🎵 The Police - Synchronicity II REACTION

[@TroyBoyleAtheistAdvocate]

It's a parallelism. The father is at his breaking point. Like a lot of family tragedies, the insane pressure of his humiliating job in the corporate world has beaten him to the point where he wants to end it all, and probably take his family with him. And the song compares that to a monster arising from the depths of a Scottish lake, whose "shadow on the door" of the cottage implies impending destruction. The man is the monster, the monster is the man.

[@scottlaughlin9897]

Ty, very insightful! Never read the lyrics to this song. Always liked it, probably my fav. By them?! Always been into bands for their sound and not so much on the lyrics.

[@sonnybarry]

Spot on! Daddys home! The meaning is so dark and goes unnoticed almost always. I could only like your response once otherwise you'd be over a thousand 👍

[@McShaganpronouncedShaegen]

Exactly right Troy. It wasn't until I had the cd for this that I understood what was going on. All I knew was that I really liked the song.

[@stevemd6488]

I see your point, and respect it, but I always saw this as an attempt to point out the insignificancies of everyday life when an entire species was wiped out as exemplified by the LNM and that same fate awaits us. MHO, no hate.

[@mikesutliff9142]

I like the analogy a lot. In high school, I always thought the Scottish monster was the Loch Ness Monster. Supposedly. I'm thinking Sting DID have the this alleged monster in mind when he wrote the song though.

[@moonlitegram]

Lex pretty much got the meaning of the song at the end. The verses are about a guy stuck in the grind of the rat race in a dead end job, whose family life is also a chaotic mess, and he feels like he's on the edge of some kind of breakdown; there's a foreboding sense that he may even snap because of all this. And then the chorus is about a dark monster rising from the bottom of the lake. Its based on Jungs concept of synchronicity which refers to two separate things that you can draw a connection between, but that aren't actually connected. The images of the monster at the bottom of the lake is in synchronicity with the feeling that there's something bubbling up inside this man because of all the shit he feels is wrong with his life.

[@ThePrincepiggy]

I can feel my tension ratcheting up listening to it.

[@diogenesagogo]

An excellent reply which I can only echo.

[@TheDude-pr6ug]

Gotta remember this guy was a literature major and English teacher befor famous, deep lyrics most always

[@danbrowne2862]

Well ,and concisely explained .

[@SeeJayPlayGames]

quantum entanglement on the large organism scale

[@clintonsmith5163]

"Packed like lemmings into shiny metal boxes, contestants in a suicidal race." Now that is songwriting.

[@ShellyShinju]

And the way he sings “lemmings into shiny metal boxes” 👌🏻

[@pdbordelon]

Agreed!!!!

[@NondescriptMammal]

best lyrical description of rush hour ever

[@atdeacon]

modern life in America

[@MichaelTScott-wb4di]

Stuart Copeland on drums is a beast. And Andy Summers on guitar is providing some stellar atmosphere. And the lyrics, well, others have described them pretty well. From Sting himself: "There's a domestic situation where there's a man who's on the edge of paranoia, and as his paranoia increases a monster takes shape in a Scottish lake, the monster being a symbol of the man's anxiety. That's a synchronistic situation."

[@MichaelTScott-wb4di]

@@NateWilliams190 He ripped off Jerry Lewis' bit! Seriously, though, if you told me Stuart played an entire piece that sounded incredible on some burnt toast I'd believe you. Incredible artist!

[@RocketToTheMoose]

Sounds a bit like the movie "Forbidden Planet." Creatures from the id!!!!

[@1BEAST1775]

This song was deep and darker than many realized when it came out, even today, It's pretty obvious. He's about to murder the family. *He* is the monster. The monster is the hatred that's been festering in him, he's personified it. What he's "staring at" in the distance is the monster. i.e. He's envisioning it. Notice every time the monster is mentioned it's accompanied by the man staring, or watching, etc? Until the end, when he and the monster are both reaching to open the door... they have found synchronicity

[@danbrowne2862]

That’s a really good explanation .

