ST IN G AND THE POL IC E Tempo: A Rowman & Littlefield Music Series on Rock, Pop, and Culture Series Editor: Scott Calhoun Tempo: A Rowman & Littlefield Music Series on Rock, Pop, and Culture offers titles that explore rock and popular music through the lens of social and cultural history, revealing the dynamic relationship between musicians, music, and their milieu Like other major art forms, rock and pop music comment on their cultural, political, and even economic situation, reflecting the technological advances, psychological concerns, religious feelings, and artistic trends of their times Contributions to the Tempo series are the ideal introduction to major pop and rock artists and genres Titles in the Series Bob Dylan: American Troubadour, by Donald Brown Bon Jovi: America’s Ultimate Band, by Margaret Olson British Invasion: The Crosscurrents of Musical Influence, by Simon Philo Bruce Springsteen: American Poet and Prophet, by Donald L Deardorff II The Clash: The Only Band That Mattered, by Sean Egan Kris Kristofferson: Country Highwayman, by Mary G Hurd Patti Smith: America’s Punk Rock Rhapsodist, by Eric Wendell Paul Simon: An American Tune, by Cornel Bonca Ska: The Rhythm of Liberation, by Heather Augustyn Sting and The Police, by Aaron J West ST IN G AND THE POL IC E Walking in Their Footsteps Aaron J West ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD Lanham • Boulder • New York • London Published by Rowman & Littlefield A wholly owned subsidiary of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc 4501 Forbes Boulevard, Suite 200, Lanham, Maryland 20706 www.rowman.com Unit A, Whitacre Mews, 26-34 Stannary Street, London SE11 4AB Copyright © 2015 by Aaron J West All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without written permission from the publisher, except by a reviewer who may quote passages in a review British Library Cataloguing in Publication Information Available Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data West, Aaron J Sting and The Police : walking in their footsteps / Aaron J West pages cm — (Tempo : a Rowman & Littlefield music series on rock, pop, and culture) Includes bibliographical references and index ISBN 978-0-8108-8490-8 (hardback : alk paper) — ISBN 978-0-8108-8491-5 (ebook) Police (Musical group) Sting (Musician) Rock music—1981-1990—History and criticism I Title ML421.P67W47 2015 782.42166092'2—dc23 2015015451 TM The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992 Printed in the United States of America CONTENTS Foreword Scott Calhoun, Series Editor vii Timeline ix Acknowledgments xxxiii Introduction xxxv The Police and the Progressive Rock, Punk, and Reggae Styles The Police and the Style Mosaic 21 Sting and the Album Mosaic 37 Selling The Police and Sting to the World 57 Sting in the Age of Global Activism 81 The Police and the Rock Trio 103 The Music after The Police 125 Further Reading 141 Further Listening 145 Index 153 About the Author 163 v FOREWORD Scott Calhoun, Series Editor The following exploration of Sting and The Police as artists—as jazz-, funk-, reggae-, and folk-pop artists, specifically—gets it right about how a three-piece combo can turn alchemic Stewart Copeland, Andy Summers, and Gordon Matthew Sumner, or Sting, brought their musical curiosities and complex personalities together to form a new wave of astute, infectious English song craft, while giving audiences years of thrilling performances Aaron J West gets it right too, about the chemistry of a complicated musical artist who trends toward the restless, virtuosic type, as is true of Sting Seeming to enjoy the chase of craft as much as the adulation of the crowd, The Police’s potency came from skillful compounding of musical styles already marked by strong grooves, inventive tempos, and playfulness The music The Police made, and that Sting continues to make, has satisfied the literate and literary, as well the mainstream appetite for something eminently fun to sing and