I love 80s cause i was quite young in that era when my elder brother listened 80s music and my mind, by that means, is full with 80s. One more thing i want to add that the music creation in all respect was prospered in 80s.
Sting and the Police were so far out in front of other bands, their sound and their lyrics presaged our broken Western culture and even the internet. The loneliness, isolation, misanthropy, voyeurism; even the pretentiousness of some of their songs spoke volumes. They were very Brechtian and to this day I don’t think most people really understand how on-the-nose those guys were. That being said one of the 1st tapes I ever had, had this and Landlord on it from “The Secret Policeman’s Other Ball.” I must listened to this a few thousand times as a teenager. It is perfect and so much better than the band’s cut from “Outlandos D’Amour.”
Gordon Sumner was an teacher in an English primary school I guess, who played jazz music, and wore a yellow and black striped horizontal sweater. He looked like a bee to his friends, so his nickname became ‘Sting’. The rest is history.❤
It was summer 1985 when I first heard this version and I never forgot it! Man that was a special time for me as a 16 year old kid. I was coming into my own...
I saw the movie in the theater and immediately bought the album at a used record shop in Salem, MA. I used to blare it on my headphones. I loved The Police but this rendition mesmerized me. Still does.
For years I couldn't listen to the studio version of this song after hearing it played this way. That's the mark of a great song when it can be played and sung alone with just one person and it resonates just as much as a whole band playing with studio tricks added.
Phil Collins... So Young! he has the Classic suspenders on over the shirt.. white buttons... He had just got divorced from his very first wife... and kids.. (which now his boy plays Genesis drums).... Those kids and that 1st wife was how long ago this is! and it was that particular season of Phil's personal life he was in... Hey went on to Write DUKE with the boys.
