Growing up in the 80s, I thought the Police were just a pop band and did not care for their music that was on the radio (mostly from Synchronicity). I just discovered this album 2 weeks ago and I can't stop listening to it. They were definitely ahead of their time and their sound is heard in so many bands. The Police are one of the great pioneers of rock 'n' roll. This live performance is phenomenal.
same here, and judging by your screen name I'm betting for the same reasons as me....I was all AC/DC back then. I remember seeing the Police and Stevie Ray Vaughan on MTV in those days and I hated them. Now SRV is a religious experience in a way for me.
+JustToBe Blunt Have to disagree with this one, if you watch the version from 2008 they've taken it down several keys due to Sting not being able to sing as high as the original
+Casey Tappy I think he got a little better after this, with some voice lessons. He had a great voice in the late 80s, early 90s. Then it started to fade. I always thought most of his very early stuff was a bit off key -- except this night. Other life peformances, he's too sharp.
his middle high notes definitely got better over the year's.....when he first made "every little thing she doe is magic" it was bit much for him sometimes.....but now he sings is like its nothing......his technique has gotten better for endurance. his voice is darker and more rounded now. sure, its fair to say he might have lost some agility on the crazy high notes with his new technique. but he'll still throw in some crazy notes.....he often throw's in High C#'s on live renditions of message in a bottle. stings new technique has given him much more secure big notes which is why I think he changed it up a little.
TheZooropaBaby haha I use to say that nobody can be as crazy and weird as Tom Morello with a guitar on his hands...but, man, every time I watch The Police live I think that maybe I'm wrong! haha Andy it's really weird, but absolutely awesome!
Alberto Argentiero Reeves Gabrels is another who gets some very weird sounds out of his guitar, especially as he often uses little or no effects. All down to his unique tech!
I didn't really get The Police for a long time. I thought they were just a band my parents liked, and when I was a teenager, Sting seemed like a total nutjob to me. But this song is one of my all time favourite songs, I think it transcends so many genres, and I'd say it was singularly responsible for opening me up to new genres. I still get chills when I hear it, and I'd never seen this live version before. I got a whole new kinda chill again. I absolutely love it.
My favourite Police song. I’ve trawled TH-cam - this is is. The rawest version by the Police. I love Bruno Mars, he’s one of the greatest male artists on the planet - he makes these vocals seem effortless. But this is the guys who wrote the song smashing it for their crowd at a Polytechnic.
2:22 until the end. Incredible, beautiful and just insane! My favourite live performance of So Lonely from them! Hammersmith 1982 is also really good too! And the Beat Club appearance is 78 or 79?? Three top 😂🤣😊 I was born in 1995 so just over obsessed wish I had the chance to see the early days Police 😭😭😭
I was born in 1996 and feel the same way as you. When i first started listening to them i did not expect their music would shape me so much. I also play music and everything changed after jumping on this wonderful bandwagon. Cheers!
Andy Summers - enough said. Outstanding musician. I was around when The Police arrived ... But I didn't see the quality until "The Beds to Big Without You". These 3 are magnificent individually and collectively.
Well, someone told me yesterday That when you throw your love away You act as if you just don't care You look as if you're going somewhere But I just can't convince myself I couldn't live with no one else And I can only play that part And sit and nurse my broken heart So lonely So lonely So lonely No, no one's knocked upon my door For a thousand years or more All made up and nowhere to go Welcome to this one man show Just take a seat they're always free No surprise, no mystery In this theatre that I call my soul I always play the starring role So lonely I feel so lonely So lonely So lonely I feel so lonely So lonely
Such a good band. Who wants to see the Police record a new album ? One of the very few bands that ended things at the height of their fame when there last album was great and they were still on top. I think it is time for the Police to record a new album. it's been a long enough break from them hating on each other. who wants to see them record a new album ?
its incredible when a band is even better live, the high notes for instance, and the guitar solo are next level 3000. and the breakdown, nothing like that on the lp
¿Would those students in that Polytechnic be aware they were in presence of one of the best bands ever? Damn, I envy them. Stewart Copeland is the one who wakes up everyone with his drumms, if you remove him is just soft, jazzy Sting music. Copeland is The Police sound.
