How The Police Changed Music

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A brief documentary about The Police. Produced and written by Matt Beat. Check out @ThePoliceBandOfficial 's music: https://music.youtube.com/channel/UCbsRGw640UF_F7AIwHW-zmg

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Sources/further reading:
The Police: Every Little Thing by David Stafford and Caroline Stafford
Purchase here: https://amzn.to/4bPxTfd
Walking on the Moon: The Untold Story of the Police and the Rise of New Wave Rock by Chris Campion
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https://thepolice.com
http://thepolicewiki.org/Police_wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page
https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-police-mn0000413524
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Police
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/new-wave-1980s-second-british-invasion-52016/
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2007/aug/24/popandrock1
https://www.concertarchives.org/bands/the-police
http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/police/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Police_discography
https://chartmasters.org/the-police-albums-and-songs-sales/
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/4AclEKLe-zk

An annotated script of this video:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JCW5Qfn0Pdcih_upZqZrREqeBmuZDyofZcIlGpSdb4k/edit?usp=sharing

Today, the Police are more popular than ever. Or...uh…I should stress that the BAND the Police are more popular than ever. I just want to make sure I’m clear about that. But yeah, the band remains culturally relevant, and their songs just as fresh sounding as they were in the late 1970s. They were innovative and truly had their own, unique sound that combined punk, new-wave, reggae, and even new age and jazz. The Police are also one of the best rock trios of all-time. Really, when you listen to their songs, you might have to be reminded of the fact that there were only three of them.

The Police have sold more than 75 million records, making them one of the best-selling bands of all time, despite only releasing five studio albums. And not a dud in there, man. All five studio albums sold well and hold up amazingly well. As the legendary Rick Beato recently pointed out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEWRyugvjgQ And I think Rick is right. The Police are definitely a band that will still be played in the year 2100. Their music is timeless. The Police will probably always be around. Just like, ya know…the police.

A shout out to my youngest daughter. She’s a big reason why I decided to make this video. I caught her listening to “Every Breath You Take” in her room and asked her how she knew about that song. Her answer? The show Stranger Things. Thank you Stranger Things. Kate Bush also deeply appreciates you, by the way. So what’s your favorite Police song? I think mine is “King of Pain.” And uh, which band should I cover for this series next? Let me know about all that down below and thanks for watching.

0:00 Early days
5:22 Outlandos d'Amour
6:28 Reggatta de Blanc
8:13 Zenyatta Mondatta
10:02 Ghost in the Machine
11:51 Synchronicity
16:08 The Legacy of the Police