Sting - Russians - Live With The SF Symphony - February 15, 2024 (4K)
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- Sting plays his song "Russians" live in concert with the San Francisco Symphony before a sold-out crowd at Davies Symphony Hall on February 15, 2024. Russians appeared on Sting's debut solo album, The Dream Of The Blue Turtles (1985). Its melody is based on “Lieutenant Kije Suite” by Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev. This chamber version was arranged by American composer Rob Mathes, who also served as the concert's musical director and played piano and keyboards. Sting is a Grammy Award winning British singer-songwriter from Newcastle, England who was a founding member of the band The Police. This was one of only a handful of shows Sting is playing with symphony orchestras, including an upcoming show with the Philadelphia Orchestra on March 8 and 9.
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Russians lyrics:
In Europe and America
There’s a growing feeling of hysteria
Conditioned to respond to all the threats
In the rhetorical speeches of the Soviets
Mr. Khrushchev said we will bury you
I don’t subscribe to this point of view
It would be such an ignorant thing to do
If the Russians love their children too
How can I save my little boy
From Oppenheimer's deadly toy?
There is no monopoly of common sense
On either side of the political fence
We share the same biology
Regardless of ideology
Believe me when I say to you
I hope the Russians love their children too
There is no historical precedent
To put the words in the mouth of the president
There’s no such thing as a winnable war
It’s a lie we don’t believe anymore
Mr. Reagan says we will protect you
I don’t subscribe to this point of view
Believe me when I say to you
I hope the Russians love their children too
We share the same biology
Regardless of ideology
What might save us me and you
Is that the Russians love their children too
Written by Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner a/k/a Sting
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Sting official bio:
Composer, singer-songwriter, actor, author, and activist Sting was born in Newcastle, England, before moving to London in 1977 to form the Police with Stewart Copeland and Andy Summers. The band released five studio albums, earned six Grammy Awards and two BRIT Awards, and was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2003.
One of the world’s most distinctive solo artists, Sting, managed by Martin Kierszenbaum/Cherrytree Music Company, has received an additional 11 Grammy Awards, two BRIT Awards, a Golden Globe, an Emmy, four Oscar nominations, a Tony nomination, Billboard Magazine’s Century Award, and MusiCares 2004 Person of the Year. In 2003 he was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) by Queen Elizabeth II for his contributions to music. Also a member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame, he has received the Kennedy Center Honors, American Music Award of Merit, and Polar Music Prize. Sting has been awarded honorary doctorates of music by the University of Northumbria, Berklee College of Music, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, and Brown University at its 250th commencement ceremony. Throughout his illustrious career, Sting has sold 100 million albums from his combined work with the Police and as a solo artist.
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Edwin Outwater official bio:
Edwin Outwater regularly works with the world’s top orchestras, institutions, and artists to reinvent the concert experience. His ability to cross genres has led to collaborations with Metallica, Wynton Marsalis, Renée Fleming, and Yo-Yo Ma. He is music director of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and music director laureate of the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony.
Recent appearances include performances with New York Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, Chicago Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, San Diego Symphony, Seattle Symphony, and the New World Symphony, as well as the Royal Philharmonic in a multi-concert series opening the Steinmetz Hall in Florida. He also served as a producer and musical advisor for the National Symphony Orchestra’s 50th Anniversary Concert at the Kennedy Center. In December 2022, he premiered A Christmas Gaiety at the Royal Albert Hall with Peaches Christ and BBC Concert Orchestra.
Mr. Outwater holds a long association with San Francisco Symphony since making his debut in November 2001. In the 2022-23 season, he led the first Symphony performances of Gabriel Kahane’s emergency shelter intake form in collaboration with the composer and a program with Seth MacFarlane. He was formerly San Francisco Symphony Resident Conductor, Director of Summer Concerts, and Music Director of San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra.
Thanks for watching my video. I gathered all the songs I shot at this concert in a TH-cam playlist: th-cam.com/play/PLwdc0qZNx0tYytPMu-Q_-zrxZ9v7kpD8g.html. The songs are The Last Ship, Shape Of My Heart, Russians, King Of Pain (The Police), Every Breath You Take (The Police), Desert Rose, and Fragile. Enjoy!
God bless Sting! And thanks for making it available to watch 🙏🙏
Almost 40 years later...and this song is still valid 🥺
Yes, mostly than ever …
@@solvesonntag5864 It was more relevant in the 80s, where we know very little of the situation in Soviet Union. Today we do have much more knowledge about how the ordinary russian live.
@LHCper all anyone had to do is look over the Berlin Wall into East Berlin and behold how ridiculous socialism was then and remains today "look at the east German border guards shooting proles in the back trying to flee lol look at future German chancellor hobnobbibg with egon krenz, the man who ordered the shootings lol"
The struggle from single cell organisms in the primordial swamp to sentient beings is a long one. And we still have a ways to go.
@@LHCper as the former citizen of the Soviet Union, Russia never changes...