dance to But Sting’s thirst for a greater, more singular pursuit of craft and crowd sent him on many more cultural quests after The Police, looking for the pop hooks, world beats, activist heroics, and even stage roles offered by film and theater, to satiate the artist Sometimes accused of appropriation by critics who lean toward purists, The Police’s music has nevertheless endured It has inspired many post-1980s artists who had the good fortune of composing their songs in times when borrowing, referencing, and sampling was de rigueur At times accused of affectation, Sting, never the shy nor demure performer, has turned any such complaints to his advantage, commanding our vii viii FOREW ORD attention when on a new project by promising to tip the balance from showmanship toward sophistication This study presents Sting and The Police by choosing a different path of presentation Pop legends they are, with storied lives and plenty of laurels to show for it But West’s perspective is drawn to seeing their rise to acclaim and influence in popular music history as the acts of artists choosing their colors, their brush strokes, and their canvases, intentionally assembling the pieces to make something brilliantly new FU RT H E R LI ST E N I N G 149 mix of non-Western music, Afro-Cuban grooves, and even a string quartet The Police Live! (June 1995), album, A&M Records This double album features early and late performances of The Police The first is from a Boston show in 1979 The band is raw and still evolving from their punk influences The second performance is from a two-night engagement in Atlanta in 1983 The Police are more polished, and they are clearly enjoying being the biggest band in the world Mercury Falling (March 1996), album, A&M Records Although not as upbeat as Ten Summoner’s Tales, it features another country song, “I’m So Happy I Can’t Stop Crying,” which would be a hit for Toby Keith in late 1997 Strontium 90: Police Academy (August 1997), album, ARK 21 This album features a performance from May 28, 1977, by bassist Mike Howlett, Copeland, Sting, and Summers, known collectively as Strontium 90 This was the first time that Summers performed with Sting and Copeland After this concert, they changed their name to the Elevators, but after a couple more performances, they disbanded Green Chimneys: The Music of Thelonious Monk (May 1999), album, RCA Victor This is Summers’s tribute to the music of the legendary jazz pianist, Thelonious Monk Although Monk’s music is sacred ground in the jazz world, Summers’s arrangements convey a sense of respect and love He even convinced Sting to join him on “Round Midnight.” Brand New Day (September 1999), album, A&M Records Brand New Day was heralded as Sting’s comeback album Millions of copies were sold around the world, largely fueled by the single “Desert Rose.” The tune, featuring Algerian singer Cheb Mami, was used in a cross-promotional Jaguar commercial and became a worldwide hit Peggy’s Blue Skylight (September 2000), album, RCA Victor 150 FURTHER LISTENING Much like Green Chimneys, Summers’s Peggy’s Blue Skylight is a tribute to another jazz luminary, Charles Mingus Summers is clearly paying his debt to the traditional jazz repertoire The Grand Pecking Order (October 2001), album, Elektra Records Following a hiatus from drumming, Copeland was asked by Les Claypool, the bassist for Primus, to join him and Trey Anastasio, the guitarist for Phish, for a one-time performance at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival in 2000 They named their new supergroup Oysterhead The Grand Pecking Order was their first and only album There have been persistent rumors that the group will re-form at some point Sacred Love (September 2003), album, A&M Records Once again, Sting experiments with various genres This album features R&B, soul, electronic dance music, and rock His duet with Mary J Blige on “Whenever I Say Your Name” is particularly compelling Songs from the Labyrinth (October 2006), album, Deutsche Grammophon This album primarily consists of Sting’s interpretations of the works of John Dowland, a Renaissance lutenist and songwriter Sting spent an extended period studying performances of Dowland, corresponding with Dowland scholars, and countless hours practicing the lute The Stewart Copeland Anthology (August 2007), album, Koch Records This is an excellent compilation for the casual fan of Stewart Copeland It spans works from Klark Kent to the theme music for the video game Spyro the Dragon If on a Winter’s Night (October 2009), album, Deutsche Grammophon This album is a collection of newly composed and arranged winterthemed tunes based on English ballads, fourteenth-century carols, lullabies, and traditional English songs This contemplative music deals with the mysticism and melancholy of the winter season FU RT H E R LI ST E N I N G 151 Symphonicities (August 2010), album, Deutsche Grammophon This album is comprised of orchestral arrangements of Sting’s and The Police’s greatest hits The arrangements provide a new take on some old hits, and Sting’s voice is peerless Fundamental (September 2012), album, Polysom Records This is a remarkable album of Brazilian-inspired compositions with vocalist Fernanda Taki, which echoes the legendary albums of Antonio Carlos Jobim and Luiz Bonfá Summers’s music is elegant and sophisticated The Last Ship (September 2013), album, Cherrytree/Interscope/ A&M Records This album contains some of the music featured in Sting’s Broadway show, The Last Ship The album was the first since Sacred Love to be entirely composed by Sting The songs are inspired by Sting’s childhood and his upbringing in Wallsend INDEX Seconds of Summer, 124 9½ Weeks, 127 10 cc, 73, 106 “25%” (UB40 song), 33 39/Smooth, 122 924 Gilman Street (punk club), 121, 122 2112 (album), 116 A&M Records, 61–62, 64, 65, 79 Abdul Nassar, Gamal, 58 AC/DC, 70 Adam Ant, 94 Adams, Bryan, 97 The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, 50 “Africa Unite”, 14 “Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)”, 93 Agatha, 75 AIR Studios, 45 Alan Parson’s Project, Alice in Chains, 117, 120 Alkaline Trio, 103 “All Four Seasons”, 53–54 American Bandstand, 68 American Idiot (album), 123–124 “American Idiot” (song), 123–124 Amnesty International, 82, 83–84; Conspiracy of Hope tour, xxxviii, 46, 97–99; Sting’s association with, 45–46, 97–100 Anastasio, Trey, 130 Animal Logic, 126, 130 Animal Logic (album), 130 Animal Logic II, 130 Apted, Michael, 75–77 Argus, 59 Ark 21, 79, 138 Armatrading, Joan, 59, 98 Armstrong, Billie Joe, 120–124 Armstrong, Louis, 107 arpilleristas, 46 Artemis 81, 69 “Awaken”, B-52s, 64 “Babylon System”, 14 “Bad” (U2 song), 94 Baez, Joan, 97 Bailey, Victor, 133 Baker, Ginger, 104, 105–108, 111 Band Aid, xxxviii, 85–90, 96 Band Aid II, 89 Band Aid 20, 89 Band Aid 30, 89 Band für Afrika, 89 “Bankrobber”, 33 Banton, Pato, 138 “The Barbarian”, “Basket Case”, 122 Beals, Jennifer, 41 the Beat, 35 153 154 the Beatles, 13, 37, 65, 71, 87, 106, 118, 123 Beck, Jeff, 84, 106 “Behind My Camel”, Belafonte, Harry, 89 “La Belle Dame Sans Regrets”, 54 Beneson, Peter, 83 Bennett, Tony, 24 Benson, George, 103 Berry, Chuck, 106 Bewitched, 133 A Bigger Splash, 41 “Biko”, 82 “Black and White” (Three Dog Night song), 14 Black Flag, 118 Black Sabbath, 93, 118 Blackwell, Chris, 14 Blackwood, Nina, 68 Blake, Peter, 87 Blakey, Art, 39, 106, 111 Bley, Carla, 41 Blink 182, 105, 124 Blondie, 26 Blue Öyster Cult, 31 Bluebeat, 14 Blues Incorporated, 106, 107 “Bo Diddley” (song), “Bombs Away”, 82 Bonfá, Luis, 54, 135 Bono, 81, 86–87, 97; Live Aid performance, 93–94 “Boogie On Reggae Woman”, 14 Booker T & the M.G.’s, 53 the Boomtown Rats, 85, 90, 94, 96 bossa nova, 48; in “Roxanne”, 22–23 Boston (band), 31 “Boulevard of Broken Dreams” (Tony Bennett song), 24 “Bound for Glory”, 85 Bowie, David, 74, 93 Boy George, 87, 91 Brazilian music, 3, 23, 48, 53, 54, 132, 135 Brecht, Bertolt, 50 The Bride, 41, 44, 