course the medly of another Police classic Roxanne with my second wish come true, King Of Pain. Sting leaves the stage after a most ardent and breath-taking performance of Every Breath You Take.

Oh, can't you see
You belong to me?
How my poor heart aches
With every step you take
Every move you make
Every vow you break
Every smile you fake, every claim you stake
I'll be watching you

I'll be watching you...