Thread: This House Is Not For Sale (2016) - Post First Single Release Album Discussion
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Old 10-23-2016, 08:24 AM
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I think there were two reasons for Jon to bring up Sting's play:

For an excuse to bring up David's Tony Award and Memphis - which is a nice little gesture.

But I think the primary reason is that he felt moved by the passion that Sting had for his play - which encouraged Jon to see the beauty in having the 3 guys (4 including Shanks) formulating a song in the studio together - the way they used to. I think he's drawing a parallel between Sting's hard work and attachment to his play, and the band's renewed passion for the craft of writing and recording together. At least I hope that's what going on in the BJ machine!
I think your exactly right, these past years gave him a chance to see things and people that inspired him to write again, and to work together as a band.I think John Shanks was the one that put it all together in the studio, as Jon said in the last show, he called him his "shrink" for a reason.