I would also say with 100 percent confidence that Andy Summers is one of the most if not the most underrated and under appreciated guitarists in the history of music, especially in his mastery of creative genre bending, sting is no slouch, especially at this point in their career, his bass lines are pretty simple but especially in this live version his vox are incredible.
+The Stuport LOL I'm A little late in my response but I'm glad I'm not the only one whose noticed them !! yes Copeland was notably eccentric in addition to being possibly one of the best drummers of that era!! we desperately need music like this !!
Thanks for posting. I’m pretty certain this is from the BBC’s ‘Rock goes to College’ show. Which was just brilliant. I am also pretty certain that there have been a few folk who have “borrowed“ a few of the old, big old, VT tapes and have transferred them. Not suggesting you are that person, but if you are, thank you. And the BBC at the moment doesn’t seem too bothered to do a copyright strike. Which is lucky for us boomers who can look back at some incredible moments in music history.
@@JamesCarmichaelNot really, making music with others involved a lot friction if you have all creatives individuals in just one band. Their egos and way to see things are gonna clash somehow. Making music isn't like going to a factory where you just do your part to make a product and then you get paid at end of the week/month.
You are correct Mr. President. I wonder if Dr. Strangelove couldn't alter their personalities to be more affectionate with some efficacious pharmaceuticals developed during The War?
Now no one's knocked upon my door For a thousand years or more All made up and nowhere to go Welcome to this one man show Just take a seat they're always free No surprise, no mystery In this theater that I call my soul I always play the starring role
They have not made bands LIKE THESE since the 1990s! Signing off, a guy who just turned 49 years old who got into The Police by hearing 'Spirits In The Material World" in 1982 (I was 8 years old then with a September birthday)
When I first heard of them Sting was 28 and me and my friends were like " What is ancient 28 year old doing with the best band in the world! LOL Kids can be very clueless!
I was a 11 yr old watching this from outside standing on a beer crate peaking through a crack in the curtain! And fast forward 33 yrs i get to play at Stings house for a Xmas party with The Good The Bad and The Ginger! Funny how life pans out!
Love this raw Police sound!!!! Brilliant 👍👌 I have a cd somewhere of the police same year and tour but Sting had laryngitis and sounded a little rough!😂
This band has been mainstreamed so much, it's easy to get jaded and forget just how great they were. If you could take a teenager today back in time to this show, they'd pull their droopy pants up right quick --- after they peed them, of course.
Summers and Copeland really are the most underrated stars of their respective instruments. When people think best guitarists ever, its Hendrix, Slash, Santana, Vai, Van Halen, May etc… Summers should be up there with the lot of them.
![[HD] The Police - Roxanne (HP 1979)](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/TaZtBTiYEec/mqdefault.jpg)
3 of the best ever guitar, bass, and drums players ever.
Period.
as a rush fan i would agree but rush better
Jimi Hendrix Experience best 3 man band.
ZZ Top, The Police, & Rush up there
@@benjaminpower9638 push on drums, bass, and vocals. Alex gets the win on guitar.
Best time too
Yeah no lol
Growing up in the 80s, I thought the Police were just a pop band and did not care for their music that was on the radio (mostly from Synchronicity). I just discovered this album 2 weeks ago and I can't stop listening to it. They were definitely ahead of their time and their sound is heard in so many bands. The Police are one of the great pioneers of rock 'n' roll. This live performance is phenomenal.
Yeah I only listened to them when I had a hangover as it was calming but not too stimulating
Holy shit-you have been missing out!
Get their boxed set. Worth the investment. Full albums plus rare tracks.
They were amazing.
outlandos d'amour.....non stop hits ..... quality
same here, and judging by your screen name I'm betting for the same reasons as me....I was all AC/DC back then. I remember seeing the Police and Stevie Ray Vaughan on MTV in those days and I hated them. Now SRV is a religious experience in a way for me.
They owned music then.
Damn, that solo Tele tone is unreal. Great sound!
Too bad he butchered the solo this night ... What on earth happened? 2:16
@@house9850 its great wym, the real issues are with the delay pedal earlier in the song.
