Yea I know I'm 58 I remember too seemed so easy to talk to people then none of this crap no cell phones everyone spoke to each other and it was about feeling good and the music
My name is Butch Weatherly from Kihei, Maui, Hawaii and I am very Happy to be listening to this song very, very loud on Friday, January 26th 2024. I sincerely wish nothing but Peace, Happiness, Awesome Health and Prosperity to all who read this. Take Care and I genuinely Love you all! Respectfully, Butch Weatherly
Still sucks not getting what you want tho. I don’t mean it in an entitled way but it’s ANNOYING, I hate disappointment. If I can’t get something I like, I’d rather not run into it. It’s a waste of my time..
@@OneFlewOverTheCuckoo1999 With so much unhappiness in the world, a sense of humor and quick wit is a valuable quality. Rare nowadays, continue to let your light so shine!😊
I CANNOT believe this song is 40!!!! It still sounds so FRESH. One of my first concerts was with this lineup, and I feel so incredibly fortunate to experience this brilliance from these master musicians.
It means even more now, today, don't you think? Like, my younger self loved and cherished this song, but flash-forward to me in my 50's and what all I've survived and had the pleasure to experience. YES! Love = freedom.
Yes this was a big 80's tune... Sting completely changed his sound from the Police - especially with the addition of Branford Marsalis (who should also be credited heavily with the change)
The brilliance of this song is that it reached #3 on the Billboard charts, #1 on the Rock charts, #17 on the Black/Urban charts, and top 10 on the dance charts. This was an accomplishment for an artist to be embraced by so many outlets. This is probably one of the few times in charts history.
@@christianhafer9819 Yep, I still love those songs,these youngsters need to try it. Put in a great beat with a hard core bassist, lead and rythem guitar, some brass and a keyboardist, loop a singer and background vocals. Then Rap meets Rock like Run DMC. It's hard to argue who mixed genres first. Little Richard, Santana the George Clinton with Funkadelic, the Doors were really a hard blues band. There were others.
@@christianhafer9819 Another One Bites the Dust had the most Awesome Bass line it tore up the Disco and Soul charts. Freddie Mercury rips it up, the guitar is awesome, and the drummer on point and an animal.
Damn i miss the 80s and 90s so much!! 😢 Music was so different..hell, life was so different then as well..its such a bitch getting old, but then again i only have few regrets..i only thank God for TH-cam and videos like this where we all can come back here to take a trip back to those special days..if only for a few minutes..it touches my heart and memories where they will forever have a special place in my heart ..❤️🙏😞
What a blessing it was to grow up in the 80's, turn on Mtv, and listen to great music like this, there is no one as talented as Sting these days, the man is a pure genius songwriter
@@Bawls- You'll never experience that feeling.. 80s music was one of a kind, the 80s were a special time, it's hard to describe but just trust me, you'd want to go back if you experienced it first hand, like having great sex
been on the Sting train since 1981, when he was front man for the Police...beyond genius...genius is still asleep while this man is pulling his boots on
Kenneth J Hoffman Jr I'm same well first got into police in late seventies when I was at primary school. Roxanne was out in charts. Saw Sting in 1990/91 was amazing. He had solo album out with fragile etc on it but when he did the police songs that night then the whole venue went nuts lol.
A True Genius at Work. The whole Ensemble is amazing, especially the backup singers. Beautiful Jazz Vibe with top notch musicians, including the great Winston Marsalis. ❤
Wow, did not know all the personal, I loved dream of blue turtles, displayed the jazz/soul of Sting, of course Stewart Copeland with the Police was no slouch on the skins!
Song has special meaning at my house. We set each other free and went our separate ways. 6 years later, after a month of reunion, we walked the aisle. That was 38 years ago. I'd rather be lucky than good.
If You Love Somebody Set Them Free by Sting is an outstanding 80s music classic. The meaningful theme of how true love symbolizes letting someone soar in life regardless if being frequently joined at their hip andor frequently able to keep tabs on them (metaphorically speaking) becomes more of a distant memory andor ancient history is performed with music brilliance.
I don't understand why people find fault with this video. This video was intended to be this way. I actually think it was pretty neat the way they did it. It also looked like they had a fun time making it, Great song and video !
This is why I hate videos. I know I'm old but I never even watch videos. I judge a song based on its sound, lyrics, melody, and how it affects me. I think videos have hurt music in general. You can't dislike a song because you disliked the video yet I heard some of my daughter's friends saying they didn't like "this video...." When I asked if they liked the song, they were kind of stymied. I know that even great artists like Sting had to do videos in support of his music but I think it's sad that we've come to that.
This technique is still appreciated, especially in a world where storytelling is done with digital effects and transitions. Manual and practical effects took, time and mental/physical energy.
kath nh Absolutely agree. This particular video was innovative, had great music behind it, and at the same time it was part of the MTV wave that eventually swept music aside and replaced it with theatrics.
