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When you check out what demos are out there and what was eventually used --- there are definitely some unheard songs around, although some of Andy's and Stewart's songs may have been used on [[Ghost In The Machine]] or later (as was the case with [[Sting]]'s [[Demolition Man]] and [[I Burn For You]]): | When you check out what demos are out there and what was eventually used --- there are definitely some unheard songs around, although some of Andy's and Stewart's songs may have been used on [[Ghost In The Machine]] or later (as was the case with [[Sting]]'s [[Demolition Man]] and [[I Burn For You]]): | ||
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Revision as of 01:39, 19 April 2019
| Smash Hits | |
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| Article title: | The World About Us |
| Artist or band featured: | The Police |
| Year: | 1980 |
| Month: | October |
| Country (or countries) of publication: | England, UK |
| Language(s): | English |
| Author/interviewer: | David Hepworth |
| Length of feature: | 3 pages + cover + t-shirt / poster ads |
On October 29 1980, The Police were featured in Smash Hits.
Summary
The magazine features an interview with Stewart Copeland from 1980-09-17 promoting the release of Zenyatta Mondatta, touching topics such as success, jealousy and songwriting.
Quotes and noteworthy content
"You can only get so far with your writing at home. The magic happens when the other two get involved. We all arrive at the studios with our songs. This time Sting had ten, I had five and Andy had about the same. We eventually used eleven."
When you check out what demos are out there and what was eventually used --- there are definitely some unheard songs around, although some of Andy's and Stewart's songs may have been used on Ghost In The Machine or later (as was the case with Sting's Demolition Man and I Burn For You):
- Don't Stand So Close To Me
- Driven To Tears
- When The World Is Running Down
- Canary In A Coalmine
- Voices Inside My Head
- De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da
- Man In A Suitcase
- Shadows In The Rain
- The Other Way Of Stopping
- I Burn For You
- Demolition Man
- (Consider Me Gone) (this might have been a faulty memory / mis-interpretation by Nigel Gray)
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