superb - awesome drums as usual, gorgeous guitar, perfect bass - the combo at their best

Fantabulous.  Love the bass.  Well, love everything about this song, really.

I've heard this hundreds of times, but today from the first few seconds of this track I thought I was listening to Blue Man Group.

I'd love to hear the version off the Live CD they put out in 1995. This is a 2 CD release, the first CD is from a live show they did in Boston in 1979; it captures a young, fiery group. Forget about the second CD. The version of  Bring on the Night off that first CD is hot, sweaty and abrasive. I mean that in a good way.

The guitar work in this is so beautiful. Sigh.

Thanks for adding this one, Bill. You've got most of the best tracks on this one in the playlist. "Driven to Tears" seems the only thing missing!

 ladron wrote: 

 Sloggydog wrote: 

I like Sting but I like your comment too. Really funny. Maybe you should write to the dictionary people and get that in there next year :)

 ladron wrote: yes, probably my favorite police song.  remember feeling like this at the time ...

I've never really thought about it much before but big props to the other members of the Police who were somehow able to curb Sting's natural tendency to wankerocity.  I know its not a real word but it should be damn it.

Great video of Andy Summers explaining his technique on a couple of songs::

BOTN starts at 6m18s

Enjoy

bring on the end...I couldn't stand another millisecond 

 lophrequa wrote: 
    Yep,he knows his way around the skins!           

 ladron wrote: 
I agree with the latter half.  The Police at their best, rising to genuine . . . tolerability. . . .

Great song. The Police as a band at their musical best.

Wow. That was a helluva segue from Thea Gilmore.

Eventually this band slipped into the Sting / pop melody show which had its own appeal,  but man, there was a time when these three guys were were laying out average tunes with rare brilliance.  This one is a gem.   

Yep, this one's aged well.

Another plug for Andy Summer's memoirs (click link ->) http://www.andysummers.com/onetrainlater.php, which I'm finding to be a very interesting read. It turns out he played in The Animals and Soft Machine, jammed with Jimi, and was on the London scene when Stewart and Gordon were still in short pants. There's even a bit about him turning on another uberfamous rock guitarist to the virtues of Gibson guitars. All of this, and Andy is pretty decent writer, too (i.e., not ghostwritten).

Oh, and don't forget RP's Amazon link!

boober wrote:

I remember the day I heard "Roxanne" played for the first time on a local radio show.The DJ said he thought the song was crap and that this band would never make it.What an idiot.Never listen to anybody else when it comes to the arts....be your own judge.

 RedGuitar wrote: 
My thoughts exactly!

 boober wrote: 
Well said!

Still my favorite Police album.  They captured something sublime here that was lost as they ascended to Arena Rock heaven.

This is one song where I wonder if Andy created a guitar part (on verse) that is difficult to play ... or just 'cuz it sounds so nice.
(Love the solo work too ... exactly the opposite of the guitar chords.  Staccato and jarring. Loverly.)

Nice to hear this on RP.  I do prefer Sting solo version of this tune from his "Bring on the Night" CD circa 1986, however.

http://www.google.com/musicl?lid=eekhOHYbq5J&aid=NhKExNc1YoP&sa=X&oi=music&ct=result

 exeter wrote: 
I will bravely agree!

 planet_lizard wrote: 

And Andy Summers ain't no slouch on the guitar.

weird. i made a mix tape back in college about 20 years ago that, like this set, had bring on the night following moondance. coincidence? you be the judge.