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The Police — Walking On The Moon
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(Richmond, VA)
Posted: Apr 08, 2013 - 11:37
 
 fiddler wrote:
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. 
 
Very well said.  Thanks!

fiddler
Posted: Feb 11, 2013 - 13:56
 
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. 

1wolfy
(Mission Viejo California)
Posted: Feb 04, 2013 - 16:08
 
 resemblesThe Shins music 

creekgirl
Posted: Jan 04, 2013 - 08:06
 
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.

rdo
(DC)
Posted: Aug 31, 2012 - 16:23
 
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.  {#Doh}

cinziacursio
(Holland)
Posted: Jul 31, 2012 - 06:19
 
no comment ! it si talking it self ;)

MiracleDrug
(Earth)
Posted: Apr 02, 2012 - 11:46
 
 oldsaxon wrote:

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

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/

oldsaxon
(Wales via Vancouver, BC.)
Posted: Apr 02, 2012 - 10:16
 
 Sasha2001 wrote:

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

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

Hasan
Posted: Nov 20, 2011 - 14:48
 
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.


Eray
(Benicia CA)
Posted: Sep 09, 2011 - 09:04
 
                   

                       {#Drummer}

                {#Bananajam}           {#Bananapiano}

                          {#Dancingbanana_2}

Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC)
Posted: Jul 17, 2011 - 15:16
 
 Bazooka wrote:
What makes music timeless? I'd like to call this that.
 

 fredriley 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.
 
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.

Sasha2001
(I can see Zabars from my window)
Posted: Jul 08, 2011 - 15:37
 
 nate917 wrote:
I just can't handle rich white guys pretending to have Jamaican accents.  I think it's the hallmark of someone who takes himself way too seriously, and therefore screams out for a pie in the face.
 
What about Jamaican guys trying to sing like poor African Americans from Detroit? Because that's what they were trying to sound like.


drictor
(Victor, ID)
Posted: Jul 08, 2011 - 15:33
 
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.


Weblizard
Posted: Apr 04, 2011 - 18:23
 
 AliGator wrote:

Def Leppard would probably hire you.

*ducks and runs*
 
Did anyone catch and spank you for that?...{#Rolleyes}

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

AliGator
(The Bluegrass)
Posted: Feb 09, 2011 - 21:57
 
 Poacher wrote:
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.
 
Def Leppard would probably hire you.

*ducks and runs*


rjewyo
(Ventura, CA)
Posted: Jan 16, 2011 - 15:30
 
{#Drummer}{#Bananajam}{#Bananasplit}

ScottFromWyoming
(Powell)
Posted: Dec 16, 2010 - 05:42
 
 fredriley 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.

 
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.


fredriley
(Nottingham, UK)
Posted: Dec 16, 2010 - 05:33
 
 Bazooka wrote:
What makes music timeless? I'd like to call this that.
 
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.


Poacher
(Brighton, UK)
Posted: Dec 16, 2010 - 05:32
 
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.

manonfortini
(Québec, Canada)
Posted: Oct 29, 2010 - 08:01
 
 Bazooka wrote:
What makes music timeless? I'd like to call this that.
 

Timeless
that is exactly that

Lrobby99
(Wisconsin, USA)
Posted: Sep 27, 2010 - 15:50
 
I hope my legs don't break.

Jonathan_pa
(Somewhere in the vastness of space)
Posted: Aug 26, 2010 - 16:02
 
Yes, more Police please.

Bazooka
(Honolulu, HI USA)
Posted: Jul 25, 2010 - 15:49
 
What makes music timeless? I'd like to call this that.

agkagk
(Aurora, Ontario, Canada)
Posted: Jul 02, 2010 - 20:18
 
Not one of their most memorable or powerful songs, but still good fun.

keller1
(In A Gadda Da Vida, Baby)
Posted: Jun 23, 2010 - 18:52
 
 stephw 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!
 
As others have stated, in the US it was Video Killed The Radio Star by The Buggles.



Jeff09
(Gainesville, Florida USA)
Posted: Jun 23, 2010 - 18:49
 
{#Tongue}

stephw
(From The Great White North)
Posted: May 07, 2010 - 13:14
 
 TerryS wrote:

Depends where you grew up and which MTV you watched....

...
"Money for Nothing," which was the first video ever to be played on MTV in Britain. It was also the first compact disc to sell a million copies and is largely credited for launching the CD format as it was also one of the first DDD
  TS
 

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!

rolaids
Posted: May 07, 2010 - 13:14
 
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.


ziakut
(Chicago, IL)
Posted: May 07, 2010 - 13:13
 
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.

tryallmusic
(sunny Seattle)
Posted: May 07, 2010 - 13:08
 


peter_james_bond
(The Burg)
Posted: Apr 30, 2010 - 07:52
 
{#Sunny}

nalle
(Malmo, Sweden)
Posted: Apr 21, 2010 - 05:16
 
Can´t  stand them, and I`m not sorry.

simon_kogoj
(Slovenia)
Posted: Mar 05, 2010 - 05:51
 
d r i l le

TerryS
(The other SW)
Posted: Feb 01, 2010 - 17:40
 
 Randomax wrote:

Ah, yes...I remember flipping channels and there was this strange thing called a music video playing on some new station...it was "Video killed the radio star".....ironic title it turned out.  Didn't realize then that I was watching the very 1st video on MTv....
 
Depends where you grew up and which MTV you watched....

