{"id":125409,"date":"2026-06-22T04:29:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T04:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/125409\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T04:29:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T04:29:11","slug":"recenze-jako-v-dobach-the-police-sting-se-v-praze-vratil-k-zakladum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/125409\/","title":{"rendered":"Recenze: Jako v\u00a0dob\u00e1ch The Police. Sting se v\u00a0Praze vr\u00e1til k\u00a0z\u00e1klad\u016fm"},"content":{"rendered":"

Anglick\u00fd zp\u011bv\u00e1k a\u00a0basista Sting opustil svou nejzn\u00e1m\u011bj\u0161\u00ed skupinu The Police, kdy\u017e byla na vrcholu. \u201eKapela je trochu jako pouli\u010dn\u00ed gang. Nechcete v\u00a0n\u011bm z\u016fstat nadosmrti,\u201c \u0159\u00edk\u00e1. \u201eP\u0159i\u0161lo mi, \u017ee jsme dos\u00e1hli v\u0161eho, \u010deho jsme mohli. J\u00e1 cht\u011bl objevovat a\u00a0roz\u0161\u00ed\u0159it ve sv\u00e9 hudb\u011b n\u00e1strojovou paletu,\u201c vysv\u011btluje v\u00a0po\u0159adu youtubera Ricka Beata, pro\u010d v\u00a0polovin\u011b 80.\u00a0let minul\u00e9ho stolet\u00ed ode\u0161el, odstartoval s\u00f3lovou dr\u00e1hu a\u00a0za\u010dal vystupovat s\u00a0kl\u00e1vesami nebo saxofonem.<\/p>\n

Te\u010f \u010dty\u0159iasedmdes\u00e1tilet\u00fd um\u011blec ud\u011blal pohyb v\u00a0opa\u010dn\u00e9m sm\u011bru. V\u0161echny dodate\u010dn\u00e9 n\u00e1stroje z\u00a0kapely odstranil a\u00a0znovu \u00fa\u010dinkuje v\u00a0z\u00e1kladn\u00edm triu jen s\u00a0buben\u00edkem a\u00a0kytaristou. Ka\u017ed\u00fd ve\u010der hraj\u00ed okolo 20\u00a0p\u00edsn\u00ed, z\u00a0nich\u017e polovina poch\u00e1z\u00ed z\u00a0reperto\u00e1ru The Police. Tak tomu bylo i\u00a0p\u0159i Stingov\u011b ned\u011bln\u00edm koncertu v\u00a0pra\u017esk\u00fdch Let\u0148anech, kter\u00fdm vyvrcholil des\u00e1t\u00fd ro\u010dn\u00edk festivalu Metronome.<\/p>\n

Dr\u017eitel 17\u00a0cen Grammy, jen\u017e celosv\u011btov\u011b prodal p\u0159es 100\u00a0milion\u016f alb, hr\u00e1l hodinu a\u00a0t\u0159i \u010dtvrt\u011b. Jeho hity p\u0159ev\u00e1\u017en\u011b ze 70.\u00a0a\u017e 90.\u00a0let poslouchalo n\u011bkolik tis\u00edc lid\u00ed.<\/p>\n

Od konce pandemie koronaviru to bylo jeho ji\u017e sedm\u00e9 vystoupen\u00ed v\u00a0\u010cesku. Od lo\u0148ska stihl akor\u00e1t pro televizi Arte nato\u010dit komorn\u00ed ve\u010der v\u00a0amsterdamsk\u00e9m Rijksmuseu, kde zp\u00edv\u00e1 se slavn\u00fdm obrazem No\u010dn\u00ed hl\u00eddka od Rembrandta van Rijna za z\u00e1dy. Jinak nejv\u00edc \u010dasu v\u011bnoval \u010d\u00e1ste\u010dn\u011b autobiografick\u00e9mu muzik\u00e1lu The Last Ship, kter\u00fd po premi\u00e9\u0159e na newyorsk\u00e9 Broadwayi v\u00a0roce 2014\u00a0propadl u\u00a0kritik\u016f i\u00a0div\u00e1k\u016f. Komer\u010dn\u00ed ne\u00fasp\u011bch tehdy nezvr\u00e1tilo, ani kdy\u017e autor hudby Sting s\u00e1m nasko\u010dil do hlavn\u00ed role.<\/p>\n