[@jpbliss1]

Good one. Not unlike the movie "Falling Down."

[@clbdyc]

Interesting. I always thought it was about the factory pollution and he's so caught up in his family drama he doesn't even notice. Or so numb he doesn't care.

[@douglascuffee4712]

The ENTIRE album is about a serial killer.

[@LetItBeSummer-1]

I always enjoyed this song but never knew what it was about. Thanks for that! Makes a lot of sense now.

[@doplinger1]

This was HUGE. The Synchronicity tour was HUGE. You couldn't avoid seeing them on MTV.

[@jasonmgomez]

This was the band that kept Michael Jackson from sweeping the Grammys in 1984. While Thriller won Album of the Year and Beat It won Record of the Year, The Police beat MJ with Every Breath You Take to win Song of the Year.

[@klasseact6663]

Monster album....then they broke up😔

[@TheRealSweetcherryo]

The Synchronicity tour was soooo good !

[@themightywookie351c3]

Brad can’t read beyond the fifth grade, what does this mean? Look at him, must read tv screen, raised on tv, and can’t read but on Utube

[@leftcoaster67]

I was so disappointed to miss the Synchronicity tour. I make damn sure I saw them in concert when they regrouped and did a final tour. And they were amazing.

[@carlitosd.9699]

The Police started as a punk band, and early punk typically had a BIG reggae influence, and the Police always embraced that… this is one of my favorite songs of theirs for sure!!! … basically a song about the growing, festering frustration with the ‘modern grind’ of industrialized life “packed like lemmings into shiny metal boxes”

[@johnstjohn6658]

Yeah, Ranking Rodger said he'd Toast at punk shows before joining the Beat. Incidentally, Sting wears an Beat shirt in one of the Police's videos.

[@joerichards2658]

This song has always reminded me of Michael Douglas in "Falling Down". The pressures and inconveniences of daily life finally cause the calm, quiet family man to snap. The noisy family in the morning, the grind of work, the daily commute. As he heads back to his home, the headache building, he becomes "the creature from the Scottish lake" and the song ends with him approaching the door to his house - much like the shadow on the door from the beast that crawled out of the loch. Hence, the "synchronicity." Not my favourite off that album, but still a good one. Take a listen to "Synchronicity I". Better yet, check out "Every Breath You Take" or "Wrapped Around Your Finger."

[@shellzmoe8966]

Now they have to do movie reactions and do Falling Down, such an awesome movie!

[@easycreditmotors]

haha great analogy, Mike Douglas in Falling Down ... perfect

[@richard_n]

My favorite by The Police. I still haven't ever heard another song like this in my life, so unique but so well made.

[@rondpert5167]

The whole time this song was popular and played on the radio, I never understood one word, except for "many miles away".

[@jonhaas2655]

Family guy has a joke about how you can only understand the last 3 words of any verse in a sting or police song

[@joeraymorton2414]

Yeah, I liked/like this song a lot, but never really knew the lyrics…and just found out that most of what I thought I knew was incorrect. Very interesting lyrics, now that I see them. 😎

[@Joesmusclecargarage]

Clean the potatoes out of your ears

[@TheOneAndOnlyFloridaMan]

Yes, the Police were definitely a once in a generation act with a very unique sound. The way I interpret this song is that the father and the monster from the lake are somehow connected, hence the synchronicity, as they both have a similar progression through the lyrics. But then again I may be completely off base lol. Some other Police songs worth checking out are Invisible Sun and Can't Stand Losing You. As always, ya'll are killing it with these videos.

[@Dooklawz]

going on what I'd seen in the songfacts on this tune, the synchronicity taking place is the father, secretly despises his job, and his role at the factory that belches filth into the sky- harming the environment yet the company does not care about that at all, hence the picket/protest lines out in front of the factory protesting the factory's lack of effort on protecting the environment and at the same time...many miles away, coming up to the surface then ultimately crawling out of some remote Scottish lake is this creature-possibly an abomination of nature...emerging and signifying also it's own protest at the ever-present damage being done to the/its environment.

