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Try and play this bass line and sing the melody at the same time. Pretty damn tough. Even Sting himself changed the verse bass part live to something easier and less notey.
Lol at the comments blow. What about Puff Daddy's Version of "Every Breath You (I) Take". His fellow Gangter rapper Big E Whateveritwas mean so much to him that he couldn't even write his own lyrics. Instead he had to rip off a song about a stalker. Very big lol.Chill out dude.
Ok For everyone who thinks they know music. Sting as performed on several hip hop songs. Evidently the writer producer of the Police catalog can appreciate hip hop. Just because you don't like a certain genre of music, is no reason to trash it or call it junk.
Still a bit hard to believe that this song is from 1981---it sounds ahead of its time. Before I knew who The Police were, I thought it was from the late 1980s.
"they subjugate the meek, but it's the rhetoric of failure"
now that's clever. makes me proud that a fellow human being wrote it.
so when i switch the radio on and hear "don't you wish your girlfriend's cunt rots like mine" i say please mr dj, please tell me that this one is written by a pig.
Sting's bass playing on this is outstanding. There is no defined downbeat or backbeat, really free form stuff. Kind of a floating line. Gives the song a mystical quality.
first time I see a video with SMART "best voted" posts
see any other music video of an old famous band, they're filled with ignorants who think they listen to "REAL MUSIC", i laugh my ass off when i hear or see that term
Some of these comments are why YouTube should not have comments. They make no sense. The Police are, well, The Police. How can you argue with that? Sting is, well, Sting. They are amazingly creative musicians.
to mminer58 all art appears legit to you, but not those that have discriminating taste, you have to ackowledge that discrimination has other meanings than the politically correct notion, it used to mean quality over quantity, a masterpiece, etc. But people have let the words become debased and have forgotten the multiple meanings existant, I would say if one were comparing Jay_z to this one might as well compare a toyota to a ferrari, it serves no purpose to even try that, life's short.
@econogate Point well taken. I will say this: In order for a movie, or an actor, or a short story, or a poem, or a piece of music, to be considered legit, it has to be good first. The newest this or that doesn't automatically qualify it as legit. But when an artist - like, say, Jay Z - can fill Madison Square Garden, wouldn't you agree that his art is reaching out and touching people, stirring their emotions? Isn't that what art is supposed to do? I like jazz music too. I feel I have good taste
Nobody was playing guitar like this, you have to consider how inventive this was back then, everyone was still doing pop songs with simple chords and instead of just doing the same thing Summers was actually trying to incorporate something different instead, so they still stand out, whereas with modern music most artists country or rap are just toying around with established forms, this music was different it incorporated into pop something mostly absent, jazz chording as well as reggae time.
during my teenage years i used to listen to the police intensively and i remember listening songs over and over and paying attention to the different sound layers: bass, keyboards, guitar, voice, drums... and all seemed so well constructed and in place... truly one of the finest bands ever.
What about Summers? He's got excellent chops and his input as well as Copeland's (though he's not shy about correcting the truth) has been underrated. I remember reading that Sumner would bring a embryonic piece that was essentially a folk-song; Summers and Copeland would have their way with the song and it becomes 'The Police'.
Summers is great; can't hear his guitar too well on this song (though you can hear it). He and Copeland brought a lot to the band, no question. I'm just analyzing his contribution in this song.
@mminer58 "...come around once a DECADE"?!?! "They WERE special, their music WAS special"?!! Please, watch the tenses: the Police STILL ARE AMAZING and a band like this comes around once a HUMAN HISTORY, maaaaan!!!!!
The Police - what a great, great group. Absolutely adored this song. Everything they did was EXCELLENT. Talk about "material" - now they HAD MATERIAL and knew how to work it as well!!!!! Thank you so much for this post.
This song is referenced in the book "6 Newly Discovered and Never Before Published Secrets to Eternal Youth and Immortality" published by Eternal Youth Empire.
