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Sting contemplates his Christmas album

Posted: December 28th, 2009 | Author: admin | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , , | No Comments »

As quoted in several AP-fed papers: “I’m 58. I’m not in the winter of my life but I’m definitely preparing for it, so it reminds you of your mortality, the short span of years we have on the planet, what to do with that, how to be useful, how to be meaningful.”

How to be useful = release a Christmas album. I’m still wrapping my head around this. Is a collection of old(e) English advent hymns more / less useful than “Wrapped Around Your Finger“? I don’t know the answer.

Re. the video. Candles, white suit, sunglasses, dancing. All in one! Not just anybody can pull this off. It does take a special someone.

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