The Police or The Jam ?
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Lullabelle
Banana
- Location
- Midlands UK
Big Country were the first band I ever saw live. 5th December 1986 at the Ingilston Arena, Edinburgh. 2 days after my 18th birthday
deptfordmarmoset
Full time tea drinker
- Location
- Armonmy Way
Copeland was an excellent drummer excellently recorded. You can learn a lot from that...The jam by a country mile.
How else was a country boy meant to learn the drums back in the day if it wasn't for a Town Called Malice or even Going Underground?
FishFright
More wheels than sense
The Jam had Weller in it and The Police are responsible for Sting. Silence reigns here.
Thompson twins , banarama lol
Threevok
Growing old disgracefully
- Location
- South Wales
Jam
Rhetorical question, surely? There's no contest here. It's like a third division team (the Police) playing the Premier League Jam in the FA cup and getting all excited about it. They might score, but 99 times out of 100, the musical ability and lyrical superiority will see the Jam win this. No contest.
Joey Shabadoo
My pronouns are "He", "Him" and "buggerlugs"
The jam by a country mile.
How else was a country boy meant to learn the drums back in the day if it wasn't for a Town Called Malice or even Going Underground?
My first time living & working in London I had to get two tube trains and walk a couple of miles to rehearsals every day and I walked to the rhythm of Strange Town, Down in the Tube Station et al on my Walkman.
Joey Shabadoo
My pronouns are "He", "Him" and "buggerlugs"
Funnily enough I just put this question to the wife and she replied emphatically in favour of the Police because, she argues, they achieved success by their own merits. The Jam were heavily involved in dodgy chart-rigging practices. Now I would say that's irrelevant because the music itself stands the test of time but she feels (strongly) that they weren't good enough to make it on their own.
Threevok
Growing old disgracefully
- Location
- South Wales
If we take into account all chart rigging - Iron Maiden were bigger than Jesus
gavroche
Getting old but not past it
- Location
- North Wales
I like jam on my toast every morning but hate marmalade. Otherwise, Abba for me.
nickyboy
Norven Mankey
- Location
- You want hills? We got hills
Could you ever imagine the Police writing a lyric like "kidney machines replaced by rockets and guns"?
