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The Police, Walking on the Moon, Live
Sting wrote this song while he was drunk in Germany, seems fitting considering the free floating riffs and subject matter. “Walking on the Moon,” is an unparallelled Police classic, and an example of genuine 80s psychedelia, a sort of rare excursion for 80s pop groups. Actually the song was originally titled “Walking Round the Room,”…
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The Police, So Lonely
Part 33 of my youtube favorites countdown continues with The Police’s excellent music video for “So Lonely.” Released in 1978 from their brilliant Outlandos d’Amour album, “So Lonely” is an example of their classic punk/reggae hybrid formula. Sting went so far to say that the chorus was ripped directly off of Bob Marley’s “No Woman…