going to their final show in NYC at MSG this Thursday!  (5th show this tour)

shades of Synchronicity here, and that is not a good thing. You can almost feel the point where they said "they say this will sell more albums, so let's give it a whirl"

Hannio wrote:

Indeed. When diction and grammar clash, diction trumps.

I think this has got to be one of the coolest album covers ever.

stop bashing sting he is cool you reatards. ever heard of "freedom of art"? sorry for my bad english i am from mars.

DoctorHooey wrote:

Oh, come on. You know very well he just needed a two syllable word in there to keep the meter.

Paul_in_Australia wrote:Oh Sting's green through and through...did you read about his latest purchase..a huge NY apartment in a block full of millionaires.
He's the big foot of carbon footprints....no doubt he treated you all to a view of his buff torso...the tart!

Much better than the version by Sting on the X-Files movie soundtrack, but I still don't quite dig.

"but I don't EVEN want to die just yet"

Gordon Sumner, former English teacher - how do you justify this?

apd wrote:

I saw The Police this week and I'm sure they had a political message about conserving water projected onto screens during this track. So perhaps the meaning has broadened since it was originally written.

Of course this part of the World has no water, being in the middle of the worst drought since records began, so I'm not sure that the message needed to be spelled out in such a didactic way. At least we didn't get a lecture from Mr Sumner, the conservation teacher.

Panama_Floyd wrote:

That was certainly Stings intention - he spoke very clearly about it at the time. In fact, "the vibe" got the song a ban on BBC radio (they banned anything with a political theme).

rbigelo wrote:

My favorite is "Omega man". Isn't it funny how every album works differently for different people.

Panama_Floyd wrote:

The reference in the first verse to "Armalite" does reference The Troubles, as the armalite was the standard British Army issue rifle in NI at that time. The reference about being in prison makes me think of the Maze prison where so many paramilitaries on both sides were imprisoned/interned. And in the 80s The Troubles seemed endless and intractable, so the song's hoping that, under all the strife, basic goodness and humanity continues, though that's just an interpretation. I can't remember what year it came out, but I do remember it being apposite at the time. I'm not sure it's lasted the test of time, though.

Panama_Floyd wrote:

Apparently not.

This is a high quality song.

thetimebeing2112 wrote:

Here, let me document the lyical content of that wonderful performance: "Uhh, Yeah! Uhh, Yeah! Uhh Yeah! Uhh, Yeah! C'MON! Uhh, Yeah! Uhh Yeah! Etc. Etc.

Bocephus wrote:

No one named "Bocephus" should comment on anyone's aging...

nice 'n dark.

I can't listen to a Police song without calling to memory that live Kanye West abomination-rap thing from a few months back.

Scarred for life. Thanks a lot, Sting.

This is a favorite track from my first Police album and I'm delighted to read it's also that of so many others, the other two being Secret Journey and Darkness.

Me too!

Kurt_from_La_Qui wrote:

redeyespy wrote:

IMO...this just hasn't aged well.

lmic wrote:

Back when this record first came out, my friends & I thought this song was about the violence in Northern Ireland. Did anyone else catch the same vibe from it?

lmic wrote:

I wholeheartedly agree! It was one of the first records I ever bought for myself.

Even though many people indicate that Sting is a real prick, he's a talented one at that. It says a lot if a song can still sound fresh after two decades.

Gotta say, to me this is their best album.

Heard this for the first time on my 21st birthday at the Eye Beam in the Haight-Asbury district - what a blast that was! Drinking vodka from a LEGGs pantyhose cup, stumbling around Golden Gate Park with some friends, ending up the evening with a mohawk at a wild party. The next day - not so fun.

MrMocha wrote:
Learn something new every single day.

The first Police album I bought and still my favorite. I even get to see them at Fenway Park!! I wonder if they'll have any other musicians with them, or if they'll play over tracks. I hope the former but fear the latter...