The Police live | Rockpalast | 1980 | Setlist 01 Next To You 00:00:42 02 So Lonely 00:03:02 03 Walking On The Moon 00:09:00 04 Hole In My Life 00:14:17 05 Death Wish 00:18:09 06 Fall Out 00:23:29 07 Bring On The Night 00:25:57 08 Visions Of The Night 00:31:12 09 The Bed's Too Big Without You 00:34:29 10 Peanuts 00:42:25 11 Roxanne 00:45:15 12 Can't Stand Loosing You 00:51:29 13 Message In A Bottle 01:00:17
Stewart was my hero growing up. I had his Modern Drummer articles all over my room. He’s the reason I became a touring drummer. Years later when I started playing for Tama I got to meet him at a Tama event at NAMM. Out of nowhere I could feel the tears welling up in my eyes while talking to him. He was cool af and said, “it’s ok man” and he gave me a quick hug. I was so flustered but that’s what Stewart meant to me. After the event, he went out of his way to find me and said he liked my playing and we should hang out sometime. Of course everyone says that and we never did. But I subsequently did became good friends with Jeff Seitz, his drum tech that same day. Also a legend. Great dudes. And that’s my Stewart story. Peace.
For sure! That's what's been freaking me out thru 2 hrs of shows. I'd never actually watched them like this. Did you see him LEAP over a speaker or whatever it was when they came back from break? Holy shit!😜🤘🏼
3 unreal musicians. Just wow. Andy is killing it on guitar, Sting shreds the bass and sings like a madman, and Copeland - well just watch. One of the best 3 man rock bands ever.
@@ALF782 I think to play at trio shows simply everything. Good or bad. These three you have mentioned are the best examples not for good, but for excellent.
Unfortunately, shredding isn't something that elite bass players do. I love the Police; I was an early fan in 1976. But watching this after recently going back to watch some early Cream, and late Beatles, I've realized for the first time that Sting's playing was merely very good, but wasn't on a par with McCartney or Bruce. A three piece band presents unique challenges for a bass player. He has more responsibility for playing melodically, providing more chord structure rather than just bottom end. Here, in "So Lonely", Andy's solo is so spare that it demands much more from the bass, but Sting leaves him hanging. I can only wonder what Jack Bruce would have done here. Not too much, most likely, but enough that Andy wouldn't sound like he was playing alone.
These guys play hard and take leaps. But leaps they confidently make every time. One of the best shows ever to show the confidence required to play live.
Ich war 20 Jahre alt.......was für ein geiles Konzert damals. Ich stand ganz in der Nähe von Andy Summers, kann mich aber leider nicht auf dem Video ausmachen. Seit diesem Gig bin ich absoluter Fan von Stewart Copeland, was für ein genialer Drummer.........das ist jetzt schon fast 44 Jahre her, meine Fresse, wo ist die Zeit geblieben???????......TOLLES KONZERT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@@seltaeb9691 Thanks for saying that. That 'underrated' tag is overused. A Summers has an incredible right hand. It's a s tight as Stew's snare. If anyone was underrated it would be maybe be Sting's Bass playing. Fantastic bass player back then. Love the part where AS does the solo in 'Bring on the night', and the Bass switches to this single note thing.
brilliantly put, never thought about it that way, distortion-y bands do seem to ide behind the chord and not think about innovative melody lines, don't get me wrong, there's a place for distortion, but it gets a bit dull..
That's an American who grew up in Egypt and Lebabon and cut his teeth in UK progressive rock bands through the 70s. His drumming was influenced by everything he saw around him. Inimitable.
28:09 Did you realize that he actually used a ,,wrong“ traditional grip then, without middle finger on top of the stick. Worked perfectly for him. Drum God.
@@vincenzollamas im a huge police fan but I wouldn't be so sure about that, especially considering Summers. For being the oldest member of the band (circa 10 years older than both sting and Copeland), he acted like a child. He literally threw a tantrum-ultimatum that if they didn't fire the first guitarist they had he wouldn't join the band. They are great musicians yes, but saying that they have no ego is just false lol
@@aby-yuwono i was just talking about this performance; they all had/have massive egos, sometimes it's more apparent on stage, this show & many of their early shows, it often seemed like they were still working together as a band
This is the band I saw at the 3,000 seat Santa Monica Civic Auditorium on 17 May 1979, after the first album (Outlandos) came out and the second (Regatta) was about to be released a few months later. Only six months later, my roommate and I drove to see them at the San Diego Civic Theater on 20 November 1979 just after Regatta was released. Sting was on FIRE in those days, as powerful a performer as I've ever seen. The band was ferocious - their music took on a different hue entirely when performed live. This is a full concert and a glimpse of what the band was like in those days. They also played Madam Wong's about the same time as the Santa Monica gig, and the Palladium right after the San Diego gig. The theater in San Diego was acoustically perfect, which made Walking On The Moon absolutely surreal.
