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SFC Stephen King
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Great share,Sting a teacher spoke about this song and it's origin. Today I feel it would be astronomically controversial. The Police were are a great band.

Young teacher, the subject
Of schoolgirl fantasy
She wants him so badly
Knows what she wants to be
Inside her there's longing
This girl's an open page
Bookmarking, she's so close now...
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SFC Stephen King I think this and his stalker song Every Breath You Take would definitely be scrutinized. My wife and I were watching a 1977 live concert of Peter Frampton, and we were discussing the song Show Me the Way. We were contemplating the lyrics in the song that said - I watch you when you're sleeping and I want to take your love. That might be inappropriate to the #metoo movement.
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Great band..... King Sting...
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LTC Stephen F.
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Thank you my audiophile friend SGT (Join to see) for posting the music video of The Police performing 'Don't Stand So Close' To Me from the Synchronicity Concert in honor of the fact that on October 11, 1980 - The Police scored their second UK No.1 album with their third studio release 'Zenyatta Mondatta', which featured, 'Don't Stand So Close to Me', 'Canary in a Coalmine and 'De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da.'"

In honor of this Synchronicity Concert music video i am posting another video from the same show at the Omni in Atlanta and teh while concert I was in audience of at Darmstadt, Germany " Stadion am Böllenfalltor" September 18, 1983 while stationed in Bamberg, Germany

The Police - Message In A Bottle - Live At The Omni, Atlanta 1983 Synchronicity Concert
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frS6Bnr-sVc

"Don't Stand So Close To Me" written by Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner better known as Sting
Lyrics
"Young teacher, the subject
Of schoolgirl fantasy
She wants him so badly
Knows what she wants to be
Inside her there's longing
This girl's an open page
Book marking - she's so close now
This girl is half his age

Don't stand, don't stand so
Don't stand so close to me

Her friends are so jealous
You know how bad girls get
Sometimes it's not so easy
To be the teacher's pet
Temptation, frustration
So bad it makes him cry
Wet bus stop, she's waiting
His car is warm and dry

Don't stand, don't stand so
Don't stand so close to me

Loose talk in the classroom
To hurt they try and try
Strong words in the staffroom
The accusations fly
It's no use, he sees her
He starts to shake and cough
Just like the old man in
That book by Nabokov

Don't stand, don't stand so
Don't stand so close to me

Don't stand, don't stand so
Don't stand so close to me"

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LTC Stephen F.
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Here is the audio recording of a Police Synchonicity concert I was in the audience of at Darmstadt, West Germany on September 18, 1983 while i was stationed with 1/52 Infantry Battalion at Bamberg, Germany
The Police-Darmstadt, Germany " Stadion am Böllenfalltor" 9-18-1983 (FULL SHOW)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnZ7h2Y4JFM

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