I heard and saw this show the night before my father died. Talked to him the last time in my life and his life late that night, after the concert. He wondered why I was awake. Told him about the amazing concert. Next day he died. He was only 58. Still love him.
My father took me to my first Sting's show in 1993 when I was 15. He died in 99. Both he and my mom had lots of fun waiting for me outside the stadium, it was an adventure for them that night. He remembered and always laughed at it.
Haha, love how Copeland brings the tempo right up at the beginning of 'message in a bottle' You can just hear him thinking "Yeah, we're not playing it that slow, we're going fast and you're coming with me whether you like it or not!!"
A brand new decade - This was a high energy gig filmed for German television, just when the power-pop trio was first breaking out to huge international audiences. The first hit singles are here, in fascinating live renditions: 'Don't Stand So Close To Me', 'I Can't Stand Losing You', 'Walking On The Moon', 'Message In A Bottle', 'De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da', and others. So are live riffs on some deep, well-loved tracks from those benchmarks first three albums, including 'Deathwish', 'Truth Hits Everybody', 'Next To You', and their classic hit 'So Lonely'. The band is super tight and ultra aggressive here - and Sting's characteristic singing, high-pitched and reggae-influenced vocals cut right through like a hot knife in butter. It's 1980 - and The Police are changing rock and roll forever. This is a precedent setting concert. So dig it ya hear!
One badass tune after another just pounding away at your senses .. These guys were one the best ever and by far the most innovative. Thanks Police and thats for the post!!
"Don't Stand So Close To Me" - 0:41 "Walking on the Moon" - 4:20 "Deathwish" - 9:50 "Fall Out" - 14:08 "Man in a Suitcase" - 16:52 "Bring on the Night" - 19:12 "De Doo Doo Doo, De Da Da Da" - 24:45 "Truth Hits Everyone" - 29:25 "Shadows in the Rain" - 32:00 "When the World is.." - 36:50 "The Bed's too Big W/O U - 41:15 "Driven to Tears" - 48:50 "Message in a Bottle" - 52:15 "Roxanne" - 56:30 "I Can't Stand Losing U" - 1:04:03 "Next to You" - 1:12:15 “So Lonely” - 1:14:18 Great show.
Copeland was TEARING it up in the intro to this *"Voices Inside my Head"* JESUS!!!! Thats the best version iv EVER heard. I wish i can find the whole song done just like that somewhere.
+ghostriderYKT The reunion concerts were ok. They changed so much thought. Its not the same band that it used to be. The pace is much slower. its almost like they lost some of that rawness with age. Plus the super "crisp", nervous aggressive sound they had in this concert was definitely much better then their reunion shows.
I have seen them several times around Ghost in the Machine. They were good, but this is the top of their game. The best album they released, Zenyatta Mondata.
Yep, I agree, this is much more raw talent freed from dancers, choreography, massive light displays and the whole lot than you would see from just about any young rock band now. A lot less "produced" than a Beyonce or Drake show, too.
I remember lying in bed listening to this concert being broadcast live on Dutch radio in the middle of the night. The audio was taken from German Television as a cooperation.
I was 14 when I saw this concert. There had always been tickets for Pink Floyd, Zappa, Santana, but here everything was sold out. Knowing that pop and rock history was being written here, I was glued in front of the TV, while the master of the house was joking about the missing melodies and the bumbling around. Yes, those weren't the lines of the swing era anymore, catchy tunes, however. Every take. Rockpalast then became an institution for us, with 15, 20 people in front of the TV. In shared flats, U2, Rory Gallgher, guaranteed without parents. If I look at Rockpalast today, I don't understand the special thing about it anymore. Today I am like my father back then - almost, but I would never think of agitating against it. Because the Rockpalast shapes.
I saw it live from home too (in Sweden) - those all-night multi-band gigs were broadcast live on tv here too, around once a year. Four years later saw U2 in another fab Rockpalast show, also on TH-cam now.