These guys changed the 1980s. Their approach, look, sound, etc. had a profound influence on so many musicians and bands. They're all monster players, too.
Stewart used to have writing on his drums. He used to have stuff like F*ck off you b*sterd on the drums and pretend he was thumping Stings head. He used to take out all his anger over him on the drums.
I saw the police at the Fox Theater in Atlanta Georgia in 1980. While at the concert I found a pin on the ground with "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da on it. I knew I had kept it and began to dig the other day in my things from the past. Bingo I found it.......now it is on my desk. Great memories...great band!
What a great little band. Lucky guys who had the chance to see them at this point of their career. Pure energy and excitement. Sting`s vocals and bass are awesome, Andy Summers is brilliant and Stewart Copeland is simply stunning, he`s a wizard on the drums.
As a fan of the Police, I must say that this concert is a sublime one where the technical capacity of the three members is demonstrated in its maximum artistic spelendor: Sting with his unique voice and precision on the bass, Stewart Copeland in his powerful percussive reign of details artistic, and the ultimate painting of colors woven by Andy Summers ... what a band OMG!
..except for Andy messing up the timing during the staccato Spanish guitar section at the end of each chorus. It almost seems they had a hard time playing it like the album (which stays in time), so they tried playing it in this accented "off the clock" way, which sounded like a train wreck to my ear. Otherwise, I agree, the rest of it sounded good! One of my favorites.
The main reason I click on old Police concert videos is to hear that song. One of the best they did yet one of the few that Sting didn't carry over to any meaningful extent in his solo shows.
Dear god! I never go out any more. What is the point??? For free I watch incredible stuff like this. FREE!! half way thru and I keep listening over and over to the first 3 songs. So tight, so good.
Probably the tightest of all new wave bands I ever heard. First, we have the god himself, Copeland, the octopus that drove the band with his awesome drumming. And then, Sting bought the best song-writing, and the stellar vocals to the table. Finally, the secret weapon that is Andy Summer, had the siren playing with lots of virtuoso in his playing that made The Police sounded unique and original.
what an amazing piece of film, just as they had cracked the big time. It's great that Stewart is getting lots of cool comments, he is my hero too, his tuning, his style, his energy and in particular his Hi Hat work, He is a very smart guy, he used a delay on his snare and hi hats, I remember Rhythm Magazine trying to write out the score to message in a bottle, and they even admitted it was as close as they could get, as they weren't sure what was delay and what he played straight in some parts, if anyone loves this era of the police, look up Stewart's Film, DOES EVERYONE STARE, filmed on his own camera on the USA make or break tour, just around 6 months before this Rockpalast film. What a truly unique band I also have to mention Andy's guitar part on Bring on the night, Guitarists correct me if i'm wrong, but surely more in common with classical technique than Rock, you have to be brilliant A, to think like that, and B. to pull it off, Oh and sting is ok too LOL
It is great to see that so many people appreciate what THE POLICE did. Makes me happy when quality is being recognized. And what people say about Copland is true, although I'm not drummer myself, I totally understand what those drums meant for the band. One of the best rock trios ever
My adventure with The Police started with this concert. I became a drummer practicing from a cassette tape made from this gig. I must have heard it hundred’s of times. Thanks for uploading this :-)
Well if you are going to start learning drums by listening to a tape, the police, specifically the drumming of Stewart Copeland is a good teacher to use!
same story mate first found the police in 78 when I was 11yrs old to my father discussed, went to 3 nights on the trot to the synchronicity tour at the NEC Birmingham uk 1984 age 16 met sting outside gave him my very early demo tape from my Fostex 8 track.. 6 years 7 years later I had my 1st number ! in America All because of sting. Possibly the best British songwriter of the last 40yrs..... a fucking GENIUS
I'm a man who's owes everything to sting... you are clearly a fan of sting yourself. ..let's just say I'm 5hrs behind GMT and I'm about to sound check that a little clue.. I'm such a barstard
He liked to change timing and Sting has to play according to him. That was a constant source of conflict. Otherwise, Steward Copelands role as a drummer of The Police can not be overrated. He plays in another league, and he is 50 % of the sound.
