Dire Straits vs the Police

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   yes I'm usualy not wery found of reagge myself but i think the way the Police are fusing it with rock, jazz, pop and punk they are doing the oppesitt of what most people are disliking Reagge for in the first place (the unproggy attitude or conservative aproch to change of sound and beat).

actualy i think the Police actualy are doing the healthy thing towards reagge (which my self is not a fan of eather exept some  Bob Marley once in a while cant hurt) and I think the Police is more a Ska-punk band or evolved to one

Poll Question: hwo do yoi like best of thise two iconic bands
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
Dire Straits	29	[46.03%]
the Police	29	[46.03%]
both	5	[7.94%]
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Icarium Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member VIP Member Joined: March 21 2008 Location: Tigerstaden Status: Offline Points: 34090	Posted: January 06 2010 at 18:32
	yes I'm usualy not wery found of reagge myself but i think the way the Police are fusing it with rock, jazz, pop and punk they are doing the oppesitt of what most people are disliking Reagge for in the first place (the unproggy attitude or conservative aproch to change of sound and beat). actualy i think the Police actualy are doing the healthy thing towards reagge (which my self is not a fan of eather exept some Bob Marley once in a while cant hurt) and I think the Police is more a Ska-punk band or evolved to one

Epignosis Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: December 30 2007 Location: Raeford, NC Status: Offline Points: 32574	Posted: January 06 2010 at 18:32
	I like both, but I see I am the only person who voted for Dire Straits as of now.
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SgtPepper67 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: October 17 2007 Location: Argentina Status: Offline Points: 530	Posted: January 06 2010 at 18:27
	I prefer the Police but I'm not very familiar with Dire Straits music, I've only heard a few songs wich I didn't care for, but I guess there might be more than that since a lot of people appreciate them.
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	I don't like either band a lot, but I do enjoy more Police songs than Dire Straits songs.
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Zebedee Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: July 02 2009 Location: The Woods Status: Offline Points: 1588	Posted: January 06 2010 at 18:22
	My problem with Dire Straits is that even their best albums contain at least one song that I dislike. On the other hand, I find some The Police songs extremely annoying (like 'Every little thing she does is magic').
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Icarium Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member VIP Member Joined: March 21 2008 Location: Tigerstaden Status: Offline Points: 34090	Posted: January 06 2010 at 18:20
	my favourite police song (for the moment ) is Wrapped Around Your Finger, fantastic atmosphere and bass groove by Sting

Icarium Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member VIP Member Joined: March 21 2008 Location: Tigerstaden Status: Offline Points: 34090	Posted: January 06 2010 at 18:16
	yes I think i will wote for........................................................>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> THE POLICE even though Dire Straits was once my favourite band for like 7 years ago but as I grow older (I suppose) the Police sond more creative and more fun. but Straits is uniqe in their own rights, and have a bunch of terrific albums but I think Syncronicity is better then most of DS albums (just my simple opinion)

Zebedee Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: July 02 2009 Location: The Woods Status: Offline Points: 1588	Posted: January 06 2010 at 18:16
	I've always liked Dire Straits more, but DS is really a case of hit or miss, for me at least. Knopfler was/is a hell of a guitarist too. The Police never really did anything for me (possibly due to the reggae influences) apart from a few songs and I prefer Sting's solo career over The Police. Edited by Zebedee - January 06 2010 at 18:17
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Icarium Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member VIP Member Joined: March 21 2008 Location: Tigerstaden Status: Offline Points: 34090	Posted: January 06 2010 at 17:56
	they are two of the most popular british 70/80s bands, one new wave/post punk band and one blues/folk rock/Dylan esque band (i think Dire Straits have some folk elements), members of the Police have colaborated on a DS album. both are also in some way borderline art rock the Police have some art rock, avant garde and Jazz rock and Dire straits have some Crossover and Space rock (i think ) songs (there long songs have some Floyd influence) one band is considerably darker (DS) while both have political, social and often philosophical lyrics, both have their share of sofistication on their sond and well known for good album production (Syncronicity is probably one of the best sounding albums ever recoreded one pare with DSotM, Abbey Road, Aja and CotC and many Straits albums have good audio quality (just think of the track Privat Investigation) pick yore favourite Edited by aginor - January 06 2010 at 18:00