I HEART 80s

The Police

Posted in 1980s Groups and Bands and tagged with 1980s icons, 80s music, 80s songs

Gordon Sumner (aka Sting)
Stewart Copeland
Andy Summers

Three names, one group. The Police. They weren't around for long as a group. In terms of singles they were active late 70's and early 80's with such gigantic monster hits such as Can't Stand Losing You, So Lonely, Roxanne, Message In A Bottle, Walking On The Moon, Don't Stand So Close To Me etc etc ETC! THEY WERE IMMENSE. Sting is not everyone's cup of tea, I personally think the guy's a complete nob, but to have so much money that your accountant can steal the odd million and you not even notice?! R-E-S-P-E-C-T. Enough said, these were my childhood, or a very large and important part of it!

I never even bought a single until they re-released Don't Stand So Close To Me in 1986 with that awful reworking of their towering number 1 from 1980 (why?!). I was at sixth form and I got it ripped out of me something chronic for buying it, and on 12". I sort of meekly defended it at the time, but people who knew better than me had got it spot on. And yes I know now that it was all part of a Greatest Hits campaign, but still, why mess with such a great song. You can't improve on perfection...