King of Pain - The Police | College Students' FIRST TIME REACTION!

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[@Anautistictherapist]

“There’s a skeleton choking on a crust of bread” is simply one of my favorite lyrical lines of all time.

[@evanhughes1510]

Why…?

[@Peter7966]

Yes... so many dark and dreamy lyrics. It's like a fog rolls in on Sting's consciousness and all sorts of off kilter and disturbing visual images pour out, that he somehow makes the connection to his soul. Must have been a rough day for Sting's soul.

[@d.b.cooperskydivingschool]

Damn, was just about to say that exact thing.

[@evanhughes1510]

@@Peter7966 I think you’re over-analyzing it

[@jdw5678]

Yes, vivid imagery -- not just this line, but nearly all of them. The litany of nature's brutality exemplifies (and is analogous of) our own human sufferings, from the dead salmon frozen in the waterfall to the red fox torn by the huntsman's pack. This tune called for a further, in-depth review of the lyrics.

[@anthonyyoutubefan7567]

FINALLY! Still one of my favorite songs by The Police. This song has ALWAYS hit me, since Summer, 1983. It will always be A CLASSIC.

[@nocakeforsusan8701]

Spouse: Michael Jackson, Bruce Springsteen Me: Def Leppard , The Police Marriage: Irreconcilable Differences

[@mph7282]

Holy crap...you just made me realize this song is 40 years old. Man, time flies.

[@sallyphillips9175]

Summer of 1983 I was about to start my sophomore year in high school. Does NOT seem like 40 years ago!!

[@unndunn1]

@@sallyphillips9175 I was going into my first year of college. Somehow the math doesn’t work because there’s no way it’s been 40 years. 😂

[@NOLAgenX]

@@sallyphillips9175 I know what you mean. I was getting ready to go into my Junior year of High School. The time has flown by.

[@IAmInfinitus208]

That out-of-nowhere and slightly off-timed snare in the beginning always slaps so hard! Stewart's use of silence is important here!

[@Kim-hc5si]

Facts ❤

[@David-iv6je]

Not mistimed. It's an AND-one beat to anticipate going into the song. Good guitar soloists will often enter before the one, often a few beats. Naturally a drumming genius like Copeland rarely settles for a boring intro. Many of his intros are deceptive about WHERE the one is, though it is very clear here.

[@ballyastrocade5672]

@@David-iv6je He didn't say MIS-timed, as in "got it wrong"; he said "off-timed", as in "deliberately placed in a way the listener doesn't expect." 🙂

[@moonlitegram]

@@ballyastrocade5672 Yea but I don't think that's what off-time really means either. When I hear people talk about being off-time its typically in a situation where you're playing between standard counts. So if you're counting 16ths "1 e & a 2 e & a...etc" it'd be like coming in after the 'a' but before the 3. But he's just coming in on the & as a pick up. So I wouldn't really describe it as off-time.

[@David-iv6je]

@@ballyastrocade5672 I stand corrected. But I don't think this is off time either.

[@Grizazzle]

"Driven to Tears" is a MUST for anyone that appreciates The Police. DO IT!!!

[@manosduras1]

Played it on a live cast.

[@Grizazzle]

@@manosduras1 Ah - thanks for the update.

[@DudleyRamone]

They should do Urgh! A music war for one of their Patreon movies, phenomenal, AND it opens with Driven to tears. Live, of course, like all the tracks

[@DocRock71]

To me that one isnt complete without playing thru When The World Is Running Down...

[@FesterSilently]

Honestly, except for an individual track or two (across their entire library), literally every album, straight through from end to end, are pristine hits.

[@jamesstarks3676]

This is what music from legitimately intelligent composers sounds like. The build up and the lyrics shows a depth that we never seem to get from artists these days.

[@mscommerce]

Many artists today aren't composers. Many aren't even musicians, other than being singers. You have teams of professionals arranging the rest.

[@CorePathway]

Mumford and Sons disagree

[@jamesstarks3676]

@@CorePathway Mumford and Sons are great in their own right. Their music will never be as accessible as The Police, but accessibility isn't the greatest compliment of artistry. You're right.

