O Curso de Geologia de 85/90 da Universidade de Coimbra escolheu o nome de Geopedrados quando participou na Queima das Fitas.
Ficou a designação, ficaram muitas pessoas com e sobre a capa intemporal deste nome, agora com oportunidade de partilhar as suas ideias, informações e materiais sobre Geologia, Paleontologia, Mineralogia, Vulcanologia/Sismologia, Ambiente, Energia, Biologia, Astronomia, Ensino, Fotografia, Humor, Música, Cultura, Coimbra e AAC, para fins de ensino e educação.
Andrew James Somers (Poulton-le-Fylde, 31 de dezembro de 1942), mais conhecido como Andy Summers, é um compositor e guitarristainglês, célebre por seu trabalho com os grupos The Police e Eric Burdon & The Animals. Foi considerado o 85º melhor guitarrista de todos os tempos pela revista norte-americana Rolling Stone.
Summers gravou álbuns solo, colaborou com outros músicos, compôs
bandas sonoras de filmes e exibiu as suas fotografias em galerias. Entrou
para o Rock and Roll Hall of Fame como membro dos Police em 2003.
Although Outlandos d'Amour received mixed reviews upon its release, it has since been regarded as one of the strongest debut albums. Rolling Stone ranked it as the 38th best debut album of all time and the 428th greatest album of all time.
Background and recording
With a budget of £1,500 borrowed from their manager, Miles Copeland (brother of drummer Stewart), the Police recorded Outlandos d'Amour at Surrey Sound Studios
in an intermittent fashion over six months, with the band recording
whenever the studio had free time or another band's sessions were
cancelled.
Miles Copeland had promised to pay Surrey Sound £2,000 upon completion
of the recording, but did not give them the full amount until much
later.
Miles occasionally visited the
studio during recording, and he reacted to what he heard from the band
with vehement derision. However, upon hearing "Roxanne" he had the opposite reaction and took the recording to A&M Records
the following day, where he persuaded the record label to release it as
a one-off single. Although the single failed to chart, A&M agreed
to give the band a second chance with "Can't Stand Losing You".
At first, A&M proposed the band create an improved mix of the song,
but after five attempts admitted that it could not improve upon the
band's mix, and released the original mix for the single. When it became
the band's first hit, the label quickly approved the release of the
by-then finished album.
Miles had originally wanted to name the album Police Brutality. However, after hearing "Roxanne" and then envisioning a more romantic image for the band, he proposed Outlandos d'Amour
instead. This title is a loose French translation of "Outlaws of Love",
with the first word being a combination of the words "outlaws" and
"commandos", and "d'Amour" meaning "of love".
Music and lyrics
Outlandos d'Amour, while at times incorporating reggae, pop and other elements of what would eventually become the band's definitive sound, is dominated by punk influences. This is evident on the opening track "Next to You", despite it essentially being a love song. Stewart Copeland and guitarist Andy Summers initially felt the lyrics were neither aggressive nor political enough for their style at the time, but bassist and vocalist Sting
was adamant about keeping the song as it was. "Next to You" includes a
slide guitar solo by Summers, which Copeland initially dismissed as "old
wave".
The second track is the reggae-influenced "So Lonely". Sting has said he used Bob Marley's "No Woman, No Cry"
as the musical basis for the song, while the lyrics in its verses were
recycled from "Fool in Love", a song he originally wrote for his earlier
band Last Exit.
The song itself, about someone who is lonely after suffering a broken
heart, was seen as ironic by a large segment of the band's listeners.
Sting disagreed with this sentiment, saying, "No, there's no irony
whatsoever. From the outside it might look a bit strange, being
surrounded by all this attention and yet experiencing the worst lonely
feeling ... but I do. And then suddenly the attention is withdrawn a
half an hour later. You're so isolated ..."
"Roxanne" was written by Sting after visiting a red-light district near the band's hotel in Paris.
The Police had been staying there in October 1977 to perform at the
nearby Nashville Club. The song's title comes from the name of the
character in the play Cyrano de Bergerac, an old poster of which was hanging in the hotel foyer. Sting had originally conceived the song as a bossa nova, although Stewart Copeland has been credited for suggesting its final rhythmic form as a tango.
