@Padulas I was just going to post the same thing, but you stole my thunder! While I appreciate the technology, I sometimes long for the old days when 300 baud modeming was the rage.
@Padulas I was just going to post the same thing, but you stole my thunder! While I appreciate the technology, I sometimes long for the old days when 300 baud modeming was the rage.
i listened to this song on my headphones with the volume turned up maximum drunk on a beach in TOBAGO pal........lovely experience....id recommend anyone trying that. let me know if anyone wants to do that ill join you (preference given to sexy ladies (im35)..) but a lads night out also considered LETS DO IT) thanks for posting this DAN88V.....
TR 01-Spirits in the Material World TR 02-Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic TR 03-Invisible Sun TR 04-Hungry For You TR 05-Demolition Man TR 06-Too Much Information TR 07-Re-Humanize Yourself TR 08-One World (Not Three) TR 09-Omegaman TR 10-Secret Journey TR 11-Darkness
Cool way for side 2 of Ghost in The Machine to start off. This album really has a completely different feel and theme from side 1 to 2. I think artists got more creative with the sound and flow of an album when it was split into 2 sides.
@arkady714 totally agree. Synch that followed Ghost was an amazing album but this and the 1981 Ghost In The Machine tour going into 1982 takes some beating as The Police's peak for me. I saw them lots of times on this tour I am so honoured that I did as they just blew me away. I bought Ghost the day it came out too! As I did Zenyatta Mondatta. Always I think how lucky I was to be young at that time, to have The Police at their peak! :-)
@arkady714 -- Were you young then? The period I liked the best was 1978 to 1983. After that, ya some good tunes, but too much electronics. The synthesizer becamse over used. Like the way the Cranberries sang, or Cher's electronic voice a few years ago. Too over used. But between 78 and 83 the Punk and New Wave was definitely about Rock and Roll. Real exploration of sound. Notice how every band now is Alternative? Which means there is no alternative. Well, unless you count Rap and death metal.
@Baritone45 I think he proved he's a real musician with his first reggae tinged punk LP. I play Jazz but I don't think you ever have to to be a "real" musician.
I bought Ghost in the Machine when it first came out...on cassette. I was in college at the time and my friends and I all thought that The Police had peaked on this album (unaware, of course of the pending "Synchronicity").
I also saw them on this tour, December 1981. The warm up band was The Go-Go's.
@burlpark333 Ohhh, I understand about 80's music. I say often that as a teen I was tired of 1970's longhairs and their guitars. I wanted something DIFFERENT, that appealed to what I had no name for, but which I now recognize is my cold, cold, silicon heart. Then came starving British bands on the Dole, synths, and inno-freaking-vation!
@pdshiff Yeah, those were good times. Of course, there was no real way of telling...and there were rumours...but I do believed that The Go-Go's did play their own instruments. And although I was never a huge fan, I thought it the coolest, trendiest thing to see those chicks live. The music was catchy and the anticipation of The Police coming out later that evening made it that much more fun. Ghost, btw, is my favorite of their albums.
@arkady714 Saw that same tour. While in line girls were singing We Got the Beat; I yelled "Yeah, well beat it." I only wanted to see the Police. Amazing band.
well it could have been. my mum has a car out under our porch that she kind of forgot about 1993 thru 2005 but it was fine, and in the boot there was a horde of really dated items. A VCR with jane fonda in lycra, the MAX!
i left the vinyl version of this album in my car, where it warped due to heat, that was in the 80s ,and i haven't heard this cut since now, thank you.
@snuffrush wow what kind of car are you still driving since the 80s? u should look at getting a new one, there are models with a/c that's gonna sort out your heat problem.
