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  • @greendragonpublishing
    @greendragonpublishing ปีที่แล้ว +120

    Multi-talented - you have no idea! Sting (Gordon Sumner) was an English teacher before The Police. He plays loads of instruments, he's an actor, and an activist. He puts on an amazing concert (I've seen him twice!)
    Sting said he was always surprised that people chose this as a wedding song, because it's ultimately a creepy stalker tale. He also made fun of his own song in another one - in the words to Love is the Seventh Wave (a solo song), he sings "Every cake you bake, every bite you take, every leg you break" near the end :D

    • @McLeod2022
      @McLeod2022 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      reminds me of Patsy Cline and "Crazy". Love her but the lyrics.... torched... it is not a kind song.... and neither is "You are my Sunshine"... go to the later lyrics and it is DEEP DARK

    • @georgeglasser8220
      @georgeglasser8220 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ideal?

    • @johan.ohgren
      @johan.ohgren ปีที่แล้ว

      I'm fine with that..

    • @furdturgeson_89
      @furdturgeson_89 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      This is the OG; Sting already knew it would be a mega-hit after he wrote it…
      Another perfect singer/bass player is Geddy Lee from Rush…
      Plus - maybe Mark Hoppus from Blink-182…

    • @McLeod2022
      @McLeod2022 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@furdturgeson_89 Geddy is underappreciated, as is Rush

  • @danielandrews6838
    @danielandrews6838 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Lead singer who plays the bass Paul McCartney comes to mind

    • @docsavage8640
      @docsavage8640 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Geddy Lee, Brian Wilson, Jack Bruce, Peter Cetera, it's not unusual at all

    • @peterbulloch4611
      @peterbulloch4611 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      So does Lemmy

    • @carla68
      @carla68 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      She meant upright bass 😅 but you are quite correct.

  • @AlamoDame7
    @AlamoDame7 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    Written by Sting (lead singer for the Police. Won Grammy Award for Song of the Year. Voted #1 song in several polls for the decade it came out -- It was MY favorite because of its power on vocals and beat and melody.

    • @davidmhewett44
      @davidmhewett44 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Nothing like a good stalker song.😂😂😂 it is an amazing song.

    • @davidmhewett44
      @davidmhewett44 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Britt, please do the original video to November Rain by GnR. You'll love the song and video, plus you get to see the "panty dropper" Slash's face.😂

  • @Isleofskye
    @Isleofskye ปีที่แล้ว +35

    Unlike many others, you got the concept spot on.
    So many people, wrongly, thought this was just a love song and played it at their wedding lol
    Thanks for making the video clearer so we could actually see the expressions on his face.

  • @misteradrianojeda6702
    @misteradrianojeda6702 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    There are lead vocalist who play bass besides Sting from the Police...Paul McCartney, Geddy Lee from Rush, Lemmy from Motorhead, Mark Hoppus from Blink 182, Gene Simmons from Kiss, Peter Cetera from Chicago and many more

    • @aussierhino471
      @aussierhino471 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Add Suzi Quatro to that list, also Phil Lynott form Thin Lizzy (RIP legend), and Sheryl Crow.

    • @matthewgoodA1206
      @matthewgoodA1206 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      My personal favorites are Peter Steele of Type O Negative and Johnette Napolitano of Concrete Blonde. Who said she was encouraged by seeing Sting cover both himself.

    • @UncleQue
      @UncleQue ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I suspect she may have mean’t singing while playing an upright bass but I’m not sure.

    • @matthewgoodA1206
      @matthewgoodA1206 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@UncleQue Yeah, she saw him playing bass guitar live, and that was her instrument.

    • @Meeshrick
      @Meeshrick ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@matthewgoodA1206 probably. However this stand up was purely esthetics for the video. Sting playes this live with a standard electric bass

  • @edbluez99
    @edbluez99 ปีที่แล้ว +176

    I was attending a wedding reception where the couple played this as "their" song. Girl standing next to me says "do they realize this song is about stalking?" I replied "apparently not".

    • @frankrizzo4460
      @frankrizzo4460 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      And his other song is if you love somebody set them free...

    • @pigpen5073
      @pigpen5073 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      So in other words, she is a blonde and he is an SOB (son of a blonde)

    • @aymee7136
      @aymee7136 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      🤣🤣🤣

    • @kardy12
      @kardy12 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@frankrizzo4460
      “His other song”, as if he’s only done two?