Wonderful song. Thx Sting
And thank you to Sergei Prokofiev for "lending" Sting the melodic theme of the song.
Ditto. Saw the version where Sting -
sang "Russians" - in Russia - to the Russians ... STUNNING & the orchestral accompaniment of this Russian composer was just breathtaking.
It FELT Russian in so many ways.
SO SAD THAT A SONG LIKE THIS
HAS TO EXIST ~
WHERE IS OUR COMMON HUMANITY ?
My Heart Weeps
Thank you Tim, for making it possible to experience the performance of this great and true artist, with the San Francisco Symphony, at least this way!
No more war!
Peaceful in the world is the most important thing I feel.
So,I love this song.
Great song
Stunning! Thank you for sharing this amazing masterpiece with us.
Merci pour cette interprétation....! ❤
Gracias STING, desde Argentina ciudad de La Plata ❤😊
Thanks for uploading!!
No more war!
Peace in the world is the most important thing ❤❤❤
the power of Sting, still shaking the world
STING SO AWESOME ATE - LIVE WITH THE SF SYMPHONY !!!!
Love this
MERCI!!!
Very good song about russian people,s daily life!!! In 40 years nothing has changed!!😢
Hermoso y sublime SER❤!!!
More relevant than ever before.
It is relevant, but it was more relevant in the 80s, where we knew very little of the situation in Soviet Union. Today we do have much more knowledge about how the ordinary russians live.
A voz do Sting continua perfeita 👏👏👏👏👏👏 ... Com mesma potência e timbre vocal . Não tem nada a ver com idade , ele apenas soube cuidar da própria voz .
👏👏👏👏👏👏🤩🇦🇷 genial, grande, vos maravillosa ❤ desde Argentina 2 . 2024
Hope and wisdom
He who sings effortlessly
Dat cadence dough
It's like double diped Krispy Kreme glazerrrrrs
Thanks to you from the Russian for posting this video, to Sting for his clear mind and warm heart, and to the wonderful orchestra that performed this score based on the music of my favorite composer Sergei Prokofiev.
Поняла всё
Спасибо!
we share the same biology.....there`s no such thing as a winnable war..... what a genious lyrics..... this is a masterpiece and unfortunately still true after decades...... and you can be sure this will be the end: AI won`t love our children.....
Спаси Бог! Великий музыкант- Стинг!!!
It was a time when the Cold War between the United States and Russia was clearly felt in the everyday life of Japan. It was around that time that Sting created the Russians. It was in 1985. The Cold War had been going on for a long time before that, but he probably wrote the song as a culmination of it all.
❤❤❤
Wao!!!
Thank you Sting for speaking about Ukraine and keeping us in mind! 🙌
❤
Sting is very well spoken! As a Russian this song always gives me a reality check especially nowadays. History repeats itself yet again and now Mr Putin is saying he'll bury us... Cheers from US!
US itself is actually responsible for the resentment of US by Russia. There was a very good talk at Yale about how US created Putin.
Putin is a GREAT leader &thanks God he didi not put a bomb after so much provocations from the western world &NATO killer against him ! go READ mr Sting!Obama &vice president Biden 2014 made regime -change in Ukraine in order to put another american puppet in power !Do not forget Germany France US they signed with Putin the *Minsk accord *!The sole existence of NATO is an affrontment,iagainst Russia & should had been eliminated long ago !NATO should not have advanced half meter towards Russia´s land !NATO not only advanced troops east ,but killed people from Russia!Zelensky is a Soros fabrication a stupid cia show-buzz guy to distract the masses with very little intelligence like yours !ps bythe way Biden had affairs with gaz in Ukraine!
Suck it tankie stooge simping for Putin, nobody forced ruzzia to invade Ukraine. You WILL lose just like Afghanistan except 20X the impact. @@Odyssey-y3s
When I was a very young man and this song first came out, my Dad's eyes were glassed over as he spoke to me about it and the state of the world at that time. I hope the Israelis love their children too.
💕Thank you maestro! 🇷🇺
Brilliant song........Talent such as this comes directly from God period...
Пусть ЛЮБОВЬ и МИР прийдет в каждую семью! ОСТАНОВИТЕ войны! Замечательный музыкант и певец!
Все в руках русских. Они выбрали своего царя и видимо им так нравится.
A VERY Wise Man once said :
💔"War Is A TOTALLY INEFFECTIVE
Way to Achieving Peace" 💔
~ Jack Schropp ~
Info:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russians_(song)
th-cam.com/video/n1scluzlPz0/w-d-xo.html
Спасибо дорогой Стинг что написал песню в защиту оболганных русских. Мы добрые и хорошие❤
Мы агрессоры и убийца своих собственных детей, которых за деньги посылаем убивать украинцев. Никогда нам от этого не отмыться.
Русские очень любят детей .. не желают никому зла .. простой русский народ , пожалуйста, не путайте нас с кучей властных злодеев
Sane and reasonable people don't make that mistake, and they matter the most.