89 Brimstone and Treacle, 126 Bring on the Night (film), 75–77, 95 “Bring on the Night” (song), xxxvi, xxxviii, 6, 33–36, 76 INDEX Brooks, Garth, 119 “Brothers in Arms”, 82 Brown, James, 53 Browne, Jackson, 97 Bruce, Jack, 105–109, 114 Buenos Aires, 23, 65–66 Buerk, Michael, 85 Buggles, 68 Bullock, Hiram, 45, 50 Burbidge, Derek, 65, 67, 69–70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75–76 Burbidge, Kate, 65, 69–70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75–76 Burning Spear, 16 Cam’ron, 139 Canadian Mosaic, 21–22 “Candle in the Wind 1997”, 87 “Can’t Stand Losing You”, 26, 62, 70 Cantaré Cantarás (I Will Sing, You Will Sing), 89 Caravan (band), 59 “Caribbean Queen”, 97 “Carrion Prince”, 33–34 Casey Jones and the Engineers, 105 The Cask of Amontillado, 128 Cavallo, Rob, 122 CBGB, 8, 64 Chandler, Chas, 110–111 Chanteurs Sans Frontieré, 89 Chao, Georgia T., 22 Chapman, Tracy, 99 Charming Snakes, 133 Chega de Mágoa, 89 Cherry Vanilla, 60, 61 Chicago Symphony, 138 Chief Raoni Metuktire, 101 “Children’s Crusade”, 42 “Chimes of Freedom”, 100 “El Choclo”, 24 Cinelu, Mino, 45, 101 Clapton, Eric, 14, 45, 84, 93, 105–109, 114 Clarke, Stanley, 130 the Clash, 14, 23, 33, 82, 83 Claypool, Les, 130 Cleese, John, 83 Cliff Richard and the Shadows, 132 Climax Blues Band, 3, 59 I N DE X Club A’ Go Go, 111 Coal Miner’s Daughter, 75 Cobain, Kurt, 118, 120, 122, 123 Colaiuta, Vinnie, 52 Collins, Phil, 39, 81, 84, 87, 93, 95–96 Concert for Bangladesh, 82 Consequences (Godley and Creme album), 73 “Consider Me Gone”, 42 Cooke, Sam, 110 Copeland, Ian, 57, 62–64 Copeland, Miles, Jr., 57–58, 61 Copeland, Miles, III, 3, 57–62, 63–67, 69, 75, 76, 78, 79, 94, 99, 138 Coppola, Francis Ford, 37, 126, 127 Coppola, Roman, 126 Corgan, Billy, 116 the Cortinas, 60 Costello, Elvis, 2, 14, 83, 119 Crazy from the Heat, 40 Cream, xxxix, 105–109, 113 Creme, Lol, 73–75, 106 Crisp, Quentin, 44, 45 “Crossroads”, 107 cueca, 46 cult of virtuosity, 115–116, 117 “La Cumparsita”, 24 the Cure, 64 Curved Air, 3, 9, 59, 60 Cyrus, Billy Ray, 119 Czezowski, Andrew, 15 the Damned, 11 “Dancing in the Street”, 93 “Dancing with Tears in My Eyes”, 86 Dantalian’s Chariot, 3, 35, 132 Dare to Drum, 129 Davis, Miles, xxxv, 16, 28, 39, 49, 55, 98, 132 D’Drum, 129 “Dead End Job”, 10–11 Dead Like Me, 127 “Deathwish” (song), Def Leppard, Dekker, Desmond, 35 Dennard, Kenwood, 45 Depeche Mode, 82 Deptford Fun City, 60 “Desert Rose”, 78–79 155 Desirer Walks the Streets, 133 Desperate Housewives, 127 Devo, 67, 119 Diddley, Bo., 105 Dinosaur Jr., 103 Dire Straits, 41, 68, 82, 91, 95 Dirnt, Mike, 120–121 disco, 33, 67 “Disco Inferno”, 33 Disraeli Gears, 107 Dixie Chicks, 103 Dixon, Willie, 106 “Do They Know It’s Christmas?”, 41, 85–90, 93 Doctor Faustus, 18 Donovan, 84 “Don’t Fear the Reaper”, 31 “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart”, 97 “Don’t Stand So Close to Me”, 71–72 Dookie, 122–124 Dowland, John, 136–137 Dread, Mikey, 33 “The Dream”, The Dream of the Blue Turtles (album), 42, 49, 75, 95, 98, 136 “The Dream of the Blue Turtles (song)”, 42 “Driven to Tears”, 67, 82, 84, 96 “Drowned”, 84 dub, 15, 22, 33, 34, 35–36 Dune (film), 37, 41 Duran Duran, 73–74, 97, 119 Dutilleux, Jean-Pierre, 100–101, 129 Dylan, Bob, 84, 97, 100 Eagles, 55, 64 Eisler, Hanns, 50 Eldridge, Roy, 134 Elektra Records, 107 Elfman, Danny, 127 Eliot, T S., Ellington, Duke, xxxv Ellis, Alton, 12 Emerson, Lake & Palmer, 7, 105 Emilio, 128 “An Englishman in New York” (Godley and Creme song), 73 “Englishman in New York” (Sting song), 44–45 156 The Equalizer (TV series), 127 Ethiopie, 89 Eurythmics, 70 Evans, Bill (pianist), 103 Evans, Bill (saxophonist), 133 Evans, Gil, 45, 49 “Every Breath You Take”, 1, 37, 54, 74, 75, 97 Every Breath You Take: The Singles, xxxv “Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic”, 23, 70 The Ewoks and the Droids, 127 Face Value, 39 “Fall Out”, 61 Fall Out Boy, 124, 140 Ferry, Bryan, 91 Fielder, Hugh, 24 First You Build a Cloud with Ben Verdery, 