Only Sting could sing the words "Rice Krispies" with such conviction.

@okrajoe

2 ай бұрын

So true!

@BevisFriend2010

Ай бұрын

Bahahaha 🤣

@mariodeleon4350

29 күн бұрын

I had heard Kellogg's took offense to their product being used in such a negative manner that they threatened to sue The Police if they didn't issue a formal apology.....Ok, April Fools! But I wouldn't doubt that happening it in today's world...

@slavaukraini404

19 күн бұрын

John Lennon sang "Sitting on a Cornflake" just as convincingly. He was as good a vocalist as Sting to. But I love them both.

@shea455

18 күн бұрын

"Over the din of our Rice Krispies"... it hits hard... this imagery of a child eating breakfast with no control over anything he is singing about. It's both funny and distrubing as a gen-x that had a father trying to do his best during strikes and inflation.

Ever notice that Stewart Copeland plays drums like they owe him money? Truly an awesome band!🤘

@alanledesma4945

Жыл бұрын

Stewart is a fucking genius, in my opinion the best drummer ever

@00simonwise

10 ай бұрын

He's probably trying to put out the fire that broke out onset...

@theamazingt4r468

6 ай бұрын

He is seriously the GOAT.

@GaryHighFruit

3 ай бұрын

@@alanledesma4945 If it's just your opinion he's the best drummer, then just say he's your favorite and he's great... so we Rush fans don't have to keep saying that Neil Peart is the best. PS: I've been playing drums along with both drummers since the 80s. Maybe U gotta be a drummer to see it.

@Sal.Manila

3 ай бұрын

Great comment! He’s such a dynamic, creative musician.

Nobody sounds like The Police, not just Sting's voice but the way their verses go into choruses.

@sratus

10 күн бұрын

Except that it steals a bit from Dr Jimmy by The Who.

The chord changes in this one are absolutely mental.

@Auntkekebaby

Жыл бұрын

Sting baby!!! A damn opera!

@psuengineer84

Жыл бұрын

Straight out of early 70s prog rock bands. Some similar lines in Genesis songs. Great stuff.

@Drahlers

Жыл бұрын

Kind of like the time inn synchronicity I. I don't know how these performances were possible

@Auntkekebaby

Жыл бұрын

@@psuengineer84 It's like Prog pop. Three minute prog.

@Vasily_dont_be_silly

Жыл бұрын

@@psuengineer84 Took the words right out of my mouth

Andy Summers - bloody brilliant guitarist - and utterly original.

@elikfriend

5 жыл бұрын

They all are

@cruelty-freediet1720

5 жыл бұрын

average

@thescottishcrusader2781

4 жыл бұрын

@Gibberish no u

@ChrisCross2014

4 жыл бұрын

@Delike el Ducce Love 2 hear your top hit songs.

@JohnnyBeane

4 жыл бұрын

@@cruelty-freediet1720 lol

40 years later and this STILL sounds timeless!!!!!

@robynsegg

2 ай бұрын

@@tendraftsdeep Same here! Definitely a "desert island disc! 🏜️ 🏝️ 💿 And a Happy New Year to U 2! 😂

@coreylapinas1000

2 ай бұрын

No it sounds firmly 80s

@lookoutforfrankie2611

Ай бұрын

Thats a catchy powerful tune

@chrisstevens-xq2vb

24 күн бұрын

Amazing song with the worst video ever.

@joanroberts9801

9 күн бұрын

It won't *ever* get old!

"Packed like lemmings into shiny metal boxes". I think of this line every day on the way to work.

@user-mm7xr8if1u

22 күн бұрын

Someone else, another commentator said the same thing. Yes--I'm in Southern California, and the Los Angeles and San Diego freeways are full of lemmings packed into shiny metal boxes.

@radish6691

18 күн бұрын

Time for a change then

@battistebuono2530

14 күн бұрын

I was a senior in high school when this awesome album came out. We always changed it to "packed like lemmings into shiny YELLOW boxes." As if that was original back then, LOL! Those were the best times.....

@chamangus

12 күн бұрын

Lemmings are small rodents that, as far as I know, have ever been packed into metal boxes. Wonder if sardines wouldn't work better here.

@saldiven2009

7 күн бұрын

@@chamangus The lemming reference is related to the apocryphal belief that lemmings will sometimes blindly follow each other on a "march to the sea" where they will rush headlong into the waves and drown themselves en masse.

Can’t express how good this band is! Stewart Copelands amazing drumming paired with Stings beautiful vocals and Andy Summers exquisite guitar playing make one of the best bands ever… Synchronicity has to be one of the greatest albums ever made too, every track is truly great 🎶✨

@davemustabstain7093

11 ай бұрын

Fantastic album, this is my favourite song on it, although that other one took all the glory.

@user-hd5wv7ix6w

4 ай бұрын

That's THE ONLY Police album I have ...

@zoarpaz1557

4 ай бұрын

Stings amazing bass!!! Never underestimate Stings bass lines . Genius!

@jeffinillinois

4 ай бұрын

When stings bass kicks in.... And the subtle synth strings in the back.....

