Great to see Sting just open up and share how he works his magic. Many consider him to be arrogant, but in this interview he comes across as modest and open about his craft.
It isn't rare. He always gave them credit for their contributions. I've seen several interviews. At the end of the day, he wrote most of the song and all of the hit. That's not being mean. That's a fact.
@@guyinpajamapants6892 2 years later but seeing this comment is annoying. You don't know anything about him yet the best source material--Copeland and Summers--is right there and available. Copeland himself said Sting is the least arrogant person he knows. He's shy and self-deprecating, he's very serious about his music. That shyness comes off as arrogance but it's the opposite, he's just not that socially comfortable. But put an instrument in his hand and he lights up, as you saw in this video. Stop spreading the gossip lines man, it's lame. The truth is out there if you're not too lazy to pursue it.
Just listen at how good he plays, Listen at what cords he uses.Message in a bottle He writes in the back of the Bus. D-9th a minor , b , then F sharp this is so cool
I've always thought the idea that Sting is "an arrogant jerk" was way overblown. Can he be a bit cocky? Yep...but unlike many cocky people, he can actually back it up. Besides, I find overly humble people to often be _more_ annoying than supremely self confident people. I think a huge part of why some people are turned off by Sting...comes purely down to the fact he's an absurdly lucky guy. I mean, he's uber creative and talented _and_ incredibly wealthy and famous _and_ absurdly good looking. That's kinda the perfect recipe to have people react in a jealous manner. Personally I hugely look up to Sting as a person and especially as an artist. His intermittent cockiness I think was merely the result of him being _self aware_ of his own talent and good fortune. But hey...I tend to like highly creative _and_ self-aware people. They're more interesting than most people.
I'd have to strongly disagree. Invisible Sun, which is mentioned here is unquestionably a better song. Message In A Bottle is a very good song but I'd say The Police have over 15 songs I'd rank higher.
@Ralph Furley As people get older their voice gets lower, its a natural process. If you have a recording of yourself speaking from five or ten years ago, have a listen, you will be surprised.
This is probably one of Sting's best interviews...I really enjoyed seeing the starting point to all of those good hits he's come out with, and watching the creative process unfold! He comes off laid back, and down to earth, but passionate at the same time...I love it!
+Michelle Richardson Gotta love the passion. He loves the challenges of composing and I love that about him. It's nice to look at the old footage. It was interesting times during this interview. Sting was becoming more self contained and not willing to sacrifice his composition just for the sake of democracy. Can't blame him or the others for how they felt. Glad they lasted as long as they did.
I'm so glad that this interview and video exists. It's so frustrating to see people try to take credit away from Sting for his songwriting. It's more of a reflection on them. Listen to Jools questions. He wanted to know as well. He can't grasp that the guy with the model face is the main writer. I'm glad that he asked the right questions. Yes, Sting wrote most of the chords. Andy made them even more magical and added his harmonics. Sting gave Stewart and Andy credit for being great musicians. He also split royalties with them. That's not a bad guy. Enough with attacking this man. He wasn't the only one with a problem in that band. You need a song. Makes no sense to gamble against success when you have a genius in the group.
Well to be fair Sting did not found the group, its not his group. Split royalties? He's not doing the others a favour :-) It's a group of equals but Sting was best placed to write the songs. What's interesting is whether Stewart was aware Sting would turn out to be such a great songwriter when he contacted him in 1977?
This interview should make clear Sting was *not* a condescending egoist. Based on this interview (Jools Holland was the keyboard player in Squeeze) and the recent interview with Rick Beato, Sting just wants to have real discussions about music with musicians. He sometimes doesn't do so well with celebrity interviewers who are only attracted by his stardom.
He's shy and introvert at heart, that much I can tell. Perhaps he need a drink to loosen up? Because I remember an interview after a dinner (following the Polar prize ceremony) where he seemed a bit tipsy and more happy and at ease than usual.
I know Sting wrote the songs, but Andy and Stewart were able to create so much complexity within them that they are endlessly captivating. Such an amazing group of musicians, glad they were able to create together for as long as they did.
The Police are one of the most serendipitously blessed bands of all time. According to Andy’s autobiography, “One Train Later”, he met Stewart completely by chance and joined the band at his own insistence. It was, basically, “You need me in your band. So, I’m coming aboard whether you like it or not.” It’s impossible (for me, at least) to imagine that trademark, Police “sound” without Andy’s open harmonics and weirdly nuanced phrasing. Amazing stuff, really.
