Spirits In The Material Worldby The Police

Sting was "released by his mom on this date in 1951." -DJ John Richards Happy 73rd birthday to Sting! 1979 - On Sting's 28th birthday, The Police release Reggatta de Blanc... and then exactly two years later... 1981 - The Police release Ghost in the Machine featuring "Invisible Sun" "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" "Spirits in the Material World" "Demolition Man" etc.

Happy birthday Sting and happy birthday to this album released on this day in 1981! Spirits in the Material World" is the opening track for The Police's 1981 album "Ghost in the Machine." This song is based on the writings of Hungarian author and philosopher Arthur Koestler. Sting enjoyed Koestler's work, and the album Ghost In The Machine is named after one of his books. Koestler believed that outside influences could destroy our spirit and restrict our thinking. The "spirits" and "ghosts" Koestler wrote about were the innate higher functions that often get lost in the "machine" created by governments and corporations.

#483 Best Opening Track -- "Spirits in the Material World" is the opening track for The Police's 1981 album "Ghost in the Machine." This song is based on the writings of Hungarian author and philosopher Arthur Koestler. Sting enjoyed Koestler's work, and the album Ghost In The Machine is named after one of his books. Koestler believed that outside influences could destroy our spirit and restrict our thinking. The "spirits" and "ghosts" Koestler wrote about were the innate higher functions that often get lost in the "machine" created by governments and corporations.

"Spirits in the Material World" is the opening track for The Police's 1981 album "Ghost in the Machine." This song is based on the writings of Hungarian author and philosopher Arthur Koestler. Sting enjoyed Koestler's work, and the album Ghost In The Machine is named after one of his books. Koestler believed that outside influences could destroy our spirit and restrict our thinking. The "spirits" and "ghosts" Koestler wrote about were the innate higher functions that often get lost in the "machine" created by governments and corporations.

Happy birthday to Sting (born Gordon Sumner), British singer and songwriter born on this day in 1951, known for being the front man of the band the Police and for his successful solo career that followed. He released this with the Police in 1979 on his 28th birthday... then 2 years later, released Ghost in the Machine on his 30th.

"Spirits in the Material World" is the opening track for The Police's 1981 album Ghost in the Machine. Happy 1981 & 50 years of KEXP! - www.kexp.org

"'Spirits in the Material World' was written on one of those Casio keyboards while I was riding in the back of a truck somewhere. I just tap, tap, tap and there it was, just by accident. That was the first time I'd ever touched a synthesizer, that album." — Sting, Synchronicity Tour Program, 1983

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