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- Sting's early life was dominated by a shipyard-and he dreamed of nothing more than escaping the industrial drudgery. But after a nasty bout of writer's block that stretched on for years, Sting found himself channeling the stories of the shipyard workers he knew in his youth for song material. In a lyrical, confessional talk, Sting treats us to songs from his upcoming musical, and to an encore of "Message in a Bottle."
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Is that Paul McCartney sitting in front?
I must say, Sting is one of those artists who has just aged gracefully, artistically speaking.
I'd be honored if some Sting fans would take a listen to my acoustic piano & vocal interpretations of ENGLISHMAN IN NEW YORK and WHY SHOULD I CRY FOR YOU on my YT channel in tribute to the master off lyricism and composition. Live acoustic with no autotune or digital editing. Thanks and peace.
Really in all ways - I believe he has matured in a wonderful, perfectly lovely way.
Amen
Gorgeous guy !!!
Yeah, it's wonderful when a man can care and respect himself as well as tell stories that will care and lend a hand to those that come after himself.
Hey y'all, are you sure you've understood what he's on about?
No matter how jealous some of the commenters are: It's not about his success and conceitedness, it's not about his ego, nor his expensive guitars.
A lad from the doomed shipyards defied the false hopes of his father and his community and fought for his own dreams. He was lucky (just lucky and talented) to escape, but only after fighting for them. And he had to learn to be authentic.
Will you please compare this to the stars in the usual music business?! Have you listened properly to "Dead Man's Shoes"?! Guess why this song never made the charts. And also: Guess why he chose SOS for an extra at the end?
Hearing his honest story I suddenly understood this song not as being a rescue from a personal isolation - it's about the isolatation such a given but outdated framework of socialisation forces on you, wherever you happen to come from. Will you take the risk and fight to go your own way in the end?
And that makes him an absolutely valid speaker for such a TED talk.
See, it's not about nagging and being jealous of those who have been lucky, strong and successful - it's about listening, watching and thinking!
Of course I would also like to be famous and have such a house in Tuscany - I haven't achieved what he has, but perhaps I can at least try to understand his way into the world and learn to go my own individual way? Watch, listen and learn! Empathy is the magic word! Risk to trust and learn to learn!
What are you talking about? I can only read comments praising him and saying that he had a very meaningful carreer, life and stuff \\
Or maybe it's the usual existential crisis people have when they realized all their dreams.
@@Rick-zw7zv He never worked in a shipyard, he lived near one, not the same at all.
The last ship, Dead man shoes tells me of a man coming out of a doomed plane n he’s the only survivor n it’s his tale to the world of what had happened so sad cos I look around and it’s happening all around us
Dead Man's Boots, not Dead Man's Shoes.
The pure joy of finding the right combination of words, the right syllables as they roll off the tongue, flowing gracefully atop the right chord progression, to tell the tale as a painter with strings, is a most captivating art and discipline. He transported us to his childhood and put us on that shipyard. You could almost smell the brine in the air and hear the roar of the chains, the crack of the timber, the mountain of steel headed out to sea. Absolutely brilliant.
Although your own eloquence was placed aside, in order to serve your praise, I just have to opine that I, for one, noted its own poetic structure.
I noticed the brilliance in your praise as well. One artist knows another. Well done sir.
Thanks, Sting. My life has been much, much more enjoyable thanks to having co-existed with you. I hope you are a very happy person. You surely deserve that in exchange of the many hours of pleasure you have given away to so many of us.
Patricia Schiavone
amen
I could sit through this for a week and not get bored. Sting is not just a legendary musician, but an artful storyteller. Having grown up on his music - from The Police to Sting - I count myself as blessed to have come of age during the age of Gordon Sumner. This was a treat!!
Every true rockstar is basically a charismatic poet/storyteller who is lucky enough to be able to sing..
I came here expecting an aging superstar indulging in his self-content, but I have to say I found his way of telling the story quite admirable and pleasant.
My favorite Sting album is Soul Cages. It was completely from the heart that album.
Mine too!
Not my favorite but 'Why Should I Cry' still tears me apart whenever I listen to it.
Not my favorite, but The Wild Wild Sea was in my head tonight, so I came here after enjoying that.