[@jamesstarks3676]

@mscommerce you're very correct and perceptive. Music is manufactured and not crafted too often these days.

[@ShaneP]

There are many intelligent composing groups still making music today. You just have to look, because they aren't on the radio.

[@surlechapeau]

A&A, you'll love their "So Lonely", "Spirits In The Material World" and "Can't Stand Losing You"!!!

[@nocakeforsusan8701]

All great songs. Also, Canary in a Coalmine

[@kbusby4824]

All great suggestions. Second Canary in a Coalmine. Would add Walking on the Moon.

[@dano4518]

All of these😀

[@johnmavroudis2054]

“INVISIBLE SUN” is the next Police tune needed. #Masterpiece

[@scottinokc]

Couldn't agree more!

[@roydownes2458]

absolutely concur.

[@martinpinnell3893]

Classic!

[@ziauddinkhan5699]

Damn straight

[@micheleparker3780]

Absolutely agree 👍

[@lindab1945]

It seems to be a consistent thing lately that A&A are giving lyrics short shrift. This song, these lyrics, need to be part of the discussion.

[@reddwarf3069]

The lyrics definitely make this an S for me.

[@JacobFrederick23]

They definitely do. Sting writes such great lyrics.

[@northwestsparrow]

Totally agree.

[@johnpbh]

Definitely with you on this point.

[@laredolassoo]

Agreed. This needs to be rectified before I successfully lobby them to hit a Toad the Wet Sprocket album on Patreon (since the radio hits are outliers and don't do them justice)

[@n3wsymtl]

Stewart Copeland is up there as one of my top 3 drummers with Peart and Bonham. So fun to listen to and watch play. His hi-hat playing is legendary and I've seen him listed as a guest on many albums specifically as the hi-hat "player". Incredible drummer (plus, he seems like a super nice guy). Canary In A Coalmine should be one of the next Police song you guys listen to. Also The Bed's Too Big Without You (big reggae feel). Or...

[@randomperson-dy6kj]

Great suggestions! Copeland is a beast.

[@vincentjoyce5100]

Yes!

[@johnnyV2194]

Ian Paice. Either Appice brothers. Don’t get me wrong. Copeland is amazing.

[@samson9535]

Copeland and Peart were close friends.

[@robland6804]

Sting as a solo artist never equaled The Police, but I've always liked his solo hit "Fortress Around Your Heart" -- such an unusual, interesting melody.

[@David-iv6je]

Mmm. One thing I like about A&A is they have said multiple times "how does this song do what they are trying to do?" When the Police ended they were not a spent force. Rather, they could not stand working together. Mostly Sting and Copeland. Sting headed a different direction and ignored commercial success. Who needs to with his name? So jazz and songs for the songs' sake. A rotating cast of session musicians. Statements on human rights. (Up there with Gabriel on that.) No more rock to please the masses. If you look at the lyrics, songwriting, musicianship, production etc they are just as good as the Police. Just zero compromise with the commercial demands. So I'd just call it a different career. Police fans were disappointed. Fans of general music saw something equally as good, just very different.

[@fusiliers]

I think his ability to paint vivid pictures with his lyrics, which was always strong with his Police material, went through the roof in his solo stuff. "Fortress Around Your Heart", "All This Time", and "Mad About You" feel like I'm watching a short movie via my ears.

[@magicbrownie1357]

Sting is a very gifted songwriter. Not just lyrically, but musically as well.

[@manualboyca]

Great song!

[@alanfuller4278]

@@fusiliers All favourites and I'd add "Shape of my Heart".

[@RichardDicksondlyrch68]

And the fade out is a great segue into the opening of "Wrapped Around Your Finger" on the album.

[@bobbymcbay1586]

Probably my favorite Police song

[@kbusby4824]

Fantastic song, one of my favorites.

[@pamcruz9134]

Most definitely gotta hit this 💯

[@laurawalkerJD]

Gorgeous song, that one

[@gil4321]

That would be a great one to hit next.

[@lindak5954]

The lyrics of this one are some of the best. The analogies that Sting draws, and the imagery are top notch.