2021 and who's still loving this? this video is in my opinion, one of the coolest artful and creative videos every made. Somebody came with a concept and executed perfectly.
This song marked a turning point in my life and it still impacts me to this day, let me explain. When sting released the “Dream of the blue turtles” album I was already angry because it signaled the official end of The Police, but when I HEARD the album, including this brilliant song along with the mesmerizing “Fortress around your heart” I was somewhat saddened because I now knew and had to accept that the decadent but innocent “MTV Golden Age” from 1981-1985, which featured Pat Benetar, The Police, Cyndi Lauper, Madonna, Culture Club, Huey Lewis and the news, Men At Work, Genesis/Phil Collins, Def Leppard, Bruce Springsteen, Duran Duran, Lionel Richie, Hall & Oates, Prince, The Eurythmics, Michael Jackson, Wham, and so many others, was now officially over and music was moving into a brave new frontier, but I will forever cherish and long for that time and that music........bittersweet indeed........
Has anyone noticed? When the Sax player aint playin, he's faded out. But when it's his turn, he's faded in .and when he's done, he's faded out again.. 😇😇😇
Reminds me of my first trip to US with my then GF now wife in the mid-80s, sunbathing by the pool all day and watching MTV all night in our $20 motel room in Kissimmee. Wonderful memories.
Branford Marsalis on tenor Sax This man was ahead of his time!!! Jesus...I can't believe this is 30 years old..sure doesn't feel that long ago...I'm old.
Oh my... If you love somebody If you love someone If you love somebody If you love someone set them free (Free, free, set them free) Set them free (Free, free, set them free) Set them free (Free, free, set them free) Set them free (Free, free, set them free) i haven't heard this song in over 25 years. My Dad loved this song. He played it over and over. I have had this video/song on repeat for over 1 hour. I can't turn it off. This I do believe has to be one of the best collaborated songs ever assembled. I really can't describe this sound. It's Soulful, Jazzy, Bluesy, Rocky, It's an outstanding record. (That's what we called it back in the day). lol-lol-lol Look at that Bass player....He thumb slappin them strings and walking the dog. The keyboardist, Oh my, just listen at him. His sound hold's it all together. Drummer is stank slappin them skins. Please tell me yall hear them horns. Even the cymbals make a really nice mark. Then, then, then STING all on top of it. WHEW!!! This record is so well put together. Just watch the video. It's breathtaking!!!
Thank you, Mr. Sumner, for recognizing that holding on to a PERSON is jailing them and that they'd want NOTHING MORE than to be free of the one who caged them. It's why you are phenomenal and someone I have always looked up to.
An older post mentioned overlays. This was a pretty intricate video production, if you scrutinize it carefully. Think about it... everyone had to be filmed separately, against a green screen (except for the Kenny Kirkland, the keyboardist, who appears to be the only one on the real set). The others were uniquely composited into each shot: * Sting - radiates "heat waves" whenever he sings, they fade when he takes a breath. Notice the ripples alter the view of whomever/whatever is behind him. * Brandford Marsalis (sax) - transparent when not playing. * Daryl Jones (bass) - monochromatic while playing (starting about 0:16). * Dolette McDonald and Janice Pendarvis (vocals/tambourine) - varying frame rates, time-freezes and time-jumps. * Omar Hakim (drums) - aggessively green-screened (so that the chrome of his set "bleeds" into the background unnaturally, along with the rug tassels), and there's a subtle vibration applied to the camera shooting him. Every time they changed camera angles, the video's director had to plan the spatial arrangement... who is in front of/behind who? Not to mention continuity between shots. Really eye-catching at the time.
Nice analysis. I think the heat radiating from 'Gordon' is bordering on random. Although it does seems to be concentrated when he sings. But the breathing comment? Not so sure.
One of my favorite memories of this song is being on the beach at Seaside Heights NJ, in 1985 and this song came on the radio and suddenly everyone changed their station to hear it. It was awsome. No one brings their radio to beach anymore!
The summer of ‘85....I was 14 years old and getting into a lot of great music. Dream of the Blue Turtles was probably the top of that year’s best albums. I was so impressed with Sting’s jazz rock groove. I remember driving through Canada that summer. This album was played full time!
Also 14 in the summer of '85 and it took me another 6 years to finally go to a Sting concert. ;) It was the Soul Cages tour (didn't like that album as much as the Dream of the Blue Turtles or Nothing like the Sun) but Sting WAVED at us as we were the only standing persons at the terrace right next to the stage and also illuminated from some stage spotlights.
This song has a personal meaning for many people. When we realized it was the only thing to do when the greatest love of our lives could never return our affection
It still sucks not getting what you want tho. Sure it won’t kill you but it’s still annoying and disappointing. I’d rather not run into it in the FIRST place. I hate wasting my time….
One of the greatest artists in his time and still today...nobody can be like this...no one has that mystical magic he has in his music...the diversity ,the voice,..he is the best musical artist in my book.....