@@krollpeter Yep, I'm a huge Copeland fan, but if I were Sting I'd be pissed if he played "Next to You" that damn fast. It actually doesn't work at that tempo, steals all of the feel. He seemed to do it just to get under Gordon's skin.
Maybe, but Sting is a master songwriter. So much of their greatness comes from Sting’s unique songwriting. Stewart says Sting would come to the studio with fully formed demos before Stuart and Andy even added to them.
Love all the love I’m seeing in these comments for Copeland. He really is in a league of his own with the unique blend of influences and styles. To the older crowd here- He is what my generation refers to as “a whole ass unit”.
...sending out an SOS... ...sending out an SOS... ...sending out an SOS... ...sending out an SOS... ...sending out an SOS... ...sending out an SOS... ...sending out an SOS... ...sending out an SOS... ...sending out an SOS... ...sending out an SOS... ...sending out an SOS... ...sending out an SOS... ...
If you ever needed an example of what made The Police so special, without the added weight of one of their famous "hits", look no further than the sublime "The Beds Too Big Without You" at 00:34:00 - every element a showcase of unique talent. This and Shadows In The Rain Live (Gateshead 1982) my two favourite tracks.
A really special thing here is the middle jam of Roxanne. The band never played it the same. Copeland toys with adding and subtracting on what goes where. Somwhow always in the Pocket. @47:12
Nope, the whole band. Stings brilliant songwriting, bass playing and singing. Andy’s glorious and atmospheric playing. Stuart is obviously awesome. Each member plays for the song. It wouldn’t be anywhere as good if you took any member away.
@@Tolbens no that's a fretless Ibanez bass, there were no frets on it for him to remove. he started as an upright bassist so he was used to that. I don't think he was hearing his bass too well in the monitors though because his intonation was out several times. it happens.
I agree. His job was hard enough singing and playing bass. Why did he make it harder by using a fretless? Still enjoy this but the guitar and bass are continually out of tune. He actually pitches his vocal to the guitar thankfully.
Depending on your leanings, they were a truly great group., and called it off at the top, and didnt go on and on in cespool we see so many.. As sad as I was when they ended, they ended on such a high note.
This is a really vocally revealing performance from Sting. He’s hoarse and sounds like he’s been touring for about two years straight...yet it only manifests as hoarseness. A lot of other singers would be cracking and struggling when tired but he’s just a bit gravelly. You can tell that he’s generally SUPER comfortable in that higher range of his. Very interesting...
You nailed it. Though Sting spent years with jazz masters and superstars, and recording on deutsche grammophon long after this period, I still find his years with The Police to be far more mesmerizing.
This is such a GREAT show. Love Sting's energy, Stewart's wonderful tempo and Andy's...EVERYTHING. Simply AMAZING guitar work here!!! Love The Police!!! 😁
What a blast it was to see these guys in concert. I was lucky enough to see them during the Synchronicity Tour. I couldn’t take my eyes off of Stewart Copeland. His energy was off the charts. (Hell ALL of their energy was off the charts)
I was a Teenager in these times. I had a cassett-recorder with one Monobox. The whole day long i listened to my Police-Cassetts. I was happy. This was a special spirit. I was the biggest fan of The Police in my hometown.And Mr. Copeland caused my Drummingpassion. But i was never able to cover his drumming. Thanx for this video!!?
The Police live | Rockpalast | 1980 | Setlist
01 Next To You 00:00:42
02 So Lonely 00:03:02
03 Walking On The Moon 00:09:00
04 Hole In My Life 00:14:17
05 Death Wish 00:18:09
06 Fall Out 00:23:29
07 Bring On The Night 00:25:57
08 Visions Of The Night 00:31:12
09 The Bed's Too Big Without You 00:34:29
10 Peanuts 00:42:25
11 Roxanne 00:45:15
12 Can't Stand Loosing You 00:51:29
13 Message In A Bottle 01:00:17
Copeland is the reason I became a drummer.
Between the 12 & 13 tracks there's Reggatta de Blanc.
I would legit buy a DVD of this performance.
Sting is the reason I became a bass player. I wanna look so good !
Zoom bido moska
Stewart was my hero growing up.
I had his Modern Drummer articles all over my room. He’s the reason I became a touring drummer. Years later when I started playing for Tama I got to meet him at a Tama event at NAMM. Out of nowhere I could feel the tears welling up in my eyes while talking to him. He was cool af and said, “it’s ok man” and he gave me a quick hug. I was so flustered but that’s what Stewart meant to me.
