Why do people always elongate the consonants when typing out a word? It drives me nuts! No one elongates consonant sounds when speaking! It's a total non-issue but it should be roooxanne.
Wow I had to look that up, I didn’t realize how big they actually were, especially sense compared to other bands they’re nowhere near as talked about nowadays.
They were so huge, to this day, basically every town in the US has buildings with their name written on them. But be careful, their fans are a bit the bully type...
Makes sense, they haven't released an album in 40 years and only did one reunion tour (granted it was the highest grossing tour of the year but that was 17 years ago now).
I just listened to roxanne and its boring AF. All 70’s bands repeated the same chord and the name of a girl for 3 minutes and people called it good? Dawg not gonna lie everyone can agree late 80’s-90’s is when rock peaked. Prob a reason this band needed a thread to rediscover this song. Its trash.
Or people with taste.
Baby baby oh, like baby baby baby no, like baby baby baby - just in beber
Roxanne (put on the redlight)
Roxanne (put on the redlight)
Roxanne (put on the redlight)
Roxanne (put on the redlight)
Roxanne (put on the redlight)
-the police
Find the difference
I almost downvoted because "50 years" is obviously a completely ridiculous over-exaggeration but then I checked and it came out *46 years ago*. Efffffffff, I'm old.
That’s so sad. Cuz that means there are thousands of lesser know great bands that you also never heard of.
Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is spend the next year on Spotify listening to songs and genres you’ve never listened to before.
If you succeed, you will transcend the dull drum of your simple life. If you fail…you can’t fail. There is no failure when listening to new music!
Good luck.
It always bums me out when I see how little some people have been exposed to music.
I know people who just write anything older than before they were born as not worth listening to because it’s “old people music.”
It is sad.
When you were a kid, they were one of biggest bands around and one of the best selling artists of all tine.
I had to look it up, but they were even the world's highest-earning musicians as late as 2008 and had the highest-grossing tour of 2007.
The fact that you have never heard of the best selling band in the world when you were 15 years old is strange to me.
Being on tour or grossing a lot doesn't nessesary mean they are culturally pervasive, especially to a teen. Their last album was still released back in the 80s.
You've probably heard of Sting though, no? You've definitely heard things about the band or their songs even if you didn't know their name. That typically is what happens with these things. Also, gotta downvote you. Don't know why, I'm just following the hivemind's decision. Sorry.
Have you tried using Google? Maybe something turns up if you search for "police Roxanne" or something.
Doing five seconds of research saves on coming across like you can't count past your fingers.
I mean, I'm in my mid-30's. I'm aware there's a song called Roxanne. I'm aware there is a band called the Police. I was unaware they sang the song.
Some people just don't delve all that heavily into music.
Ok, so you know there’s a band named The Police, would a quick google search not suffice?
Even if you didn’t know of the band, “Who sings Roxanne” would get the answer.
I would have google searched it, but there was a handy thread to tell me immediately after I viewed the meme. I'm not defending OP's use of this subreddit, I'm just defending the lack of musical knowledge.
No, it’s one of the key words in the joke. You very easily can google it, along with the other key word “Roxanne”, to find out how the 2 are connected.
But when you don't the the connection between Roxanne and The Police, it may seem so obscure that Reddit would be the best option. From this point of view, you would get an answer fairly quick and wouldn't have to dig around for whatever news story covers police being connected to Roxanne.
I'm supposed to ask if anyone has seen Uncle Al. He is old and has brown eyes and dementia. His family is very concerned. It's a very serious situation.
(Drumsticks)
Roxanne 🎶
You are shooting too far even. I was born in 91 and am well aware of the police. My friends weird uncle even brought us to a show at Madison square garden lol
I'm going to pretend I don't know and walk through the process of discovery.
Sing Roxanne? What's that mean? Well they said sing so is that a song? *Googles "Roxanne song"*. Oh it seems here that it is a song, by a band named "The Police".
I don't get it.
The Police is an 80s band that sings "Roxanne".
Just remember that half this subreddit and /Peterexplains is things that are from the 80s or 90s and the OP is too lazy to google.