The charts needed this song when it came out circa ‘85-86. Tremendous musical substance. Nice to see people of color coming together after all music is colorless but imbued with sonic beauty. Enjoy this music if you are young. This music is a treasure.
Loved this time in my life , I was 18 years old and the world was my Oyster. I was penniless , Free and Happy. Forging my way through life wherever it took me. When I hear this song it just immediately takes me back to the 80's , the best time in my life ❤
well apart form envy - what people don't seem to understand is that he writes simple lyrics for singles to feed the masses and more complex lyrics for the albums, like the classic 60's bands i guess. and i mean what a singer and musician - incredible, has every right to be up himself and is much better than a lot of other musicians who criticize him. i also am drawn to the way he is aware of various philosophies and incorporates that into his music - he is definitely not a one trick pony but likes paul simon tee hee. the police were incredibly popular but not with critics - perhaps the minimalist 80's version of led zep in that they were critically dismissed but i don't care, i love sting's work - so there haters. luv, mod paul
Bernie Em They were digitally over lapped or what used to be called, "Double Exposure". In this case, it was done by computer with 80's Cut and Paste software that only production studios could afford. Today, the're done with Iphones. Incredible, eh?
Sting proved himself/A&M that he needed to create a black band in order to step away from the Police in May 1985 If you love somebody (set them free) came out and as a 5 yr old boy I totally remembered this video on MTV, still one of my favorite songs as his Dream of the Blue Turtles album was on the way to release.
I still think Dream of The Blue Turtles is Sting's best work, circa '86..went to see him live that year too with me Julie from Ferndown, Dorset, UK. I've set my nearest and dearest free so far...we know my beautiful people how this works. Love and Blessings. ❤🙏🙏🏾💜❤️
" Forever conditioned to believe that we can't live We can't live here and be happy with less So many riches, so many souls Everything we see we want to possess"
it means everything to me !!! happiness is within you !!! love caring sharing and setting the one you love free without condition or hatred only pure love willing and hope faith !! i realised that positiv thought and energy changed and will continue to change my life forever... and this song is just ... a masterpiece !
Roxanne and If you l Love Someone Set Then Free are my favorite songs. Sting knows how to rock out! He is an 80's classic, one of my favorite singers, and whether in a band or singing solo, his music still rocks!
This takes you all back in [1987] during their beginning of an era in time: KTWV-FM L.A. (94.7) "The Wave" with an Premiere Opening-Segment track on 02/14/1987!
When this came out I knew Sting was officially black. One of the bruthas for sure. Bought the tape when it came out 1985, ripe old age of 16. Watching Darryl Jones on bass was one of my inspirations to play bass.
You could call it white soul or jazz-funk fusion, either way, Sting, this song, the classy video, and the album, all showcase his genius in demonstrating he was ahead of his time then (1985). It was a great year for music - this is the cream of that year.
This is my jam! Who is still bumping this jam in 2021?? I loved the collaboration between the multitalented Sting and this incredible band of amazing vocalists and musicians! 😁
It still sucks not getting what you want tho. Sure it won’t kill you but it’s still annoying and disappointing. I’d rather not run into it in the FIRST place. I hate wasting my time……
This should have been Track 1 Side 2 on Synchronicity... Imagine just how rocking it would have been with Stewart doing his hi hat rhythms & Andy doing another virtuoso guitar performance...ah well...🥴
In God we trust..everybody else pays in cash..if you love someone set them Free and if they come back..they pay half price...yours very truly Alfonso Cantu USMC
It sucks not being able to get what you desire and I don’t mean that in an entitled, there’s just NO no point of running into something if you’re not gonna get it. I see it as a waste of time plus many people do end up marrying the ones they love, but not everybody can get that..
@@lessismore8533 Marriage is tough ground. I was there once and will never be there again as I choose not to be. As the Stones sing, "Love is just a kiss away." I found a wonderful man of late just by being positive and putting my best self out there. Never give up. My music is a reflection of a string of heart breaks. Did I give up after each? Nope. Keep running toward the light. Less is more, Mr. Lessismore.
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I am 54 now and still remember this jam from the summer of 1985 good times America was different back then
Amen..
I agree with you I was 16 in high school when the song came out! It was my favorite. I'm 55 years old
Yea I know I'm 58 I remember too seemed so easy to talk to people then none of this crap no cell phones everyone spoke to each other and it was about feeling good and the music
oh was it EVER so different back then yikes...!
I agree 👍
My name is Butch Weatherly from Kihei, Maui, Hawaii and I am very Happy to be listening to this song very, very loud on Friday, January 26th 2024.
I sincerely wish nothing but Peace, Happiness, Awesome Health and Prosperity to all who read this. Take Care and I genuinely Love you all! Respectfully, Butch Weatherly
@@butchweatherly7976 GODBLESS U 🙏 BUTCH!!!
Love you butch YOU ARE THE MAN !