135 Flanagan, Bill, 84 Flashdance (soundtrack), 37 Fleetwood Mac, 64 “Flexible Strategies”, 5, “For Your Love”, 106 “Fortress around Your Heart”, 42 “Foxy Lady”, 111 “Fragile”, 47–48 Franklin, Aretha, 53 Freeman, Chico, 41 Freeze Frame (Godley and Creme album), 73 Fresh Cream, 107, 109 Fripp, Robert, 37, 132–133 Fundamental, 135 Gabriel, Peter, 39, 43, 82, 97, 99 Gambale, Frank, 134 “Games without Frontiers”, 82 Garbarini, Vic, 39 Geldof, Bob, 41, 82, 85, 97, 98; involvement with Band Aid, 85–90; involvement with Live Aid, 90–93, 95, 96 Generation X (band), 60 Gentlemen Don’t Eat Poets, 50 Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames, 110 “Get Up, Stand Up”, 14, 100 Getz, Stan, 23 INDEX Ghost in the Machine, 4–5, 29, 40, 72 Gibbon, John Murray, 21–22 Gilberto, João, 54 Gillespie, Dizzy, 134 “Girls on Film” (video), 73–74 Gizmo, 126 Glenn Miller Orchestra, 57 Glitterbest, 60 Godley, Kevin, 73–75, 106 the Go-Go’s, 64 Goldsmith, Harvey, 90 Good Charlotte, 124 Goodbye, 107 “Goodbye Pork Pie Hat”, 132 Goodman, Mark, 68 Gorky Park, 75 Gouldman, Graham, 73, 106 Graceland (Paul Simon album), 43 Graham Bond Organisation, 106, 107 Grand Funk Railroad, 37 The Grand Pecking Order, 131 Gray, Nigel, 10, 73 Green Day, xxxix, 104, 120–124 Gregory, Glenn, 86 Grohl, Dave, 118 Gunsmoke, 52 Guthrie, Woody, 85 Guy, Buddy, 105, 107 Hakim, Omar, 39, 41 Hammett, Kirk, 116 Hancock, Herbie, 41, 133 Harrison, George, 82 Hawke, Bob, 101 Headhunters, 41 Healey, Jack, 97, 98, 100 Hear ‘n Aid, 89 Hendrix, Al, 110 Hendrix, Jimi, xxxix, 36, 105, 109–113, 113 Hendrix, Lucille, 110 Henley, Don, 39 Hesse, Hermann, “Hey Joe”, 111 Holdsworth, Allan, 134 “Holiday”, 97 Holiday, Billie, 28 “Holiday/Boulevard of Broken Dreams”, 123 I N DE X Holland, Deborah, 130 Holland, Jools, 29, 67 Holy Blood and Crescent Moon, 128 Horse Opera, 128 “The Hounds of Winter”, 52 “How Stupid Mr Bates”, 126 Howlin’ Wolf, 105 Human Rights Now! tour, xxxix, 99–100, 101 “Hungry for You”, 55 I Advance Masked, 37, 132, 133 “I Don’t Believe a Word”, 41 “I Don’t Like Mondays”, 85 “I Hung My Head”, 52–53, 54 “I Shall Be Released”, 84, 97 “I Shot the Sheriff”, 14 “I Was Brought to My Senses”, 53, 54 If on a Winter’s Night , 137 “If You Love Somebody Set Them Free”, 42 Iggy Pop, I’ll Be Watching You: Inside The Police, 133 Illegal Records, 60, 61 “The Illusion”, “I’m Not in Love”, 73 “I’m So Happy I Can’t Stop Crying”, 54 Impey, Lawrence, 61 “In the Air Tonight”, 93 “Instant Hit”, 14 “Invisible Sun”, xxxv, 72–73, 82, 84, 97 Invisible Threads with John Etheridge, 135 Iovine, Jimmy, 79 Isham, Mark, 133 Isley Brothers, 110 Jackson, Michael, 2, 74, 81, 89, 91, 119 Jagger, Mick, 40, 93 Jaguar (car), 78–79 Jam, 103 Jamaica, 12, 13, 14, 33, 34–35, 138 Jarrett, Keith, 103 jazz, vii, xxxv–xxxvi, 2–3, 22, 23, 24, 45, 51, 74, 75, 103, 130, 136; harmony in, 32; influence on Cream, 106–107; influence on Hendrix, 111; in “Roxanne”, 27–29; similarities with 157 The Police repertoire, 138–140; Sting relationship with, 4, 39, 40, 42, 49, 50; Summers relationship with, 132–136 Jazz Messengers, 39 The Jazz Tribute to Sting and The Police, 139 “Jesus of Suburbia”, 123 Jethro Tull, 37 Jimi Hendrix Experience, xxxix, 105, 109–113 Jimmy James and the Blue Flames, 110 Jobim, Antônio Carlos, 23, 54, 135 Joel, Billy, 2, 91 John, Elton, 26, 87, 97 John F Kennedy Stadium, 92 John Mayall and the Blues Breakers, 106, 107, 113 John Sherry Enterprises, 62 Johnny Rotten, 11, 14 Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers, 60 Jones, Darryl, xxxv, 39, 41 Jones, Elvin, 106, 111 Jones, Howard, 98 Jordan, Stanley, 98 Jungle Stories, 101 Katché, Manu, 43, 45 Keith, Linda, 110 Keith, Toby, 54 Kelly, Wynton, xxxv Kennedy Space Center, 70 Kerplunk, 122 Khalique, Kal, 94 Kiffmeyer, John, 122 Kind of Blue, 132 “A Kind of Loving”, 126 King, B B., 105 King Crimson, 4, 7, 132 King Lear, 128 “King of Pain”, xxxv, King Tubby, 33 Kirkland, Kenny, xxxvi, 39, 40, 41, 45, 49, 52, 55, 76 Kiss, 64 Knopfler, Mark, 