Best police song I never get tired of it
such a POWERFUL sound for only a 3 piece!
Never tired of this song
Sting still had his great, high pitched voice here .
+JustToBe Blunt Have to disagree with this one, if you watch the version from 2008 they've taken it down several keys due to Sting not being able to sing as high as the original
+Casey Tappy I think he got a little better after this, with some voice lessons. He had a great voice in the late 80s, early 90s. Then it started to fade.
I always thought most of his very early stuff was a bit off key -- except this night. Other life peformances, he's too sharp.
his middle high notes definitely got better over the year's.....when he first made "every little thing she doe is magic" it was bit much for him sometimes.....but now he sings is like its nothing......his technique has gotten better for endurance. his voice is darker and more rounded now. sure, its fair to say he might have lost some agility on the crazy high notes with his new technique. but he'll still throw in some crazy notes.....he often throw's in High C#'s on live renditions of message in a bottle. stings new technique has given him much more secure big notes which is why I think he changed it up a little.
Yeah they play it in G now instead of C. Quite a difference.
it’s fucking beautiful
"welcome to this three man show"
Best early Police concert footage I've come across.
This song at this time is their masterpiece
I love how at 1:15 when Andy Summers makes a weird sound with his guitar Sting shoots him a look like "Ew, did you mean to do that?" lol
If Andy were Tom Morello, probably meant to make that sound.
TheZooropaBaby haha I use to say that nobody can be as crazy and weird as Tom Morello with a guitar on his hands...but, man, every time I watch The Police live I think that maybe I'm wrong! haha Andy it's really weird, but absolutely awesome!
Alberto Argentiero Reeves Gabrels is another who gets some very weird sounds out of his guitar, especially as he often uses little or no effects. All down to his unique tech!
TheZooropaBaby
He did, and does it in every version of this song, including the studio version.
Hahahahahahhahahahahaa 😂😂😂😂 the face of sting 😂😂😂
J'avais 17 ans en 1979. Quand je vois cette vidéo j'ai envie de pleurer, jeunesse disparue...j'ai passé des heures à les écouter, souvenirs...
I didn't really get The Police for a long time. I thought they were just a band my parents liked, and when I was a teenager, Sting seemed like a total nutjob to me.
But this song is one of my all time favourite songs, I think it transcends so many genres, and I'd say it was singularly responsible for opening me up to new genres. I still get chills when I hear it, and I'd never seen this live version before. I got a whole new kinda chill again. I absolutely love it.
Stewart is the real nut job , he is more crazier and way more funnier
My favourite Police song. I’ve trawled TH-cam - this is is. The rawest version by the Police. I love Bruno Mars, he’s one of the greatest male artists on the planet - he makes these vocals seem effortless. But this is the guys who wrote the song smashing it for their crowd at a Polytechnic.
Bruno mars? 😂
Best 3 man band ever with a unique sound that you never get tired of listening to.
2:22 until the end. Incredible, beautiful and just insane! My favourite live performance of So Lonely from them! Hammersmith 1982 is also really good too! And the Beat Club appearance is 78 or 79?? Three top 😂🤣😊 I was born in 1995 so just over obsessed wish I had the chance to see the early days Police 😭😭😭
I was born in 1996 and feel the same way as you. When i first started listening to them i did not expect their music would shape me so much. I also play music and everything changed after jumping on this wonderful bandwagon. Cheers!
@@MrAero164 so you’re like almost 30 now🤔
@@MrAero164 ckajo3
just 3 incredible musicians, no need more than that
Man this band is just one of the best
It's easy to forget just how good these guys are.
Not too easy.......
This band stands the test of time! Still one of the all the all time best!
Andy Summers - enough said. Outstanding musician. I was around when The Police arrived ... But I didn't see the quality until "The Beds to Big Without You". These 3 are magnificent individually and collectively.
One of my favorite of The Police.