Answering you from many months later, and I wish the same to you, for the coming new year!
77 years old...broke my hip...still rocking out to this...sending my grandson classic rock songs...YES...IM JUST A ROCKSTAR GRANDMA...
Get well grandma. God bless!!
@ Wilson Cruz Grandma Lil says thanx. 78 this year . A few more to go. Still rocking...😃😀
My momma 82 and always love rock n roll she never liked Country music She's an AUTHENTIC OLD ROCKIN LADY
Rock On
YT teaches you to fuck the world and please yourself.
It's an honor and privilege to be listening to this timeless song, here now December 2024. 🎉😊❤
Is that EASY? Set them free
Still sucks not getting what you want tho. I don’t mean it in an entitled way but it’s ANNOYING, I hate disappointment. If I can’t get something I like, I’d rather not run into it. It’s a waste of my time..
Kind of❤
Went to my Mother's funeral yesterday, and this song miraculously pops up, it's just what I needed. Music is healing, it's helped me so much.
Yeah he really knows how to “Sting” at your emotions. Sorry about your mother btw may she Rest In Peace now.
@@OneFlewOverTheCuckoo1999 Thank you Ian.😊
Stacey Mcclain You’re welcome 😊 I don’t like to see anyone sad so I try to brighten their day with puns.
@@OneFlewOverTheCuckoo1999 With so much unhappiness in the world, a sense of humor and quick wit is a valuable quality. Rare nowadays, continue to let your light so shine!😊
@@OneFlewOverTheCuckoo1999 Sting
Still listening in 2023.
I just lost my dad and my sister eight months apart. This song is timely for me.
I set my dad and sister free to soar!🙏🏾❤
So soar you two! 😙
Sorry about both of your losses.
@@TMANN-jo1psCondolences on such major losses. 🙏
May they rest in God my friend
The girl in white is getting it
I CANNOT believe this song is 40!!!! It still sounds so FRESH. One of my first concerts was with this lineup, and I feel so incredibly fortunate to experience this brilliance from these master musicians.
It means even more now, today, don't you think? Like, my younger self loved and cherished this song, but flash-forward to me in my 50's and what all I've survived and had the pleasure to experience. YES! Love = freedom.
@@tracimcmurray5244 Agreed and perfect summary. The music of Sting/The Police has aged beautifully…just like us😬
I still have, "This is Sting's newer stuff" in my head.
@@chaseme9860 😊🎵
The backup singers are EVERYTHING ❤
2:48!
100 percent!
I thought so too!!!I can't keep from watching them !! EVERYTHING!!!
.. at all ! ❤🩹
The composition of this song is everything. Sting is a master songwriter.
Being a kid in the 80's and watching MTV when they actually played music videos like this classic. Good times.
I remember when this came out in the 80s, I was FLOORED. I was a Big Police lover ; and I love Jazz. So this was a game changer ❤❤
Yes this was a big 80's tune... Sting completely changed his sound from the Police - especially with the addition of Branford Marsalis (who should also be credited heavily with the change)
@@GB_Rad71 Agree...Big Up❤💛🌿🌿🌿 I will be at Hllywd Bowl on Oct 7th🙋🏼♀🙋🏼♀
Jazz mood
Nice NY style
American jazz mood
The police were a legendary band. Sting the solo artist was pure genius.
The Police is my favourite band of all time...
Stings solo music is horrible
The brilliance of this song is that it reached #3 on the Billboard charts, #1 on the Rock charts, #17 on the Black/Urban charts, and top 10 on the dance charts. This was an accomplishment for an artist to be embraced by so many outlets. This is probably one of the few times in charts history.
Another One Bites the Dust had similar success.
Don't forget Higher Love by Steve Winwood, you could literally turn from station to station and it would come on.
@@christianhafer9819 Yep, I still love those songs,these youngsters need to try it. Put in a great beat with a hard core bassist, lead and rythem guitar, some brass and a keyboardist, loop a singer and background vocals. Then Rap meets Rock like Run DMC. It's hard to argue who mixed genres first. Little Richard, Santana the George Clinton with Funkadelic, the Doors were really a hard blues band. There were others.
@@christianhafer9819 Another One Bites the Dust had the most Awesome Bass line it tore up the Disco and Soul charts. Freddie Mercury rips it up, the guitar is awesome, and the drummer on point and an animal.
@@herseyberry4655 Good night 🌠
Killer line-up that made beautiful music together! Amazing musicianship.
Yep. All of them are jazz musicians.
Damn i miss the 80s and 90s so much!! 😢 Music was so different..hell, life was so different then as well..its such a bitch getting old, but then again i only have few regrets..i only thank God for TH-cam and videos like this where we all can come back here to take a trip back to those special days..if only for a few minutes..it touches my heart and memories where they will forever have a special place in my heart ..❤️🙏😞
Loved this song back in 1985 and still in 2024.