During recording, Sting accidentally sat down on a piano keyboard in
the studio, resulting in the atonal chord and laughter preserved at the
beginning of the track. The Police were initially reluctant about the
song, but Miles Copeland was immediately enthusiastic after hearing it.
The remaining two tracks on the first side of the album are "Hole
in My Life", another reggae-influenced song by Sting, and "Peanuts", a
composition written by Stewart Copeland and Sting about Rod Stewart.
The lyrics were meant as an expression of disappointment on Sting's
part towards his former idol, of whom he said: "I used to be a great fan
of his but something happened to him. I hope I don't end up like that."
Having since experienced the celebrity lifestyle himself, he has said
he no longer identifies with the song's lyrical content and has come to
view Stewart in a different light.
"Can't Stand Losing You" begins side two of the original LP.
Written and composed by Sting, the song is about a young lover being
driven to suicide following a breakup. In a 1993 interview with The Independent,
he described the lyrics as "juvenile", saying that "teenage suicide ...
is always a bit of a joke"; he also claimed to have written the lyrics
in only five minutes.
The following track, "Truth Hits Everybody", is a punk-influenced
song. After that is "Born in the 50's", which details life as a
teenager during the 1960s. "Be My Girl—Sally" is a medley of a
half-finished song by Sting and an Andy Summers poem about a blow-up doll.
This leads into the semi-instrumental closer, "Masoko Tanga", the only
song on the album to not become a staple of the band's live
performances.
Two other songs from these sessions were excluded from Outlandos d'Amour but released as B-sides
for two of its singles: "Dead-End Job", a song credited to Sting and
Copeland, on the B-side of "Can't Stand Losing You"; and "No Time This
Time" by Sting, on the B-side of "So Lonely". The latter was
subsequently included on the band's second album Reggatta de Blanc.
Stewart Armstrong Copeland (Alexandria, Virginia, July 16, 1952) is an American
musician and composer. He is best known for his work as the drummer of
the English rock band the Police from 1977 to 1986, and again from 2007 to 2008. Before playing with the Police, he played drums with English rock band Curved Air from 1975 to 1976. As a composer, his work includes the films Wall Street (1987), Men At Work (1990), Good Burger (1997), and We Are Your Friends (2015); the television shows The Equalizer (1985–1989), The Amanda Show (1999–2002), and Dead Like Me (2003–2004); and video games such as the Spyro series (1998–present) and Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare (2001). He has also written various pieces of ballet, opera, and orchestral music.
"Every Breath You Take" is a song by the English rock band The Police from their album Synchronicity (1983). Written by Sting, the single was the biggest US and Canadian hit of 1983, topping the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for eight weeks (the band's only No. 1 hit on that chart), and the Canadian RPM Chart for four weeks. Their fifth UK No. 1, it topped the UK Singles Chart for four weeks. The song also reached the Top 10 in numerous other countries.
"Every Breath You Take" is the Police's and Sting's signature song, and in 2010 was estimated to generate between a quarter and a third of Sting's music publishing income. In May 2019, it was recognised by BMI as being the most played song in radio history. With nearly 15 million radio plays, Sting received a BMI Award at a ceremony held at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel
in Beverly Hills to mark it being the Most Performed Song in BMI's
catalogue, a distinction previously held since 1999 by Spector, Mann and
Weil's "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'".
BMI President and CEO Mike O'Neill stated: "For the first time in 22
years, BMI has a new top song in our repertoire with Sting's timeless
hit 'Every Breath You Take,' a remarkable achievement that solidifies
its place in songwriting history."
Every breath you take And every move you make Every bond you break Every step you take I'll be watching you
Every single day Every word you say Every game you play Every night you stay I'll be watching you
Oh, can't you see You belong to me? How my poor heart aches With every step you take?