Nyn\u00ed se karta mo\u017en\u00e1 pozvolna obrac\u00ed. Vytrvalou prac\u00ed se Stingovi da\u0159\u00ed vracet muzik\u00e1l do reperto\u00e1ru. Jen letos s\u00a0n\u00edm \u00fa\u010dinkoval ve Francii, Austr\u00e1lii a\u00a0tento m\u011bs\u00edc dev\u011btkr\u00e1t zp\u00edval The Last Ship v\u00a0presti\u017en\u00ed Metropolitn\u00ed ope\u0159e v\u00a0New Yorku. Na\u010de\u017e po posledn\u00edm p\u0159edstaven\u00ed sedl na letadlo do Evropy, aby pokra\u010doval ve sv\u011btov\u00e9m turn\u00e9 s\u00a0triem.<\/p>\n

Foto: Renata Mat\u011bjkov\u00e1, Seznam Zpr\u00e1vy<\/p>\n

Na p\u00f3dium v\u00a0Let\u0148anech p\u0159ich\u00e1z\u00ed v\u00a0p\u0159il\u00e9hav\u00e9m tri\u010dku a\u00a0kalhot\u00e1ch, s\u00a0nakr\u00e1tko ost\u0159\u00edhan\u00fdmi vlasy, n\u011bkolika n\u00e1ramky na lev\u00e9 ruce, opr\u00fdskanou baskytarou Fender na krku a\u00a0n\u00e1hlavn\u00edm mikrofonem za uchem, aby se mohl s\u00a0n\u00e1strojem voln\u011b pohybovat po p\u00f3diu. Od chv\u00edle, kdy s\u00a0kytaristou Dominicem Millerem a\u00a0buben\u00edkem Chrisem Maasem spust\u00ed prvn\u00ed t\u00f3ny hitu Message in a\u00a0Bottle z\u00a0reperto\u00e1ru The Police, nastav\u00ed vysokou la\u0165ku a\u00a0n\u011bkolik des\u00edtek minut div\u00e1ky prakticky nenechaj\u00ed vydechnout. Jedna skladba p\u0159ech\u00e1z\u00ed v\u00a0druhou bez pauz na potlesk.<\/p>\n

Sting disponuje dost nep\u0159ekonateln\u00fdm katalogem popov\u00fdch hit\u016f s\u00a0prvky rocku, jazzu a\u00a0reggae, kter\u00e9 nyn\u00ed sjednotil do mimo\u0159\u00e1dn\u011b p\u0159\u00edmo\u010dar\u00fdch aran\u017em\u00e1. N\u011bkdej\u0161\u00ed st\u00e1lice hitpar\u00e1d If I\u00a0Ever Lose My Faith in You, Englishman in New York nebo Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic si v\u00a0aktu\u00e1ln\u00ed verzi zachov\u00e1vaj\u00ed to nejd\u016fle\u017eit\u011bj\u0161\u00ed, p\u0159esto\u017ee je muzikanti hraj\u00ed \u00fasporn\u011b, oholen\u00e9 na kost.<\/p>\n

\u201eHudebn\u011b je te\u010f pro m\u011b nezaj\u00edmav\u011bj\u0161\u00ed redukovat v\u011bci na podstatu, soust\u0159edit se na to nejnutn\u011bj\u0161\u00ed a\u00a0doufat, \u017ee kdy\u017e odstran\u00edte v\u0161echno kolem, po\u0159\u00e1d v\u00a0ka\u017ed\u00e9 p\u00edsni z\u016fstane zdrav\u00e9 j\u00e1dro. Posledn\u00ed rok si ov\u011b\u0159uji, \u017ee tomu tak opravdu je,\u201c odpov\u011bd\u011bl vloni na dotaz agentury DPA, pro\u010d nevystupuje s\u00a0po\u010detn\u011bj\u0161\u00ed skupinou.<\/p>\n

Tak se ostatn\u011b na Metronomu poprv\u00e9 p\u0159edstavil v\u00a0roce 2017, kdy je\u0161t\u011b na hole\u0161ovick\u00e9m V\u00fdstavi\u0161ti pozvali s\u00a0Millerem na p\u00f3dium oba sv\u00e9 syny a\u00a0krom\u011b vokalist\u016f s\u00a0sebou m\u011bli hr\u00e1\u010de na akordeon. <\/p>\n