@phlarrdboi goofball. Doesn't matter how cool the car was while you were driving it. If you leave a record on the dashboard, it warps and eventually melts. ;- /
@Baritone45 i u leave it on the DASH then how are you gonna forget about it for 2 decades? it's right under you nose. plus, it would slide off when you cornered.
why do all the english bands are the best??..... l dont know that l just know that l love england coz from that country my favorite bands like iron maiden , police , gorillaz , napalm death , led zeppelin ,black sabbath and many more are from.
@rawsketch Absolutely! I heard The Police on the radio recently, this song crossed my mind and I pullted up this video. I'd forgotten just how creative it was; the "traffic jam" instrumentation and harmonies, strong bass and drum work. They were and are great musicians!
@rawsketch True, and I think Sting has definitely shown he's a real musician with his work on jazz standards with Chris Botti and all that Blue Turtles stuff like Moon Over Bourbon Street.
Toemta, I guess you are the idiot, flash drives came out around 2000, song came out in 1981? Was in Peru in 81......do the math jack. You are a true dip @$%*.....
Information overload! Always reminds me of working in the St Andrews University library, which the then student counsellor described as "a giant monument to how little we all know".
I copied this years ago on a cassette tape in the early 80's, brought it to a dance club in Arequipa, Peru, they loved it and kept playing it several times that night. Great dance music!
@rdcurtisjr Ok, Im agree with you, this tune has such fantastic bass, and rhtym..but Do you take care about the lyrics? Its more than a tune to dance and to take some drinks...ITs the anger of someone like us , who lives in a world that struggles us with the "information", the chaos..and all we have to face..Who was the lyrics`s composer? What a wise man!!
Have heard this record for sometime now since I once had it on cassette this became my little introduction to Sting and The Police right there as a kid! the rest is history!
Pure Sting(vocal n phrasing) as usual with extra funk.
Great feel and punch via STU n ANDY.
This is about feel not speed,not meaningless note or soulless musicians.
Imagine a cacophony of sound for the sake of fear and lack of love capacity.
These guys grew up with good music,they loved artist of different back grounds and ethnicities..in this song and other Police songs there is fearlessness.!.
This is one I used to skip over and now that I've gone back and listened to it as an adult I realize I was right all along;it still keeps the same beat like most black funk band's do for too long.
@blitzspeer when music is meaningless, 10 seconds will be maybe too much, but if it's not, and you have a great riff (like here) it can work for 3:40 without a problem...
Wow. You know, I've been a lifelong fan of the Police and I've only heard this song for the first time recently. But I must say that this is one of the coolest Police songs I've ever heard.
That bass line does rock, but it's the syncopated horn bursts in between the beats that really gets that groove bounce and drive going forward when combined with the bass line.
Im old and listen to hard core like agnostic front state oppression...and so many more but these guys are more accessable for information...political information....seems so profettic. So poetic so great. we all learn quickly.
Outlandos D'Amour kills it and so does Regatta De Blanc, and both encompass a lot of what is The Police, but THIS song on THIS album makes me move like no other.
Uno dei pezzi che più mi sono piaciuti negli '80!!!! Che belle atmosfere, che bella musica, che bei tempi............ peccato che non torneranno mai più, almeno per noi 45enni.....!!!
great song ,this song made the band police, be the best ....and roxana ..
Mr67moshico 1 week ago
Five dislikes. Five deafs.
AdiOnlySports 2 weeks ago
@AdiOnlySports only deaf after listening to this
Bthakilla4rilla 1 week ago
a song dedicated to the internet
Padulas 2 weeks ago 4
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philaman1972 1 week ago
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philaman1972 1 week ago
i listened to this song on my headphones with the volume turned up maximum drunk on a beach in TOBAGO pal........lovely experience....id recommend anyone trying that. let me know if anyone wants to do that ill join you (preference given to sexy ladies (im35)..) but a lads night out also considered LETS DO IT) thanks for posting this DAN88V.....
sid77777 3 weeks ago
my dad saw the police before they were famous at a backstreet pub in london, fan ever since. my dad is such a hipster.
imberto777 1 month ago
dannyranny1995 1 month ago
I like this song! This is a track on Ghost in the Machine!
dannyranny1995 1 month ago
fact: TMI INVENTED BY INSANE
another fact: LOL ivented by rush with fear and hope , i've got a desperate plan
SuperMegaUberGenius 1 month ago
Digital Band face images on the cover......epic
brutaltruth1976 1 month ago
@brutaltruth1976 I never realised that!! I mustve looked at that album SO many times without realising back in the day. duhhhhh! thankyou!