Every move you make And every vow you break Every smile you fake Every claim you stake I'll be watching you
Since you've gone, I've been lost without a trace I dream at night, I can only see your face I look around, but it's you I can't replace I feel so cold and I long for your embrace I keep crying: Baby, baby, please
Mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm Mmm, mmm, mmm
Oh, can't you see You belong to me? How my poor heart aches With every step you take?
Every move you make And every vow you break Every smile you fake Every claim you stake I'll be watching you
Every move you make Every step you take I'll be watching you
I'll be watching you (Every breath you take) (Every move you make) (Every bond you break) (Every step you take)
I'll be watching you (Every single day) (Every word you say) (Every game you play) (Every night you stay)
I'll be watching you (Every move you make) (Every vow you break) (Every smile you fake) (Every claim you stake)
I'll be watching you (Every single day) (Every word you say) (Every game you play) (Every night you stay)
I'll be watching you (Every breath you take) (Every move you make) (Every bond you break) (Every step you take)
I'll be watching you (Every single day) (Every word you say) (Every game you...)
Andrew James Somers (Poulton-le-Fylde, 31 de dezembro de 1942), mais conhecido como Andy Summers, é um compositor e guitarristainglês, célebre por seu trabalho com os grupos The Police e Eric Burdon & The Animals. Foi considerado o 85º melhor guitarrista de todos os tempos pela revista norte-americana Rolling Stone.
Summers gravou álbuns solo, colaborou com outros músicos, compôs
bandas sonoras de filmes e exibiu as suas fotografias em galerias. Entrou
para o Rock and Roll Hall of Fame como membro dos Police em 2003.
Although Outlandos d'Amour received mixed reviews upon its release, it has since been regarded as one of the strongest debut albums. Rolling Stone ranked it as the 38th best debut album of all time and the 428th greatest album of all time.
Background and recording
With a budget of £1,500 borrowed from their manager, Miles Copeland (brother of drummer Stewart), the Police recorded Outlandos d'Amour at Surrey Sound Studios
in an intermittent fashion over six months, with the band recording
whenever the studio had free time or another band's sessions were
cancelled.
Miles Copeland had promised to pay Surrey Sound £2,000 upon completion
of the recording, but did not give them the full amount until much
later.
Miles occasionally visited the
studio during recording, and he reacted to what he heard from the band
with vehement derision. However, upon hearing "Roxanne" he had the opposite reaction and took the recording to A&M Records
the following day, where he persuaded the record label to release it as
a one-off single. Although the single failed to chart, A&M agreed
to give the band a second chance with "Can't Stand Losing You".
At first, A&M proposed the band create an improved mix of the song,
but after five attempts admitted that it could not improve upon the
band's mix, and released the original mix for the single. When it became
the band's first hit, the label quickly approved the release of the
by-then finished album.
Miles had originally wanted to name the album Police Brutality. However, after hearing "Roxanne" and then envisioning a more romantic image for the band, he proposed Outlandos d'Amour
instead. This title is a loose French translation of "Outlaws of Love",
with the first word being a combination of the words "outlaws" and
"commandos", and "d'Amour" meaning "of love".
Music and lyrics
Outlandos d'Amour, while at times incorporating reggae, pop and other elements of what would eventually become the band's definitive sound, is dominated by punk influences. This is evident on the opening track "Next to You", despite it essentially being a love song. Stewart Copeland and guitarist Andy Summers initially felt the lyrics were neither aggressive nor political enough for their style at the time, but bassist and vocalist Sting
was adamant about keeping the song as it was. "Next to You" includes a
slide guitar solo by Summers, which Copeland initially dismissed as "old
wave".
The second track is the reggae-influenced "So Lonely". Sting has said he used Bob Marley's "No Woman, No Cry"
as the musical basis for the song, while the lyrics in its verses were
recycled from "Fool in Love", a song he originally wrote for his earlier
band Last Exit.
The song itself, about someone who is lonely after suffering a broken
heart, was seen as ironic by a large segment of the band's listeners.
Sting disagreed with this sentiment, saying, "No, there's no irony
whatsoever. From the outside it might look a bit strange, being
surrounded by all this attention and yet experiencing the worst lonely
feeling ... but I do. And then suddenly the attention is withdrawn a
half an hour later. You're so isolated ..."