Juxtaposing black,white, and everything in between is what made American music so great and influential in the first place! Were all complicit in it.
What a blessing it was to grow up in the 80's, turn on Mtv, and listen to great music like this, there is no one as talented as Sting these days, the man is a pure genius songwriter
if you say so
Freemasons wrote every tune!!!changed the frequency from 432hz !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SXI96 Exactly!! Class of 1986! Dear Lord thank you for those days! 😎❤️🙏🏻 Precious Memories
@@Bawls- You'll never experience that feeling.. 80s music was one of a kind, the 80s were a special time, it's hard to describe but just trust me, you'd want to go back if you experienced it first hand, like having great sex
@@monicabeach6909 80's kids rock ❤🙏
Words of wisdom by the stinger
Love the keys, love the drums, the tambourine, the sax, the choir, Sting's voice, the chorus.
The sax for sure!
@@LoneLee2022 Sting
Universal Music Group
@@garycarr3857 Gordon Sumner................
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Sting: Fucking genius songwriter.
Ghost in the machine!
"We subjugate the meek/ But it's the rhetoric of failure."
been on the Sting train since 1981, when he was front man for the Police...beyond genius...genius is still asleep while this man is pulling his boots on
Kenneth J Hoffman Jr I'm same well first got into police in late seventies when I was at primary school. Roxanne was out in charts. Saw Sting in 1990/91 was amazing. He had solo album out with fragile etc on it but when he did the police songs that night then the whole venue went nuts lol.
He is so fcn'genius!
Music has no color, So what difference it makes who's in this music video...! Good job guys love you all.
It was incredible for the time, and it still is today. The back vocals were incredible... Sting's talent and charm are truly unique.
A True Genius at Work. The whole Ensemble is amazing, especially the backup singers. Beautiful Jazz Vibe with top notch musicians, including the great Winston Marsalis. ❤
I’m 65 that’s A Blue Eyed Soul Singer yassss
At 75 this song is still the S---("Great")!!!"HOLLAH"!!!
Absolutely 💯
This was a super band..Omar Hakim on drums, Branford Marsalis and the late great Kenny Kirkland on keys!
Yes indeed, I remember like it was yesterday when his first solo effort came out. And he came to PR for the tour of the Dream of the blue turtles.
And Sting on vocals!
Please do not overlook Daryl Jones on Bass!
Wow, did not know all the personal, I loved dream of blue turtles, displayed the jazz/soul of Sting, of course Stewart Copeland with the Police was no slouch on the skins!
Preach 🔊😍🕪👍
That drummer is getting down!
Omar Hakim . Best in the business
Song has special meaning at my house. We set each other free and went our separate ways. 6 years later, after a month of reunion, we walked the aisle. That was 38 years ago. I'd rather be lucky than good.
What a lovely *happily ever after* story, @Icomenotinpeace Butwithasword (what a nick, Lol 😬🤓)
LPeaceM
💙☮🎵
ああスティングのセットゼムフリー、中坊のとき初めて聴いて曲とスティングのカッチョよさに次の日懐はたいてレコード買いましたねぇ🙆
If You Love Somebody Set Them Free by Sting is an outstanding 80s music classic. The meaningful theme of how true love symbolizes letting someone soar in life regardless if being frequently joined at their hip andor frequently able to keep tabs on them (metaphorically speaking) becomes more of a distant memory andor ancient history is performed with music brilliance.
Omar Hakim is Killing it!!!
最高にゴキゲンなナンバーだ！
ポリス時代からスティングソロ含め一番好きな名曲！！！
I don't understand why people find fault with this video. This video was intended to be this way. I actually think it was pretty neat the way they did it. It also looked like they had a fun time making it, Great song and video !
it was groundbreaking, kinda like peter gabriel's sledgehammer. back when MTV actually had a play list
My favorite STING music video!
This is why I hate videos. I know I'm old but I never even watch videos. I judge a song based on its sound, lyrics, melody, and how it affects me. I think videos have hurt music in general. You can't dislike a song because you disliked the video yet I heard some of my daughter's friends saying they didn't like "this video...." When I asked if they liked the song, they were kind of stymied. I know that even great artists like Sting had to do videos in support of his music but I think it's sad that we've come to that.
This technique is still appreciated, especially in a world where storytelling is done with digital effects and transitions. Manual and practical effects took, time and mental/physical energy.
kath nh Absolutely agree. This particular video was innovative, had great music behind it, and at the same time it was part of the MTV wave that eventually swept music aside and replaced it with theatrics.
Simply one of the coldest songs ever.... still remember the chills this gave me and how much I appreciated this masterpiece as a teen
I love this song, Because Father God has set me free this year 2021...
2021 and who's still loving this? this video is in my opinion, one of the coolest artful and creative videos every made. Somebody came with a concept and executed perfectly.
I agree, truly a visual and conceptual work of art, kinda mesmerizing, so much fun to watch
April 30,2021 at 12:01am 🔊🕺🏼
@LIVERPOOL me too .