It was the first album I bought and is still my favorite. So many beautiful songs (When the angels fall!), the loss and the love you feel with him. Always breathtaking.
Mine too
It's almost...eerie...how talented this guy is. It's been a privilege and a treat having his music through most of my life.
Very intelligent & well spoken. I’ve found songwriting isn’t about trying but actually the opposite. Its about surrender. Great songs come when you allow flow. Try to grasp it... & it naturally slips through your fingers. Trying to effort everything in life (the way most of us are taught to) eventually catches up to us & doesn’t work anymore.
This is quite possibly the best TED "talk" ever recorded. I already loved Sting from his years in The Police and on his own, but to hear him go back to his roots and create such powerful songs from them - well, we are witnessing yet another aspect of his brilliance. Tell a compelling story, and people will listen. Put it to music, add your amazing voice to it, and you'll have the world at your feet.
I still can't believe that The Last Ship closed on Broadway. What a brilliant show and I feel so honored to have seen Sting in it several times. Thanks TED - it's nice to see where his inspiration for it came from.
What a musician.. ! Dead man's boots.. A great song..
Sting is one of those artists I just can't get enough of. His songs are *truly* beautiful. They just feel incredibly melodic, "rich", or "colorful".
Not to mention, that the lyrics are often incredibly interesting, if you actually sit down and listen to them. Not just deep, but honestly an interesting story.
I must admit, I haven't liked much of his more recent stuff, though his latest album had several songs that brought me back again :)
I remember picking up his book "Lyrics" as it was right next to the register at a book store and heavily discounted. I thought "I'm not the world's greatest Sting fan, but the Police were pretty cool... sure, it's worth this price, I guess." I thought it would be just the lyrics to his songs, but holy crap was there more than that. His stories behind certain songs and how he explained them definitely inclined me to think I got it for a steal.
I went to a party where the hostess played Sting's greatest hits. I was entertained the whole way through!
Philip Zeplin dabadebadibadebafieldsofgold
You are quite right 👌
I love when lyrics tells something...a story, and not just a repetition of 3 lines the entire song.
I heard a lovely song about a girl sitting under her umbrella ella ella hey hey hay.... 😜
+Sam Lee lol
Sam Lee
- The Police, Rush, early Van Halen, Led Zeppelin, Boston, etc... best bands and REAL music! But Rihanna is GREAT for dancing at a night club.... and relaxing "chill" music is great when getting a massage or taking a bubble bath ... and then high-energy hybrid orchestral music is best for an action movie trailer .... there are different types of music for different situations. It's all good, if it's at least "good" music. And yeah there is some crap out there, but bottom line is there's no time to focus on what we don't want in life.
DigitalBerserk kinda like “Don’t Stand So...don’t stand so...don’t stand so close to me.”
bajovato
- I like that song. Also, it does tell a story and those aren't the only lyrics. It's just a repetitive chorus.
Young teacher, the subject
Of schoolgirl fantasy
She wants him so badly
Knows what she wants to be
Inside her there's longing
This girl's an open page
Book marking, she's so close now
This girl is half his age
Don't stand, don't stand so
Don't stand so close to me
Don't stand, don't stand so
Don't stand so close to me
Her friends are so jealous
You know how bad girls get
Sometimes it's not so easy
To be the teacher's pet
Temptation, frustration
So bad it makes him cry
Wet bus stop, she's waiting
His car is warm and dry
Don't stand, don't stand so
Don't stand so close to me
Don't stand, don't stand so
Don't stand so close to me
Loose talk in the classroom
To hurt they try and try
Strong words in the staffroom
The accusations fly
It's no use, he sees her
He starts to shake and cough
Just like the old man in
That book by Nabakov
Don't stand, don't stand so
Don't stand so close to me
Don't stand, don't stand so
Don't stand so close to me
An encore at a TED talk? Thanks sting . Always the eloquent voice of reason in a storm of mediocrity and malevolence.
*How Sting got his mojo back*
A beautiful story of how an artist found inspiration in the bleak backdrop of the town where he grew up.
... and suddenly you see: Sting stands fair and just among the very greatest of them all. Peter Gabriel, Prince, David Bowie, and now that boy from the shipyard. What a truly amazing, gifted, and wise performer. We are lucky beyond the Sky to enjoy his music, his stories, his prodigious skill.
