Sting - All This Time

I looked out across
The river today
I saw a city in the fog
And an old church tower
Where the seagulls play
Saw the sad shire horses
Walking home in the sodium light
Saw two priests on the ferry
October geese on a cold winter's night
And all this time
The river flowed
Endlessly,
To the sea.

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Sting's comments about "All This Time":

"It's about the death of my father, so its pretty dark as a record but on
this song the words are foiled by this fairly jolly tune. That's something I
like to do quite a lot, combine dark subject matter with up music. No, its not based on a dream. The lyrics seem surreal, but they are all images I remembered from my home town: ferries, priests, shire horses. I grew up by the shipyards. I just wanted to escape. I suppose it was quite a surreal place, though. It is the landscape of my dreams." ( Independent On Sunday, 11/94)

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For the complete lyrics and more of Sting's comments on the song see Sting.com

The DVD is a 70-minute documentary of Sting and his band recording songs for his album "All This Time" and preparing for a live performance to celebrate the album in front of a small group of their family and friends in Tuscany, Italy. The performance was to be webcast live to fans on the Internet on September 11, 2001. However, the events of that day changed those plans. The webcast consisted of a very emotional and heart-felt rendition of the song "Fragile", and then the webcast was shut down. But the concert continued in Italy.

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Sting's Comments About the Concert:

"Trudie and I lost a friend in the Twin Towers (investment banker Herman Sandler), and singing was the last thing I wanted to do, to be honest with you. I just wanted to crawl into a corner and cry. I put it to the band. I said, 'What do you want to do' And they all said, 'We wanna play.' It was a much more sombre show than what we had planned. But as the concert progressed, the mood changed. We felt we had every right to be there, listening to music, making music, singing; because really it's the opposite of what terrorism wants. Terrorism wants us to be afraid, to be frightened and to be controlled. So even though, at the time, I didn't want to do it, I've had no second thoughts about whether or not it was right to carry on with the show." (Daily Express, Oct 2003)

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Tracklisting:

01. Fragile
02. A Thousand Years
03. Perfect Love...Gone Wrong
04. All This Time
05. Seven Days
06. The Hounds Of Winter
07. Don't Stand So Close To Me
08. When We Dance
09. Dienda
10. Roxanne
11. If You Love Somebody Set Them Free
12. Brand New Day
13. Fields Of Gold
14. Moon Over Bourbon Street
15. Shape Of My Heart
16. If I Ever Lose My Faith In You
17. Every Breath You Take

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The Band:

Sting - bass guitar, guitar and vocals
Dominic Miller - guitar
Kipper - keyboards and programming
Chris Botti - trumpet
Marcos Suzano - percussion
Jacques Morelenbaum - cello
Christian McBride - acoustic bass
Manu Katché - drums
Jason Rebello - piano
B. J. Cole - pedal steel
Janice Pendarvis - backing vocals
Katreese Barnes - backing vocals
Jeff Young - backing vocals and organ
Haoua Abdenacer - djarbuka
Clark Gayton - trombone

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For more comments by Sting, reviews, and other information about the DVD see Sting.com

Tracklisting:

01. Fragile
02. 1000 Years
03. Perfect Love Gone Wrong
04. All This Time
05. Hounds of Winter
06. Don't Stand So Close To Me
07. When We Dance
08. Dienda
09. Roxanne
10. (If You Love Somebody) Set Them Free
11. Brand New Day
12. Fields of Gold
13. Moon Over Bourbon Street
14. If I Ever Lose My Faith In You
15. Every Breath You Take

"This album was recorded on September 11, 2001 and is respectfully
dedicated to all those who lost their lives on that day."
- Sting, "All This Time" CD Liner Notes