I reckon Sting was familiar with this piece as he liked his Jazz fusion. Based on shifting Minor 9 chords. th-cam.com/users/clipUgkxJTXGIxMVkeeRnmcd5xQeoBp8TUEBGebd
Sting here looks totally captivated by technology and how it could fix his ideas and hugely ease the creative process. Those 80's "boxes" may look ridiculous compared to the music gear a producer can get nowadays, but in the right hands they still allowed him to stick together great ideas and create world hits like Message in a Bottle.
I remember when I was a teenager even back in the early 90s, I would have killed to have a 4 track tape recorder. But they were so expensive. All these toys he has in front of him were rock star expensive in the day. Now we can lay down 40 tracks on our iPhone with no problem.
Sting: “I get home from the bus. I stick Dennis the drum box on - because Stewart‘s not always available.“ Jools: “Probably keeps better time.” I love Jools’ quick dry wit! 😂
Watching these interviews is such a mindfuck, because The Police had ridiculous chemistry. And yet Sting was at the helm for sure. I always wondered if Sting was really pushing his bandmates aside when taking credit for the vast majority of The Police's work. In a lot of interviews, and from Stewart and Andy themselves, Sting appeared to be a complete jerk and refused to work on songs (sometimes) written by Stewart or Andy. I think that may have been Sting's biggest mistake because the other two were super talented dudes whose songs (On Any Other Day, Omegaman, Miss Gradenko, Behind My Camel) were really impressive. At the same time, these kinds of interviews reveal that, yes, Sting was a songwriting genius and probably was the one "most responsible" for their success. Andy and Stewart brought the songs to life in a way that no other musicians could have. The Police are such a confusing and mysterious band to me and that's why I find them so goddamn interesting, haha.
Super talented players and accompanists, yes, but not pop songwriters. Especially compared to Sting. There was no reason to use the other songs cuz his were so much better so I don't see it as Sting being a jerk
I get your critique, but I've always thought the idea that Sting is "an arrogant jerk" was way overblown. Can he be a bit cocky? Yep...but unlike many cocky people, he can actually back it up. Besides, I find overly humble people to often be _more_ annoying than supremely self confident people. I think a huge part of why some people are turned off by Sting...comes purely down to the fact he's an absurdly lucky guy. I mean, he's uber creative and talented _and_ incredibly wealthy and famous _and_ absurdly good looking. That's kinda the perfect recipe to have people react in a jealous manner. Personally I hugely look up to Sting as a person and especially as an artist. His intermittent cockiness I think was merely the result of him being _self aware_ of his own talent and good fortune. But hey...I tend to like highly creative _and_ self-aware people. They're more interesting than most people.
Matt, unfortunately we were not able to hear much of the material written by Andy and Stewart, for that matter. You should check out Andy Summers' memoir "One Train Later". As an example, for the album "Ghost in the Machine", almost all of the songs in the middle were Sting's songs, despite material that was up for consideration from both Andy and Stewart. Andy managed to get "Omegaman" on the album and Miles Copeland wanted it to be the first hit single to be released but Sting adamantly refused. Sting also refused to sing on any of the other tracks presented when they were making the album. Critics considered many songs on Zenyatta and Ghost to be filler (much of that was written by Sting...I personally like a lot of those songs anyway, but it is still interesting to think about). I would have loved to have heard the other 'lost' songs from Andy and Stewart. I don't know if they ended up getting written. Point is, Sting is a super talented songwriter and people can make the argument that he is a better songwriter than Andy and Stewart, but, despite him being the main driver behind the songs of The Police, I think he got caught up in his own ego, ultimately leading to an implosion. Very interesting story.
he didn't get rich making music. he got rich refunding bottles. let's see: 100,000,000,000 of them washed up on the shore, he turned them in at 5 cents per bottle...that's 5 billion bucks! what a haul! screw writing music, i'm going into the recycling business ;p (btw, if there are roughly 7 billion people on the earth, where did those other billions of castaways come from? hmmmm...)
Nice interview. Sting is obviously on something...Could be just an adrenaline rush, but he definitely looks accelerated. It's great to hear about his creative process from the man himself.
