He looks a lot like the character Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen which he placed in the film adaptation of the book "Dune" by Frank Herbert, directed by David Lynch. This album was relased in 1983, while the film "Dune" was released in 1984, maybe there is a connection.
This song seems to capture the angst and anxiety of the rat race. Where we strive and strive, we achieve and achieve. Only to be left with the question what was all the aggreviation for.
You know our society just isn't built so that we can all take the time to figure out what we really want in life. Sometimes I get the feeling that I am a package moving through a production line. Especially in college I've made myself so busy with chasing "success" that to stop and rethink the idea of success is to lose ground in getting it. The day-to-day is a constant barrage of email, schoolwork, DEADLINES.
One random obligation after the next is how life feels sometimes. We live in a system that aims to maximize time, output, profit. We are trained to quantify, calculate, reason. We are told that we must be productive. What is all this productivity for the sake of?
Calculated optimization doesn't exactly leave a lot of room for people to reflect & to think slowly. Our lives hum at a pace that makes it difficult to spend a lot of time thinking deeply about ourselves and the world. I resent that.
My band played this song when it was new in 1983. Of course, *I* was new in 1983! :-)
God, we did a bunch of crazy stuff, such as songs by Pat Benatar, Missing Persons, The Tubes, David Bowie, Rush, Genesis, The Go-Gos, Van Halen and other Police tunes.
I had so much fun then, pushing the imits of my abilty to sing all of these different singers! Glory Days!!
This came out as I recall in very close proximity to Dune. As I was only a teenager at the time I had not yet discovered Frank Herbert or David Lynch. I mainly went to see Sting in it.
I got stoned before I went to the movie but it didn't help make the film any more coherent.
I saw on some show that he got the nickname "Sting" many years ago, before he was famous, because at some point he wore a shirt that had yellow and black stripes. He looked like a bee, so they called him "Sting". And it stuck.
Fun Fact: Grodon Sumner, known universally as 'Sting,' doesnt actually own the trademark to the 'Sting' name. Professional Wrestler Steve Borden is the rightful holder of the trademark, however he lets Sumner use it without complaint.
Wow I am surprised to learn that is true since "Sting" the musician has been around longer than "Sting" the wrestler. Good fact...thanks for sharing with everyone.
its interesting thats for sure. its not really a thing where people could get upset about it. i mean ones a musician, ones a wrestler. not like theyre going to meet each other in the ring anytime soon.
Just read his autobiography BROKEN MUSIC. Excellent book - very educated guy, thus very well-written book.
He wore a black and yellow striped sweater a few times to rehearsal with an earlier band and the band leader kept calling him "Sting" because he looked like a bumblebee. Rest is history.
I'm really more interested in the fact that Sting is sporting a woody hanging from that rope in the opening shot. Obviously wearing loose black spandex under that crotchless red raggy homeless person outfit. Please, Powers That Be, make this video available on iTunes or something so that I can see it better.
hey man, excellent, excellent comment, and good looking out. at this level it can get frustrating, dealing with so many people that are wrong about everything they say...of course, its a fine line, between doing the right thing and getting caught up in your own head...lets all do our best. (promo) check out my songs and rants, im solid, show some love
yes it was stewarts band but he was playing and living in england for years...they were part of the english new wave what came from British punk...they were much of a english band than american...that sound too
this is a time when music was music, not all the crazy, crap that they have out now, this was a escape for me when i was younger, and listning tothe police or sting was the way to go, i went to the reunion tour last year, and was happy , i was to young to go to shows back in the 80, so i couldnt miss this and im glad i went,,,,,long live the police, greatest band in history,,,,
Listen to this masterpiece the depth of the lyrics the crazy drums the many changes then listen to Kanye West and then ask yourself where did we go wrong?Don't write' em like they used to. guess the eighties weren't a complete waste of time
Now, now, there's nothing bad about Kanye West at all. He's got more legitimate talent and artistic vision than most of the pop stars today, and I personally think his four albums are all quite good. Just because you like The Police (as do I--don't get me wrong, they're just about my favourite band!) doesn't mean you should promote them at another artist's expense, especially when that artist is as talented as Kanye West. If you want to deplore somebody, why not, oh, Katy Perry?
he took a shot at kanye for the very reason that kanye is the best "popular" artist today (besides radiohead), and he is nowhere close to this. 777 is completely justified and makes a good point
All these people talking about how past writers are so superior to todays writers annoy me. If you don't like a style of music, you don't have to bash the people who perform it.
Kanye West is the most overrated rapper of all time. He certainly shouldn't be the go to guy as the barometer for good hip-hop. Plus he is a Gay Fish.
He's not necessarily the "go-to guy" for hip-hop, but in terms of artistic vision, he's one of the best hip-hop artists of the decade. His mic skills are only moderate, but his songwriting and album-making is incredible. If anything, he should be considered the barometer for modern-day pop-rap (which isn't an inherently negative term). But I'm interested...which modern-day hip-hop artist would YOU call the barometer of quality for the genre?
I guess that's the problem. So much of the popular music that came out in the last decade feels so lacking in quality. In the mainstream it seems like the last hip-hop artists who really tried to push the genre into new territory were OutKast. To be fair Kanye, at his best, does have a unique sound, so maybe he is the best the mainstream has to offer. But the most meaningful artists are under the radar. Guys like Saul Williams for instance. Coded Language or The Ritual will melt Kanye's face.
