The Police - Synchronicity II (Official Music Video)

[@robynsegg]

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

[@robynsegg]

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

[@coreylapinas1000]

No it sounds firmly 80s

[@lookoutforfrankie2611]

Thats a catchy powerful tune

[@chrisstevens-xq2vb]

Amazing song with the worst video ever.

[@joanroberts9801]

It won't *ever* get old!

[@andrewhopkinson8736]

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

[@okrajoe]

So true!

[@BevisFriend2010]

Bahahaha 🤣

[@mariodeleon4350]

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]

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]

"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.

[@mark-o-man6603]

The chord changes in this one are absolutely mental.

[@Auntkekebaby]

Sting baby!!! A damn opera!

[@psuengineer84]

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

[@Drahlers]

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

[@Auntkekebaby]

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

[@Vasily_dont_be_silly]

@@psuengineer84 Took the words right out of my mouth

[@NIGHTHAWK-777]

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

[@redskies4530]

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

[@jasonmiller2962]

Well said

[@tomhorn1876]

We followed the money because that's what we were told we were supposed to do.

[@fakecomedyandtheabsurd2527]

Still dancing on the verge, didn't collapse yet.

[@Scottie_S]

Not just that....but adding that feeling of horror that reminds me of something that Lovecraft may have created and added to some dystopian nightmare.

[@bigmoney4635]

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]

amen 4 our fathers

[@not-so-smartaleck8987]

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]

😎

[@jacquio1733]

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

[@number1scatterbrain]

They were great in concert.

[@kingmalcolm8695]

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

[@tinog100]

some here ...these guys always be my heroes

[@mygoogle1594]

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

[@kevio6868]

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

[@debrawilliams6995]

Great!

[@sylviarobinson5952]

💯×💯

[@staceychutskoff1232]

This Song Is A Masterpiece From 1984-2024! Thankyou

[@staceychutskoff1232]

Cheers! 2024

[@rickritz8495]

Hi Stacey.. yes a great song!

[@felipebravo7667]

Yes a Great Masterpiece❤️

[@ooooahhahahah]

this song is best enjoyed... LOUD

[@MarekPelczarski-vp5xd]

sigma

[@castlearghhh6023]

Turn it up to 11

[@victoriamedina1906]

Damn ears, why do they have to get messed up with loud music!

[@ilinka78]

Beautiful in ways that are hard to explain

[@inkadinkadoodle]

"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]

He's about to break!

[@castlelord8995]

Totally agree. Fantastic line!

[@karazor-el6085]

@@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]

loch. not lake.

[@karazor-el6085]

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

[@alanscott7798]

Andy Summers - bloody brilliant guitarist - and utterly original.

[@elikfriend]

They all are

[@cruelty-freediet1720]

average

[@thescottishcrusader2781]

@Gibberish no u

[@ChrisCross2014]

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

[@JohnnyBeane]

@@cruelty-freediet1720 lol

[@Panicnow2207]

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

[@MaríadelosangelesAlvarez-g6z]

❤❤

[@drssexy2142]

half the album is great the other half is shit

[@BruceDanton-xw6eg]

It is too.

[@AndreySloan_is_a_cnut]

The song and the album are excellent - much of it is timeless. The video, not so much.

[@zulby09]

I’ve been listening to Synchronicity 2 since 1984 and immediately fell in love with it❤. Not just with the hard rock vibes but also the profound metaphorical lyrics

[@dianesolkah6896]

I still love this song ❤🎉.

[@JoelBryant1960]

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

[@michaelwills1926]

Brother that is the truth

[@nealborganelli9964]

Pure genius guitarist!

[@rondamon6641]

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]

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

[@robvoyles]

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.

[@frankhengstler6101]

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

[@alanledesma4945]

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

[@00simonwise]

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

[@GaryHighFruit]

@@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]

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

[@BrianMcLaughlin-o8k]

@@GaryHighFruitNeil was the best

[@SonicDykstra]

Andy Summers - the most underrated guitar magician ever!

[@Buzzedd777]

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]

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

[@katemurphy1915]

Paul Dykstra unquestionable

[@katemurphy1915]

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]

Agreed right behind Elliot Easton of The Cars.

[@ziggystardust1751]

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!!🎉

[@lusich94]

A mí también...!!! 🙏🏻🎵❤

[@elifry6438]

😢

[@michaelryan6947]

Not the years, it's the mileage, keep toe tapping 👍🏻

[@tomgebarowski8156]

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

[@ericmills9839]

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

[@wayneparke554]

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]

@@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.

