The Police - Invisible Sun demo version 1 (rare audio)

[bright1948light]

Sting is British Seanbanog4. He is from the North East of England (Newcastle) he studied at the University there to become a teacher, though I don't know if he ever really taught or only went to university before starting to sing with Police.

[GringoMuchachos]

Wow what a great version, thank you !!!

[SteveSparx]

Stewrart=UNDERRATED DRUMMER BIG FUCKIN TIME MAN

[theclash181]

i love these rare audios

[strombeldenbar]

Is Andy Harpo Marx's son?

Sincerely.....

....be well.

[jonahharper]

Ha, I have all the demos from Ghost In The Machine. So interesting to hear the original audio.

[holguinero60]

Sting's biography emphasizes that the clean sound of a trio could trounce the muddled noise of a quartet. This version supports this.

[69Klash69]

In the video I remember seeing (and am here searching for) the 'My Fair Lady' words were sung as they were in the original play/movie, and added on way at the end, just before the video ended. I don't know if that version is on any of the DVD 'singles' videos,but it would be worth the price.One of my favorite songs of theirs. I remember being so surprised hearing those lyrics, and telling my friends where they were from.They told me I was crazy, so I had to sit them down to watch the movie, LOL

[queenmagic1982]

excellent great version

[MrSpinnerDunn]

I listen to this constantly. I'm only 28 and Invisible Sun is my favorite song of all time. This is such a good version. Better than alot of live versions I heard.

[LaPieinsky]

An Invisible Sun.... US!

[smithhedgehog]

this demo feels more reggae than the final cut....interesting. The release version feels more futuristic.

[humboldtus]

Is the original banned in England video on YouTube? I just heard about it for the first time (maybe I heard about it long ago, but I don't remember). The Police were one of my favs from the 80s.

[postglasto]

@humboldtus

no it was banned on the BBC when it first came out.

[JBthree24]

whoooaa whoooaa oohhh ohhhh whooaaaaa

[jester99sch]

Andy Summers is such an underrated guitarist

[foamulator]

God , how I LOVED this group! I miss them so much.

[rdouglas41]

Re: Northern Ireland.

Based on the video release and comments, I think that wikipedia is right that Northern Ireland was on the band's mind when writing the lyrics. To me the invisible sun is sort of like a metaphor for how the sun powers the earth, and the invisible sun is what powers and sustains us to give us hope when it seems all reason to hope is lost. Sort of like the line in Two Towers, where Frodo asks Sam what are we fighting for..."that there is some good left in the world"....

[Shtove]

What is the Invisible Sun? Wikipedia says this song is about Northern Ireland, but the way I hear it's deeper than that. It's about god.

[Eltroim]

@fantasticphantom andy said he did the arpeggios after hearing the chords, sting says he wrote them. Who knows? and frankly it doesnt matter.

[rdouglas41]

There's a couple things about this demo that are too rough to release (particularly the quick fade), but I think I like this take better than the albumn version. There's a hypnotic feel to it.

[deadelvis333]

I like it without the last verse... but i could understand how it was used in the video version for the fade away i guess.... awesome song none the less, and i'm not a huge fan but always play this in the set list at the bar.

[LovesMike33]

Great song

[recto89]

Wow this song lyrics are still true 30 years after the police written this song.

[mikefrouze]

..........memory.......

[golan8219]

Wow, that's really a rare version. Thanks for posting!

[acfiorentina]

Thanks for posting this. Wonder where they were whe nthey recorded it. This must bring memories to them as well, I bet.

[MileSeventySeven]

these demos make my heart warm

[CaramelCamel]

"All I want is a place somewhere, far away from the cold night air..."

Great line! It's from My Fair Lady, right?

Awesome song, I really do love The Police!

[BenBeckmann]

I wonder why they didnt put that line in the final version of the song. It would be a better ending with it, I think. But it's still a good song.

[Electrobaguette]

they did - on the video to the song.

[BenBeckmann]

oh I didnt know that, thanks :)

[GregoryBrownOnICE]

Oh wow, how neatly that line fit into the song! Thanks for mentioning it!