Let's not forget Jay Z's 99 Problems either. Came out in 2003, but that track is a Mack Truck which in my opinion mows over anything Kanye has done. I always end up feeling that Kanye is reaching for something beyond what the genre has become, which I respect, but he doesn't quite have the reach to grab it.
JesusAteMyPizza, If i happen to favor "slim thug, and Cash money millionaires" why would I be listening to a good song like this one? And your saying these so called rappers don't have good lyrics that i cant interpret? So only some kinds of music are better than others? Why don't you go read the bible and judge more people?
Because, kolbs, when a band takes it's time crafting a masterpiece with epic lyrics inspired by Jung and Yeats.. whose musical tone mirrors the lyrics with an almost eerie perfection.. they want to inspire you to interpret it. I know, hard for someone who favorites 'Slim Thug' and 'Cash Money Millionaires' to understand. But try loser.
i decided that this is the greatest song of the '80's (and i just discovered it not long ago). after i decided that, i went and read all of the lyrics, and was even more completely blown away...there is a *lot* going on there. actually, the wiki references a connection to the poem "The Second Coming", but i personally found the lyrics in this song to be more meaningful. ive posted a few vids of my songs, feel free to comment and criticize...i understand that songs like this are my competition
yes, if you pay attention to the chord progression and lyrics of my songs, youll see that they are superbly written and entirely original, while being completely accessible pop songs that *everyone* will be able to understand. combine this with my outstanding personality and professional delivery, and the formulas are there for my band to be the greatest band in the world this side of radiohead. tho, there will be peoples egos that are programmed to predictably dislike what i do, like yourself
when i started out, it was all ego and hot air (which was necessary at that time, to get motivated to pull it off). the older i get, the more of the ego i drop. i honestly think that when it comes to critical analysis and the actual work of songwriting and performing, i am operating from a place where my human ego does not interfere. do you understand? everything i said is simply the truth
look, if there exists in your ego a certain programming that rejects a male that possesses a certain strength of character, then there is nothing i can say to convince you that youve got it backwards. ive got flaws of course, im shit with women, and quick to anger, but when it comes to this kind of thing, im dead on. so there it is
Sorry. There is no such thing as "entirely original" in music. And Radiohead ain't so great. Sounds like you have delusions of grandeur. So do yourself a favor and put down the crack pipe.
ok, "entirely original" was a poetic flourish, but i expect that you know what i mean. radiohead, at their best (i find some of their songs to be mediocre), are one of the best bands ever (creep, the bends, ok computer, pyramid song etc). in terms of song arrangement, while every chord "has been done before", there are still a nearly infinite number of precise arrangements of an entire song to be written...do you understand? and thats where guys like me come in. so ease up
I've been in bands on and off for the last 20 yrs. I've met many bands. Lots of them think they are the next great band. I'm not saying you have no talent. I'm just saying that you not only need talent but you need to be a little lucky. Lots of bands out there don't get the success they deserve. King's X and Fishbone are just two. I hope your band does become successful. But the odds are slim. That's not an assessment of your abilities. It's just reality. Songwriting isn't always enough.
yes, that is absolutely true. its important to not rely on or expect any kind of worldly success or fame going into this thing. i have something to say, and i say it. when i was young, i heard abbey road, and i said, "i can do this", so i did it. and thats it. whatever happens, i know what i wrote, and i know what i could potentially do. but thanks for saying that, its completely true
and you're right, exactly what good is opinion, absolutely none. so why base every single argument you stated around opinion. prove one of those things to me (other than that the human race will eventually be extinct), from strong academic sources and you will have fact, any other argument you put up is just rubbish because you have no evidence
flab, in your mind, when you die, there is nothing. so, everything, to you, is nothing. so, your position, means nothing. so, everything you are saying now, means nothing. any "evidence", would mean nothing to you. in your mind, you, and me, and everything we ever do in our lives, "means nothing". that, is insanity. you, and all of the other followers of that religion "science", need to reject this meaningless attitude. my position is the default position to yours
furthermore, i understand everything there is to understand about the position of atheism, and you understand very little about my position. additionally, i do happen to know better than a great majority of people (but not everyone). it is my job to know these things, and i am just doing my job. the fastest guys run in the NFL, the most creative guys perform and think, etc
"best song of the 80's" = opinion. "cursed rock" = opinion. and also, in MY OPINION, the state of popular music is hardly an accurate reflection upon the state of humanity
flab, if your "opinion" falls into the category of it being rendered ultimately completely meaningless (when the human race will become extinct), then what good is your opinion? if your position was given to you through manipulation to enforce the agenda of the super-rich (brainwashing via school, workplace, television), then your position sucks, and must be discarded. you, flab, dont know anything, because your world view is not reflective of the truth, which is the human condition is insanity
lol, you THINK you know better than everyone, when really you just think differently to everyone and don't understand why you're different. if you believe human condition is insanity why do you put up with it? your skewed stance on the world shocks me, and the fact you think everyone should believe this nonsense is beyond insulting
yes, outside of a few select contributions from lennon and harrison, the beatles operated completely outside of the realms of politics. they began by writing songs about love, that every human can understand, and their talent blossomed to the point where they wrote songs about god, that every human can understand
everything you said is opinion. learn some facts. not every human understand god, many do not even believe in it's existence. "the object of humanity" is completely subjective, and in a society where individualism is valued its not likely humanity as a whole will have a singular directive. in other words, everyone wants different things, you may want to leave the planet, but that YOUR OPINION.