A very special thank you to Martin Gore of Depeche Mode for promoting this on his IMDB page :)
Let's not cut down rap or compare to Jay-Z. All art is legit. Let us celebrate the genius of The Police. Groups like this only come around once a decade. They were special, their music was special. Much love to The Police, to hip hop, mellow, hard rock, and all the rest. The Police were brilliant!
@mminer58 ...come around once a DECADE"?!?! "They WERE special, their music WAS special"?!! Please, watch the tenses: the Police STILL ARE AMAZING and a band like this comes around once a HUMAN HISTORY, maaaaan!!!!!
@mminer58 Well said. Rap and hip hop have been very creative and progressive in all genres of music and all over the world. Rap and hip hop are very universal in their core elements. Even The Police appropriated the very creative and progressive style of reggae in this and their other works.
@mminer58 If by "legit" you mean all art is good, then I disagree. I wouldn't even say all art is original or unique. However, all art that is original is worth giving a chance. And I certainly do agree in the "to each their own" philosophy. I have nothing to say against groups that simply don't fit my personal style of music: talent is talent, no matter where it is; is this what you mean? Either way, I agree that bands like this show up only once in a rare while. :)
@mminer58 sorry but i'm still gonna cut down rap it's garbage. I'm glad you realize the decade when real talent was present. RAP IS RIPPOFFS NO TALENT GARBAGE!!!!
@buhoglive HA Ha ha, I said the same thing about the Police back in the day for ripping off the reggae sound, but I came to really dig them as a band, and hip hop is an valid art form, It is the dominant musical force all over the world, you can hear it in various forms in China, Israel, France,Britain,South America, Through out the whole continent of Africa as well as in Arabic and non Arabic Muslim countries, and Hundreds of millions of people can't all be wrong!!!!
@unbelivableLP I agree. Not all rap is bad. When Hip-Hop first came on the scene, from that point on, up until about the early 90's, rappers were actually talented and their lyrics actually had a deep cause/message or point they were trying to get across to the audience. Now todays rappers have taken the art of lyric writing and made it all about making money, exploiting women, promoting violence and putting together cheap beats and lyrics and then charging people to listen to it.
I read on another posting of this song that some people think that Sting isn't a good bass player. Even Sting was questioning his basslines when he asked Darryl Jones that question.
IMO sting had some GREAT bass lines. Listen to this one, Walking On The Moon, King of Pain, Roxanne etc...
Sting plays the bass like a composer. He gives the song exactly what it needs.
No need to be a Jaco or a Stanley. Playing that way only impresses bass players anyways.
@ocean4315 Sting played bass in a medium where virtuoso playing was not part of the game. IDK why nowadays people judge a musician by how many notes they can hit in a minute. Music is about the attention given to those notes, and Sting has always been about that. We need to quit rating musicians. First off if you aren't one you are an idiot to speak of something you have never done. Second if you are one you should probably practice more and speak less.
@ocean4315 Just noticed the @ may make people think that I was criticizing something ocean4315 was saying, the opposite,I only used reply bc I couldn't find the comment he was criticizing. Rock on.
Great song by one of the greatest bands ever. I remember when the Ghost In The Machine album was released in 1981 and this was the 1st single of the album. Such great memories.
You can't compare rap/hip-hop or other genre that's totally different from the police no matter the period of time. Music is music for what it is......hip-hop was the best around the 1980s and way into the mid 90s. Let's just enjoy the music and appreciate it no matter the genre or the colour of skin of the singer. I'm certain The Police don't give a crap so I don't think why we, the general public should care as well.
@tec1314 : Thank you... different art is still art. This is good shit. So is Jay-Z. So is Mozart. So is Picasso. Show some respect, even if you don't like it.
@ricnlayla Well said. Just because one person doesn't like a music artist, entertainer, painter or composer doesn't mean they're worthless, kaput. That's like throwing out the baby with the bathwater. Even a song that's as awful as Rebecca Black's "Friday" has at least one thing going for it: It IS catchy, in my opinion, and I can see why some people like it. I can disagree and even argue over it, but I won't keep someone who likes it from liking it, nor will I resort to petty personal attacks.
