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Don´t think we are talking here about how police works or is organised in Britain, not even about the popular Scotland Yard ( they appear on many books and films). The Police we are describing here is one of the most important British rock bands in the 70s and the 80s.
Formed in London in 1977, its members were Sting (lead vocals and bass), Andy Summers (guitar) and Stewart Copeland (drums) and they became very popular in the late seventies playing a style of rock influenced by punk, jazz and reggae.
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| The Police were initially a punk rock band |
In 1977, they released their first album, Outlandos d´Amour. This album included their first successful song, "Roxanne", which made them gain widespread recognition through the United Kingdom and start to be known abroad.
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| Regatta de Blanc (1979) |
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| Synchronicity (1983) |
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| In 2007-2008, the trio reunited for a successful world tour |
The band disbanded in 1986 and each one of its members continued with their solo careers. Sting, who had previously worked as an English secondary teacher, was specially successful, trying to keep the spirit and the style of The Police, one of the most important rock bands of the 20th century.
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| Sting has continued with his career as solo artist |
As we always do, we show you some of their most popular songs. We hope you like them. And let us know your opinion about the band or the songs.
Roxanne
Every Breath You Take
Message in a Bottle
Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
Love this group! 'Every breath you take' is one of my favorite songs so far.
ReplyDeleteYes. This one is not of my favourite groups, but they have played some of the songs that most I have heard. Roxanne. How many times you can hear this song?. What about this, Carlos?. How many coins went into the music-machine of The Water?
ReplyDeleteYou're right, Óscar. After ten minutes trying to find out what the hell "The Water" is, I've just remembered. I used to love the video of that song. And I think that Police is a very important band with some incredible songs, though it's not one of my favourite groups, either.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, have you ever paid attention to the lyrics in "Every breath you take"? We all tend to think it's a beautiful love song, but would you really like to be loved that way? This is a question I always make. Think twice.
Pse!. Some people say that this song is typical of a harasser. Who knows?.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, listen to this love song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Koo1ls0nbu4&feature=share
P.d. For when one post of love songs in english, Manuel?
"Every breath you take" is one of my mother´s favourite song and of mine´s also. I agree that as a love song is strange but there´s a version that is dedicated to a rapper that was killed and if you think of the song in this way it´s beautiful
ReplyDeleteWhat always caught my eye about The Police is that they were ony three people in the band and they sounded as if they were a big band!!! "Roxanne" is my favourite.
ReplyDeleteRoxanne is my favourite too! I just LOVE this song, I have no clue why. Óscar is right, I'm never fed up with it.
ReplyDeletegood times ;) you should listen a-ha
ReplyDeleteI love this band! Their songs are fantastic, my favourite song is 'SOS'.
ReplyDelete'Roxanne' is a great song, but my favourite is 'Every breath you take'. It's one of the best songs I have ever heard.
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