I'm sorry but what a pile of BS. Their drug use blossomed to the point that they wrote songs about the hallucinations they experienced on their acid trips.
worldly textile boss tribute, life because of working for a company controlled the same boss, and the bitter/sweet reality of returning to work for HIM AGAIN. But then it starts over again for "daddy" and so the song goes on
always loved the song. but years later looking at the video, it really has nothing to do with the song or lyrics. Just stylish. None the less, great song.
i disagree. sting is playing the role of a prophet, and his followers are sounding the trumpets in their fortress made of trash in the not-so-distant-future. i dont even have to know all of the lyrics, to understand what the song is about...the single line, "many miles away", reveals it as a contemplation of the true nature of the universe, which means, the true nature of humanity (search for god, etc)...having discovered it not long ago, i must say i think it is the greatest song of the 80's
Always loved the energy and lyrics to this song (even though it seems that dad's about to run amok with a meat cleaver by the end of the song lol)...Pretty much every line in this song is damn near perfection.
You can't blame daddy for going mad when he knows his life has become so repetitive and he's just trapped into living for money and serving a hateful boss
please go kill yourself...seriously. If you would like a suggestion of how to do so, please try placing yourself in the driver's seat of a running automobile, in an area with little to no ventilation. This process should take approximately 20-30 minutes. Repeat as necessary.
Yeah but packed like lemmings into shiny metal boxes is just a little bit better lyrics than.......the records collection and the mirrors reflection and I'm dancing with myself. I mean you can see yourself in a mirror.....can you see yourself as a rat in a car ..like everyone else...
Close your eyes my friend and listen don't look....Music is dying because people look to hear today. Listen to Alice and Chains 2x's your hooked.....
While a good song to listen to, and while there are also other good songs to listen to on the album, like the album marked the end of the reggae style of their previous albums as well as the end of the bands career, this video marked the end of their creativity. It's painfully obvious they attempted a Billy Idol approach with this video emulating the Dancing With Myself style from 1980. Problem is Sting doesn't look nor sound the part. This video was a videography nightmare in retrospect.
what, i disagree completely. regardless of any similarities to idol which cannot be argued against, the simple approach of the video is a complete success. the police are prophets, and this video has been beamed back from the post-apocalyptic future (that is, sometime after the inevitable demise of the human race). and thats it. because the song is so great, they cannot fail with that simple premise. this is a timeless masterpiece in pop composition and lyrics, and is the best song of the '80's
Road Warrior meets Escape From NY ("Call me Snake"), and a bit of a Billy Idol impersonation. "Conforming prophet in a revolution"? WTF??. Dude, he's just a musician (albeit a really good one).
The last great political and intellectual band. When we still had a slight chance of preserving our identity, evolution and freedom. No longer.
We are now a part of the frayed fabric. The revolution has been crushed. This band was the last hold out. The guerillas who attempted to create change through music. During a time when the fires of freedom began burning out due to Big Government.
This band was our last stand! Sting is and was a prophet!
what? you really the time to write all that mess? just because you sold out doesnt mean the revolutions dead. and just because sting sold out doesnt mean that theyre the last political band. way to be an idiot.
anthony, i agree with your sentiment regarding the state of popular music (thus humanity) today. however, allow to propose two corrections to your position. 1 - the object of humanity is to escape this cursed rock, not achieve paradise on earth (in other words, as the earth came from slime, let it go back to slime). 2 - have you read "animal farm"? raging against the machine is equal to being the machine. the truly greatest bands operate outside of all politics - beatles, radiohead etc
Sumner admitted that all three members were strong personalities and equally egotistical and important. I like this song though and even though he is supposedly a prick in real life, I can't help enjoying the lyrics and intertextuality. He was and English teacher; enough said.
I heard this song on the radio today and have been singing it in my head all night. This song is just as applicable today if not more so......especially the "packed like lemmings into shiny metal boxes".
I hope they play this song at my funeral. Very symbolic if you listen to the lyrics.
MrMephistopheles666 2 years ago
rice krispies!
wrath231 2 years ago
lmfao!!!! it does sound like rice krispies :D
bmassa1 2 years ago
He looks a lot like the character Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen which he placed in the film adaptation of the book "Dune" by Frank Herbert, directed by David Lynch. This album was relased in 1983, while the film "Dune" was released in 1984, maybe there is a connection.
888peterine 2 years ago
yeah, was just thinking this.
TehManoSteele 2 years ago
This song seems to capture the angst and anxiety of the rat race. Where we strive and strive, we achieve and achieve. Only to be left with the question what was all the aggreviation for.
journeymen2008 2 years ago 2
Jesus. I was just thinking that.
You know our society just isn't built so that we can all take the time to figure out what we really want in life. Sometimes I get the feeling that I am a package moving through a production line. Especially in college I've made myself so busy with chasing "success" that to stop and rethink the idea of success is to lose ground in getting it. The day-to-day is a constant barrage of email, schoolwork, DEADLINES.
machinations7 2 years ago
One random obligation after the next is how life feels sometimes. We live in a system that aims to maximize time, output, profit. We are trained to quantify, calculate, reason. We are told that we must be productive. What is all this productivity for the sake of?
Calculated optimization doesn't exactly leave a lot of room for people to reflect & to think slowly. Our lives hum at a pace that makes it difficult to spend a lot of time thinking deeply about ourselves and the world. I resent that.
machinations7 2 years ago
GO STING
thebigballofdoom 2 years ago
you want to hear The Police sing in Japanese? Search for 'Pink - Don't stop passengers'.
hankazaria 2 years ago
My band played this song when it was new in 1983. Of course, *I* was new in 1983! :-)
God, we did a bunch of crazy stuff, such as songs by Pat Benatar, Missing Persons, The Tubes, David Bowie, Rush, Genesis, The Go-Gos, Van Halen and other Police tunes.
I had so much fun then, pushing the imits of my abilty to sing all of these different singers! Glory Days!!
selatik1 2 years ago 4
Best ever, simple.
lnForTheLongFaul 2 years ago
It's a real shame they split up after this album. You could really tell they were getting golden, their last 3 albums are actually epic
Acceleretto 2 years ago
"I WILL KILL HIIIIIIIIMMM!"
Any geeks in here? LOL
bps3013 2 years ago
This song is in Rock Band. LOVE THIS!
Kettudemoni 2 years ago
Sting looks like Malcolm McDowell!! It's a kind of Heavy Metal, very heavy (not In the sound, but the intention).
kalungarocker 2 years ago
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this song is beautiful
thetrooperZ 2 years ago
PRESSSSSSS general
Presssss6 2 years ago
haha i friggin love the police, unbelievably good pop songs, it's ridiculous
fuckamericanidiot 2 years ago
Sting looks the way Malcolm Mcdowell looks now.
manaz22 2 years ago
rubistein la cosa
Elejedelproblema3 2 years ago
Come on UniversalMusicGroup! You own the rights to this song and video yet you can't provide an HD version?
Malocosa 2 years ago 2
gotta say i really love this album, n its better than any of the other police albums
nikotwasik 2 years ago
the singer looks kinda like barney from how i met your mother
flipskater032 2 years ago
Barney looks like Max Headroom, another 80s pop relic who was on around the same time Doogie Howser was on TV.
Malocosa 2 years ago
among the best songs i have ever heard, its dissapointing to finaly learn the video for this is so poorly connected to the content of the song.
BARPOBARPO 2 years ago
This is definitely my favorite Police music video.
zoozillaster 2 years ago
There is a Harkonan among you!
RCTPatriot75 2 years ago
This came out as I recall in very close proximity to Dune. As I was only a teenager at the time I had not yet discovered Frank Herbert or David Lynch. I mainly went to see Sting in it.
I got stoned before I went to the movie but it didn't help make the film any more coherent.
psychicwhoosh 2 years ago
@RCTPatriot75
"The righteous?!"
bps3013 2 years ago
wow- such good music
great chord progression, melody, vocals
and the drumming...mmmm crisp and agressive.
Can't find anything similar in today's music.
rockyracoon3 2 years ago 7
EPIC!
kovalien 2 years ago
remember when it came out, Staying up until 11:30 to watch Richared Blade on friday night videos. man that was great
vegasmt 2 years ago 6
Yep, and voting them favorite when they were up against Bonnie Tyler (no real contest there, right?)
erik7x57 2 years ago
The setting in this video gives it an apocolyptic feel.
stringbender68 2 years ago 2
I LOVE the drums on this baby, they just breathe fireballs.
AllisterCooper2008 2 years ago 2
this song is awesome, love it
Ibatchelder 2 years ago 2
He looks just like Malcolm McDowell.
kevingil18 2 years ago
Nice bleach job, Sting.
3impersonators 2 years ago 2
I don't actually remember his real name, but the singer, Sting... is he British? I have always loved this band. :)
hotmom74 2 years ago
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Sting is actually from Oklahoma, he uses a fake accent to pick up chicks... so, anyway let's hear about your email ID hotmom... that sounds sweet
bigdsears 2 years ago
They are not originally from the US, they are from London, England, UK. You can find that info on Wikipedia. Thanks anyway.
hotmom74 2 years ago
Gordon Matthew Sumner aka Sting - he and the guitarist are Brits - the drummer is awesome but your typical pain in the ass bust your balls American.
Millst0ne 2 years ago 2
great... thank you :)
hotmom74 2 years ago
Yes, he is. His name is Gordon Sumner.
fskoti 2 years ago
nice.... thanks :)
hotmom74 2 years ago
I saw on some show that he got the nickname "Sting" many years ago, before he was famous, because at some point he wore a shirt that had yellow and black stripes. He looked like a bee, so they called him "Sting". And it stuck.
I did not make that up.
awbjr9871 2 years ago 4
lol... that's too funny : D
hotmom74 2 years ago
Fun Fact: Grodon Sumner, known universally as 'Sting,' doesnt actually own the trademark to the 'Sting' name. Professional Wrestler Steve Borden is the rightful holder of the trademark, however he lets Sumner use it without complaint.
Talk about people who can get along.
ultimatemegadeath 2 years ago
Wow I am surprised to learn that is true since "Sting" the musician has been around longer than "Sting" the wrestler. Good fact...thanks for sharing with everyone.
JCchamp316 2 years ago
its interesting thats for sure. its not really a thing where people could get upset about it. i mean ones a musician, ones a wrestler. not like theyre going to meet each other in the ring anytime soon.
ultimatemegadeath 2 years ago
Actually, I believe they said that he "looked like a bumblebee," so he called HIMSELF "Sting".
Chaostamer 2 years ago
That may be correct. I was just going off memory from a show I saw quite a while ago.
awbjr9871 2 years ago
Just read his autobiography BROKEN MUSIC. Excellent book - very educated guy, thus very well-written book.