No. Montserrat island, at George Martin's AIR studios, where every major rock star recorded in the 80s. The studio staff had a nickname for Sting (well a second one, that is) : they called him Stink, because he used to jog in the mornings a few miles, then went directly to record without having a shower.
Sting was pretty coked up in these days between Ghost and Synchronicity and Air Studios Montserrat had runners who would go out and find anything the band wanted.
To say the least. I wonder if Sting realizes how unbelievably _lucky_ he is. I mean...he's insanely creative and talented, _and_ absurdly wealthy, _and_ crazy famous, _and_ very intelligent(tested in the top 1% in his class), and if all that weren't enough...he's also annoyingly attractive, with seemingly no expiration date. And he can have 8 hour orgasms(more or less). I realize there's also struggle and pain and hard work...but shit, to say he lucked out in life would be an understatement.
Love interviews like this from the good old days, before PR took over the music industry and interviews became nothing much more than a load of platitudes.
Well, that blows the theory that Andy came up with the sus4 chords for this. I assumed that Sting had basic chords for it, but Andy had Jazzed them up.
sting wrote the outline for about 99 percent of the police songs. His background was jazz so he songs had a jazz sound to them. It was up to stewart and andy to "Police-ifize" the songs and arrangement. I think Andy did come up with every breath you take guitar. it was andy who broke up the chord sequence of the police songs.
Actually 70 or 75%, there are songs written and composed by Stewart Copeland (fall out, no time this time, the other way of stopping, darkness, miss Gradenko) and Andy Summers (behind my camel, omegaman, someone to talk to, mother) and other songs written and composed by 2 or 3 of them like deatwish, written and composed by Sting, Copeland and Summers or Murder by Numbers, lyrics by Sting and music by Andy Summers
That's odd. This was the time in his life when he was most full of himself and stressing out everyone around him. If anything he's chilled way out as he's gotten older.
Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner (Wallsend, Tyneside del Norte; 2 de octubre de 1951), conocido artísticamente como Sting, es un músico británico que se desempeñó inicialmente como bajista, y más tarde como cantante y voz líder, bajista y compositor del grupo musical The Police, formando luego su propia banda.
Another great one to compare with the Rick Beato interviews of the three guys. I love to see the songwriting process at work in these original clips.👍👍👍
The thanks really needs to go to our wonderful BBC who sent Jool's out to Montserrat to do this in the first place a real gem of music history.. Sting wrote his songs just like we all did back then with a cassette player and whatever you could get basically.
The thing is ,that he was under the influence of coke cola (if u know what I mean). He admits he had problems at this time in the Police.Watch the interview,also from 82,in Chile where he cannot stop jumping around-Posted by "cacaorock".I saw the Police last night in Birmingham-they were fantastic-(& he didn't speak "mockney")!
I'm not sure I've ever seen Sting so affable. I imagine that Jools is a friend. There is a lot of nose wiping. But perhaps he is just happy to be doing what he's doing... I think this is when he truly began taking over the group, defining what they would become.
he looks so proud of bein the creator of all these riffs/ tracks...unfortunately I don't like all the things he has done alone...sometimes it seems like those who did "nothing" were maybe the one who did a lot, lol
05:58 FOUR WEEKS to write the GITM album!!? Fuckn sick! We know 'Magic' was recorded previously, albeit different version. But c'mon, FOUR WEEKS to write GITM? Fuckn sick!
Very very interesting interview in which Sting explains the songwriting proces concerning Message in a bottle & Invisible sun. Should be mentioned in the tittle of this video I think.
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Federico Lagge true. he did write almost all the songs. however he did not write all the guitar parts IN all the songs (or drum beats) and those are a big part of the band's sound.
Sting is a shapeshifter with accents. Gordie accent here, posh Engish accent later in his solo career. He sang “I CAAN’T Stand Losing You” back in 1978 to appeal to American listeners instead of KHAN’T - which is how an Englishman would pronounce it. He wanted to conquer America and he succeeded.
Wow...so true...he became so full of himself....back then...the humility was so endearing...before he thought that his message could change the world....which it cannot...the humility made his songs so real and relatable.....I wish they all would stay so humble and noble...but they don't....
Great to see Sting just open up and share how he works his magic. Many consider him to be arrogant, but in this interview he comes across as modest and open about his craft.
No. He is still arrogant! Lol!
It isn't rare. He always gave them credit for their contributions. I've seen several interviews. At the end of the day, he wrote most of the song and all of the hit. That's not being mean. That's a fact.
Geordie boy called in to gosforth /toon f a pint o Guinness I recollect ..
@@guyinpajamapants6892 2 years later but seeing this comment is annoying. You don't know anything about him yet the best source material--Copeland and Summers--is right there and available. Copeland himself said Sting is the least arrogant person he knows. He's shy and self-deprecating, he's very serious about his music. That shyness comes off as arrogance but it's the opposite, he's just not that socially comfortable. But put an instrument in his hand and he lights up, as you saw in this video. Stop spreading the gossip lines man, it's lame. The truth is out there if you're not too lazy to pursue it.
Especially when he credits Andy Summers as a better guitarist than he, many interviews he says he's not the greatest guitarist.
Sting is a genius. There I said it.
He forgot his trousers for such a clever fellow.
You can tell he's a composer at heart. He seems to genuinely enjoy talking about the writing process. Very cool.
yeah indeed, interesting to watch.
I LOVE him. Then, now forever.
Just listen at how good he plays, Listen at what cords he uses.Message in a bottle He writes in the back of the Bus. D-9th a minor
, b , then F sharp this is so cool
I've always thought the idea that Sting is "an arrogant jerk" was way overblown. Can he be a bit cocky? Yep...but unlike many cocky people, he can actually back it up. Besides, I find overly humble people to often be _more_ annoying than supremely self confident people. I think a huge part of why some people are turned off by Sting...comes purely down to the fact he's an absurdly lucky guy. I mean, he's uber creative and talented _and_ incredibly wealthy and famous _and_ absurdly good looking. That's kinda the perfect recipe to have people react in a jealous manner.
Personally I hugely look up to Sting as a person and especially as an artist. His intermittent cockiness I think was merely the result of him being _self aware_ of his own talent and good fortune. But hey...I tend to like highly creative _and_ self-aware people. They're more interesting than most people.
avedic Agreed. Absolutely. Yes
👏👏👏 Yes!
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BEST INTERWIEW .
Sting, I love them ALL, but you never topped Message In A Bottle.
I'd have to strongly disagree. Invisible Sun, which is mentioned here is unquestionably a better song. Message In A Bottle is a very good song but I'd say The Police have over 15 songs I'd rank higher.
5:45 'they adapt and change it' ...
that Strat is now in the Smithsonian in DC
Do you recognize what he's wearing as his "Every Little Thing" video clothes? His voice was so much higher then than now.
@Ralph Furley As people get older their voice gets lower, its a natural process. If you have a recording of yourself speaking from five or ten years ago, have a listen, you will be surprised.
Sounds southern but he is a Geordie, but now sounds very posh.
He had the "famous chronic laryngitis" back then.
It is sped up.
This is probably one of Sting's best interviews...I really enjoyed seeing the starting point to all of those good hits he's come out with, and watching the creative process unfold! He comes off laid back, and down to earth, but passionate at the same time...I love it!
+Michelle Richardson Gotta love the passion. He loves the challenges of composing and I love that about him. It's nice to look at the old footage. It was interesting times during this interview. Sting was becoming more self contained and not willing to sacrifice his composition just for the sake of democracy. Can't blame him or the others for how they felt. Glad they lasted as long as they did.
I always thought Andy came up with msg in bottle guitar riff
I'm so glad that this interview and video exists. It's so frustrating to see people try to take credit away from Sting for his songwriting. It's more of a reflection on them. Listen to Jools questions. He wanted to know as well. He can't grasp that the guy with the model face is the main writer. I'm glad that he asked the right questions. Yes, Sting wrote most of the chords. Andy made them even more magical and added his harmonics. Sting gave Stewart and Andy credit for being great musicians. He also split royalties with them. That's not a bad guy. Enough with attacking this man. He wasn't the only one with a problem in that band. You need a song. Makes no sense to gamble against success when you have a genius in the group.