"Roxanne" was written by Sting after visiting a red-light district near the band's hotel in Paris.
The Police had been staying there in October 1977 to perform at the
nearby Nashville Club. The song's title comes from the name of the
character in the play Cyrano de Bergerac, an old poster of which was hanging in the hotel foyer. Sting had originally conceived the song as a bossa nova, although Stewart Copeland has been credited for suggesting its final rhythmic form as a tango.
During recording, Sting accidentally sat down on a piano keyboard in
the studio, resulting in the atonal chord and laughter preserved at the
beginning of the track. The Police were initially reluctant about the
song, but Miles Copeland was immediately enthusiastic after hearing it.
The remaining two tracks on the first side of the album are "Hole
in My Life", another reggae-influenced song by Sting, and "Peanuts", a
composition written by Stewart Copeland and Sting about Rod Stewart.
The lyrics were meant as an expression of disappointment on Sting's
part towards his former idol, of whom he said: "I used to be a great fan
of his but something happened to him. I hope I don't end up like that."
Having since experienced the celebrity lifestyle himself, he has said
he no longer identifies with the song's lyrical content and has come to
view Stewart in a different light.
"Can't Stand Losing You" begins side two of the original LP.
Written and composed by Sting, the song is about a young lover being
driven to suicide following a breakup. In a 1993 interview with The Independent,
he described the lyrics as "juvenile", saying that "teenage suicide ...
is always a bit of a joke"; he also claimed to have written the lyrics
in only five minutes.
The following track, "Truth Hits Everybody", is a punk-influenced
song. After that is "Born in the 50's", which details life as a
teenager during the 1960s. "Be My Girl—Sally" is a medley of a
half-finished song by Sting and an Andy Summers poem about a blow-up doll.
This leads into the semi-instrumental closer, "Masoko Tanga", the only
song on the album to not become a staple of the band's live
performances.
Two other songs from these sessions were excluded from Outlandos d'Amour but released as B-sides
for two of its singles: "Dead-End Job", a song credited to Sting and
Copeland, on the B-side of "Can't Stand Losing You"; and "No Time This
Time" by Sting, on the B-side of "So Lonely". The latter was
subsequently included on the band's second album Reggatta de Blanc.
Stewart Armstrong Copeland (Alexandria, Virginia, July 16, 1952) is an American
musician and composer. He is best known for his work as the drummer of
the English rock band the Police from 1977 to 1986, and again from 2007 to 2008. Before playing with the Police, he played drums with English rock band Curved Air from 1975 to 1976. As a composer, his work includes the films Wall Street (1987), Men At Work (1990), Good Burger (1997), and We Are Your Friends (2015); the television shows The Equalizer (1985–1989), The Amanda Show (1999–2002), and Dead Like Me (2003–2004); and video games such as the Spyro series (1998–present) and Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare (2001). He has also written various pieces of ballet, opera, and orchestral music.
"Every Breath You Take" is a song by the English rock band The Police from their album Synchronicity (1983). Written by Sting, the single was the biggest US and Canadian hit of 1983, topping the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for eight weeks (the band's only No. 1 hit on that chart), and the Canadian RPM Chart for four weeks. Their fifth UK No. 1, it topped the UK Singles Chart for four weeks. The song also reached the Top 10 in numerous other countries.
"Every Breath You Take" is the Police's and Sting's signature song, and in 2010 was estimated to generate between a quarter and a third of Sting's music publishing income. In May 2019, it was recognised by BMI as being the most played song in radio history. With nearly 15 million radio plays, Sting received a BMI Award at a ceremony held at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel
in Beverly Hills to mark it being the Most Performed Song in BMI's
catalogue, a distinction previously held since 1999 by Spector, Mann and
Weil's "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'".
BMI President and CEO Mike O'Neill stated: "For the first time in 22
years, BMI has a new top song in our repertoire with Sting's timeless
hit 'Every Breath You Take,' a remarkable achievement that solidifies
its place in songwriting history."