What i absolutely enjoy about Sting's artistity is when he pre sing or finishes singing with phrases such ...(eee iooo h ooo eee i hooo , Roxenooo, or de doo doo doo de daa da daa Ihooo )...The guy is simply a genius
I lived on this video in the early nineties....thank you very much for the post! Oh, and everyone checkout Stewart’s hospital sick echoing drum fill several bars before Sting starts singing in When the World Is Running Down...at 37:41.
Another great show at this amazing venue ! If anyone likes Level 42 they had some amazing shows on TH-cam at Essen in 1983 and 1984 with the original lineup . The police and level 42 are my favorite bands along with Toto , journey , Rush and Genesis 😎🎸
Agree! it has been circulating on tapes for years since it was broadcast on live TV across much of Europe. I know, I was there tp see it - the first time I saw the band live in concert.
Sting plays that electric bass like it's a lead guitar... similar to McCartney's approach. That gives the songs an immediate interesting character and a sort of Jazz personality. Pretty damned cool!
i`ve seen them 1 or 2 years before this in hamburg with eberhard schoener. they have been musicians in his ensemble and almost nobody knew them yet. mr.schoener let them play the `support` for his own show and so they played their just released 1st album as `the police` and lots of the hippies in the audience were booo-ing. haha, a couple weeks or months later they got no.1 in the u.s. and were immediately too big to continue the actually succsessful tour as musicians with eberhard schoener. to me both sets (police and e.schoener with sting, summers + copeland) were awesome. an unforgettable evening. but this gig here is surely one of their greatest.
Yep, I saw this live on TV in late 1980, it was broadcast live across much of western and southern Europe. First time I saw the band in concert and a great opener for the powerful, flashy eighties.
Oh, tocan en vivo, sin playback, sin trampas, tocan de verdad y cantan!! Qué pasó desde entonces? El rock y el pop de hoy es para quienes no saben tocar ni cantar! The Police parece una locura al lado de las propuestas de hoy. Son 3 y parecen 10.
my friends who are musicians go on about Sting being a terrific bass player...they're right. what a great thing it is when you get a band of great musicians (technically proficient) who also make catchy-listenable pop tunes. Steely Dan comes to mind. On the other end of the spectrum is Zappa...great musicians but really unapproachable songs.
Sting is a very underrated bassist. His voice is so unique and the drums and guitar are so great people forget how good he is at the bass. He one of the greatest rock bassist to ever play. That's why Copeland could play whatever the hell he wanted to; Stings bass playing was so kick ass. Andy Summers would sprinkle his guitar parts over those two and it was magnificent.
+sick9990101 hallo,s konzert war am 18.10. habe noch die eintittskarte,der eintrittspreis waren damals 12 Dm im vorverkauf,und 16 dm an der abendkasse.Kannst du mir vielleicht noch sagen,wer da noch gespielt hat.Das habe ich leider vergessen
+ghostriderYKT Yes, I noticed the very slight differences in sound. Great tweaking!! The best possible puzzle!!! Special thanks for that again. As I wrote: I´m in love with you...as far as the pope would bless it.
lol how many shows/recordings did Stewart do with those drumheads and nowadays guys who play with half the energy of him think they have to change their heads every 6 months
0:41 Don't Stand So Close To Me 4:20 Walking on the Moon 9:50 Deathwish 14:08 Fall Out 16:52 Man in a Suitcase 19:12 Bring on the Night 24:45 De Doo Doo Doo, De Da Da Da 29:25 Truth Hits Everyone 32:00 Shadows in the Rain 36:50 When the World is.. 41:15 The Bed's too Big W/O U 48:50 Driven to Tears 52:15 Message in a Bottle 56:30 Roxanne 58:27 jamming (Roxanne) 1:02:34 encore break 1:04:03 I Can't Stand Losing U 1:12:15 Next to You 1:14:18 So Lonely 1:17:10 jamming "more peanuts please... Feel ... so ... lone-ly" (So Lonely)
na da hat aber jemand aus dem WDR archive etwas bekommen...definitiv die beste Aufnahme von dem Konzert und dann auch noch in stereo. (Damals wurden die Rockpalastnächte simultan stereo im Radio übertragen.
Goosebumps everytime….and that for almost 43 years now…I was 16 years old when I sat in front of the tv for the live performance … I’ll be 60 in april and I still have the tape that I recorded then
@@BelgianDrummer they were going to go back to the verse "giant steps.." after the chorus ,you can hear andy and stewart after finishing the chorus,stings forgets and they all keep playing the chorus one more till he sing again
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I heard and saw this show the night before my father died. Talked to him the last time in my life and his life late that night, after the concert. He wondered why I was awake. Told him about the amazing concert. Next day he died. He was only 58. Still love him.
I'm very sorry for your loss
@ No one said that comment had to be relevant for you.. We're about to lose everything even kindness to others
My father took me to my first Sting's show in 1993 when I was 15. He died in 99. Both he and my mom had lots of fun waiting for me outside the stadium, it was an adventure for them that night. He remembered and always laughed at it.
Very sad keep the faith
there was no band before and no band after THE POLICE , like them.
every little Thing they do is MAGIC !!
Haha, love how Copeland brings the tempo right up at the beginning of 'message in a bottle' You can just hear him thinking "Yeah, we're not playing it that slow, we're going fast and you're coming with me whether you like it or not!!"
How lucky people were back in the late 70s, to have two great English trios, the Police and the Jam.
Trios.
These Rockpalast concerts are among best ever recorded. Several great groups recorded some of their best stuff in 70's, 80's
Best kept secret on the web
They never let up! The energy was incredible and so was the drumming! And I like that they mixed in reggae and ska beats! Great power trio! 💥🔥🎸😊😎
A brand new decade - This was a high energy gig filmed for German television, just when the power-pop trio was first breaking out to huge international audiences. The first hit singles are here, in fascinating live renditions: 'Don't Stand So Close To Me', 'I Can't Stand Losing You', 'Walking On The Moon', 'Message In A Bottle', 'De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da', and others. So are live riffs on some deep, well-loved tracks from those benchmarks first three albums, including 'Deathwish', 'Truth Hits Everybody', 'Next To You', and their classic hit 'So Lonely'. The band is super tight and ultra aggressive here - and Sting's characteristic singing, high-pitched and reggae-influenced vocals cut right through like a hot knife in butter. It's 1980 - and The Police are changing rock and roll forever. This is a precedent setting concert. So dig it ya hear!
The best of The Police ever, indeed!
💘💛💙
One badass tune after another just pounding away at your senses
.. These guys were one the best ever and by far the most innovative. Thanks Police and thats for the post!!
"Don't Stand So Close To Me" - 0:41
"Walking on the Moon" - 4:20
"Deathwish" - 9:50
"Fall Out" - 14:08
"Man in a Suitcase" - 16:52
"Bring on the Night" - 19:12
"De Doo Doo Doo, De Da Da Da" - 24:45
"Truth Hits Everyone" - 29:25
"Shadows in the Rain" - 32:00
"When the World is.." - 36:50
"The Bed's too Big W/O U - 41:15
"Driven to Tears" - 48:50
"Message in a Bottle" - 52:15
"Roxanne" - 56:30
"I Can't Stand Losing U" - 1:04:03
"Next to You" - 1:12:15
“So Lonely” - 1:14:18
Great show.
You forgot "So Lonely" - th-cam.com/video/Fymgd96lnBw/w-d-xo.htmlh14m16s
;-)
1:14:20 - So Lonely
THANK YOU
I saw this LIVE on TV at the time. Changed me forever; making music since.
Andy Summers, great!!!!
Stewart deathwish, fucking amazing great drums
You must be a drummer, because it is actually amazing!