    • @robbob5302
      @robbob5302 ปีที่แล้ว

      #Overthinking
      🤣

  • @jasonhobbs9636
    @jasonhobbs9636 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The public loved abd girls treated it like a great love song, but it was a song about a stalker according to Sting.

  • @stevedahlberg8680
    @stevedahlberg8680 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    I bet you would love their hit Message in a Bottle. They were extremely important to the music scene in the 80s. Roxanne, Don't Stand So Close To Me, the list goes on and on.

  • @angelagoodwin5758
    @angelagoodwin5758 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    Can't wait to see you dive deeper into The Police waters. "Wrapped Around Your Finger", "Driven to Tears", "Spirits in the Material World", "Don't Stand So Close to Me". and the FUNKIEST song from them, "Voices Inside My Head". That one is a TOTAL banger!
    After The Police, Sting forged an impressive solo career with songs like "If You Love Someone, Set Them Free", "Englishman in New York", "Mad About You", "Fields of Gold", and "FRAGILE". There's a live performance on You Tube with Stevie Wonder and Sting performing Fragile. Two musical geniuses!

    • @parissimons6385
      @parissimons6385 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      All great, and would add "Message In A Bottle" and "Walking on the Moon" from the 2nd LP, Regatta de Blanc.

    • @xxJOKeR75xx
      @xxJOKeR75xx ปีที่แล้ว

      The performance with Stevie Wonder is great, but Sting leaves all the spotlight to Stevie. It's great but not a great one to react to if you want to check out Sting.

    • @matthewdooley7855
      @matthewdooley7855 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Driven to Tears is, oddly, such a fun song. Spirits has a great vibe. Don't Stand So Close to Me makes you want to start jumping around.

    • @Nirad007
      @Nirad007 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I think that "if you love someone set them free" was with the police

  • @jeraldkimball494
    @jeraldkimball494 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This guy goes by the name Sting and is now a solo artist. He can play most any instrument out there. Hugely talented.

  • @lk-music
    @lk-music ปีที่แล้ว +9

    When Sting wrote this song, he was staying in the Caribbean, retreating from the negative attention he received for starting a relationship with his neighbour, after separating from his wife. Not just because he was still married, but because his neighbour was also his wife's best friend. So it was in reaction to the criticism he received. Years later Sting reflected that this came across as somewhat stalker-ish, so he wrote 'If You Love Somebody Set Them Free' as an antidote during his solo career.

    • @znk0r
      @znk0r ปีที่แล้ว

      "Somewhat stalkery" lol

  • @iwannatalktosampson
    @iwannatalktosampson ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This song is played at weddings and other events where people are loving each other. Yet, you are correct. This song is about stalking someone 💯. That's why I laugh when it's played during sentimental moments.

  • @debbieholoquist2059
    @debbieholoquist2059 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Yes, he doesn't want to let the love go. And it's a dangerous kind of love because it makes the "loved" person a possession. Imagine knowing that every moment of every day you know that someone is watching all you do.

  • @Calamity_Jack
    @Calamity_Jack ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I laughed when you said you were surprised at how much of the song was sampled for the Puff Daddy/Faith Evans song, "I'll Be Missing You." They apparently didn't get permission to use that sample, so Sting (the lead singer of "The Police" and the songwriter) sued them. He won 100% of the song's royalties and supposedly makes $2,000 a day from those royalties. (Although I personally doubt that's the case these days. It's been a minute.)

    • @robertstanford1778
      @robertstanford1778 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Recently heard Puff still paying him $5,000.00 a week.

    • @tradeladder146
      @tradeladder146 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@robertstanford1778 Thats True. 👍

  • @joncaro469
    @joncaro469 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The song started out as the lead singer, Sting, writing about being in the public eye and never getting a break from being watched and morphed into a song about not letting love go. Sting was asked why he looked so angry in the video and he said he wanted to convey that it was not a happy love song, but quite the opposite.

  • @stephanerbe4985
    @stephanerbe4985 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    It's a song about a stalker hidden in a love songs melody. This is the original. Puff daddy and Faith Evans uses the song for "I'll be missing you"

  • @russelljoslinjr4387
    @russelljoslinjr4387 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Basically, all of it was "sampled" for that song!😂

  • @bixby9797
    @bixby9797 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    One of the greatest bass lines ever.

