Rapper FIRST time REACTION to The Police - Message In A Bottle! FIRE!
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Rapper FIRST time REACTION to The Police - Message In A Bottle! FIRE!
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The drummer, Stewart Copeland, is considered one of the top and most influential drummers of his generation.
Incredibly SKILLED at his craft!! 🙌
He totally is!!!!
Stuart Copeland is my absolute favourite drummer of all time.
Also wrote expletives on his drum skins to stop overhead videos be shot. He didn't want his technical abilities dissected.!!!
For those interested, Rick Beato just released a very good interview with him.
The Police have a lot of hits. I'd recommend; So Lonely, Walking on the Moon, Don't Stand So Close to Me, Synchronicity II, Every Little Thing She Does is Magic.
Can't Stand Losing You, and its cover by Steel Pulse
Don’t Stand So Close To Me is so good
You have to include Roxanne as well. It is in Losing it after all. And it is Roxanne.
How do you leave Roxanne off this list lol 😂
Song to react to… Brand New Day by Sting
Whenever you listen to the Police, pay attention to the drummer. No one works the cymbals and snare quite like that guy.
"Every breath you take" and "Roxanne" also good.
The jazz version of Roxanne by Sting ♥ my favorite version
Roxanne ❤
Black P. You will recognize “Every Breath You Take,” because Diddy used the sample. Other than that, every single they released is fire!
And diddy is paying sting millions upon millions, This every year because of it
Every song from the 70's and 80's is stolen, sampled, copied in today's music. Is sampling music a talent???
"Sample" lol plagiarism more like.
@@KozueMegami well, yeah! As long as he is paying Sting to use it then it’s okay. Artists do that all the time. Heck, The Verve hardly makes a penny off their biggest song due to using the better part of a Rolling Stones song with their permission.
@@mattsmith5609 if you get permission from the artist, or if you keep the sample short enough, it would not be considered stealing. There are many artists that are very talented with the use of samples. Ren, himself, uses samples at times and they are so beautifully incorporated into his song that you barely realize they are part of another song.
Punk+reggae=The Police
+jazz
It’s called “Ska”.
Ska
Not punk.
@@georgeglasser8220 haha
Sting: One of the greatest front-men of all time.
Copeland: One of the greatest drummers of all time.
Summers: One of the greatest guitarists of all time.
The Police has an unmistakable sound, massive talent, massive charisma, massive integrity, and a massive discography of absolute bangers. I don't care what age you are, their music is timeless, so far.
I will die on the hill that GenX still grew up with the most diverse and greatest music ever. My playlist round the time this was dropped and added to it.........Van Halen, Men At Work, ACDC, Afrikka Bambatta, Public Enemy, Depeche Mode, The Cure, Circle Jerks, Suicidal Tendencies, Jodie Fosters Army aka JFA, Minor Threat. Yep that was my playlist around this time frame. I've always loved all the music of GenX.
Totally agree. I was into late 60s stuff like Iron Butterfly. classic rock 70's, hair metal, 80's pop. I could be listening to Metallica or Culture Club. The music was so diverse.
Yes! So true!!
Dont worry buddy, pretty much all older people die on the hill that the music of their generation was the greatest ever. its like a natural law, that only few are able to break.
not to mention Genx brought you everything from W.A.S.P. to Keith Sweat. Biggie and Pac, both gone way too soon. Not boomers or Millennials, they are GenX. Corey Taylor from Slipknot and Stone Sour....GenX. Maynard James Keenan from Tool, Puscifer, Perfect Circle...GenX.@@smilie-pm9gb
Love me some 80s music I a Big Van Halen Fan !!!! RIP. Eddie!!!!
So many gems to choose from, 'Roxanne', 'Walking on the Moon', 'Wrapped around your finger', 'Every breath you take', Don't stand too close to me" to name a few.
Let's not forget that the silly drummer, Stewart Copeland, is a real beast at the drums (Top10/100 - Rolling Stone Magazine) and has composed a lot music/soundtracks for well known movies after the unfortunate breakup of The Police ...