InParticularNobody 1 month ago
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@brutaltruth1976 I never realised that!! I mustve looked at that album SO many times without realising back in the day. duhhhhh! thankyou!
InParticularNobody 1 month ago
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@brutaltruth1976 I never realised that!! I mustve looked at that album SO many times without realising back in the day. duhhhhh! thankyou!
InParticularNobody 1 month ago
60s, 70s and 80s music was great!!
zeppy215 1 month ago
scha ! regatta the blanc man
jeremylator 2 months ago
@arkady714 you are far too lucky to have experienced these guys in concert. I wish I could have been in the 80's :P
fulano2oo7 2 months ago
@fulano2oo7 yeah me 2
theclash181 1 month ago
guaaaaaaaauuuuuuuuu aguante the police
israel10ification 2 months ago
aguante the police!!!
lanucho 3 months ago
78-84 The Police ruled.
probrojeffro 3 months ago
i have this record on vinyl
TheRockRockish 3 months ago
@TheRockRockish me 2 - grew up on this album. rock on !
ateball1 3 months ago
1st comment too true
lerpy1 3 months ago
I also like how the vocal harmonies become denser and more dissonant as the song progresses.
typsypyg 4 months ago
Cool way for side 2 of Ghost in The Machine to start off. This album really has a completely different feel and theme from side 1 to 2. I think artists got more creative with the sound and flow of an album when it was split into 2 sides.
jerseyjamrock 4 months ago
OMG Junior high 1981 sittin in my room blazin 420 listenin to this album...aahhhh the memories!!
Mr333alien333 5 months ago
@arkady714 totally agree. Synch that followed Ghost was an amazing album but this and the 1981 Ghost In The Machine tour going into 1982 takes some beating as The Police's peak for me. I saw them lots of times on this tour I am so honoured that I did as they just blew me away. I bought Ghost the day it came out too! As I did Zenyatta Mondatta. Always I think how lucky I was to be young at that time, to have The Police at their peak! :-)
MsJayney1 5 months ago
Happy belated 60th birthday to Sting! He turned 60 yesterday! Great tune!
LIBeachcub 5 months ago 3
@arkady714 -- Were you young then? The period I liked the best was 1978 to 1983. After that, ya some good tunes, but too much electronics. The synthesizer becamse over used. Like the way the Cranberries sang, or Cher's electronic voice a few years ago. Too over used. But between 78 and 83 the Punk and New Wave was definitely about Rock and Roll. Real exploration of sound. Notice how every band now is Alternative? Which means there is no alternative. Well, unless you count Rap and death metal.
Iwasateeninthe80s 5 months ago
Love this song, makes me want to dance around!
silverpolarbear71 5 months ago 3
@silverpolarbear71 I love the horn break - epic !
ateball1 3 months ago
@Baritone45 I think he proved he's a real musician with his first reggae tinged punk LP. I play Jazz but I don't think you ever have to to be a "real" musician.
MobiusBandwidth 5 months ago
5 people had so much information, they went insane.
Ironmanissocool 5 months ago 3
FFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUNNNNNNNNNKKKKKKKKYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
matthewedwards0225 6 months ago
did the Police invent "TMI" as we use the phrase today?
tulllguy 6 months ago
I bought Ghost in the Machine when it first came out...on cassette. I was in college at the time and my friends and I all thought that The Police had peaked on this album (unaware, of course of the pending "Synchronicity").
