IMG... Roxanne As You NEVER Heard It Before!! Does ANYONE Know

[ChiciB1]

if there will be a DVD of this?? Been watching almost ALL day and CAN'T get my machine to record!!! I'm SOOOOOOOOOOOOO upset because I just found out it's not working. Thought I was getting it, but NOOOOOO!!

I'm sick!!

[babylonsister]

1. OK, so who the heck was Roxanne? nt PS I love love love STING! The

Police, not so much.

[aquart]

2. Dunno who Roxanne was.

But the press office at A&M Records made me bring a nearly life-sized red-headed streetwalker doll my sister had made to work one day, because there was some sort of Roxanne contest. I had to carry that thing on the subway.

[Horse with no Name]

5. Here you go

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roxanne_(song)

Police lead singer Sting wrote the song, inspired by the prostitutes he saw near the band's seedy hotel while in Paris, France in October 1977 to perform at the Nashville Club. The title of the song 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 he credits Police drummer Stewart Copeland 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 piano chord and laughter preserved at the beginning of the track. The Police were initially diffident about the song, but Miles Copeland III was immediately enthusiastic after hearing it, becoming their manager and getting them their first record deal with A&M Records. The single did not chart at first, but it was re-released in April 1979 and reached #12 in the UK and #32 in the U.S., and went on to become one of the classic Police songs as well as a staple of Sting's performances during his solo career.

[babylonsister]

8. Whoa! Thank you, HwnN! It never occurred to me to google that. nt

[Terri S]

3. it's a song about a prostitute

Sting wrote after visiting a 'red light district' in Paris. Don't think it was about any one specific, tho

[ChiciB1]

4. No, Nobody He's EVER Said It Was About... I Will Always Remember

Eddie Murphy singing the song in a movie a long time ago. I FORGOT the name, but can see him!

I WANT A DVD!! How many of you realize the magnitude of what took place today??

[alcibiades_mystery]

6. 48 Hours

It's Murphy and Nick Nolte in the classic cop buddy flick of the 80's.

Murphy is singing it while still locked up in San Quentin, sitting in his cell with headphones on.

[Catherine Vincent]

7. That was "48 Hours"

And everytime I hear Roxanne, I think of Eddie Murphy too. :)