He wore a black and yellow striped sweater a few times to rehearsal with an earlier band and the band leader kept calling him "Sting" because he looked like a bumblebee. Rest is history.
PoffyTheCucumber 2 years ago 2
I'm really more interested in the fact that Sting is sporting a woody hanging from that rope in the opening shot. Obviously wearing loose black spandex under that crotchless red raggy homeless person outfit. Please, Powers That Be, make this video available on iTunes or something so that I can see it better.
ItCameFromATestTube 2 years ago
hey man, excellent, excellent comment, and good looking out. at this level it can get frustrating, dealing with so many people that are wrong about everything they say...of course, its a fine line, between doing the right thing and getting caught up in your own head...lets all do our best. (promo) check out my songs and rants, im solid, show some love
EdenTheoryRocks 2 years ago
It was an american who started the personal computer, so therefore Britain is really american, thus sting is american, hence the nazis are american.
according to your underwear
mashinkle 2 years ago
It's true - Copeland started it and he's American so...
It's an American band
Sting? Copeland's employee
mashinkle 2 years ago
Most people don't know this but it is absolutely true. Sting owes his career to Stewart.
Libertarian369 2 years ago
yes it was stewarts band but he was playing and living in england for years...they were part of the english new wave what came from British punk...they were much of a english band than american...that sound too
sinclairnewport 2 years ago
its an american band...thats so funny...with an english songwriter and lead singer and guitarist and they were based in england....
Hendrix lived in England and his band were English but we dont start pretending he was British
ukeuro23 2 years ago
Classic.
animal90sFreak5 2 years ago
A Geordie's gone bonkers XD
arale1402 2 years ago
I think its safe to say that this British rock group was a gift from God to man!!!!!!
cylinder4ify 2 years ago
Uh, this was Stewart Copeland's band and he was American
adnanteacher 2 years ago 2
One of their best songs
ijontichi 2 years ago 2
Absolutely fabulous... ;-)
K5WW 2 years ago
I had never realized just how much of Billy Idol is just mimicry of Sting until i watched this video. Hmm. 3:20
Skeedont 2 years ago 2
this is a time when music was music, not all the crazy, crap that they have out now, this was a escape for me when i was younger, and listning tothe police or sting was the way to go, i went to the reunion tour last year, and was happy , i was to young to go to shows back in the 80, so i couldnt miss this and im glad i went,,,,,long live the police, greatest band in history,,,,
champloo73 2 years ago 5
The popular music most of the time is very rebellious.
Then wasn't much different than now in that respect.
If you disagree, then just listen to the lyrics. There is a lot of anger in them. The only real difference is the style.
Honestly, I have never liked rap, however now I can respect it.
theknack101 2 years ago
Listen to this masterpiece the depth of the lyrics the crazy drums the many changes then listen to Kanye West and then ask yourself where did we go wrong?Don't write' em like they used to. guess the eighties weren't a complete waste of time
777lovewillconquer 2 years ago 9
Now, now, there's nothing bad about Kanye West at all. He's got more legitimate talent and artistic vision than most of the pop stars today, and I personally think his four albums are all quite good. Just because you like The Police (as do I--don't get me wrong, they're just about my favourite band!) doesn't mean you should promote them at another artist's expense, especially when that artist is as talented as Kanye West. If you want to deplore somebody, why not, oh, Katy Perry?
Chaostamer 2 years ago
he took a shot at kanye for the very reason that kanye is the best "popular" artist today (besides radiohead), and he is nowhere close to this. 777 is completely justified and makes a good point
EdenTheoryRocks 2 years ago
I completely agree with you.
All these people talking about how past writers are so superior to todays writers annoy me. If you don't like a style of music, you don't have to bash the people who perform it.
theknack101 2 years ago
@Chaostamer Well, Andy Summers HATES the rap & hip hop LOL
He don't consideres it "music"...
I prefer 10000000 a good song from the past, all actual music es repetitive... All is the same, poor, without harmonies.
Kanye West probably is good, but consider the actual scene in the music: poor...
Antonivs 2 years ago
Kanye West is the most overrated rapper of all time. He certainly shouldn't be the go to guy as the barometer for good hip-hop. Plus he is a Gay Fish.
psychicwhoosh 2 years ago 5
exactly!
evilsdouble 2 years ago
He's not necessarily the "go-to guy" for hip-hop, but in terms of artistic vision, he's one of the best hip-hop artists of the decade. His mic skills are only moderate, but his songwriting and album-making is incredible. If anything, he should be considered the barometer for modern-day pop-rap (which isn't an inherently negative term). But I'm interested...which modern-day hip-hop artist would YOU call the barometer of quality for the genre?
Chaostamer 2 years ago
Agree!
mariavp 2 years ago
I guess that's the problem. So much of the popular music that came out in the last decade feels so lacking in quality. In the mainstream it seems like the last hip-hop artists who really tried to push the genre into new territory were OutKast. To be fair Kanye, at his best, does have a unique sound, so maybe he is the best the mainstream has to offer. But the most meaningful artists are under the radar. Guys like Saul Williams for instance. Coded Language or The Ritual will melt Kanye's face.
psychicwhoosh 2 years ago
Let's not forget Jay Z's 99 Problems either. Came out in 2003, but that track is a Mack Truck which in my opinion mows over anything Kanye has done. I always end up feeling that Kanye is reaching for something beyond what the genre has become, which I respect, but he doesn't quite have the reach to grab it.
psychicwhoosh 2 years ago
Wow!!!
