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    Posted: January 11 2015 at 13:24
The Police vs. Pixies

Very different groups, but both of them are very influential and did incorporate reggae at times.


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Pixies. (more of an underground/underdog type of group.)
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I loved the Pixies at first (Doolittle was a favorite amongst the underground) but more often than not now I find them irritating.  I still listen to the Trompe Le Monde album a bit.  the Police were my favorite band during their heyday, and their music still holds up.  Even the overplayed hits still have the ability to impress.  Copeland and Summers really made them unique sounding, and Sting built a solid foundation for them to add their colors.  My is for the Police.


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^I agree that The Police were very good Steve, it's just that I still feel over saturated by them as they seemed to have be everywhere in the eighties. Kind of  like U2. LOL
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Points: 26133 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 11 2015 at 13:44
Originally posted by SteveG SteveG wrote:

^I agree that The Police were very good Steve, it's just that I still feel over saturated by them as they seemed to have be everywhere in the eighties. Kind of  like U2. LOL
True.  I still sometimes change the station if a Police song comes on the radio (and I've never been too fond of De Doo Doo Doo, De Da Da Da... ughhh).  
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^I should start a new thread: How important were lyrics in New Wave? LOL
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Points: 26133 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 11 2015 at 13:53
Hey Mister Dinosaur
You really couldn't ask for more
You were God's favorite creature
But you didn't have a future
Walking in your footsteps
They say the meek shall inherit the Earth

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Got me a movie
I want you to know
Slicing up eyeballs
I want you to know
Girly so groovy
Oh ho ho ho
Don't know about you
But I am un chien andalusia


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^Going with the Dinosaur lyrics. More existential! Wink
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Points: 8618 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 11 2015 at 14:16
A lot of people would tell you how Surfer Rosa got them through their teen years, and it is spectacular. But it is Synchronicity that got me through my middle school years, so nostalgia bump for Old Bill.
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The Police all the way! I still put on the car radio when a Police track comes by (except for "Every Breath You Take" which is one of their most played but most boring songs).
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Originally posted by Moogtron III Moogtron III wrote:

The Police all the way! I still put on the car radio when a Police track comes by (except for "Every Breath You Take" which is one of their most played but most boring songs).
all of this, although the pixies are pretty good
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Can't stand The Police

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Even if I liked the Police's music more , I wouldn't vote for the t**sers...
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Points: 7003 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 11 2015 at 16:36
The Police were excellent musicians, but for me they always promised more than they delivered (Synchronicity is a damn fine album, though). The Pixies were more original musically and lyrically, and I will always prefer them to The Police because of Monkey Gone To Heaven. And Debaser. Oh, and Wave of Mutilation. Here Comes Your Man as well. And so on.
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