I might do it for the first 3 albums. i am re-listening to them now. some great tracks in there. and good on sting for getting $5k a day from a rapper for misusing samples: Diddy says he pays Sting $5,000 per day for sampling 'Every Breath You Take' without his permission later | || | || | | negative1
Hmm. I’m assuming that must be why he asked Jimmy Page ahead of time. Jimmy could have just said no and saved us all a lot of sonic aggravation, but no…
I have a question... I noticed in the Around The World film occasional shots of Stewart pointing his camera around. Is the Everyone Stares film a recommended watch for a solid Police fan? Thanks. Regards, Dave
I'd recommend it in an instant. Great footage and Stewart's voice over is quite a lyrical insider's view from the eye of the storm. Haven't watched it for a while but I'll dig the blu ray out now, so thanks for the reminder!
ugggh..... not too promising orchestral derangements Stewart Copeland / The Police Deranged for Orchestra – SuperDeluxeEdition Don’t Stand So Close To Me Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic Message In A Bottle King Of Pain Demolition Man Murder By Numbers Roxane Tea In The Saharah Can’t Stand Losing You (Regatta De Blanc) Every Breath You Take (Intro) Every Breath You Take later ||||| || | | negative1
My girlfriend and I saw this show last year, it was pretty great at least in person! Admittedly the female singers he had were very good but not a perfect fit for the songs and the arrangements. Stewart of course sounded great but his drumming was dialed back even more than I expected due to an orchestra not really being able to improvise. The full show had some of his solo pieces from soundtrack work which were really good to hear live and looks like this audio release skips a couple of other Police songs he had in the show. Stewart also 'conducted' a song and had some funny banter in-between some of the songs. Too bad there's no video component to this release with multiple cameras to see more of the orchestra, at our show the audience could only see the stage from the front so no way to really see any of the orchestra up close. Anyway, I'll probably buy the CD version of this but I can say this won't be something to give to a casual Police fan.
ok, for record store day in the UK, the bonus tracks are 'every bomb you make', and an instrumental, i don't think the instrumental was previously released either. its the first segment of the video: later || | || | | | || negative 1
Here’s “Every Bomb You Make” from the A-side of the 2nd (yellow) single… The Police/Spitting Image - "Every Bomb You Make" [Audio] Best-quality 50K views · 5 years ago Alternate lyrics special version of the mega-hit "Every Breath You Take", specially recorded by The Police/Sting for the UK 80's parody TV program "Spitting Image". Extremely hard to find in such a nice stereo studio quality.
I assume the instrumental is the same as the one on the Japanese 7": The Police - Every Breath You Take / Roxanne
I picked up a copy of this RSD release yesterday at my local store. It's an unusual and very elegant product, basically a gatefold 2 x 7 inch single, housed in a top quality thick cardboard sleeve with attractive artwork. I could have bought an album for the same price but decided this was more 'unique'. I recommend grabbing a copy if you can find one.
I think only the UK received that. Very nice looking! I'd be even more interested in a box of three 12" singles from that era (like the Depeche Mode series).
Sting doesn't look happy during this performance. I hope he called the police. (Note: Not sure if this is a joke video or not)
I think the reason The Police worked is because they were all equally egotistical and pushing against each other while Sting is now just the unquestionable boss. "White reggae" is very important to examine critically, yet the Police also were much more stylistically broad...fascinating dynamics. Everyone says the Police are not an albums act. Rubbish. Great B-sides group, them. Whenever I hear "Every Breath You Take" playing in public, I always think "I hate this song!" but then I listen to "Every Breath You Take" by myself and I'm like "I love this song!". I also really appreciate how The Police utilize space in their arrangements. Copeland is a propulsive skittery jazz drummer like Ginger Baker, Sting is a funky melodic bassist like Jamerson and Macca, and Summers is difficult to classify - he almost plays in the echoes or reflections of the others, brushstrokes around the action, like serving back the musical racquetball.
"Breath" works precisely because the stalker protagonist sincerely believes he's singing a tender love song. And Summers' arpeggios. And the 4/4 drive. And the middle eight. And the repetition. And the accents of the piano and strings.
They were cool to meet at Peaches Records in South Denver in '80. Their Rainbow Music Hall Show later was killer. I think The Specials opened. Sting is a lot like Jamerson. Andy is impossible to pin down who he is like. Copeland is like a fusion drummer.
Synchronicity Studio album by the Police Released 17 June 1983 Recorded December 1982 – February 1983 Studio AIR (Montserrat) Le Studio (Quebec) Genre New wave post-punk pop[1][2] Length 39:42 44:18 (cassette and CD editions) Label A&M Producer The Police Hugh Padgham 40 years ago already.
I enjoy the oddness he occasionally brings to the table. My favorite strange Summers tune has got to be "Friends." Regards, Dave
When the 2/22/81 concert in Australia was first broadcast on WNEW-FM way back when, in between songs were interviews and commentary by the band about the tour etc. In one cut Andy is talking about a strange family they met and he's doing voice imitations etc. Very amusing. I've mentioned before a friend of mine ran into him in L.A. years ago and spoke with him. He said he was a friendly guy with a very good sense of humor.
For interest sake I was messing around using ranking engine, and this was the result for my Police favourite tracks... I'll be interested to see if the top ten off the top of my head earlier in the thread is similar Rank Item 1 Message in a bottle 2 Driven to tears 3 Shadows in the rain 4 Bring on the night 5 Murder By Numbers 6 Regatta de blanc 7 Every little thing she does is magic 8 Walking on the moon 9 Roxanne 10 So Lonely 11 When the world is running down 12 Beds too big without you 13 Spirits in the material world 14 One world 15 Does everyone stare 16 Invisible sun 17 Can't Stand Losing you 18 Synchronicity ii 19 Don't stand so close to me 20 Next to you 21 Every Breath You Take 22 Tea in the Sahara 23 Synchronicity I 24 On any other day 25 Demolition man 26 Canary in a coal mine 27 King of pain 28 Wrapped around your finger 29 De do do do 30 It's alright for you 31 Deathwish 32 Mother 33 Truth hits everybody 34 Too much information 35 Walking in your footsteps 36 Omegaman 37 Man in a suitcase 38 No time this time 39 Hole in my life 40 Bombs away 41 Darkness 42 Rehumanize yourself 43 Born in the 50's 44 Voices inside my head 45 Peanuts 46 The other way of stopping 47 Secret journey 48 Contact 49 Hungry for you 50 Masoka tanga 51 Behind my camel 52 O my God 53 Miss gradenko Edit: pretty darn close
