reminds me of many nights as a young boy in the 80's basking in the ethereal beauty of that entire generation of music, many songs during that decade were mysterious and haunting, yet so comforting at the same time, they nurtured my young soul in a way I can't explain, this song perfectly captures what I felt through the 80's, one of my top 5 favorite Police songs ever
What a perfect encapsulation of the evanescent, yet profound imprints that this music produced in so many of us who were lucky enough to have grown up in that era. Well said. 👍
Yes. I remember the circumstances when I first heard this. It was Tuesday, October 20th, 1981, around 2300 hours. I was the CQ runner at B Btry 2/55 ADA at Ft. Bliss , Tx.
Probably one of their most riveting, evocative and atmospheric songs. Most likely the most brilliant song they wrote in their five or six short years together.
"It's a quasi-mystical song. You have to do something, go somewhere, to get outside yourself. I read the book "Meetings with Remarkable Men" which says you have to make a journey. It doesn't have to be a real journey, it can be a mental journey." -Sting, 'Ghost In The Machine' Press Release, October 1981
I'm going to continue to immovably stand on my not-so-humble perspective that these guys were among the very best of classic rock bands. I was in high school when they got huge exposure, and were all over MTV and VH-1. The music was esoteric, transient, transformative...they would take me out of my room, and to someplace else, much like other progressive/experimental bands like 'Floyd, etc. They came up and broke lose in a span of years when I think music and art reached a zenith, a golden age, and we're lacking and needful for a Renaissance like this again. Much of which pollutes the airwaves now is utter shit by comparison. The bitter shame is that they didn't survive their infighting, but then interviews I watched suggested that they split up when they felt they took the band as far as they could. Maybe they could only go so far into the void, and compared to bands that lasted much, much longer, they were meant for a short but glorious dawn and era.
To this day, I still remember the details, I was an E-3 stationed at Ft Bliss, TX. It was circa 2300 hours on Tuesday October 20th, 1981, I was CQ runner, the stereo/radio played this sing, first time I heard this song
this song ...i use to listen to it when i was 13 ..and it took me alot of years to grasp it...sting ..copeland ...summers .... yup i still listen to it ...such a wonderful inspiring motivating and true song in my case
The entire beggining remindes me of a man walking in a crowd, then he stops and feels light headed and passes out, thats were the band begins to ease in and when he is completly out cold and everyone is surrounding him, his mind replays a time when he was most happy...If thats not weird or anything.
Anyone else read "Broken Music"? It's Sting's biography. So, he was a big fan of Hermann Hesse and The Glass Bead Game; after reading both, I'm gonna say this is where Sting found the inspiration for this song. If you love this song, check out Hesse and The Glass Bead Game. The Indian Life is the final reincarnation and last chapter in the book. I promise you'll dig it. Maya!!
@@ccalccol nuthin's for free! and yet, it's all very widely available and ever-present! it's a gift ! it's payment for all you've done! or not done! who can 'do', anyway, haha!
Upon a secret journey I met a holy man His blindness was his wisdom I'm such a lonely man And as the world was turning It rolled itself in pain This does not seem to touch you He pointed to the rain You will see light in the darkness You will make some sense of this And when you've made your secret journey You will find this love you miss And on the days that followed I listened to his words I strained to understand him I chased his thoughts like birds You will see light in the darkness You will make some sense of this And when you've made your secret journey You will find this love you miss You will see light in the darkness You will make some sense of this You will see joy in this sadness You will find this love you've missed And when you made your secret journey You will be a holy man .......
Very profound and touching. I remember the exact details of when I first heard this song. I was a 20 year old E-3 stationed at Ft. Bliss, TX. I was pulling CQ Runner. It was neary 2300 hours on Tuesday, October 20th of 1981 when I heard first heard this on the 📻.
what? i have never heard that before! i was always reading the fourth way books since i was way too young in 1981 , i've never seen any obvious clues in his lyrics that suggest he was exposed to any of that, can you give any lyrical examples, for instance? i shall listen now with new ears, thank you!
this song got a little taste of "no enough", years after years i'm still listening to it, and i always find it too short, i would like it to long for much much more........ Why this kind of song has to end ??