Every breath you take And every move you make Every bond you break Every step you take I'll be watching you
Every single day Every word you say Every game you play Every night you stay I'll be watching you
Oh, can't you see You belong to me? How my poor heart aches With every step you take?
Every move you make And every vow you break Every smile you fake Every claim you stake I'll be watching you
Since you've gone, I've been lost without a trace I dream at night, I can only see your face I look around, but it's you I can't replace I feel so cold and I long for your embrace I keep crying: Baby, baby, please
Mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm Mmm, mmm, mmm
Oh, can't you see You belong to me? How my poor heart aches With every step you take?
Every move you make And every vow you break Every smile you fake Every claim you stake I'll be watching you
Every move you make Every step you take I'll be watching you
I'll be watching you (Every breath you take) (Every move you make) (Every bond you break) (Every step you take)
I'll be watching you (Every single day) (Every word you say) (Every game you play) (Every night you stay)
I'll be watching you (Every move you make) (Every vow you break) (Every smile you fake) (Every claim you stake)
I'll be watching you (Every single day) (Every word you say) (Every game you play) (Every night you stay)
I'll be watching you (Every breath you take) (Every move you make) (Every bond you break) (Every step you take)
I'll be watching you (Every single day) (Every word you say) (Every game you...)
Though I've tried before to tell her
Of the feelings I have for her in my heart
Everytime that I come near her
I just lose my nerve
As I've done from the start
Every little thing she does is magic
Everything she does just turns me on
Even though my life before was tragic
Now I know my love for her goes on
Do I have to tell the story
Of a thousand rainy days since we first met
It's a big enough umbrella
But it's always me that ends up getting wet
Every little thing she does is magic
Everything she does just turns me on
Even though my life before was tragic
Now I know my love for her goes on
I resolved to call her up a thousand times a day
And ask her if she'll marry me in some old fashioned way
But my silent fears have gripped me
Long before I reach the phone
Long before my tongue has tripped me
Must I always be alone
Every little thing she does is magic
Everything she does just turns me on
Even though my life before was tragic
Know I know my love for her goes on
Every little thing she does
Every little thing she does
Every little thing she does
Every little thing she does is magic
Andrew James Somers (Poulton-le-Fylde, 31 de dezembro de 1942), mais conhecido como Andy Summers, é um compositor e guitarristainglês, célebre por seu trabalho com os grupos The Police e Eric Burdon & The Animals. Foi considerado o 85º melhor guitarrista de todos os tempos pela revista norte-americana Rolling Stone.
Summers gravou álbuns solo, colaborou com outros músicos, compôs
bandas sonoras de filmes e exibiu as suas fotografias em galerias. Entrou
para o Rock and Roll Hall of Fame como membro dos Police em 2003.
Although Outlandos d'Amour received mixed reviews upon its release, it has since been regarded as one of the strongest debut albums. Rolling Stone ranked it as the 38th best debut album of all time and the 428th greatest album of all time.
Background and recording
With a budget of £1,500 borrowed from their manager, Miles Copeland (brother of drummer Stewart), the Police recorded Outlandos d'Amour at Surrey Sound Studios
in an intermittent fashion over six months, with the band recording
whenever the studio had free time or another band's sessions were
cancelled.
Miles Copeland had promised to pay Surrey Sound £2,000 upon completion
of the recording, but did not give them the full amount until much
later.
Miles occasionally visited the studio during recording, and he reacted to what he heard from the band with vehement derision. However, upon hearing "Roxanne" he had the opposite reaction and took the recording to A&M Records the following day, where he persuaded the record label to release it as a one-off single. Although the single failed to chart, A&M agreed to give the band a second chance with "Can't Stand Losing You".
At first, A&M proposed the band create an improved mix of the song,
but after five attempts admitted that it could not improve upon the
band's mix, and released the original mix for the single. When it became
the band's first hit, the label quickly approved the release of the
by-then finished album.
Miles had originally wanted to name the album Police Brutality. However, after hearing "Roxanne" and then envisioning a more romantic image for the band, he proposed Outlandos d'Amour
instead. This title is a loose French translation of "Outlaws of Love",
with the first word being a combination of the words "outlaws" and
"commandos", and "d'Amour" meaning "of love".