@ricnlayla Please do not refer to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's music with the same qualitative term you refer to Jay-Z's with, they aren't on the same playing field, at all.
@ricnlayla Regardless, not all so-called "art" is good. And just because it's labeled "art", that doesn't mean it is "art". And should Rap that glorifies gangs, illiegal activity, etc. be labeled "art"?
@ricnlayla Wrong Jay-Z sucks shit his lyrics are boneheaded crap, his voice sucks, and the music is made by machines. Don't even try and put that shit in the same category as real music. He only made it big because a bunch of stupid wiggers thought it would make them hard to listen to a Jay Z album.
@damonstube keyboards, basses, and guitars are technically machine, but the difference is they take skill and intelligence to use, but mminer58 is right, even his music is shitty we should talk shit because some people like it and we're not going to stop them from listeing by being assholes.
@hitopsful you can talk shit about it, that isn't going to stop people from listening to it. I mean really your post sounds like the intolerance will not be tolerated episode of south park lol...lets not be so politically correct, its ok to have opinions
@Jambander481- technically rap cannot be called music because it isn't follow the classifications of music. It's more like poetry set to a drum beat. My friend actually told me what rap stands for. R.A.P.= Retards Attempt at Poetry
What the hell does "eciloP ehT - dlroW lairetaM eht ni stiripS" mean?
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rexrockandroll 1 week ago
dear god, I'm so glad I was raised listening to the Police
Dhesyca 2 weeks ago 5
We are definitely what this song's title proclaims. Someday (very soon, I pray/hope) it will be completely different.
mickeymousebiker1 3 weeks ago
Try and play this bass line and sing the melody at the same time. Pretty damn tough. Even Sting himself changed the verse bass part live to something easier and less notey.
typsypyg 4 weeks ago
@hopelessdrugaddict From one troll to another, happy new year!!!
MrGeorgios2020 2 months ago
classic song
moonlight74498 2 months ago
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moonlight74498 2 months ago
sheeeeeeeeeeeeee it you live your hell i'll live mine....sting has it right
huehefna69 2 months ago
Lol at the comments blow. What about Puff Daddy's Version of "Every Breath You (I) Take". His fellow Gangter rapper Big E Whateveritwas mean so much to him that he couldn't even write his own lyrics. Instead he had to rip off a song about a stalker. Very big lol.Chill out dude.
spiraldive2 2 months ago
Song really comes into it's on at 1:40. #RideTheBeat
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Adoro!
ACPS220364 2 months ago
@Peopleitsbad While I agree with you, I think they're referring to the heavy synth-driven sound, which took over in the late 1980s. This was in 1981.
satchvanjohnson41 2 months ago
@hopelessdrugaddict I think the music is for everyone yes? What better way to broaden one's tastes than to explore new genres?
arcsyra1 2 months ago
I love Stink.
probrojeffro 3 months ago
Ok For everyone who thinks they know music. Sting as performed on several hip hop songs. Evidently the writer producer of the Police catalog can appreciate hip hop. Just because you don't like a certain genre of music, is no reason to trash it or call it junk.
JGfitzz 3 months ago
@AEMoreira81 I actually thought it was at least three or four years older than it was myself. For 1981, it was definitely ahead of its time.
WWWYKI1 3 months ago
only a couple views and the last view was about 6 days ago! eek!
ska0tahirany 4 months ago
Still a bit hard to believe that this song is from 1981---it sounds ahead of its time. Before I knew who The Police were, I thought it was from the late 1980s.
AEMoreira81 4 months ago
5 people must not believe in Spirits in the Material World.
Jer15905 4 months ago
temon de the police porfa pongan un en vivo !!!!
Rockcavm95 4 months ago
the bass line is awesome
MattThermer 5 months ago
May I recommend the book 'A Concise Guide To Eighties Music' by Karl Vorderman. The author is a big fan of this track.