Yes
I'm 63 now :-)
I can remember this as if it was yesterday, siting in my room with my taperecorder recording this. More peanuts plz
Copeland was TEARING it up in the intro to this *"Voices Inside my Head"* JESUS!!!! Thats the best version iv EVER heard. I wish i can find the whole song done just like that somewhere.
I know!! Too bad you can't SEE him do it, too!
I may be wrong, but I think they had always used 'Voices...' only as an Intro, like in this show.
Klover Samsa I'll always remember The Police as they sound right here. None of the excessive horns etc. just raw and real!
He was just warming up too! Hey Jeff Seitz, you got any of this on film?
I Saw that Concert in 1981 on TV. Have never seen any better concert from the Police ever since.
jmhsound th-cam.com/video/FBFAxXjKmpE/w-d-xo.html
+ghostriderYKT The reunion concerts were ok. They changed so much thought. Its not the same band that it used to be. The pace is much slower. its almost like they lost some of that rawness with age. Plus the super "crisp", nervous aggressive sound they had in this concert was definitely much better then their reunion shows.
I have seen them several times around Ghost in the Machine. They were good, but this is the top of their game. The best album they released, Zenyatta Mondata.
Try this one !!! th-cam.com/video/F4VjsqR5Vbc/w-d-xo.html
@@61jpm Thank You so much for the link. Top Quality !
3 guys with massive talent making incredible music. Take that 2018!! Know one comes close now.
Yep, I agree, this is much more raw talent freed from dancers, choreography, massive light displays and the whole lot than you would see from just about any young rock band now. A lot less "produced" than a Beyonce or Drake show, too.
Now 2019, we can compare the harsh, power and dynamic voice of sting ......compare their maturity during reunion tour ..
4 people have disliked this, I can only conclude they must be called, John, Paul, George and Ringo.
Thanks for posting the full concert.
Raw and real! It never will get any better than this ! ❤️
I remember lying in bed listening to this concert being broadcast live on Dutch radio in the middle of the night. The audio was taken from German Television as a cooperation.
I was 14 when I saw this concert. There had always been tickets for Pink Floyd, Zappa, Santana, but here everything was sold out. Knowing that pop and rock history was being written here, I was glued in front of the TV, while the master of the house was joking about the missing melodies and the bumbling around. Yes, those weren't the lines of the swing era anymore, catchy tunes, however. Every take.
Rockpalast then became an institution for us, with 15, 20 people in front of the TV. In shared flats, U2, Rory Gallgher, guaranteed without parents.
If I look at Rockpalast today, I don't understand the special thing about it anymore. Today I am like my father back then - almost, but I would never think of agitating against it. Because the Rockpalast shapes.
I saw it live from home too (in Sweden) - those all-night multi-band gigs were broadcast live on tv here too, around once a year. Four years later saw U2 in another fab Rockpalast show, also on TH-cam now.
Brilliant concert.. All 3 multi tasking at their best.
Yes & Yes.
Andy Summers est un excellent guitariste ; il assure comme c'est pas permis ; je l'adore !
During a party we watched that live on TV and sung along. That was the hammer, went up late into the night.
What i absolutely enjoy about Sting's artistity is when he pre sing or finishes singing with phrases such ...(eee iooo h ooo eee i hooo , Roxenooo, or de doo doo doo de daa da daa Ihooo )...The guy is simply a genius
there is nothing to say. This is ...Magic.
Andreas Henne th-cam.com/video/FBFAxXjKmpE/w-d-xo.html
I lived on this video in the early nineties....thank you very much for the post!
Oh, and everyone checkout Stewart’s hospital sick echoing drum fill several bars before Sting starts singing in When the World Is Running Down...at 37:41.
Amazing set list and great performance. I would kill to go back in to time to see this.