What is clear is Sting's intelligence and artistry honed over the years of dedication to his craft. Luck always plays a role in success, but it is the years of practice, exploration and distillation of his gift for storytelling in the form of music that allowed him to create his success. Harks back in some ways to the tradition of the troubadour of centuries past. And a flair for the dramatic gesture.
If he sings "shipyard" one more time ....
I find it quite amazing that both Sting and Mark Knopfler are from that same little patch of England/Scotland. Both are amazing musicians, but I think MK has the sailing/shipbuilding aspect of that world down a bit better. If you have the fortune, and/or opportunity to check out that part of England, please do so. It will change your view on these musicians, and the life that these folks endured for centuries. (Please keep any hateful comments to yourself.)
-Ltb!
What part of England is it?
@@jonashjerpe7421 Newcastle upon tyne
Quite a few famous musicians come from Tyneside, including Bryan Ferry.
And Brian Ferry - Brian Johnson{ACDC} - The Animals - Last Exit {Wikipedia} - Hank Marvin - Jimmy Nail - Eric Idle {Python} - Alan Price - Rowan Atkinson {Bean} -All groomed on Newcastle Brown Ale.
@@LiamArthursGTR6 And Ant and Dec.
Sting should write a musical about a young man's struggle getting out of the shipyards. The music is already written, and the core of the story in place. It's only a matter of getting it down in paper. I can envision it now.
He has a musical and it's called The Last Ship which I believe is where most of these songs come from.
Bennett Galamaga: Thank you. I didn't know that. Cheers 👍
I read Sting's autobiography about this story he now wrote and it's one of my favorite books it's honest it's beautiful and Sting is an inspiration to the human race
Broken Memoir?
Broken Music
amazing book indeed! these days I use it as a base to put my laptop on top, which means I look at this book every single day
Bob Dylan has said he believes that he was a mere conduit not the creator of his best work. He had a similar effect and has after all been the first Nobel prize winner for songwriting. 🤷🏼♀️
Why do folks think he's pretentious? He's an entertainer singing a song.
Da do do do, da da da da
Is that all you want to say ?
@@_sudipidus_ Haaaaa
Thank you Gordon ~ You still inspire after all these years.
Where does british people's accents go when they sing?!?!?!?
+Hannah S there's one exception Chris Martin from Coldplay
This is very true. In Police songs his accent isn't present. If you listen to Bono sing aswell, no accent. Adele, Amy W., Mick J... to name a few.
The only ones I can think of that keep their accent are Roger Waters and David Bowie
Knight Reader Ray Davies.
There is kind of an international accent for singing. When you hear a trained singer perform they are manipulating their natural accent and adopting one that makes the words they are singing come out more clear. This also helps with breath control and that type of stuff. When Sting sings his accent sounds less unique and more like something we are used to because of the simple fact that almost all of the artists we listen to daily adopt the same "accent" for singing.
I've been wondering about that for a long time! Thanks for explaining - makes perfect sense :)
This ted talk is like an album - its a fully fledged artistic experience
Sting is just marvelous! So, that time when he played and released those songs from 500 years ago that I now do not remember, could have been done in his "dry songwriting period"... I am so glad he recovered his songwriting talent!!!
That was "Songs from the Labyrinth" - mainly songs by John Dowland.
Always been a Sting fan, starting from way back. I think the term "ageing gracefully' in the very most polite way is the best way to describe him. There is so much talent, wisdom, humanism, intellect in one human being, amazing.
Listening to Sting, & going to his concerts back in the mid 1980’s, helped me stay alive through a major life crisis ..💚message in a bottle , indeed 💚 Thank you ..Sting 🌞
this isn't a TED Talk this is a TED Sing 🔥
Like the men who worked in the steel mills in Western PA when I was growing up there, The jobs paid well, but the workers paid the price in their health.
If he started writing this songs from the beginning, he wouldn't become famous.
He's been covering John Dowland in his later career. So that's why his song sounds so strange. It's in a 15th / 16th style.
@@ianwehmeyer1296 thanks for the insight ...strange indeed
@Saul Haas Sad but true!