After the event, he went out of his way to find me and said he liked my playing and we should hang out sometime. Of course everyone says that and we never did. But I subsequently did became good friends with Jeff Seitz, his drum tech that same day. Also a legend. Great dudes. And that’s my Stewart story. Peace.
Sting was the reason to beginning bass playing😁
Red haired matter
Nice! Sting’s bass playing never gets the attention it deserves. He’s one of my musical heroes too.
So true. Sting is such a solid but yes, underrated bass player and freak of a musical genius. He HAS chops.
Lovely story.
Great story.
the hi-hat show: featuring The Police
lol
👍
Wow, good drummer
Best drums guy I heard
hahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
Andy Summers really shines in the live performances. Gets to stretch up more than in their studio output.
that first song i can read his face "Fucking hell that g string is WAY out!"
@@VBshreddertrue, but his strumming is nearly Gallagher-esque. It’s great!!!
Exceptional time, awareness of space, and harmony… while bringing the energy and always looking cool
The Police had the perfect guitarist, the perfect drummer, the perfect singer and the perfect bass player 🤟🏼
Absolutely ! And the perfect songwriter
You are right!
Perfect band anytime
This night their soundmixer sucked though.. Where's the bass in the mix???
@@SirG145 absolutely right!…the guitar was extremely higher compared to any other video around (good for me since im a guitarist) 😉
Copeland is such a physically strong drummer. Most people would be exhausted after a few songs playing like him.
I'm a 23 drummer from Belgium and Copeland is one of my favorite drummer !
He gives great hugs too.
For sure! That's what's been freaking me out thru 2 hrs of shows. I'd never actually watched them like this. Did you see him LEAP over a speaker or whatever it was when they came back from break? Holy shit!😜🤘🏼
That was a epic leap, he could of really gotten hurt if he landed wrong there
Would charlie benante?
It's June 2023 and I can't believe I can still watch this and feel pumped up
2024 now lol feel same 😂
I absolutely believe you.
@xanian its 2025 and i still get pumped up watching this
Three musicians. Rapid key and rhythm changes. Tight. Wow. What stands out...Sting vocals sounding like the album while playing those bass lines.
40 years later, gold is gold.
Classic drummer!
Stewart Copeland is absolutely awesome
Oysterhead ;)
Keep it in your pants, Sergi
AND finds time for some background vocals!
Rick Beato did a long interview with Andy Summers last week - well worth a watch. Summers will be 81 years old on Sunday!
3 unreal musicians. Just wow. Andy is killing it on guitar, Sting shreds the bass and sings like a madman, and Copeland - well just watch. One of the best 3 man rock bands ever.
Them Cream and Rush 3 piece magic.
@@ALF782 I think to play at trio shows simply everything. Good or bad. These three you have mentioned are the best examples not for good, but for excellent.
His singing isn't at his best here.
Unfortunately, shredding isn't something that elite bass players do. I love the Police; I was an early fan in 1976. But watching this after recently going back to watch some early Cream, and late Beatles, I've realized for the first time that Sting's playing was merely very good, but wasn't on a par with McCartney or Bruce. A three piece band presents unique challenges for a bass player. He has more responsibility for playing melodically, providing more chord structure rather than just bottom end. Here, in "So Lonely", Andy's solo is so spare that it demands much more from the bass, but Sting leaves him hanging. I can only wonder what Jack Bruce would have done here. Not too much, most likely, but enough that Andy wouldn't sound like he was playing alone.
@@OslerWannabe
good point
Brilliant soundscapes by Andy Summers! Guitar 🎸 Phrasing second to none.
These guys play hard and take leaps.
But leaps they confidently make every time.
One of the best shows ever to show the confidence required to play live.
Ich war 20 Jahre alt.......was für ein geiles Konzert damals. Ich stand ganz in der Nähe von Andy Summers, kann mich aber leider nicht auf dem Video ausmachen. Seit diesem Gig bin ich absoluter Fan von Stewart Copeland, was für ein genialer Drummer.........das ist jetzt schon fast 44 Jahre her, meine Fresse, wo ist die Zeit geblieben???????......TOLLES KONZERT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Du bist absolut zu beneiden.
Ich finde, dieses Video ist das Beste, was man von The Police auf TH-cam finden kann.
Und du warst dort!
It was a great time to be young!
Copeland is just mesmerizing.
Oysterhead ;)
keep it in your pants, Guido
Stewart Copeland = Legend
Manuel Mantero “Copeland”
Is number one number one
Oysterhead ;)
Copeland's drumming is unreal. Amazing how three individuals could fill up so much space.