Another great show at this amazing venue ! If anyone likes Level 42 they had some amazing shows on TH-cam at Essen in 1983 and 1984 with the original lineup . The police and level 42 are my favorite bands along with Toto , journey , Rush and Genesis 😎🎸
Love this music
this concert should be released on cd/dvd.
Agree! it has been circulating on tapes for years since it was broadcast on live TV across much of Europe. I know, I was there tp see it - the first time I saw the band live in concert.
I remember watching them Live on German TV. Big Party.
Sting plays that electric bass like it's a lead guitar... similar to McCartney's approach. That gives the songs an immediate interesting character and a sort of Jazz personality. Pretty damned cool!
Tell you what,, the best ever
Great concert! Wish they were still performing today!
The Audio was much better than it comes across here. The whole place was crumbling from stings' bass on Walking on the moon.
i`ve seen them 1 or 2 years before this in hamburg with eberhard schoener.
they have been musicians in his ensemble and almost nobody knew them yet.
mr.schoener let them play the `support` for his own show and so they played their just released 1st album as `the police` and lots of the hippies
in the audience were booo-ing.
haha, a couple weeks or months later they got no.1 in the u.s. and were immediately too big to continue the actually succsessful tour as musicians with
eberhard schoener.
to me both sets (police and e.schoener with sting, summers + copeland) were awesome.
an unforgettable evening.
but this gig here is surely one of their greatest.
Wow unfassbar 😊
Great concert!!!!
The Police at the top of their game before Sting's ego kicked in.
I was there! Still have the poster! The Police were amazing!
+Marty Hill keep it or sell it 2 me lol
+Marty Hill You are a very lucky person. I saw this concert on TV in France, I was 16 y.o. A so great moment.
i saw it on tv at that time and took the music on tapes i still keep at home..
HAHA ME 2 BUT LOST THE TAPE S HA BUT INSTEAD I GOT THIS THOGETHR LOL
Andy knows where that g spot is at. The note that is
That Sound . Oh yeah
My first live concert and was the best ever... Unique sound from a unique band..
Yep, I saw this live on TV in late 1980, it was broadcast live across much of western and southern Europe. First time I saw the band in concert and a great opener for the powerful, flashy eighties.
1982 war Police erneut in der Essener Grugahalle und ich war dabei 😊
I miss Andy's chaotic guitar solo in Bring on the Night.
I didn't know MacGyver could play upright bass.
Thats fucking rock ans roll !!!
thanks for this, great concert
I was there ...
Cool
Nicht nur du...und ich denke besser nicht darüber nach, wie lange das her ist...kommt mir vor wie gestern
Das war, bevor der Angeber alles kaputt machte
I've been in the audience.
The police en vivo es impresionante.
Oh, tocan en vivo, sin playback, sin trampas, tocan de verdad y cantan!! Qué pasó desde entonces? El rock y el pop de hoy es para quienes no saben tocar ni cantar! The Police parece una locura al lado de las propuestas de hoy. Son 3 y parecen 10.
y Rush parece unos 25!!! ;-)
Cha..Cha...Cha...
L’energia di Copeland in Bring on the night è qualcosa di spettacolare.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH
Fantastic
The Police me gusta tanto como los grupos SUPERTRAMP y BEE GEES.
my friends who are musicians go on about Sting being a terrific bass player...they're right. what a great thing it is when you get a band of great musicians (technically proficient) who also make catchy-listenable pop tunes. Steely Dan comes to mind. On the other end of the spectrum is Zappa...great musicians but really unapproachable songs.
Sting is a very underrated bassist. His voice is so unique and the drums and guitar are so great people forget how good he is at the bass. He one of the greatest rock bassist to ever play. That's why Copeland could play whatever the hell he wanted to; Stings bass playing was so kick ass. Andy Summers would sprinkle his guitar parts over those two and it was magnificent.
My loves 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
One of the greatest band's of all time...
But the sound board mix is shocking
Yeah..... I was there in Essen. It was in march, wasn't it? It was an amazing gig!