Being a Sting, Police fan I was obviously interested in Stings latest project. I've been even more moved by hearing his story. I understand how he felt like he wanted to escape the North East, some of us have but as you get older you reflect and start to appreciate what really matters. I appreciate this story of Stings community, my dad was a shipyard worker and his father before. This is what it was like in the North East, not now, not many jobs for manual workers now- Shame.
This is what I've always liked about Sting, his lyrics are true/authentic, and tell a story.
Gr8 job all round. Those new songs are really good. And i didn't realise SOS has such a great lyric. The ol boy's still got it. ty
Thank you Sting. You made my life richer.
He's a great communicator, like everything he says had been edited and read right off the page. "I was infected by an idea. I didn't belong in the streets. I don't want to live in that house. I don't want to end up in that shipyard. I want to be in that car (maybe meaning the car the Queen of England arrived in for the ship launching ceremony). I want a bigger life beyond this town. I want a life that is out of the ordinary. It's my right as much as hers (the Queen). There is a symbiotic and intrinsic link between storytelling and community, between community and art, between community and science and technology, between community and economics. It's my belief that abstract economic theory denies the needs of community, denies the contribution that community makes to the economy, is short-sighted, cruel, and untenable. Applause The fact is whether you're a rock star, or whether you're a welder in a ship yard, or a tribesman in the upper Amazon, or the Queen of England, at the end of the day we're all in the same boat." He is a great artist and a man of empathy. Also, seems amazing he is 63 in this video! It seems he's like 40! I wonder what his diet is. It is evident that he must do rigorous exercise, like he's an athlete too.
Is it just me or the raspiness in his voice make sound like he's singing two or more notes at the same time like a chord?
Robin Zander does the same thing
For a quick second, I almost thought this was Flea from the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
+TheeMidnightMarauder Another bass god !
+TheeMidnightMarauder Flea is taking his time with approachin TED, but it's just a matter of time, right?)
Dude, that is the funniest comment I have ever seen.
Well Flea does sound awfully British and acts unusually calm.
I (not-so-secretly) wish the two would collab it up, make a duo and name it "No Repellents", "Feel the Itch" or something clever.
How much talent in only one person...
I counted about 10 people there to be honest.
Surreal.
TED Talks proudly presents VH1's "Storytellers". Priceless :o) ... and I sort of admire Mr. Sumner.
He's got a powerful voice...
He does have a commanding voice.
Born as a shipbuilder's son, "Dead Man's Boots" really resonates with me. I feel lucky to have been able to be there and see Sting's performance #tedactive2014
You were there? Was that Paul McCartney in the front? Sure looks like it.
David Wigg
The score of The Last Ship is excellent. I loved it
Man is as alive as ever.
Sting still got the sting.
Who cares? Sting should have recorded with the Police again after their 2007-2008 tour. Nothing of lasting interest since Brand New Day.
Since Turtles or Sun I say.
Sting injects so much emotion into this songwriting and recordings. Rock on.
MrCloudseeker never
Dream. Believe. Manifest.
Heya, Axel Fey!
I agree that a young man getting away from a life that he believed holds nothing real for him, is an important part of Sting's story.
But there's so much more happening here; for instance, a person could argue that as a boy, he found his Muse in his hometown to begin with (... it was always there /it made him what he became /...) , and later when he appears to have lost his Muse while distanced by both time and physical proximity from that community, it's by going back to the home all of his family's roots (and his very own roots) that he opens his eyes and sees the community which gave him his life and his start, and his place in that community for what it really is... the community for what it really is... that part of his life's mission (use the term that satisfies you here) is to tell his community's story... the peoples ' story(-ies)... humanity's story....
A person of then go forward and argue that in so doing, he fulfills his father's request and advice to put down Roots so that he can bloom and spread and become more, fullfilling his potential... but by discounting his roots, he had denied himself the important growth... that had he not returned "home",...
You get the idea. That's just the start, you see. There's so much more here in this compact recounting: the humility... love... reconnection... continuity... It's a Tardis of a performance, and a gift at that...
Now is October 2021, 7 years later, who cares what I say? My comment - Sting didn't answer "How I started writing songs again". He showed how he started writing songs again at a much lower level of sophistication than the songs he wrote in the 1980's with "The Police". I'm a singer songwriter who can write songs better then the crap he put out on TED, and people applauded this crap ! I also know personally at least 7 songwriters from Upstate New York who write better songs! None of them are famous! Sting also demonstrated his vocal abilities have deteriorated significantly in the last 35 years! - An American in Switzerland
When this man talks, you listen.
