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[3] [6] [7] "Police in Helicopter" was a condemnation of the Jamaican government's crackdown on marijuana plantations. [11] The cover to the album single pictured Holt growing locks and a beard, [12] an indication of the increasing importance of Rastafari in his life. [3]
The song's satirical music video, [12] directed by Vaughan Arnell and filmed on 4 June 1998, features a police helicopter hovering over Los Angeles and shadowing various people, both gay and straight, kissing, having sex or engaging in foreplay, all in public.
The song was immediately prohibited from being played on RTÉ stations [1] or was severely restricted, [2] sources vary. Despite that, the song sold 12,000 single records in the first week of release, taking it to the number one position in the Irish Singles Chart on 22 November 1973, and held that position for four weeks, [1] until it was replaced by Slade's Merry Christmas Everybody.
French, lit. "salad basket", slang for a police van (cf. fourgon de police). Parak Slang term used for policemen in the Philippines. Paw Patrol Slang term for K-9 units or Dog Units in the UK. Party Van Russian, a police car or van, especially one housing an entire squad and sent out to perform a search-and-seizure and/or an arrest at a ...
[4] Like other Police songs from this period, it features mythological and literary references, including the Scylla and Charybdis monsters of Greek mythology, and the German legend of Faust. It has a relatively slow, almost foreboding feel in the beginning verses, modulating to evoke a lighter, triumphant feel during the chorus.
"Message in a Bottle" is a song by British rock band the Police. It was released as the lead single from their second studio album, Reggatta de Blanc (1979). Written by the band's lead singer and bassist Sting, the song is ostensibly about a story of a castaway on an island who sends out a message in a bottle to seek love.
Zenyatta Mondatta also saw the band's lyrics turning towards political events, with Sting's "Driven to Tears" commenting on poverty and Copeland's "Bombs Away" referring to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. [8] [10] These themes became more prevalent on the Police's next album, Ghost in the Machine.
"Helicopter" is an indie rock [2] [3] and garage rock [4] song, written by all band members prior to their debut studio album, Silent Alarm. Composed in B minor, it was written in common time and has a quick tempo of 171 beats per minute. [5] The main riff was adapted from "Set The House Ablaze", a song by The Jam featured on the 1980 album ...