Nice reaction as well!
and now composing Operas. Copeland is a beast!
He’s a top guy. He’s just done an incredible interview with Rick Beato, it’s here on TH-cam. Rick has interviewed all 3 members of The Police in the last few months.
As much as I agree and love Copeland and The Police as a band, let's not use Rolling Stone as a parameter.
For me, it is easily Stewart Copeland, Neil Peart, Danny Carey, John Bonham, Ginger Baker... And I could throw in a ton who are probably arguably interchangeable in the next five or ten or fifteen on a list, but are all easily my "favorites" (Grohl, Hawkins, Portnoy, Taylor, etc).
By the time the Police released Every Breath You Take they were one of the biggest bands in the world, selling out stadiums globally. This was off their second album when they were still a punk/reggae/new wave fusion. LOVED this period of the band.
They were the biggest band period my man- they were the Beatles of 1980s. They had the biggest tour till that time… Synchroncity was a massive successful album and tour
You should check out some Two Tone (UK Ska, fusion of post-punk british music and Jamaican Ska) from the late 70s, a band to checkout is 'The Specials' and song suggestions 'Gangsters', 'A Message to You, Rudy', 'Too Much to Young' and 'Ghost Town'. You can hear the The Special influences in some of Ren's music. The Police and The Clash where around the same time when they started :)
Absolutely. The Specials. RIP Terry.
The beat too.
100% I love the Specials! I was born during their heyday, so I didn't 'discover' them until much later in life, but once I caught on, they became one of my all-time favorite groups. I was also fortunate enough to see their reunion tours after I'd already become a huge fan. They didn't disappoint live either. There are so many great tracks to choose from! Ghost Town, Do Nothing, It's Later Than You Think, Blank Expression, A Message To You Rudy, Too Much Too Young, Doesn't Make It Alright, You're Wondering Now... They are not only ska gods but just great musicians regardless. I highly recommend them.
The Selecter "Too much pressure ", "On my radio"
The drummer flat out says they took from The Specials as they were big fans. I think it was during an interview with Elvis Costello.
"Every Breath You Take" their biggest hit or Synchronicity 2 is also an epic track worth listening to.
The most played on song to date with 15 million+ plays… It is one of the biggest streaming legacy song on Spotify and with over 1 billion views on TH-cam
King of pain, hauntingly beautiful.
Amazing 3 piece band. Stewart Copeland is the drummer and he is one of the best ever. He's does a lot of composing now. Sting playing bass and singing...that ain't easy. And Andy Summers, great guitarist. All so accomplished. You really should listen to more of their stuff - they were highly influenced by Reggae and you can hear it in a lot of their early songs. Their biggest hit is Every Breath You Take but I would definitely not start there. Don't Stand So Close to Me, Walking on the Moon, Roxanne are just the 1st three I'd suggest for you. Then moving onto to some of their "later" stuff like Synchronicity. IT's a great band to discover and I'm a little jealous that you get to hear all for the first time :) Have fun!
Notice that Sting is the bass player and singer and band leader. Remind you of a certain 33yo of today?
Message in a bottle is from their 3d year, or 2nd album. Their first hits were in their second year/first album: "Roxanne" and "Can't Stand Losing You". In their first year, "Fall Out" was their first single. Their biggest hit? Hard to tell. Maybe said Roxanne or "Don't Stand So Close to Me" or "Every Breath You Take" or "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic". The last one is a special nut case, it is hard to understand how they did that song when you are a musician yourself. It is out of key, it is somehow too fast, and for all that it sounds perfect. How did they to it?
You can definitely hear Sting's influence in his influctions and vibrato in his voice. I noticed it the first time I ever heard him sing.