[@nevinbrown]

The Police remain one of my favorite bands of all time. I remember being a kid when this album came out. It has so many good songs on it that I consider it a gift that it even exists. Stewart Copeland always stood out to me because of his style and how his parts were so complex, even when he made them simple, and it my opinion they were always the right thing for the song. For as much attention as he gets, I still feel he is underrated for how great he is.

[@marcusrabara322]

If you like Stewart Copeland, I highly recommend the Oysterhead album Grand Pecking Order. Oysterhead is a supergroup of Trey Anastasio of Phish, Les Claypool of Primus, and Copeland. Great weird jammy music with incredible grooves and drumming

[@josephcrangle4669]

The Police’s final album, really a masterpiece. Sadly they were fighting and barely communicating at that point, so the end was near. So, so grateful they did a reunion tour and I saw them live.

[@geedubh9058]

Ditto. Saw reunion tour at Red Rocks.

[@patriciamorgan6545]

Me too. Saw them at Jones Beach.

[@donna25871]

Have you seen Under the Volcano? It’s a great documentary about the studio at Montserrat and Sting talks about recording the album.

[@serasmile6026]

Great song thanks for the listen. Happy Monday Everyone.

[@joshjacobs3906]

Back at ya! ✌️

[@jflago]

After all these years,I think it’s Copeland’s drumming that keeps me coming back to The Police. When they hit, I was deep in the other lane of pop music but they could NOT be denied.

[@davethebarber62920]

Weird Al Yankovic's parody of this, "King of Suede", is some of his best work.

[@marktait2371]

yeh d every time i hear on radio oldiies channel reminds of wierd al king of suede same few weeks ago a a average white band the chris rock rap al oldies channel.sometimes his song at night suede was one of his most funny ones

[@petevan8942]

I'm 55 now ..bought this album when it was first released....it's still my favourite album ... fantastic... great reaction guys

[@JerisEve]

The lyrics to this song twist my stomach into knots. You seemed to be ignoring them, which is a damn shame since they are the most important part of the song. The images are insane: frozen salmon in a waterfall; butterfly stuck in a spider's web; skeleton choking on a crust of bread. This song can rip your soul to pieces.

[@nanastan9]

With the follow up, "That's my soul up there." Agreed, gut wrenching lyrics.

[@sourisvoleur4854]

Too many YT reactors ignore the lyrics, for some reason.

[@maryreilly5092]

I think the line "There's a skeleton choking on a crust of bread," references the severe famine taking place in Africa at that time. Two years later, the mega concert, LIVE AID occurred raising even more awareness of that terrible humanitarian crisis.

[@JerisEve]

@@maryreilly5092 I'm absolutely certain you are correct. The worst of it was in Eritrea in Ethiopia. When food was sent to refugee camps, it was stolen by black marketeers before it could get there. Food had to be airlifted in. A horrible famine made worse by the worst of humanity. Other than that line, I think most of the images are just painful images. The dead salmon line makes my stomach hurt.

[@JerisEve]

@@sourisvoleur4854 They claim there's no need, because they get the gist of it from the performance. OK. That's like saying we don't need to understand the language of Romeo and Juliet because it's clear that they die at the end. Hello........

[@jml-rj5re]

As good as Sting's solo career was up through Brand New Day, nothing can touch these performances by The Police.

[@BethHutter]

Sting tells a great story about this song. He was saying the lyrics out loud..."There's a little black spot on the sun today- that's my soul up there..." and Trudie said- There he goes again- the King of Pain.

[@joshb23]

I've said this so many times, but I can't help myself - nobody just mercilessly beats that snare like Copeland, nobody moves a song with so "little" like he does, he's truly in a class by himself. Not another drummer out there that sounds at all like him. Genius. Of course Sting writes like nobody else and Andy is the unsung hero of texture and filth and unexpected beauty. So, yeah - The Police stand alone.

[@johnchambers5029]

This was such an iconic song when it came out. The video got lots of play on MTV. Was so well known "Weird Al" Yankovic parodied it with his version entitled "King of Suede".

[@jefffogertymusic2023]

Video was done by the team of Godley and Creme. They has a band called 10CC

[@JPDillon]

"King of Suede" is an underrated Weird Al parody. And Musically it sounds exactly like the original.

