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What are your favorites of these songs?

Roxanne
15 (5.5%)
Can't Stand Losing You
14 (5.2%)
Message in a Bottle
36 (13.3%)
Walking on the Moon
19 (7%)
Don't Stand So Close to Me
21 (7.7%)
Driven to Tears
5 (1.8%)
De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da
5 (1.8%)
Spirits in the Material World
19 (7%)
Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
19 (7%)
Invisible Sun
9 (3.3%)
Synchronicity
14 (5.2%)
Synchronicity II
28 (10.3%)
Every Breath You Take
22 (8.1%)
King of Pain
19 (7%)
Wrapped Around Your Finger
26 (9.6%)

Total Members Voted: 61

Voting closed: September 25, 2023, 06:44:39 PM

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Your favorites of these classic Police songs
« on: December 13, 2017, 05:44:39 PM »
You can vote for up to 5.

I voted for:

Walking on the Moon
Spirits in the Material World
Synchronicity
Synchronicity II
Wrapped Around Your Finger

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Re: Your favorites of these classic Police songs
« Reply #1 on: December 13, 2017, 05:52:27 PM »
Okay de do do do sounds like a parody song name lol

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Re: Your favorites of these classic Police songs
« Reply #2 on: December 13, 2017, 06:09:14 PM »
Not a fan, so I could only vote for two:

Invisible Sun
Many Miles Away
would have thought the same thing but seeing the OP was TAC i immediately thought Maiden or DT related
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Re: Your favorites of these classic Police songs
« Reply #3 on: December 13, 2017, 07:08:39 PM »
5?  That's insane.

50 maybe.

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Re: Your favorites of these classic Police songs
« Reply #4 on: December 13, 2017, 07:12:21 PM »
5?  That's insane.

50 maybe.

Easy John, this isn't the Iron Maiden thread! ;D
would have thought the same thing but seeing the OP was TAC i immediately thought Maiden or DT related
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Re: Your favorites of these classic Police songs
« Reply #5 on: December 13, 2017, 07:13:49 PM »
Wrapped
Don't Stand So Close to Me
Can't Stand Losing You
Walking on the Moon
Message in a Bottle
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Re: Your favorites of these classic Police songs
« Reply #6 on: December 13, 2017, 07:36:34 PM »
5?  That's insane.

50 maybe.

Easy John, this isn't the Iron Maiden thread! ;D

May be able to knock it down to 40 for that!

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Re: Your favorites of these classic Police songs
« Reply #7 on: December 13, 2017, 08:30:09 PM »
Played the hell out of my Police Greatest Hits CD back in the day. Can't imagine going out of my way to listen to them now.

Message in a Bottle
Invisible Sun
Every Breath You Take
King of Pain
Wrapped Around Your Finger
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Re: Your favorites of these classic Police songs
« Reply #8 on: December 13, 2017, 09:56:55 PM »
Don't Stand So Close to Me
Spirits in the Material World
Synchronicity II
King of Pain
Wrapped Around Your Finger

Oh and allow me to add that the song from that list that I absolutely ABHOR is Roxanne. I HATE that song with a passion. UGH!
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Re: Your favorites of these classic Police songs
« Reply #9 on: December 14, 2017, 12:47:17 AM »
Dammit! Didn't mean to vote for Message in a Bottle; was supposed to vote for Walking on the Moon instead.  :facepalm: The "Sending out an SOS" bit at the end spoils MIAB for me; goes on far too long.

Anyway, I only voted for three others, Roxanne, Can't Stand Losing You and Every Little Thing. My fifth choice is going to a song not on this list: When The World Is Running Down, You Make the Best of What's Still Around.

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Re: Your favorites of these classic Police songs
« Reply #10 on: December 14, 2017, 07:04:08 AM »
Don't Stand So Close to Me
Spirits in the Material World
Synchronicity II
King of Pain
Wrapped Around Your Finger

Oh and allow me to add that the song from that list that I absolutely ABHOR is Roxanne. I HATE that song with a passion. UGH!

You and me both, brother.   I'm a big fan of the Police, generally, and really think they have some gems in the catalogue (I'm a huge fan of Sting's voice when he sings those long legato lines in his upper register - think "Synchronicity") but that wail on "Roxanne" makes it one of my least favorite songs EVER, not just by the Police.  One of the few I skip (on CD) or turn off (on radio). 

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Re: Your favorites of these classic Police songs
« Reply #11 on: December 14, 2017, 07:11:16 AM »
Roxanne is easily my least favorite Police song. So annoying. I'll even take Mother and Born In The 50's over it.

Masoko Tanga is the most underrated Police song IMO.

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Re: Your favorites of these classic Police songs
« Reply #12 on: December 14, 2017, 08:01:22 AM »
I was intending to vote for some of the older songs, but when I got to the Synchronicity songs, the nostalgia hit me SO hard just reading those song titles.  I went:

Message
Synchronicity II
Every Breath
King of Pain
Wrapped
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Re: Your favorites of these classic Police songs
« Reply #13 on: December 14, 2017, 08:06:54 AM »
Message in a Bottle, but my favorite isn't on here (When the World Is Running Down You Make The Best of What's Still Around)
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Re: Your favorites of these classic Police songs
« Reply #14 on: December 14, 2017, 08:16:48 AM »
I thought this would be easy but I forget how many good songs they have.

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Re: Your favorites of these classic Police songs
« Reply #15 on: December 14, 2017, 08:42:47 AM »
That was easy. The last five on the list.
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Re: Your favorites of these classic Police songs
« Reply #16 on: December 14, 2017, 09:25:14 AM »
Roxanne is easily my least favorite Police song. So annoying. I'll even take Mother and Born In The 50's over it.