I also saw them on this tour, December 1981. The warm up band was The Go-Go's.
Ah, the '80s. What a great time to be young.
arkady714 7 months ago 23
@arkady714 The 80's rocked. So much great music. People don't understand.
burlpark333 7 months ago 36
@burlpark333 Ohhh, I understand about 80's music. I say often that as a teen I was tired of 1970's longhairs and their guitars. I wanted something DIFFERENT, that appealed to what I had no name for, but which I now recognize is my cold, cold, silicon heart. Then came starving British bands on the Dole, synths, and inno-freaking-vation!
Dracopol 1 month ago
@Dracopol europe is still going.i love the music they make
zindi1138 1 week ago
@burlpark333 me an my friends lived it
it was a huge time for new music
this album was probably my favorite.
to me it represents what the 80s had in store.
friggin awesome!!!!!!!!!!
zindi1138 1 week ago
@arkady714 Mmmm... And what have become of the world. How did we come to this. We were to change the world ... To the better...:O/
DoctorDeo1 3 months ago
@arkady714 Godamn! Saw that same tour in 1981 Chicago at the Rosemont Horizon! Fucking '80s rocked.
pdshiff 2 months ago
@pdshiff Yeah, those were good times. Of course, there was no real way of telling...and there were rumours...but I do believed that The Go-Go's did play their own instruments. And although I was never a huge fan, I thought it the coolest, trendiest thing to see those chicks live. The music was catchy and the anticipation of The Police coming out later that evening made it that much more fun. Ghost, btw, is my favorite of their albums.
arkady714 2 months ago
@arkady714 Saw that same tour. While in line girls were singing We Got the Beat; I yelled "Yeah, well beat it." I only wanted to see the Police. Amazing band.
probrojeffro 2 weeks ago in playlist Sting
sounds so much like hungry for you :)
ilovekurtcobain11 7 months ago
oh.
well it could have been. my mum has a car out under our porch that she kind of forgot about 1993 thru 2005 but it was fine, and in the boot there was a horde of really dated items. A VCR with jane fonda in lycra, the MAX!
phlarrdboi 7 months ago
One of the first pop rock songs I listened to on my new stereo in the spring of 1982. Damn, those speakers sounded good.
Baritone45 7 months ago 2
i left the vinyl version of this album in my car, where it warped due to heat, that was in the 80s ,and i haven't heard this cut since now, thank you.
snuffrush 8 months ago
@snuffrush wow what kind of car are you still driving since the 80s? u should look at getting a new one, there are models with a/c that's gonna sort out your heat problem.
phlarrdboi 8 months ago
@phlarrdboi goofball. Doesn't matter how cool the car was while you were driving it. If you leave a record on the dashboard, it warps and eventually melts. ;- /
Baritone45 7 months ago
@Baritone45 i u leave it on the DASH then how are you gonna forget about it for 2 decades? it's right under you nose. plus, it would slide off when you cornered.
phlarrdboi 7 months ago
@phlarrdboi you're just too funny. He said "that was in the 80s". It's not funny to keep insisting that he left it there through the 90s and the 00s.
Baritone45 7 months ago
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coastykid95 8 months ago
why do all the english bands are the best??..... l dont know that l just know that l love england coz from that country my favorite bands like iron maiden , police , gorillaz , napalm death , led zeppelin ,black sabbath and many more are from.
Wilevaldo 8 months ago 4
@Wilevaldo Because England invented modern commercial civilization and rock music.
Arjozof 3 months ago
This song is the shit! Its shows that the Police where not just another pop '80's band but TRUE 1st class musicians!
rawsketch 9 months ago 5
@rawsketch Absolutely! I heard The Police on the radio recently, this song crossed my mind and I pullted up this video. I'd forgotten just how creative it was; the "traffic jam" instrumentation and harmonies, strong bass and drum work. They were and are great musicians!