I’m 31 and a huge Police fan and I have my 60 year old dad to thank for my musical taste. He raised me on the good stuff

@TheJacklikesvideos

Жыл бұрын

amen 4 our fathers

@not-so-smartaleck8987

Жыл бұрын

I'm 60 myself, and back in college (early 80s) I listened to my vinyl albums of the Police (and perhaps those of others, in adjacent dorm rooms) many, many times--as you say, good (rockin') stuff! 😝

@itorqueutorque5137

Жыл бұрын

😎

@jacquio1733

Жыл бұрын

Go dad! I am also in 60s and have managed to inflict my music taste onto my 3! 🤣🤣

@number1scatterbrain

Жыл бұрын

They were great in concert.

Andy Summers makes it sound so simple to play his abstract parts. Genius guitarist

@michaelwills1926

2 жыл бұрын

Brother that is the truth

@nealborganelli9964

2 жыл бұрын

Pure genius guitarist!

@rondamon6641

2 жыл бұрын

talented and obsessed. Just listen "Don't stand so close to me 86' " how he adorns with indescribable chords Really a gifted guitar player !!!

@artysanmobile

2 жыл бұрын

They are brilliantly arranged and no mean feat to play either.

@robvoyles

2 жыл бұрын

he plays some very difficult chords, it may sound simple but there not. you are correct, he gets not enough respect for his playing ability's.

Release date: June 17, 1983. Forty years later, it still resonates. The whole album is brilliant.

These lyrics passed way over my head when I was a kid. The idea that paranormal phenomena ---in this case specifically, monsters---are a physical manifestation of psychological trauma and dislocation.

@crucialtaunt5717

10 ай бұрын

It went over my head too. All I knew is the song felt deeply unsettling and intriguing as a child. I just came back to it now because the music got stuck in my head after decades of not hearing it. I'm completely blown away.

@anthonyjagers7770

9 ай бұрын

If I recall correctly the LP/cassette didn't print the lyrics in the sleeve. So, I never learned them.

@TomTwain

5 ай бұрын

Yep... extremely deep lyrics. It could be argued that there is more than a fleeting allusion to the dark practices of Aleister Crowley... in particular, the closing lyrics...... whether Sting intended that is subjective... 🤔one thing for sure, he was evidently familiar with the works of Carl Jung !

@Blizofoz45

Ай бұрын

I'd argue that creating a monster myth at Loch Ness is human instinct reaching back to primordial fears to counterbalance the disconnect of the industrial age.

"Many miles away, there's a shadow on the door Of a cottage on the shore Of a dark Scottish lake." Those lines still send a chill up my spine.

@ClaesN1973

3 жыл бұрын

He's about to break!

@castlelord8995

3 жыл бұрын

Totally agree. Fantastic line!

@karazor-el6085

3 жыл бұрын

@@SpikeMichaels Hence the name of the song and a reference to the earlier song, "Synchronicity." Two separate events, both inevitably leading to an act of violence, seeming to happen at roughly the same time.

@kenmurray1600

3 жыл бұрын

loch. not lake.

@karazor-el6085

3 жыл бұрын

@@kenmurray1600 The word "loch" is used once, but "lake" is used other times.

I've heard this song my entire life but only realized about a week ago how absolutely brilliant the lyrics are. Terrifyingly brilliant.

@GOFFMEISTER

Жыл бұрын

Same bro

@yuichiro7649

Жыл бұрын

Same, I currently have 18 years but The Police were a strong part of my childhood thanks to my father

@scottr.7117

Жыл бұрын

Terrifyingly hilarious

@sanakassara

Жыл бұрын

You can thank Sting's fascination to Carl Jung and his thoughts about Synchronicity for that.

@fredgarvinMP

Жыл бұрын

@@scottr.7117 That too...

Where has the time gone.I was living in the middle east when this album was released.I am 70 now.🎉😮 I am now a old dude but in my heart and mind I'm still young.I have lived during a time of great musicians.Thanks Y.T. for bringing these groups back to see.They keep me young!!🎉

Even without the video, the way the song instantly transports us from suburban hell to remote Scotland is absolutely astonishing.

As a teenager in the 1980's, I absolutely loved the police - and I still do today.

@tinog100

2 жыл бұрын

some here ...these guys always be my heroes

@mygoogle1594

2 жыл бұрын

Looks like Mr. Sumner came straight from his turn as a Harkonnen in David Lynch's "Dune".

@kevio6868

2 жыл бұрын

I hated cops back then...but loved the Police

@debrawilliams6995

2 жыл бұрын

Great!

@sylviarobinson5952

2 жыл бұрын

💯×💯

Andy Summers - the most underrated guitar magician ever!

@Buzzedd777

4 жыл бұрын

I've played for 25 years and more. Andy has a lot of credibility in the guitarist world, maybe not so much the shredders but the good song writers all love him. He can right some bad ass stuff. I'd love to get his Fender Monochrome but 12K, ouch.

@RayPaganJr

4 жыл бұрын

Another person with the “underrated” comment. Next thing you’ll post is John Entwistle was an underrated bass player.

@katemurphy1915

4 жыл бұрын

Paul Dykstra unquestionable

@katemurphy1915

4 жыл бұрын

I wish that he and Robert Fripp would give Apple Music the music that Summers and Fripp made together...I have both on vinyl stored away with all sorts of other treasures...

@GregSticker

4 жыл бұрын

Agreed right behind Elliot Easton of The Cars.

RUSH and The Police, 3-man bands that surpass it all. Man the 80's need a comeback!

@ThaiThom

Жыл бұрын

Yes, you just can't beat a really good trio.