Well, someone told me yesterday
That when you throw your love away
You act as if you just don't care
You look as if you're going somewhere
But I just can't convince myself
I couldn't live with no one else
And I can only play that part
And sit and nurse my broken heart
So lonely
So lonely
So lonely
No, no one's knocked upon my door
For a thousand years or more
All made up and nowhere to go
Welcome to this one man show
Just take a seat they're always free
No surprise, no mystery
In this theatre that I call my soul
I always play the starring role
So lonely
I feel so lonely
So lonely
So lonely
I feel so lonely
So lonely
Such a good band. Who wants to see the Police record a new album ? One of the very few bands that ended things at the height of their fame when there last album was great and they were still on top. I think it is time for the Police to record a new album. it's been a long enough break from them hating on each other. who wants to see them record a new album ?
its incredible when a band is even better live, the high notes for instance, and the guitar solo are next level 3000. and the breakdown, nothing like that on the lp
¿Would those students in that Polytechnic be aware they were in presence of one of the best bands ever? Damn, I envy them.
Stewart Copeland is the one who wakes up everyone with his drumms, if you remove him is just soft, jazzy Sting music. Copeland is The Police sound.
I would also say with 100 percent confidence that Andy Summers is one of the most if not the most underrated and under appreciated guitarists in the history of music, especially in his mastery of creative genre bending, sting is no slouch, especially at this point in their career, his bass lines are pretty simple but especially in this live version his vox are incredible.
I was only 10 years old then....still LOVE this song!
Me too! :-)
Iam Just 1 year ahead
Great concert of the young and fresh Police.
Have no words to explain how amazing they are
Sting always wears that jumpsuit in their early performances. Has anyone noticed that?
Ya all he needs is a Michael Myers mask
This is one of my favorite tracks of all time.
You know, looking back, you are absolutely correct. I never realized how well he played behind the beat, and his fills are amazing.
......I feel so lonely.....this Is a wonderfull Song!! 👍
No words. Pure genius, these boys.
IT'S JUST RIDICULOUS HOW HIGH HIS VOICE
STING
stewart has allways been the nucleus, rock on bro best drummer I know
I remember seeing this concert on some cable channel as a kid, that was the mid 90’s, but every time I return to this set it’s amazing
one of the best bands ever!
I like the sound of passing traffic at 1:13
LOL...love the Tube socks on Stewart C.....vintage!!
He always used to wear them & shorts!
+The Stuport LOL I'm A little late in my response but I'm glad I'm not the only one whose noticed them !! yes Copeland was notably eccentric in addition to being possibly one of the best drummers of that era!! we desperately need music like this !!
@Allen Albright just wear it... fuck everyone else
Hatfield Polytechnic! I took my engineering exams in that hall in the 1990s!
Also went to many great gigs there!
Holy smoke, what a high.
Thanks for posting.
I’m pretty certain this is from the BBC’s ‘Rock goes to College’ show. Which was just brilliant. I am also pretty certain that there have been a few folk who have “borrowed“ a few of the old, big old, VT tapes and have transferred them.
Not suggesting you are that person, but if you are, thank you.
And the BBC at the moment doesn’t seem too bothered to do a copyright strike. Which is lucky for us boomers who can look back at some incredible moments in music history.
Brilliant guitar solo. Summers was a master.
Are you smoking crack?
@@bibtebo
Are you a little slow?
Grande The Police en sus comienzos, 1979 gran año.........
copeland is a beast
that broken angular solo is just the best stuff one can hear
The original version on the record gives me goosebumps but every live performance I've seen of that solo.has been utter pants.
Always loved how high Sting's vocal register is x
Such a shame they couldn't stand each other
Well I'm sure they loved each other when they got paid.
@@JamesCarmichael You don't know how music works, do you?
@@richsackett3423 Very much so.
@@JamesCarmichaelNot really, making music with others involved a lot friction if you have all creatives individuals in just one band. Their egos and way to see things are gonna clash somehow. Making music isn't like going to a factory where you just do your part to make a product and then you get paid at end of the week/month.
You are correct Mr. President. I wonder if Dr. Strangelove couldn't alter their personalities to be more affectionate with some efficacious pharmaceuticals developed during The War?
Ooh Andy's tele sound so Juicy !!
