Most of the imagery used in The Police’s “King of Pain” portrays sorrow, darkness and pain, contradicting the beautiful and peaceful view of nature. The writer, who uses these natural images to describe his...
The Police’s “Tea in the Sahara” is based on a story found in one of the chapters of a 1949 novel entitled “The Sheltering Sky” by American author Paul Bowles. In fact that particular section...
The way this song is commonly understood – to be based on a troubled romance – seems to be a misinterpretation. What is apparent is that there is a power struggle involved, as the “spiteful” singer (Sting)...
