Mr Firth,

Actually I do have 'rational' reasons for 'hating' Sting (my mother taught me never to hate anyone - but I do despise the bastard!). You see I think that our entire culture has been hi-jacked by commercial rock music and bloody rock stars. This 'virus' has cheapened and degraded everything. Music has become a meaningless and monotonous noise to be passively consumed along with (especially in the UK) massive quantities of alcohol and drugs - the latter, of course, in emulation of the grossly overpaid and over-hyped rock stars.

There was a time when music was beautiful (yes, even rock music was, whilst not exactly beautiful, at least exciting, once).

So, Sting has discovered Dowland, has he? How long before he adds electric guitars and a drum kit?