Miss Powers Totally right. Certain streets in for example Germany the working girls sit (of used to before at least) in windows - red light means they are up for hire.... Hence “red light district”.
Such a great series, I'm absolutely it didn't get a trilogy. Right up there with Lethal Weapon for having action sequences that are intense, great humor, the partner relationship worked and they had phenomenal villains.
Yes, but make sure it's the 1980 version. They re-did that song with a different arrangement called "Don't Stand So Close '86." It's slower and gives a little more gravity to the subject of the song. It's still really good, but I like the original better.
And “Every Little Thing She Does is Magic” I think I mentioned “Sting” he’s the lead singer (previously)......Englishman in New York is a song of his I love.
He’s saying he loves Roxanne & she doesn’t have to prostitute herself anymore. A red light by a door signifies a prostitute is there & available... Glad you got your Police hat out, lol
It always makes me laugh that when the chorus hits, and he realizes that she did shut down and isn't available to him anymore, he starts desperately calling for her to turn on the red light. I guess he thought it was love when she knew it just was a transaction.
Yes - it's actually in the lyrics - "you don't have to put on the red light -- walk the streets for money - you don't have to sell your body to the night" -- duh, MV -- he usually has a little more comprehension... lol
She doesn't have to wear the "sell yourself" makeup or dress and doesn't have to turn the red "open for business" light on anymore. He wants to take her away from that life and the two of them create a new life together.
I tried to to the same for someone and she didn't care and thought her way was better than having a relationship/life with me. It's hard to take them out of that life I guess.
The red light in the song refers to what prostitutes used to use to indicate what they were. (Red light for ladies and blue light for transsexuals) The song is about a man who falls in love with such a lady and tries to persuade her to give up her profession.
Prefer The Doors-"Whiskey Song" which sounds like a "pedophile song in the 2nd verse BUT remember that in the 60's, 'little girl' could refer to a small woman or young woman of age. Drives me crazy that people assume the worst about music written in a different generation with different phrasing.
Roxanne..you don't have to turn on the Red Light!! Great Banger! Reminds me of Eddie Murphy singing this in the movie 48 hours!! Excellent 👍👍👍 Rock it out!! 🙌🙌🙌
Copelands drumming reminds me of Cream, Ginger Baker on drums. Clapton and Jack Bruce. First supergroup!! Check out: White room, and Sunshine of your Love!!
My mom has been in the hospital for 2 weeks. She had a mini stroke. She's fine. I talked to her on the phone and she heard one of your videos in the background. She asked it I was watching you and I said yes. She said she can't wait to get home and smoke a bowl and watch one of your videos. Keep doing what you do. It's good for people's health. LOL
When this came out it was just great song and their debut single. All we knew was that they were from the UK. Now I listen to it and realize how much reggae influenced it is.
So ... I think you missed the mark on that one, Leo! This Roxanne is a "working girl". Turning tricks in the red light district. He loves her and doesn't want to "share" her with others.
The lyrics is about being in love with a prostitute. He's saying that he wants to take her away from that life. At brothels, there would be a red light in front of the girl's room to indicate that she was available (hence the term "red-light district").
Caribbean accents are a mashup of old African, British, Scottish and Irish accents due to the centuries of history between them all on the Islands. Rihanna has some Irish genes for example! She had an Irish ancestor. However, Sting is doing an affected accent here for artistic effect though.
Mate, I reckon you’d really love a few songs by Bob Seger - notably, Night Moves, Old Time Rock and Roll and Mainstreet. Hope you see this post bro, Love from the UK
My uncle was hospitalized with a brain tumor, inoperable and he passed within 3 weeks of diagnosis. While in and out of morphine he had a new nurse and she introduced herself even though his eyes were closed and he hadn’t responded in a while. Roxanne. He didn’t open his eyes but he broke out with ‘RoxAaaannne’ 🥰 Miss him.
Pls react to annemaykannthereit ft milkey chance - roxanne. This are two german musicians with great voices, think they did it better than this original. Best cover of this song!!!
Sting was a School teacher in a previous Life, before he turned to Music. What a voice! Loved The Police. Btw, check out 'Don't Stand So Close To Me'. He witnessed more than his fair share of young school girls crushing on him as a young, handsome teacher : )
Folks in the comments have already said it, this red light is not a Stop-Light. It´s what´s called around these parts "The Red Lantern". Fun reaction as always. Keep them coming!
Oh my gosh! My dad used to sing this song at karaoke when I was a kid he's a 6'3" cowboy who used to ride bulls and do demolition derby for a living LOL💗! Let me tell you people got a huge kick out of it for sure, Oh and the lead singer is Sting too. Great song!
Also, their song "Synchronicity" is awesome. And the leader singer, Sting, had a truly phenomenal solo career. He was also.known for having tantric sex, btw.
Dude is in love with a lady of the evening.....red light district is usually the same everywhere, right.....this song is so different. The Police did a lot of synchronization in their timing......and Sting is so pitch perfect. Enjoy these 3- talented musicians and vocalists.....classically trained too. 🎼🎶🎸🎸🔥🤘😎check out “Walking on the moon”. One of my fav songs by these guys.
The Police are one of my favorite bands so many great songs. Their sound is so diverse and experimental with so many styles, add to that Sting's unique voice and they are unmatched. New Wave is really the best Genre! Give a listen to any of these: "Beds Too Big Without You", "Driven To Tears", "Reggatta de Blanc", "Masoko Tanga", "Spirits in The Material World", "Can't Stand Losing You"......
I dated a girl Roxanne, she was CRAZY AS FUNK . that was a long time ago, she's probably different now. no dis. cool beans ......................................crazy .
Really proud of you today. That Subscriber Trophy is to cool. Can't think of a better recipient. You an influencer and you keep jamming to all the genres of music. We love it. The Police were an extremely influential band that were 80s royalty. There greatest hits are a big part of many of our lives. Spirits In The Material World is a big favorite of mine.
The Police was good. But lead singer Sting’s solo career has been better. His voice is one of a kind. He kept being nominated for so many Grammy’s in so many years in a row in the late 90s that at one point a journalist wrote that Sting is such a great singer, he could be nominated for a Grammy just for singing the National Anthem.
Friend.....would love your reaction to a song by canadian rock group...TROOPER....song is 3 Dressed Up As A 9.....about fake women!! You will love it!!!!
This is actually a sad song about him falling in love with a red light girl, a woman of the night. Who is stuck in a tragic life, and he falls in love with her, and he wants her to just be his but she wants to work, make money, and keep down the path that she was on. There are probably millions of stories like that from the red light district, it's a concept that's been around forever. The world's oldest profession they call it. We had red light districts here in America, especially around the 1700s when all of the founding fathers were creating the country.