Sting = egomaniacal prick
A fabulous band. Notice that Andy Summers played the same guitar for the whole show. Skill and musicianship are what counts.
He was adjusting the guitar tuning between the songs, no electronic tuners or guitar changes…
Yeah a Telecaster with a humbucker for the neck pickup, and a single coil for the bridge pickup.
Stewart's drumming on Walking On The Moon is incredible. I have absolutely no idea what's going on there.
The beat is more like reggae isn't it?
It's hard to ever hear Copeland play the same thing twice.... he improvises a lot.
Andy Summers is so unbelievable underrated. His playing, his sound - not hiding dirty playing behind distorted sounds. He is sooo good.
Here we go, the 'underrated' tag. Who says he's underrated? Just because social media doesn't blab on about it doesn't mean he's underrated.
@@seltaeb9691 Thanks for saying that. That 'underrated' tag is overused. A Summers has an incredible right hand. It's a s tight as Stew's snare. If anyone was underrated it would be maybe be Sting's Bass playing. Fantastic bass player back then. Love the part where AS does the solo in 'Bring on the night', and the Bass switches to this single note thing.
@@seltaeb9691 Thanks for beating me to it. Comments using that term add nothing to the discussions under every music video on TH-cam.
brilliantly put, never thought about it that way, distortion-y bands do seem to ide behind the chord and not think about innovative melody lines, don't get me wrong, there's a place for distortion, but it gets a bit dull..
He was one of best guitarist in world in early 80's!
Copeland's drumming almost defies physics. He does fills and incredible feats of dexterity where they shouldn't really be possible.
That's an American who grew up in Egypt and Lebabon and cut his teeth in UK progressive rock bands through the 70s. His drumming was influenced by everything he saw around him. Inimitable.
You know when he's drumming. He treats that hi-hat like it owes him taxes! But so much flair...so good.
28:09 Did you realize that he actually used a ,,wrong“ traditional grip then, without middle finger on top of the stick. Worked perfectly for him.
Drum God.
I'm exhausted just watching Copeland drumming a few songs. How did he pull off playing the whole set without showing signs of exhaustion.
Years of endurance practice
he's not human, a demigod
He has a jazz type of playing, if you look at his left hand he’s quite light on the snare drum, that’s an energy saving technique…
... and maybe some coke too. But he's extraterrestrial, indeed
His dad was in the CIA so he is probably a super-soldier (human-alien hybrid)
its like Stewart is having a personal battle with the drums and no one is letting up. only one winner, extraordinary drummer to say the least
Stewart is god
Sting singing his ass off while playing fretless bass perfectly is such a gem!
The advant garde-like interlude in Bed's to Big is crazy. What a band.
I've never seen The Police as urgently rocking as this before. All members just killing it. What musicianship.
AND! no egos (or ego), just 3 dudes playing together as a band, putting their all into it
@@vincenzollamas im a huge police fan but I wouldn't be so sure about that, especially considering Summers. For being the oldest member of the band (circa 10 years older than both sting and Copeland), he acted like a child. He literally threw a tantrum-ultimatum that if they didn't fire the first guitarist they had he wouldn't join the band. They are great musicians yes, but saying that they have no ego is just false lol
@@aby-yuwono i was just talking about this performance; they all had/have massive egos, sometimes it's more apparent on stage, this show & many of their early shows, it often seemed like they were still working together as a band
This performance is particularly impressive because there are almost NO breaks in between songs. An incredibly cohesive set.
Eric Sandoval ‘’tis a fine jazz set indeed.
That was a standard during the "punk" era.
And lots of blow.
@@mdavis2703 There's always one of you knobs
In my opinion,this was a beautiful period for the police.Their energy was off the charts.Stewart's drumming was amazing.
They were a group, at that time, and not three musicians
Indeed!!!
I feel like most groups are best right before making it big.
This is the band I saw at the 3,000 seat Santa Monica Civic Auditorium on 17 May 1979, after the first album (Outlandos) came out and the second (Regatta) was about to be released a few months later. Only six months later, my roommate and I drove to see them at the San Diego Civic Theater on 20 November 1979 just after Regatta was released. Sting was on FIRE in those days, as powerful a performer as I've ever seen.
The band was ferocious - their music took on a different hue entirely when performed live. This is a full concert and a glimpse of what the band was like in those days. They also played Madam Wong's about the same time as the Santa Monica gig, and the Palladium right after the San Diego gig. The theater in San Diego was acoustically perfect, which made Walking On The Moon absolutely surreal.
What awesome shows to have attended, nice.