Sting wrote the lyrics and made the song's progression. At first, Sting thought the song was complete with only bass & drums, but he gave into Andy and told him to "make it his own." So in one try and take, Andy played the now famous melody thru the progression.
I thought Spirits was my favorite by them but I remembered that THIS was my all time fav. Great little video you made here! Really...Great job to a great song~peace and thanx 4 making this;)
This is my FAVOURITE Police song. ALl my taglines have a quote from this song. It's my mantra so to speak. You can't go anywhere without bumping into you Johnny!!!! Very small world :-) Have you heard the extended 12 inch? Do you know anyone who has it??!
oh yeah...and also "On Any Other Day," I think was written by Stewart Copeland too. But the majority of the songs were written by Sting. I know he definitely wrote most of the really popular early songs, like "Message In A Bottle," and we can assume 90 percent of the songs in the other albums
Man does that bring back memories and how, I remember when I first heard this song, it was 10-20-1981, I was on CQ runner at Ft. Bliss Texas and that was playing on the radio in the dayroom B Btry 2/55 ADA
Not a dig at you but gotta say this (for me) this is the best Police track , beating 'Message'' and ''Wrapped'' the others are great . Message in a bottle , I heard in Manc' in Piccadillly Recorda the day before release....never heard of them before but on nthe basis of this track ...ordered the L.P. Ha ha shows how old this is (and me ) .. never looked back :)
I consider that Synchronicity is the best 80's music album...much better than thriller and apetite for destruction and other I considered great. Ghosts in the machine could be one of the police albums.
By the time of Ghost they were already one of the biggest bands in the world, so it's hard to say they weren't "commercial" before. I still find a lot to like in Ghost. Sting wanted a more pop sound, Andy and Stewart wanted to keep the energy of the reggae/ska influence. Sting won, mostly. Ghost still has all the reggae time sigs and syncopation, but it is hidden by synthesizers & studio tricks.
Sorry I just misunderstood. I meant that Sting wrote the lyrics to most of the songs, but I'm sure they collaborated on the scores. In fact, I think Andy actually wrote the music for Every Breath You Take. Sting wrote the lyrics, but I think Andy wrote the score.
Joe Halawani In 1983, Synchronicity was voted album of the year. This same album was inducted into the Grammy hall of fame in 2009. Now while these are awards and may not resonate to the individual, Synchronicity was the last effort from the Police and was a U-turn from the very much "pop" influenced Ghost! Every Breath, King of pain, Wrapped around your finger, Walking in your footsteps and Tea in the Sahara are timeless offerings and I've just listed half an Album. While i respect your affiliation to Ghost, i think another listen to synchronicity might sway your judgement.
Synchronicity feels like a hit collection, which is great and why it got AOTY. But ghost in the machine is like a darker experience with more thought provoking lyrics
Spot on !! I cannot tell you how much this creates a feeling/mood in me ....sorry, do not have the words to express my thoughts....ha ha I am not ''Police train-spotter' it's just this track, creates a haunting atmosphere that ,for me puts it in the 'greats' of contemporary music (was gonna say rock but no doubt pedantics would've had a field day ) I would put this in my favourites with...No Quarter,, Religion (TYA) Breathe (Pink Floyd)
The song is "Secret Journey" and it's from the Ghosts in the Machine Album. It's my fave Police song! There is a 12" mix version around but I've never been able to find it. If anyone knows where I could get it..........
I've always enjoyed this song... the only problem with this video is that it doesn't match the song. The images are from the Synchronicity album, but Secret Journey wasn't on Synchronicity... it was on Ghost In the Machine, the album before that. I still love the song anyway
This song is surely influential... Rush surely took notice of this in their remarkable "Signals" (1982 lp) ...we can nearly smell the transatlantic connection
Everybody's journey thru life is a secret. We are the path that is taken. "To him that overcometh I will give a white stone,and upon that white stone a new name."
Andy Summers said in Rolling Stone magazine that this was always a favorite track of his, and he had wanted it to be a single, but "politics" in the group didn't allow. Too bad.
Although "Secret Journey" was not released as a single in Europe, the song did see a single release in some countries, such as Canada and the U.S. (where it made #46).
I have a 45 of it. I just recorded it onto a minidisc which led me here to see if there was a video of it to share on FB. This is my favorite song on that album.
When I realized why the Teacher pointed to the rain I fuckin freaked out for a few months. I couldn't believe I bought that obvious lie. Sting is still a total creep because of the whole 9-11 thing. But hey, maybe he knows about the giant Cuisinart in the sky spinning around Polaris that separates the wheat from the chaff. I dunno. Can't call it or make claims in this weird Realm. Good times ahead!
A sexy number. Even sexier after 3:00, and my only criticism is that it fades out into that ending synth too soon. They were just picking up momentum and could've rode the grove and repeated that phase another 8 times maybe! haha.. Hot stuff.
everyone knows that sting was better with the police. there are a few good sting songs, but a lot of great police songs, and some of them were by andy summers. try omegaman.
Should've been a Massive hit back in the day...This and Darkness are the perfect way to end an album
Agreed!
reminds me of many nights as a young boy in the 80's basking in the ethereal beauty of that entire generation of music, many songs during that decade were mysterious and haunting, yet so comforting at the same time, they nurtured my young soul in a way I can't explain, this song perfectly captures what I felt through the 80's, one of my top 5 favorite Police songs ever
There has to be an invisible sun, it gives it heat to everyone.
What a perfect encapsulation of the evanescent, yet profound imprints that this music produced in so many of us who were lucky enough to have grown up in that era. Well said. 👍
One of their most haunting, but spiritual songs created. Its all about the journey of self and soul...Sting is a damn genius.
this is written by andy
This song was their crowning moment. A timeless classic
Yes. I remember the circumstances when I first heard this. It was Tuesday, October 20th, 1981, around 2300 hours. I was the CQ runner at B Btry 2/55 ADA at Ft. Bliss , Tx.
@@willinguyen1no this was written by Sting. Omegaman was written by Andy.
"Secret Journey" belongs to their best songs.
Probably one of their most riveting, evocative and atmospheric songs. Most likely the most brilliant song they wrote in their five or six short years together.
Yes, and it applies to this very day. Timeless
One of their very best songs that didn’t get enough airplay
Because it’s a secret. A secret journey 😅
My favorite The Police song
yep, same
Same👊
"It's a quasi-mystical song. You have to do something, go somewhere, to get outside yourself. I read the book "Meetings with Remarkable Men" which says you have to make a journey. It doesn't have to be a real journey, it can be a mental journey."
-Sting, 'Ghost In The Machine' Press Release, October 1981
uh-huh, there it is! i read that book too, in about 1980 , i was fifteen! too young! i'm still tryin' to read all those books! frustrating, right??
Wonderful use of the Synchronicity photoshoot footage.
I'm going to continue to immovably stand on my not-so-humble perspective that these guys were among the very best of classic rock bands. I was in high school when they got huge exposure, and were all over MTV and VH-1.
The music was esoteric, transient, transformative...they would take me out of my room, and to someplace else, much like other progressive/experimental bands like 'Floyd, etc.
They came up and broke lose in a span of years when I think music and art reached a zenith, a golden age, and we're lacking and needful for a Renaissance like this again. Much of which pollutes the airwaves now is utter shit by comparison.
The bitter shame is that they didn't survive their infighting, but then interviews I watched suggested that they split up when they felt they took the band as far as they could. Maybe they could only go so far into the void, and compared to bands that lasted much, much longer, they were meant for a short but glorious dawn and era.
As this song, the whole album is a masterpiece !
as the other 4 albums
I really love from 2:50 on. The beat really picks up, and stings layered harmonies really come out.
I love the double stick syncopated snare hits towards the end of the song.
Me too.
