June Moon: Walking on the Moon

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The storms are over. Now for the rice cooker! Or like that Showtime series from the 80s, STEAMBATH. I have my A/C tuneup scheduled for next Wednesday, because that thing is going to be seriously worked out if this forecast is correct. Let’s keep cool with cool music! Here’s today’s moon song. Walking on the Moon - The Police We saw it on the side of a car. — Andy Summers, when asked how The Police picked their name I’m glad I got to see The Police (1982, Scope, Norfolk, Virginia, if you’re interested…or even if you aren’t ). (A Flock of Seagulls opened, and they were great, too.) That was when they were popular, but before the explosion of Synchronicity (they played Aloha Stadium in Honolulu a couple of years later, to show how massively popular they’d become). But before all of that, there were three guys, two Brits and an American, trying to be Bob Marley and the Wailers. Seriously, there was a LOT of reggae influence in their early days. In fact, this album’s title is an English-trying-to-sound-French attempt at “white reggae.” The song comes from Sting being drunk, walking ‘round the room after a concert. He said (per Picky Wedia) that he thought “walking ‘round the room” was stupid, so he changed it to something dumber: “Walking on the Moon.” One of the great songs from a band that just didn’t last long enough…or maybe, given their breakup (and other bands that have reformed for the sake of money), they lasted just long enough. Walking on the Moon Written by Sting Recorded by The Police From Regatta de Blanc, 1979 Some may say: