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Oct 27, 2026
Martin PopoffHOST
You know, even though Black Sabbath might be Tony's band and the writing is coming from Tony, Cozy gets in there and he kind of shapes the band a little bit in his image.
Martin PopoffHOST
Stuart Copeland in The Police.
Martin PopoffHOST
You know, he's one of the bigger spokesmen for that band.
Martin PopoffHOST
And again, like Triumph, we're talking about a trio here, but he's super important.
Martin PopoffHOST
He's a...
Martin PopoffHOST
Very, very distinct member of this band, more so than the bass playing, more so than the guitaring, I would even add.
Martin PopoffHOST
I feel like, you know, Sting with his vocals and Stewart with his drums are kind of the two main trademarks of the police, or the two most important things you sort of think about and people talk about.
Martin PopoffHOST
So, yeah, and he also doesn't suffer fools gladly.
Jackson ReedGUEST
Like, he's got some really cool songs.
Jackson ReedGUEST
And also, you know, to bring up The Police.
Jackson ReedGUEST
But The Police are a very, very cool band.
Jackson ReedGUEST
And again, most people think of Every Breath You Take.
Jackson ReedGUEST
But when you dive in there, there's a lot going on with that band.
Jackson ReedGUEST
So, yeah, and I think Sting is underrated as a bass player as well.
Jackson ReedGUEST
you know those police songs are not easy to sing and play bass at the same time so he's a very good musician that i think a lot of people maybe just think is like you know some some crooner you know not really a musician's musician but i think i think he he fits that bill
Brett VargoHOST
I know your choice was Sting, but talking about the police, Stuart Copeland obviously was a very accomplished drummer pre the police, as was Andy Summers.
Martin KilcoyneHOST
Sting is a single person.
Martin KilcoyneHOST
The Police was the band.
Martin KilcoyneHOST
Nice.
Doug VaughnHOST
Okay.
Molly AllenHOST
Which group recorded the albums Regatta de Blanc and Ghost in the Machine?
Dave SpositoHOST
The Police.
Molly AllenHOST
On the map, the vertical lines are called what?
Dave SpositoHOST
Longitude.
Molly AllenHOST
The helm.
Molly AllenHOST
You both got Frosty with the hat.
Molly AllenHOST
Dave got Dracula and the police.
Molly AllenHOST
And then you both got Longitude.
Bill Van VagelGUEST
And when we were going through our top five bands, I had these guys as my number two.
Bill Van VagelGUEST
And that's The Police.
Bill Van VagelGUEST
And I'm going to go with their debut album, Outlandos de Amor from 1978.
Bill Van VagelGUEST
In 1978, The Police were... band coming out of England, even though Stewart Copeland, the drummer, phenomenal drummer, was from America.
Bill Van VagelGUEST
He grew up and lived in England.
Bill Van VagelGUEST
His dad was in, his dad had a day job, but he was really working for, I think it was the CIA, FBI, one of the two.
Bill Van VagelGUEST
He was an undercover guy.
Bill Van VagelGUEST
But the police were a little bit of punk, a little bit of jazz, a little bit of reggae, a little bit of new wave, a little bit of pop, a little bit of rock and roll.
Bill WeinbergHOST
sometimes rendered Dr. Faustus, and it is inspired interpretations by the English playwright Christopher Marlowe, the German playwright and poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, the French opera composer Charles Guenot, etc.
Bill WeinbergHOST
It is also referenced in the song Wrapped Around Your Finger by the police, yes, the rock band from the 1980s, in which Sting... assumes the role of Mephistopheles and sings the memorable line, I will turn your face to alabaster when you find your servant is your master, quote unquote.
Bill WeinbergHOST
And doesn't that sum up everything we are worried about with artificial intelligence today? So the Faust story has been on my mind in relation to the dilemma now facing the human race in the face of AI.
Bill WeinbergHOST
And then up pops this audio clip from Peter Thiel, currently making the rounds on social media.
Ellie FodenHOST
He also worked with Mark and Amy on the absolute banger that is Valerie.
Ellie FodenHOST
Aside from Amy and Mark, obviously, he's worked with the likes of Adele, Shakira, Sting and The Police, Jeff Beck, Birdie, The Verve, UB40, and honestly, the list keeps going.
Ellie FodenHOST
And he's got a book about creativity coming out soon, which is everything he has learned through his own creative life and sitting in the room with people like those names that we know and the people behind the scenes of those iconic songs that may be whose names you don't know.
Ellie FodenHOST
In this episode, we get into what really happens in the room when you're drawing a performance or drawing meaning and art and emotion out of someone.
AngusHOST
Photos in the Woods by Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein.
AngusHOST
Every Breath You Take by The Police.
AngusHOST
Master of Puppets by Metallica.
AngusHOST
Running Up That Hill by Katie Bush.
Mike van AckerHOST
Is Eric Clapton still alive or not so much? Eric Clapton, still alive, he's 81 years old.
Mike van AckerHOST
Question 20 is always a music question and today it is, which band had hits with Walking on the Moon and Don't Stand So Close to Me? would be the police final clues now for the who am i who am i my first two albums gave me seven number one hits in a row that's more than the beatles or the bgs ever managed i'm known for saving all my love for you how will i know and i want to dance with somebody and for my cover of the greatest love of all i am of course Whitney Houston.
Mike van AckerHOST
Alrighty.
Mike van AckerHOST
How'd you go with that set of questions? I hope you found those interesting and I hope you got a good score on them.
Steve HillGUEST
Yeah, Top of the Pops was a big deal.
Steve HillGUEST
My older brother very much into the jam, so I thought I had to have my own group, and I kind of foolishly chose The Police, which I kind of knew weren't as good as the jam, but I tried to stick with it.
Steve HillGUEST
So yeah, my first single was, I rarely heard Don't Stand So Close to Me, which doesn't get a lot of airplay these days.
Steve HillGUEST
Tragically, my second single was Baggy Trousers by Madness, which would have made a great single, great first single, but I can't lie.
David EastaughHOST
It was.
David EastaughHOST
It was one of those ones.
David EastaughHOST
So during the 80s then, and you'd sort of had The Police, which was interesting, then Madness.
David EastaughHOST
How did your 80s then pan out as you sort of were going through your teen period?
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