THE POLICE

07.02.2021 06:37:45



- LYRICS -

There is no political solution
To our troubled evolution
Have no faith in constitution
There is no bloody revolution

We are spirits in the material world
Are spirits in the material world

Our so-called leaders speak
With words they try to jail you
They subjugate the meek
But it's the rhetoric of failure

We are spirits in the material world
Are spirits in the material world

Where does the answer lie?
Living from day to day
If it's something we can't buy
There must be another way

We are spirits in the material world
Are spirits in the material world

Music video by The Police performing Spirits In The Material World. (C) 1981 A&M Records Ltd.

07.02.2021 06:39:38



The Police - Demolition Man
Music Video by The Police.
From the album Ghost in the Machine, 1981

07.02.2021 06:41:00



Lyrics:

Every breath you take and every move you make
Every bond you break, every step you take, I'll be watching you
Every single day, every word you say
Every game you play, every night you stay, I'll be watching you

Oh can't you see, you belong to me
How my poor heart aches with every step you take

Every move you make and every vow you break
Every smile you fake, every claim you stake, I'll be watching you

Since you've gone I've been lost without a trace
I dream at night I can only see your face
I look around, but it's you I can't replace
I feel so cold and I long for your embrace
I keep crying baby, baby, please

Oh can't you see, you belong to me
How my poor heart aches with every step you take

Every move you make and every vow you break
Every smile you fake, every claim you stake, I'll be watching you
Every move you make, every step you take, I'll be watching you

I'll be watching you
(Every breath you take, every move you make)
(Every bond you break, every step you take)
I'll be watching you
(Every single day, every word you say)
(Every game you play, every night you stay)
I'll be watching you
(Every move you make, every vow you break)
(Every smile you fake, every claim you stake)
I'll be watching you
(Every single day, every word you say)
(Every game you play, every night you stay)
I'll be watching you
(Every breath you take, every move you make)
(Every bond you break, every step you take)
I'll be watching you
(Every single day, every word you say)
(Every game you play, every night you stay)
I'll be watching you
(Every move you make, every vow you break)
(Every smile you fake, every claim you stake)
I'll be watching you x 2
(Every single day, every word you say)
(Every game you play, every night you stay)
I'll be watching you


Music video by The Police performing Every Breath You Take (Black and White Version). (C) 1983 A&M Records Ltd.

07.02.2021 06:43:38



- LYRICS -

You consider me the young apprentice
Caught between the Scylla and Charibdis
Hypnotized by you if I should linger
Staring at the ring around your finger

I have only come here seeking knowledge
Things they would not teach me of in college
I can see the destiny you sold
Turn into a shining band of gold

I'll be wrapped around your finger
I'll be wrapped around your finger

Mephistopheles is not your name
But I know what you're up to just the same
I will listen hard to your tuition
And you will see it come to its fruition

I'll be wrapped around your finger
I'll be wrapped around your finger

Devil and the deep blue sea behind me
Vanish in the air you'll never find me
I will turn your flesh to alabaster
When you find your servant is your master

And you'll be wrapped around my finger

Music video by The Police performing Wrapped Around Your Finger. (C) 1983 A&M Records Ltd.

07.02.2021 06:45:30



- LYRICS -

Another suburban family morning
Grandmother screaming at the wall
We have to shout above the din of our Rice Krispies
We can't hear anything at all
Mother chants her litany of boredom and frustration
But we know all her suicides are fake
Daddy only stares into the distance
There's only so much more that he can take
Many miles away
Something crawls from the slime
At the bottom of a dark Scottish lake

Another industrial ugly morning
The factory belches filth into the sky
He walks unhindered through the picket lines today
He doesn't think to wonder why
The secretaries pout and preen like
Cheap tarts in a red light street
But all he ever thinks to do is watch
And every single meeting with his so-called superior
Is a humiliating kick in the crotch
Many miles away
Something crawls to the surface
Of a dark Scottish loch

Another working day has ended
Only the rush hour hell to face
Packed like lemmings into shiny metal boxes
Contestants in a suicidal race
Daddy grips the wheel and stares alone into the distance
He knows that something somewhere has to break
He sees the family home now looming in his headlights
The pain upstairs that makes his eyeballs ache
Many miles away
There's a shadow on the door
Of a cottage on the shore
Of a dark Scottish lake
Many miles away, many miles away

Music video by The Police performing Synchronicity II. (C) 1983 A&M Records Ltd.