Hate to do it but if I had to pick one I'd go with Every Breath You Take. Again this whole time frame was jr high school for me and we had MTV which the more ya saw it there, the more it meant it was getting exposure. Everything up to Every Breath You Take was appreciated by those who been there since their first, but for radio and airplay Every Breath You Take I would consider their break out. Again I hate pinning it to just 1 track. Yes they are that good :)
Without listening back, maybe they sped parts of the song up on tape bc they were recording separately and needed to tempo-match? Hearing it in my head it just sounds like they're using dissonant intervals for guitar and the vocal harmonies, a 2nd or a tritone. - Edit: I was hearing Synchronicity in my head, Every Little etc is in D major, but there's some detuning in there, maybe a wide chorus pedal on something
@@NotBenCoultry TH-camr @RickBeato has a breakdown in his What Makes This Song Great series, I believe where he re-engineers famous pop songs. He gets down to the whole song having been sped up in post production. In his Sting interview, he asks him and gets it confirmed.
It reminds me of Philip Lynott. Not of the Boys Are Back in Town so much but as a 3 piece band it started out as. It kind of ties the rythm to the melody in a special way.
Stewart is the wizard
His hi hat work is second to none
Fyi, the drummer is Stewart Copeland. He's also an amazing composer for movie soundtracks, including "Wall Street" and "Rumble Fish"
I bought a bunch of 80s soundtracks this week, and he’s got a song on the Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 soundtrack. It’s also featured on the blu-ray menu somewhere on the new 4K release.
@gvehar he also did the soundtrack for the 1990 Charlie Sheen Emilio Estavez action comedy "Men At Work"
I saw that when I was looking at the other soundtracks! I didn’t buy it though as I don’t remember the soundtrack to that one very much. Let’s not forget he also went solo under the alias Klark Kent. I always liked his song Don’t Care.
Do you think Cobain got Smells Like Teen Spirit riff from Rumblefish? The music in Dennis Hopper’s first scene….
@@rognroll2786 I think he got smells like teen spirit from more than a feeling
I feel another rabbit hole forming 😊. I grew up listening to the Police, joy Division, scritty politi to name a few happy days. 🙏❤️
Stewart Copeland ( the drummer who is american ) founded and named the band , probably inspired by his brother Miles III ( who became their manager ) and his father Miles who was a CIA agent."message in a bottle" was their first hit in Europe , back in 1980 and was from their 2nd LP "Reggata de Blanc" released in 1979 ; hits like "Roxanne" , "can't stand losing you" or "so lonely" hit the charts afterward although they were re-issued from their first LP "Outlandos d'Amour" in 1978
Miles started a record label didn’t he.
@@fayesouthall6604yep "IRS Records"
YESSS!!!! I love this band. Hit these ones. Walking On the Moon, So Lonely and Bring On the Night.
The police were one of the biggest bands ever- they ruled the 80s
Eddie Murphy "48hrs" "Roxanne" Police Classic
The Police are one of the Best bands Ever. Deal with it
Can't Go Wrong With The Police, Pure Quality In Abundance .
5 albums from The Police (75 million in sales)...The bassist, Sting, is on of the best song writers. All three members are amazing. Rick Beato interviewed them one at a time. GREAT in depth info to The Police.
All 3 artists in The Police, Andy, Stewart and Sting are master class musicians in their own right, combined in this jammin band was extraordinary. They were HUGE in my late teens high-school and college. I even saw Sting's Dream of the Blue Turtles Tour. Awesomeness
They blew up as a pop, radio, MTV band. Such interesting influences: jazz (Sting’s roots), Ska (Copeland’s beat), guitar riffs (Summers’ many adds). They reached across to alternative, rock crowds, too. And, as a three piece, had a huge sound for arenas.
One of the great things about the 70s, 80s and early 90s is how it spat out so many unique sounds, genres with The Police being one of them with their reggie rock sound and cool look.
Sting, Stewart, Andy, The Police, there will never be another band like them!!! So talented, all three of them! ROAXNE was their 1st Biggest Hit! Funny it was released and didn’t do much, a year/two later it was reintroduced and it went to the top of the charts.