Great fukn song
got
'ol nessie,
deserted loch
cool terregen type vid
Scottish lake
Sting,
Honestly, I love this shit....
verdigris1 2 years ago 3
favorite police songs ( not in order)
Spirits in the Material World
Demolition Man
Synchronicity II
King of Pain
Message in a bottle
Don't Stand So Close to Me
thepeanutbuttercup8 2 years ago 2
I totally want to be in this video.
parallelomniverse 2 years ago 3
Rock and Roll the meaning:
1) REACT
2) MARRIAGE then COMFORT RANK
(pension/credit, laugh, prof kid, bit0h, 3000 days celibate)
ans:safe engineering (maple graphing)
KristinaBrooker 2 years ago
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best song ever
starfishg 2 years ago
still a great song after all these years
ayajedi 2 years ago
Tell me, who wouldn't want to see this covered by Scrantonicity II?
seatspud 2 years ago
JesusAteMyPizza, If i happen to favor "slim thug, and Cash money millionaires" why would I be listening to a good song like this one? And your saying these so called rappers don't have good lyrics that i cant interpret? So only some kinds of music are better than others? Why don't you go read the bible and judge more people?
kolbs56523 2 years ago
gaylords argue
JoeYaCunts 2 years ago
EdenTheoryRocks, if you like it so much why dont you just listen to the damn song and not give us your "theory's" about the world?
kolbs56523 2 years ago
Because, kolbs, when a band takes it's time crafting a masterpiece with epic lyrics inspired by Jung and Yeats.. whose musical tone mirrors the lyrics with an almost eerie perfection.. they want to inspire you to interpret it. I know, hard for someone who favorites 'Slim Thug' and 'Cash Money Millionaires' to understand. But try loser.
JesusAteMyPizza 2 years ago
you are completely right - in my opinion
stevebluesky 2 years ago
i decided that this is the greatest song of the '80's (and i just discovered it not long ago). after i decided that, i went and read all of the lyrics, and was even more completely blown away...there is a *lot* going on there. actually, the wiki references a connection to the poem "The Second Coming", but i personally found the lyrics in this song to be more meaningful. ive posted a few vids of my songs, feel free to comment and criticize...i understand that songs like this are my competition
EdenTheoryRocks 2 years ago
don't make me laugh, you? competition for this?
flabwaan 2 years ago
yes, if you pay attention to the chord progression and lyrics of my songs, youll see that they are superbly written and entirely original, while being completely accessible pop songs that *everyone* will be able to understand. combine this with my outstanding personality and professional delivery, and the formulas are there for my band to be the greatest band in the world this side of radiohead. tho, there will be peoples egos that are programmed to predictably dislike what i do, like yourself
EdenTheoryRocks 2 years ago
i wanna fuck your mouth.....
PowerOfTheWarrior 2 years ago
A blimp is one-third the size of your ego.
acangelcruz 2 years ago
when i started out, it was all ego and hot air (which was necessary at that time, to get motivated to pull it off). the older i get, the more of the ego i drop. i honestly think that when it comes to critical analysis and the actual work of songwriting and performing, i am operating from a place where my human ego does not interfere. do you understand? everything i said is simply the truth
EdenTheoryRocks 2 years ago
wow, you are blind to yourself, you can't see that it is your ego that said everything in this post
flabwaan 2 years ago
look, if there exists in your ego a certain programming that rejects a male that possesses a certain strength of character, then there is nothing i can say to convince you that youve got it backwards. ive got flaws of course, im shit with women, and quick to anger, but when it comes to this kind of thing, im dead on. so there it is
EdenTheoryRocks 2 years ago
Sorry. There is no such thing as "entirely original" in music. And Radiohead ain't so great. Sounds like you have delusions of grandeur. So do yourself a favor and put down the crack pipe.
Kkrouton 2 years ago
ok, "entirely original" was a poetic flourish, but i expect that you know what i mean. radiohead, at their best (i find some of their songs to be mediocre), are one of the best bands ever (creep, the bends, ok computer, pyramid song etc). in terms of song arrangement, while every chord "has been done before", there are still a nearly infinite number of precise arrangements of an entire song to be written...do you understand? and thats where guys like me come in. so ease up
EdenTheoryRocks 2 years ago
I've been in bands on and off for the last 20 yrs. I've met many bands. Lots of them think they are the next great band. I'm not saying you have no talent. I'm just saying that you not only need talent but you need to be a little lucky. Lots of bands out there don't get the success they deserve. King's X and Fishbone are just two. I hope your band does become successful. But the odds are slim. That's not an assessment of your abilities. It's just reality. Songwriting isn't always enough.
Kkrouton 2 years ago
yes, that is absolutely true. its important to not rely on or expect any kind of worldly success or fame going into this thing. i have something to say, and i say it. when i was young, i heard abbey road, and i said, "i can do this", so i did it. and thats it. whatever happens, i know what i wrote, and i know what i could potentially do. but thanks for saying that, its completely true
EdenTheoryRocks 2 years ago
Stop trolling the video please.
