I have the utmost admiration for an individual who can talk as fluently, articulately and as knowledgably as long as Stewart does, and never ever become boring. How many of us could do that?
It's obvious why Stewart Copeland has become such a monumental figure in music-he understands it at such a fundamental level, and has a depth and breadth of stylistic experience and exposure that for him, the world is entirely open to him. He has seen clearly where for others-for most-it's cloudy at best and muddy at worst. But he is also such a relatable and affable human being that he can connect to everyone around him to at least some extent.
As a ten year old boy back in 1982, when he visited Chile with The Police, I thought they were from another planet. Since then my drumming style has changed ,he has been a big influence. What a great guy.
When i was 10 learning to play guitar i learnt most of all the Police music as they seemed to be easy to learn on guitar. I always loved Stewart's attitude to music, life and of course his drumming... A Music Icon!
Created a new and beautiful style of drumming for rock. How often do you listen to a group and the drummer stands out!!! This is one of those musicians folks, a true innovator and originator. I can listen to him play all day!!!!
Wow. Just wow. I don't think I've ever had so much fun watching an interview with one of my favorite musicians ever! :) I heard the Police, and walking on the moon for the first time on an LP record back in 1982 as a 12 year old kid in Stings home town Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, Northern England and I was in love with the drums on walking on the moon ever since! Thank you Stuart, and THANK YOU who put this out on TH-cam!!
I’m just glad I was listening to the different take on drumming that Stewart was giving us in the 70’s & 80’s. And still now. Bands I played in in the 80’s & 90’s had people coming to listen. I’m hoping my influences in drumming contributed to that interest. What a wonderful wonderful man. Thanks Stewart. Glad I was alive at this time to hear and see you play
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Well, I'm not a musician, I'm an audio producer, (but I'm not going to fuck off.) This guy is awesome in every sense. Very comfortable in his skin, confident, smart, and basically changed drumming in his time. (And what did you do today?) :-)
He's great, but eventually all of us here now, and our succeeding generations will disappear and be forgotten. And eventually the human species will disappear entirely. Ultimately, nothing is very important beyond a given number of generations.
Its so infuriating when interviewers distract w attitude and give the impression they know all this already. Let someone else interview then!!! Thank you for sharing your personal experiences. It's cool to see things from the inside!
When I was 18 I drummed for my first touring band the cherryfire ashes. A Joy division/David Bowie type band. I've still acticely never heard that type of music I wasn't l into that type of music but they were the only gig in town. I. I ended up playing very stewart copeland esque because that was the closest thing I liked. The band was furious with me because I moonlighted for a punk/nirvana type band supporting snow patrol (they used to be heavy). On return from said gig I tried to hook up with my gf then (that was the only option or the gfs mini metro. . The band confronted me trousers by ankles in dank room where you could put hand through no the walls and there sat 50 green bottles of piss in the corridors. Loves young dream. The singers gf saw me and grassed me up I was told in no uncertain terms it was the band or I join nirvana type band. I just walked away. In reflection we sounded decent with copeland drumming but I still don't like British indie music. 😅
Curious statement that a musician can enjoy playing a type of music that they don't enjoy listening to. I've never played an instrument but I always thought that those who do, when they are listening to music, that they just subconsciously imagine themselves playing it, or at least are more aware of what it is calling for in terms of skill and effort on the part of the person who is playing it.
I know. Right? My theory is that he’s just not had very many positive experiences with actual real jazz jamming, maybe just tolerating one or a few loud, and annoying jazz guitarists. Maybe he is hoping more jazz musicians will challenge his bias to evolve.
@Doug Kirk jazz jams typically use books containing only the melody and it’s accompanying chord names, written with - and + to indicate chord quality, followed by a number for inversion/interval, but even without any music to look at, there’s always rhythmic grooves to follow.
I was making noise in the kitchen during the first bit and I thought he said the band name was "Stark Naked McCarthyism" which actually is an even better band name.
Exactly that kind of conflict with Sting he describes is the source of great creativity. See Lennon/McCartney, Moulding/Partidge, Godley+Creme/Steward+Goldman, Jagger/Richards.