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New Wave baby! New Wave :D
bearlyboo 5 months ago
New Wave baby! New Wave ;-)
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"they subjugate the meek, but it's the rhetoric of failure"
now that's clever. makes me proud that a fellow human being wrote it.
so when i switch the radio on and hear "don't you wish your girlfriend's cunt rots like mine" i say please mr dj, please tell me that this one is written by a pig.
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shitsuba12 5 months ago
i was number 186,000..dont i get a prize or somethin?
glasspole1 5 months ago
One of their best songs. It still sounds powerful and fresh.
frubtok7 5 months ago
When did Jay Z make music?
mozarkozark 5 months ago
I want the liryc's!!
ZoeHannahan 5 months ago
Our so-called leaders speak
with words they try to jail you
they subjugate the meek
but it's the rhetoric of failure
cron1077 6 months ago in playlist cron1077's Favorited Videos
the police are from another world....sooooo smoooth
Bruce99100 6 months ago
you gotta love stewart copeland...
EasyiPodTouchHelp 6 months ago
They are right, Jay-Z is an artist, he's just a pretty poor one.
Gearoboy 6 months ago
who can compose such exceptional music? except poilce !!
shnrl 6 months ago
@shnrl Pink Floyd, Tool, Opeth, to name a few...
krissmith1986 5 months ago
Lyrics matter.
inthebiscuits 6 months ago
jay z is awful please do not compare art to crap
joey523006 6 months ago 54
@joey523006 i once saw a scupture made of shit, best use of Ke$ha albums by far.
Marcko98 4 months ago
@joey523006 99 Problems Instrumental is very good actually.
Foop7 2 months ago
@joey523006 - Thank you for sayin that
70sRob 2 months ago
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choochoo808 1 month ago
@joey523006 YES
rg2027x 1 month ago
love that bass....
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choochoo808 1 month ago
me too
turnerscool21 1 day ago
Sting's bass playing on this is outstanding. There is no defined downbeat or backbeat, really free form stuff. Kind of a floating line. Gives the song a mystical quality.
nman48 7 months ago
I've been looking for this song for nigh-on 5 years now.
MycolothMan 7 months ago
I'm learning how to play bass because of sting....love the way it sounds
themonkey2468 7 months ago
Sting was having one hell of a tantric orgasm when he wrote this one!
RDArtist81 7 months ago
stewart Copeland is my idol
Zeppelinfan25 7 months ago
@Zeppelinfan25 Best Drummer!
paulieism 7 months ago
This song is for all the died people in Oslo.Everybody is living alone but we need to life together.
ronaldvanderkleij 7 months ago
This song is for all the died people in Oslo.
ronaldvanderkleij 7 months ago
This song melody, chorus play, lyrics really rock and will do forever. Minimalistically SIMPLE YET BEAUTIFUL.
berborable 7 months ago
first time I see a video with SMART "best voted" posts
see any other music video of an old famous band, they're filled with ignorants who think they listen to "REAL MUSIC", i laugh my ass off when i hear or see that term
posm 7 months ago
this song is STUCK IN MAH HEAD ARGGGG
txmomoftwo1 7 months ago
Wow this is what the US is going through... I always loved this song but now its more true than EVER!!
nprforlife 7 months ago
Some of these comments are why YouTube should not have comments. They make no sense. The Police are, well, The Police. How can you argue with that? Sting is, well, Sting. They are amazingly creative musicians.
AbsolutBB 7 months ago
spirits in a material world===ghosts in the machine!!!
72freesoul 8 months ago
Man, following the beat is a bitch - I never catch it right until the third verse.
STP43FAN1 8 months ago
I read somewhere this was Dennis Wilson's favorite new wave group . He died the year this came out in 1983
ericp22 8 months ago
@ericp22
This song came out in 1981.
degree7 8 months ago
The Police are the best. Right up there with Hall and Oates, Steely Dan, Fleetwood Mac, and The Doobie Brothers.
MrKevin619ism 9 months ago 2
I used to listen to this while playing Doom. For some reason, they fit really well together...
satchvanjohnson41 9 months ago
One of the best bass lines ever...