MegaD1000 2 years ago
hey man, i was responding to a direct inquiry. so suck it
EdenTheoryRocks 2 years ago
and you're right, exactly what good is opinion, absolutely none. so why base every single argument you stated around opinion. prove one of those things to me (other than that the human race will eventually be extinct), from strong academic sources and you will have fact, any other argument you put up is just rubbish because you have no evidence
flabwaan 2 years ago
flab, in your mind, when you die, there is nothing. so, everything, to you, is nothing. so, your position, means nothing. so, everything you are saying now, means nothing. any "evidence", would mean nothing to you. in your mind, you, and me, and everything we ever do in our lives, "means nothing". that, is insanity. you, and all of the other followers of that religion "science", need to reject this meaningless attitude. my position is the default position to yours
EdenTheoryRocks 2 years ago
furthermore, i understand everything there is to understand about the position of atheism, and you understand very little about my position. additionally, i do happen to know better than a great majority of people (but not everyone). it is my job to know these things, and i am just doing my job. the fastest guys run in the NFL, the most creative guys perform and think, etc
EdenTheoryRocks 2 years ago
"best song of the 80's" = opinion. "cursed rock" = opinion. and also, in MY OPINION, the state of popular music is hardly an accurate reflection upon the state of humanity
flabwaan 2 years ago
flab, if your "opinion" falls into the category of it being rendered ultimately completely meaningless (when the human race will become extinct), then what good is your opinion? if your position was given to you through manipulation to enforce the agenda of the super-rich (brainwashing via school, workplace, television), then your position sucks, and must be discarded. you, flab, dont know anything, because your world view is not reflective of the truth, which is the human condition is insanity
EdenTheoryRocks 2 years ago
lol, you THINK you know better than everyone, when really you just think differently to everyone and don't understand why you're different. if you believe human condition is insanity why do you put up with it? your skewed stance on the world shocks me, and the fact you think everyone should believe this nonsense is beyond insulting
flabwaan 2 years ago
The Beatles operated outside of politics??? That's a new one...
Kkrouton 2 years ago
yes, outside of a few select contributions from lennon and harrison, the beatles operated completely outside of the realms of politics. they began by writing songs about love, that every human can understand, and their talent blossomed to the point where they wrote songs about god, that every human can understand
EdenTheoryRocks 2 years ago
everything you said is opinion. learn some facts. not every human understand god, many do not even believe in it's existence. "the object of humanity" is completely subjective, and in a society where individualism is valued its not likely humanity as a whole will have a singular directive. in other words, everyone wants different things, you may want to leave the planet, but that YOUR OPINION.
flabwaan 2 years ago
I'm sorry but what a pile of BS. Their drug use blossomed to the point that they wrote songs about the hallucinations they experienced on their acid trips.
Kkrouton 2 years ago
what's poobs anyway?
kielego 2 years ago
worldly textile boss tribute, life because of working for a company controlled the same boss, and the bitter/sweet reality of returning to work for HIM AGAIN. But then it starts over again for "daddy" and so the song goes on
plum928 2 years ago
always loved the song. but years later looking at the video, it really has nothing to do with the song or lyrics. Just stylish. None the less, great song.
PutnamEntertainment 2 years ago
i disagree. sting is playing the role of a prophet, and his followers are sounding the trumpets in their fortress made of trash in the not-so-distant-future. i dont even have to know all of the lyrics, to understand what the song is about...the single line, "many miles away", reveals it as a contemplation of the true nature of the universe, which means, the true nature of humanity (search for god, etc)...having discovered it not long ago, i must say i think it is the greatest song of the 80's
EdenTheoryRocks 2 years ago
i like playing with my poob :)
grhr69 2 years ago
Always loved the energy and lyrics to this song (even though it seems that dad's about to run amok with a meat cleaver by the end of the song lol)...Pretty much every line in this song is damn near perfection.
endorphinz 2 years ago
You can't blame daddy for going mad when he knows his life has become so repetitive and he's just trapped into living for money and serving a hateful boss
ozlotto76 2 years ago
I wish i was as good looking as Sting.
degree7 2 years ago
please go kill yourself...seriously. If you would like a suggestion of how to do so, please try placing yourself in the driver's seat of a running automobile, in an area with little to no ventilation. This process should take approximately 20-30 minutes. Repeat as necessary.
zachhartwell 2 years ago
I appreciate you trying to help me out here man, but did you really have to send me this message twice in my inbox?
degree7 2 years ago
lol dude i was drunk when i sent that last night, me and my buddy were just lookin for somebody to completely trash, my apologies.
zachhartwell 2 years ago
Actually.... lol, judging by your videos, I can completely imagine you doing that.
Like searching for the gayest comment someone made and then flaming them, haha.
degree7 2 years ago
i like poob
grhr69 2 years ago
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kielego 2 years ago
I like turtles.
thrustiswaspinator 2 years ago
memories!
wiz9496 2 years ago
awsome song and video......nothing can top this!
TheTube1970 2 years ago
Yeah but packed like lemmings into shiny metal boxes is just a little bit better lyrics than.......the records collection and the mirrors reflection and I'm dancing with myself. I mean you can see yourself in a mirror.....can you see yourself as a rat in a car ..like everyone else...
Close your eyes my friend and listen don't look....Music is dying because people look to hear today. Listen to Alice and Chains 2x's your hooked.....
museken 2 years ago 3
While a good song to listen to, and while there are also other good songs to listen to on the album, like the album marked the end of the reggae style of their previous albums as well as the end of the bands career, this video marked the end of their creativity. It's painfully obvious they attempted a Billy Idol approach with this video emulating the Dancing With Myself style from 1980. Problem is Sting doesn't look nor sound the part. This video was a videography nightmare in retrospect.