[@truthteller9681]

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

[@goldenagenut]

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]

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]

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

[@groovyg7231]

Andy does come up with good guitar riffs

[@laekrits]

Back from where?

[@fredgarvinMP]

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

[@GOFFMEISTER]

Same bro

[@yuichiro7649]

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

[@scottr.7117]

Terrifyingly hilarious

[@salvarsaani]

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

[@fredgarvinMP]

@@scottr.7117 That too...

[@damianmcwilliams2371]

The greatest Scottish song sung by an English man with an American drummer

[@DameTremonti]

how is it Scottish? don't be ridiculous.

[@Embur12]

​@@DameTremontiSings of a Scottish Locke...

[@DameTremonti]

@@Embur12 So what? They also sang King of Pain, but that doesn't make them French bread experts.

[@woozertoo]

@@DameTremonti😂 le Roi du Pain

[@IAMNOTABOT-l1v]

@@DameTremonti I needed this laugh. Thanks.

[@innertubez]

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

[@RuiLuz]

Talent beats numbers.

[@scottleipski1015]

YES THEY WERE, back in the day!

[@Sausagey2]

Overdubbing

[@jankarlsson8341]

Try looking at a live concert with Rush...

[@billyfoster3223]

Well, well, well, Rush, anyone??!!😎😀

[@ThisUnderWorldOfDarkness]

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]

Agree completely 👍

[@sekenamcmurren2217]

Awesome 😂🎵

[@javiergutierrez-jk1kv]

Only the police can play like that

[@msanderfive]

If you havent heard it yet, check out Journey's cover of this tune, its actually better than the original imho. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mpTRoah-btF5Z7c

[@RicardoMartinez-oh9sq]

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

[@Snoil]

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

[@ThaiThom]

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

[@ciudadano5391]

Try Soda Stereo

[@Snoil]

@@ciudadano5391 Amen there!

[@EmilyCrosswhite]

I agree

[@metalgodz69]

don't forget zz-top ....really ?

[@ricardojohnson7839]

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!!❤

[@isabel1983]

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]

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

[@zoarpaz1557]

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

[@jeffinillinois]

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

[@Chewbacca6334]

I think you're absolutely right, exept that I think that the song "Mother" does not belong on this album....

[@johndillon6859]

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

[@drssexy2142]

yeah whatever

[@Reikitaii]

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

[@hoodwink3476]

Daddy issues? Need a good choking?

[@The-Autistic-Rat]

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

[@tomfommber]

A horrifying love song to the working class.

[@Io-Io-Io]

Litterature

[@zant5721]

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!

[@Bodlasona]

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]

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

[@Chrissurfs]

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

[@elisfearfulfinds]

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

[@MrThrib]

no

[@GoldwaterB]

You HAD music like this. Enjoy it!

[@aarotoivari8940]

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

[@MrTacoToy]

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

[@BigDaddy-xx1gk]

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]

Sting really cared about what he was singing about

[@coffinact745]

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

[@noimpostura]

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]

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

[@noimpostura]

@@princeofcupspoc9073 ok, what do yo mean?

[@mdimranali8158]

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

[@cdick]

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

[@Ommm2z]

👍

[@Ommm2z]

His team up with Fripp tho

[@adriennravizee]

Who’s listening to this in 2024?

[@SherriTacos-n2p]

Van Gogh would be proud to paint the pictures Police presentation is Amazing Amor y Paz para Usted de los interesnte Ciao 🍒

[@adamfriedley1336]

This guy

[@billcummings6958]

Just us from 2030

[@barbaragilbert8276]

This is still a kick ass great song!

[@markhall5656]

Yes❤❤

[@jessemacdonough3064]

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

[@yyaa2539]

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]

Dance while you can.

[@jjmontes14]

37 o 38 dude.

[@Snarkapotamus]

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

[@marclawrence66]

OMG thats scary!

[@cncs2806]

The lyrics in this song are just pure GENIUS.

[@fredlougee2807]

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]

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

[@debrawilliams7983]

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

[@chadblanchard1931]

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

[@scottharrisohn6972]

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

[@jenscee7679]

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

[@MACHOMANRANDYSAVAGE2211]

Outstanding

[@laurallewien2165]

Dune was a great movie, classic sci fi!

[@craiglegere2702]

I was thinking the same thing FEYD

[@christopherharmon2433]

Well Feyd was mad as a fox so...

[@MrRevolverkiller]

he was only acting like a filthy Harkonnenn

[@billchavez8473]

The more I listen to The Police, the more I appreciate Andy Summers.

[@brunoBEGARANI-kx2ey]

Me in the garbage😂😂😂😂❤

[@pepsunday3335]

Yes,of course.