This is the era when The Police ruled the music world with their new wave reggae rock sound , and no one could come to their level...pure masters 💯❤️
Drummer has some of the best percussion skills going, unreal
City Kid: He does what Peart can do but on a smaller kit!!
Oysterhead ;)
Every member is genius at his instrument
These guys changed the 1980s. Their approach, look, sound, etc. had a profound influence on so many musicians and bands. They're all monster players, too.
I was born in 1987, but thanks to my mother I've been listening to them since I was a baby, I adore this 3 guys, I feel like they're my uncles.
One straight into another. Stewart can hardly wait.
drummer became a living legend by playing Punk music with Jazz hand posture, genius 🙏🙏🤘🤘
I love Stewart Copeland plays the drums! It’s almost as he was infinitely furious at his kit.
Stewart used to have writing on his drums. He used to have stuff like F*ck off you b*sterd on the drums and pretend he was thumping Stings head. He used to take out all his anger over him on the drums.
One of the greatest bands ever.
For sure!
The Police: now with 40% more hi-hat...
The Stewie mix -
@@hippojuice23 "Can I have less hi-hat, please?" "Shure!" :-D
@@momazero I see what you did there.
Love the early punk Police songs. Stewart ‘Beast Mode’ Copeland wow…!
I saw the police at the Fox Theater in Atlanta Georgia in 1980. While at the concert I found a pin on the ground with "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da on it. I knew I had kept it and began to dig the other day in my things from the past. Bingo I found it.......now it is on my desk. Great memories...great band!
It’s Stewart’s world and we are just living in it.
Si
I've come to understand it's miraculous when musicians this uniquely talented happen to find each other.
That drum kit had a cigarette after Steward Copeland was finished with it.
He was beating on that thing like it owed him money.
and needed therapy.
so did that guitar, holy smokes
"F... You" written on it was for Sting.
Stewart's drum sticks, the only thing Chuck Norris is scared of.
The song 'The Bed's Too Big Without You' was sublime in it's entirety. Mind blowing!
Only three musicians but it sounds like a whole orchestra. What a band! Everyone does their job at his best!!
Stewart Copeland - Greatest drummer ever. Unbeatable!
Stewart for ever and ever
The arrangements are so incredibly good, just the three of them together and it never sounds empty 🤯
Rockpalast shows are the best
This Was the Greatest Time In Music History. I was 14 and a Young Drummer at this time. Stewart was SO Influential to Me. It was Such a Happy Time.
Copeland is mindblowing
Don't come too quickly there, Ceccavara.
When I watched this show on German TV in 1980 I was thunderstruck and I knew a new era had begun.
What a great little band. Lucky guys who had the chance to see them at this point of their career. Pure energy and excitement. Sting`s vocals and bass are awesome, Andy Summers is brilliant and Stewart Copeland is simply stunning, he`s a wizard on the drums.
Orsm band
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"Great Little Band?" Understatement . . .
@@SuperRoo_22 True !
As a fan of the Police, I must say that this concert is a sublime one where the technical capacity of the three members is demonstrated in its maximum artistic spelendor: Sting with his unique voice and precision on the bass, Stewart Copeland in his powerful percussive reign of details artistic, and the ultimate painting of colors woven by Andy Summers ... what a band OMG!
Ultimate painting colours woven by Andy Summer.......................
PERFECT description!!👍👍🎹🎼🎵🎶🎵🎼
The originality of Andy's guitar playing has always amazed me.
It is completely original. Completely
Damn how good is the live version of bed’s too big? I’m totally mesmerized, what a gem.
I was thinking the same. They seem to fuse reggae, rock and jazz effortlessly. They were so tight as a band too. Incredible.
..except for Andy messing up the timing during the staccato Spanish guitar section at the end of each chorus. It almost seems they had a hard time playing it like the album (which stays in time), so they tried playing it in this accented "off the clock" way, which sounded like a train wreck to my ear. Otherwise, I agree, the rest of it sounded good! One of my favorites.
..or maybe it was Stewart playing it wrong, but something is amiss timing-wise during that part.
The main reason I click on old Police concert videos is to hear that song. One of the best they did yet one of the few that Sting didn't carry over to any meaningful extent in his solo shows.
All three special. All critical to the Police sound. Copeland is probably most special of course. Best drummer in the world as far as I'm concerned.
Yes
Up there certaily with Peart and Bruford (Alan White was quite decent also......)
Dear god! I never go out any more. What is the point??? For free I watch incredible stuff like this. FREE!! half way thru and I keep listening over and over to the first 3 songs. So tight, so good.
