In Praise Of...The Police "Regatta De Blanc"

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My band started working on a cover of "Message In A Bottle" last night. So so so so classic.

― Jesus Dan (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 18 July 2006 13:55 (seventeen years ago) link

SENDING OUT AN ESS OHhhH ESSS... yeah, it's great. It's amazing how much flak it gets on that TS thread, but I'll grant that "Don't Fear The Reaper" is pretty brutal competition. I hope your band will use my dad's "broke my nose" lyrical variation!

― Doctor Casino (Doctor Casino), Tuesday, 18 July 2006 14:07 (seventeen years ago) link

i put on Zenyatta Mondatta this weekend thinking i HATED the police and realized i couldn't stop listening to "When The World Is Running Down, You Make The Best Of What's Still Around" & "Voices Inside My Head". i musta had them on repeat for a few hours.

― MUCHO MACHO (jaxon), Tuesday, 18 July 2006 15:50 (seventeen years ago) link

You guys are right on time. I just pulled this out of my stacks on Sunday.

― I Don't Believe in Bacteria (Bimble...), Tuesday, 18 July 2006 16:16 (seventeen years ago) link

Yep, pret' much the Police's finest, and probably the only one with no outright bummers. (Never heard Ghost In The Machine but for the singles, which don't impress me much.) Title cut's my favourite instrumental of theirs. Great use of space/sparseness throughout. What's up with that weird operatic bit in (I think) "Does Everyone Stare?"

― M. Agony Von Bontee (M. Agony Von Bontee), Tuesday, 18 July 2006 16:51 (seventeen years ago) link

ten months pass...

Go see them live, folks, you won't be disappointed. Pay minimum price. See the wonder. Believe.

― Bimble, Saturday, 9 June 2007 06:21 (sixteen years ago) link

ee-YO-ee-YO-ee-YO-YO

OTM!

Did they do that one Bimble?

― Jon Lewis, Saturday, 9 June 2007 17:45 (sixteen years ago) link

Yes they fucking did!!! Not the whole thing, mind, but they inserted it into one of their other songs and I was like "no way that is like my favourite song" and I never thought they'd even touch that. Most of the setlist was really just about every single song they're known for. But yeah, after Sting sang that "ee Yo" bit the first time he said "that was fun, let's do that again" and I was like Fuck yeah!

― Bimble, Saturday, 9 June 2007 20:55 (sixteen years ago) link

That's really surprising!

― Jon Lewis, Saturday, 9 June 2007 21:15 (sixteen years ago) link

They did "The Bed's Too Big Without You", too.

― Bimble, Saturday, 9 June 2007 22:20 (sixteen years ago) link

eight years pass...

crikey, this album's really good actually?

― TARANTINO! (dog latin), Monday, 2 May 2016 19:02 (eight years ago) link

The guitar tone on 'Walking on the Moon' is just about perfect.

― Austin, Monday, 2 May 2016 19:24 (eight years ago) link

I prefer Synchronicity

― Turrican, Monday, 2 May 2016 19:36 (eight years ago) link

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