WhatIsMyCharisma 2 years ago
what, i disagree completely. regardless of any similarities to idol which cannot be argued against, the simple approach of the video is a complete success. the police are prophets, and this video has been beamed back from the post-apocalyptic future (that is, sometime after the inevitable demise of the human race). and thats it. because the song is so great, they cannot fail with that simple premise. this is a timeless masterpiece in pop composition and lyrics, and is the best song of the '80's
EdenTheoryRocks 2 years ago
Youtube stop harrassing us with these commercials!!!!!
jst1998 2 years ago
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Th3DoM1naToR 2 years ago 2
Totally underestimated song
Stonehenge35 2 years ago 2
Road Warrior meets Escape From NY ("Call me Snake"), and a bit of a Billy Idol impersonation. "Conforming prophet in a revolution"? WTF??. Dude, he's just a musician (albeit a really good one).
davandk 2 years ago
The last great political and intellectual band. When we still had a slight chance of preserving our identity, evolution and freedom. No longer.
We are now a part of the frayed fabric. The revolution has been crushed. This band was the last hold out. The guerillas who attempted to create change through music. During a time when the fires of freedom began burning out due to Big Government.
This band was our last stand! Sting is and was a prophet!
and now even the prophet has conformed...
AnthonyDelRay 2 years ago
what? you really the time to write all that mess? just because you sold out doesnt mean the revolutions dead. and just because sting sold out doesnt mean that theyre the last political band. way to be an idiot.
Xawesomemanx 2 years ago
Show me the revolution. I cant see it anymore. What I see are a bunch of materialistic copy cats posing as revolutionaries.
Help me out man. Im looking for the dead kennedys, suicidal tendencies, black flags and iggy pops of today!
Statement makers NOT statement stealers.
Point me in the right direction.
AnthonyDelRay 2 years ago
anthony, i agree with your sentiment regarding the state of popular music (thus humanity) today. however, allow to propose two corrections to your position. 1 - the object of humanity is to escape this cursed rock, not achieve paradise on earth (in other words, as the earth came from slime, let it go back to slime). 2 - have you read "animal farm"? raging against the machine is equal to being the machine. the truly greatest bands operate outside of all politics - beatles, radiohead etc
EdenTheoryRocks 2 years ago
It's Neil Patrick Harris.
BiomechanoidXIII 2 years ago
so, many memories!!
goodgirlfromchile 2 years ago
man this is just a great song!!
why was there an ad before it to delay this awesome song?!?!?!
christianrocker458 2 years ago
In almost 35 years on this rock, this was the highlight of my life seeing them live when they played here in Dallas a couple years back, both times.
BIKERJAKE74 2 years ago
the clip reminds me of Mad Max, really cool
avocado2avocado 2 years ago
I have thought the same thing since the video came out.
BIKERJAKE74 2 years ago
wow ... i loved this song 20+ years already....first time i saw the vid...thx
Michaelknowshisshit 2 years ago
god song, good video, weird ass style by sting of course
zalen292 2 years ago
Probably my favorite song of theirs. That's saying a lot too.
kangiwiyaka 2 years ago
Really,andy summers is THE POLICE!!
hardrockshell 2 years ago
i agree
GIbsonGuitarsGuy 2 years ago
The secretaries pout and preen, like cheap tarts in a red light street...classic!
licentia1963 2 years ago
one of the BEST songs ever!!
coachpurse101 2 years ago 3
and every single meeting with his "so-called" superior, is a humilating kick in the crotch!! SOLID GOLD THERE!!
imtallpaul 2 years ago
Sumner admitted that all three members were strong personalities and equally egotistical and important. I like this song though and even though he is supposedly a prick in real life, I can't help enjoying the lyrics and intertextuality. He was and English teacher; enough said.
Pembian 2 years ago
Andy Summers is The Police!
beano1eye 2 years ago
what teh hell was the other guys name? the guitarist?
ultimatemegadeath 2 years ago
Daddy grips the wheel and stares alone into the distance
He knows that something somewhere has to break
He sees the family home now looming in his headlights
The pain upstairs that makes his eyeballs ache
AntiFederalist1 2 years ago
Just awesome.
mixbegood 2 years ago
This is my favorite Police song ever
morath11 2 years ago
mine too, this song is awesome
salamandergod1 2 years ago
I heard this song on the radio today and have been singing it in my head all night. This song is just as applicable today if not more so......especially the "packed like lemmings into shiny metal boxes".
designgirl1976 2 years ago
To this day, I cannot have a bowl of Rice Krispies without thinking abou this song!
marshmallowinnards 2 years ago 5
same here. so i dont eat them, but then again, i dont see cars the same way either!
ultimatemegadeath 2 years ago
the police were like the new wave rush.
die2no 2 years ago
:) this is awesome!!!
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jamiewinchester 2 years ago
the police was a great inspiration for making pinballrecords
sparkchase 2 years ago
You people are all neurotic nuts! Just shut up and enjoy the frickin song... if you don't - move on. Simple.
Schleppervessence 2 years ago
Sting sort of looks like Billy Idol in this video, lol :D
Nakke144 2 years ago
sting play billy idol on a saturday night live skit with phil hartman as frank sinatra
die2no 2 years ago 3
fantastic singer, great voice.
schfiftyfivehundydoo 2 years ago 5
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so not true
Gadelong 2 years ago