At the same time there is a huge difference between watching a video and being in the crowd and experiencing it directly.
True, but we’ll never be able to see them live. This, is the next best thing.
High tempo, lots of energy and talent. Excellent recording!
Andy summer is so underrated him and Stewart are so in synchronized get the hint
Stfu
Sting wrote most of his lines.
He’s not underrated, please.
I hope that he doesn't wear one of these shirts anymore though. It made my eyes bleed.
I’m glad to see all the love for Stewart in particular… he shreds! My all time favorite drummer.
The Police where the perfect storm of talent. The cymbal master, the chord master and the song master.
The Police are definitely on the best bands that ever came out and so tight especially with Stewart Copeland , he's a rhythm master!
That drumming though...just epic
Probably the tightest of all new wave bands I ever heard. First, we have the god himself, Copeland, the octopus that drove the band with his awesome drumming. And then, Sting bought the best song-writing, and the stellar vocals to the table. Finally, the secret weapon that is Andy Summer, had the siren playing with lots of virtuoso in his playing that made The Police sounded unique and original.
Well said Zack! Perfectly spot on.
Long live New Wave! 🎸🎵💋🎶💖💞🎵
Well said, my good man. Well said indeed!
Stewart Copeland,one of the best drummers ever!!!!
@Jimmy Durex Bullshit, you know Jack shit
The best for ever
I’m their fan since 1982. Enjoy their music for 39 years. Now I enjoy all the comments here. How lucky I am.
what an amazing piece of film, just as they had cracked the big time. It's great that Stewart is getting lots of cool comments, he is my hero too, his tuning, his style, his energy and in particular his Hi Hat work, He is a very smart guy, he used a delay on his snare and hi hats, I remember Rhythm Magazine trying to write out the score to message in a bottle, and they even admitted it was as close as they could get, as they weren't sure what was delay and what he played straight in some parts, if anyone loves this era of the police, look up Stewart's Film, DOES EVERYONE STARE, filmed on his own camera on the USA make or break tour, just around 6 months before this Rockpalast film. What a truly unique band I also have to mention Andy's guitar part on Bring on the night, Guitarists correct me if i'm wrong, but surely more in common with classical technique than Rock, you have to be brilliant A, to think like that, and B. to pull it off, Oh and sting is ok too LOL
It is great to see that so many people appreciate what THE POLICE did. Makes me happy when quality is being recognized. And what people say about Copland is true, although I'm not drummer myself, I totally understand what those drums meant for the band. One of the best rock trios ever
My adventure with The Police started with this concert. I became a drummer practicing from a cassette tape made from this gig. I must have heard it hundred’s of times.
Thanks for uploading this :-)
As a kid, I use to use drumsticks to this on my bedspread.
Well if you are going to start learning drums by listening to a tape, the police, specifically the drumming of Stewart Copeland is a good teacher to use!
same story mate first found the police in 78 when I was 11yrs old to my father discussed, went to 3 nights on the trot to the synchronicity tour at the NEC Birmingham uk 1984 age 16 met sting outside gave him my very early demo tape from my Fostex 8 track.. 6 years 7 years later I had my 1st number ! in America All because of sting. Possibly the best British songwriter of the last 40yrs..... a fucking GENIUS
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I'm a man who's owes everything to sting... you are clearly a fan of sting yourself. ..let's just say I'm 5hrs behind GMT and I'm about to sound check that a little clue.. I'm such a barstard
It's like I'm always waiting for it to fall apart, but it doesn't!! Thrilling raw energy.
I was 14 and watched this live on TV, secretly because it was very late. I already was a fan but after this I was hooked for life. EPIC! ❤😂
I did too. I was 7. I remember my big brother's girlfriend saying "the drummer is hot".🙂
The perfect storm. Talent, timing, chemistry....
That was a Band.all analog and greatest quality like we don't see anymore, after 40 Years still just incomparable.
It's great to have this early, barely controlled energy and excitement they had at playing together captured.
Jan 1980, so this is the Regatta de Blanc tour. Love the set list & of course the energy here, Stewart is on another level playing here, so fast!
Sting got pissed when he did it.
He liked to change timing and Sting has to play according to him. That was a constant source of conflict.
Otherwise, Steward Copelands role as a drummer of The Police can not be overrated. He plays in another league, and he is 50 % of the sound.
@@krollpeter Yep, I'm a huge Copeland fan, but if I were Sting I'd be pissed if he played "Next to You" that damn fast. It actually doesn't work at that tempo, steals all of the feel. He seemed to do it just to get under Gordon's skin.