To this day, I still remember the details, I was an E-3 stationed at Ft Bliss, TX. It was circa 2300 hours on Tuesday October 20th, 1981, I was CQ runner, the stereo/radio played this sing, first time I heard this song
this song ...i use to listen to it when i was 13 ..and it took me alot of years to grasp it...sting ..copeland ...summers .... yup i still listen to it ...such a wonderful inspiring motivating and true song in my case
The entire beggining remindes me of a man walking in a crowd, then he stops and feels light headed and passes out, thats were the band begins to ease in and when he is completly out cold and everyone is surrounding him, his mind replays a time when he was most happy...If thats not weird or anything.
Anyone else read "Broken Music"? It's Sting's biography. So, he was a big fan of Hermann Hesse and The Glass Bead Game; after reading both, I'm gonna say this is where Sting found the inspiration for this song. If you love this song, check out Hesse and The Glass Bead Game. The Indian Life is the final reincarnation and last chapter in the book. I promise you'll dig it. Maya!!
I've always believed that "Secret Journey" and "Darkness" were two parts of the same story.
To navigate from the darkness
One of their best songs!
The sound of "Ghost" is better that the other albums. Perfectly recorded.
Looks like a real stereo and well spaced instruments
This is really expensive music and creates a beautiful mood, Sting's voice here really at the top..
did you mean expansive ..?
@@ccalccol nuthin's for free! and yet, it's all very widely available and ever-present! it's a gift ! it's payment for all you've done! or not done! who can 'do', anyway, haha!
Upon a secret journey
I met a holy man
His blindness was his wisdom
I'm such a lonely man
And as the world was turning
It rolled itself in pain
This does not seem to touch you
He pointed to the rain
You will see light in the darkness
You will make some sense of this
And when you've made your secret journey
You will find this love you miss
And on the days that followed
I listened to his words
I strained to understand him
I chased his thoughts like birds
You will see light in the darkness
You will make some sense of this
And when you've made your secret journey
You will find this love you miss
You will see light in the darkness
You will make some sense of this
You will see joy in this sadness
You will find this love you've missed
And when you made your secret journey
You will be a holy man .......
Sting killed it on this track.
@@rooseveltmccarter3894 his chief strength, or one of them, was lyrical! frickinay, right?
Gotta love them, but this song is their best!
This is the GREATEST from The Police! Very mysterious..makes you want to take the journey!
Sting's voice is absolutely magic ...
rebelibya he's crap now 😭😭
Every little thing HE does is magic
Very profound and touching. I remember the exact details of when I first heard this song. I was a 20 year old E-3 stationed at Ft. Bliss, TX. I was pulling CQ Runner. It was neary 2300 hours on Tuesday, October 20th of 1981 when I heard first heard this on the 📻.
There is something so obscure and intriguing about this track, it simply will not let you alone!
Great song. Sting was inspired by a famous book by Georges Gurdjeff, a real "guru".
what? i have never heard that before! i was always reading the fourth way books since i was way too young in 1981 , i've never seen any obvious clues in his lyrics that suggest he was exposed to any of that, can you give any lyrical examples, for instance? i shall listen now with new ears, thank you!
tinfol please, the title is secret journey i think it should be ok
@jsupe SECOND THAT!!!! What a great drum and bass harmony and the simplistic guitar riff on top of it... brilliant indeed.
this song got a little taste of "no enough", years after years i'm still listening to it, and i always find it too short, i would like it to long for much much more........
Why this kind of song has to end ??
I absolutely agree
One of many brilliant tunes from a fantastic group!!
The Police is my all time favorite band and Ghost In The Machine is my favorite album out of their disocgraphy!!!!