I agree100%
Agreed 100%
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Well to be fair Sting did not found the group, its not his group. Split royalties? He's not doing the others a favour :-) It's a group of equals but Sting was best placed to write the songs. What's interesting is whether Stewart was aware Sting would turn out to be such a great songwriter when he contacted him in 1977?
really i wouldnt have split royalties when he already made them rich
This interview should make clear Sting was *not* a condescending egoist. Based on this interview (Jools Holland was the keyboard player in Squeeze) and the recent interview with Rick Beato, Sting just wants to have real discussions about music with musicians. He sometimes doesn't do so well with celebrity interviewers who are only attracted by his stardom.
He's shy and introvert at heart, that much I can tell. Perhaps he need a drink to loosen up? Because I remember an interview after a dinner (following the Polar prize ceremony) where he seemed a bit tipsy and more happy and at ease than usual.
Sting actually teaches how to write compose and record songs circa 1981... probably still holds today.
Smokey Robinson has the same approach to the title first and writing around it to avoid getting stuck. I had to learn that one the hard way.
I know Sting wrote the songs, but Andy and Stewart were able to create so much complexity within them that they are endlessly captivating. Such an amazing group of musicians, glad they were able to create together for as long as they did.
Great point, so critical. I remember being 14 and responding more to "the sound" than the songs.
Yeah Sting and Copeland were both great but Andy Summers was the joining ring between them with his unique guitar techniques!
Without good songs being the best musician in the world means absolutely nothing! Good songs are everything!
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The Police are one of the most serendipitously blessed bands of all time. According to Andy’s autobiography, “One Train Later”, he met Stewart completely by chance and joined the band at his own insistence. It was, basically, “You need me in your band. So, I’m coming aboard whether you like it or not.”
It’s impossible (for me, at least) to imagine that trademark, Police “sound” without Andy’s open harmonics and weirdly nuanced phrasing. Amazing stuff, really.
He’s made a fortune off of D Minor 9th...
"The saddest of all keys"
I reckon Sting was familiar with this piece as he liked his Jazz fusion. Based on shifting Minor 9 chords.
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Wow. 😊 I smiled all the way through it. What genius Sting and The Police were.
Sting here looks totally captivated by technology and how it could fix his ideas and hugely ease the creative process. Those 80's "boxes" may look ridiculous compared to the music gear a producer can get nowadays, but in the right hands they still allowed him to stick together great ideas and create world hits like Message in a Bottle.
I remember when I was a teenager even back in the early 90s, I would have killed to have a 4 track tape recorder. But they were so expensive.
All these toys he has in front of him were rock star expensive in the day.
Now we can lay down 40 tracks on our iPhone with no problem.
Those message in a bottle harmonies sounded amazing!
Sting: “I get home from the bus. I stick Dennis the drum box on - because Stewart‘s not always available.“
Jools: “Probably keeps better time.”
I love Jools’ quick dry wit! 😂
Watching these interviews is such a mindfuck, because The Police had ridiculous chemistry. And yet Sting was at the helm for sure. I always wondered if Sting was really pushing his bandmates aside when taking credit for the vast majority of The Police's work. In a lot of interviews, and from Stewart and Andy themselves, Sting appeared to be a complete jerk and refused to work on songs (sometimes) written by Stewart or Andy. I think that may have been Sting's biggest mistake because the other two were super talented dudes whose songs (On Any Other Day, Omegaman, Miss Gradenko, Behind My Camel) were really impressive. At the same time, these kinds of interviews reveal that, yes, Sting was a songwriting genius and probably was the one "most responsible" for their success. Andy and Stewart brought the songs to life in a way that no other musicians could have. The Police are such a confusing and mysterious band to me and that's why I find them so goddamn interesting, haha.
Super talented players and accompanists, yes, but not pop songwriters. Especially compared to Sting. There was no reason to use the other songs cuz his were so much better so I don't see it as Sting being a jerk
I get your critique, but I've always thought the idea that Sting is "an arrogant jerk" was way overblown. Can he be a bit cocky? Yep...but unlike many cocky people, he can actually back it up. Besides, I find overly humble people to often be _more_ annoying than supremely self confident people. I think a huge part of why some people are turned off by Sting...comes purely down to the fact he's an absurdly lucky guy. I mean, he's uber creative and talented _and_ incredibly wealthy and famous _and_ absurdly good looking. That's kinda the perfect recipe to have people react in a jealous manner.
