Stealing From The Police

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1. Frankly says:
   November 25, 2012 at 10:10 am

   Mein Gott but you have a wide range of stuff you toss up here! this is not a direction I would have pictured you going. Thats a compliment even if it doesn’t sound like it.
2. Ted Lemon says:
   November 25, 2012 at 10:18 am

   Giants are standing on our shoulders…
3. Jennifer R. Ewing says:
   November 25, 2012 at 10:19 am

   It must be said, I don’t often agree with your music choices–but damn, that’s good stuff!

   *Goes to Amazon to look up Bruno Mars*

   Thanks for the recommendation! :-)
4. Gennita Low says:
   November 25, 2012 at 10:21 am

   I hope that someone gets my
   I hope that someone gets my
   I hope that someone gets my
   message in a botttttttle…
5. MrProven3 says:
   November 25, 2012 at 10:34 am

   The drummer isn’t even close but I hear what you’re hearing.
6. Doc RocketScience says:
   November 25, 2012 at 10:36 am

   The Police is just the most obvious influence. He borrows pretty much all of New Wave somewhere in that tune.
7. John Scalzi says:
   November 25, 2012 at 10:38 am

   MrProven3:

   Yeah, it’s hard to top Stewart Copeland.
8. Doc RocketScience says:
   November 25, 2012 at 10:40 am

   MrProven3, yeah it’s mostly in the bass and guitar, and in Bruno Mars’s vocal register (which is still a little lower than Sting). The drummer is playing a rock rhythm, whereas Stewart Copeland is pretty much the king of white ska.
9. Sooz says:
   November 25, 2012 at 11:16 am

   Not bad, not bad at all ….
10. N. Celestina White says:
    November 25, 2012 at 11:19 am

    Wow, it’s noticeable from the FIRST NOTE. My mother agrees, even. This is wild.
11. Will says:
    November 25, 2012 at 11:37 am

    I heard this Goyte song when it was half way done and thought it was Sting or a Police song I never heard before
    go to 1:50
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UVNT4wvIGY
12. egl says:
    November 25, 2012 at 11:48 am

    Eh. I think I’ll stick to the original. Something about Mr. Mars just feels kinda flat to me in comparison.
13. Ron Hogan says:
    November 25, 2012 at 11:50 am

    And those two women who pop up intermittently clearly spent a lot of time studying Wendy and Lisa’s moves in the videos from the 1999 album.
14. Canyon42 says:
    November 25, 2012 at 11:57 am

    I have to admit, I never cared for the Police AT ALL. I do see a similarity here, though, which probably explains why this song also does little for me. Ah well.
15. Rob G says:
    November 25, 2012 at 1:00 pm

    There are worse groups to steal from than the Police. At least Bruno has got a real band backing him, these days that is saying something. Catchy tune, works for me.
16. Jantar says:
    November 25, 2012 at 1:51 pm

    Since Sting picked Prokofiev’s pockets he’s hardly in a position to complain too much…
17. Gulliver says:
    November 25, 2012 at 1:57 pm

    Wow, I was expecting something subtle and prepared myself to listen carefully for a Police-inspired sound, but it just slaps you right out of the gate. Not that it’s badly filched, mind you. It’s obnoxiously repetitive, though, and I think I could listen to that for maybe three or four times before never wanting to hear it again. I like a bit more variation in a track edging four minutes. Basically, it’s got potential, but leaves me unsatisfied.

    The Police at least had some progressive complexity, even though, like most bands, they were a one-theme pony.
18. KIA says:
    November 25, 2012 at 3:31 pm

    The Dream Concert Series: 1) Led Zeppelin reunion; 2) The Police reunion (for real); 3) The Doors (not just Manzarak and Kreiger who totally rock BTW, but with John Dinsmore too because that timekeeper could really syncopate the hell out of a beat).
19. megpie71 says:
    November 25, 2012 at 9:03 pm

    It might be worth noting that the Police were actually white English ska/reggae (a musical form imported to the UK from Jamaica), and that from the sounds of things, Bruno Mars is actually just going back to a more updated version of the reggae sound in the verse mixed in with a bit of new wave guitar fiddling (sounding almost Duran Duran) in the chorus and the middle eight.

    I will agree that Gotye does sound as though his vocal range overlaps with Sting’s though.
20. Shava Nerad says:
    November 25, 2012 at 9:22 pm

    https://www.google.com/search?q=%22locked+out+of+heaven%22+bruno+mars+%22the+police%22

    Yup. The consensus is in. It’s a warm fuzzy consensus though.
21. Shawn T says:
    November 25, 2012 at 11:09 pm

    Invisible sun
22. Greg says:
    November 25, 2012 at 11:49 pm

    According to Key of Awesome, Gotye borrowed his voice from Peter Gabriel.
23. Eridani says:
    November 26, 2012 at 12:41 am

    I am SO glad I am not the only one to think this song sounded like The Police. I like it.
24. Bunyip says:
    November 26, 2012 at 8:59 am

    Tis a shallow and vapid cloning of the sound, but with none of the Police’s poignancy. Pop music is good at doing artistic zombies, but something new and fresh…

    I’ll go get my walking frame now. And go back to listening to the Ramones.
25. Alan says:
    November 26, 2012 at 9:23 am

    Doc RocketScience, MrProven3: You’re definitely right about the style of drumming not being up to the standard of The Police. But I think the thing worth comparing here is the “sound” of the percussion. I think there was a concerted effort to use equipment and recording techniques that replicated the tighter snare and high-hat sound from Copeland’s signature setup.
26. nifmom says:
    November 26, 2012 at 10:11 am

    This is the 1st time I’ve seen/heard Mr. Mars, and the image he seems to project on the video reminds me of Michael Jackson. Is he cultivating that image, and pulling a pop sound to go with it do you think?
27. tam says:
    November 26, 2012 at 11:13 am

    I would just call that ska rhythm guitar.

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