ALL THREE of these guys are JUST MASTERFUL at their craft!! ...and, I think you HAVE to be when you only have three people in your band!! Sting's vocals and bass....Andy' Summers guitar riffs...and, Stewart Copeland's FANTASTIC drumming....this band was FIRE!!! ...and, I still don't know any other band that has their sound, really.....ENJOY, BP!!! :) HUGS!
This music brings back such great memories. In the mid 80's I met a boy from another town while our families were on summer vacation. All year we mailed a cassette tape back and forth thru the snail mail and each one of us would add recordings to it. It was loaded with songs from the Police.
Interesting fact about them; Sting was the band’s song writer. Sting is so talented that he would create these songs by himself, play the bass, guitar and drums as well as sing the songs, record them, then hold on to them until the band was ready to drop another album. Stew said he would hear Sting’s recordings and be like, “he didn’t even need us. By the time Andy and I heard the song it was already good enough to release”. Of course Sting didn’t do that and re-recorded his songs with the band until he was ready to leave them and become a solo artist… and history has shown just how successful he became on his own. The guy is like a musical freak of nature. SOOO talented
Saw Sting back in college when he was touring for his first solo album. One of the best live shows I’ve ever seen. Non stop energy for 2 hours straight. And Mister Mister opened the show.
You MUST know some songs by The Police. You know. LOLOL
I LOVE Sting since I was a kid. My mom listened to The Police and Sting and I just fell in love with him. He really is music genius.
This whole album, Regatta De Blanc is awesome.
The green room in the video is in "The Glasgow Apollo" in Scotland. I was at the gig and my twin worked as the Manager of the TV Station restaurant manger in "The Scottish Television Studios" across from the venue. I still have the signed pic of Sting which he gave to my Twin signed by Sting, Andy and Stewart.
Their first hit was "Roxanne" in 1978. Eddie Murphy was singing it in 48 Hrs.
This is from their 2nd album. Their first hit was probably 'Roxanne', but they have a string of hits. You'll probably recognise 'Every Breath You Take' from it being sampled by Puff Daddy.
A lot of different sounds in their songs ranging from punk to rock, and love to incorporate reggae in there too throughout their existence.
Great to see you diving into one of Ren's heavier influences - they are great, but Sting is a living legend
another classic Police song is "Walking on the moon" definitely worth hearing to see how Reggae creeps into the music and another enriching Ren puzzle-piece :)
Fun facv is also that as Sting is English, Steward Copeland this one of the best drummers ever AND ALSO PLAYING DRUMS IN THIS 'TRADITIONAL WAY', IS FROM USA AND HE WAS THE ONE WHO WANTED TO FIND OTHER MEMBERS AND FOUND STING as Steward wanted to form a different kind of rock band. And their first hit 'Roxanne' surely was something new and as the main melody may sound quite simple, that song evolves to the last second.
Stewart Copeland is one of the most skilled drummers of all time. 🙌
I had a cassette player in my car way back in the day, and I would blast the Police (and other mix tapes) when I hit the road to see America on my first vacation as an 18 year old adult. One of the (many) best times of my life!
One of The Police's most beautiful songs, lyrically, is 'King Of Pain'
The reason why when you listen to a lot of these old/classic rock songs you're like "Damn I've heard this bit before! Where?!" is because rap/hip-hop samples A LOT of classic rock songs. There's at least like 20 different rap songs if not more that sampled this track. Puff Daddy sampled "Every Breath You Take" also by The Police for his farewell song to Biggie. On a side note though, while the song "Every Breath You Take" sounds like a love song, and A LOT of people misinterpret it as such, Sting said that it's one of those songs that embarrasses him because the song is actually about a guy stalking someone, not a dude in love.
45 years old!!!!! 1979. We had good stuff. I think their first big song was "Roxeanne". They were totally unique. No one sounded like them. I know you have to know "Every Breath You Take" it's timeless, from 1983. Video is black and white, Diddy sampled it, but The Police are a classic early 80s rock/post punk band.
