fiddler wrote: 
Very well said.  Thanks!

Kick drum, rim shots, and that hi-hat...then exactly just two snare hits in the whole thing. Andy and Sting - sparse as well. Then through today, shows how such restraint is truly worthwhile. For me, this song has always been The Police's equilateral triangle. 

 resemblesThe Shins music 

I'm loving Mr. Copeland's incredible timing, the ingenious multiple rhythms and textures of sound.  Inspired and ambitious, this song has a billion times more quality than today's tendency to just set a rhythm on an electronic keyboard.  That's why it's still fresh today and beyond.

There are some songs that I always catch in the rotation.  This one is played twice a month, and I hear it exactly twice a month each month. 

no comment ! it si talking it self ;)

 oldsaxon wrote: 

http://soundological.blogspot.com/2008/09/byron-lee-dragonaires-first-class-with.html
http://www.digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/best_songs-Reggae.html
http://www.annarbor.com/entertainment/mighty-diamonds/

 Sasha2001 wrote: 
As they might say at Wikiland..."This statement requires a citation"

I saw them play this song in a little cinema, the St. Denis, in Montreal, just after Roxanne hit the airwaves.   A precious memory!  This song (and "Message in a Bottle", of course) stood out above the others.  So imaginative and energizing.

They came out onto a very plain, almost barren stage in boiler-man suits, bouncing like they were on pogo sticks.  Weird thing to do but, with that, they grabbed the audience from the first minute, and never let go 'til the end.  It's no surprise at all they grew so big, so fast.

                   

                      

                          

                         

 Bazooka wrote: 

 fredriley wrote: 
I suppose it comes down to what one's definition of "timeless" is.  If one means "still relevant" then that's one thing.  If one means "transcending time" or "not of a specific time", then that's something else.

 nate917 wrote: 
What about Jamaican guys trying to sing like poor African Americans from Detroit? Because that's what they were trying to sound like.

Back in college, a long time ago, walking home after lining up a date with a girl I was infatuated with — this summed it all up!  Still reminds me of that day.

 AliGator wrote: 
Did anyone catch and spank you for that?...

And add me to the "to me this is timeless enough that I'll be grooving to it while rockin' the walker" crowd...

 Poacher wrote: 
Def Leppard would probably hire you.

*ducks and runs*

 fredriley wrote: 
Well I don't know about Mozart but if it's anything like the music of today, what's timeless is determined by people who weren't there, reading old issues of Billboard and deciding that "Don't You Forget About Me" and "One Thing Leads to Another" are the best the 80s have to offer.

 Bazooka wrote: 
I don't think any music is timeless. Mozart has lasted centuries, Monteverdi even longer, so they have some claim to longevity. It's rather early to extend such claims to recent rock music. By all means love a group to bits, of course, but only in a small minority of cases will the music have any longevity, and I'm not sure that the Police are such a case, influential as they were.

All hail Mr Copeland. Utter, utter genius drumming on a brilliant track. I don't envy many things but if I had to choose one envy it would be the ability of Mr C. I'd give my right arm for his talent. . . no, wait. . . damn - that won't work.

 Bazooka wrote: 

Timeless
that is exactly that

I hope my legs don't break.

Yes, more Police please.

What makes music timeless? I'd like to call this that.

Not one of their most memorable or powerful songs, but still good fun.

 stephw wrote: 
As others have stated, in the US it was Video Killed The Radio Star by The Buggles.

 TerryS wrote: 

I can also remember "Money for Nothing" being the first video playing on MTV, and even though I was in Halifax, Canada, it was MTV U.S. broadcasting so I imagine everyone saw the same thing wherever they were!

Talk about a moment..My first date, I went to Laserium @ gates planetarium..got courage to put arm around my beauty when this song came on in the darkness.  They just started spinning the night sky, thousands of stars, spinning around, fast.  Me looking up, arm around a girl for the first time, butterflies in stomach, spinning in a starfield.  Walking on the moon,oh yea, I was there.  Then I threw up.

Overuse of a nice bass riff. This sounds like a lazy attempt of making a tune out of nothing. Lyrics are banal too. Though I admit that I do in fact like the tune...its nothing more than background nostalgia to me.