The Police phase is a rite of passage*, so be sure to peep Everyone Stares: The Police Inside Out in rotation this month on Showtime Next. The roc-doc got two stars - hmm, is that one for Sting, one for Stewart, none for Andy? It’s a flat film no doubt, but I have a fetish for voyeuristic old home movies and slideshows in general, so I really enjoyed the static lo-fi quality of Copeland’s Super-8 tape. I also enjoy a good band implosion and the in-fighting and brotherhood trapped inside the Police always delivers deconstruction.
At the core, the music was and still is magic, but even more interesting to me is the example of people thrown together all day long under extreme circumstance, working it out the best they can. If you bother to look, you’ll see that particular sociological phenomenon is right in front of you everyday.
Vintage Cut: here is the band in 1983 being heavy about not being heavy as they talk seriously about music.
*Not to be confused with the Steve Miller or Queen phase
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