45 Kragen, Ken, 89 Kriss Kross, 119 Kristina, Sonja, 60 158 Kristofferson, Kris, 91 Lack, John, 68 Lady Antebellum, 103 Lady Gaga, 124 “The Landscape Is Changing”, 82 Lange, Robert Mutt, 85 “Larks’ Tongues in Aspic (Part 1)”, The Last Dance of Mr X, 134 Last Exit, 4, 9, 33, 60 The Last Ship (show), 55 Lauper, Cindi, 89 “The Lazarus Heart”, 43–44 Le Bon, Simon, 87, 89 Led Zeppelin, 64, 90, 93 Lee, Geddy, 104, 113–117 “Let Your Soul Be Your Pilot”, 53 Letterman, David, 117 Letts, Don, 14, 15–16 Lewis, Huey, 89 Lewis, Martin, 83–84, 86 Lifeson, Alex, 113–117 Light Strings, 133 “Limelight”, 114 Linde, Ben, 47 “Lithium Sunset”, 55 Little Richard, 110 “Little Wing”, 50 Live Aid, xxxviii, 87, 90–96, 97 Living the Living Sea (film), 47 “Longview”, 122, 123 “Love Is Stronger than Justice”, 52 “Love Is the Seventh Wave”, 42 “The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock”, “Lucifer”, Lynch, David, 41 Madden, Joel, 124 Madness, 35 Mahavishnu Orchestra, 59 Mainieri, Mike, 133 Mami, Cheb, 78, 79 Mann, Manfred, 107 Many Miles Away, 139 Marley, Bob, 14, 15, 16, 23, 97, 100 Marlowe, Christopher, 18 Maroon 5, 85 Marsalis, Branford, xxxv, 39, 40, 43, 45, 49, 77, 95 INDEX Marsalis, Wynton, 39 Marshall, Jim, 112 Martha and the Vandellas, 93 Martika, 82 “Masoko Tanga”, Maxi Priest, 138 MC5, 15 McCartney, Paul, 136 McDonald, Dollette, 39 McLaren, Malcolm, 60 Medeski Martin and Wood, 103 Melhdau, Brad, 103 Melodisc, 14 Melvins, 118 Mercury Falling, xxxvi, 42, 50–55 The Mermaid Frolics, 84 “Message in a Bottle”, xxxviii, 29–33, 53, 70, 84 Michael, George, 86–87, 139 Microsoft, 119 Miller, Dominic, 52, 54 Mingus, Charles, 135 Mitchell, Michael C., 90 Mitchell, Mitch, 104, 110–112 Mitterrand, Francois, 101 “Money for Nothing”, 68, 95 Monk, Thelonious, 132, 134–135 Monk at Town Hall, 134 the Monkees, 71 Montgomery, Wes, 132 Montserrat, 45, 70 Moon, Henry, 22 “Moon over Bourbon Street”, 42, 49 “Moonchild”, Morgan, Derrick, 35 Morley, Paul, 65 Moss, Jerry, 64 “Mother and Child Reunion”, 14 “Mothers of the Disappeared”, 82 Mötley Crüe, 121 Motörhead, 103 Moulin Rouge!, 139–140 Moyet, Alison, 91 MTV, 37, 71, 77, 119, 122; activism and, 81–82; Godley and Creme and, 73–74; history of, 67–69; Live Aid and, 90, 92, 98; the Police and, 69, 74 Mudhoney, 120 Mukhabarat, 58 I N DE X Mullen, Larry, Jr., 94 “Murder by Numbers”, 82 Muse, 105 Musicians United for Safe Energy, 82 Musikladen, 68 Mysterious Barricades, 133 Nackt im Wind, 89 N’Dour, Youssou, 99 Nevermind, 117–119 Neville Brothers, 98 new wave, 8, 62–63, 64, 67, 113, 114; as a genre, 119–120 New York Dolls, 8, 15 Newmark, Andy, 45 “Next to You”, 10, 66 “Night Fever”, 33 Nightingale, Anne, 65 Nirvana, xxxix, 105, 109, 117–120 No Doubt, No Jacket Required, 95 “No Time This Time”, Nordeste Já, 89 “Nothing Achieving”, 61 Nothing Like the Sun, 42–51, 100 La Notte della Taranta, 129 Novoselic, Krist, 118 Octavia, 112 Offspring, 122 Oingo Boingo, 67 Old Grey Whistle Test, 68 Oldfield, Mike, one drop, 13, 15–16, 18, 21, 32 “One Phone Call/Street Scenes”, 55 “One World (Not Three)”, 82 Ono, Yoko, 98 Orbitone, 14 Orchestralli, 128 Osborne, Buzz, 118 “The Other Way of Stopping”, “Oudu Kanjaira”, 134 Outlandos D’Americas: A Rock en Español Tribute to The Police, 139 Outlandos d’Amour, xxxv, 5, 9, 10, 16, 61, 62, 63, 65, 73 Oysterhead, 126, 130–131 Padgham, Hugh, 39 159 Padovani, Henry, 9, 11, 61 Page, Jimmy, 93, 106 Paragon Agency, 62, 63, 64 “Passion of the Shadow”, 134 “Peace of Mind”, 31 “Peanuts”, Pearl Jam, 117, 118, 120 Peart, Neil, 104, 114–117 Peggy’s Blue Skylight, 135 Pendarvis, Janice, 39 Perry, Lee “Scratch”, 33 Perry, Mark, 60 Peter, Paul & Mary, 98 Pilgrimage, 59 “Pinball Wizard”, 84 Pinochet, Augusto, 45–47 Pittman, Robert, 68 Planitone, 14 Plant, Robert, 93 Pleasure at Her Majesty’s, 84 Poison (band), 121 A Poke in the Eye (With a Sharp Stick) (concert), 83 A Poke in the Eye (With a Sharp Stick) (recording), 83 The Police: Around the World, 65–67, 75, 76 “Police and Thieves”, 14 Police