Dire Straits vs the Police

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

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)

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').

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.

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

I wish I'd heard enough Dire Straights to vote against them

aginor wrote: 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

I do agree that they were very creative with the genre, while improving it in many ways at the same time.
Stil... I would have preferred them leaving out the reggae altogether.

Dire Straits for me. Not a Sting fan... although I agree wholeheartedly with his comments on The X-Factor.

I believe I am the first to vote for the 'both' options, since I love both bands, and own quite a few of their recordings. The Eighties may have been a bad decade for prog, but they surely were not for other kinds of music. 

The Police, easily