The name was because they came up in a punk rock scene. Other popular punk band names that look great on a flyer: "Free Beer", TBA, and "Millions of Dead Cops".
Yes its a f... to authority, no love for the state, because its absolutely not ok to love a state, especially not nato-states...
WALKING ON THE MOON is another fantastic one by them.
The Police are Legendary. ❤ i Love Stewart Copeland on them Drums!💪🏽
Im from 83 so i was young but my dad played The police's songs and it one of the bands that have stuck with me and bring back so many memorry's.
The Police are an amazing band. I grew up listening to them. Every single they released was fire. Sting has a fantastically mellifluous voice, but Stuart Copeland’s drumming is truly genius he writes and composes brilliant music for movies too. Andy Summers is a very original guitar player who has a great deal of emotion in his way of playing, whilst keeping the punkiness in his style. Most people know tracks from the Outlandos D’Amour and Reggatta De Blanc albums, but my favourite album is Ghost In The Machine specifically the track Spirits In The Material World. My favourite single is Roxanne and this track Message In A Bottle.
Synchronicity II is probably my favorite song, but then I'm always happy to hear Every Little Thing She Does is Magic. And there's a dozen other songs in between. 😊
Much love from Maine and keep doin what ya do ❤
Was lucky enough to see their reunion tour about 20 years ago. My first ever rock concert. Remember being amazed how three guys could totally enthral a stadium full of people. The drummer played a contraption made of hanging bottles and other stuff (hope I remember this right), for "Caravan" I think - it was magical.
The biggest Police songs Every Breath You Take, Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic and Don't Stand So Close To Me among a fantastic discography.
Every Breath You Take
I don't just appreciate your take but I'm 60. Your take on this took me to the next level! I've always loved it but you made me realize why! Thank you.
I'm sure you're familiar with "I'll be missing you" by Puff, Faith Evans, 112; that song samples "Every Breath You Take" by The Police. I've listened to The Police for years but till now didn't realize how much you can hear the inspiration in Ren's style. Keep up the great content BP.
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Roxanne, Every breath you take, walking on the moon and so many others. Honestly I love all their songs. I would listen to their albums without ever skipping a song.
Was able to see them live on the Synchronicity Tour around 1985. Love their music. I had a cool 10th grade English teacher, Mr. Appleton. He let us study the lyrics to many of their Synchronicity album songs in class. Epic!!
'Roxanne' was there first big song after being re-issued in 1979 reached No.12 in the UK charts, but 'Message in a Bottle' was their first UK chart No.1
I delivered milk with the Sumner's back in the day. Newcastle Milkmen RULE!!!
I love seeing people reacting to music outside of their comfort zones and experiencing more than just what they are used to. I am lucky in that I grew up in different parts of the country with many different friends with different tastes in music. I grew up in Texas and was exposed to country, grew up in Washington at the height of grunge, grew up in a Christian household that (at the house) was only exposed to either Christian music or Oldies (50s-70s), grew up in the 80s listening to timeless songs from that decade. All music should be experienced and celebrated. Keep up the wonderful work.
So glad you did this one, I’m 24, portuguese, and my dad always showed me The Police and Sting while growing up, these are really special ❤️
Your dad is passing on his musical interest to you 🥰 very sweet
“Roxanne” was their first big song (It wasn't their first single, but it was the song that got them really well known), and in the same year (1978) they released "Can't stand losing you", which was another really popular, big song by them. It's hard to actually say what their biggest song was, they had so many massive ones, but those 2 will def be on anyone's list of big Police tunes.
Personally I really love "Walking on the Moon"
Most rappers don't like listening to the Police much. BP breaking the mold. 😂
Love your music journey and here for it. Keep rocking and rapping!