Just by going back to one's youth and heritage, it's amazing how the creative process ignites and works for writers like Sting, truly a great artist.
It sounds to me like he spoke to his old friend Mark Knopfler.
Why?
@@MattFoleysGhost listen to Kingdom of gold by Knopfler and then you'll understand
@@MattFoleysGhost Both Geordies I think. Both have loads of talent, loads of money and loads of spare time on their hands.
@@freshpootube And both have loads of heart.
Sting is one of the few artists who can age gracefully and continue to be musically challenged (in a good way). Hd continues to take musical risks and dabble in the world of surprise and thats what makes great music, among other things. He along with james taylor are two of the best artists still going strong today. Although lol my views about james's career in music and why i think highly of him are for sifferent reasons.
20:34 - 'Message in a Vottle' ....and why not Master Sting
A snot-nosed kid playing with slime gets 6 zillion views and this musical guru gets 700k. Something is surely Topsy turvy in this world.
That's a little parlor guitar made famous by Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson ... cute little thing.
Romantique guitare,great tones le son du 19 ème siecle😉👍
ABSOLUTELY, WITH NO RESERVATION, WHATSOEVER, I FOUND THIS TO BE ONE OF THE MOST LOVELY TED TALKS I HAVE EVER HAD THE HONOR AND PRIVILEGE OF SEEING! BLESSINGS, STING!!! BRAVO!!! SENDING MUCH LOVE TO YOU!
He's a tremendous speaker.
I get what he’s saying here and do indentify with what he’s saying. Both my Grandfaters were shipwrights. My mother’s father died on the job from a brain aneurysm. My father even did some part time work in the yard with his father before he went to college. It’s a hard life, long hours, dangerous work, back then no PPE’s. A much different world then today.
The dude is mister clean in the thumbnail.
I remember the soul cages.
watching this in 2019. This inspired me :D It was exactly what I needed to hear at this current point in the road.
We just need Stewart Copeland and Andy Summers to make the TED talk complete !
Always liked sting ,born to write and sing .true musical genius
He was in Macedonia two weeks ago. Held a concert from his "My Songs Tour".
Sting your voice is like an old friend .... i lived just down the road from you as a young boy some 40 years ago ..... Some of my favorite songs are sung by you and the police (the only police i care to hear from) You sir are a living legend .... For me and im sure millions of people just like me you are indeed a hero ! dont change Sting we love you
Here something of Bahá'u'llah in the Hidden words (arabic 68):
O CHILDREN OF MEN!
Know ye not why We created you all from the same dust? That no one should exalt himself over the other. Ponder at all times in your hearts how ye were created. Since We have created you all from one same substance it is incumbent on you to be even as one soul, to walk with the same feet, eat with the same mouth and dwell in the same land, that from your inmost being, by your deeds and actions, the signs of oneness and the essence of detachment may be made manifest. Such is My counsel to you, O concourse of light! Heed ye this counsel that ye may obtain the fruit of holiness from the tree of wondrous glory.
Love Sting's quasi-Rastafarian accent when he sings his 'Reggae du blanc' songs.
Mobius Chrome ps I’m in terested. Do tell...
@@Pencil0fDoom actually i am wrong, it originate in Jamaca
Nah, it's falsetto geordie
It's the same voice as Ivan Dobsky from MonkeyDust: th-cam.com/video/kKeh7OYBh90/w-d-xo.html
What an amazing talk! Really inspiring! And very unique songs like if they are from a musical!
Billy Joel needs to watch this video. Might do him some good.
What do you mean? billy joel is great.
I deeply respect Billy's music, but I do see your point.
Billy Joel said that he believe he can never be as excellent as he was in his prime, that's why no more stuff and I kinda respect his decision..
@@huss2600 He hasn't released a new song in well over two decades.
Still, a second-rate Billy Joel song is better than the vast majority of today's hits. We could use a guy like him right now.
The thing that is puzzling/bothersome about the Joel situation, is that the ability to write was just shut off suddenly. You would think, with him performing, that he would suddenly come up with a song, just from "noodling" around during practice.
