I was looking at this list of the 100 biggest selling albums of the 80s and Dire Straits are on there like 4 or 5 times. Jesus fucking Christ the 80s was a horrible time for music. How the fuck does a corny pub rock band get to be the biggest band of that whole decade?

The 80's were the best decade for music ever

Pretty sure the best selling groups of every decade were shit

Dire Straits are awesome. I'm sorry you don't see that.

I don't even know what they sound like

I just know that for this decade it will probably be Maroon Five.

I don't even know what they sound like

For guitarist, their song Sultans of Swing is the type of song one needs to be aware of to play the instrument 'properly'. It's a lesson in how to be delicately tasteful with the chops.

Oh that's Dire Straits I like that song

Kimani do you seriously not understand why shit music sells lots of copies or are you just phrasing your whinge in the form of a question?

The 80's were the best decade for music ever

Man you know in the other thread I was talking about how you constantly post in grand declarative statements?

No I definitely get it. I was kind of thinking it would be the Cars or Duran Duran which are just as bad in a lot of ways.

Dude The Cars are brilliant what the fuck

Go back to listening to Coldplay

Everything the Cars did in the 80s was horrible. Basically the same thing that happened to the Police and Vampire Weekend happened with the Cars. They got worse over time until they were just really mediocre and boring.

lol

Shake it Up is such a good album

Catherine Wheel lives in another reality. This thread proves it.

Shake it Up is such a good album

Shake it ups one of their worst:o

hipster

It's not their best but it's not their worst either and even Cars at their worst are still okay

i like the police a lot no lie

Police are one of those bands who have fantastic singles, but way too much filler on their albums.

This is my Karaoke jam

<iframe width="420" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/QFEUSy1fg2k" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Fucking sweeet tune

Honestly gotta admit that The Police are an 80's band I just can't get into

Police are a band for intelligent people, it's probably why you can't dig em ;):P

The Police and Duran Duran are bands that show that even post-punk can be lame

But then again I've heard so many people swear by The Police there has to be something great about them
Just not my thing

lol police sound nothing like Duran Duran

Honestly, I think it's impossible not to like songs like Message In A Bottle and So Lonely at least a little bit.

But then again I've heard so many people swear by The Police there has to be something great about them
Just not my thing

so don't call them lame again, fuckweasel

because i know it's STING and all BUT

besides how can a person like morrissey and not forgive sting

you know what i think this is my destiny i actually liked the sting records i had as a kid yes i had sting solo records as a kid and you know what the guy is pretty maligned. i know his music is basically white people doing yoga rock now but i can get on some fields of gold and fortress around your heart

listening to Sting right now

_|_

I've never actually listened to his solo work aside from the few huge singles or whatever. Would you recommend checking any of it out or is it just something that you enjoy for nostalgia purposes?

i thought you knew this by now: I don't do nostalgia

he is super serial though, jesus

so after relistening to dream of the blue turtles i have remembered the reason people hate sting is songs like russians, children's crusade and moon over bourbon street. the first two are that kind of stone serious lets heal the world with my song kind of political 80s stuff but you know i don't have a problem with that but these songs are boring, they're like sermons ugh. but then we work the black seam is like that as well but the overall mood is darker and the chorus is catchy, and horrible at the same time. so it works. what can i say. moon over bourbon street is boring like the other two but he's trying to be clever and fails.

3 police songs on her kick ass, if you love somebody set them free, love is the seventh wave, fortress around your heart

weird how srs he is tho, there's lots of funny police songs i guess that was early on

i'm going to change to a sting avatar

What are some good Sting songs to check out? I've always really enjoyed a lot of Police songs but never bothered checking out an iota of his solo records.

_|_