ReRushed Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 Surprisingly, I've only ever heard two songs by them: Message In A Bottle and Every Breath You Take. Three, if you count Sting's collaboration with Mark Knopfler on money For NothingSeriously?Yes...Wow... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digital Dad Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 Surprisingly, I've only ever heard two songs by them: Message In A Bottle and Every Breath You Take. Three, if you count Sting's collaboration with Mark Knopfler on money For NothingSeriously?Yes... Don't tell me you never heard Roxanne or Message in a Bottle... Maybe this will refresh your memory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
custom55 Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 Custom, I enjoyed watching that a lot. Still a lot of punk in them in '79 and it was before fame kind of "refined" their looks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 Custom, I enjoyed watching that a lot. Still a lot of punk in them in '79 and it was before fame kind of "refined" their looks.I love watching their jams...especially watching Stewart. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 How can you explain...shadows in the rain? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 When the world is runnin' down, you make the best of what's still around... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod in Toronto Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 Thanks for sharing, goose! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 Thanks for sharing, goose!I love the Zenyatta Mondatta era. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syrinx Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 Stewart Copeland is one of my all time fave drummers. He is so good!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-V7qgM2X3xg When the world is runnin' down, you make the best of what's still around... How apt and true that line is. The Police were much better back then - more real - more raw. Four years later, Sting would become the artificial golden boy and the other two jaded. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 Stewart Copeland is one of my all time fave drummers. He is so good!! Did you know his father was in the CIA? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod in Toronto Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 Thanks for sharing, goose!I love the Zenyatta Mondatta era. I have a bootleg of them playing in Melbourne on that tour, and they sound as tight as they do on the videos you posted. The setlist is full of non obvious songs like Deathwish, Truth Hits Everybody, Man in a Suitcase... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod in Toronto Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 Stewart Copeland is one of my all time fave drummers. He is so good!! Did you know his father was in the CIA? Yep..he live in Beirut for a long time. His autobiography is BY FAR the most interesting of the three. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken hawk Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 They formed in London 1977. The year i graduated ! Great band ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 (edited) Stewart Copeland is one of my all time fave drummers. He is so good!! Did you know his father was in the CIA? Yep..he live in Beirut for a long time. His autobiography is BY FAR the most interesting of the three. I imagine you've seen this, but just in case... A history of the Police from Stewart's perspective, put together from the film he took during the band's rise. Edited July 26, 2016 by goose 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super25Smasher Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 I love The Police! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod in Toronto Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 Stewart Copeland is one of my all time fave drummers. He is so good!! Did you know his father was in the CIA? Yep..he live in Beirut for a long time. His autobiography is BY FAR the most interesting of the three. I imagine you've seen this, but just in case... A history of the Police from Stewart's perspective, put together from the film he took during the band's rise. I have this at home! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReRushed Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 Stewart Copeland. The greatest episode of Storage Wars ever. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 Stewart Copeland. The greatest episode of Storage Wars ever. http://www.aetv.com/shows/storage-wars/videos/voodoo-factor "With instruments, there's a voodoo factor..." :clap: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boots Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 I still blame Sting for breaking up The Police. If his ego hadn't gotten so big, then the band would've stayed together longer and released a lot more material as a group. For the most part, Sting's solo material is complete and utter garbage. I don't mind Stewart Copeland's soundtracks. I have no idea what Andy is doing. They went on a reunion tour a while back but they never came to my city. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 Stewart Copeland is one of my all time fave drummers. He is so good!! He asked me to marry him the other night in my dream. :) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 I still blame Sting for breaking up The Police. If his ego hadn't gotten so big, then the band would've stayed together longer and released a lot more material as a group. For the most part, Sting's solo material is complete and utter garbage. I don't mind Stewart Copeland's soundtracks. I have no idea what Andy is doing. They went on a reunion tour a while back but they never came to my city. I read that it was a mutual decision. It was during the Synchronicity tour after the show at Shea Stadium. They had filled the stadium - 70,000 seats - and they were at the height of their fame. After the show, they went back to the house they were renting in the Hamptons, and Sting said that both he and Stewart looked at each other and knew there was only one way to go after that - down - since there was no way they could maintain that momentum, so they decided to quit while they were ahead. Whether this is true or just the official story, I do not know. Boots, call them up and ask them. :) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewbaccamonkeylunch Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 The Police are like DLR Van Halen for me. I like pretty much every song on every album. Oh yeah, three favorite bands: Rush, VH and the Police! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 (edited) The Police are like DLR Van Halen for me. I like pretty much every song on every album. Oh yeah, three favorite bands: Rush, VH and the Police! Three good choices. If I had to rate them talent-wise from one to three, Rush would be three; personality-wise, Rush would be number one. Edited September 22, 2016 by Lorraine 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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