[@150754150754]

I don't doubt his talent but I don't like him and I don't know why 😮

[@sallyjoan]

@@brashbandit1505 no he is not.

[@sallyjoan]

@@brashbandit1505 no he's not, you're only jealous cos you're a talentless loser, don't be jealous of him.

[@janiquevaillot8554]

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]

❤

[@yimmyherrera721]

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

[@marioro8423]

🤟🇲🇽💯🛡️🗡️👌

[@fabiocianchetta6127]

Me

[@fabiocianchetta6127]

Many miles away. Scotish lake

[@lucaslucas2933]

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]

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.

[@2760ade]

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

[@skylilly1]

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

[@dwightclark7627]

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

[@titidiz6343]

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

[@2760ade]

@@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!!😀😀

[@Firearcher4]

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

[@mattpeckham667]

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.

[@Seraphim4190]

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]

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

[@TomTwain]

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]

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.

[@obxarms7685]

Quantum entanglement

[@johnstrausbaugh6718]

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

[@johnlewandowski8624]

Me too!

[@johnstark5324]

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

[@spoonunit03]

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]

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

[@automachinehead]

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

[@ixglocTV]

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

[@grimmbleaper9981]

@@ixglocTV come on man dont make it worse

[@zurnu74]

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

[@spookymulder945]

One of the best riffs ever. Sick af.

[@goose5462]

yaaaa, no.

[@georgyboyvega3286]

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

[@RicardoMartinez-oh9sq]

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

[@forumquorum8156]

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

[@radiofreqz1097]

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

[@sweetpeterjeter9941]

Bring tears to my eyes.

[@drumtwo4seven]

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

[@StingFanDonna]

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

[@chrismiller3490]

DING DING DING. WE HAVE A WINNER

[@MrRlwiley]

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

[@achenarmyst2156]

In fact they are three geniuses.

[@fairdose]

I was 10 years old in the summer of 1983 when this album came out and I absoultely loved The Police then and still do. Being at the local outdoor pool everyday and having songs like this come out over the speakers, stopping off at the convenience store where $1 was enough to get you a can of pop and a chocolate bar and penny canday afterwards, riding my bike home and then having MTV to watch with videos like this one. It's a vanished time and world.

[@willburke5843]

Damn, that takes me back! So many of my allowances were spent the same way😂 Except we didn't have MTV, but the 60 minutes of "Video Hits" on Friday night. This, with Wild Boys and Love Is A Battlefield.

[@plumcrazypreston2797]

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]

And their search to get tree fiddy

[@pauulkubasek1815]

@@tonypine3434god damm you Loch Ness monster!!!

[@lizmagu3189]

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

[@Io-Io-Io]

Forget the video & listen !

[@marclawrence66]

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

[@billcobbett9259]

Can you imagine these guys doing White Wedding?

[@sandrajovic9304]

@@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.

[@bicyclist2]

Or just maybe Billy Idol, is giving off a Sting vibe.

[@carnivoreRon]

My favorite Police song.

[@rubenbarone2305]

This is one of my favourite songs of The Police. Incredible the voice of Sting!

[@rogerfinney6809]

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]

That's the threat of annihilation.

[@jimzafiriou7808]

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]

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

[@RicardoMartinez-oh9sq]

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

[@jimzafiriou7808]

@@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.

[@Auntkekebaby]

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

[@EleanorPeterson]

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]

i love watching him hop around in wrapped around my finger

[@kenijonesESQ]

Bigtime overlooked and under rated

[@michaelbarnes9699]

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

[@kenijonesESQ]

@@michaelbarnes9699 sure is

[@Gyfes-k3e]

McDowell and company rocks this riff. One of the most meaningful ways to express life, incredible song

[@trevdog67]

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]

Jealous!

[@coletanner5193]

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

[@inkadinkadoodle]

@@coletanner5193 😆

[@pennypay1]

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]

Ok I’m jealous! That’s so Cool 😎 ✌️

[@mac7040]

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

[@NileKelly]

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]

Time for a change then

[@battistebuono2530]

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]

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]

@@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.

[@stevekarno9790]

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

[@brianterry8317]

Certainly its between this song and Invisible son

[@nolagospeltracts8264]

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

[@lloydertel1]

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

[@travisscottfan221]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/aXWtqXmGhcedmLM doesnt this sound like this song

[@craigleegillings]

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

[@lonophonic117]

I’ve massively got into Synchronicity recently!! Never took much notice of it apart from Every Breath You Take. But now it’s one of my absolute favourite albums of all time and I’m OBSESSED WITH THE MUSIC!! Especially THIS SONG!! Forever thank you to the legends that made The Police!! 🔥🔥🔥❤️❤️❤️🎤🎸🥁💪🏻✊

[@leonaldana6865]

X2

[@kjgoode63]

A Timeless Masterpiece by a Great Timeless Band!