in the East, 65 ¡Policia!: A Tribute to The Police, 139 Pope John Paul II, 101 Presley, Elvis, 32 Pretenders, 70, 83 Pretty Things, 110 Prey, 128 “Pride (In the Name of Love)”, 93, 94 Primus, 103, 130 Prince Buster, 35 Prince Far I, 15 The Prince’s Trust Rock Gala, 95 progressive rock, xxxviii, 2, 8, 12, 16, 19, 21, 22; Miles Copeland III and, 59–60; the Police integration of, 3–8; Rush and, 113–114, 116, 117 Project Hermanos, 89 psychedelia/ psychedelic, 3, 5, 35–36, 105, 109, 111 Puccini, Giacomo, 128 160 punk rock, xxxviii, 2, 12, 19, 21, 22, 33, 35, 60, 62, 105, 118, 120, 140; DIY aesthetic, 9, 10, 11; Green Day and, 120–123; in “Roxanne”, 24, 27–28; reggae and, 23, 26; The Police integration of, 5, 8–11, 14–16 Quadrophenia, 69 quartal harmony, 28 Queen, 69, 83, 91, 96 Quinn, Martha, 68 Radio On, 69 Raï, 78 Rainforest Foundation, xxxix, 82, 100–102 Ramones, 8, 15 Rancid, 122 Raoni: The Fight for the Amazon, 101 Rascal Flatts, 103 “Rat Trap”, 85 Ratt, 121 Rawhide, 52 Reality Bites, 123 Redding, Noel, 111, 112 Redding, Otis, 53 “Redemption Song”, 97 Reed, Lou, 59, 97 reggae, vii, xxxviii, 2, 21, 22, 42, 51, 67, 77; in “Englishman in New York”, 44–45; influence on Rush, 113, 114; in “Message in a Bottle”, 32, 33, 34; in “Roxanne”, 22–23, 24–26, 27, 29; The Police integration of, 12–19; rolling bass line, 5, 21; tributes, 138–139 reggae skank, 13, 16–18, 21, 25 Reggatta de Blanc (album), 4–5, 9, 12, 33, 65, 73 “Reggatta de Blanc” (song), Reggatta Mondatta: A Reggae Tribute to The Police, 138–139 “Rehumanize Yourself”, Reid, Duke, 35 R.E.M., 64 Remain in Light, 43 Renaissance (band), 3, 59 renaissance lute, 125, 136–137 The Rhythmatist, 43, 101, 129 Richards, Keith, 110 Rinpoche, Sogyal, 53 INDEX Riot Squad, 110 Ritchie, Lionel, 39 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, 1, 99, 108, 115 “Rock Steady”, 49 “Rock the Casbah”, 82 Rogers, Kenny, 89 Rolling Stones, 40, 41 Romeo, Max, 16 Ronnie Scott’s (nightclub), 49, 112 Roosters, 105 Ross, Diana, 89 Roth, David Lee, 40 “Roxanne”, xxxv, xxxviii, 10, 22–30, 32, 33, 61, 62, 63, 64, 67, 70, 84, 96, 139–140 roxy, 15–16 Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, 138 Rumble Fish, 37, 126, 127 Rupert’s People, 58 Rush, xxxix, 7, 104–105, 109, 113–117, 118 Rush Hour (band), 130 Ryder, Winona, 123 Sacred Love, 136 Saldanha, Luiz Carlos, 101 Sam and Dave, 54 samba, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 54 Sarm Studios, 87 Sarney, José, 101 Screaming Trees, 120 “Secret Marriage”, 50 The Secret Policeman’s Ball, 84, 97–98 The Secret Policeman’s Other Ball, 84, 86, 96, 97 Selecter, 35 Sex Pistols, 8, 60, 62 Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, 87 “Shadows in the Rain”, 42 Shaka, Jah, 33 “Shambelle”, “She”, 122 Shea Stadium, 37 She’s the Boss, 40 Shindig!, 68 Shorter, Wayne, 134 Silver, Horace, 132, 134 Simon, Carly, 39, 41 I N DE X Simon, Paul, 14, 37, 43 Simon and Garfunkel, 37 Simple Minds, 64 Singles (movie), 119 “Sister Moon”, 49 ska, 34–35, 36, 67 Skatalites, 35 Skid Row, 121 “Slave Driver”, 14 Sleater Kinney, 103 Sleepless in Seattle (movie), 119 Slits, 14 “Smells Like Teen Spirit”, 119 Smith, Dick Heckstall, 106 Smith, Jimmy, 103 “So Lonely”, 16–18, 26, 70 Soft Machine, 3, 35 Songs from the Labyrinth, 136 Songs from the Last Century, 139 The Soul Cages, 50, 56 “Soul Man”, 54 Soul Train, 68 Soundgarden, 117, 120 Specials, 35 Spector, Phil, 29 Spencer, Brenda, 85 “The Spirit of Radio”, 114 “Spirits in the Material World”, 70 Splendid Brazil with Victor Biglione, 135 “Spoonful”, 105, 114 Springsteen, Bruce, 81, 89, 91, 99 Spyro Gyra, 133 Squeeze, 61, 63 Starbucks Coffee Company, 119 Startruckin’ 75, 59 Stax Records, 54 Steel Pulse, 138 Stefani, Gwen, 1, Step Forward, 60 steppers, 13 “Steppin’ Out”, 107 Stewart, Al, 59 Stewart, Rod, 136 Sting: The Ultimate Tribute, 139 Stone Temple Pilots, 117, 120 Stonefeather, 58 the Stooges, 8, 15 Stormy Monday, 50 “Straight to My Heart”, 49 161 “Strange Fruit (UB40 song)”, 33 Stray