[jubjub2112]

@CaramelCamel Yes . . . with the line changed a bit . . . in My Fair Lady the line is "All I want is a room somewhere . . . " pretty much the same . . . The Police would be absolutely huge if they came out today . . . that is how far ahead of their time they were! Great music is timeless music!

[bonzorosco]

Brilliant demo, interesting that the last verse was cut from the album version but used in the video for the song.

[Spencer4luv]

this is serious music, can some on remind me what album this classic came from.....thanx.....

[manassastom]

Ghost in the Machine.

[Spencer4luv]

thanx......

[palaechthon]

sting is an irish-man?? plz answer!

[SmilinShadow]

no he was born in Newcastle, England

[SEANBANOG4]

sting is english by birth i think but if u listen to his music you will find that he dont give his allegiance to ideas behind coloured cloth at the top of poles. like many other credible artists in the music industry when he sees injustice in the world that affects him in some way ....he writes songs about it....dont change much most of the time...but enlightens those who listen

[risterion]

Un sol invisible y brillante.

[jester99sch]

I have loved "Invisible Sun" from the moment I first heard it in 1985.

This demo is an awesome example of how a song can be stripped down to its basic parts and still be great listening to

[NotOrdinaryInGames]

In an interview with Sting by Jools Holland, you can find on this site,Sting tells how he composed it, showed it and it sounded something like the intro to this demo.

[NotOrdinaryInGames]

I don't know how to thank you...thank you!

[Caleeboy123]

I prefer the old version. This is a good one, just crappily recorded.

[jester99sch]

This is a demo that the police were going to present to the record company

[hooverbagfullofstars]

Check out the 'Everything Little Thing She Does Is Magic' '77 demo on here. Genius!

[JackDMC]

i prefer this version.. really raw.. one of my favourite police songs..

[jester99sch]

Mine too! It's actually kinda eerie when you listen to it. More mysterious than the original studio version

[cosmicfly79]

These must be Stings home recorded demos pre GITM. Is that 'Derek' the drum machine and Stings Synclavier. I'm assuming Sting played all the instruments and vocals and these were recorded before Stewart and Andy started adding there touch to them. If I'm wrong please let me know.

These demos are absolute class and a Godsend. Cheers PoliceCHOUT. These have made my day. Brillo!!

[xXCheech24Xx]

Nasty

[rovetu]

where did yu get these versions?

[rovetu]

"all i want is a palce somewhere far away from the cold night air"

that was the last part of the cow in the video

[CaramelCamel]

I really like that part, I wish they didn't cut it out.

[InvisibleAng]

Wow; I never heard this before and it's one of my favourite Police songs.

[cantbeleive1t2]

Man POLICEchout thanks for putting this stuff on here. A few of these are actually better than the ones they released. Like Truth Hits Everybody re-recording for example.

[POLICEchout]

sounds like sting wrote the whole song, arpeggios included...

[chopchung]

Am i right in remembering that this was never a US single?.

[POLICEchout]

Nope this was a UK single and and Secret Journey was a US single.

[thegools]

I own the US single.

[Baritone45]

@POLICEchout What? It wasn't a single? I guess I listened to the album a lot, because I thought it was.

[monkeytrousers]

The "All I want is a place somwhere" line is from My Fair Lady and was used in the promotional video clip (music video) for Invisible Sun. So it was recorded but wasn't on the LP/Single versions of the song.

[NotAValidUsername]

Sting was a guitarist first as a child before he learnt to play the bass. Not as good as Andy Summers but proficient enough to write songs and perform in concert (Live Aid, etc). But Andy Summers could easily play the parts Sting wrote and then some.

[bandaloop]

It's the original demo sting made to show his mates his new song.

[2kl2klps]

I think without Andy's guitar this seriously sucks, but it was probably just a cue track to make him listen later.

I like the harmonies.

[bandaloop]

no it doesn't, sting could play guitar, hell he wrote the parts. yea andy was more skilled but it doesn't SUCK. That word gets thrown around too much.

[POLICEchout]

These demos made me realize that sting is a pretty good guitar player...I assumed Andy wrote all the guitar parts before hearing the demos. He wrote the main riff for Message In A Bottle too, I had no idea for the longest time.