Personally I hugely look up to Sting as a person and especially as an artist. His intermittent cockiness I think was merely the result of him being _self aware_ of his own talent and good fortune. But hey...I tend to like highly creative _and_ self-aware people. They're more interesting than most people.
Matt, unfortunately we were not able to hear much of the material written by Andy and Stewart, for that matter. You should check out Andy Summers' memoir "One Train Later". As an example, for the album "Ghost in the Machine", almost all of the songs in the middle were Sting's songs, despite material that was up for consideration from both Andy and Stewart. Andy managed to get "Omegaman" on the album and Miles Copeland wanted it to be the first hit single to be released but Sting adamantly refused. Sting also refused to sing on any of the other tracks presented when they were making the album. Critics considered many songs on Zenyatta and Ghost to be filler (much of that was written by Sting...I personally like a lot of those songs anyway, but it is still interesting to think about). I would have loved to have heard the other 'lost' songs from Andy and Stewart. I don't know if they ended up getting written. Point is, Sting is a super talented songwriter and people can make the argument that he is a better songwriter than Andy and Stewart, but, despite him being the main driver behind the songs of The Police, I think he got caught up in his own ego, ultimately leading to an implosion. Very interesting story.
Sting wrote the guitar parts and Andy just embellished them. A lot of the early songs were written before the Police formed anyway.
Yes, all the 'behind the music' stuff is intere(Sting).
never understood why sting dropped his Geordie accent in the 80s then brought it back in the 90s?
He dropped it in the late 70s
You can hear it here.
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Jools Holland looks 12
Eliot Hollander I really agree with you about that
Before he took himself too seriously
He never did...you just bought into that myth.
@@paulharrisonadventuregearm5457 you mean the one he created? 😂
@@paulharrisonadventuregearm5457 Agreed. People prefer to believe in myths, than really get to know who people are.
Jools is well out of his league here he is at best a session pianist
I'm not a musician, but I'm learning how to play guitar and I loved seeing Sting's creative process. And those legs!!!
Simple melodies intertwined. This one’s called lick my love pump
So from his clothes this was shot the same day they shot the video for Every little thing she does is Magick
Seconds after 'every little thing she does" video was made I bet. same exact set, clothes, hat, background, studio.
I don’t really give much fuck about the interpersonal drama (or melodrama). I just love The Police. That is all.
he didn't get rich making music. he got rich refunding bottles. let's see: 100,000,000,000 of them washed up on the shore, he turned them in at 5 cents per bottle...that's 5 billion bucks! what a haul! screw writing music, i'm going into the recycling business ;p (btw, if there are roughly 7 billion people on the earth, where did those other billions of castaways come from? hmmmm...)
Well, he’d need to be rescued before he could cash in.
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I've heard that rumor too. Poor devils..
Does anyone notice that Jools Holland pulls a saxophone out of fucking nowhere at 6:00 minutes in? Where the fuck does he? How?
Is that a euphemism? 😁
I'm glad Jools eventually got over his Helium addiction, it really shows in this interview.
great insight into the head and work of one of the most talented artists ever!
Nice interview. Sting is obviously on something...Could be just an adrenaline rush, but he definitely looks accelerated. It's great to hear about his creative process from the man himself.
that would be cocaine - this was most likely taped in the Bahamas , where the album was recorded (ala the video for 'Every little thing ..')
No. Montserrat island, at George Martin's AIR studios, where every major rock star recorded in the 80s. The studio staff had a nickname for Sting (well a second one, that is) : they called him Stink, because he used to jog in the mornings a few miles, then went directly to record without having a shower.
I stand corrected .
It's probably because he's being interviewed by an actual musician.
Sting was pretty coked up in these days between Ghost and Synchronicity and Air Studios Montserrat had runners who would go out and find anything the band wanted.
I'm a bassist aswell and when I write guitar apreggios or rhythms I'm inconsistent and sloppy, but at least I'm on time lol.
Great conversation! It's quite something to hear Sting speak this frankly and openly.
Wow!!
Sting just being himself - and the result fabulous songs and great memories for many many of us
Thank you God for Sting and the Police.
Totally agree. Love 'em 😊
Sting looks better with his hat on backwards than I do with mine on right. Life's not fair.