[@chrisolivo6591]

Sting, Summers and Copeland are 3 brilliant musicians. This whole album is great as ‘Every Breath You Take’ was a monster hit in the summer of ‘83.

[@kJ922-h3j]

This song gets better and better each time you hear it

[@jonsparks1776]

Gauging this reaction by the bobbleheads, it was clear to me that Andy was enjoying this song intellectually. His bobblehead showed an intense focus throughout. Alex's, conversely, was bobbing hard and steady the entire time, reflective of Alex's emotional, lost-in-the-sauce state of mind. They are the foolproof windows to your souls, boys. I can't possibly be wrong about this.

[@recoveringdrunkrp]

I was hoping I wasn't the only one who noticed

[@CL-eu7ye]

I totally watched Alex’s bobblehead the whole time 😂

[@joekennedy4662]

Bobbleheads? Sounds like a new item for the A&A merch catalog. Something snazzy for the car's back window. But l agree. The body language (bobble language) says so much. Good call.

[@Castironcarnivore]

Synchronicity is an album that should be listened to in it’s entirety

[@markmaioli4]

There are hardly any misses in The Police song catalog and most are just excellent. A great banger off this album is Synchronicity II ... totally forgot you've listen to this so the "Murder by Numbers" 😁

[@randomperson-dy6kj]

The video for that song is so beautifully, gloriously 80’s with the Mad Max feel. Killer song. I think they already did that one, though, because I swear I remember them breaking down the lyrics and understanding what the song is about, which was very satisfying.

[@GT-mq1dx]

Yes I believe they did, one of my favorite Stuart Copeland pieces of drum work.

[@michaelharkins4309]

"Spirits in the Material World" is my all-time favorite Police track. I've seen this incredible band live 4 times and Sting solo twice.

[@vaportrails7943]

This song is a grower. It has way more changes and interesting stuff going on than a typical pop song. ✌️

[@peterstephen6596]

Copeland was a good friend of Neil Peart and they spent years talking about drumming .. Copeland is world class

[@danielsmith5088]

I was just a dumb kid when this came out, 7th or 8th grade, so I certainly didn't appreciate Copeland's drumming or Summer's guitar work like I do now. But this was one of the first cassettes I ever bought and I wore it out. The lyrics and imagery in this song made it my absolute favorite for a solid year. I'd be hard pressed now to pick a favorite from this album but do yourselves a favor and check out O My God, a hugely underrated song in their catalog with sublime Copeland wizardry.

[@rachelmareywinn]

Back when you had cassettes and no streaming this was a great album to listen to over & over

[@BruceColon-BSides]

These are some of Sting's best lyrics and it's a great song in an album of great songs.

[@juniorvega42]

You are absolutely correct. No one, and I mean no one, sounded like The Police! They were in a league of their own! Three INCREDIBLE musicians lead by the genius that was Sting! Their style was so much "their style", that nobody else could touch them! They ruled during the early 80s! You just don't get this kind of musicianship nowadays!!!

[@KC-ns9do]

This song came out my freshman year of high school. The guy who sat behind me in math would sing this over and over. He was my King of Pain. 😁🤣

[@maryreilly5092]

Recall seeing them in concert, the second time, in Orlando. When they performed this song, tears streamed down my face. I glanced at my friends and they were emotional too! We were all sad when the Police ended their band in the 80's but so glad they've reunited here and there through the years! Thanks for your video!

[@nickfisher432]

With the Police, each album is its own thing and you really can't compare them to each other. That is why each album is so great.

[@reinbronsgeest3777]

Copeland is such a dynamic drummer. Absolutely amazing.

[@joanlajara3939]

One of my favorite albums ever!! I think I wore it out! God!! Love the 80’s cause of this album!! The Police! were the best! Such a different sound they brought into that time!❤️

[@WilliamTheMovieFan]

Great song. I voted for this one, so thanks for hitting it! You two should listen to their song, Driven to Tears. Copeland tears up the drums on that one!

[@jaysetliff1674]

Been waiting for your reaction to this and Wrapped Around Your Finger. Picture it's summer 1983, these two songs are on the radio continuously. Me and my other 18 year old friends are lying on the beach listening. Love and hope are in the air and the world seems magical. What I wouldn't give to go back to that happy, naive place in time. Love your reviews.