LadyDuck106 8 months ago 3
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DiazdelVivar 7 months ago
@rawsketch True, and I think Sting has definitely shown he's a real musician with his work on jazz standards with Chris Botti and all that Blue Turtles stuff like Moon Over Bourbon Street.
Baritone45 7 months ago 2
0:47 to 0:50 is hot
jacobelkins19 9 months ago
One of the best albums of the '80's, and my favorite song from this LP :)
eastbend99 10 months ago 3
the horns from 1:26-1:42 are out of this world!
50bombard 10 months ago 2
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Uffff cuantos recuerdos me trae este Tema!!!, inolvidables!!!!!
lulayciro 10 months ago
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lulayciro 10 months ago
Hey guys,
would you say that's a bit funky?
GargantuanHunter 10 months ago 4
That is one sweet guitar riff in the background!
jaderoseofchaos 10 months ago
The percussion and movement sounds to me a bit like some of the stuff Copeland later produced as the Rhythmatist.
JBodine67 10 months ago
Apparently we can all get 70% off burgers in Birmingham NOW!! Where?!
In Alabama US? or the middle of the UK? Or maybe in Australia...?
Too much information driving me insane...
scatmansmooth 11 months ago
The sax duel addition is sweet.
fosterch 11 months ago
Toemta, I guess you are the idiot, flash drives came out around 2000, song came out in 1981? Was in Peru in 81......do the math jack. You are a true dip @$%*.....
rdcurtisjr 11 months ago 3
Totally awesome song & vibe. All that bickering paid dividends in creativity!!
piginasack 11 months ago
@piginasack you are totally right!!!..but the whole LP
zubimarta 10 months ago
I was listening to this on board the Renfe Talgo 350. Barcelona to Sevilla LAV last yr at 335 km/h loved it
budd2200 1 year ago
I've always loved how the guitar comes in screaming and babbling at the intro.
typsypyg 1 year ago 4
Information overload! Always reminds me of working in the St Andrews University library, which the then student counsellor described as "a giant monument to how little we all know".
ivorlottandtonybroke 1 year ago
I copied this years ago on a cassette tape in the early 80's, brought it to a dance club in Arequipa, Peru, they loved it and kept playing it several times that night. Great dance music!
rdcurtisjr 1 year ago 3
@rdcurtisjr lol, why didn't you just record it to a flash drive? idiot
Toemta 1 year ago
@rdcurtisjr Ok, Im agree with you, this tune has such fantastic bass, and rhtym..but Do you take care about the lyrics? Its more than a tune to dance and to take some drinks...ITs the anger of someone like us , who lives in a world that struggles us with the "information", the chaos..and all we have to face..Who was the lyrics`s composer? What a wise man!!
RomanCestMoi 10 months ago
The best
fosterch 1 year ago
Nice funky sound,thanks for posting.
They are in the groove..sounds simple
in reality it is the most challanging thing to.
Not speed compitition on fret board but a real song with energy and life.
streamsandgalaxies 1 year ago
"Mrs. Jenkins, may I be excused? My brain is full."
derek4ur 1 year ago 2
esplosiva!!
YuNaSweet 1 year ago
Wow, haven't heard this in a while!
Kingrob30 1 year ago
too bad sting chose for big money instead of eternal fame...
vlunkk 1 year ago 2
@vlunkk Good point... but along the way, he got both.
H666 1 year ago
@H666 LOL... point taken.
vlunkk 1 year ago
se on siinä!
Stenmerk 1 year ago
hieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
ciako88 1 year ago
thank you
diegoribeiro1984 1 year ago
love this song and the police
trustjab 1 year ago
as time goes on, this becomes more and more relevant. info overload!! time to go fishing...
superturkle 1 year ago
The sound of summer's guitar is very amazing, great guitarist, underrated guy.
Flinh02 1 year ago 2
such an underrated album.
thank u!