ModernMan66 9 months ago
Ooo ow split ends in my material!
milkcrumb32 9 months ago
to mminer58 all art appears legit to you, but not those that have discriminating taste, you have to ackowledge that discrimination has other meanings than the politically correct notion, it used to mean quality over quantity, a masterpiece, etc. But people have let the words become debased and have forgotten the multiple meanings existant, I would say if one were comparing Jay_z to this one might as well compare a toyota to a ferrari, it serves no purpose to even try that, life's short.
econogate 9 months ago
@econogate Point well taken. I will say this: In order for a movie, or an actor, or a short story, or a poem, or a piece of music, to be considered legit, it has to be good first. The newest this or that doesn't automatically qualify it as legit. But when an artist - like, say, Jay Z - can fill Madison Square Garden, wouldn't you agree that his art is reaching out and touching people, stirring their emotions? Isn't that what art is supposed to do? I like jazz music too. I feel I have good taste
mminer58 7 months ago
Nobody was playing guitar like this, you have to consider how inventive this was back then, everyone was still doing pop songs with simple chords and instead of just doing the same thing Summers was actually trying to incorporate something different instead, so they still stand out, whereas with modern music most artists country or rap are just toying around with established forms, this music was different it incorporated into pop something mostly absent, jazz chording as well as reggae time.
econogate 9 months ago
this is SKA roots! BIG uP for the police!
nel0 9 months ago
oh wow
BRITAINSSAVIOR 10 months ago
This is first-class music!
georgequeue 10 months ago 2
is a gread song
bubnoob10 10 months ago
during my teenage years i used to listen to the police intensively and i remember listening songs over and over and paying attention to the different sound layers: bass, keyboards, guitar, voice, drums... and all seemed so well constructed and in place... truly one of the finest bands ever.
mibollywoodmania 10 months ago
ah yes. the Ghost in the Machine tapes. the group at it's best.
jasonwheel 10 months ago
you subjucate the meaning ....... but its the rhetoric of failure .....
And the fact is - we actually ARE spirits in the material world....
But apparently no-one listens to the lyrics...
which gives it a gilt edge don't you think?
scatmansmooth 10 months ago
sneaky bass, haunting keyboards, copeland's schizo drumming; great song through and through.
ChachaChapati 11 months ago
@ChachaChapati
What about Summers? He's got excellent chops and his input as well as Copeland's (though he's not shy about correcting the truth) has been underrated. I remember reading that Sumner would bring a embryonic piece that was essentially a folk-song; Summers and Copeland would have their way with the song and it becomes 'The Police'.
Charybdys 10 months ago
@Charybdys
Summers is great; can't hear his guitar too well on this song (though you can hear it). He and Copeland brought a lot to the band, no question. I'm just analyzing his contribution in this song.
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@mminer58 "...come around once a DECADE"?!?! "They WERE special, their music WAS special"?!! Please, watch the tenses: the Police STILL ARE AMAZING and a band like this comes around once a HUMAN HISTORY, maaaaan!!!!!
Jacobanko 11 months ago
very very very very gooddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd
caperatona 11 months ago
The Police - what a great, great group. Absolutely adored this song. Everything they did was EXCELLENT. Talk about "material" - now they HAD MATERIAL and knew how to work it as well!!!!! Thank you so much for this post.
gva0917 11 months ago
R U Kidding?
this beat!!!!
tosca411 11 months ago
This song is referenced in the book "6 Newly Discovered and Never Before Published Secrets to Eternal Youth and Immortality" published by Eternal Youth Empire.
A very special thank you to Martin Gore of Depeche Mode for promoting this on his IMDB page :)
AsiaSiva 11 months ago 2
ahh bassline kicks caus it moves around the downbeat
schemes16 1 year ago
did you notice this is a 3D picture!!
MoveOverCasanova 1 year ago
I LOVE THIS BASS LINE! REALLY GOOD SHIT ! How can anyone listen to this and not want to get up & dance?