Great version probably like 78-82 were their best years
Copeland's the freaking best, man!
I saw tis concert!! The opening band was Sector 27!
Essa é a melhor da história !!!
Tmj
Remember them pulling up to a gig in a dive club in Hartford Conn. in 77' or so in an old chevy station wagon.
Now no one's knocked upon my door
For a thousand years or more
All made up and nowhere to go
Welcome to this one man show
Just take a seat they're always free
No surprise, no mystery
In this theater that I call my soul
I always play the starring role
best band in the '80's
And 70s
They have not made bands LIKE THESE since the 1990s! Signing off, a guy who just turned 49 years old who got into The Police by hearing 'Spirits In The Material World" in 1982 (I was 8 years old then with a September birthday)
so young!
Ich war damals 15. Weiß nicht mehr, wann ich das zum ersten Mal gehört habe. Aber es war eine musikalische Supernova!
I BROKE THE REPLAY BUTTON !
THERE SOMEONE ... TOLD ME YESTERDAY ! 😀💕💕💓💓💓💓💓
What an amazing band!
Total Live...The 3 genius of The Power Group ! All this music with only 3 boys...The Police revolution unstopable...
When I first heard of them Sting was 28 and me and my friends were like " What is ancient 28 year old doing with the best band in the world! LOL Kids can be very clueless!
Que hermosa versión, yo fanático, nunca la pudieron igualar
Take me back...
One of bands of end of 70's and 80's Who didn't don't using playback for Sing at live. Sting and the police is legend of New Wave.
Damn these guys are too talented, it’s frustrating
Brings back good memories ;-)
God these guys were So badass. How Stings career went middle of the road baffles me. They rocked harder than anyone at the time
❤I just loved The Police first time I ever heard, I ran out to buy the album.I still have just a great band
Einfach genial.
Tilmann Puschka English please
Sorry- simply brilliant!
Love the 80s n police n rest of the 80s bands
debi haber nacido en esos tiempos 🥺
what a voice....................
I wish I had a voice of sting
th-cam.com/video/EmFi0l6Vauk/w-d-xo.html
It's not easy but it's achievable
Sting with that school janitor drip
Que sonido en vivo ...por dios !!!!!!!
Stuart Copeland, Drummer, Fashion Icon
Stings face at 1:14 “wtf was that homie…..😂😂😂😂”
I wonder, does Sting look back at his grey onesie and think, "Thank you, 1970's."
High performance, High quality
First band I ever liked, back in 1980 😻
One of my favorite songs and one of my favorite bands
I was a 11 yr old watching this from outside standing on a beer crate peaking through a crack in the curtain! And fast forward 33 yrs i get to play at Stings house for a Xmas party with The Good The Bad and The Ginger! Funny how life pans out!
What a singular voice!
Love this raw Police sound!!!! Brilliant 👍👌
I have a cd somewhere of the police same year and tour but Sting had laryngitis and sounded a little rough!😂
Weird to see Stewart's drum set without his Splash cymbals looks like he only has 2 crash
And no Octobans!
summers up there half shredding
amazing video. thanks for posting.
This band has been mainstreamed so much, it's easy to get jaded and forget just how great they were. If you could take a teenager today back in time to this show, they'd pull their droopy pants up right quick --- after they peed them, of course.
just 3 men with huge talents! superb!
This band is so unique 🎉
ah, to be young again.
A ogni live di ogni canzone che vedo dei police alla fine la cosa che mi viene da dire è.. WOOW
Thank you so much for uploading this!
You can see how much Andy knows what he's upto in the break. Top 5 guitarist on My list along with SRV, Knopfler, Page and Frusciante
O cmon dude not even top 1000 or u meant steward copeland top 20 not top five tho. Good tho.
No way knopler of cinderellla is in there. U need to hear witchfinder general. Stop listening cooperate raduio
brilliant
Songs about lonliness, frustration and heart ache. All to a nice upbeat rhythm.
Summers and Copeland really are the most underrated stars of their respective instruments. When people think best guitarists ever, its Hendrix, Slash, Santana, Vai, Van Halen, May etc… Summers should be up there with the lot of them.