@rolandobacamartinez5391

Жыл бұрын

Try Soda Stereo

@Snoil

Жыл бұрын

@@rolandobacamartinez5391 Amen there!

I rarely hear lyrics as good as this one these days. I was working the other day when this one came on the radio. I was having a terrible day already, but this song instantly changed that.

@stevendimmock4791

2 ай бұрын

Nobody writes lyrics like these any more because the youth of today are largely brought up to a lower level of intelligence as us. Therefore they don't need them. All they need is Swift and Sheeran, saying the same old meaningless crap over and over again. And they think that the lyrics are brilliant because, luckily for them, there will be some pathetic influencer who will tell them that they are good.

Sting looks like Malcolm McDowell mocking Billy Idol.

@RodrigoSilvaDiaz

2 жыл бұрын

Hahahaha...

@gregsmith7949

2 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣👍👍👍

@shaunbond4218

2 жыл бұрын

fitted in with the apocalyptic theme of the video. Plus this video was done about the time he was in the movie Dune

@kurtiss7265

2 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣👌🏻

@jacobtyloch2455

2 жыл бұрын

I was leaning more toward DJ Qualls

All three band members were so talented individually, and even greater together as a band!

@ericmills9839

10 ай бұрын

More amazing that they were barely on speaking terms when they recorded this album. They were in separate rooms the whole time.

@wayneparke554

9 ай бұрын

A true shame they couldn't get along. Most of the blame rests on Sting. And he was never as good solo as he was with Stuart Copeland and Andy Summers. And while Sting may have been the majority of the creative force, together they had Synchronicity. The whole was definitely better than the sum of the parts.

@ericmills9839

9 ай бұрын

@@wayneparke554 Indeed, but we got 5 great albums out of it. Listening to Synchronicity again, Sting was already moving in that jazzy direction regardless and change was inevitable, though we don't know what it would have looked like with them together.

This song is a masterpiece. From great composing, recording art and lyrical content. The storytelling is stellar. They don't write very many great songs like this anymore. Cheers!!

@davidbaise5137

10 ай бұрын

Agree completely 👍

@sekenamcmurren2217

9 ай бұрын

Awesome 😂🎵

@javiergutierrez-jk1kv

9 ай бұрын

Only the police can play like that

@msanderfive

9 ай бұрын

If you havent heard it yet, check out Journey's cover of this tune, its actually better than the original imho. kzread.info/dash/bejne/lpei0teBac-sYbg.html

@RicardoMartinez-oh9sq

9 ай бұрын

Copeland, the scientific drummer, Andy, the perfect harmonist, Sting, revolution-in-a-pocket, a great bassist, a great singer.

The comparison of "Daddy" coming home at the end of a hellish day at work with a dark "shadow on the door of a cottage on the shore of a dark Scottish lake" is extremely....unsettling.

@randy5655

2 ай бұрын

He's back!

@rickstalentedtongue910

2 ай бұрын

Think of the synchronicity of the two events...

@rozzgrey801

2 ай бұрын

At the time we thought he was referring to the Loch Ness monster, but we realise now it was Nicola Sturgeon.

@eltorpedo67

2 ай бұрын

@@rozzgrey801 lol

@randy5655

2 ай бұрын

He was referring to a fish?@@rozzgrey801

The best and most descriptive lyrics of any Police song. The second stanza paints such a clear picture of the workday that it's almost like it's there in front of you. "And every single meeting with his so-called superior is a humiliating kick in the crotch." Who hasn't gone through this in his or her life?

@blackberrycobbler4me

4 жыл бұрын

Still going thru it

@Jonathan_Ellis

3 жыл бұрын

I think that one cannot truly appreciate this song's lyrics until one has had some life experience. It is my favorite song by The Police.

@Alan_Page

3 жыл бұрын

I've never read anything to support this, but I've always thought it was pretty clear the father was going to snap and kill his family. The references to Loch Ness are like the ideation of violent thoughts (something crawls from the slime at the bottom), and eventually they become more prevalent (something crawls to the surface), and then at the end as he comes home (family is looming in the headlights), the shadow of the monster is on the door of the cottage. There's also a reference to a pain in his head, which could be simply stress or could be a reference to how many killers have experienced physical symptoms, pains in their head, sometimes from physical brain conditions, etc.