Bro - The Police “Every Breath you take” is the most played song 🎵 on the radio to date with 15+ million plays. It is one of the biggest selling singles of all time with 10 million units sold- in my book, the ultimate pop song ever written for radio…
sting voice its the "reggae and Dub beat voice"... unique band. Believe me broh
You HAVE to listen to more of The Police. They were serious musicians, and the drummer is a hugely respected top drummer and composer. Then take a listen to some of Sting’s music as it is superb and so varied. His solo album Dream of the Blue Turtles is seriously different in styles and is fantastic. I have all the music both Police & Sting. He’s a storyteller writer. Some of his songs really go on a journey..
This song shows how The Police are the masters of repeating at the end of songs.
I can listen to them ending a song for another minute or five. Such skilled musicians. Each repetition is so different!
🎧 💓 🎶
one of the best drummers of all time Stuart copeland his snare pops like no other.. and his style is unique....
Roxanne was their blow-up on the come-up. This is the third or fourth hit. This was when you knew this was a superstar band and not a one hit wonder. This is the beginning of world domination. In a time when Prince AND Michael Jackson released the historic albums (82-83) 1999 and Thriller, THE POLICE WERE THE BIGGEST BAND AND CONCERT DRAW IN THE WORLD.
Sting really was a teacher and apparently this song is based on his personal experience. The shirt he is wearing is 'The Beat' an English Ska band from the early 80s. You could check out 'Save it for Later' and 'Mirror in the Bathroom'.
I loved these growing up. Quadraphinia was on our video recorders for years. My mum brought me up dancing around the house to ska, rock, reggae, soul, Motown. Our home was built around good tunes 👌🏻
Sting & The Police's biggest song, ironically enough, is the anthem for stalkers worldwide, was then sampled by Diddler in his tribute to the "best friend" he sacrificed to Suge to save his own skin. An act which currently has the OTHER police now stalking Diddler! 😂😂😂
If you listen to Roxanne, you can hear the influence on Ren's vocal technique in Screech's Tale when he sings the line "Screech, dear boy, WHERE DID HE GO?" ❤
I had the great honor to see them live in concert at the Aloha Stadium in Hawaii on their Synchronicity tour❤❤
To try and answer some of your questions, as I understand it The Police were named by the drummer, Stewart Copeland, who named it as a sort of reference to his father, who was a CIA officer. Message in the Bottle is from their second album and yes they were on their way up at this point in their career. By this time they were doing smaller concert halls. They would ultimately finish off their careers, as The Police, in stadiums. I would say their first major hit was Roxanne, off their first album Outlandos D'Amour. Message in the Bottle was on their second album Reggatta De Blanc. Both albums are a great look into their earlier music which fused Rock, Punk and Reggae. The Police would follow up these prior releases with their third album Zenyatta Mondatta, which is probably my favorite album. The most popular song on this album is probably Don't Stand So Close To Me but I was always partial to Driven To Tears. Sting always incorporated meaningful lyrics into his song writing by using situations that were going on in the world at the time. The message I got from Message In The Bottle was loneliness and coming to the realization that there are millions of other people that are feeling exactly the same. Unfortunately The Police had a short life span, as did many bands in that era. They broke up in 1984 after only seven years together. Synchronicity was their final album that went 8x platinum.
This was always one of my favorites thanks for reacting 🕊💙🕊💙
Probably the best pop/rock band of all time imho. They really fill their own niche though because what are they? Pop? Rock? Punk? Reggae? World Beat? Sounds as fresh and unique today as it did when I first heard them. The Doors and Sublime are another two bands that capture that uniqueness, obviously very different bands, but all carved out their own little patch of ground I would say.
Saw the Police live in New Zealand in the 70s. Absolutely epic.
Three piece of amazement. So much sound from only three dudes...
Pure energy
Quadrophenia was a classic album/film by The Who! The Police debuted when I was in college in the late '70s. I had a chance to go see them for free in an outdoor concert on campus, but didn't go because I had heard they were a punk band and I wasn't really into punk (yet). Ah, the things we pass up that we shouldn't have! Now I have all their early albums (most on LP, at least one on cassette) and I love almost every song on them. So many great songs through the years, and plenty of them were hits. "Canary in a Coal Mine" is another song similar in feel to this one. "Walking on the Moon" is a cool little song with a reggae beat that hints at Sting's future solo work that got a bit into light jazz (as you heard on "Englishman in New York"). Probably my favorite song of theirs is "Synchronicity II" from the "Synchronicity" album. It's also a banger! And did you notice Andy Summers doing a Pete Townshend-style jump while playing the guitar in the dressing room?