...
"Money for Nothing," which was the first video ever to be played on MTV in Britain. It was also the first compact disc to sell a million copies and is largely credited for launching the CD format as it was also one of the first DDD
  TS

BrightSkyGazer
(Bryan/College Station, Texas)
Posted: Jan 16, 2010 - 14:59
 
 Marr wrote:
I had a total moment with this song many years ago. I was, in fact, walking home from her house late, late at night after it had snowed heavily. I was the only moving thing out and the snow muffled all noise except the sound of my feet crunching through it. And I was in such a happy state that even the cold, long walk home ahead of me was as nothing. It felt very much like walking on the moon and this song naturally popped into my head. I found myself singing it (with steaming breath) all the way home. That moment in time (as opposed to the girlfriend herself) still comes to mind whenever I hear this song and puts a little smile on my face.
 
What a kuhl memory moment to share!  It's a total visual and visceral.  I see you wreathed in fog of breath, beaming in your own moonlit moment!....


AliGator
(The Bluegrass)
Posted: Nov 30, 2009 - 21:58
 
 nate917 wrote:
I just can't handle rich white guys pretending to have Jamaican accents.  I think it's the hallmark of someone who takes himself way too seriously, and therefore screams out for a pie in the face.
 
What?


keller1
(In A Gadda Da Vida, Baby)
Posted: Oct 30, 2009 - 14:17
 
 nate917 wrote:
I just can't handle rich white guys pretending to have Jamaican accents.  I think it's the hallmark of someone who takes himself way too seriously, and therefore screams out for a pie in the face.
 

.... Jamaican accents?

nate917
(2,815 miles from home)
Posted: Oct 30, 2009 - 13:16
 
I just can't handle rich white guys pretending to have Jamaican accents.  I think it's the hallmark of someone who takes himself way too seriously, and therefore screams out for a pie in the face.

MayBaby
(Savannah, Georgia)
Posted: Oct 30, 2009 - 13:01
 
In my trousers - walking on the moon.

Marr
(Houston (dreaming of Austin))
Posted: Oct 23, 2009 - 09:20
 
I had a total moment with this song many years ago. I was, in fact, walking home from her house late, late at night after it had snowed heavily. I was the only moving thing out and the snow muffled all noise except the sound of my feet crunching through it. And I was in such a happy state that even the cold, long walk home ahead of me was as nothing. It felt very much like walking on the moon and this song naturally popped into my head. I found myself singing it (with steaming breath) all the way home. That moment in time (as opposed to the girlfriend herself) still comes to mind whenever I hear this song and puts a little smile on my face.

ScottFromWyoming
(Powell)
Posted: Oct 23, 2009 - 09:09
 
hey, I just realized no one's home. I can turn it up!

/seventeen again

CamLwalk
(Albany NY)
Posted: Oct 14, 2009 - 08:14
 
Yesterday I was listening to this:  http://www.archive.org/details/umelt2009-09-19.main.km184.flac16

The mighty U-Melt dropped the entire Sychronicity album in the middle of their set at a festy.  Pretty neat.  I'm seeing them in Albany Halloween.

peter_james_bond
(Lunenburg, NS)
Posted: Aug 28, 2009 - 11:19
 
 Hannio wrote:


 
{#Lol} Even on the Moon.


vit
Posted: Aug 28, 2009 - 10:57
 
parrothead wrote:

<...> The problem here with me, I can't stand one tune they ever did. Every Breath You Take, I may have the title wrong, was the only tune by them that I can tolorate and I'm sick of it thanks to FM radio. <...>

My brother brought home Sting's Dream of the Blue Turtle when it came out. At the end of one of the songs ... Love is the 7th Wave is the one ... the lyrics go like this:

Every ripple on the ocean
Every leaf on every tree
Every sand dune in the desert
Every breath you take with me
Every breath you take
Every move you make
Every cake you bake
Every leg you break

Always cracked me up that he mocked that stupid song in another one.



Hannio
(Austin, TX)
Posted: Aug 21, 2009 - 07:13
 



t00lur
Posted: Aug 21, 2009 - 07:11
 
very atmospheric as all police songs

ick
(San Diego, CA)
Posted: Aug 12, 2009 - 07:13
 
Yep, talented lot these three are... I remember reading a review years and years ago of one of their very early live shows in the U.S. in "Skateboarder" magazine of all places and as the crowd yelled "play Pipeline!" Sting and Co. obliged by ripping into a raucous version of the Chantays surf classic. 

goodgroove
Posted: Aug 12, 2009 - 07:10
 
A feel good song.

Randomax
(Wimberley, TX)
Posted: Aug 12, 2009 - 07:06
 
 swruch wrote:
Brings back memories of watching MTv in the early days - when they
had less than 24 hours worth of videos in the rotation.  Mark Goodman,
Martha Quinn, Nina Blackwood... The Buggles.... etc., etc.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltUiKvNsgJ0
 
Ah, yes...I remember flipping channels and there was this strange thing called a music video playing on some new station...it was "Video killed the radio star".....ironic title it turned out.  Didn't realize then that I was watching the very 1st video on MTv....


swruch
(Central Joisey)
Posted: Jul 27, 2009 - 21:37
 
Brings back memories of watching MTv in the early days - when they
had less than 24 hours worth of videos in the rotation.  Mark Goodman,
Martha Quinn, Nina Blackwood... The Buggles.... etc., etc.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltUiKvNsgJ0