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Roxanne
You don't have to put on the red light
Those days are over
You don't have to sell your body to the night

Roxanne
You don't have to wear that dress tonight
Walk the streets of money
You don't care if it's wrong or if it's right

From the moment I first heard the initial gut-wrenching moaning of the word "Roxanne", I was hooked on The Police. I just loved the song -- and not just because of some adolescent rebellion against the school authorities at my Catholic high school, who felt that there was something unseemly about a love song to a prostitute. No, there was something about the song that got into me at the cellular level. I didn't know what the beat was, but I later (much later) learned that the song is done to the rhythm of a tango. I'm so glad it is on the new Police cd.

And that is one of the great things about The Police -- they've never been afraid to experiment with different musical forms in their music, introducing entire new generations and audiences to something a little different. Reggae rhythms turn up all over their music, as do ska and other musical forms that are now seen as mainstream in pop and rock. They were not before The Police. Don't believe me? Just check out the new Police cd and see some of the many examples.

Win a New York fly-away to see The Police live.

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