[@robertherring9277]

Its about the environment and the rat race under the threat of nuclear war - and that both sides (cold war) are really just people playing the same games. We are what we are - people.

[@BlackieNuff]

That was my conclusion as well.

[@kevincarpenter8194]

Good call on "Invisible Sun". I always recommend that track. It was such a threat to the UK establishment that the video was banned.

[@TheOneAndOnlyFloridaMan]

@@kevincarpenter8194 Oh wow I was unaware of that, I like the song even more now lol.

[@atdeacon]

This is representative of why I loved this band. thier lyrics and thier melodies were NEVER boring!

[@oreally8605]

Police- Rock and Reggae perfectly blended.. The swamp creature and the typical suburban life are "Synchronized" at the same time...

[@lnugent1000]

The words to their songs were not shallow. They had a wonderful way of expressing the English language.

[@dicklindell948]

Sting!

[@punns643]

Yep these two are stupid

[@deboragill4756]

Don't care what this song is about. Pleasurable to listen to. All of the albums. Walking On The 🌙 is Epic!

[@ugaais]

I was 13 in 1983 I can’t even describe how big The Police and this album was at this point…

[@charlesesylvesterjr639]

Awesome my friend! I was 18, my Senior yr. in high school. The Police was my band and watched this video on Mtv when it premiered as a new video. I still have the original album.

[@benhill8454]

"Maybe the monster is you?" Lex nailed it! Dads life is a mess and he's at the end of his rope. Many miles away there's a monster. Dad and the monster get closer every day. Eventually, Dad and the monster become one and the same.

[@Kaddywompous]

One of the greatest pop songs ever written, in my opinion. Brilliantly evocative.

[@brobinson7978]

This band NEVER should have broken up. Great music.

[@rtd7066]

This band was great because all three members were fantastic at what they did. Drums, guitar, song writing, singing. They were fab together. Thank you Police for some of the best music of my life 💓

[@ericsierra-franco7802]

Love the Police! ❤️. Saw them one time in concert in Hershey, PA. The whole Synchronicity album is brilliant!

[@wompa70]

All three guys in The Police loved reggae so you do get a lot of that.

[@alrivers2297]

The Police - 5 albums all 🔥

[@bluefish4999]

"Spirits in the Material World" is my favorite Police song, "Every Little Thing She Does is Magic" is another good one. The Police was far more layered than your average pop band, they had some dark subject matter, they we're also excellent musicians. This was their last album and they were pretty much at each others throats by this time, Sting would go off to a successful solo act and even an acting career(he was in the original Dune).

[@jetfowl]

'Spirits in the Material World' is definitely a favorite of mine as well.

[@jlouis4407]

Ghost in the Machine is my fav record of theirs

[@MosEisleySpacePort1138]

Three musicians. Huge sound. Just amazing.

[@Neilsmu]

One of the best opening 4 bars in rock. Crashing riff with that cry of despair

[@marcagins3492]

Stewart Copeland (the drummer) was moved all around the world in his youth (rumor is his father was a spy). He spent a good deal of time in Lebanon, where he learned different rhythms. If you ever hear Stewart talk, he talks about moving the snare (backbeat) from 2 & 4 to 1 & 3. Which is the reggae feel you refer to. Most modern drummers refer to Stewart as one of the top five (maybe ten) rock drummers of all time. He sits at number two for me, right behind The Professor (R.I.P.).

[@charliegeorge9393]

yes his dad was in the CIA

[@scottrauth8219]

Stewart Copeland’s drumming on this track is simply outstanding. One of my favorite The Police cuts 👍

[@athf1589]

'Walking on the moon' was a favorite of mine from The Police. Glad to see they still get some love

[@Steffe]

Great band, from the first song to the last.

[@andrewmorgan7588]

The synchronicity is the monster coming out of the lake and the monster coming out of the man. The man in the song goes home and kills his family “looming in the headlights” as the Loch Ness monster emerges.