I don't judge Russians, the Russian folk based upon their recent government or their history,
I form my opinion by meeting Russian people in person, I try to understand the Russian spirit by talking to the ordinary every day people, or reading Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky, Solzhenitsyn, Puskin, Bulgakov, and all the classics, Russian literature is beyond brilliant, listening to Russian composers opens a door in your soul.
You just can't despise a whole nation who contributed so much to the world's heritage, just because the narrative says they are are for to blame.
Find the wood beam in your own eyes before you judge another for a toothpick.
God is great.
Just to answer the poetic question of the song:
Russians looove their children, they are far more traditional then Westerners bytheway
Peace Brother
Greetings from Hungary
When do you make I hope USA love his children too
USA is not invading currently their neigbour. Russia already did that twice in the past and are doing it now.
@@jancembala4428Korea, Vientam, Iraq, Syria, Lybia... Jugoslavia! It's incomplete list of US invasions. By the way who nuked Japan? 😂
@@jancembala4428 Yes, yes. US never attacked other countries.😂 Vientam, Afganistan, Iraq, Lybia, Syria.. LoL
NO; NEED TOO‼️‼️‼️‼️🇺🇸DOES ‼️‼️‼️‼️
WHERE WERE YOU LOVED?
The irony that when they song is most relevant to the world he takes it off the set-list. - He never did so in the case of They Dance Alone in the context of Pinochet
That did not sound like the Prokofiev music used in the original recording.
Well, Prokofiev used a lot of horns and bassoons but this orchestra doesn't sound like they have many if any. It's mostly strings, violin, chello and probably some clarinet
Поручик Киже!
I want my ticket back and today thé Price increase so give it back to me asap
Shut up
It is ГЕНИЙ by ПРОКОФЬЕВ!!! Гениальный РУССКИЙ композитор!
Who is sending their children in meatgrinder is ambiguous from my POV. Mister V.Z. or mr. Putin as Sting says at 1:16. Both I would say and all is blessed by mr. Biden.
They dance alone - jugendwerk - zu zeiten pinochet - fehlt
I can litterally feel the disappointment in his voice. His belief in humanity has been taken by Vladimir Putin himself.
Y'all I'm 58, and that was a scary time for the world.
日本語で失礼だけど、この曲は冷戦時代の米ソ関係を歌ってるけど、ウクライナにやってるプーチンの愚行にも通じると思う。
.. А так же к глупым действиям Американцев там же.
Вы же в курсе, да, что музыку эту он украл у Прокофьева? Но песня хорошая, да.
Stole is too strong a word. He's referencing it. Its quite intentional, and your supposed to notice it.
It has a russian flavour
Стинг я пою чуть лучше тебя твои песни 😂
The world needs to turn back to God. That is the only way to prevent WWIII
He IS not true for me and he IS just Fake because hé didn t Care for me and when i was in England i was rappel and i slept outside because they block me and now they have stolen my Books and my ticket what a shame? Who could have thougt hé was part of this horrible trafic?
You need a psychiatrist
Such a great song … ruined a little by his comment about Putin not loving his children.
How much experience does Sting have in international relations ? Does he know how hard Russians have had to work to tolerate British prejudice ?
Why is it ok for Kennedy to draw the line at Soviet missiles on his doorstep but when Putin refuses to allow American missiles on his doorstep it’s something to do with not loving his children 🙈
Oh Sting .. my ex-hero-turned-Anglo-Saxon-bigot … why not just let your music speak to all of humanity ? (Given that Anglo-Saxons with their Russophobia’s are only 7% of the world’s population …)
The FSB needs to hire better shills, because your propagandist comment is a real jumbled mess. As Sting explains, the point of this song was for him to describe that moment where he rejected the propaganda he was being fed about how evil the Soviets were. So that's the opposite of what you're saying here.
As for Sting's comments about Putin sending Russian kids through a meat grinder, this is objectively true. That's his military strategy. He is trying to overwhelm Ukraine's defenses by thrusting as many poorly trained kids as he can at the Ukrainian defenders. We know this is true from the accounts of these young soldiers firsthand after they are captured, through intercepted cell phone calls they make back home, from complaints from the Russian families of these kids after they are gone, and from accounts by Russian military bloggers.
Finally, your comparison of the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962 to Putin's invasion of Ukraine in 2022 is utterly bizarre and inapt. Ukraine was not hosting missiles. There was no justification for the mass murder, rape, and kidnapping of many thousands of Ukrainian men, women, and children. And by the way, if Putin really was nervous about NATO getting too close for comfort, his invasion totally backfired, because it led to Sweden and Finland joining the group. So that makes him a fool as well as a mass murderer.
I like the russians and i am not sure that the english population could well éducateur their children too,especially when you smoke and have many love affaires, so bye bye and don t ever forget me
BEI ALL RESPECT,YOU SCHOULD STOP ,END ENJOY RETIREMENT.