"Better Things" is a series of weekly posts, each about one song I really love, by an artist I haven't featured in the previous This Year or Portions For Foxes series. See the introduction for more.
I grew up in the '70s and '80s; there was going to be a Police song somewhere in one of these series. I always gravitated towards the loud and the noisy, so it would be from their earlier days. Not that Message in a Bottle isn't iconic; it is. And De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da is one of the perfect pop songs.
But if I'm picking one song, it has to be Next To You.
And I usually start out with lyrics, but what's most impressive about Next To You is Stewart Copeland's drumming - fast, intricate, detailed, precise. He stops and starts more than once, but is always in time, in this very fast time. It's frankly awe-inspiring.
It's a punky, loud, fast song of longing, all quick notes and that relentless chorus.
I sold my house, I sold my motor too
All I want is to be next to you
I'd rob a bank, maybe steal a plane
You took me over, think I'm goin' insane
All energy, all longing, all power, all done in less than three minutes. What more could you want from a punky single?
What can I do?
All I want is to be next to you
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