[@lindab1945]

You know its a banger when the bobbles are rockin'...

[@saraheart2804]

I was so lucky to see them perform in Dallas in the 80s. Just wonderful.

[@lauragoodman2940]

This band was HUGE in the 70s and 80s, and one of my favorites.

[@nocakeforsusan8701]

If I'm not mistaken, The Police started to blow up in 1980. And progressively improved and evolved throughout the 80's. 👍🏼

[@irishgrl]

@@nocakeforsusan8701 Yes. They were an 80s band

[@davidjames3080]

@@nocakeforsusan8701 I mean, they were already massive before 1980, but yes they got bigger and bigger in the 80s until they disbanded in 1986. Roxanne, Can't stand losing you, Message in a bottle, and Walking on the moon, were all in 1978 and 1979, and they had a number one album in 1979.

[@nocakeforsusan8701]

@@davidjames3080 Point taken. I clearly remember hoping The Police wouldn't falter like many bands do after initial and/or moderate success. How many "huge" bands couldn't sustain their success after two or three albums? You are absolutely correct they were getting big in 1979. But without their staying power and continued maturation in the 80's we'd be discussing "what if" (Men at Work, Fishbone, The Wallflowers, Counting Crows, The Ramones, Black n Blue, John Mayer, DADA, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, The Cranberries)

[@Verlopil]

Andy Summers is the unsung hero of this band. He is vital to their sound but he's rarely give the credit the others are.

[@TheDesertRoseRanch]

Synchronicity is a Masterpiece.

[@amandafaber9983]

I cannot wait to hear your assessment of Copeland’s percussion performance on Driven to Tears!!

[@joelhahn2501]

"Synchronicity II" (and its 'dark Scottish lake') *demands* to be heard!

[@oboogie2]

I remember when this album (cassette for me) came out, and you have no idea how absolutely HUGE this album was! Nothing touched it (and there was a lot of great music out at the time)! The Police were the unchallenged kings of the airwaves at the time.

[@nettricegaskins1871]

One of my favorite songs ever since I was about 14 yrs old.

[@xlerb_again_to_music7908]

Always impressed how 3-piece bands allow the silence to bleed thru - micro-silences which underscore/highlight the awesome chords/strums/drums! More Police :)

[@donnabruhn6907]

Sting and the Police so amazing ✌️🔥😎❤️

[@jml-rj5re]

I was lucky enough to have seen The Police LIVE back in the day. So... I'm watching Copeland literally playing three different rhythms at the same time on the kit. Unf****believable. lol

[@Cheshirecat-nx9zn]

Love this song and the haunting lyrics.

[@angelagoodwin5758]

"Voices Inside My Head" is an absolute banger from their "Zenyatta Mondatta" album. Truly shows off Stewart Copeland's drumming abilities.

[@DJMaul1031]

Agreed! Seconding this nomination lol

[@slackthompson9231]

Really ALL of Zenyatta Mondatta (as long as you pretend Behind My Camel doesn’t exist.) Sorry, but one of these things is not like the others.

[@jdw5678]

'Zenyatta Mondatta' definitely deserves a Patreon full album review. Side 1 is just phenomenal.

[@DJMaul1031]

@@jdw5678 I actually wound up listening to the whole album during my workout at the gym today. I don't mind side 2, not as many bangers, sure, but still worth the listen.

[@Manageode]

It had been a while, so I went and had a listen, thank you. It motivated me to get up and take a walk! Groove.

[@moniphil]

In August 1983, the month this single was released, I jumped in my car in Dallas to head to my first year of graduate school. This song was playing simultaneously on five different Dallas radio stations. I found out it was playing on all those stations because I was switching stations looking for a different song to listen to. I’d been playing this album to death already since the day I bought it in June 1983. True story. Great song.

[@colleenmelton6735]

They just don't compose songs like this anymore. The use of sound, silence, changing rhythms and the lyrics make a totally immersive listening experience. The lyrics of this song are also quite deep and expressive. They really give a deeper understanding of the songs purpose. I do miss the way you used to dive into the lyrics of songs. As always though great reaction guys. Stay safe and peeeeace ouuuttt.