@turquoise770

3 жыл бұрын

@@Alan_Page That's an interpretation akin to a Stephen King-type novel, a la "The Shining", focusing at an individual level on the particulars of family dynamics (which might have been what the lyric writer intended), but to me, based on the lyrics and the song structure, its seems more of a universal commentary on existentialism as humans move into an increasingly uncertain 20/21st century. If you notice the song doesn't really have a repeated chorus, just three verses broken up by what seem to musically read as three quasi-bridges (all starting with: "many miles away...), opening in a very futuristic dystopian minor key which sets the whole tone for what you can expect throughout. Suddenly though, it morphs into the major key as the verse begins and paints what seems to a Penny Lane-like picture with suburban family mornings and Rice Krispy breakfasts, yet as the song shifts into a chromatic modulation the lyrics begin to suggest cracks in the facade. Then in that quasi-bridge ( seeming more to me like a musical aside ), an F natural (outside of the normal F sharps of the keys of A, G and D in which most of the song operates) figures strongly, mirrored in the lyrics with the unrelated topic of something lurking in a Scottish Lake, yet loosely tangential to the topic in the verses by the phrase "many miles away" (from that particular family) - a sort of re-imagining of the comic book technique "meanwhile, on the other side of town...". There is an obvious tension between the verses ( descriptions of the mundane putting on a stiff upper lip and muddling through an increasingly difficult world to live in) and the seemingly unrelated quasi-bridges ( describing the approach of an ever-closer foreboding), and when I first heard the song, I realized that the clever and gradual elevating of this tension - between the seemingly unrelated subject matter of the verses and this ominous "thing" of the quasi-bridges - was intentionally left to my own imagination to make a connection, really for the very same reason that the ominous "thing" from the bottom of the Scottish lake is not named or described. While the lyrics of the verses are meant in a haphazard way to approximate our own workaday experiences (confronting boredom, pollution, workplace dynamics, rush hour traffic, ad infinitum - or what might be called "la nausee" according to the mid-twentieth century French philosopher Sartre), the unnamed foreboding mentioned in the quasi-bridges represent an inevitable confrontation with existential threats arising from the consciousness that attempts to unite these seemingly meaningless trivialities and sufferings with ultimate purpose and meaning. This inevitable confrontation and its resolution are again cleverly omitted as the lyric writer knows that every hearer of the song will eventually in their own way have to respond to the knock on that cottage door (on the shore of a dark Scottish lake), and confront whatever is on the other side; a cliff hanger of sorts as the song ends with a "to be continued..." coda. As an addendum, notice that in the second quasi-bridge before the instrumental interlude, he sings "a dark Scottish loch", pronounced with fairly good amount of emphasis - perhaps to foreshadow that cottage door (LOCK? - or unlocked?). Yet, again another bit of cleverness.

@snoopyallblack3507

3 жыл бұрын

They dont know how to write lyrics today, that era will never be the same again, great time to grow up

One of the best riffs ever. Sick af.

It's amazing how precious these lyrics are ...When he Sings: Another Industrial Ugly Morning...HE sings that so cheerfully even though nobody wants to live in that surrounding. Sting is a genius

@talesmysterywonder

26 күн бұрын

Don’t compliment Sting. It might give him a big ego.

I remember getting this record for Christmas. Played the hell out of it. This is one of the best tracks on the record

@johnlewandowski8624

10 ай бұрын

Me too!

And we're still packed like lemmings into shiny metal boxes.

Andy summer is one of the most underrated guitarist ever walked on the earth

@cdick

Жыл бұрын

underrated? you mean in the most popular band in America at one time? put the bong down.

They just don't make great music like this anymore.... alot more creativity and thinking outside the box with this track... hell the entire album!!❤

This is my all time favorite song. Ever. Dark, witty, and energetic. The Police are my number one band. Next to them are Pink Floyd, Prince, Eurythmics, and few more. Brilliant song.

@patricial3494

10 ай бұрын

My all-time favourite too. The Police were phenomenal.

@Joao-id4dn

8 ай бұрын

Sting is an intelectual by rock star standards.

I still don't understand how The Police did this with only 3 guys. Legends.

@RuiLuz

3 жыл бұрын

Talent beats numbers.

@scottleipski1015

3 жыл бұрын

YES THEY WERE, back in the day!

@Sausagey2

3 жыл бұрын

Overdubbing

@jankarlsson8341

3 жыл бұрын

Try looking at a live concert with Rush...

@billyfoster3223

3 жыл бұрын

Well, well, well, Rush, anyone??!!😎😀

Sting’s lyrics and bass line, Andy Summer’s guitar and Stewart Copelands incredible drumming! Please bring them back!,

@goldenagenut

2 жыл бұрын

A true 'power trio', the sound those 3 could put out, amazing. Look at Emerson Lake and Palmer, or Rush, when you have every member with that level of talent and skill, you can often do without a fourth. So rare for that many people with that level of talent to find each other at the right time and click together.

@joefera8947

2 жыл бұрын

Them coming back is not going to happen, as they don't get along. They barely made it through the reunion tour. Hell, they could barely make it through the impromptu gig at Sting's wedding.

@lloydertel1

2 жыл бұрын

totally agree.. i miss them. MY cds are almost worn out

@groovyg7231

2 жыл бұрын

Andy does come up with good guitar riffs

@laekrits

2 жыл бұрын

Back from where?

The best Police song by a country mile!

When I was a kid I loved them as a pop band, today I can appreciate their sublime musicianship and sophistication of the writing. Everything about this band was best in class.

It's hard to believe that this song is nearly 40 years old

@yyaa2539

4 жыл бұрын

yes ...it is hard to believe that the time flows so fast. Iwas in high school behind the iron curtain when i bought the cassette ...

@tonyfrancesco3701

4 жыл бұрын

Dance while you can.

@jjmontes14

4 жыл бұрын

37 o 38 dude.

@Snarkapotamus

4 жыл бұрын

Sure is. We used to go to the local park after work, do illicit (but fun) things and throw the Frisbee around.

@marclawrence66

4 жыл бұрын

OMG thats scary!

I LOVE how haunting Police's songs are. Not to mention the creepy lyric undertones. It's perfect.

@hoodwink3476

4 жыл бұрын

Daddy issues? Need a good choking?

@The-Silliest-Billy

4 жыл бұрын

I'm getting vibes of Kafka mixed with Jung. A little existential dread considered with total futility. The music accompanies it perfectly.