[@tomgorman748]

Was not much of a Police fanatic before, but I played this song to DEATH when this album came out. Last track on Side 1 which meant to play it over I had to try to manually drop the needle at the beginning of the song. I recall I got pretty good at it after a while… To this day, one of my favorite Police songs.

[@Takealiltripnsee]

Can't do a police video without a huge shout-out to Stewart Copeland's percussion.

[@scottrauth8219]

Agreed! He’s brilliant on this track

[@shanehebert396]

A great example of early 80s music. Different sound, different lyrics. Unique. So much variety in music in the 80s.

[@christym82]

My mom loves the Police. This was Saturday morning cleaning music!

[@lisajohnson521]

HAHAHAH for me too. Thanks to my momma, I LOVE them too. They are my weekend cleaning music sometimes now.

[@realityiscool9483]

I always loved the drums on this song. Stuart Copeland. So much going on.

[@GunsmithSid]

Yes, the story is of Daddy and the stresses of society causing him to become The Monster. The two parts (stories of Daddy’s day and The Monster stirring and coming to the surface) are fairly well separated on the song with the different guitar voices and come together (synchronized) at the end. I always enjoyed the stories even if the guitar was a bit brash for my tastes. Being in high school in the early eighties my top 3 bands were The Police, The Who, and Rush.

[@shellzmoe8966]

so close to mine, The Police, Rush, Genesis

[@sidpark1695]

Oooh Genesis!

[@shellzmoe8966]

@@sidpark1695 we like the 3 man bands!!

[@kengregory6026]

The whole Synchronicity gig at Atlanta, Georgia is fire...try something from that..you wont be disappointed

[@christophermckinney3924]

This song is about the things happening in different places at the same time. Listen to the whole album and particularly to Synchronicity I

[@veloraloves]

YES. Everyone always suggests II when I is far superior IMO.

[@GinaGeeILuvu]

The Police is one of the best bands of the eighties! Their music is so thought provoking! You have to hear King of Pain, Roxanne, Wrapped Around Your Finger, etc. I think Lex was right about the Loch Ness monster! I agree that the song is comparing the monster to man! ❤️❤️

[@brownsounddesign]

Brad & Lex thanks for checking this one out - I love watching your reactions because you keep it real. This is one of my favorite songs by one of my favorite bands. The syncronicity here is the seemingly unconnected events of the monster rising from the depths and the monstrosity of daily living for the family (especially for "Daddy" in this case as his life sounds like a nightmare and this is what is relatable to most modern people driving in thick traffic everyday and going to jobs where you are tempted yet made to feel insignificant). Jung talked about "acausal" connections where two events can be meaninglfully "connected", even if they don't seem to be sharing a cause your typical scientist could measure with his or her instruments. The song isn't about feeling good even though it's a pleasure for me to hear the Police's music (great songs! They have a lot more reggae indfluenced material on earlier albums). What makes the song extra scary is that it seems to say, not only is the world a horror show with cryptids coming out of Scottish Lochs and people driving their cars like "lemmings in shiny metal boxes" and factories "belching filth into the sky" but there is an acausal factor to all of this we can't even fathom.

[@leifcatt]

One of my favorites from The Police. When this came out I immediately got how dark the song really was. I loved how dark the lyrics were and friends and family told me I was reading into something that wasn't there. After making them listen to the lyrics, they looked at the song differently.

[@chrisostneberg1817]

It's a great song about a man on the verge of a breakdown. Great album as well. This was the big album when I was in high school. Keep up the good work.

[@bluethunder7391]

My fav song from The Police. A song about being trapped in a mundane life.Great stuff.

[@alexakl6445]

Thanks for doing this one! It came out around my senior year in high school and we liked to dance to it - that famous 80's dance (the Carlton dance they call now). Never really paid too much attention to the lyrics back then. Another one of theirs that's definitely on the sad side is "King of Pain". So they definitely did have different types of songs.

[@mikefixx7177]

The words can make a song bad but if you listen just to the music its a great song !