[@artistaprimus7080]

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

[@arturoperez8657]

That is all

[@michaelg6641]

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.

[@Tom-ok2rh]

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__]

Try it in a Bass Boat

[@WhispersOfRuins]

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]

@@WhispersOfRuins to be honest with you I have never heard of Ministry or that tune and after listening to it on KZbin 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]

This, and Deathwish kzbin.info/www/bejne/rpm0mWOFZ8mNf5o

[@occamrazor5196]

Mmmh.... 🤔 Too dangerous...

[@thedarkmoon2341]

Added to my eclipse playlist. A great many synchronicities in my life right now. 8 April will begin great changes.

[@Danin4985]

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]

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

[@thisisobviouslynotmyrealname]

Sting is an intelectual by rock star standards.

[@MrSpeed-lt8gr]

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

[@tatianajones4550]

You mean they are.

[@danielmcalister2713]

The damn POLICE!!

[@geosuicide1015]

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

[@valparaisosting]

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

[@BobsBand]

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

[@Devonellah]

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

[@stephaniejordan9066]

👍

[@pam164]

Called youth lol

[@tb-cg6vd]

@The Elder err, it's called cocaine.

[@alexiskatsogiannos7468]

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

[@ChrisBakerauthor]

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

[@jerryhoward8133]

These guys put out some really fine work back in the day. All three are phenomenal musicians who are still relevant today.

[@hunterchartrand6646]

I’m only a teen (18) but I absolutely love this kind of music, it’s so much more meaningful and natural sounding than the shit everyone else my age listens to. No matter what anyone else listens to, this is what I will always be rocking for the rest of my life

[@nancydemoss8421]

Good for you, Cobalt46! I'm old enough to be your grandmother (maybe your great-grandmother) but we could rock out to this music together. I could reminisce about the "good old days" of rock - wait, I'm drowning in nostalgia!! Anyway, you have great taste in music!!

[@AldGregg]

You are absolutely correct. A time when bands were allowed to do their thing. So much competition now I feel many are too scared to take chances. Its all about churning out formulas now to make some guaranteed profit. Its quite sad really.

[@garypotter5569]

Many miles away, there's a shadow on the door Of a cottage on the shore Of a dark..Scottish lake. Many miles away... Many miles away.... Many miles away......

[@dbsti3006]

If you ever get into drums, this is a drummer to listen to.

[@nancydemoss8421]

@@garypotter5569 All of these years that have passed since this song came out and the hair still stands up on my neck every time I hear it. "Many miles away, there's a shadow on the door of a cottage on the shore of a dark Scottish lake."

[@JenniferMilliman]

1990….putting quarters I didn’t have in the jukebox at my college beatnik haunt just to hear this version over and over again. Just as haunting 34 years later.

[@bigwhig3126]

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.

[@TheLinkIsLost]

I’m obsessed with this song all over again. What a badass song.

[@chevyvet69]

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

[@jeffreycase285]

Yes yes and yes

[@balsingh1]

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

[@onometre]

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

[@joebill3400]

nailed.

[@CC-vw1nd]

I concur

[@chrisrivera2]

I'm not a drummer. Stewart Copeland the last phrase of the song skips hitting his snare on 2 and only on 4 setting up the final chord progression. How does his brain work like that? No words, just a genius. This song is SO underrated!

[@victorevanssr.5034]

One of the greatest bands ever

[@andrewmark3682]

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

[@2degucitas]

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

[@toob1979]

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

[@elbbrown8703]

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

[@aussieboy77]

+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]

+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]

+ELB BROWN The Smiths, too

[@rampageclover9788]

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]

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

[@jaaklucas1329]

My fav Police tune. The whole package was this band. The guitar work in particular is stellar. The ideas, the harmony, how cleanly it is executed...Andy Summers,understated master.

[@scrooglemcduck1163]

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

[@AudiophileTubes]

Air travel today, yes!

[@chriswisman8532]

Before Patrick Swayze talked about it in point break

[@pizzalordmarv07]

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]

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

[@JuniorPolancoLaCoalicion]

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

[@guitarguy5]

In 3 years, this will be 40 years old and it's still badass

[@carolinam.3638]

The Police will be always badass!!!

[@steveoliver2317]

yes can you imagine listening to music in 1980 that had songs that were cooler and better from 1940?