@tomfommber

4 жыл бұрын

A horrifying love song to the working class.

@Io-Io-Io

4 жыл бұрын

Litterature

@zant5721

4 жыл бұрын

I’m I’m getting a mix of Kung mixed with a little Fu and some Judge Dread and a lot of fertility of the soil with a lime in the coconut. It’s like Wow Man!

a whole song of mental briliance

This Song Is A Masterpiece From 1984-2024! Thankyou

@staceychutskoff1232

Ай бұрын

Cheers! 2024

MANY MILES AWAY !..... Still love this song. Since I was a teenager. November 2020. Who still listerning to the greatest album of The Police (SYNCHRONICITY) ???

@janiquevaillot8554

3 жыл бұрын

❤

@yimmyherrera721

3 жыл бұрын

Here!!..from Chile ....Dec .2020!!.

@marioro8423

3 жыл бұрын

🤟🇲🇽💯🛡️🗡️👌

@fabiocianchetta6127

3 жыл бұрын

Me

@fabiocianchetta6127

3 жыл бұрын

Many miles away. Scotish lake

Sting is a BRILLIANT lyricist and composer. Master! It's a damn opera. A perfect prog pop song

One of their absolute best tunes if not the very best. This song is a GEM

"Daddy stares out into the distance. There's only so much more that he can take". A 40 year old song 📺📻 (1983-2023).

Stuart on the drums = 🤯 And Sting giving off that Billy Idol vibe.. LOVE THIS SONG!!

@Io-Io-Io

4 жыл бұрын

Forget the video & listen !

@marclawrence66

4 жыл бұрын

Know what you mean, but I'm not sure Sting copied anyone EVER

@billcobbett9259

4 жыл бұрын

Can you imagine these guys doing White Wedding?

@sandrajovic9304

3 жыл бұрын

@@marclawrence66 Billy may've copied Sting's look (if you look at the years) but I'm glad he did. He made it his own and was delicious.

My favorite Police song.

Sting looks possessed in this video but the lyrics are so epic. The daily grind of life is so perfectly described.

The 80's music is the best.

Sting was filming Dune at the same time, and looks as mad as a fox. Incredible song, incredible performances.

@user-dc1dr9kr8x

2 жыл бұрын

Outstanding

@laurallewien2165

2 жыл бұрын

Dune was a great movie, classic sci fi!

@craiglegere2702

2 жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same thing FEYD

@christopherharmon2433

2 жыл бұрын

Well Feyd was mad as a fox so...

@MrRevolverkiller

2 жыл бұрын

he was only acting like a filthy Harkonnenn

The lyrics in this song are just pure GENIUS.

@fredlougee2807

4 жыл бұрын

When the album was released most people were raving about Every Breath You Take, completely not getting it of course, probably because that was where the band put the money for the cool video on MTV. By comparison this video is a lame joke, but who cares because the song is the thing. It's not just the lyrics themselves which are pure genius. It's the lyrical phrasing as well. The way Gordon sings "And every single meeting with his so-called-superiors is a humiliating kick in the crotch" for example. That's not a poetic line, really, but he turns it into a song line with his presentation. That is genius.

@RicardoMartinez-jy5lo

4 жыл бұрын

One wishes Western politicians might as well start from here to try to fix our decadent civilization.

@debrawilliams7983

4 жыл бұрын

cncs2 They sure are. My favorite form of Poetry - Songwriting

@chadblanchard1931

4 жыл бұрын

...yep and following the concepts of Syncronicity by Carl Jung makes it all the more magical...a coincidence ...I think not...

@scottharrisohn6972

3 жыл бұрын

Sting among the greatest lyricists ever with J Lennon and J Morrison.

Sting looks and sings angry as hell. He compares his day in the tormented family life with a day in the life of the LOCH NESS MONSTER! That's the SYNCHRONICITY in the lyrics plot. He has a voice that can belt out some loud notes.

@tonypine3434

12 күн бұрын

And their search to get tree fiddy

Bonafide ' 80-s MTV Baby Here!❤

God I am getting old, I remember when this was new.

@spoonunit03

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, i remember buying it new (LP)and playing it till my stylus wore out. Just kept turning it over all night while getting drunk & stoned. ....Bloody kids today just don't know the.......oh jeez, STOP... :)

@jillnashlund5905

3 жыл бұрын

GOD IS JILL RUDOLF LOVE CALL 911 KEVIN RUDOLF NOT HAPPY HE MAD GO AWAY PINK SH SH

@automachinehead

3 жыл бұрын

you aren't alone there bud was 6 when this was released

@ixglocTV

2 жыл бұрын

You're not "getting old", you're ancient! "Getting old" is for the thirtysomethings.

@grimmbleaper9981

2 жыл бұрын

@@ixglocTV come on man dont make it worse

I love Andy's subtle playing. He's always got so much going on 'underneath' a Police song that it's easy to overlook how much he's got happening guitar-wise. 🙂

@nostalgiaprincess

Жыл бұрын

i love watching him hop around in wrapped around my finger

@kenijonesESQ

Жыл бұрын

Bigtime overlooked and under rated

@michaelbarnes9699

9 ай бұрын

@@kenijonesESQblending notes with other tones is an amazing skill in my opinion as a guitarist.