[@surlechapeau]

Lex will love "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" and "De Doo Doo Doo"

[@TheAgentAssassin]

walking on the moon

[@Tesses0927]

I think the line "At the bottom of a dark Scottish Lake" is a reference to the Loch Ness Monster.

[@pdog547]

And the subconscious of the father. Synchronicity.

[@qhl5579]

Great Album

[@pdog547]

The Synchronicity - Daddy comes home, and there's a monster's shadow on a family home's door. Something bad will happen in both instances.

[@McP485]

Synchronicity: "to describe circumstances that appear meaningfully related yet lack a causal connection." The two events aren't *going* to connect to each other because they are already connected.

[@jaquestraw1]

Well put

[@richardbarton6146]

My all time best Police song ever.. so Powerful and driving with unique lyrics.. amazing!

[@alexraw2707]

The sheer genius in the writing and performance of this song...

[@_portis]

fantastic song from one of the best albums of all time.

[@supertal6074]

You guys have class and taste! Van Halen and The Police. Man, The Police we’re great. Sting is one of the post talented musicians of our time. He was a poet and a great song writer. The police were huge but then Sting ventured off on his own and became just as successful. Just a super talent!

[@alvarovaldovinos6836]

Police are legends.....they are so beloved by many other artists....Sting ( the lead singer ) has an amazing solo career and he is just a dream.

[@porflepopnecker4376]

I remember how exciting it was when this album came out. MTV made a really big deal of it and several "World Premiere" videos were made from it. Kudos to Lex for her interpretation of the song's meaning.

[@kma4444]

Another strikingly talented rock trio, that, similar to Rush, are held together by their amazing percussionist.

[@somethingyousaid5059]

The way I remember it the official music video for that song is awesome.

[@richardtaylor8595]

I went to the Synchronicity concert when the album came out. Joan Jett opened, and I went with my brother that passed away a few years later. It was the best memory I have with my brother. We had seats behind the stage, but we managed to get into the front section and had a great time.

[@SEANBANOG4]

What a band. They conquered the world and then quit at the top...class.

[@xanajak]

" ... like a humiliating kick in the crotch!" This song grows on you over the years. Stewart Copeland is one of the best bangers ever.

[@ontrack16]

Stewart Copeland is top 5 or 10 drummer ever. The trio of The Police work so well together and Copeland really is able to demonstrate his abilities in so many of their songs. Thank you again!

[@frogmanwade]

I still have this record... Changed my life forever. For the good. Sooooooo many good songs on the album.

[@Joshuadgog]

One of my favorites from them. Pretty dark song but has a happy gutair riff lol. They are a hit machine check out King of pain, invisible sun, every little thing she does is magic, some to name.

[@WineSippingCowboy]

Thanks for listening to my request! 😃(when I asked for this in the Every Breath You Take reaction!) This is the hardest sounding Police song! 🎸 Straight hard rock but with sensible lyrics. The chords of this song are the same as in Money for Nothing. Sting 🐝is the co-writer of the other song, what else do you expect? ! L🤣L Speaking of sad, if you look at the album Synchronicity, the song that follows this is Every Breath You Take. Suggested next Police song: Synchronicity I. You will get a better sense of Synchronicity II when you react to this song. And do research Karl Jung and synchronicity. Sting is fascinated by him. Sting was a teacher of English literature before he became a member of The Police.

[@christopherhennessey8991]

I remember hearing the song when I attended a Police concert in the summer of 1983.

[@FL8mileshigh1]

Lex appears to be enjoying the song, smiling and rocking with the beat. Steward Copeland really drives this one right to the gut, with great timing and some swing. No wonder Lex was moving. Lyrics or not, this song is powerful, the musicianship superb and the sound.....like nothing before. Whether or not you are listening to the words and trying to determine their meaning, Sting really belts out the lyrics and his voice is very synchronized with the melody and beat. His tone alone paints a dark picture. Andy Summer's guitar has a manic sound to it, with powerful chords and great timing and space. The power of this song can be heard and felt Many Miles Away.