  • @marcusrichards402
    @marcusrichards402 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    This was the number one song of the entire decade of the 1980s. Stayed at number 1 for 8 weeks in 1983. All this according to Billboard Magazine, the industry standard.
    I was 12 when this song came out. In my mind, it wasn't stalkerish but the whole stalker culture wasn't around til the 90s. In hindsight, it gives off strong stalker vibes, but who knows what the intent was at the time.
    I enjoy your reactions!

    • @kevinfriel6182
      @kevinfriel6182 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      And in 2019 the song became the most played song in radio history, having overtaken ‘You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling’.

    • @sherribrock2726
      @sherribrock2726 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I don’t believe the internet was a part of culture yet. I could be wrong!

    • @hebber1961
      @hebber1961 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Just watched a recent interview where he said he wrote it at a desk of Ian Fleming's. James Bond spy vibes. He was thinking along those lines at the time but likes the fact the song is vague and left it at that.

  • @distanceismyplastercast
    @distanceismyplastercast ปีที่แล้ว +4

    It's not, despite many peoples miscoception a story of undying love, it's actually about a stalker. No matter where you are or what you're doing "I'll be watching you".

    • @ct6502c
      @ct6502c 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      A former lover who couldn't let go after their relationship ended. He's stuck and is obsessed about her.

  • @jons3808
    @jons3808 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Great reaction!! The Police, one of the greatest bands of all time. Stings vocals and Stewart Copeland’s legendary drumming… perfection. They have an amazing catalog.

  • @moniquevandoorn8347
    @moniquevandoorn8347 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Singer Sting once told that several times couples told him that this song represented them as a couple. And then he thought: o my god, that must be a real sick relationship, because the song is not about love. It is about a creepy threatening stalker. The lyrics and even the melody should make that crystal clear in my opinion.

  • @TexasMagnolia
    @TexasMagnolia ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This great song was released in the decade where things weren’t analyzed to death.

    • @farmerbill6855
      @farmerbill6855 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ah, the good old days, I remember them.

    • @planojag595
      @planojag595 ปีที่แล้ว

      So true!

  • @pamagnolia
    @pamagnolia ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Stewart Copeland was the founding member of The Police. Restless, Stewart decided to form a trio fashioned on the vibe and energy of punk music. He would call this project “The Police,” a provocative name in its time that capitalized on the everyday brawls that broke out between punks and law enforcement: a regular police presence in the streets of London meant free marketing for his band.

    • @davidmhewett44
      @davidmhewett44 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Copeland is so underrated as a drummer.

    • @dougcoombes8497
      @dougcoombes8497 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      As they admitted years later, they weren't really a punk band, they all dyed their hair blond and acted punk so they could get gigs. They were a genre all their own as far as I'm concerned.

    • @ak99uk
      @ak99uk ปีที่แล้ว

      Thee three were in a band with Mike Howlett (from Gong), called Strontium 90 before starting the Police.

    • @dougcoombes8497
      @dougcoombes8497 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@davidmhewett44 Not just a drummer, he's also an excellent composer with many movies and TV shows to his credit.
      Everyone in the band is an artist including Andy Summers who is an amazing guitarist with many solo albums.

    • @s026
      @s026 ปีที่แล้ว

      Is this the one he sampled the snare on the saturn 5 booster. Or was that a myth despit the video

  • @Festus171
    @Festus171 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    You can't go wrong exploring the Police or Sting's solo work. Brilliant is not a strong enough word to describe his artistry.

  • @farmerbill6855
    @farmerbill6855 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Haha, we always called this the stalker song. British high school teacher changes name to Sting, assembles a band, calls band the Police for no apparent reason and a rockstar was born. Try on "Roxanne" for size, you'll love it. Lots of other fun tunes too.

  • @philipkudrna5643
    @philipkudrna5643 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The lead singer of the band „The Police“ is Sting. He had a solo career later (famous for „Englishman in New York“ or „Fields of Gold“), but also the collab with other Artists (like „All for one“ with Rod Steward and Brian Adams or „Always on your side“.

  • @Qualimar
    @Qualimar ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great reaction! "Every smile you fake" is one of the creepiest lyrics in any song. It is a great song but very, very dark!