Music and lyrics
Outlandos d'Amour, while at times incorporating reggae, pop and other elements of what would eventually become the band's definitive sound, is dominated by punk influences. This is evident on the opening track "Next to You", despite it essentially being a love song. Stewart Copeland and guitarist Andy Summers initially felt the lyrics were neither aggressive nor political enough for their style at the time, but bassist and vocalist Sting
was adamant about keeping the song as it was. "Next to You" includes a
slide guitar solo by Summers, which Copeland initially dismissed as "old
wave".
The second track is the reggae-influenced "So Lonely". Sting has said he used Bob Marley's "No Woman, No Cry" as the musical basis for the song, while the lyrics in its verses were recycled from "Fool in Love", a song he originally wrote for his earlier band Last Exit.
The song itself, about someone who is lonely after suffering a broken
heart, was seen as ironic by a large segment of the band's listeners.
Sting disagreed with this sentiment, saying, "No, there's no irony
whatsoever. From the outside it might look a bit strange, being
surrounded by all this attention and yet experiencing the worst lonely
feeling ... but I do. And then suddenly the attention is withdrawn a
half an hour later. You're so isolated ..."
"Roxanne" was written by Sting after visiting a red-light district near the band's hotel in Paris. The Police had been staying there in October 1977 to perform at the nearby Nashville Club. The song's title comes from the name of the character in the play Cyrano de Bergerac, an old poster of which was hanging in the hotel foyer. Sting had originally conceived the song as a bossa nova, although Stewart Copeland has been credited for suggesting its final rhythmic form as a tango.
During recording, Sting accidentally sat down on a piano keyboard in
the studio, resulting in the atonal chord and laughter preserved at the
beginning of the track. The Police were initially reluctant about the song, but Miles Copeland was immediately enthusiastic after hearing it.
The remaining two tracks on the first side of the album are "Hole
in My Life", another reggae-influenced song by Sting, and "Peanuts", a
composition written by Stewart Copeland and Sting about Rod Stewart.
The lyrics were meant as an expression of disappointment on Sting's
part towards his former idol, of whom he said: "I used to be a great fan
of his but something happened to him. I hope I don't end up like that."
Having since experienced the celebrity lifestyle himself, he has said
he no longer identifies with the song's lyrical content and has come to
view Stewart in a different light.
"Can't Stand Losing You" begins side two of the original LP.
Written and composed by Sting, the song is about a young lover being
driven to suicide following a breakup. In a 1993 interview with The Independent, he described the lyrics as "juvenile", saying that "teenage suicide ... is always a bit of a joke"; he also claimed to have written the lyrics in only five minutes.
The following track, "Truth Hits Everybody", is a punk-influenced
song. After that is "Born in the 50's", which details life as a
teenager during the 1960s. "Be My Girl—Sally" is a medley of a
half-finished song by Sting and an Andy Summers poem about a blow-up doll.
This leads into the semi-instrumental closer, "Masoko Tanga", the only
song on the album to not become a staple of the band's live
performances.
Two other songs from these sessions were excluded from Outlandos d'Amour but released as B-sides
for two of its singles: "Dead-End Job", a song credited to Sting and
Copeland, on the B-side of "Can't Stand Losing You"; and "No Time This
Time" by Sting, on the B-side of "So Lonely". The latter was
subsequently included on the band's second album Reggatta de Blanc.
Stewart Armstrong Copeland (Alexandria, Virginia, July 16, 1952) is an American
musician and composer. He is best known for his work as the drummer of
the English rock band the Police from 1977 to 1986, and again from 2007 to 2008. Before playing with the Police, he played drums with English rock band Curved Air from 1975 to 1976. As a composer, his work includes the films Wall Street (1987), Men At Work (1990), Good Burger (1997), and We Are Your Friends (2015); the television shows The Equalizer (1985–1989), The Amanda Show (1999–2002), and Dead Like Me (2003–2004); and video games such as the Spyro series (1998–present) and Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare (2001). He has also written various pieces of ballet, opera, and orchestral music.