He certainly has earned the right to do whatever he pleases, that's for sure. And if he wants to do a jazz or country album, write a film soundtrack or do Celtic music or whatever, that's OK. Just the fact that he's not writing anything, is bothersome. I somehow still thing he still "has it", and is a state of denial.
Sting surprised me with this. A lot of his earlier stuff seems contrived but commercial, full of ersatz poetry. This is not commercial. I love it when people surprise me.
FYI Sound People: Reverb is usually a good idea for singers...The Sahara doesn't usually host a lot of concerts.
Why on earth are there almost as many negative comments in this thread, as positive ones? It's fine to not care for the music, but saying that is isn't any good, is like saying that Michael Jackson couldn't dance, or that Kanye West can't produce music.
+Nils Rungholm Jensen damn should have said ", or that Timbaland can't produce music" cause now I'd have to say something about Kanye West..
It is mostly guys feeling envious, we seem to have trouble acknowledging articulate, talented men, it makes some guys feel awkward, threatened. Sting is a man who has been very successful, and he has a working class background, so he is now a tall poppy, above his station. Good on him I say.
say what?
I saw sting cut the umbilical cord in Bring On the Night so I did it with the birth of my daughter Corie Melisa Jones
Motivation is the source of energy to make your dreams become reality
Something happened to him, he is not an old sting with his self, this is a sting without his self! This is "60 min" Sting!! So sad!!!
Sting for Global Dictator.
bobbysbackingtracks
You have no idea of what the ruin these intentions deliver.
Hope he starts by lining-up, Bush, Blair, Cheney, Makron Merkel, May, Bolton, Pompeo, Satanyahoo, and all the test of the Plotters, and breaks bottles of Piss on their skulls - or better, raffles the hounour.
OMG ! Hope that's not "hate speech"!
Bunch of dumb songs about ships. How bout 99 bottles of beer on the wall.
Inspiring history of his history :)
Amazing how Sting changed in those years. After this talk I fell that some big part of world history had closed. We getting older, "icons" slowly fade away. Yesterday stars became wise mentors and share lessons of their lives. It is one of the few last times to hear theirs thoughts and get larger perspective. Last time to hear truths we forget or don't notice in ours everyday runs. We can step in ones shoes - but should we? What icons new times we are building?
I think this videos are Forever! #youtube
Yeah, I remember thinking when I was a kid that there is no such thing as old rock stars. And not just because rock is a newer form of music. But it would have been the case even if there was rock music earlier on because TV came around about that time of its Inception. Like even Elvis would have been fairly young in the eighties if he was alive. It just seemed more interesting because rock music was such a young mans type of genre. Finally, I knew it would happen, but this is the first time it's happening in history, where we can see old rock stars/and by rock stars I really mean people that are famous and very successful from selling music. I mean, Mozart and Beethoven were not getting rich by selling millions of albums and selling out stadiums. But, basically the famous musician getting old had to pave their own path. There was never an example of an old rock/pop star until recently now. And as it turns out they never get old, in the way that I pictured old people as being, in the sense of them all in walkers and nursing homes beds.
we should have trail blazers left right and centre but everything is recycled and stolen inauthentic and artists corrupted by success record sales, downloads , charts and money the religion . creativity is creativity either way but theres so much potential for musicians to create mre pathways for wide world change especially environmental/politicial . "Icon" is old world perhaps even
@@OldHickory7 how do you know????they still age the same we all do. my nana was never in a nursing home and lived until 96. rockers probably afford extra nurses to come to their homes but of cause they still age in the same sense .
Loved the songs. Totally different direction from what I expected but really good. I feel as if I've been to one of those shipyards. I need to hear more of this.
If you work in any type of factory production welding operation, the only difference from a shipyard is the height of the ceiling.
Never been a real hardcore Sting fan but after seeing the show based on the album he’s talking about, I have to say I love this album.
Saw him live in Ireland about 20 years ago. This was even better!
Don't people know what they're watching, cannot they read what's demanded of the speaker? Talk about him/herself!
So, what do you mean to criticise when Sting does just what he's been invited for?TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes (or less). Reflections on the self and one's career and ups and downs are asked from artists all the time in interwiews, so, when they answer those questions they are conceited, pretentious and pompous?