Masoko Tanga is the most underrated Police song IMO.

I love Born In The 50's.  That whole first album is killer... except for the cat on a hot tin roof caterwauling that is "Roxanne". 

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Re: Your favorites of these classic Police songs
« Reply #17 on: December 14, 2017, 11:47:29 AM »
Dammit! Didn't mean to vote for Message in a Bottle; was supposed to vote for Walking on the Moon instead.  :facepalm: The "Sending out an SOS" bit at the end spoils MIAB for me; goes on far too long.

My son used to think it was partly in Spanish: Sendinatta SOS. Funny

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Re: Your favorites of these classic Police songs
« Reply #18 on: December 14, 2017, 05:24:17 PM »
I echo the hate sentiments for Roxanne. I really, really hate that song.

Everyone voting for it needs to show themselves so we can deride them. :P :lol

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Re: Your favorites of these classic Police songs
« Reply #19 on: December 15, 2017, 09:43:20 AM »
Wrapped
Spirits
Sync II

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Re: Your favorites of these classic Police songs
« Reply #20 on: December 15, 2017, 11:50:06 AM »
Roxanne
Message
Every Little Thing (a song that was featured prominently in my wedding reception video)
Synch 1 (I think that's the one I like...the faster one?)
King of Pain

Spirits probably would've been #6
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Re: Your favorites of these classic Police songs
« Reply #21 on: December 15, 2017, 02:17:55 PM »
Cant Standing Losing You
Message in a Bottle
Driven to Tears
Spirits Material World
King of Pain

No real order. Always some really clever bass lines in these songs , Sting is almost " McCartney " level gifted with that.

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Re: Your favorites of these classic Police songs
« Reply #22 on: December 17, 2017, 11:46:47 PM »
Can't Stand Losing You
Driven to Tears
Spirits in the Material World
Invisible Sun
Wrapped Around Your Finger

It was hard enough to not vote for all of the Synchronicity tracks in the poll. However, my favorite Police deep cut wasn't on the list - Secret Journey. That song was and still is amazing. Ghost in the Machine is such a great album.

Also joining in on the dislike for Roxanne and sadly, Message in a Bottle - MiaB is awesome.. up until the 200 jillion repeats of "sending out an SOS" at the end.

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Re: Your favorites of these classic Police songs
« Reply #23 on: December 22, 2017, 04:48:35 PM »
Roxanne is easily my least favorite Police song. So annoying. I'll even take Mother and Born In The 50's over it.

Masoko Tanga is the most underrated Police song IMO.

Love Mother and Born In The 50's.  Roxanne not so much.

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Re: Your favorites of these classic Police songs
« Reply #24 on: August 21, 2021, 07:03:07 AM »
Roxanne
Message in a Bottle
Synchronicity II
Every Breath You Take
Wrapped Around Your Finger

I would vote for "So Lonely" if it was one of the choices.


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Re: Your favorites of these classic Police songs
« Reply #25 on: August 21, 2021, 07:18:05 AM »
This was a lot harder than I thought it would be.

Went with:
King Of Pain
Message In A Bottle
Invisible Sun
Every Breath You Take
Wrapped Around Your Finger

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Re: Your favorites of these classic Police songs
« Reply #26 on: August 21, 2021, 08:50:50 AM »
Voted:

Every Little Thing…
Synchronicity II (is the first Synchronicity really a classic Police song?)
Every Breath You Take
King of Pain (my favorite Police song)
Wrapped Around Your Finger

Have never gotten into the Police or Sting beyond the radio hits. Have a best of CD of each plus Hounds of Winter which is pretty cool. But every time I think about picking up an album by Sting or the Police I think “will I really listen to this?” I don’t listen to the ones I have very often, even though I do enjoy them when I do.

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Re: Your favorites of these classic Police songs
« Reply #27 on: August 21, 2021, 11:28:45 AM »
In the words of N.W.A. - Fuck The Police.
Horrible band, led by two horrible people.

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Re: Your favorites of these classic Police songs
« Reply #28 on: August 21, 2021, 01:23:26 PM »
I just came in to say - again - how horrible "Roxanne" is.

That is all.

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« Reply #29 on: August 21, 2021, 02:15:33 PM »
I wouldn't vote for Roxanne as top 5 in this group, but why all the hate?  :biggrin:

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Re: Your favorites of these classic Police songs
« Reply #30 on: August 21, 2021, 02:21:00 PM »
In the words of N.W.A. - Fuck The Police.
Horrible band, led by two horrible people.

Which TWO?


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« Reply #31 on: August 21, 2021, 02:21:51 PM »
This was hard...I voted:

Message in a Bottle
Don't Stand So Close to Me
Every Little Thing She Does is Magic
Every Breath you Take
King of Pain

Very close to making top 5:
Spirits
Synchronicity II
Wrapped




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« Reply #32 on: August 21, 2021, 08:45:28 PM »
I wouldn't vote for Roxanne as top 5 in this group, but why all the hate?  :biggrin:

Because it sucks pig shit. I have a handful of rock songs on my "I can't believe this song is that popular" list, and that is always first on the list.

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« Reply #33 on: August 21, 2021, 08:54:47 PM »
My favorite Police song is Secret Journey.
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Re: Your favorites of these classic Police songs
« Reply #34 on: August 21, 2021, 08:57:48 PM »
My favorite Police song is Secret Journey.

I like that one a lot. Ghost in the Machine is a very good record, and it is hard to not pick the first three songs (the hits) as my favorites, but Secret Journey might be my favorite of the rest.  :hat