BetweenGirlFriends 1 year ago
Let's not cut down rap or compare to Jay-Z. All art is legit. Let us celebrate the genius of The Police. Groups like this only come around once a decade. They were special, their music was special. Much love to The Police, to hip hop, mellow, hard rock, and all the rest. The Police were brilliant!
mminer58 1 year ago 60
@mminer58 Word! How did a debate on Rap/Hip Hop start on this post any way?!!
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@mminer58 ...come around once a DECADE"?!?! "They WERE special, their music WAS special"?!! Please, watch the tenses: the Police STILL ARE AMAZING and a band like this comes around once a HUMAN HISTORY, maaaaan!!!!!
Jacobanko 11 months ago
@mminer58 Good words!
leonardoboy2 9 months ago
@mminer58 Well said. Rap and hip hop have been very creative and progressive in all genres of music and all over the world. Rap and hip hop are very universal in their core elements. Even The Police appropriated the very creative and progressive style of reggae in this and their other works.
RainPoetry 8 months ago
@mminer58 Well said...
aviator408 8 months ago
@mminer58 If by "legit" you mean all art is good, then I disagree. I wouldn't even say all art is original or unique. However, all art that is original is worth giving a chance. And I certainly do agree in the "to each their own" philosophy. I have nothing to say against groups that simply don't fit my personal style of music: talent is talent, no matter where it is; is this what you mean? Either way, I agree that bands like this show up only once in a rare while. :)
Dhesyca 7 months ago
@mminer58 sorry but i'm still gonna cut down rap it's garbage. I'm glad you realize the decade when real talent was present. RAP IS RIPPOFFS NO TALENT GARBAGE!!!!
buhoglive 7 months ago
@buhoglive HA Ha ha, I said the same thing about the Police back in the day for ripping off the reggae sound, but I came to really dig them as a band, and hip hop is an valid art form, It is the dominant musical force all over the world, you can hear it in various forms in China, Israel, France,Britain,South America, Through out the whole continent of Africa as well as in Arabic and non Arabic Muslim countries, and Hundreds of millions of people can't all be wrong!!!!
162berto 7 months ago
@mminer58 more like once in a generation.
starlingdavidhunter3 5 months ago
@mminer58 I'd say groups like this only come around once in a generation.
starlingdavidhunter3 5 months ago
@starlingdavidhunter3 I was thinking the same thing; once a generation. Once a decade? Nope...
lonestarduffer 4 months ago in playlist lonestarduffer's favorites
I remember my friend 30 years ago finding a cassette of Ghosts in a schoolyard and giving it to me as he knew The Police were my favourite group :)
sunskywindshane 1 year ago 2
Basically, Rap is not bad. It's just that every other type of music is a couple miles or hundred miles ahead of Rap.
unbelivableLP 1 year ago
@unbelivableLP I agree. Not all rap is bad. When Hip-Hop first came on the scene, from that point on, up until about the early 90's, rappers were actually talented and their lyrics actually had a deep cause/message or point they were trying to get across to the audience. Now todays rappers have taken the art of lyric writing and made it all about making money, exploiting women, promoting violence and putting together cheap beats and lyrics and then charging people to listen to it.
CxHxRxIxSxTxIxAxN 1 year ago 5
@CxHxRxIxSxTxIxAxN Im talking about rap that we hear these days and yes I know that earlier rap was alot better.
unbelivableLP 1 year ago
brilliant hypnotic protest song..i agree..i dont like politics either ..i'm a wolfspirit..in the material world lol
TheWolfinspirit 1 year ago
I read on another posting of this song that some people think that Sting isn't a good bass player. Even Sting was questioning his basslines when he asked Darryl Jones that question.
IMO sting had some GREAT bass lines. Listen to this one, Walking On The Moon, King of Pain, Roxanne etc...
Sting plays the bass like a composer. He gives the song exactly what it needs.
No need to be a Jaco or a Stanley. Playing that way only impresses bass players anyways.
Bravo Sting!
ocean4315 1 year ago 4
@ocean4315 besides he's an great singer too, what people forget sometimes...