  • @chamomiletea5424
    @chamomiletea5424 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    They were the 80s soundtrack when I was a kid.. hit after hit.. although I was too young to understand the lyrics, it doesn't take away from the musical genius and good memories ❤️

  • @hiphopnerd1425
    @hiphopnerd1425 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Greatest stalker song

  • @erikjeffreys2144
    @erikjeffreys2144 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I remember when this song came out in 1983. I was 13. I used to watch it every time in came on MTV. The neighbor girl, "Sherry" dedicated this song to her boyfriend, all the while in my heart, I silently dedicated it to her. Crushhhhhhh. She never knew.

  • @TS4hundo
    @TS4hundo ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This was the original song that was recorded in 1983. Everything else was sampled from this song.

  • @Mr17051963
    @Mr17051963 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    In the 80’s it was just a passionate love song. Now I heard some people talking about the stalker stuff. For me, still is the love song with those misterious 80’s vibes. Good memories! ✌️

  • @chicochi3
    @chicochi3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Saw the Police in Memphis, TN at the Orpheum Theatre in 1978. Only about 100 people showed up so the band told us to all come on down to the front. Their big song at the time was Roxanne. The next years they filled the Midsouth Coluseum in the same city. Paul McCartney played bass while singing lead. The name "Police" was a little inconvenient when the MC tried to tell us that the police had a car that needed to be moved because it was parked in the wrong place. He had to come back and clarify "The Memphis Police."

  • @SteveCurie
    @SteveCurie ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Just to be clear this version came way before Diddy's version. Sting who is the lead singer here of the Police actually sang on Diddy's version.

  • @BenRollinsActor
    @BenRollinsActor ปีที่แล้ว +3

    “The Police,” a provocative name in its time that capitalized on the everyday brawls that broke out between punks and law enforcement: a regular police presence in the streets of London meant free marketing for his band.

  • @becksullivan4796
    @becksullivan4796 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ohhhhhhhhhhh. The Police. Sting. Such greatness no one sounds like them

  • @user-or1ye3iz6d
    @user-or1ye3iz6d 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    My favorite band ever, still. And the lead singer, Sting, also has an incredible solo career. Go down both rabbit holes. Amazing musical talent. ❤❤❤

  • @CaddyJim
    @CaddyJim ปีที่แล้ว +2

    *#ThePolice** (Roxanne)*
    *(Message-in-a-bottle)*
    *(Don't stand so close to me)*

  • @CaddyJim
    @CaddyJim ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The frontman playing bass is *Sting* who also have the solo career...

  • @jonathanross149
    @jonathanross149 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Biggest hit for a great band.

  • @garnet0101
    @garnet0101 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Sting sued and received 100% of the proceeds.

  • @darrinlindsey
    @darrinlindsey ปีที่แล้ว

    This was my favorite song as I graduated high school in '84

  • @cheryla7480
    @cheryla7480 ปีที่แล้ว

    When several people told Sting that this was their favourite song. He replied “ I don’t know why, it’s about a creepy stalker !”

  • @iancremmins4727
    @iancremmins4727 ปีที่แล้ว

    you are in an ideal situation by not knowing so many great bands and singers, i have been basically drip fed them over my life but you get to tap into them whenever you want to hear a new hit, i will download this for my little ipod shuffle just because of the memories it is associated with. you will never run out of music you haven't heard before, what a blessing

  • @c.s.m.k5737
    @c.s.m.k5737 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Taking me back to the 80s...nostalgia!

  • @philipkudrna5643
    @philipkudrna5643 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This song is actually one of the less musically complex songs of „The Police“ sting and his friends were actually famous for unconventional chord progressions and intricate and complex musical turns. The „easy listening“ feel of this one is actually rather and exception!

  • @larryclark4297
    @larryclark4297 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This song is played in a lot of Movies

  • @mazman4268
    @mazman4268 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Probably the number one bass player lead singer would be Paul McCartney. From a little band you may have heard of called the Beatles.

    • @Miblive
      @Miblive ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Almost. Number one bass player is Geddy Lee from Rush.

    • @chicochi3
      @chicochi3 ปีที่แล้ว

      John Waite with the Babys.

  • @chrise3099
    @chrise3099 ปีที่แล้ว

    Whisky in a jar song by thin lizzy. Bass guitarist and singer was Phil lynott. Also a song called black coffee by humble pie. Live version with the blackberries as back up singers.