07.02.2021 06:47:35



(HQ digital stereo remaster) Before anyone accuses me of fraud, this really is the official music video released in Australia for "King Of Pain".  It was shown on the iconic ABC music programme "Countdown" on 11 March 1984.  It is as an edited version of The Police's album promo film "Studies In Synchronicity".  The ABC's "Countdown" was so powerful in the music industry in the '80s that it alone could make or break songs and artists - no video, no promotion, no chance.  So A&M had little choice but to put this together in order to promote this song in Australia, the fourth single from the "Synchronicity" album.  That makes it an official music video.  I don't know if it was shown anywhere else in the world.

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THE MUSIC’S COPYRIGHT DOESN´T BELONG TO ME. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED TO THE POLICE. Music by The Police performing Don’t Stand So Close To Me ’86 (2003 Stereo Remastered Version). (C) 1986 UMG/Polydor. Sound recording administered by: UMG/Polydor.
This video and sound recording has been uploaded for entertainment purposes only and is in accordance with fair use standards (section 107 of the U.S. Copyright. Act.).

09.02.2021 06:05:27



The Police is Sting on bass/lead vocals, Andy Summers on guitar and Stewart Copeland on drums. The reggae rock power trio performs Can't Stand Losing You live on the Old Grey Whistle Test in 1978.

From The Police 1978 debut album Outlandos d'Amour, Can't Stand Losing You was the follow-up single to "Roxanne", reaching number 2 in the UK Singles Chart in 1979. Sting's composition is about teenage suicide. The Police controversial single cover art, featuring Stewart Copeland hanging himself, got the song banned by the BBC. Despite or because of this, the single became The Police breakout hit on the music charts.

Il s'agit ici de la première apparition télévisuelle du groupe...

09.02.2021 06:09:39



Just for the record : this was recorded for the German TV-show ARD "Szene 79" in München on Feb. 8 1979.

09.02.2021 06:12:12



The Police perform "Can't Stand Losing You" on BBC TV's Top Of The Pops 1979. As shown on BBC 4.

09.02.2021 06:14:08



"Can't Stand Losing You" is a song by English rock band The Police, taken from their debut album 'Outlandos d'Amour' in 1978 and written by Sting, Police's singer and bassplayer. It was the follow-up single to "Roxanne", their first big hit. It reached number 2 in the UK Singles Chart in 1979.

The Police were a British band, extremely popular in the late 70s and early 80s. With Sting (nickname of Gordon Sumner) as lead singer, guitarist Andy Summers and drummer Stewart Copeland, the 3 men had their first two hits in 1979: 'So Lonely' (which reached number 31 in the Dutch Top 40) and 'Roxanne' (which reached 21). In the same year, they broke through with 'Can't Stand Losing You' ( number 9), followed by 'Message In A Bottle' (which even peaked at number 2). The fifth Police hit, 'Walking On The Moon' released at the end of that year, then made it to the top 10 at the beginning of 1980 by staying for two weeks on 9.

This clip was first broadcast on Toppop on 13 September 1979

09.02.2021 06:16:57



Left: Alright Now on 6th February 1979.

Right: Top of the Pops on 12th July 1979.

10.02.2021 06:48:24



The Police were a British band, extremely popular in the late 70s and early 80s. With Sting (nickname of Gordon Sumner) as lead singer/bassplayer, guitarist Andy Summers and drummer Stewart Copeland, the 3 men had their first two hits in 1979: 'So Lonely' (which reached number 31 in the Dutch Top40) and Roxanne (which ended at #21).

'Roxanne' was recorded in the Toppop studio on 24 May 1979. Shorttly after this recording, on 4 June 1979, they performed on the main stage at the Pinkpop festival in Geleen, the Netherlands, which caused their big break big in Holland.

10.02.2021 06:50:29



Left: Alright Now on 6th February 1979.

Right: Top of the Pops on 3rd May 1979.

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13.02.2021 06:11:43



The Police - Don't stand so close to me filmed on the snow same time of DoDoDo de Da da da.. this is a very  VERY RARE SHOT with Sting naked. Filmed in Canada

13.02.2021 06:15:25



The Police playing (lip synch) in Bremen, Musikladen, Western Germany - FDR (Public TV) during their around world tour on 1981.03.19. The video's status can change, if the policies chosen by the content owners change.

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13.02.2021 06:19:53



Rare version.
Version enregistrée en 1986 lors des retrouvailles du trio en studio pour l'enregistrement du best "Every Breath You Take". Nouvelle version voulue par Sting, elle n'a pas été commercialisée... (fort heureusement ?)

13.02.2021 06:36:18



"The Kenny Everett Television Show" Christmas 1981.

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13.02.2021 06:44:16



The Police - Every Breath You Take (Top Of The Pops 1983)
Full track, redubbed.