Sting wrote the lyrics and made the song's progression. At first, Sting thought the song was complete with only bass & drums, but he gave into Andy and told him to "make it his own." So in one try and take, Andy played the now famous melody thru the progression.
where you hear that story? Jay Malcoms
I'm pretty sure that this story is for EBYT
this song drives me crazy...endless love
I thought Spirits was my favorite by them but I remembered that THIS was my all time fav. Great little video you made here! Really...Great job to a great song~peace and thanx 4 making this;)
This is my FAVOURITE Police song. ALl my taglines have a quote from this song. It's my mantra so to speak. You can't go anywhere without bumping into you Johnny!!!! Very small world :-) Have you heard the extended 12 inch? Do you know anyone who has it??!
oh yeah...and also "On Any Other Day," I think was written by Stewart Copeland too. But the majority of the songs were written by Sting. I know he definitely wrote most of the really popular early songs, like "Message In A Bottle," and we can assume 90 percent of the songs in the other albums
Synchronicity and Ghost in the Machine, the best albums of one of the best bands!
this song is a masterpiece.
Man does that bring back memories and how, I remember when I first heard this song, it was 10-20-1981, I was on CQ runner at Ft. Bliss Texas and that was playing on the radio in the dayroom B Btry 2/55 ADA
Not a dig at you but gotta say this (for me) this is the best Police track , beating 'Message'' and ''Wrapped'' the others are great . Message in a bottle , I heard in Manc' in Piccadillly Recorda the day before release....never heard of them before but on nthe basis of this track ...ordered the L.P. Ha ha shows how old this is (and me ) .. never looked back :)
WOW! Beautiful and Brilliant!
I've been listening to this song almost everyday for 27 years. I'm 40. I'm a fan. lol
Auntkekebaby you're one devoted fan haha, this song is regularly on my playlists haha
so are you haha ;-)
SXI96
The Police is family. Got me through a lot. This trio will never happen again.
Auntkekebaby I'm 47 and have been a fan since 1980! They are truly amazing!
I consider that Synchronicity is the best
80's music album...much better than thriller and apetite for destruction and other I considered great. Ghosts in the machine could be one of the police albums.
Favorite. Police. Song.
Very good song and very good movie !
I like this song by the Police called secret journey. I have few cd albums of the police and dvd as well.
Love the intro
yes of course on ghost tour in USA ( 1982) but only a few shows when this single was released in America
Never thought of that concept ... I'm so jealous now!
By the time of Ghost they were already one of the biggest bands in the world, so it's hard to say they weren't "commercial" before. I still find a lot to like in Ghost. Sting wanted a more pop sound, Andy and Stewart wanted to keep the energy of the reggae/ska influence. Sting won, mostly. Ghost still has all the reggae time sigs and syncopation, but it is hidden by synthesizers & studio tricks.
This was released as a single, I never knew that till now.Awesome song!
@Netriderceo They are! The secret journey is dealing with depression! Listen to the lyrics to both songs!
An amazing and life changing song.
11/07/1982 questa misteriosa e seducente canzone mi riporta a questa data...
Sorry I just misunderstood. I meant that Sting wrote the lyrics to most of the songs, but I'm sure they collaborated on the scores. In fact, I think Andy actually wrote the music for Every Breath You Take. Sting wrote the lyrics, but I think Andy wrote the score.
This footage is from the Synchronicity promo.
It's just slowed down with this song over it.
JB
great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That is the best and most easiest way to interpret them...they flow.
For all the people saying "Ghost in the Machine" was their best effort, I wonder what rock y'all were under when Synchronicity hit.
What's wrong with Ms gradenko?
Joe Halawani In 1983, Synchronicity was voted album of the year. This same album was inducted into the Grammy hall of fame in 2009. Now while these are awards and may not resonate to the individual, Synchronicity was the last effort from the Police and was a U-turn from the very much "pop" influenced Ghost!
Every Breath, King of pain, Wrapped around your finger, Walking in your footsteps and Tea in the Sahara are timeless offerings and I've just listed half an Album. While i respect your affiliation to Ghost, i think another listen to synchronicity might sway your judgement.
+Kobi Okoye YET "gHOST" HAD SOME AWSOME SONGS, VERY DARK
Synchronicity feels like a hit collection, which is great and why it got AOTY. But ghost in the machine is like a darker experience with more thought provoking lyrics
i was a senior in high school, and boy, did they set the bar hi!