[@drewreid91]

This is without question they’re greatest song.

[@DeAnne1233]

English Teacher with eloquent and profound poetry in a beatnik style.

[@debilarge]

Saw that tour in Austin on Nov. 19, 1983. It was incredible. Can’t tell you how many times I played that record.

[@RichardDicksondlyrch68]

My favorite song on Synchronicity, and one of my favorites of theirs period. Sting used to do a scorching version of this on his solo tours with Dominic Miller just going berzerk on the guitar solo, and Lady Gaga did an epic cover at Sting's birthday celebration.

[@richardfairlamb9728]

Sting is such a masterful songwriter.

[@js-jd1dx]

The Police are Dope AF! Stewart Copeland is an ELITE Drummer 💪🏼

[@BigBass-xf5yi]

What to hit next from the police? Album/Zenyatta mendatta: Voices inside my head When the world is running down….. Driven to tears Album/Ghost in the machine: Omega man Secret journey Invisible sun

[@wahwahwells]

I was a little kid when new songs by The Beatles would come on the radio for the first time, and even as a little kid I remember thinking, "They've done it again, this one might be even better than the last one." Without wanting to directly compare the two bands, suffice to say, I had a similar experience 10 years later with The Police. Throughout the late 70s and into the early 80s, it was one banger after another. They may not have been S Tier like The Beatles, but plenty of them were A+. Love your work, gentlemen.

[@Jonathan-iq3sg]

I had the good fortune to see the Police live in 1982 during Ghost in the Machine tour. The show was phenomenal. From Stewart's incredible drums with his snappy snare, to Andy's amazing chords and Stings voice plus his underrated bass. But one thing I've never experienced during a live concert except for this show was the very last note played, was Sting playing an open low E and then the engineers cranked the volume soo loud, that I could literally watch the duct work in the ceiling moving. Overall, an incredible band.

[@yettiman2817]

All these songs you do are great, but i really miss the good old days of 7 min JAM songs. You know what im talking about.

[@randomperson-dy6kj]

Murder by Numbers off this album is great. Happy to watch you all explore more of the Police. They are consistently fantastic. Bring on the Night, Bed’s Too Big Without You, Next to You, So Lonely, Walking on the Moon… and too many other bangers to mention!

[@beerbratscheese1230]

Stewart once said in an interview that he only had an hour or two to lay the drums down. What he played at that time is what was used. The guitars and other instruments used were changed and modified constantly. If he would have played at a different time later in the day or the next day, the drum pattern would have/could have been completely different.

[@betseyr.9081]

Right there at Shea Stadium for this concert tour back in August of 1983, that one show drew the biggest crowd (67,000) for this tour in the US, great song, great album… their best IMO!

[@SM-jg8fr]

The story goes like this: Sting and Trudy were sitting on the beach and she had just read an article in a magazine about sunspots. She said, "There's a little black spot on the sun today." And Sting replied, "That's my soul up there". According to Sting, Trudy just rolled her eyes and said, "Oh dear, the King of Pain." And thus a song was born.

[@willcool713]

Invisible Sun may be my favorite Police song, but this one gets stuck in my ear a lot more often. I'll be humming it for days now, I bet.

[@anneking4656]

I wish I could go back in time and hear this song for the first time again. This tune is just brilliant… Almost magical… Takes me back to high school. Great stuff. Sting is a genius…

[@chrislandrum8730]

Can't Stand Losing You is one of my favorite Police songs.

[@shaharadegan9993]

Thank you for gifting me the renewed experience of listening to this magnificent piece of songwriting ❤😊

[@auntvesuvi3872]

Thanks, Andy! Thanks, Alex! 💎 Sting's voice deeply appeals to me. I was fortunate to see him perform live once. #AndyAndAlex #ThePolice #KingOfPain

[@Don-lg3oy]

I love that you guys are digging The Police. Driven To Tears (1980) Invisible Sun (1981) Wrapped Around Your Finger (1983) I hope one day you even go deeper in their catalog because they have some killer songs outside of the hits. They created music that sounded like no one else. It’s a shame they only have 5 albums. I remember as a teen back then being so desperate to find songs they left off albums. I would seek out 45 records that had the hit on one side and the b-side song was usually something unreleased. Absolute gems.