And, jealous haters: why watch anything at all if you don't like it? What about enjoying yourself and go watch something you do like? Do you know the good feeling of enjoying and admiring something or somebody? If not, go and try, it's much better than hating and putting down. That makes you feel better and worthier only for a moment, then you have to get the next shot of contempt. But Enjoying lifts you up for a long time and gets better and better the more you do it. If you don't like something, just leave well alone and go somewhere else, let the others enjoy!
I am a contemporary fan of Sting, Prince, Jackson, Bush, Parsons, Farnham etc. and followed their careers and development over the years, ever changing (hopefully) but also following the younger musicians down to Mena, Script, 21 pilot, Pink etc. all true musicians and writers, all sometimes suffering from personal issues or lack of inspiration. So thanks, Gordon for sharing and TED for broadcasting!
WOW!!! BRILLIANT COMMENT!!! Thank you so very much for pointing out all the "jealous haters!" BRAVO!!! One of the most brilliant comments I have EVER read on TH-cam! Blessings, barductube!
Truly extraordinary! Thanks sting 😀
22:05
They all sound sleepy
This is fantastic!!! I'm not a big fan of Sting but a talented songwriter & fantastic bass player!!! Great talk .
Whey aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaye!
Great talk by Sting. What the heck is wrong with that audience? Were they in awe or just total squares?
The squarest of squares mate
That was wonderful - I enjoyed this very much - such a great storyteller. He's one of the treasures of 20th Century culture and art.
What a day with beautiful music .... thx Sting .... appreciated !!!
Pretentious? Moi?
What a marvelous orator....A true English teacher!!
7:15 Shipyard
18:38 Message in a Bottle
I stumbled across this by accident, and the title stuck out to me, because i have lost song writing, brilliant to remember it's good to write song from other's perspectives, i loved this, very motivational, loved the stories! I grew up listening to Police and Sting, this is very intimate, love it, i really got to know the man behind the man I knew.
I lost song writing for most of TEN YEARS!!! after I found out I had Asperger's syndrome, and my brain learned how other people think.. I learned to be more embarrassed and less embarrassing... I became more normal, and lost my brilliance ... But eventually the songs came back. More than before. And more variety. I'm still embarrassing ; )
wow this is amazing, i was just jamming before on my guitar and singing songs from anothers perspective. hes right, it feels great and it gives you a release
Man - these people are either dead, or they have no clue who Sting is. I heard zero people sing along for Message in a Bottle, until he practically made them. Bunch of stiffs or something.
Or maybe, just maybe they were enjoying the tune without the f#^&%#@"n karaoke singalong crap.
At some point the work you make that you must make again and again becomes a burden you must carry. Sting's work and fortune seems to keep him from his heart. And who cares? This is not a man in love - this is a man who built a story, worked himself to the bone, grew a fortune and is chained to the bow of this ship. God love him, his music can be beautiful, and of course he is human. But I feel nothing but rote disconnection from his craft. Understandable. Still, heart breaking. What matters in life matters for a reason. Once you have lost that reason... life can become a cage. I don't know anything that is in his heart... but I feel it... just me... perhaps you... in his voice... his distanced and rehearsed memories and meanings. Sting is there, and then again, he is not. Performance. Distance. They are the same. Whoever he really is... I wish him well. His music has left a distinct mark in my life... but his music is not him. This TED made me realize, we have little more than our heart - when that is gone... we are gone. 7/30/17
What you describe is typical of the artist persona. An artist is an introvert most of the time, and when they show themselves to the public it's hard not to perceive that distant feeling you talk about. I don't think that's sad. I understand that it could be sad for you as you're able to perceive it. I'm pretty sure Sting is fine with himself and all of his achievements. Of course, everything has pros and cons. But the cons in his case would be to crave for feeling more equal to normal people. Yet if he accepts his life the way it evolved, then there are plenty of reasons for him to be happy, at least deeply satisfied with how things turned out.
It's a matter of acceptance. When people accept certain painful things that happen in their lives, they start to feel more at ease and get to understand that that thing that was bringing pain might haven't been so bad after all. It was just all the more painful because of denial on one's behalf.
I totally understand what Sting is talking about. A really great TED video.