"Don't Stand So Close to Me" is a hit song by the British rock band #thePolice, released in September 1980 as the lead single from their third studio album #ZenyattaMondatta. It concerns a teacher who has a sexual relationship with a student, which in turn is discovered. The band's third No. 1 on the #UKSinglesChart, it was also the #bestSellingSingleOf1980 in the UK selling 808,000 copies in 1980 alone. The song also charted in the top ten in Australia, Canada. https://youtu.be/4jSl-Lr4VuY
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PROFESSOR OF ROCK Looks Back On THE POLICE's Breakthrough Success With Two Radio Unfriendly Songs; Video Interview With Drummer STEWART COPELAND Streaming
This record and XTC's English Settlement spent a lot of time on my turntable in 1981/1982.
It was a pretty big pivot from the first three albums, leaving the "pure" guitar trio behind, and using quite a lot of synthesizer. Plus, Hugh Padgham gave these more ambitious tracks a big, atmospheric sound...something that would continue into their next (and last) record.
The Police are my absolute favorite rock band of all time. When I first began playing drums I even played the Stewart Copeland’s Tama kit. He’s maybe the most underrated drummer in the genre.
Fun fact: they only released 5 studio records.
Fun assumption: my friend @markchappelle will not hate me for posting this. In fact, he may agree with me.
The police officer is the most prominent example of a simulacrum in modern society. Cops as most people know them not only don't actually exist, but they never did. Most people learned everything they think they know about cops from a torrent of pop culture copaganda that never reflected reality.
A short compilation of astronauts falling over on the Moon during the Apollo missions, showcasing their challenges with balance and movement caused by the Moon's low gravity, bulky spacesuits, and navigating the loose, dry lunar regolith.