To say the least. I wonder if Sting realizes how unbelievably _lucky_ he is. I mean...he's insanely creative and talented, _and_ absurdly wealthy, _and_ crazy famous, _and_ very intelligent(tested in the top 1% in his class), and if all that weren't enough...he's also annoyingly attractive, with seemingly no expiration date. And he can have 8 hour orgasms(more or less). I realize there's also struggle and pain and hard work...but shit, to say he lucked out in life would be an understatement.
avedic
Stewart looks more happy to me...
Am I crazy but does he look like he's just wearing his knickers?
Love interviews like this from the good old days, before PR took over the music industry and interviews became nothing much more than a load of platitudes.
In my next life I want to come back as Sting. Great songwriter, great musician, great voice, great looks, no lack of confidence... not fair.
He’s bipolar
Sting during his 'no pants' phase.
And with his original nose.
Before Sting became royalty.
Well, that blows the theory that Andy came up with the sus4 chords for this. I assumed that Sting had basic chords for it, but Andy had Jazzed them up.
"usually good enough" from probably the greatest hit songwriter of his generation. Send me those royalties!
sting wrote the outline for about 99 percent of the police songs. His background was jazz so he songs had a jazz sound to them. It was up to stewart and andy to "Police-ifize" the songs and arrangement. I think Andy did come up with every breath you take guitar. it was andy who broke up the chord sequence of the police songs.
Actually 70 or 75%, there are songs written and composed by Stewart Copeland (fall out, no time this time, the other way of stopping, darkness, miss Gradenko) and Andy Summers (behind my camel, omegaman, someone to talk to, mother) and other songs written and composed by 2 or 3 of them like deatwish, written and composed by Sting, Copeland and Summers or Murder by Numbers, lyrics by Sting and music by Andy Summers
Sting. Writes about the whole world getting along. Can't get a long with 2 other people.
Holland has all the charisma and personality of a brick in this video
Some would disagree violently he's a good listener
He has no charisma or personality on tv full stop, he just speaks in a silly voice and it is assumed that passes for wit, character and great tv.
Unforgetable, I love it, The Police rock!!!
What a brilliant insight into Sting's songwriting process. Dennis the Drum Machine would be pleased.
Great to see Sting hammering away on a cassette 4 track!
Sting seems pretty cool in this clip, like one of the lads. Shame it never lasted.
+Lee Hutchings yeah I was thinking the same thing....very humble and approachable here...open to talking about the process...really cool to hear.
That's odd. This was the time in his life when he was most full of himself and stressing out everyone around him. If anything he's chilled way out as he's gotten older.
He comes across as much more smug now. At least when he was a arsehole in the eighties , he kept it behind close doors (mostly).
It's STING with "old" nose! May it rest in peace.
Ha Ha!!!
It is too bad as the original nose would have aged better.
When the band broke up he ran off with Andy’s nose.
D minor 9th, the saddest of all keys. Simple lines, intertwining
Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner (Wallsend, Tyneside del Norte; 2 de octubre de 1951), conocido artísticamente como Sting, es un músico británico que se desempeñó inicialmente como bajista, y más tarde como cantante y voz líder, bajista y compositor del grupo musical The Police, formando luego su propia banda.
Another great one to compare with the Rick Beato interviews of the three guys. I love to see the songwriting process at work in these original clips.👍👍👍
gosh, he had his own version of ableton akai et al already back then, only analogue with tapes. amazing.
god, what is that tape box? Mystery machine
Tell me why sting's singing voice sounds 110% different from his actual voice
Nose chirurgie
The same reason why you can't understand Ozzy unless he signs.
He's old now...
Does he know his hat's on backwards?
Imagine not ever being able to top your earliest work?
Sting can only imagine that
Their last single is as strong as their first
The thanks really needs to go to our wonderful BBC who sent Jool's out to Montserrat to do this in the first place a real gem of music history.. Sting wrote his songs just like we all did back then with a cassette player and whatever you could get basically.
The thing is ,that he was under the influence of coke cola (if u know what I mean). He admits he had problems at this time in the Police.Watch the interview,also from 82,in Chile where he cannot stop jumping around-Posted by "cacaorock".I saw the Police last night in Birmingham-they were fantastic-(& he didn't speak "mockney")!
I'm not sure I've ever seen Sting so affable. I imagine that Jools is a friend. There is a lot of nose wiping. But perhaps he is just happy to be doing what he's doing... I think this is when he truly began taking over the group, defining what they would become.