@kenijonesESQ

9 ай бұрын

@@michaelbarnes9699 sure is

Sting was beautiful back then.

If in a million years, there's something left behind to show humans were here...I hope this is it.

The Police and the Talking Heads. My two favorite bands of all time! Love the minimalist, complex sounds. Love the lyrics. Sting and David Byrne are musical geniuses.

@andymatthews7617

2 жыл бұрын

Sting really cared about what he was singing about

@coffinact745

2 жыл бұрын

Omg I love talking heads and the police too we probably have the exact music taste. Do you like donald fagen?

@noimpostura

2 жыл бұрын

I think it is an unfair comparison, David Byrne is far superior. Sting played the rock and roll star, David never. The quality of their work after the split proves it. Sting needed more of Andy and Stewart, than David of the rest of Talking Heads.

@princeofcupspoc9073

2 жыл бұрын

Sting and Byrne have something else in common. They pull their lyrics from the same place.

@noimpostura

2 жыл бұрын

@@princeofcupspoc9073 ok, what do yo mean?

Their best tune. Andy's riffs made this song.

@brianterry8317

2 жыл бұрын

Certainly its between this song and Invisible son

@nolagospeltracts8264

2 жыл бұрын

Andy doesn't get enough credit. Stewart & Sting get all the accolades.

@lloydertel1

2 жыл бұрын

Andy was great.. But i think Stewarts drumming was awesome

@travisscottfan221

2 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZXh-2qiJgMXQkrQ.html doesnt this sound like this song

@craigleegillings

2 жыл бұрын

Juss, Jurrr.. we'll probably never see this magic again.. Genius... ty..

My fave Police song. I had a very surreal experience when I was standing on the shores of Loch Ness while in Scotland for the first time in 2019 with my wife... it dawned on me that I had dreamt about it since first hearing this in 1983. Love it!

@RK-be2ym

Жыл бұрын

Jealous!

@coletanner5193

Жыл бұрын

I was in your dream..I synchronistically was skipping rocks on the shore and said I would message you in 40 years

@inkadinkadoodle

Жыл бұрын

@@coletanner5193 😆

@pennypay1

3 ай бұрын

This is one of my favorite 80's songs, especially when comparing song lyrics, and it was an earworm for much of my (brief) visit to Scotland in '98. The countryside blew my mind- as an American, I'd never been anywhere so GREEN- but the overcast skies and the chill made it easy to imagine some unknown beast emerging from a dark lake.

@blossom1643

3 ай бұрын

Ok I’m jealous! That’s so Cool 😎 ✌️

I remember when this song was released thinking it was way ahead of its time in terms of sound. Sting is a legend.

Blade Runner, Mad Max and 1984...all shit together in one video!!!

@michaelaramis1210

8 жыл бұрын

+Romulo Quezada exactly! :D, btw, remember dune?

@romuloquezada6638

8 жыл бұрын

Michael Aramis Uh yeah...Feyd Rautha Harkonnen ...

@sednaontheedge9478

8 жыл бұрын

+Romulo Quezada "All I can see is an Atraides I want to kill ! "

@MrVitokorock

8 жыл бұрын

+Blue Whovian mas que a billy idol es a ivan drago de rocky iv

@Newsensation-sz9zb

8 жыл бұрын

+Romulo Quezada Don't forget billy idol's dancing with myself video...sting even tries the curl lip somewhere at :45-:50!!!! ...god damn, 80's was it.

Haven't heard this for years, it is unbelievably brilliant, seriously!!

@skylilly1

2 жыл бұрын

Yep, sure is! The likes we'll never see or hear again.

@dwightclark7627

2 жыл бұрын

Copeland is as steady as a metronome on this one. Amazing performance.

@titidiz6343

2 жыл бұрын

You said it's brillant but said you haven't heard for years... Lol you really like your music... Ha ha ha.

@2760ade

9 ай бұрын

@@titidiz6343 I'm more into heavy rock/metal generally, that's why! I was a kid when this came out, and I randomly heard it again recently, had just forgotten how bloody good it was!!😀😀

That _C-C-C-C-B♭ C-C-C-C-C-B♭_ guitar riff is sooo... really I cant explain it

One of heaviest songs imo-This band was way ahead of its time, cementing their existence in rock history.

Hard to exactly explain what a “Driving” song is that makes you want to be hauling ass in a car, but this one easily is one of the top ones. Everything clicking all at once.What a great tune👍👍

@SCVM__

2 жыл бұрын

Try it in a Bass Boat

@CHINGAZOS

2 жыл бұрын

This song and other numerous 80s tracks had this effect on me also, especially Ministry's Stigmata, I would turn into a Speed Demon, lol.

@Tom-ok2rh

2 жыл бұрын

@@CHINGAZOS to be honest with you I have never heard of Ministry or that tune and after listening to it on KZread I can safely say if I heard that song while driving after a few beers I might be inclined to drive straight into a brick wall…lol

@perisbrodsky4242

Жыл бұрын

This, and Deathwish kzread.info/dash/bejne/qpyFypKIYsfAeZs.html

@occamrazor5196

Жыл бұрын

Mmmh.... 🤔 Too dangerous...

As much as I utterly adore Sting...I bow at the greatness of Stewart Copeland.

@chrismiller3490

4 жыл бұрын

DING DING DING. WE HAVE A WINNER

@MrRlwiley

4 жыл бұрын

Copeland was one of the main reasons Sting left. Sting said he couldnt stand Copelands messy meter.

