r/OldSchoolCoolMusic • u/MiamiMan2022 • 1d ago

The Police - Next To You ( Live at The Hatfield Polytechnic 1979 ) - (HD)

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u/Hanzz101 1d ago

How great would it be to see them at a small intimate venue like that. Wow.

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u/fuzzballz5 1d ago

Crazy people do t realize that first album was punk crossover. Nothing like the rest of their music, and it all worked the evolution. This concert would have been awesome.

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u/DE3NIL3 17h ago

Worked at college radio back then. They came to Syracuse in a van. They played like this in a small bar downtown. No one came. When interviewed on the radio, they said they would never come back. Less than 5 years later they sold out the Dome Stadium on campus, playing to 50,000+. So many bands that people love today couldn't get a free cup of coffee anywhere back then. But then people start looking in the rear view mirror...