Od t\u00e9 doby n\u011bkter\u00e1 tempa zvolnili. Tuto ned\u011bli poj\u00edmaj\u00ed p\u00e1r skladeb vysloven\u011b komorn\u011b a\u00a0Sting se \u010d\u00e1st koncertu op\u00edr\u00e1 o\u00a0vysokou stoli\u010dku. Mnoh\u00e9 songy z\u00a0nov\u00fdch aran\u017em\u00e1 t\u011b\u017e\u00ed\u00a0\u2013 Never Coming Home, jeho\u017e slo\u017eit\u00fd riff Miller hraje obouru\u010dn\u011b, kon\u010d\u00ed dlouhou spole\u010dnou improvizac\u00ed. A\u00a0nap\u0159\u00edklad s\u00a0aktu\u00e1ln\u00ed \u00fapravou So Lonely zp\u011bv\u00e1k hrav\u011b roztlesk\u00e1 m\u00edsty p\u0159ece jenom trochu chladn\u011bj\u0161\u00ed publikum.<\/p>\n

Koncertovat cel\u00fd ve\u010der ve t\u0159ech je n\u00e1ro\u010dn\u00e9 jak pro sedmdes\u00e1tn\u00edka Stinga, kter\u00fd zp\u00edv\u00e1 a\u00a0z\u00e1rove\u0148 prsty hraje \u010dasto protich\u016fdn\u00e9 linky na baskytaru, tak pro \u0161edes\u00e1tn\u00edka Millera. \u00dazce spolupracuj\u00ed od alba The Soul Cages nato\u010den\u00e9ho roku 1991\u00a0pot\u00e9, co frontmanovi v\u00a0jednom roce zem\u0159eli oba rodi\u010de.<\/p>\n

Miller je autorem n\u011bkter\u00fdch jeho nejzn\u00e1m\u011bj\u0161\u00edch riff\u016f a\u00a0melodi\u00ed. V\u00a0Let\u0148anech je cel\u00fd ve\u010der rozezn\u00edv\u00e1 na oby\u010dejn\u00e9 elektrick\u00e9 kyta\u0159e Fender Stratocaster ze 60.\u00a0let. Levou nohou se\u0161lap\u00e1v\u00e1 takzvan\u00fd volume ped\u00e1l, kter\u00fdm kontroluje \u00farove\u0148 zvuku, a\u00a0hodn\u011b pou\u017e\u00edv\u00e1 kompresor k\u00a0vyrovn\u00e1n\u00ed dynamiky. <\/p>\n

Jinak si vysta\u010d\u00ed se z\u00e1kladn\u00ed sestavou kytarov\u00fdch krabi\u010dek typu delay, tremolo \u010di chorus. Jen v\u00a0n\u011bkolika skladb\u00e1ch, kde hraje rockov\u00e1 s\u00f3la, Miller zapoj\u00ed efekty overdrive nebo flanger. Ale to nejd\u016fle\u017eit\u011bj\u0161\u00ed, t\u00f3n, volba not, celkov\u00fd feeling, tkv\u00ed v\u00a0jeho ruk\u00e1ch a\u00a0dokonal\u00e9 znalosti n\u00e1stroje, jej\u017e Miller ovl\u00e1d\u00e1 na skute\u010dn\u011b sv\u011btov\u00e9 \u00farovni.<\/p>\n

Trio u\u017e n\u011bkolik\u00e1t\u00fdm rokem dopl\u0148uje lucembursk\u00fd buben\u00edk Chris Maas, kter\u00fd hr\u00e1val s\u00a0kapelou Mumford & Sons a\u00a0pat\u0159\u00ed ke generaci muzikant\u016f, je\u017e na Stingov\u011b hudb\u011b vyr\u016fstala.<\/p>\n

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V\u0161echny zvuky vytv\u00e1\u0159ej\u00ed tady a\u00a0te\u010f, jedin\u011b v\u00a0orient\u00e1ln\u00edm hitu Desert Rose zn\u00ed p\u0159edto\u010den\u00fd sample. V\u00a0n\u011bkter\u00fdch skladb\u00e1ch trochu chyb\u00ed pestrost dal\u0161\u00edch n\u00e1stroj\u016f, jako byly nap\u0159\u00edklad dudy ve Fields of Gold inspirovan\u00fdch proch\u00e1zkou je\u010dn\u00fdm polem. V\u00a0aktu\u00e1ln\u00edch verz\u00edch ale Sting nech\u00e1v\u00e1 v\u00edce voln\u00e9ho prostoru, d\u00edky \u010demu\u017e jsou nap\u0159\u00edklad skv\u011ble sly\u0161et jeho basov\u00e9 linky. Tak\u00e9 p\u011bvecky je po\u0159\u00e1d ve vynikaj\u00edc\u00ed kondici, skv\u011ble fr\u00e1zuje, zachov\u00e1v\u00e1 si charakteristickou v\u00fdslovnost a\u00a0hity The Police st\u00e1le p\u011bje relativn\u011b vysok\u00fdm tenorov\u00fdm hlasem v\u010detn\u011b falzetu.<\/p>\n

