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From: rlr@pyuxn.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Synchronisity by the Police
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Date: Mon, 26-Sep-83 09:51:00 EDT
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Posted: Mon Sep 26 09:51:00 1983
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The word "trite" is best applied to people who make comments about lyrics
that they've never listened to.  I for one really like the line in "Don't
Stand So Close to Me":

	It's no use.  He sees her.  He starts to shake and cough.
	Just like the old man in that book by Nabokov.

Or witness the triteness of Message in a Bottle

	Woke up this morning.  Don't believe what I saw.
	A hundred million bottles washed up on the shore.
	Seems I never noticed being alone.
	A hundred million castaways, looking for a home.

Now I'll admit that these lyrics aren't of the caliber of the Southern Heavy
Metal Good Ole Boys #1 MTV smash "Get Stoned, Drive Fast, and Rape Some Women",
or Euthanasia's forty-minute epic about the meaning of life (I forgot, they
don't do extended pieces like that anymore).  And I'm very grateful that
they're not of that caliber.   (No, I'm not about to defend the high quality of
lyrics in "De Doo Doo Doo De Da Da Da".  It's, like, on another astral level,
man.)					Rich Rosen    pyuxn!rlr

P.S. "Synchronicity II" has its share of powerful lyrics, too, but I don't
have that one on the tip of my tongue.  I always thought Sting was saying
"I'm a pool hall ace" in Every Breath You Take, but then I only understand the
trite lyrics.