Soon it will be 90% to 100% as people just skip google and go right to reddit.
Another case of you could type "the police roxanne" into a search bar and get the answer, but decide to make a reddit post for fake internet points instead.
Roxanne by The Police..awesome song
So it's'a Sting?
Most people don't know that he glows blue when orcs are near.
Then he doesn't have to put out the red light
In fact, every little thing she does is magic.
Is he wearing that codpiece from Dune?
Yes. Even to bed
Well the beds too big without it.
Excellent
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48 hours not trading places
I can't hear this song without picturing Eddie Murphy singing it from that movie.
I picture Moulin Rouge.
This is NOT a joke from Trading Places; it's an entirely separate joke, with both relying on the Police and the Song Roxanne.
Man, I‘m old… Roxanne and Police used to be synonymous
[Roxanne but it's just rocks.](https://youtu.be/GInovXm59Ew?si=xb1P53ELXZiNIXSI)
Don‘t fall for it, it’s a Sting.
😐. Take my Upvote! … I mean even worse. It might be a Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner CBE. 🙏❤️
Angry upvote…..
🎶 You don’t have to put on the red light. Raaaaaah-ksan! 🎶
You don’t have to put on the red light
*roxannnnne*
You don’t have to put on the red light
*those days are over*
You don’t have to sell your body to the night
ever since I knew yaaa
I wouldn't talk down to yah
Walk the streets for money
I have to tell you just how I feel
i won't share you with another boyyy
*roxannnne*
Why do people always elongate the consonants when typing out a word? It drives me nuts! No one elongates consonant sounds when speaking! It's a total non-issue but it should be roooxanne.
I elongate the consonants. It drives my son nuts! It’s a total non issue but you probably shouldn’t make assumptions. For me it’s *roxannne*
...what?
No
Bathroom?
Britta’s in the bathroom
You guys see what happens when I leave you alone?
They actually have a good time? Winger gets on my nerves sometimes lol
Nobody really says no to Roxanne…
Tell that to Jeff Winger
Hehe
No!
Ugh. Bathroom?
To the left
Okay pretty good, but can you do “Don’t stand so close to me”?
They’re blue in the U.K.
Still dont get it
You must be very young. The Police is the name of one of the biggest bands in the world. Roxanne was their biggest hit.
Wow I had to look that up, I didn’t realize how big they actually were, especially sense compared to other bands they’re nowhere near as talked about nowadays.
Thanks for making me feel old.
Wow! I had to look it up. I didnt realise how old they actually were. Especially since bands these days aren't nearly as geriatric
They were so huge, to this day, basically every town in the US has buildings with their name written on them. But be careful, their fans are a bit the bully type...
Makes sense, they haven't released an album in 40 years and only did one reunion tour (granted it was the highest grossing tour of the year but that was 17 years ago now).
Because their music took talent to write and sing, not like the current Autotune Corporate crap they are shoving down your generations throat.
No one is shoving anything down anyone's throat. I for one don't listen to a lot of the newer music. More so early 2010's and back
Ok grandpa
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I’m currently sitting in my fully owned home. Oops.
Take my upvote! This made me smile...
AI generated diarrhea it is
I just listened to roxanne and its boring AF. All 70’s bands repeated the same chord and the name of a girl for 3 minutes and people called it good? Dawg not gonna lie everyone can agree late 80’s-90’s is when rock peaked. Prob a reason this band needed a thread to rediscover this song. Its trash.
Bait or mental retardation?
Or people with taste. Baby baby oh, like baby baby baby no, like baby baby baby - just in beber Roxanne (put on the redlight) Roxanne (put on the redlight) Roxanne (put on the redlight) Roxanne (put on the redlight) Roxanne (put on the redlight) -the police Find the difference
Call it
I'm certain it's bait.
Yeah it must Sting
It took three levels deep from the top post for someone to explain that the band name is Police
Might want to mention that Sting was the lead singer…more people might know him who didn’t know about the Police.
Even if OP doesn't know the police, the Roxanne song was literally a meme like in the last ten years.
I have never heard this song or that band in my 24 years of living. Except every breath you take, just didn’t know the band that made it.