@@iansummers6749 "pretension" is only a word that people accuse others of being when they are envious or jealous of them, yet no one really has any clear idea of what being "pretentious" actually is.
Perhaps they were not happy about the way he attempted to deflect attention away from the way the CIA was involvement in undermining countries around the world?
Stewart says he's good friends with RUSH. I can see him and Neil Peart hanging out. Both very intellectual guys, but Stewart is an extrovert and Neil is an introvert. They're kind of both sides of the same coin.. both great drummers, but very different styles.
Stewart’s an introvert as well as an extrovert. We all have an introversion/extroversion cycle. Astrologically speaking, it takes fourteen years for a Saturn cycle to go from one to the other. Since his time of birth is unknown, it cannot be calculated, which is a tragedy because it would help him know himself better. You could be right though, he may be in an extrovert phase nowadays.
Stuart Copeland is a treasure and so far as drumming and storytelling, but I disagree on one Wishbone Ash was certainly not a lame band With three guitars, they were pretty damn good, especially English lore rock
I disagree w/ his assessment that '90% of Jazz is shit and 90% of Blues and Reggae is great.' There's good and bad in every genre, and its' not up to a certain 'percentage'. Also beg to differ that machines do dance stuff better than humans. I mean there was great, lascivious, sexy, dance music way before the invention of 'electronic pulse'. And by the way he makes reference to the movie 'Whiplash' - he's about the first pro musician who says he enjoyed and found it believable. But from the fact that he 'loved it', I can see why he has said he 'hates Jazz'. - that shit probably happened to him!
@@LeeGee Completely disagree. If you think that , and I quote '99.99% of jazz is bad', then you're clearly not a Jazz fan, meaning you have no palate for it. Because it is not even an informed opinion. There's plenty of great jazz out there, for all tastes. .Stewart is like that as well, always was, Sting has corroborated that one more than on occasion. You cats are like guys who have no plate for any type of sushi saying '99.99% of sushi sucks'. It does not. It is you -and Stewart - who have no palate for it. Own it. It would be more honest.
Jazz musicians are often called to play on rock n pop albums..cause they are special....Stewart is great in certain areas..and he says he sucks at recording sessions...hes great with police otherwise..?
He actually envies jazz musicians!!! Notice how he disclaimed his previous statement "jazz, the refuge of the talent-less" by saying after that, that there's not one jazz musician he doesn't get along with, and I'll bet you that is because he doesn't like the fame of being a rock star drummer!!! I think he is trying to use reverse psychology to see about getting himself more opportunity with actual jazz musicians who can challenge his bias and be eager to give him a good jazz experience!
I was NOT expecting that white guy to start talking like a black Jamaican. LOL. I thought it was a joke, and he would return to his normal English accent, but he kept going. Interesting.
@@LeeGee Are you a moron? My father was far from perfect but I know for a fact that he did not favor or pursue murder for political ends, or any ends for that matter. If you are commenting on the sins of the father not being those of the son, then a little shame for it might say something.
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I have the utmost admiration for an individual who can talk as fluently, articulately and as knowledgably as long as Stewart does, and never ever become boring. How many of us could do that?
exactly what I thought: I can listen to whatever he has to say for hours no matter what, it never gets boring.
I bet he has a very high IQ!
Or does he have some Messages from the Dark Side?
I have tickets for his show in which he talks about his life.
I could listen to Copeland for hours. What a fascinating and highly intelligent personality.
Stewart expresses himself as well with words as he does with drumsticks.
One of the coolest, honest and best drummers in the world
The coolest!
Nice drummer, shame about his a angry attitude and cool Lizard Mind?
Stewart Copeland! Never boring, where does he get his energy?
It's obvious why Stewart Copeland has become such a monumental figure in music-he understands it at such a fundamental level, and has a depth and breadth of stylistic experience and exposure that for him, the world is entirely open to him. He has seen clearly where for others-for most-it's cloudy at best and muddy at worst.