Je to samoz\u0159ejm\u011b retro, Sting m\u011bl posledn\u00ed hit za\u010d\u00e1tkem tis\u00edcilet\u00ed a\u00a0s v\u00fdjimkou jedin\u00e9 nov\u00e9 skladby I\u00a0Wrote Your Name (Upon My Heart) nehraje nic z\u00a0posledn\u00edch desek 57th & 9th ani v\u00fdte\u010dn\u00e9ho The Bridge. Publikum \u017e\u00e1d\u00e1 best of a\u00a0toho se mu dost\u00e1v\u00e1. Dojde na ob\u0159\u00ed hit Shape of My Heart s\u00a0bachovsky klesaj\u00edc\u00ed basovou linkou, alegorii k\u00a0\u017eivotu na turn\u00e9 Walking On The Moon, King of Pain napsan\u00e9 po rozvodu nebo Every Breath You Take. Tato p\u00edse\u0148 o\u00a0\u017e\u00e1rlivosti z\u00a0roku 1982\u00a0m\u00e1 jen na platform\u011b Spotify u\u017e 3,5\u00a0miliardy p\u0159ehr\u00e1n\u00ed a\u00a0pat\u0159\u00ed k\u00a0celosv\u011btov\u011b nejposlouchan\u011bj\u0161\u00edm skladb\u00e1m v\u0161ech dob.<\/p>\n

Vysv\u011btlen\u00ed pro to t\u011b\u017eko hled\u00e1 i\u00a0Sting. \u201eMo\u017en\u00e1 je to d\u00edky tomu, jak je Every Breath You Take neobvykle mnohozna\u010dn\u00e9. N\u011bkte\u0159\u00ed lid\u00e9 ho berou jako romantick\u00fd love song a\u00a0jin\u00ed jako skladbu o\u00a0stalkerovi. Podle m\u011b jsou ob\u011b verze spr\u00e1vn\u00e9,\u201c \u0159ekl minul\u00fd m\u011bs\u00edc v\u00a0televizi CBS. <\/p>\n

Mo\u017en\u00e1 ale kouzlo tkv\u00ed v\u00a0tom, co pr\u00e1v\u011b Stingovo aktu\u00e1ln\u00ed turn\u00e9 odhaluje: nakolik jsou jeho p\u00edsn\u011b robustn\u00ed. \u017de nejde jen o\u00a0riffy, melodie \u010di volbu konkr\u00e9tn\u00edch n\u00e1stroj\u016f, ale celkovou strukturu songu zahrnuj\u00edc\u00ed sloky, refr\u00e9ny, m\u016fstky, zm\u011bny t\u00f3niny a\u00a0z\u00e1v\u011bre\u010dnou codu. Sting na tomto p\u016fdorysu dok\u00e1zal napsat tolik hit\u016f se zapamatovateln\u00fdmi sc\u00e9nami, postavami, v\u00fdvojem i\u00a0rozuzlen\u00edm, \u017ee ani ned\u011bln\u00ed koncert zahrnuj\u00edc\u00ed 21\u00a0polo\u017eek zdaleka nepokryje v\u0161echny.<\/p>\n

Foto: Renata Mat\u011bjkov\u00e1, Seznam Zpr\u00e1vy<\/p>\n

P\u0159i Stingov\u011b koncertu v\u00a0Let\u0148anech, kam se festival Metronome p\u0159esunul z\u00a0hole\u0161ovick\u00e9ho V\u00fdstavi\u0161t\u011b, zapadalo za hlavn\u00ed sc\u00e9nou slunce.<\/p>\n