RezzKalozzTV 1 year ago
@ocean4315 Sting played bass in a medium where virtuoso playing was not part of the game. IDK why nowadays people judge a musician by how many notes they can hit in a minute. Music is about the attention given to those notes, and Sting has always been about that. We need to quit rating musicians. First off if you aren't one you are an idiot to speak of something you have never done. Second if you are one you should probably practice more and speak less.
Cancrizans 1 year ago
@ocean4315 Just noticed the @ may make people think that I was criticizing something ocean4315 was saying, the opposite,I only used reply bc I couldn't find the comment he was criticizing. Rock on.
Cancrizans 1 year ago
so much hate here is sad,music is music,is positive,why so much energy wasted complaining,??read the lyric my friends,,,PEACE in 2011,robert o'rourke
ror312gallery19 1 year ago
MAN THIS SONG IS STILL FUNKY.A REAL UNIQUE BEAT.STILL JAMMIN MAN.
MrTrackfreek 1 year ago
WHAT A BEAT THIS SONG STILL HAS.GREAT SONG.
MrTrackfreek 1 year ago
@MrTrackfreek Isnt this for real!!!!!!! The Police away of time in Music!!!!
Keyholdman 1 year ago
quite an erra when it came to bands like the police,the who, and countless others we can still rock out to this day.....
chefmikeyjt 1 year ago
Great song by one of the greatest bands ever. I remember when the Ghost In The Machine album was released in 1981 and this was the 1st single of the album. Such great memories.
Soulman785 1 year ago
binka wants to eat ass
cubbycab 1 year ago
Man, I'm 16 and i love this song, but no one at my school knows The Police.
Someone can rap about peanut butter and sex these days and get a grammy, and I'm like WTF
keyfreeman 1 year ago
@keyfreeman yaa i know Lol
jacobelkins19 1 year ago
The title sums up our existence perfectly.
nonsuchfabio 1 year ago
gr8 song..one of their best
TheBlueCream 1 year ago
@binka21 ur last comment made absolutely no sense.
ThinkingArt 1 year ago
@101stairbourne If you read my comment backwards it says "!!!enruob.s ,secah nóveug sam oiratnemoc euQ" En fin, Bacana la canción!!!!!!
Chaumilo 1 year ago
god I love the bass in this song!!!!!
joec909 1 year ago
2 dislikes?
Really, how????
DontGetMeStarte76 1 year ago
@DontGetMeStarte76 -Obviously, they have 0 taste in music!
DontGetMeStarte76 1 year ago
EXELLENT SONG...!!!
livingstogigio 1 year ago
Can anyone say SNARE?
gumby60gumby60 1 year ago
One of the first police albums I bought. I worked my way backwards from there.
kingrob29 1 year ago
Was never a huge Police fan BUT this song has a HARD DRIVING AWESOME BEAT that sends chills up your spine
davgabe 1 year ago
We are Spirits, in the Material World
Izzz117 1 year ago 2
You can't compare rap/hip-hop or other genre that's totally different from the police no matter the period of time. Music is music for what it is......hip-hop was the best around the 1980s and way into the mid 90s. Let's just enjoy the music and appreciate it no matter the genre or the colour of skin of the singer. I'm certain The Police don't give a crap so I don't think why we, the general public should care as well.
yehah 1 year ago
is the synth from a guitar synthesizer?
boibad12 1 year ago
@boibad12 A Seqencial Circuits Prophet 10 synthesizer
bondbug73 1 year ago
Classic. Nuff sed.
JakeDaigo 1 year ago
The beat...the lyrics....such a classic. Timeless...
ChubbyTeletubby 1 year ago
Bit of Ska
1988acid 1 year ago 2
One of my all time faves.....
ChuckSchuldinerLivz 1 year ago
"There is no political solution"...
TheTheultimatelover 1 year ago 2
this an inmortal song motherfuckers!!!