@achenarmyst2156

2 жыл бұрын

In fact they are three geniuses.

Sting artfully articulates a dark commentary of a society that's lost its way.

@redskies4530

4 ай бұрын

Hi I recommend a Song called 'The bond villain' By Robert Nix

This is one of those songs that are just so good, you can't stop listening to it. This music video is awesome as well, it's just so epic. I could listen to this song on loop for hours upon hours and not get bored of it!

@BeBopScraBoo

Жыл бұрын

for some reason i remembered the video taking place on the time bandits ship.

@JuniorPolancoLaCoalicion

Жыл бұрын

I relate, right this minute this is probably the 25th straight reproduction just tonight

"many miles away,there's a shadow on the door,of a cottage on the shore,of a dark Scottish lake." I can see it.

@debrawilliams7983

4 жыл бұрын

kawasaki whip two Great escape lyrics

@MrTw2009

4 жыл бұрын

Yea..creepy right? I love this line ;)

@dougdevine5294

4 жыл бұрын

Bolskine house.

@eachfallenrobin

4 жыл бұрын

@@dougdevine5294 you know

@amosissister

3 жыл бұрын

Loch Ness heading towards Urquhart Castle. Beautiful during the day. Looks creepy at night.

My favorite band ever. I am still have chills everytime i listen this song.

@RicardoMartinez-oh9sq

2 жыл бұрын

They compete in my heart with Genesis, the Beatles, and J. S. Bach.

@forumquorum8156

2 жыл бұрын

@@RicardoMartinez-oh9sq right! first time i heard minuet and badinerie, it was almost a religious experience for me. wonderful.

@radiofreqz1097

2 жыл бұрын

Especially when you know what it's about...

@sweetpeterjeter9941

Жыл бұрын

Bring tears to my eyes.

@drumtwo4seven

Жыл бұрын

Great song Great band You need to get out more often there's a far bigger world out there There really is

who is playing the bass here? Every little thing they do is magic.

Timeless music. They'll be playing this music 100 years from now.

A Timeless Masterpiece by a Great Timeless Band!

God please bring music like this back to earth !!!

@punkrockscreamsheet

6 жыл бұрын

chris tian the message in the song is awesome Check out a flash flood of colour, talks about similar topics

@MrThrib

5 жыл бұрын

no

@GoldwaterB

5 жыл бұрын

You HAD music like this. Enjoy it!

@aarotoivari8940

5 жыл бұрын

It's still on earth and you've never had better access to it. Be grateful for that.

@MrTacoToy

5 жыл бұрын

It's out there, it's just not popular

Everyone get the same feeling at the opening of this song?🥰🥰🥰

My two favorite things. Rice Crispies and the Loch Ness monster.

2019 and still loving the police

@jacquelineiona1996

4 жыл бұрын

Me too fellow Police fan....

@jacquelineiona1996

4 жыл бұрын

Also... Sting was and is a brilliant song writer!!! I loved his writing since I was 16 ... I remember I had these thoughts... Things happening at the same time in different places... I just didn't know what to call it until Sting came along in my life... I can truly say he has enriched my life thru all of his music... Love him

@hoodwink3476

4 жыл бұрын

2019 plus 4 months from your comment. I AM the future. Slink away 4-months-ago man.

@TheDetroitLion313

4 жыл бұрын

You and me both.

@ianbarrett4166

4 жыл бұрын

I always thought the later stuff was better shame they broke up

"Trapped like lemmings into shiny metal boxes..." Yep, way too much of life spent feeling that way.

@caelidhg6261

3 жыл бұрын

I loved those few moments in 2020 where there was barely any traffic.. how I miss those halcyon days

@woomydayz

3 жыл бұрын

I thought it was packed like lemons into shiny metal boxes lmao-

@usamerican0005

3 жыл бұрын

@@woomydayz It's actually "Packed like lemmings..." so I had the wrong lyric also

@woomydayz

3 жыл бұрын

@@usamerican0005 oh lmao

@robertbroatch6919

2 жыл бұрын

The tragic plight of so many-right over a cliff!

Song still rings true even more so these days

Always loved the line " another working day has ended, only the rush hour hell to face " man, still the same 40yrs later, we all must be insane lol.

This band was on fire in 1983 and Sync II is absolute proof they were firing on all cylinders. Just listen to Copeland's drumming....those sharp slaps on the snare like exclamation points while he's almost phrasing with the symbols the entire way through. Even Jazz guys back in the 80's used to talk about "that cat from Virginia who plays drums in that rock band". He is one of the best ever. Andy gave the Police that signature sound and at the end, you can almost imagine him playing this acoustically on a Spanish guitar. He was older than Stewart and Gordon and those extra years of experience really paid dividends here. And of course Sting...need I say more. Listened to this song a thousand times and it never gets old. Hard to believe this was just one of many great songs on the album Synchronicity.

Stewart Copeland sure pushes the beat around, fab drummer with distinctive sound.

@2degucitas

2 жыл бұрын

He looks like he's killing the drums in murderous rage!

@toob1979

2 жыл бұрын

@@2degucitas Exactly! Stewart's punishing those drums like they owe him money.

This is a song that makes you feel something even though it makes no sense.

I wonder if Malcolm McDowell saw this video and said to himself "Damn that Sting does me quite well"

This video doesn’t looked aged at all. They were such amazing artists.