[@robertiddings4697]

Find the feel for this band. They were tremendous in 80s. So diverse

[@dipsydoodle7988]

I think that there is a certain amount of openness to interpretation with this song, but I do believe the synchronicity has to do with the father and the creature. This is definitely one of those songs where you have to do a lyric video because it is a complex story. My take on it is that daddy is on the verge of losing it every day, but on this particular day, he moves from someone on the verge of becoming a monster to a full fledged monster. The scene that is happening simultaneously with the creature could be a representation of the feelings and thoughts that are rising up and taking him over, or it could be the irony of an actual monster approaching this home, just as he is about to do the same. I really don't know which I believe it is, but I have a feeling that the dude snapped when he walked into that house. I love the use of the monster or creature in this song because it definitely makes you realize that something very bad happens without ever being told what the father does. It's almost like the father and creature are mirror images.

[@tinahairston6383]

That was the beauty of The Police...very diverse and creative in their sounds. It cracks me up that you thought maybe they were only Island in their sound. It was a big influence in their early albums though. Bring on the Night will take you back to the island sound but Demolition Man, Synchroncity I, King of Pain, Spirits in the Material World, Hungry for You, Next to You, Walking in Your Footsteps, Wrapped Around Your Finger, Every Little Thing She Does is Magic, and Don't Stand So Close To Me show how varied they are in sound. You REALLY need to do Every Little Thing She Does is Magic and Bring on the Night soon.

[@paulstewart6203]

Peter Frampton, 1975 Midnight Special video of 'Do You Feel Like I Do'

[@joesmith8725]

The Police were a great group. Punk reggae one minute. And then new wave rock the next.

[@irresistablegraceinchrist6690]

So glad you guys did this one.. you have again been listening to me and my requests.. LOVE IT!!!! my interpretation of this song is the father is at wits end but he has to go back to his hum drum blaise blaise life as a white collar worker and he puts this family scenario from a Point of View of a small child maybe a boy (Sting) as a child and what he actually went through with the drama of his family life against the backdrop of Humans living or eeking out a living for 'the man'' so to speak..my favorite lines in it are Packed liked Lemmings into shiny metal boxes in a suicidal race... and that is exactly what the Globalists elite families have us all doing eeking out a living in a Car a traffic jam running the Rat Race as Bob Marley used to sing...Overall i don't have a clue as to what the creature in the Loch Lake is , my educated guess a reference to NESSI, or the Lochness Monster .i think..Overall the video is much better in my opinion but I am glad you took the time to read and hear the lyrics first..... to get what he was saying...

[@mapexzildjian6361]

For years I heard the song but didn't truly listen to it. I liked it because I'm a drummer and Stuart Copeland is one of my drum gods. But I never knew what the hell Sting was singing about... until about 20 years ago when I truly listened to it. In a sense, he was describing me LOL.

[@philiphudgens4726]

Don't worry, drummers are supposed to be a bit insane. & as far as these lyrics go? Best leave it unsolved!

[@_Michael_Scott]

Would sing “De Doo Doo Doo“ (chorus) to my baby daughter and she loved it!

[@fredtedstedman]

It's DRAMATIC as a piece of music - listen on headphones !!

[@spaceorbison]

The song is clearly about his job life and then real life which is nature. The song goes from his problems in the world but then is contrasted with the serenity of something natural represented by the lake, the creature walking out of the slime, and shadows of the cottage.

[@mournblade1066]

I absolutely love this song. "Another suburban family morning, grandmother screaming at the walls." Ha!

[@greenpeasuit]

The man IS the Scottish Loch. He remains calm through all this turmoil, but something is stirring within. Dude about to snap. The monster in the lake is synchronous of his feelings within.

[@KipArmadillo]

The Police were an absolute hit-making machine. And no hit sounded alike. Musical gods.

[@eileendobbs8009]

Great band. Stewart Copeland's fantastic drumming drives these songs. My personal preference is actually Synchronicity I but every reactor always listens to II. This whole album is good. So is Zenyatta Mondatta; self titled Police album and Ghost In The Machine. Lots of good stuff for you guys to dig into. If you want a very reggae vibe check out Walking On The Moon.

