Sting: When the Last Ship Sails (2013) User Reviews

Sting Musical

[retiredlady-06952 · 10/10 · 4 December 2022]

I first saw this on PBS and fell in love with the music. Then I got the CD. Enjoyed listening to the songs. Finally saw Sting in person and the play had been expanded and some songs added or others left out, but the performance was great. I liked the plot and story.

This performance was in LA and among the last that Sting was the lead. We were able to see it right before the Pandemic ( Jan 2020 ) arrived so I do not know when it has been performed since. It is well worth seeing, but helps to know the music.

I saw the PBS special on Great Performances before it was complete, but haven't been able to find it on there since 2013.

Dull, Boring

[Planar_Being · 2/10 · 4 December 2022]

Time for this man to hang up his shipbuilding tools. Skipped through this on the BBC website and could but shake my head at the dullness of the music, the dragging pace of the vocals, the lack of interesting melodic content and the general lack of charisma in the singers. "The biggest ships in the world were built at the end of my street... immensely proud..." Blah-blah. But where's the music?

Worst of all was the alt-singer who savaged every attempt at singing with a form of dissonant shouting and general roaring. Son, this is not a shipyard and those are not hammers but musical instruments. Dreadful stuff.