@@ThorD4602 That could be.
I do understand him, and I don't think he is that pompous as what many believe. They both have their moments.
Maybe, but Sting is a master songwriter. So much of their greatness comes from Sting’s unique songwriting. Stewart says Sting would come to the studio with fully formed demos before Stuart and Andy even added to them.
They knew their audience well. RockPalasst was legendary and aired all over Europe.
that moment when technically gifted jazz and rock musicians decided to mash punk, pop and world music and blew our minds
Copeland has to be the smoothest (coolest) drummer ever or certainly up there. Just such a great, swinging style
Keep it in your pants, Rusty Nuts
This is amazing and incredible footage
Love all the love I’m seeing in these comments for Copeland. He really is in a league of his own with the unique blend of influences and styles.
To the older crowd here- He is what my generation refers to as “a whole ass unit”.
Andy is fantastic guitar player. He is in my top ten.
Keep it in your pants, Matthew
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If you ever needed an example of what made The Police so special, without the added weight of one of their famous "hits", look no further than the sublime "The Beds Too Big Without You" at 00:34:00 - every element a showcase of unique talent. This and Shadows In The Rain Live (Gateshead 1982) my two favourite tracks.
Has anyone notice that alot of greate bands, had some of their best performance at the Rockpalast?
I was there can't believe im still alive.
I never heard the live vibe so nice - the bed's too big KILLED IT ....to an next level.
My dad shared me his taste for The Police since I was a kid
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A really special thing here is the middle jam of Roxanne. The band never played it the same. Copeland toys with adding and subtracting on what goes where. Somwhow always in the Pocket. @47:12
It has to be said clearly...we're all here for Stewart, right? Absolutely an amazing work on drums
Nope, the whole band. Stings brilliant songwriting, bass playing and singing. Andy’s glorious and atmospheric playing. Stuart is obviously awesome. Each member plays for the song. It wouldn’t be anywhere as good if you took any member away.
goddamn sting and that fretless bass on walking on the moon
He has remove the frets...
@@Tolbens no that's a fretless Ibanez bass, there were no frets on it for him to remove. he started as an upright bassist so he was used to that. I don't think he was hearing his bass too well in the monitors though because his intonation was out several times. it happens.
@@MobiusBandwidth during Walking On the Moon, you can see Andy asking the monitor mixer for more bass on stage.
I agree. His job was hard enough singing and playing bass. Why did he make it harder by using a fretless? Still enjoy this but the guitar and bass are continually out of tune. He actually pitches his vocal to the guitar thankfully.
Depending on your leanings, they were a truly great group., and called it off at the top, and didnt go on and on in cespool we see so many.. As sad as I was when they ended, they ended on such a high note.
This is a really vocally revealing performance from Sting. He’s hoarse and sounds like he’s been touring for about two years straight...yet it only manifests as hoarseness. A lot of other singers would be cracking and struggling when tired but he’s just a bit gravelly. You can tell that he’s generally SUPER comfortable in that higher range of his. Very interesting...
You nailed it. Though Sting spent years with jazz masters and superstars, and recording on deutsche grammophon
long after this period, I still find his years with The Police to be far more mesmerizing.
I have never heard him sound like that. He was really struggling in some parts.
Might be a touch of coke-throat too...
Just a tad...
Listen to Hole in my Life though... that's a LOT of strong YEAHs.
@@villehytonen7279 Yea, and yet, not really struggling!
the magnificed trio! wow....Sting's so outstanding! Andy's wonderful guitar work! Copeland's master of Hi-Hat!
This is such a GREAT show. Love Sting's energy, Stewart's wonderful tempo and Andy's...EVERYTHING. Simply AMAZING guitar work here!!! Love The Police!!! 😁
What a blast it was to see these guys in concert. I was lucky enough to see them during the Synchronicity Tour. I couldn’t take my eyes off of Stewart Copeland. His energy was off the charts.
(Hell ALL of their energy was off the charts)
I was a Teenager in these times. I had a cassett-recorder with one Monobox. The whole day long i listened to my Police-Cassetts. I was happy. This was a special spirit. I was the biggest fan of The Police in my hometown.And Mr. Copeland caused my Drummingpassion. But i was never able to cover his drumming. Thanx for this video!!?
Listen to the crazy-ass drumming on Bed’s too big without you …. INSANE !!! It’s like he’s cooking a recipe or something
Eine der besten Bands der frühen 80er.
Stewart copeland einer der besten Schlagzeuger ever. 🤘🥁
Roughly 5 years, 5 great albums and done. Not many could pull that off.