  • @TexasMagnolia
    @TexasMagnolia ปีที่แล้ว

    Bruce Hornsby and The Range - The Way It Is…..Huge Surprise.

  • @brianburwick5175
    @brianburwick5175 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    haven't seen any comments specifically about the music video, so here goes...
    `On October 5, 2022, Billboard officially released a statement confirming that the music video for "Every Breath You Take" surpassed one billion views on TH-cam.
    `1st MTV cinematography award for this video
    `to the best of my knowledge there are 4 versions of this video, a black&white tint, a red tint, a blue tint, and a yellow tint.

    • @soozcueful
      @soozcueful ปีที่แล้ว

      Ahh cool. I don’t recall seeing other tinted videos back in the day but those are the colours splashed across the album cover art for Synchronicity- from which this song came

  • @georgeglasser8220
    @georgeglasser8220 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Geddy Lee from Rush plays bass and keyboards as well as lead singer.

  • @michellegault4122
    @michellegault4122 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Rush also has a singer who plays bass. Also the Beatles.

  • @Meeshrick
    @Meeshrick ปีที่แล้ว +1

    More RnB and Rap artist songs are sampled from classic rock songs in their entirety...more then than you think

  • @steveeverett1736
    @steveeverett1736 ปีที่แล้ว

    I always had the feeling it was more about a love that had been broken, fractured beyond repair and how he's wanting to 'swoop in' at the right moment to 'rescue' her but he doesn't realize how broken he is

  • @doughaviland1729
    @doughaviland1729 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Geddy Lee of RUSH is the lead singer, bass and keys player!
    TOM SAWYER is a must.

  • @BobSmith-lb9nc
    @BobSmith-lb9nc ปีที่แล้ว

    The band founder (Copeland) was the son of a very important CIA executive, and likely named the band for the surveillant sense of the CIA. Sting is the brilliant singer-bassist, also a successful actor.

  • @janawayne
    @janawayne ปีที่แล้ว +1

    A great rabbit hole for you - check out Don't Stand so close to me, Wrapped around my finger, since you liked this one! But everything they did including Sting as a solo artist is worthy

  • @plotmaker
    @plotmaker ปีที่แล้ว

    I was leaving a casino with my girlfriend a couple of years ago and we heard another Police song playing in the elevator, "I can't, I can't, I can't stand losing...". We looked at each other and couldn't catch our breath from the laughter!

  • @lonnyjohnson2061
    @lonnyjohnson2061 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Don't know if it's the song you're remembering, but there was a group that sampled this song without asking Sting's permission. He sued, won, and all the royalties from that song are paid to him. Made him a ton of money.

  • @philipkudrna5643
    @philipkudrna5643 ปีที่แล้ว

    Yes, „I‘ll be missing you“ is a cover of the early 80ies Police original „Every breath you take“.

  • @metracy42
    @metracy42 ปีที่แล้ว

    Sting (lead singer,bassist & lyricist on this song) said he was disconcerted by how many people have hugely misunderstood this song. He insists it is about the obsession with a lost lover, and the jealousy and surveillance that follow. (what we call stalking now). He said "One couple told me 'Oh we love that song; it was the main song played at our wedding!' I thought, 'Well, good luck.’ When asked why he appears angry in the music video, Sting told BBC Radio 2, "I think the song is very, very sinister and ugly and people have actually misinterpreted it as being a gentle little love song, when it's quite the opposite. And he has said it was a female stalking a male. I think it came from personal experience. It was the ‘80’s so my memory is a little hazy. I was a huge Police fan at the time. Even though I knew what the song was about, I still love/d it haha! Xx

  • @jamiewilson9280
    @jamiewilson9280 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    There are loads of bass players who sing at the same time. The most obvious of which is Paul McCartney from the Beatles!

  • @rickb.4168
    @rickb.4168 ปีที่แล้ว

    Puff diddly daddly, released a tribute song. the tribute song, was just a really poplar song with a few words changed.
    WOW! the effort he put in for his friend, makes my heart break!!

  • @chocolatetownforever7537
    @chocolatetownforever7537 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Dont you hate it when a beautiful girl says, "its your girl", and she unfortunately isnt?
    Lol. What a gorgeous creature. Whomever is yours is one lucky guy.