[@rundoetx]

Excellent choice. The Police never disappoint.

[@johncope8799]

I think Andy andAlex are to young to be stunned by the lyrics. The message is tough to chew on . There was a time I was fascinated by the lyrics. I even painted a picture of a butterfly trapped in a spiderweb! Great album!

[@ct92404]

air-headed Millennials

[@ddiamondr1]

This song, this great song, illustrates something I’ve felt for years from the perspective of working at ER registration. I see SO much pain and anxiety in young young people, suicidal at 6!! We see too too much pain today, decades ago we did not know of every disaster, natural or man made, murder and mayhem that happened in another country did not fill our minds. I’m an optimist and a happy person most of the time. But I really must disconnect more often now. There is so much pain in the world and always has been but I don’t think we are built to handle so much. Please watch out for the young people in your lives. They see a lot more than we ever did and it overwhelms many with feelings of helplessness and despair.

[@barmalgran666]

There was the 80s and then there was The Police. The Police was the most iconic and one the most revolutionary bands of that era- their music was the most unique of all artists.

[@tb6791]

🎸 Belated happy 80th Andy! Ghost in the Machine blows Synchronicity away for me.

[@otisdylan9532]

Ghost in the Machine is my favorite Police album.

[@actorcontact]

Thank you, thank you, thank you for getting back to classic rock and reacting to all these classic rock songs the last couple of weeks. LOVE IT! It's what made this channel great and as always, you guys give such intelligent and insightful analysis.

[@byarss123]

Me and my wife just saw Sting last month and he was phenomenal. His voice has not aged one bit. Played all of the old favorites and did an extended cut of Roxanne for the encore. His son,Joe Strummer, opened for him. Fantastic concert.

[@realmusic962]

the choice of bass notes to complete chord structure is freakin' genius!! and the production.... amazing

[@l-bird]

I love that saying that they weren't ahead of their time, they were in their time, just really good. Exactly true.

[@danielmarcantuno]

I was 13 in 1983. My cousin Amy also 13 gave me this cassette for Christmas. That’s all it took to become a life long fan.

[@ZakhadWOW]

MAN hearing this songt forcibly drags me back to about 1982 or so.. The incredibly vivid images it brings to mind....

[@canonfodder2068]

The Call and Response format gives it a liturgical feel which I never thought about back then. It still feels fresh to me even though it's my Quit Smoking Song from back in the day. "There's a little black spot on my lungs today..." Sang it to myself every time I opened a new pack.

[@Lightmane]

Synchronicity is a great album. Wonderful writing that is so much better than the commercial formula rock music of this time.

[@KneeJerkReactions13]

Spirits in the Material World and King of Pain were my introduction to the Police. Great tunes! Saw them live at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, they kicked ass!!

[@hongchen2554]

Love the build in this song. "Every breathe you take" was the big song from this album - it should be heard.

[@loosilu]

noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo It weas so overplayed, I'll have to skip that reaction.

[@chuckschussman]

Love the nod to "Words" by Missing Persons when the piano plays the melody to the lines "Do you hear me? Do you care?"

[@correctlyrics]

Nice, guys. How about a Police song that seems simple on the whole, but each instrument (and many elements) is so cool .. especially Copeland playing the song with brushes? "Wrapped Around Your Finger"

[@fryloc0034]

Aloha, Saw the Police at CBGB with my uncle (Capitol Records music producer) in the early 80s, but the kicker is the band line up that night was. The GoGos, the Police, Talking Heads, Blondie and the Ramones.....let's say I probably haven't seen a better show unless at a Festival

[@Manageode]

Holy cow!

[@trufflehund]

Have always listened so carefully to the lyrics and today I just listened to the bass and drums. Perfection

[@actuariallurker9650]

Do "Murder By Numbers" from the same album Synchronicity next

[@maryklacik5358]

Love it!!!! Stewart Copeland is just so good.

[@greenacres1909]

My two favorite drummers- Stewart Copeland and Mick Fleetwood.