'Heart Of Gold'
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
I loved Soul Cages, which was probably the first Sting I bought (and that tour was my first Sting concert) but my favorite Sting song ever is Fragile.
My Police Heresy: I really don't much care for "Roxanne."
I like the Moulin Rouge version and the Fall Out Boy cover. We used to play a drinking game to Roxanne that involved splitting into two teams; half drank on "Roxanne" and half on "Red light."
Definitely Outlandos d'Amour. With a nod to Ghost in the Machine for the supremely bad French of "Hungry for You (J'aurais toujours faim de toi)".
I saw the Go Gos open for the Police
Me too! Boston Garden.
I'm a little partial to Ghost in the Machine because that's the tour I saw them on. But the first album is so awesome, and Zenyatta has "Canary in a Coalmine" and "When the World is Running Down."
Me too! Boston Garden.
Cleveland!
My Police Heresy: I really don't much care for "Roxanne."
I didn't like the original iteration. It wasn't until the Dream of the Blue Turtles tour and I heard his stripped down, utterly elegant, beautifully jazzed version of it, that I truly fell in love.
And then the Moulin Rouge version sent me completely over the edge. It was, in fact, the inspiration for a key scene in the Carmen book. (In one of my rare < mememe> moments, that scene is easily one of the best things I think I've ever written.)
As far as album, I love all of them, but I'm a Ghost in the Machine girl, but Regatta has "Message in a Bottle".
I never thought Roxanne was a particularly good song, but the version in Moulin Rouge gave me literal goosebumps.
the version in Moulin Rouge gave me literal goosebumps.
The full dance sequence to that song (not the edited one in the movie) is the reason I picked up the Deluxe version of MR. It's amazing.
Aw! I saw the Police when I was 14, so that was ... 1981? Wow.
We used to sing "Jooooo-anne" to a girl in my grade whenever "Roxanne" came on. I can't help hearing it in my head that way now, and picturing her rolling her eyes at us.
Aw! I saw the Police when I was 14, so that was ... 1981? Wow.
Yes, they toured the summer after my freshman year of high school. I remember because I got asked to go and I was too stupid back then to realize I should have gone even if I didn't really like the guy.