The Police - Invisible Sun demo version 2 (rare audio)

[MrSpinnerDunn]

Sega Genesis version of this song

[ronaldvanderkleij]

ohhh ooohhhh oh ohhh well in America they like to sing along like dododo dadada

[soyonnaise]

but where do you find all these rare things ? I've been a fan for more than 30 years and I didn't know that.

[TheGreaterGood80]

Good version, I like how Andy's guitar comes in later

[expanding]

what a great song ! I think it was banned in the UK for some time, is that right ?

[MrKennyBones]

Wow, I can really feel what Copeland must have thought when he did the drum patterns that ended up on the record :) Really interesting stuff! :)

[beowulven]

Linn was the best drummer The Police ever had.

[POLICEchout]

haha...

[recto89]

The Police still live on Today

[Efrasnel]

Never hurts to hear work in progress. This band was the bees knees in the late '70s and early '80s and you canb hear why, even in this embryonic phase.

[mikebeatles64]

policechout, if you have the police album, please upload it, thanks. great demos

[MiKikaIwaShizaru]

@mikebeatles64

You could just buy Message in a Box (all albums and B-sides) used on Amazon or Ebay too!

[jester99sch]

I like this demo as much as I do demo #`1 Sting, Andy, Stuart are truly masters of their craft.. IMO Invisible Sun is one of the greatest songs ever recorded. It's no wonder it took off on the charts when it was released in 81.

The Police forever!

[abooboo4u]

Well i like this demo #2 better than demo #1....it's just got a little more zip to it...well done and thanks for putting these up. these demos from a music standpoint are not for everyone....but if you are a purist, the demos take you back into the studio long ago allowing you to study the song and then see how they made a choice of the available tracks resulting

in the version as released....so from a historical standpoint all demos are priceless no matter what the quality..........cheers

[jester99sch]

Demo's are suppose to be basic stripped down ideas of songs bands/artists present to one another, recording companies

[Millst0ne]

These Demo's are sick - wicked and wild !!

Incredible !!

[sloiselle1]

I enjoy these demos but it's easy to tell that they are just that. No offense and to anyone who likes a demo better, that's fine. But play this and then immediately play the studio cut. Recording is an art in itself and the studio becomes an instrument. The studio track is a work of art and the song would never be as powerful without Copeland's input. The sparseness of the single tom hit on the 2 and 4 of each bar during the verse, exploding into full kit when the lyrics elevate, what a drummer!

[patrik702]

Kudos POLICEchout!

[superdinamo]

Actually, Andy and Stewart were essential to define the sound of the Police, especially in the first three records. It was Stewart who lent Bob Marley records to Sting. In the last 2 records,Sting started to assume the arrangements too, not only songwriting, and thats is when Stewart started to complain. But I still like best the sound of the first 3 records. Sting arrangements are more sugar pop, bossa nova, even kitch sometimes. Stewart and Andy made Sting compositions more Rock and Reggae.

[carstenneugebauer]

totally agree. sting is an anwesome songwriter, in fact far superior to both andy and stewart. but without the input from those two, it just doesn't have "that extra dimension". the police are in my opinion the prime example of a band where, clearly, the sum of it's parts are much bigger than everybody alone. no one in this band could be replaced without changing the sound of the band totally, everybody brough something unique to the table and BOOM! you get something out of this world. MAGIC1

[superdinamo]

Yes, your words convey exaclty what I meant. i remember Stewart saying in an interview that Sting would come with that jazzy bossa nova songs he wrote, and he and Andy would add that extra dimension, "policifying" the songs.

[ar4216]

@carstenneugebauer Well said!

[kovpyn]

Grande tema. Os Police são os maiores!!!

[inflatableclown6]

These guys are phenomenal!! Awesome demo, wow!! What a kick to hear this!! Thanks, POLICEchout !

[xXCheech24Xx]

All of these demos have sick ass beatz

[tutubo74]

Super!Where did you find this song????

[rebeat2u]

very rare, thx 4 sharin..

[xensboy]

the seed of brilliance. a song of longing and hope

[NotAValidUsername]

A fascinating insight into the way Sting conceived and arranged his songs. No wonder Andy and Stewart just felt they were only required to add their instruments with no further arrangement negotiations.

[winwolf06]

What could they have added to the songs? I know they're all super talented musicians, but the arrangements Sting comes up with flow so naturally, and have such a cool vibe to them, it truly approaches (dare I say) perfection.

I've really grown to respect the Police and their music as I've gotten deeper into musicianship and the more technical side of music, and continue to be amazed by them even almost 30 years later!

[NotAValidUsername]

I agree with your comments. What I was getting at was how that made Andy and Stewart FEEL. I've read comments from Stewart saying that he just felt he had to lay down his drum part and that was it. As time went on, he felt less and less part of the creative process, whereas in the early days he had more of a say, eg how Sting changed some of the vocal phrasing for Roxanne.

[ia5662]

sting is a hell of a songwriter, but Stewart and Andy are 2 of the best at what they do and added an entire different dimension to Sting's songs. Both of the other guys wrote some pretty cool stuff, but there would have been no Police without those 2, it would have sounded just as spare as these demos do.

[U2fan11]

I love that ending "all I want is a place somewhere..."