2022
Me Me Me ✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿
Seeing the great Kenny Kirkland getting shine in a pop setting was satisfying. RIP Kenny Kirkland. A genius pianist
This song marked a turning point in my life and it still impacts me to this day, let me explain. When sting released the “Dream of the blue turtles” album I was already angry because it signaled the official end of The Police, but when I HEARD the album, including this brilliant song along with the mesmerizing “Fortress around your heart” I was somewhat saddened because I now knew and had to accept that the decadent but innocent “MTV Golden Age” from 1981-1985, which featured Pat Benetar, The Police, Cyndi Lauper, Madonna, Culture Club, Huey Lewis and the news, Men At Work, Genesis/Phil Collins, Def Leppard, Bruce Springsteen, Duran Duran, Lionel Richie, Hall & Oates, Prince, The Eurythmics, Michael Jackson, Wham, and so many others, was now officially over and music was moving into a brave new frontier, but I will forever cherish and long for that time and that music........bittersweet indeed........
Yes that was the time of talent , great talent !!!
Children crusade ❤
@@hairbeauty8083 YES IT WAS!!!!
It is pure nostalgia
@KrishnaDas-st7jc Yes it is!
Has anyone noticed? When the Sax player aint playin, he's faded out. But when it's his turn, he's faded in .and when he's done, he's faded out again.. 😇😇😇
Reminds me of my first trip to US with my then GF now wife in the mid-80s, sunbathing by the pool all day and watching MTV all night in our $20 motel room in Kissimmee.
Wonderful memories.
Branford Marsalis on tenor Sax
This man was ahead of his time!!!
Jesus...I can't believe this is 30 years old..sure doesn't feel that long ago...I'm old.
Amazing song and video. Unfortunately they dont make music like this anymore.
51 year old who has heard this song hundreds of times over the decades but am just now seeing the official video for the first time.
Same. Great one too!
Oh my...
If you love somebody
If you love someone
If you love somebody
If you love someone set them free
(Free, free, set them free)
Set them free
(Free, free, set them free)
Set them free
(Free, free, set them free)
Set them free
(Free, free, set them free)
i haven't heard this song in over 25 years. My Dad loved this song. He played it over and over.
I have had this video/song on repeat for over 1 hour. I can't turn it off.
This I do believe has to be one of the best collaborated songs ever assembled.
I really can't describe this sound. It's Soulful, Jazzy, Bluesy, Rocky, It's an outstanding record. (That's what we called it back in the day). lol-lol-lol
Look at that Bass player....He thumb slappin them strings and walking the dog.
The keyboardist, Oh my, just listen at him. His sound hold's it all together.
Drummer is stank slappin them skins.
Please tell me yall hear them horns.
Even the cymbals make a really nice mark.
Then, then, then STING all on top of it. WHEW!!!
This record is so well put together.
Just watch the video. It's breathtaking!!!
Thank you, Mr. Sumner, for recognizing that holding on to a PERSON is jailing them and that they'd want NOTHING MORE than to be free of the one who caged them. It's why you are phenomenal and someone I have always looked up to.
An older post mentioned overlays. This was a pretty intricate video production, if you scrutinize it carefully.
Think about it... everyone had to be filmed separately, against a green screen (except for the Kenny Kirkland, the keyboardist, who appears to be the only one on the real set). The others were uniquely composited into each shot:
* Sting - radiates "heat waves" whenever he sings, they fade when he takes a breath. Notice the ripples alter the view of whomever/whatever is behind him.
* Brandford Marsalis (sax) - transparent when not playing.
* Daryl Jones (bass) - monochromatic while playing (starting about 0:16).
* Dolette McDonald and Janice Pendarvis (vocals/tambourine) - varying frame rates, time-freezes and time-jumps.
* Omar Hakim (drums) - aggessively green-screened (so that the chrome of his set "bleeds" into the background unnaturally, along with the rug tassels), and there's a subtle vibration applied to the camera shooting him.
Every time they changed camera angles, the video's director had to plan the spatial arrangement... who is in front of/behind who? Not to mention continuity between shots.
Really eye-catching at the time.
PScooter63 I think Godley and Creme (10 cc , solo "Cry") made this video. Was very unique at the time.
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That's like too exact analysis for me to deal with at the moment. Good eye.
When you break it down like that...this video is freakin' more awesome than l ever realized, especially more than l realized 30 years ago!
Nice analysis. I think the heat radiating from 'Gordon' is bordering on random. Although it does seems to be concentrated when he sings. But the breathing comment? Not so sure.
One of my favorite memories of this song is being on the beach at Seaside Heights NJ, in 1985 and this song came on the radio and suddenly everyone changed their station to hear it. It was awsome. No one brings their radio to beach anymore!