Spot on !! I cannot tell you how much this creates a feeling/mood in me ....sorry, do not have the words to express my thoughts....ha ha I am not ''Police train-spotter' it's just this track, creates a haunting atmosphere that ,for me puts it in the 'greats' of contemporary music (was gonna say rock but no doubt pedantics would've had a field day ) I would put this in my favourites with...No Quarter,, Religion (TYA) Breathe (Pink Floyd)
The song is "Secret Journey" and it's from the Ghosts in the Machine Album. It's my fave Police song! There is a 12" mix version around but I've never been able to find it. If anyone knows where I could get it..........
Yes, It definately makes me want to take the "journey"! A deep Wholly Mystical Metaphysical Cosmic Journey!
Wow!
Memories from the future. Great song.
Mine too. I love this song.
There definitely have been a few more, but this one is premier.
I've always enjoyed this song... the only problem with this video is that it doesn't match the song. The images are from the Synchronicity album, but Secret Journey wasn't on Synchronicity... it was on Ghost In the Machine, the album before that. I still love the song anyway
me encanta ese efecto de guitarra !!
The Police were sooo great.
This song is surely influential... Rush surely took notice of this in their remarkable "Signals" (1982 lp) ...we can nearly smell the transatlantic connection
it's the essence of fragrancy!
guitar in this reminds me of the tune to the exorcist in the verses
Everybody's journey thru life is a secret. We are the path that is taken.
"To him that overcometh I will give a white stone,and upon that white stone a new name."
You will see joy in this sadness you will find this love you've missed
what a cool video, these picture are so artistic. So perfect for such a great band.
Andy Summers said in Rolling Stone magazine that this was always a favorite track of his, and he had wanted it to be a single, but "politics" in the group didn't allow. Too bad.
such a pitty ! Reggards, Linda Methodist
Although "Secret Journey" was not released as a single in Europe, the song did see a single release in some countries, such as Canada and the U.S. (where it made #46).
I have a 45 of it. I just recorded it onto a minidisc which led me here to see if there was a video of it to share on FB.
This is my favorite song on that album.
Cool song, a lot of Police stuff for me doesn't hold up over time but this has.
@jsupe Absolutely. This is pure emotion and heart quenching...its a journey the mind takes via their music.
Same here.
I always liked Ghosts in the Machine over Synchronicity.
0:01 till 0:45 pure genius melodic
Awesome wersionnfrom police too...
Extremely, very, very, cool. How's that for yet another emotionally inspired, spur of the moment comment? Nice work!
Best photography song music everything of the world I want my record just like this
When I realized why the Teacher pointed to the rain I fuckin freaked out for a few months. I couldn't believe I bought that obvious lie. Sting is still a total creep because of the whole 9-11 thing. But hey, maybe he knows about the giant Cuisinart in the sky spinning around Polaris that separates the wheat from the chaff. I dunno. Can't call it or make claims in this weird Realm. Good times ahead!
This song would fit perfectly on the movie Dune or a reading of Frank Miller's Ronin.
Did they ever play this song live??
It's a tricky song to play live, but some versions are up on youtube, including this one: th-cam.com/video/ypBOn6jsoQk/w-d-xo.html Cheers, Guy
A sexy number. Even sexier after 3:00, and my only criticism is that it fades out into that ending synth too soon. They were just picking up momentum and could've rode the grove and repeated that phase another 8 times maybe! haha.. Hot stuff.
Best sound...
Excellent video!
MINE TOO! THE BEST!
And as the world was turning if rolled itself in pain
@jsupe They have many brilliant songs!!!! :-)
No, it is a Sting song. Inspired by Arthur Koestler.
what song is it and i think my mom has this
cool vid feckarse2006
I know they got back together all last year but ,why won't the Police come with a new album or would that wreck the cataloge ?
Andy as Harpo for sure.
everyone knows that sting was better with the police. there are a few good sting songs, but a lot of great police songs, and some of them were by andy summers. try omegaman.
Dude
This is for synchronicity album
But the song is for ghost in the matchine!
Sends me into a deep coma nice one though if that makes sense lol
ok AT LAST I HEARD THIS SONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!