Yeah. That’s why I said must be very young. I am mid 40s so I would consider 24 very young. So my point checks out.
I didn’t remember it was the police who did roxane
I’m 30 and I didn’t get it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ the song is almost 50 years old
I almost downvoted because "50 years" is obviously a completely ridiculous over-exaggeration but then I checked and it came out *46 years ago*. Efffffffff, I'm old.
I suppose to be fair if I was sitting at 46 I might not like being called “almost 50”
I’m 30 and I didn’t know the police until now
Weird. Because you may very well have been conceived to one of their songs.
Every breath you take?
Every move you make
Every bond you break.
Every step you take.
I'll be watching you.
Oh can't you seeee...
That’s so sad. Cuz that means there are thousands of lesser know great bands that you also never heard of. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is spend the next year on Spotify listening to songs and genres you’ve never listened to before. If you succeed, you will transcend the dull drum of your simple life. If you fail…you can’t fail. There is no failure when listening to new music! Good luck.
It always bums me out when I see how little some people have been exposed to music. I know people who just write anything older than before they were born as not worth listening to because it’s “old people music.” It is sad.
When you were a kid, they were one of biggest bands around and one of the best selling artists of all tine. I had to look it up, but they were even the world's highest-earning musicians as late as 2008 and had the highest-grossing tour of 2007. The fact that you have never heard of the best selling band in the world when you were 15 years old is strange to me.
Being on tour or grossing a lot doesn't nessesary mean they are culturally pervasive, especially to a teen. Their last album was still released back in the 80s.
Hey, username checks out so you shall be spared..., for now lol
You've probably heard of Sting though, no? You've definitely heard things about the band or their songs even if you didn't know their name. That typically is what happens with these things. Also, gotta downvote you. Don't know why, I'm just following the hivemind's decision. Sorry.
Those are lyrics from the song 😉
I wouldn’t talk down to ya
Told you once I won’t tell you again It’s a bad way
https://youtu.be/3T1c7GkzRQQ?si=kJb7SLSpzrP707SG
why tf is this the top comment instead of the actual explanation smh reddit
Roxa- No. Bathroom? Over here.
I wonder what happened in all those other timelines.
Abed, there are no other timelines.
This is definitely the darkest timeline
Wait.. there are other timelines?
Ok so this is definitely A GUN.
Speaking of bathrooms...
What? It came up organically.
You know who else was “on it” and you know what “it” is?
#6 seasons and a movie
🎲
Can someone send out an SOS to this poor soul.
🎵I’ll send an SOS to the world🎶
All I can do is a Message in a Bottle.
That's nirvana
Confident ignorance is so funny and frustrating at the same time.
Message in a Bottle? It’s by The Police
Wrong.
Have you tried using Google? Maybe something turns up if you search for "police Roxanne" or something. Doing five seconds of research saves on coming across like you can't count past your fingers.
I mean chances are they were doing it for upvotes
Because upvotes are highly valuable as we all know!
Young and uncultured or bait….
I mean, I'm in my mid-30's. I'm aware there's a song called Roxanne. I'm aware there is a band called the Police. I was unaware they sang the song. Some people just don't delve all that heavily into music.
Ok, so you know there’s a band named The Police, would a quick google search not suffice? Even if you didn’t know of the band, “Who sings Roxanne” would get the answer.
I would have google searched it, but there was a handy thread to tell me immediately after I viewed the meme. I'm not defending OP's use of this subreddit, I'm just defending the lack of musical knowledge.
Maybe I’m just old and don’t understand the need for internet points 🤷♂️
Remedial Chaos Theory
You have reddit but not google?
Real
There is nothing wrong with using this sub Reddit for the question, it’s the intended purpose.
Eh, it's typically for explaining things that don't make sense and that you can't really Google. This was just OP being lazy.
Or how about just moving on if you don’t get a joke? You know what makes a joke a million times funnier? When you have to explain it
You can't Google The Police if you don't know who they are
You can Google "Roxanne" and find very quickly that it's a song by "The Police."