[@swartwoodart2558]

There's a monster bubbling to the surface, literally and figuratively.

[@kathleensmith3555]

I love so many Police songs - The Beds Too Big Without You - Bring On The Night - Invisible Sun -

[@lantzkeefer6]

Probably my favorite Police song, this and Walking on the Moon,it was just a little different sound for them, so Good.👍

[@robertasirgutz8800]

Saddest, most beautiful song by Sting is "If I ever lost my Faith in You". Worth a listen.

[@patrigilligan2112]

All the things he's singing about are all going on at the same time all around the world. Separately, but in synchronization.

[@easycreditmotors]

this is one of my favorite Police songs, the musical build up and the lyrics really play off each other, awesome transitions, up tempo throughout the song, unique guitar work by Andy Summers, grungy sound, before grunge ... the guy's torment begins at the breakfast table, where he begins his ascension to the surface, from the depths of the loch... by the time he gets off work, he climbs out of the loch, which seems to symbolize his struggles and misery... by the time he gets home, the events of the day have transformed him from Dr David Banner to the incredible Hulk haha ..... he probably takes more nagging abuse at home, and finally swims back to the bottom of the dark Scottish loch to finally find some peace and quiet ... after all of the build up and great story, at the end of the song, it is revealed that he is in fact the being crawling out of the loch... tomorrow, he turns into Bill Murray from Groundhog Day, does it all over, again ... this song never gets old... Sting sounds terrific, great story teller, the lyrics always make me chuckle... and Stewart Copeland, as always, is one of the greatest of all time at his craft... this is a one-of-a-kind, true 3 piece band ... the title of the album, Synchronicity is based on the work of Cark Jung.. the title of the song doesn't have anything to do with the lyrics, which I guess can actually be loosely connected to the concept of synchronicity, if you look it up .. Note: Sting was an English teacher, and has probably read a book or two in his time ... a lot of his lyrics are political and have some depth, he references literature, here and there... "Just like the old man in that book by Nabokov"

[@fnjesusfreak]

Classic line. AND EVERY SINGLE MEETING WITH HIS SO-CALLED SUPERIOR IS A HUMILIATING KICK IN THE CROTCH!

[@jeCktHeReal]

dope song. absolute fire

[@RiffMajestic]

Such a great song, my favorite by The Police.

[@rokkkrinn2793]

This is my favorite song by the Police. The guitar and drums are so intricate. Lyrics posit a man going to work as the Loch Ness Monster does the same.

[@curtisthomas2670]

The songs Synchronicity, Synchronicity ll and album Synchronicity were named after a book and philosophical idea by Carl Jung that the members were into. During that period several 80's artistes brought their pet philosophy forward into their music, sometimes naming albums or songs after them, eg Songs From The Key Of Life by Stevie Wonder, Dream lnto Action by Howard Jones, Sounds From The Big Chair by Tears For Fears, or the band name Devo which was named after the concept of De-evolution/Devolution. lt awed us that our favorite musicians were also deep thinkers 🙂

[@davideberhart9523]

Life...in all it's forms (work, play, family, home) all comes back to that monster in the lake. That Scottish Lake is where the elusive Lochness Monster (never ever seen but imagined) lives in Daddy's head, life in all it's forms.

[@250278]

Synchronicity: concept introduced by Jung to describe circumstances that appear meaningfully related, yet lack a causal connection.

[@shepinchains1]

Finally!! So melodic! And Those drums... Stewart Copeland is terribly underrated and unrecognized.

[@kengregory6026]

not by other drummers

[@robertkaplan3324]

Huge album back in the day on every FM station around the clock

[@misterprickly]

When he and the rest of the Harkonnen aren't trying to control the flow of SPICE, Sting can really pump out a good tune!

[@bobg.2695]

This song is relevant today as much as it was back in the day.

[@23ograin53]

There are two parallel stories being told. One reality based (the main story) and one metaphoric (the Scottish lake).