The summer of ‘85....I was 14 years old and getting into a lot of great music. Dream of the Blue Turtles was probably the top of that year’s best albums. I was so impressed with Sting’s jazz rock groove. I remember driving through Canada that summer. This album was played full time!
I remember.i was 14 also.great memories!!!😁😁😁
Many good albums that year!
Yep, I got a spiked haircut like sting sometimes wore and started having amazing luck with the opposite sex. Great memories!
Also 14 in the summer of '85 and it took me another 6 years to finally go to a Sting concert. ;) It was the Soul Cages tour (didn't like that album as much as the Dream of the Blue Turtles or Nothing like the Sun) but Sting WAVED at us as we were the only standing persons at the terrace right next to the stage and also illuminated from some stage spotlights.
Me too I was 14 when I first heard this but was back in 2016!
This song has a personal meaning for many people. When we realized it was the only thing to do when the greatest love of our lives could never return our affection
It hurts man..
What a band!!! Omar Hakim, Darryl Jones, Branford Marsalis, Kenny Kirkland, Dolette McDonald, & Janice Pendarvis
What I love most about this video - the ladies.
They're having so much fun. Feels like I'm jamming with them.
Wish more people would understand this song
It still sucks not getting what you want tho. Sure it won’t kill you but it’s still annoying and disappointing. I’d rather not run into it in the FIRST place. I hate wasting my time….
Sting kicked ass and showed raw talent on this albulm unlike todays music
There is a main difference between "to love" and "To possess". So "Bravo" to this text. It's a main one !
I find that saxophone player the most fascinating character here. The way he fades out unless he's playing, like some kind of ghost or something.
Anybody gettin' it in 2019? Love this vid.
Me I love 💘 Sting/The 🚔 Set them freeeeee ooowwww
Yep me
Good vibes from Amazon jungle to you
Good song, Phil.
2020! The women look like twins.
Can listen to this endlessly, the Vibes, the Vocals, the Chocolate Nukky it’s a Masterpiece.
One of the greatest artists in his time and still today...nobody can be like this...no one has that mystical magic he has in his music...the diversity ,the voice,..he is the best musical artist in my book.....
The garb they pass for music now doesn't come close to these classics!
Not even Justin Bieber.
The charts needed this song when it came out circa ‘85-86. Tremendous musical substance. Nice to see people of color coming together after all music is colorless but imbued with sonic beauty. Enjoy this music if you are young. This music is a treasure.
Loved this time in my life , I was 18 years old and the world was my Oyster. I was penniless , Free and Happy. Forging my way through life wherever it took me. When I hear this song it just immediately takes me back to the 80's , the best time in my life ❤
My favorite song from Sting🎶🎶🎸 so funky and jazz influenced
My favourite too
@@philantropique don't forget consider me gone. (the live version) that song sounds jazz oriented too.
My Late Grandmama really loved this video, especially the backup dancers!!!!! Miss My Granny Girl So Much.
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Still my fave post-Police Sting outing, complete with some nifty keyboards and vocals as impassioned as you'll ever hear from him. Bravo for this gem!
well apart form envy - what people don't seem to understand is that he writes simple lyrics for singles to feed the masses and more complex lyrics for the albums, like the classic 60's bands i guess. and i mean what a singer and musician - incredible, has every right to be up himself and is much better than a lot of other musicians who criticize him. i also am drawn to the way he is aware of various philosophies and incorporates that into his music - he is definitely not a one trick pony but likes paul simon tee hee. the police were incredibly popular but not with critics - perhaps the minimalist 80's version of led zep in that they were critically dismissed but i don't care, i love sting's work - so there haters. luv, mod paul
The bass player is the only reason I watch this video. Sting is awesome, but the bass player brings the song to life.
This classic still feels like a breath of fresh cool air!
The gal with black clothes has awesome dance moves ♫ you go girl!!!!!
*The WOMAN in the black clothes has awesome dance moves.
love this video...everyone jamming, having a good time. makes me smile.
I love this too, I also like the trippy video effects! That sister is wearing that tambourine out!!!
Bernie Em
Love the sistas....Such class and style.
Bernie Em
They were digitally over lapped or what used to be called, "Double Exposure". In this case, it was done by computer with 80's Cut and Paste software that only production studios could afford. Today, the're done with Iphones. Incredible, eh?
ahhhhhhh..... I get it.
this sh.. go hard
Sting proved himself/A&M that he needed to create a black band in order to step away from the Police in May 1985 If you love somebody (set them free) came out and as a 5 yr old boy I totally remembered this video on MTV, still one of my favorite songs as his Dream of the Blue Turtles album was on the way to release.
I still think Dream of The Blue Turtles is Sting's best work, circa '86..went to see him live that year too with me Julie from Ferndown, Dorset, UK. I've set my nearest and dearest free so far...we know my beautiful people how this works. Love and Blessings. ❤🙏🙏🏾💜❤️
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Forever conditioned to believe that we can't live
We can't live here and be happy with less
So many riches, so many souls
Everything we see we want to possess"
it means everything to me !!! happiness is within you !!! love caring sharing and setting the one you love free without condition or hatred only pure love willing and hope faith !! i realised that positiv thought and energy changed and will continue to change my life forever... and this song is just ... a masterpiece !