@tatianajones4550

3 жыл бұрын

You mean they are.

@danielmcalister2713

3 жыл бұрын

The damn POLICE!!

@geosuicide1015

3 жыл бұрын

Oh no, the video is aged, but the music hasn't

@valparaisosting

3 жыл бұрын

In 2004 I often went to the cyber to watch the police videos on KZread when it wasn't common internet at home! This video in particular liked very much

@BobsBand

3 жыл бұрын

You must be kidding. The video is terrible! Too 80s. Excellent song though.

What an incredible song. So creative , great lyrics and singing by Sting and tremendous playing by Andy Summer.

@arturoperez8657

2 жыл бұрын

That is all

@michaelg6641

Жыл бұрын

He always seemed, not very prominent for some reason in their sound almost like atmosphere effects or basic rhythm, at least here you can hear him playing guitar.

Synchronicity...Events, Confusion, Chaos, Disorder... all happening at the same time...simultaneously.

"The din of our Rice Krispies"...I love that...

Just look at that FIRE IN HIS EYES!!!!

@stephaniejordan9066

4 жыл бұрын

👍

@pam164

4 жыл бұрын

Called youth lol

@tb-cg6vd

3 жыл бұрын

@The Elder err, it's called cocaine.

To this day Stewart Copeland is one of the best drummers ever

@jeffreycase285

4 жыл бұрын

Yes yes and yes

@balsingh1

4 жыл бұрын

@@jeffreycase285 him and reni from the stone roses. the 2 best ... ever!

@onometre

4 жыл бұрын

It's a tragedy that out of the 3 of them it was sting that was massively successful post breakup

@joebill3400

4 жыл бұрын

nailed.

@CC-vw1nd

4 жыл бұрын

I concur

Every police or cop must listen to the police 🚨🚨🚨

In love with the haunting dark brilliance of this song…it’s haunted me for decades. Sting is incredible😍

The giant monster looming mistily in the distance gets me every time

I always loved this song. There were so many good songs on this album.

Stuart Copeland's snare drum sound is legendary. So tight and crisp -- he must have snapped many drum heads with it that tight.

I heard this at work the other night and I spent all morning trying to find it lol

The one band in the history finished in their best moment!!!

@aussieboy77

8 жыл бұрын

+ELB BROWN Yes. The Police were the biggest band in the world by the time they finished up their Synchronicity tour in '84. They're the only band (other than the Beatles), to have finished while on top.

@asadacoehlo7964

8 жыл бұрын

+aussieboy77 Funnily enough, somewhat like the Beatles, they broke up through internal problems that started to rise. A curse and a blessing, I suppose.

@alancampos13

8 жыл бұрын

+ELB BROWN The Smiths, too

@rampageclover9788

8 жыл бұрын

1000% Agree. As great as The Beatles, Stones, Zeppelin, U2, Fleetwood Mac and Pink Floyd are. They had their peaks and valleys. They've produced garbage aswell. The Police put out four mind blowing LPs and then decided to call it a day or not outstay their welcome. No musical troughs in those 5 years. I'd rather have that to look back on than simply one fleeting year of bliss followed by a long slow grind of mediocre efforts with a humbling but ego bruising sludge of failures in there aswell for my troubles...That was one mighty wave they rode from 78' through to 83', they didn't fade out as the months went by but they also didn't get too big for their boots...some of these other bands completely sell out for years and just lose their integrity and even their true identity, getting caught up in the showbiz scene (i.e U2) . I thought the Stones were a huge disappointment for most of the 80's-90's. Sometimes disbandment is a healthy thing...

@aussieboy77

8 жыл бұрын

When you've been around as long as the Stones, eventually you run out of ideas.

This song has some of the most haunting lyrics I've ever heard. It's always been absolutely chilling -- especially the "shadow on the door" part at the end.

@andymatthews7617

2 жыл бұрын

That's the threat of annihilation.

@jimzafiriou7808

2 жыл бұрын

Well it is about a normal guy like us who gets pushed too much and loses and kills his whole family, and it relates to how the Lochness Monster kills out of anger. They are linked through Synchronicity.

@twickersruss

2 жыл бұрын

@@jimzafiriou7808 thanks, that how I interpretted it as well.

@RicardoMartinez-oh9sq

2 жыл бұрын

Sting got the idea from Carl G. Jung's Theory of Synchronicity, a theory of the a-causal reason for extraordinary phenomena.

@jimzafiriou7808

2 жыл бұрын

@@RicardoMartinez-oh9sq Yep, and in this case the Synchronicity is between the Lochness Monster who kills indiscriminately, and the guy in the song who is going to kill his family because nothing is happening for him.

I like Stings acting in this video! Classic song too.

Still loving this 40 years later. Was fortunate to see them in concert on the Synchronicity tour in 1983-1984. What I'd give to go back to these days.

@chefgiovanni

Жыл бұрын

I seen them in concert during the 1st tour !

@johnnyslc

Жыл бұрын

This is an amazing song

@FoulOwl2112

Жыл бұрын

Mind if l hitch a ride when you go?

@ruvimperna5532

Жыл бұрын

much love

@devolve42

Жыл бұрын

My experience of the 80s was pretty shit, so I wouldn't want to relive it but it would be cool to have a time machine to visit some concerts now and then.