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| Label = A&M – AM 153 | Writer = Sting | Producer = | Last single = "Wrapped Around Your Finger" (UK, 1983) --- "King of Pain" (US, 1983) | This single = "Synchronicity II" (1983) | Next single = "King of Pain" (UK, 1984) --- "Wrapped Around Your Finger" (US, 1984) }} "Synchronicity II" is a song by The Police, and the third single from their album ''Synchronicity''. Written by lead singer and bassist Sting, it was released as a single in the UK and the US by A&M Records, it reached number 17 in the UK Singles Chart〔(The Police in the UK Charts ), The Official Charts.〕 and number 16 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in December 1983.〔("Synchronicity II" in the Billboard Charts ), Billboard.com.〕 It featured the non-album track "Once Upon a Daydream" on the b-side. The song was described by ''People Weekly'' as "aggressive" and "steely."〔"Synchronicity." ''People Weekly'' v20.(25 July 1983): pp14(1).〕 ==Background== The song, which refers to Carl Jung's theory of synchronicity, nominally tells the story of an emasculated husband and harried father whose home, work life, and environment are dispiriting and depressing. In an early stretch of lyrics we find "Grandmother screaming at the wall" (family trouble/mental illness), as well as "mother chants her litany of boredom and frustration, but we know all her suicides are fake" (nagging, unhappy spouse). Later, we hear about humiliation by his boss ("and every single meeting with his so-called superior/is a humiliating kick in the crotch"), all the while he "knows that something somewhere has to break". Meanwhile, something monstrous is emerging from a "dark Scottish lake/loch", a reference to the Loch Ness Monster—a parallel to the father's own inner anguish. Interpretations of the lyrical content vary widely.〔(Interpretations ) of the content of "Synchronicity II" on www.songfacts.com〕〔(Interpretations ) of the content of "Synchronicity II" on www.songmeanings.net〕 Writing in ''Entertainment Weekly'' about a 1996 Sting tour, Chris Willman said: Sting explained the theme of the song to ''Time'' magazine: "Synchronicity II" also may have taken inspiration from the poem "The Second Coming" by William Butler Yeats. The theme of "The Second Coming" is similar to that of "Synchronicity II"—a civilisation beginning to collapse, and the rise of something new, something perhaps savage, to take its place. In "Synchronicity II" guitarist Andy Summers "forgoes the pretty clean sounds for post-apocalyptic squeals and crashing power chords", writes Matt Blackett in ''Guitar Player'' magazine.〔"The 50 greatest tones of all time." (Critical Essay). Matt Blackett. ''Guitar Player'' 38.10 (Oct 2004): p44(17).〕 Summers claims that the feedback apparent on the track was a mistake, saying, "I blasted and wailed for six minutes, the tape was rolling, but I couldn't hear anything through the cans. I was messing about, doing all this shit and waiting for them to start." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Synchronicity II」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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