Lifesucksdie123 1 year ago
Sounds like the perfect song describing the Internet. In the past 15 years or so, it has given us 'too much information'.
philaman1972 1 year ago 4
Do Do Ré, Sol Sol La
unbelivableLP 1 year ago
Favorite Police Song.
softhotty 1 year ago
Have heard this record for sometime now since I once had it on cassette this became my little introduction to Sting and The Police right there as a kid! the rest is history!
imthebrother 1 year ago 2
MUITO BOOOOOM!
jamirobrasil 1 year ago
Never heard this one before..like it.!.
Pure Sting(vocal n phrasing) as usual with extra funk.
Great feel and punch via STU n ANDY.
This is about feel not speed,not meaningless note or soulless musicians.
Imagine a cacophony of sound for the sake of fear and lack of love capacity.
These guys grew up with good music,they loved artist of different back grounds and ethnicities..in this song and other Police songs there is fearlessness.!.
arcturianeye 1 year ago 3
@arcturianeye Wonderful and correct analysis!
Auntkekebaby 2 months ago
This is one I used to skip over and now that I've gone back and listened to it as an adult I realize I was right all along;it still keeps the same beat like most black funk band's do for too long.
blitzspeer 1 year ago
@blitzspeer when music is meaningless, 10 seconds will be maybe too much, but if it's not, and you have a great riff (like here) it can work for 3:40 without a problem...
DiazdelVivar 1 year ago 5
@DiazdelVivar The bassline is worth hearing in the least!
Agent1W 1 year ago
Wow. You know, I've been a lifelong fan of the Police and I've only heard this song for the first time recently. But I must say that this is one of the coolest Police songs I've ever heard.
therealsoulproduct 1 year ago
That bass line does rock, but it's the syncopated horn bursts in between the beats that really gets that groove bounce and drive going forward when combined with the bass line.
Alejandroenfuego 1 year ago
@Alejandroenfuego it's just the song :) its funky as fuck
Egondv 1 year ago
This is a fabulous, smart tune. But I listen to fuzzy dirt music with a side of fries
Ranchobob 1 year ago
superb.
sid77777 2 years ago
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goodolt70s 2 years ago
I love this song,i sure know the feelin of,"too much information runnin through my brain" :-)
goodolt70s 2 years ago 2
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goodolt70s 2 years ago
Im old and listen to hard core like agnostic front state oppression...and so many more but these guys are more accessable for information...political information....seems so profettic. So poetic so great. we all learn quickly.
toxiclittlebitch 2 years ago
i'm very young and i listend hardcore crust music but i love this song!!!!
yurixcesarx 2 years ago
1981 and 82 were good years for music. Like this one.
goofygoat2009 2 years ago
Outlandos D'Amour kills it and so does Regatta De Blanc, and both encompass a lot of what is The Police, but THIS song on THIS album makes me move like no other.
ajbellis 2 years ago
Uno dei pezzi che più mi sono piaciuti negli '80!!!! Che belle atmosfere, che bella musica, che bei tempi............ peccato che non torneranno mai più, almeno per noi 45enni.....!!!
mr264 2 years ago
So do Led Zeppelin on Zeppelin 4.
BeezoHow 2 years ago
RUSH do the same thing for thier CD/album covers, they use three figures to represent the band members.
goofygoat2009 2 years ago 3
One of the Catchiest bass lines ever.
VirusMan254 2 years ago 30
My mom has this on wax.... this song is Awesome!!! :D ;)
blackmagicat25 2 years ago 4
That's funny... I post this link on FaceBook when I say (in different words) that I "AM" waxed... hahaha... (Really!)
NoNnsnsNYer 2 years ago
I wonder if the cover of that album means something.
anyone knows?
drsc 2 years ago 5
It's them.
tisaacso3625 2 years ago 19
i have the record!!!
Cattelini 2 years ago 4
awesmoe kickass song
AresCassell 2 years ago 4