+Ralf Bittokleit no it was in October 1980 and due the fact that the audience was most drunken, I#m not surprised that you think it was in march.
+sick9990101 hallo,s konzert war am 18.10. habe noch die eintittskarte,der eintrittspreis waren damals 12 Dm im vorverkauf,und 16 dm an der abendkasse.Kannst du mir vielleicht noch sagen,wer da noch gespielt hat.Das habe ich leider vergessen
Jack Bruce and Friends mit Billy Cobham....
+Ralf Bittokleit - I believe it was 18 October 1980. Grugahalle, Essen, Germany. Leighton (New Zealand)
Blackscorpion1963
its right my friend,because i was there.one of my fist concerts,many beer and many sweet smoke.
Andy is awesome
Does more than just replicate the studio versions when it comes to his solos.
: ) : ) : ) You ghosts are all nuts! I don´t know where you get all that stuff. Crazy!
I love you. Many thanks from germany!
+LukerizedClint i just put the puzzle 2gethr enjoy
+ghostriderYKT Yes, I noticed the very slight differences in sound. Great tweaking!! The best possible puzzle!!! Special thanks for that again. As I wrote: I´m in love with you...as far as the pope would bless it.
TY HAHAHA BLESS THE POLICE
lol how many shows/recordings did Stewart do with those drumheads and nowadays guys who play with half the energy of him think they have to change their heads every 6 months
quelle belle epoque
2019
The audio is weird...
Anyway thanks.
Peace.
0:41 Don't Stand So Close To Me
4:20 Walking on the Moon
9:50 Deathwish
14:08 Fall Out
16:52 Man in a Suitcase
19:12 Bring on the Night
24:45 De Doo Doo Doo, De Da Da Da
29:25 Truth Hits Everyone
32:00 Shadows in the Rain
36:50 When the World is..
41:15 The Bed's too Big W/O U
48:50 Driven to Tears
52:15 Message in a Bottle
56:30 Roxanne
58:27 jamming (Roxanne)
1:02:34 encore break
1:04:03 I Can't Stand Losing U
1:12:15 Next to You
1:14:18 So Lonely
1:17:10 jamming "more peanuts please... Feel ... so ... lone-ly" (So Lonely)
Gekkie 😊
na da hat aber jemand aus dem WDR archive etwas bekommen...definitiv die beste Aufnahme von dem Konzert und dann auch noch in stereo. (Damals wurden die Rockpalastnächte simultan stereo im Radio übertragen.
You mean ROCKPALAST . ;-)
The title of this video is wrong. It's 1981 not 1980. 1980 they rocked, 1981 they turned into panzies!
0:46 Money for nothing 👌🏼
Que dices ?
You are right! "I want my..."
This is the English Doe Maar
watched in Denmark black/white tv(?)
So Sting painted his fretless Fender Precision red? It looks very similar to the natural one he was using in Hatfield Polytechnic
1:07:17 til' 1:09:04 ... All machines are running ...
Goosebumps everytime….and that for almost 43 years now…I was 16 years old when I sat in front of the tv for the live performance … I’ll be 60 in april and I still have the tape that I recorded then
@@BelgianDrummer And Andy Summers will turn 81 on December 31, 2023. OMG!
ROCK N ROLL MOTHER FUCKERS!!!
YRE THE BEST VLADIMIR PUTIN
2:13 hahaha
29:25 🥰
5:25 sting s "FFF(uck)" after missing the start
No idea what you mean. What missing start?
@@BelgianDrummer they were going to go back to the verse "giant steps.." after the chorus ,you can hear andy and stewart after finishing the chorus,stings forgets and they all keep playing the chorus one more till he sing again
Maaaan, Andy alrealy looked old
He was about ten years older than the other two.
Andy Summers wäre großartig als Hobbit durchgegangen..... :-))))
c'est pas gentil ça !!!! lol le pauvre !!!