Hello, Havn't got the DVD yet - but here are some remarks anyway.
-----Original Message----- From: police-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:police- bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Maggie White
The Roxanne video isn't the guys with the red backdrop, which is the one I'm used to. It's a mostly live concert video with Sting in his jumpsuit looking intently into the camera a lot. Often, the vocals don't match what's on screen.
So that seems to be the European version. The one with the red background was only very rarely seen over here.
Which brings me to a question. Is there a video for King of Pain??? I don't remember one, but 1983 was more than half my lifetime ago, so I could be mistaken. If there isn't, why??? It was a huge hit.
There's no real video for King of Pain. There was a live version at least on the European VHS editions of "The Greatest Hits" - but this was either taken from the Atlanta or Montreal concert (can't remember exactly at the moment)
The video for Don't Stand 86 is just terrible. Horrible. Stewart and Andy are Photoshop cardboard cutouts who stand with their arms folded the whole time. Sting isn't much better. At the end, when they flash pictures of the Police's album covers and magazine covers over their heads, you can see that Dream of the Blue Turtles is one of the covers flashed. I hadn't noticed it before. Interesting.
I still like this one - especially the part where all the different magazine covers with The Police on them appear. Years ago it took me ages to figure out which ones I have and which not ;-)
Studies in Synchronicity is a waste. It's a black and white film of the objects used as the props on the Synch cover, including that damn goat. Now, it was the goat that convinced my parents that the Police were satanic (you know, goat = Satan, lamb = God). If Sting had used a fucking
And I also like this one - I only have it in rather bad quality on VHS - everything that comes on DVD is much appreciated. Take care, Joerg