― Kv_nol (Kv_nol), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 15:51 (seventeen years ago) link
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 15:53 (seventeen years ago) link
― NickB (NickB), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 15:59 (seventeen years ago) link
― The Redd And The Blecch (Ken L), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 16:26 (seventeen years ago) link
http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn306/Floridian_20/PoliceSynch.jpg
― Bimble Is Still More Goth Than You, Sunday, 10 August 2008 02:07 (fifteen years ago) link
Just about the best mother fucking thing from 1983. Beware. I don't care if John D. jumps on my ass. I really don't care. I'll willingly take a beating for this record.
― Bimble Is Still More Goth Than You, Sunday, 10 August 2008 02:13 (fifteen years ago) link
There's a little black spot on the sun today.
― Bimble Is Still More Goth Than You, Sunday, 10 August 2008 02:15 (fifteen years ago) link
something i remember: sitting in 8th grade art class and telling john crichton (who wasn't a particular friend of mine, just the kid sitting next to me) that synchronicity was coming out the next day. he looked at me and said "so what?" i said something like the police were the best band in the world and he just kind of shook his head.
in retrospect i think it's the least of the police, but that's a relative measure and i'll defend most of it on one ground or another.
― tipsy mothra, Sunday, 10 August 2008 02:42 (fifteen years ago) link
(but it's not the best thing from '83, even if i thought so then)
― tipsy mothra, Sunday, 10 August 2008 02:43 (fifteen years ago) link
KING OF PAIN
― Bimble Is Still More Goth Than You, Sunday, 10 August 2008 18:33 (fifteen years ago) link
Listen to the fucking BASS on that!
"Synchronicity I" is pretty underrated.. and I still love "Oh My God" and "Tea In The Sahara."
― billstevejim, Sunday, 10 August 2008 18:46 (fifteen years ago) link
and then there's 'mother'
― mookieproof, Sunday, 10 August 2008 19:15 (fifteen years ago) link
yup..
"Mother" adds character. Police albums aren't complete without at least 1 huge WTF moment.
― billstevejim, Sunday, 10 August 2008 19:19 (fifteen years ago) link
And I like that "Mother" is in 7/8.
many miles away there's a shadow on the door of a cottage on the shore of a dark scottish lake many miles away
― kamerad, Sunday, 10 August 2008 21:39 (fifteen years ago) link
oh scottish monster please listen don't devour me
― mookieproof, Sunday, 10 August 2008 22:08 (fifteen years ago) link
I WILL LISTEN HARD TO YOUR TUITION
― Mr. Snrub, Sunday, 10 August 2008 22:15 (fifteen years ago) link
ska horseshit is horseshit
― Poliopolice, Tuesday, 12 February 2013 01:16 (eleven years ago) link
I know they get no respect these days but I still feel - walking on the moon - if it comes on in public. I love the double snare hit near the end and the subsequent hi hat solo of sorts
― calstars, Wednesday, 19 April 2017 20:22 (seven years ago) link
Cool Copeland and Summers bits more than make up for even the band's worst moments.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 19 April 2017 20:40 (seven years ago) link
even sting's depths in to wretched irrelevance and this photo
http://https%3A//pbs.twimg.com/media/BNnKXTeCIAAohZo.jpg
cannot destroy how good the Police are
― akm, Wednesday, 19 April 2017 21:47 (seven years ago) link
bah https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BNnKXTeCIAAohZo.jpg
― akm, Wednesday, 19 April 2017 21:48 (seven years ago) link
The horror
― calstars, Wednesday, 19 April 2017 21:50 (seven years ago) link
Sting in bringing the tantric lute jams SHOCKAH!
― to fly across the city and find Aerosmith's car (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 19 April 2017 22:20 (seven years ago) link
Let "Tantric lute jams" never again be spoken of on ilx
― calstars, Wednesday, 19 April 2017 22:59 (seven years ago) link
fuck tha Police
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 19 April 2017 23:02 (seven years ago) link
My favorite Sting and Police. No "Russians," sadly.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 20 April 2017 13:51 (seven years ago) link
i absolutely love everything about the police except the words. sometimes I just want to pitch a tent in their sound.
