Icons of the 80's

What a breakthrough. With Police Punk became socially acceptable and lost its political, partly class struggle background. Suddenly Punk was played at parties and could be fun. But basically fit Police never in the tight corset of punk. Although their sound was rough, unpolished and minimalist - no keyboard, which would have been far too expensive for punk bands; but the punk credo of the first hour "Learn three chords and reasons a band" never was theirs. Quite the opposite: The trio consisted of excellent musicians who dominated their instruments outstanding. As Sting was with an extraordinary voice, which by the way GO UP his bass down and scrubbed because Steward Copeland was a polyrhythmic drum technology and Andy Summers with his guitar, which he supported with plenty of echo effects. Police had a band that was never silent, but continued to develop continually. A typical group sound could, yes could establish itself as never, the three sat down for too much pressure.
Nevertheless, each of their five albums unmistakable and, in contrast to much of what the 80 have spawned until today hardly lost on appeal. Regatta de Blanc is certainly it. To date mature album In addition to popular songs like Message in a bottle, there are a whole range of real song-pearl, from the rousing It's alright for you on the more melodic Bring on the night to the instrumental title track. Even my all time favorite piece of Police is included, Bed's Too Big Without You, with its distinctive crunchy bass line, which is easily capable of a candle, placed in front of the speaker to blow out. Try it!