There will be a number of Police songs that will be in your subconscious - they were massive. Saw them promote this their 2nd album Feb 1980 in Christchurch New Zealand - what an amazing sound for three people on stage.
This song made such an impact upon its release. Nothing like it had been heard before.
Roxanne was the Police's first big hit. Can't Stand Losing YOu was their first single released, both from the previous album Outlandos d'Amour.
Walking on the moon is my favourite and Roxanne
We might as well be living on another planet now when you compare mainstream music today with the past, we are now a different species.
my only fact about this band, is Stuart Copland (drummer) dad is a founding member of the CIA
To play off that, Stewart’s older brother founded IRS record label, and his other brother (not sure if older or younger) formed FBI talent agency.
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@@nottheplan4513 Miles (3rd) was the oldest, then Ian, Stewart was the youngest. Miles founded I.R.S, Ian was a well known booking agent.
Every Breath You Take is an obvious suggestion but I won’t say why, I will leave that for you to experience when you listen to it and another suggestion is Roxanne as it’s the one Ren references in Losing It
I agree. I was also kicking up my heels in those days and "Roxanne" and "Every Breath you take" are the songs that made an American girl fall in love with an English band. I've followed Sting ever since and never been disappointed.
Ooh....The Police....you have my attention! 🔥
Such a great tune. Drummer is phenomenal!!!
Great tune to work out to.
Dude they have two dozen hits... Enjoy the journey!
The band got its name because the American drummer Stewart Copeland and the bands manager Miles Copeland( Stewart´s brother), saw the potential of FREE ADVERTISING, because the police is mentioned so often in papers and elsewhere, and the fans and people would associate it with the band ♥ GREAT FREE PR GIMMICK ♥♥♥
The video is a mix of soundcheck, backstage and live footage shot at the Lyceum on 06-17-1979.
"Message in a Bottle' is a good song. That can move me. I like the idea that while it's about loneliness and alienation it's also about finding solace and other people going through the same thing. The guy's on a desert island and throws a bottle out to sea saying he's alone and all these millions of bottles come back saying, So what So am I! I like the fact that the whole deal is clinched by the third verse. It makes a journey." - Sting, Q, November 1993
Lots of hits from The police and Sting had a bunch of solo hits. Every Breath You Take is probably biggest hit they have had.
Sting every breath you take the best of his
Stewart Copeland is a god! It was filmed at The Lyceum in London, a 200 year theatre which became a big gig and club venue in the 70s and 80s, now the London theatre home of The Lion King, the musical. The Police song 'Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic' is always worth a watch/listen. Stewart Copeland is a god in that one too!
Loved the police back in the day. Their first big song and my favourite song is Roxanne!
Sting - All This Time dvd is a must watch. He gathered musicians at his home in Italy to remake a bunch of songs. The day before the final concert at his home, 9-11 happened. It captures all of them debating on whether they should even play. It is a fascinating dvd.
Another to check out is Paulo Nutini - Iron Sky Amazing song with a real message.
They came from England, and they were session musicians who used the punk/new wave movement to join with their unique music, inspired with ska, reggae, dub, jazz, rock in to one of a kind bland.
There first single was hit already in 1978, it is song "Roxanne" I bet you can recognize that song and all the reference in popular culture of naming a girl Roxanne, what it actually means.
And one interesting fact, even they are British band, Stewart Copeland, the drummer is actually American, his life and career as musician, bring him to England in mid 1970's, where he met Sting and join the group when Sting told him that he wants to make band, that would later be known as the police.
The Police were amazing, a huge part of my younger years.