Says sting who's as rich as fuck 😂
Roxanne and If you l Love Someone Set Then Free are my favorite songs. Sting knows how to rock out! He is an 80's classic, one of my favorite singers, and whether in a band or singing solo, his music still rocks!
Great song and Roxanne and this one are my favourites xxx
There is no greater talent than Sting. Amazing career. 🔥❤️🦋
Nope. There’s TONS of other amazing talents out there too
como hemos avanzado en videos musicales.. eso fue chroma key de los 80's😜.
Still cool after around 40 years.
40 yrs was just yesterday...
I Love The Police, and Sting, They were Brilliant musicians, saw them Break the barriers with music! to set place changing music. for today
What the hell are you talking about?
What barriers did they break?
The Police , the still one of my favorite groups
Police and sting are brilliant musicians and song writer's they move your soul with there music.
Gordon Is my man...I have just loved him since 1986!!!
Since 1979.
Same here! Since about '86❤❤❤ Thats bae. His residencey is postponed til next year🙏
Classic Sting! His 1st solo hit from 1985!
The girls are absolutely feeling the jam. Couldn’t have made a better video.
This takes you all back in [1987] during their beginning of an era in time: KTWV-FM L.A. (94.7) "The Wave" with an Premiere Opening-Segment track on 02/14/1987!
This performance that Sting played was the best of his ages.
One of the best musicians to come out of the 1980's era. Love the music by the way! Thank you
When this came out I knew Sting was officially black. One of the bruthas for sure.
Bought the tape when it came out 1985, ripe old age of 16.
Watching Darryl Jones on bass was one of my inspirations to play bass.
If you love somebody and they don't return your love, set them free and tell them to jump in a lake.
Haha good one!
My favorite Sting solo period followed by when Vinnie joined the band. Dram of the Blue Turtles . . . was amazing!
1985 Was A Great Year In Music History. 🌞
ロックとジャズが融合した曲、かっこいいよね。
This music video is like a strange but groovy dream.
You could call it white soul or jazz-funk fusion, either way, Sting, this song, the classy video, and the album, all showcase his genius in demonstrating he was ahead of his time then (1985). It was a great year for music - this is the cream of that year.
I love this video because it’s multi cultural and the song is absolutely fabulous
I love it bc it {{{ROCKS}}} and I'm 70 and STILL have to DANCE when I hear it!🎶‼️
@@Messenger318 Sting
This is my jam! Who is still bumping this jam in 2021?? I loved the collaboration between the multitalented Sting and this incredible band of amazing vocalists and musicians! 😁
Man these lyrics are forever true.. Sting is and will always be GREAT!
It still sucks not getting what you want tho. Sure it won’t kill you but it’s still annoying and disappointing. I’d rather not run into it in the FIRST place. I hate wasting my time……
The man was a Visionary pure and simple.
I Would ♥️ Love To ♥️ Watch That Movie "Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home". Because I Wanted To Hear That Song That Is By Sting.
This should have been Track 1 Side 2 on Synchronicity... Imagine just how rocking it would have been with Stewart doing his hi hat rhythms & Andy doing another virtuoso guitar performance...ah well...🥴
Sting's music is just timeless....
In God we trust..everybody else pays in cash..if you love someone set them Free and if they come back..they pay half price...yours very truly Alfonso Cantu USMC
Fuck the world...please yourself...
As my Mom used to say... if you love someone, set them free. If they don't return, set them on fire.
CollectorOfMusic haha, I set her free and she never came back :)
+Cooldude 22 They always come backkkk....maybe she will in the next 10 yrs. I'm not saying you should/still care then though🤔😛....👌🏽
Kary Babii ok, lol. I won't hold my breath though, lol.
Haha your mother apparently listened to the Dead Milkman, it's a great song
LMFAO
Bless you and your family. Enjoying your music. Take care. 🦋🪴🦋🪴
I always believed in the adage and was glad when Sting wrote a song around it. Truth rises to the top.
@Sting Thanks, Sting's troll. Here's a tune for you: th-cam.com/video/z8HOq2pXvlA/w-d-xo.html
It sucks not being able to get what you desire and I don’t mean that in an entitled, there’s just NO no point of running into something if you’re not gonna get it. I see it as a waste of time plus many people do end up marrying the ones they love, but not everybody can get that..
@@lessismore8533 Marriage is tough ground. I was there once and will never be there again as I choose not to be. As the Stones sing, "Love is just a kiss away." I found a wonderful man of late just by being positive and putting my best self out there. Never give up. My music is a reflection of a string of heart breaks. Did I give up after each? Nope. Keep running toward the light. Less is more, Mr. Lessismore.