[@bettygraves2400]

Yes. Indeed

[@TheKinoEye]

BadAss!!!

[@tonydutton6713]

It's still badass!

[@dez1989]

A song from 40 years ago that still sounds fresh is one thing. But what was being said in this song resonates even more today.

[@brendan1522]

Supreme music, supreme band, why has music lost its way ? These guys were sublime 👍

[@garethwilkinson3456]

Sting was born in '51, so therefore kind of a baby boomer. I have/had relatives like this, and they were born of people that experienced genuine war hardship and fear. They were fresh, young and capable, and they believed in their ability. Let's hope (or help) the younger folk to have a bit of work ethic and self belief.

[@fionam3735]

💰 💰 💰

[@acca5512]

This song still hits hard after 40+ years. One of my all time favorite songs

[@lowmoon9025]

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.

[@Joelster-og4pf]

The best song the Police ever made.

[@d.b.4062]

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]

I seen them in concert during the 1st tour !

[@johnnyslc]

This is an amazing song

[@FoulOwl2112]

Mind if l hitch a ride when you go?

[@ruvimperna5532]

much love

[@devolve42]

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.

[@inkadinkadoodle]

these lyrics are brilliant, some of The Police's BEST. i remember when this song was released, and i first heard "Many miles away, there's a shadow on the door..." and it gave me chills. it still does.

[@DebNKY]

Yeah, because of course it did, it's supposed to, spot on

[@diogenesagogo]

The rising tide of insanity in this song is masterly. You know something terrible is going to happen when he gets home. You don't want to know what happens when the monster reaches the cottage ...

[@tikkidaddy]

Cottage on the shore used to be owned by Jimmy Page and was the home is Alister Crowley😁

[@dougdevine5294]

Bolskine 🏠.

[@marinerosany]

Indeed very haunting just a great song so full of imagery ! Why can't music today be like this!

[@DeeDee-vy7sz]

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

[@The_GreenHub]

The bit at 3:39 where Stewart changes up the bass pattern is subtle but is just so brilliant. He's an absolute genius

[@ronlevovitz7088]

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]

Still going thru it

[@Jonathan_Ellis]

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]

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]

@@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.

[@Frostyboynz]

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

[@Chris-Kay]

2019 and still loving the police

[@jacquelineiona1996]

Me too fellow Police fan....

[@jacquelineiona1996]

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]

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

[@TheDetroitLion313]

You and me both.

[@ianbarrett4166]

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

[@krisscanlon4051]

I don't know how in the world they turned what is essentially an ordinary mid-tempo rock song into this otherworldly masterpiece! It's all in the arrangements. 3 amazing players bringing very heavy noise to the Forefront

[@celladora31]

Invoking the spirits

[@crescentsi]

It's the interesting rhythm that Copeland uses, that suggests momentum and a lighter form of Pop music, together with the use of feedback and rock guitar. The song sits, ironically between more commercial Pop styles and rock music without relenting from this unusual tension, at the time it was written. Sting's uncharacteristically powerful and aggressive vocals compound the sense of displacement from the more usual, lighter songs that The Police usually wrote. The lyrics are thought provoking and add another layer of uncertainty that leaves the listener surprised, enthused and intrigued at the creativity and musicianship of this band that, formerly were often considered lightweight and commercial. The most notable musicians in this song are Summers and Copeland who give an 80's-style lesson in how to create engaging Pop music. Musicians and the cognoscenti must have fallen off their chairs with delight. I remember doing the same myself!

[@johngray9434]

Kris Scanlon It was originally recorded as a demo by sting in the summer of 1976 at pathway studios in London. I have the original quarter inch studio tape and the handwritten note lists the song as The Grand Hotel. (Morphosis Act 1!)

[@crescentsi]

@@johngray9434 That's interesting!

[@Albrecht777]

@@johngray9434 Great comment. Can I ask whether the lyrics were the same on that original version? I suspect not, but I'm intrigued to know.

[@samuelferreira7630]

Epoca de Guitar Hero❤🎼🤘😊

[@rosemarybaker8820]

I never get tired of this song. Love this group.

[@leidellgettis7926]

After watching their story on Reelz, I am amazed at what incredible musicians they are. Andy Summers and THAT guitar on this song. It is still in my head after nearly 40 years!!!!!

[@albertofalzoi1541]

they are amongts the best bands ever seen in the world. They are simply geniuses ❤️

[@PolCarozzi]

Las mejored canciones the police me impresiono mucho sinchrnicity 2😮

[@andymatthews7617]

BRILLIANT MUSIC BY A BRILLIANT BAND, SADLY MISSED.