Cats, 103 Strings of Desire with Victor Biglione, 135 Suicide (band), Sum 41, 124 Sumner, Jake, 95 “Sunday Bloody Sunday”, 82 “Sunshine of Your Love”, 105 surrealism, “Sweet Painted Lady”, 27 Swift, Taylor, 32 Sykes, John, 84 Symphonicities, 138, 140 Synaesthesia, 133 Synchronicity (album), xxxv, 37, 40 “Synchronicity II”, 6–7, 75 Synchronicity Tour, 37, 69, 89 Tad, 120 “Take Me I’m Yours”, 61 Taki, Fernanda, 135 “Tales of Brave Ulysses”, 105 Talking Heads, 2, 43, 74, 119 Tamarkin, Jeff, 24 tango, 67, 139–140; in “Roxanne”, 22–25, 26, 27, 29 “El Tango de Roxanne”, 139–140 Television (band), 8, 60 The Tell-Tale Heart, 128 Ten Summoner’s Tales, 50–51, 52 “There She Goes Again”, 27 “They Dance Alone (Cueca Sola)”, 45–47 Three Dog Night, 14 Thriller, 37 Throb, 133 The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying, 53 Tickell, Kathryn, 55 “To the Little Radio”, 50 “Tom Sawyer”, 114 Tomelty, Frances, 41 Tommy, 128 Top of the Pops, 68, 111 Tosh, Peter, 16, 23 Townshend, Pete, 84 “Toy Soldiers”, 82 Tré Cool, 120, 122 triadic/tertian harmony, 28, 32 Tribute to Sting and The Police, 139 “Truth Hits Everybody”, 10 162 TTG Studios, 112 “Tubular Bells”, Turner, Ike and Tina, 59 Turner, Kim, 63, 76 Turner, Martin, 63 Twain, Shania, 85 Twin Peaks (television show), 119 two tone, 35 U2, 2, 82, 91, 93–94, 96, 97, 98 UB40, 33 Ubu, Pere, 67 Ultravox, 86, 114 “Under Heavy Manners”, 15–16 “Union of the Snake”, 97 uni-vibe, 112 Up (Clarke album), 130 Ure, Midge, 86–88, 95 Urgh!, 67 USA for Africa, 89, 90 “Valparaiso”, 55 Van Halen, 40, 64, 118 Van Zandt, Steven, 97 Velvet Underground, 8, 27 Verdi, Giuseppe, 128 “Video Killed the Radio Star”, 68 Vig, Butch, 118 Villa-Lobos, Heitor, 34 Voidoids, Wackerman, Chad, 133 Wagner, Richard, 128 “Wake Me Up When September Ends”, 123 “Walking on the Moon”, 5, 14, 49, 70 Wall Street, 127 Waller, Fats, 107 Warner Brothers Records, 122 “Watching the Detectives”, 14 Watley, Jody, 87 Watts, Charlie, 106 “We Are the World”, 89, 93 INDEX Weather Report, 39 “Welcome to Paradise”, 122 “We’ll Be Together”, 48 Wembley Stadium, 91, 92–93, 95, 99 “We’re All Going on a Summer Holiday”, 132 Wham!, 94 “What Means the World to You”, 139 Wheels of Fire, 107 “When I Come Around”, 122 “When the World Is Running Down, You Make the Best of What’s Still Around”, xxxvi, 76, 82 “White Room”, 105 the Who, 13, 37, 83, 84, 87, 90, 93, 96, 128 Williams, John, 127 Williamson, Sonny Boy, 106 Wilson, Jackie, 110 Winwood, Steve, 107 Wishbone Ash, 3, 59, 62, 63 Wishbone Ash (album), 59 Wonder, Stevie, 14, 89, 91 “Won’t Get Fooled Again”, 84 World Gone Strange, 133 “Wrapped around Your Finger”, 1, 18, 74, 75 “X Offender”, 26 XTC, 67 XYZ, 131 Yardbirds, 105–106 Yates, Paula, 86 Yellowjackets, 133 Yes, “You Still Touch Me”, 53–54 Young, Paul, 87 You’re Under Arrest, 49 “YYZ”, Ziggy Marley, 138 Zimmer, Hans, 127 ABOUT THE AUTHOR Aaron J West has been a professional musician since he was fifteen years old He has performed with jazz and pop legends such as Arturo Sandoval, Brian Wilson, Norah Jones, and the Glenn Miller Orchestra He released his first solo album in 2007, titled Colors and Angles He has written numerous articles on jazz and popular music and is currently a professor of music history at Collin College He is a racquetball and mud run enthusiast who lives with his wife, a music librarian and flautist, in Frisco, Texas 163 ... passages in a review British Library Cataloguing in Publication Information Available Library of Congress Cataloging -in- Publication Data West, Aaron J Sting and The Police : walking in their footsteps... nuclear testing begins at Bikini Atoll in Micronesia Sting protests these kinds of experiments with “La Belle Dame Sans Regrets” in 1996 February 1947: Voice of America begins transmitting into ix... influence in popular music history as the acts of artists choosing their colors, their brush strokes, and their canvases, intentionally assembling the pieces to make something brilliantly new TIMELINE