― iris marduk (Jon not Jon), Thursday, 20 April 2017 15:11 (seven years ago) link
when I get that urge I usually just listen to I Advance Masked
― sleeve, Thursday, 20 April 2017 15:14 (seven years ago) link
love that record, so joyfully underachieving
― iris marduk (Jon not Jon), Thursday, 20 April 2017 15:22 (seven years ago) link
best Fripp solo ever on the title track, imo
― sleeve, Thursday, 20 April 2017 15:23 (seven years ago) link
The guitar solo on Mother is almost note-for-note an echo of Fripps guitar solo on Enos Golden Hours.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 20 April 2017 15:32 (seven years ago) link
/ darkness / is good! Double tracked hi-hats in stereo
― calstars, Thursday, 20 April 2017 16:19 (seven years ago) link
indeed. their 4-disc boxset is great from start to finish, plus its great to get to hear their progression from one year to the next. there's almost something Beatles-like there, the way they evolved so quickly over only 6 or 7 years. even the minor songs have awesome moments on them - that neat little guitar lick on "Contact" during the chorus, for example.
― frogbs, Thursday, 20 April 2017 16:25 (seven years ago) link
i absolutely love everything about the police except the wordsi
...and even when the words finally fucking stop they go so hard on the dey-yo-yo-yos
― del esdischado (NickB), Thursday, 20 April 2017 17:19 (seven years ago) link
been hitting 'shadows in the rain' a lot lately, lyrics are actually okay on that
― del esdischado (NickB), Thursday, 20 April 2017 17:23 (seven years ago) link
don't listen to zenyatta much but voices / shadows / camel / stopping are all gold
― del esdichado (NickB), Thursday, 20 April 2017 17:26 (seven years ago) link
I see your yoga lute and raise you one chessboard.
http://imgur.com/a/JSmQa
― dinnerboat, Thursday, 20 April 2017 18:33 (seven years ago) link
― dinnerboat, Thursday, 20 April 2017 18:35 (seven years ago) link
just the way copeland hits a snare. why does a simple backbeat from him make me jump around so bad? (NB i have read several articles explaining why but there is still a mystery at the core of it IMO)
― iris marduk (Jon not Jon), Thursday, 20 April 2017 19:04 (seven years ago) link
XP oh hell no
― calstars, Thursday, 20 April 2017 19:46 (seven years ago) link
Is there a Stink / Police song that uses a chess metaphor? I'm sure there is but I can't remember
― calstars, Thursday, 20 April 2017 19:47 (seven years ago) link
Jon, totally agree. Tight and tasty
― calstars, Thursday, 20 April 2017 19:52 (seven years ago) link
I read that he had his snare head cranked so tight they had to beef it up with tons of fx, 1980s or no.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 20 April 2017 19:56 (seven years ago) link
Yes that's part of it, he tightened them til they were on the verge of failure
― iris marduk (Jon not Jon), Thursday, 20 April 2017 20:08 (seven years ago) link
"The guitar solo on Mother is almost note-for-note an echo of Fripps guitar solo on Enos Golden Hours."
yeah it's a complete lift of it. I love that.
I Advance Masked is really good, better than Bewitched certainly.
I don't have a problem with 99% of the Police's lyrics.
― akm, Thursday, 20 April 2017 20:17 (seven years ago) link
what the hell is going on with those pictures, they look like the cover of a CD-ROM circa 1996
― frogbs, Thursday, 20 April 2017 20:23 (seven years ago) link
Man, those pix with the lute etc are f-ing hilarious! Stinks' pretence and lack of reality checks is nearly unparalleled.
― VyrnaKnowlIsAHeadbanger, Friday, 21 April 2017 12:52 (seven years ago) link
blame david lynch imo
― mark s, Friday, 21 April 2017 13:34 (seven years ago) link