  • @gandalfshakur8235
    @gandalfshakur8235 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    i used to research all the music behind all the gangsta rap songs from the nineties and colored my own collection accordingly

  • @neilburgess9652
    @neilburgess9652 ปีที่แล้ว

    first single I ever bought. Love this so much

  • @JeffMartinEquinox
    @JeffMartinEquinox ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm so glad you got on the Police. Can't wait for you to do more + Sting (solo)

  • @sraimons
    @sraimons ปีที่แล้ว

    The rap ballad "I'll Be Missing You" is a tribute to rapper Notorious B.I.G, who was killed in a shooting in Los Angeles that same year, and uses the melody of the song Every Breath You Take, by the group as a base. The Police. An unforgettable hit that made P. Diddy the American hip-hop mogul in the late 90s
    In 1997, they sang it for the first time at the MTV concert. Like what puff. Daddy still did not have the legal rights to be able to cover the song, for the concert Sting himself, from The Police, had to sing at the concert along with Puff Daddy & Faith Evans, who are the authors of the RAP

    • @lorddaver5729
      @lorddaver5729 ปีที่แล้ว

      What do you mean, uses the melody of Every Breath as a base? It's called stealing...

  • @AgentZ1OO1
    @AgentZ1OO1 ปีที่แล้ว

    'Walking on the moon' is another great song with an exceptional famous drum playing!

  • @tommylee5121
    @tommylee5121 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hi Britt love your reaction you have a wonderful channel plz keep up the wonderful work you are doing ❤❤

  • @thedeceiver5545
    @thedeceiver5545 ปีที่แล้ว

    The singer and writer Sting makes 3 million dollars a year just from the Diddy track, which wasn't properly
    cleared when the song was released. When they came to the table for a settlement, Sting said
    that's easy, I want 100% of writing in perpetuity . And he got it.

  • @danieljohnston1798
    @danieljohnston1798 ปีที่แล้ว

    Founding member, drummer Stewart Coplands dad was also in the CiA,. As well as the fight between punks and cops thing.

  • @omvan996
    @omvan996 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    ❤❤.. i listen this song when on the way riding my bike😁

  • @FredtheFrisian
    @FredtheFrisian ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Yeah, I think there were definitely a lot of people that didn't listen to the lyrics when this song was a hit and thought of this as a love song, but it's far from it, it's about a very possessive character; it's disturbing. In fact Sting made a song later which expressed the opposite "if you love someone, set them free".
    All the best from the Netherlands!

  • @haydenwittig8877
    @haydenwittig8877 ปีที่แล้ว

    Imagine a song like this in 2023 NO this quality is long gone the 80s was the greatest for music LIVE AID 1985 never leaves our minds.

  • @sentokigames151
    @sentokigames151 ปีที่แล้ว

    First time I heard this song was during a Stephen King Movie called Cat's eyes. About James Wood smoking.

  • @marshabailey1121
    @marshabailey1121 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Those were covers. This is the original. It is definitely giving stalker. These guys were all brilliant musicians; they just really didn't like each other.

  • @wgdavis5353
    @wgdavis5353 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hi Ms. Britt, I think that every day, every hour during the Summer of 1983 this song was on the Radio.. ♠W.G.

  • @thedeceiver5545
    @thedeceiver5545 ปีที่แล้ว

    The drummer Stuart Copeland grew up in Beruit as the son of a US government operative. His brother
    Miles was their manager. With their father's government/ military/covert career, they made fun
    of that life with the names they chose. Miles record label was called IRS. His booking agency
    was called FBI. The management company was CIA. So band name....Army? MP's? POLICE!
    They wanted to jump on the "punk' bandwagon in England in1976 so "Police" worked for that.

  • @Bekka_Noyb
    @Bekka_Noyb ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You should check out these Police songs: Synchronicity 2, Spirits in the Material World & Everything She Does Is Magic

  • @shortaybrown
    @shortaybrown ปีที่แล้ว

    Geddy Lee of Rush plays the bass and sings.
    Paul McCartney.
    The singer from The Outfield.
    Lots of them

  • @boricuaprepper4949
    @boricuaprepper4949 ปีที่แล้ว

    This could be the number one song of this decade

  • @badvlad9861
    @badvlad9861 ปีที่แล้ว

    Mr Mister bass player is also the lead singer ! Watch "Broken Wings" and you'll see exactly that !