Ke konci samoz\u0159ejm\u011b nechyb\u00ed Roxanne o\u00a0mu\u017ei, kter\u00fd se zamiluje do prostitutky. Ve sv\u00e9 autobiografii Broken Music zp\u011bv\u00e1k popisuje, jak v\u00a0dob\u011b vzniku p\u00edsn\u011b p\u0159esp\u00e1vali s\u00a0The Police v\u00a0lacin\u00e9m pa\u0159\u00ed\u017esk\u00e9m hotelu. <\/p>\n

\u201eVchod je v\u00a0\u00fazk\u00e9, p\u00e1chnouc\u00ed uli\u010dce hned vedle bulv\u00e1ru. Nave\u010der je lemov\u00e1na \u0159vav\u00fdmi sv\u011btly sexshopu a\u00a0slab\u011b osv\u011btlenou v\u00fdlohou antikvari\u00e1tu. V\u00a0uli\u010dce se proch\u00e1z\u00ed asi dvacet \u017een, op\u00edraj\u00ed se o\u00a0dve\u0159e a\u00a0kou\u0159\u00ed jednu cigaretu za druhou. Maj\u00ed na sob\u011b leskl\u00e9 rozev\u0159en\u00e9 pl\u00e1\u0161t\u011b do de\u0161t\u011b, minisukn\u011b, lacin\u00e9 koza\u010dky nebo boty na vysok\u00fdch podpatc\u00edch,\u201c l\u00ed\u010d\u00ed. Ve \u0161pinav\u00e9 hotelov\u00e9 hale se ze zdi smutn\u011b odlepuje star\u00fd plak\u00e1t l\u00e1kaj\u00edc\u00ed na inscenaci divadeln\u00ed hry Cyrano z\u00a0Bergeracu. \u201eTen ve\u010der jdu do sv\u00e9ho pokoje a\u00a0slo\u017e\u00edm p\u00edse\u0148 o\u00a0d\u00edvce. Nazvu ji Roxanne. Zdarma ji vykouzl\u00edm z\u00a0ulice p\u0159ed hotelem a\u00a0zahal\u00edm ji do romantiky a\u00a0smutku Rostandovy hry,\u201c p\u00ed\u0161e.<\/p>\n

A pak je tu samoz\u0159ejm\u011b k\u0159ehk\u00e1 balada Fragile, kterou pra\u017esk\u00fd koncert vrchol\u00ed. Sting ji napsal koncem 80.\u00a0let po zast\u0159elen\u00ed mlad\u00e9ho Ameri\u010dana v\u00a0Nikaragui, ale u\u017e v\u00a0n\u00e1sleduj\u00edc\u00ed dek\u00e1d\u011b nabrala jin\u00fd v\u00fdznam. \u201eKdy\u017e ji zp\u00edv\u00e1m dnes, mysl\u00edm na Bosnu,\u201c \u0159\u00edkal v\u00a0dob\u011b v\u00e1lky v\u00a0Jugosl\u00e1vii. Pak p\u0159i\u0161ly teroristick\u00e9 \u00fatoky z\u00a011.\u00a0z\u00e1\u0159\u00ed 2001.\u00a0Tent\u00fd\u017e den Sting nat\u00e1\u010del dlouho p\u0159ipravovan\u00fd koncert ve sv\u00e9 tosk\u00e1nsk\u00e9 vile. Viditeln\u011b ot\u0159esen\u00fd jej zah\u00e1jil proveden\u00edm Fragile v\u011bnovan\u00fdm \u201ev\u0161em, kdo dnes p\u0159i\u0161li o\u00a0\u017eivot\u201c. O\u00a0mnoho let pozd\u011bji p\u00edse\u0148 v\u00a0Praze v\u011bnoval ob\u011btem rusk\u00e9 v\u00e1lky na Ukrajin\u011b.<\/p>\n

Tuto ned\u011bli se Angli\u010dan, jen\u017e v\u00a0pr\u016fb\u011bhu ve\u010dera mluv\u00ed minim\u00e1ln\u011b, adresn\u00e9mu v\u011bnov\u00e1n\u00ed vyhne. Za taktn\u00edho doprovodu Dominica Millera a\u00a0Chrise Maase hraj\u00edc\u00edho metli\u010dkami pouze zavr\u0161\u00ed sv\u016fj ji\u017e 18.\u00a0koncert v\u00a0\u010cesku. \u201eDouf\u00e1m, \u017ee se zase brzy uvid\u00edme,\u201c lou\u010d\u00ed se.<\/p>\n

Koncert: Sting<\/p>\n

Po\u0159adatel: Metronome Festival<\/p>\n

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