They are friends and Jools was on monserat and a part of the tour they did after in 1981/ 82
His accent is way less affected here. Good luck to him. He eventually shared credits with Andy and Stewart but the big money was already made.
Wow. They were doing lot's and lots of coke then. Guess that was par for the course.
he looks so proud of bein the creator of all these riffs/ tracks...unfortunately I don't like all the things he has done alone...sometimes it seems like those who did "nothing" were maybe the one who did a lot, lol
Oh he's so lovely
sting's got great legs
he was a sprinter in school, successful too
05:58 FOUR WEEKS to write the GITM album!!? Fuckn sick! We know 'Magic' was recorded previously, albeit different version. But c'mon, FOUR WEEKS to write GITM? Fuckn sick!
It's in D minor which I think is the saddest of all keys. It makes women instantly weep
Scuze'ums?
A band that was the sound track of my teenage years. ❤
I like how he says most nights it sounds awful, just keep plugging along. And you might catch something
"The Police - Every Breath You Take" - the docu is called "The Police in Montserrat".
Very very interesting interview in which Sting explains the songwriting proces concerning Message in a bottle & Invisible sun. Should be mentioned in the tittle of this video I think.
Sting is just genius
I just realized his hat is on backwards...nice touch
He was The boss.wrote everything and plays guitar very well.
shit, so actually Sting is involve not only in the writin but the SOUND too!!!...kind of knew it, but thought Andy created the guitar bits...
The Squier VM Stratocaster '70S MN Model is an excellent version of the Fender classic. It has 4 bolts, but the vintage tint maple neck, black body, and black pick guard is spot on. It has Duncan designed single coil set up and it sounds fantastic! Cover up the Squier logo on the headstock if you must, and have a listen. Damn good guitar.
3:53 is why I still love Sting in spite of all the crap he’s done in the years since. His ideas are so fucking beautiful.
Miles copeland managed both the police and jools Holland at that time
i am quite surprised that sting wrote the guitar part to message in a bottle....thought it was summers for sure! sting's a talented dude.
andy perfected it
+Eli Friedmann Andy made it beautiful
Federico Lagge true. he did write almost all the songs. however he did not write all the guitar parts IN all the songs (or drum beats) and those are a big part of the band's sound.
Eli Friedmann
If Sting wrote the song, Sting for sure is who wrote that riff... otherwise would be a Summers song or a Summers/Sting song...
great songwriter like B Joel and E John
Hahahah laying the demo on a Teac Tascam 144. The same 4 track I started out with. Still have it!
Andy is playing other arpeggios ontop = it’s unbelievable
Incredible, jools is one lucky dude, is he stoned btw?
When Sting was a Cockney! :P I still love this interview!
dalymc...cockney? He’s from Newcastle!!
Geordie!
So I guess Andy summers did not come up with the riff
WOW, THOSE SHORTS!!!
wow jools sounds like a chipmunk here
Hunchback of Notre Dame Jools
Sting is a shapeshifter with accents. Gordie accent here, posh Engish accent later in his solo career. He sang “I CAAN’T Stand Losing You” back in 1978 to appeal to American listeners instead of KHAN’T - which is how an Englishman would pronounce it. He wanted to conquer America and he succeeded.
I thought exactly the same. Trying to be a cockney geezer like jools here. Very weird. I guess as he has aged he has become more happy in his own skin
@@ashthebash66 Also the Copelands being behind the whole production process had an influence on the sound .....
Most British bands sang American,it sold better,only a few (pet shop boys) ect sang in their native British accents
Sting is so cool man
That's the Moog Taurus 1. It's very popular with Genesis, Rush and other progress rock.
Wow...so true...he became so full of himself....back then...the humility was so endearing...before he thought that his message could change the world....which it cannot...the humility made his songs so real and relatable.....I wish they all would stay so humble and noble...but they don't....
Your...dot...dot...dot...”punctuation”...and...negativeity...are...so...annoying! 😆
Cocaine is a hell of a drug
Sting: those shorts tho...
You`re not an 80s kid, definitely :-)
And Copeland used to wear shorts like that on stage all the time even! ;-))
in a warm climate people wear shorts daily
What a gem of a video. Amazing.
I'm guessing that this was back around the time of the Ghost in the Machine sessions when Sting was wearing that stupid hat.