  • @throwabrick
    @throwabrick ปีที่แล้ว

    I am not sure where the name comes from, but they started as Stewart Copeland the drummer looking for talent for a punk band, he found Sting playing bass in a jazz band. They were both very technically gifted musicians, and they got a lot of grief for not being "Real Punks" because of their chops.
    Like The Clash, they combined Jamaican influences with their punk rock, so lots of ska and reggae sounding grooves. Stewart is a world-class drummer and his fills and poly-rhythms are brilliant while remaining groovy. The Police was one of the bands that really made me listen to the production when I was a kid, almost a Pink Floyd touch to the layering and space.
    Also, for reference: Rush and Motorhead both have bass players as lead singers. If you haven't reacted to Rush yet, Geddy Lee has a distinctive high voice. Check out Subdivisions, an 80s classic track that is very accessible.

    • @lorddaver5729
      @lorddaver5729 ปีที่แล้ว

      Can't help noticing you don't mention the third member of Police, guitarist Andy Summers. A bit insulting, wouldn't you agree? He is as good a guitarist as Stewart Copland is a drummer.

    • @throwabrick
      @throwabrick ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@lorddaver5729 I didn't mention Andy because they hadn't found him yet. The group started off as Stewart and Sting with another guitarist. Andy joined a few months later.
      So no, I would not agree it is insulting. I was talking about how The Police formed, and Andy had nothing to do with that.

  • @gamesman0118
    @gamesman0118 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    The stalker anthem.

    • @chicochi3
      @chicochi3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Or my dogs at lunch time. 😛

    • @Isleofskye
      @Isleofskye ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Stalking is overrated, It's not the game it was..

  • @James-ko3gw
    @James-ko3gw ปีที่แล้ว

    Sting, the lead singer was originally a school teacher.

  • @michellefranco5648
    @michellefranco5648 ปีที่แล้ว

    You mentioned not seeing a lead singer play bass before.
    The band Rush has a lead singer that plays bass, keyboards, synthesizer and percussion instruments.
    The musicians back then were real musicians and extremely talented.
    No auto tune , just great voices.

    • @PhilMasters
      @PhilMasters ปีที่แล้ว

      Well, if you want lead singers who played bass, you can't exactly ignore the Beatles.

  • @chicochi3
    @chicochi3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Tom Evans of Badfinger often played bass while singing lead.

  • @gregfagan199
    @gregfagan199 ปีที่แล้ว

    The band name was inspired by drummer Stewart Copeland's father being a CIA agent.

  • @matthewdooley7855
    @matthewdooley7855 ปีที่แล้ว

    Diddy recognizes a good beat when he hears one! The Police have a ton of sort of reggae inspired stuff. The were huge for a time, but they were all such major talents that they couldn't keep it together. "Roxxane" is an awesome, awesome song.

  • @donnaneville192
    @donnaneville192 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Check out Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic or Roxanne by the Police. Not sure how they came up with name of band, have heard different stories.

  • @rowanmayfair9249
    @rowanmayfair9249 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Ultimate stalker song!!!!

  • @DavidJones-jv9vs
    @DavidJones-jv9vs 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This is the original!

  • @artfisk3
    @artfisk3 ปีที่แล้ว

    this song is about vengence !

  • @muhest
    @muhest ปีที่แล้ว

    There are a vast amount of people who don’t know what this song is actually about.
    I told a female friend once … she adored this somg … and she frank out told me, that she didn’t believe me. It is a love song accorsing to her.

    • @lorddaver5729
      @lorddaver5729 ปีที่แล้ว

      She obviously didn't listen to the original lyrics by Sting.

  • @jonroux9291
    @jonroux9291 ปีที่แล้ว

    Lead singer bass players, two names come to mind. Geddy Lee of the band RUSH and Doug Pinnick of the band KINGS-X.

  • @JackSmith-hx8zh
    @JackSmith-hx8zh ปีที่แล้ว

    Paul McCartney of the Beatles was also a bassist, some 20 years before.

  • @wilkvanburen
    @wilkvanburen ปีที่แล้ว

    Do a deep dive into Sting, the lead singer, and you'll find he plays multiple instruments, from the stand up bass, some guitar and keyboards, even a Renaissance-era lute of all things. A VERY talented singer, songwriter and musician.