RocKdrigOVII 1 year ago
s**t yes is this the
pikiwiki 1 year ago
yes this is the shit
williamyamka 1 year ago
i heard this on the radio and i thought it was bob marley 4 a sec
badbrain8032 1 year ago
@badbrain8032 hmm
pikiwiki 1 year ago
@badbrain8032 i heard this on the radio and i thought it was bob marley 4 a sec
Bad ears, too.
darkchococide 1 year ago
i prefer the other version with string and pato banton it's more melo
LemonBoiLehclox 1 year ago
im 17 im love this music, i laugh at everyone in school who thinks there cool for liking the most generic and annoying radio rap music
ComeOriginal123 1 year ago 5
@ComeOriginal123 thats right!!!
lancezimmerman 1 year ago
@ComeOriginal123 im tur nin 17 next sunday and i feel you me brother!
knockerqk 1 year ago
one of the best bands ever!
mrpowerhouse332 1 year ago
nice nice nice material world nice
paupersoath5 1 year ago
This still beats todays gay-ass raps songs, fuck off drake and Jay-z. I heard this on the radio I was like :D Ohh yeahhhh
Jambander481 1 year ago 54
@Jambander481 AMEN!!!! (C)RAP SUCKS!!!
Brian77TX 1 year ago
@Jambander481 fuck you raps good also asshole
tec1314 1 year ago
@tec1314 : Thank you... different art is still art. This is good shit. So is Jay-Z. So is Mozart. So is Picasso. Show some respect, even if you don't like it.
ricnlayla 1 year ago 19
@ricnlayla stick your jay z up your j azz punk!
the police made music not ass wipe shit crap!!!!
ThunderBeaner 1 year ago
@ThunderBeaner : LMAO!!! Okay, dude. :)
ricnlayla 6 months ago
@ricnlayla Jay-Z who the hell is Jay-Z. I only know of Jay and silent Bob
buhoglive 7 months ago 2
@ricnlayla Well said. Just because one person doesn't like a music artist, entertainer, painter or composer doesn't mean they're worthless, kaput. That's like throwing out the baby with the bathwater. Even a song that's as awful as Rebecca Black's "Friday" has at least one thing going for it: It IS catchy, in my opinion, and I can see why some people like it. I can disagree and even argue over it, but I won't keep someone who likes it from liking it, nor will I resort to petty personal attacks.
TsugaruClan 7 months ago
@ricnlayla Time and place, time and place my friend.
SuperiorSwagon1 7 months ago
@SuperiorSwagon1 : Right on. Think I'll just listen to the song again. :)
ricnlayla 6 months ago 2
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Gearoboy 6 months ago
@ricnlayla Please do not refer to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's music with the same qualitative term you refer to Jay-Z's with, they aren't on the same playing field, at all.
Gearoboy 6 months ago
@ricnlayla . I dig !
chiselhammer 6 months ago
@ricnlayla Regardless, not all so-called "art" is good. And just because it's labeled "art", that doesn't mean it is "art". And should Rap that glorifies gangs, illiegal activity, etc. be labeled "art"?
WKHalford 5 months ago
@ricnlayla Wrong Jay-Z sucks shit his lyrics are boneheaded crap, his voice sucks, and the music is made by machines. Don't even try and put that shit in the same category as real music. He only made it big because a bunch of stupid wiggers thought it would make them hard to listen to a Jay Z album.
damonstube 5 months ago 2
@damonstube keyboards, basses, and guitars are technically machine, but the difference is they take skill and intelligence to use, but mminer58 is right, even his music is shitty we should talk shit because some people like it and we're not going to stop them from listeing by being assholes.
hitopsful 5 months ago
@hitopsful you can talk shit about it, that isn't going to stop people from listening to it. I mean really your post sounds like the intolerance will not be tolerated episode of south park lol...lets not be so politically correct, its ok to have opinions
MattThermer 4 months ago 2
@MattThermer oops i meant shouldn't talk shit LOL
hitopsful 4 months ago
@Jambander481- technically rap cannot be called music because it isn't follow the classifications of music. It's more like poetry set to a drum beat. My friend actually told me what rap stands for. R.A.P.= Retards Attempt at Poetry
BaneOfXistence4 1 year ago