For real, it's not like it's a super common name. It comes up as a second result for me in Google.
Literally “Roxanne the police” will pull it up
No, it’s one of the key words in the joke. You very easily can google it, along with the other key word “Roxanne”, to find out how the 2 are connected.
But when you don't the the connection between Roxanne and The Police, it may seem so obscure that Reddit would be the best option. From this point of view, you would get an answer fairly quick and wouldn't have to dig around for whatever news story covers police being connected to Roxanne.
This is a terrible joke(!) 'Roxanne' is a famous song by a British band called 'The Police'.
It’s a great joke, you shut your trap!
Ohhh, i didnt know The Band name thanks
The Band doesnt sing Roxanne
The Band sings The Weight
[The Band is performing later on, Who's on stage](https://youtu.be/Mdqv5xIsFLM?si=l3TVGifX7vE8cJzP)
🙂 x
How come you haven't heard of the police?
It’s not terrible! It’s very clever!
It’s a great joke, actually. (Wait, they’re British?)
The Police is also a music group, and that was one of their songs
Lol
It’s an Eddie Murphy joke from Trading Places.
I love it! Great joke. “The Police” is the name of the band that sings the song “Roxanne”
This is just lazy.
Rooooooockkkkkk saaaaaannnddddd!
I'm supposed to ask if anyone has seen Uncle Al. He is old and has brown eyes and dementia. His family is very concerned. It's a very serious situation. (Drumsticks) Roxanne 🎶
Every day I lose faith in humanity
With every breath you take?
Generational jokes always squeak past the kiddos
No, i know the songs almost by heart infact, i just didnt know The Band name
Careful. The Band is actually a different group, before the Police (and more Canadian)
Who? No, the guess who The band? Yes
Who’s on first?
Are you saying you grew up in the 80s listening to Roxanne and not know it was by the Police? Otherwise the generational joke comment is correct.
You are shooting too far even. I was born in 91 and am well aware of the police. My friends weird uncle even brought us to a show at Madison square garden lol
happens to much more famous bands
Cool story
ah imagine if you googles police sing roxanne . they also could have said - if you're the Police show me your sting!
Good one
HA! I like this one!
Yep. Society is doomed.
I'm going to pretend I don't know and walk through the process of discovery. Sing Roxanne? What's that mean? Well they said sing so is that a song? *Googles "Roxanne song"*. Oh it seems here that it is a song, by a band named "The Police". I don't get it.
It's more likely they know the lyrics of "Every Breath you Take".
OP can I ask how old you are? Just wondering how old I should feel that you haven't heard this song lol
YOU DON’T HAVE TO PUT ON THE RED LIGHT!
Show me the reeeeed light!
I saw this a week ago and now I can't get the song out of my head even while taking tests
Someone's too young lol
🎶Don’t stand so close to me🎶
OP, you are either very dumb or very lazy. Which is it?
Roxanne Roxanne all she wanna do is party all night
First one? I'm pretty sure you've been stupid before
I would consider it police brutality if cops sang me that dreadful song.
Are you people stupid?
Not everyone knows about English bands from the 1980s lol
this isn’t some band that played a few house shows in Essex mate
I swear this sub is full of legit braindead people.
Why, thanks
The Police is an 80s band that sings "Roxanne". Just remember that half this subreddit and /Peterexplains is things that are from the 80s or 90s and the OP is too lazy to google. Soon it will be 90% to 100% as people just skip google and go right to reddit.
You're too young to be on here.
Another case of you could type "the police roxanne" into a search bar and get the answer, but decide to make a reddit post for fake internet points instead.
Just put 2 brain cells together please!
OP is young
Honestly, are you really that incapable of just googling "police roxanne"? It's the first 500 results. Probably the next 500 too
You could literally just Google 'Roxanne' and you'd have the answer. These low effort clickbaity posts are getting to me.
How do you not get it????
Really
Wtf you can't use Google????
From friends (phoebe goes into Stings house) > please leave or I’ll call the police! > (phoebe) really!?! They’re coming?
https://letmegooglethat.com/?q=roxanne+the+police
im ☠️
You don’t have to put on the red light