But he is also such a relatable and affable human being that he can connect to everyone around him to at least some extent.
As a ten year old boy back in 1982, when he visited Chile with The Police, I thought they were from another planet. Since then my drumming style has changed ,he has been a big influence. What a great guy.
Dude has enough serotonin for two people.
But they do say the Devil looks after his own. The again, does he not have something of the night about him?
When i was 10 learning to play guitar i learnt most of all the Police music as they seemed to be easy to learn on guitar. I always loved Stewart's attitude to music, life and of course his drumming... A Music Icon!
wow, great honest talk about his dad's work. Great drummer and just a cool guy.
Indeed! Stewart is straight forward cool guy.
Super-cool, super-funny, super-gifted - Stewart Copeland. Legend.
Created a new and beautiful style of drumming for rock. How often do you listen to a group and the drummer stands out!!! This is one of those musicians folks, a true innovator and originator. I can listen to him play all day!!!!
Amen!!!
This interviewer has depth...yeah mon...yeah mon.
Wow. Just wow. I don't think I've ever had so much fun watching an interview with one of my favorite musicians ever! :) I heard the Police, and walking on the moon for the first time on an LP record back in 1982 as a 12 year old kid in Stings home town Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, Northern England and I was in love with the drums on walking on the moon ever since! Thank you Stuart, and THANK YOU who put this out on TH-cam!!
My daughter and I loved playing Spyro. I played her Synchronicity I and she was amazed. ;)
I adore his music, BUT the guy is amazing ... he's one of my major influence, many thanx from France LACM.
I could listen to his stories all day...
Good 90 minutes spent here. Cheers.
What a GUY!!! Passionate, Talented, Innovative, ENTERTAINING, Educational, Unselfish, INSPIRING... xx SF
He is the best. Sincere and honest. And great.
Love Stewart Copeland honest happy go lucky guy who just rocks.Respect
I’m just glad I was listening to the different take on drumming that Stewart was giving us in the 70’s & 80’s. And still now. Bands I played in in the 80’s & 90’s had people coming to listen. I’m hoping my influences in drumming contributed to that interest. What a wonderful wonderful man. Thanks Stewart. Glad I was alive at this time to hear and see you play
Definitely a great, innovative drummer.
Stewart is a Genius with drumsticks and a very sincere person!
I love Stewart and I love ProgRock!
There's nobody like him in Rock n Roll. We love authenticity.
Stewart Copeland: Master Drummer & Very Creative.
Nightstone Master drummer??!??!? i don’t think so pal!!!!!!!!
Clearly, very creative - with the truth and the dodgy actions of the CIA?
A true innovator and an inspiration.
FANTASTIC video!! I could listen to Stewart talk for hours!! 🤘
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26:39 He's talking about Eberhard Schoener. The Police are on his Video Magic album. Quite interesting.
He is the BILL WALTON of music and I love it.
Manzarek of Doors
That Ben Hur show really looks awesome I was able to catch some footage and if it comes this way I'm in!
I love this. Great insights.
The best drummer and most talented and very educational talker ... Unique sound for the drumming world.
at 26:44 he makes me think of Regatta de blanc, the song. fantastic Stuart drumming also
a great man, a great musician!
What a great interview. I’ve always enjoyed Stuart’s drumming style and eloquence.
Stewart rules!!
Honest and in my top ten drummers
Well, I'm not a musician, I'm an audio producer, (but I'm not going to fuck off.)
This guy is awesome in every sense. Very comfortable in his skin, confident, smart, and basically changed drumming in his time. (And what did you do today?) :-)
He's great, but eventually all of us here now, and our succeeding generations will disappear and be forgotten. And eventually the human species will disappear entirely. Ultimately, nothing is very important beyond a given number of generations.
@@AthensGuitarLessons you must be fun at parties
Why did Stewart look like Dorothy from Golden Girls in the thumbnail for this video? 🤔
(I love Stewart Copeland). ❤
The best drummer of century
fantastic interview
he should have his own show
Great interview.
This is pretty much great stand-up comedy - love you Stew...
cant stop watching
Smart guy.
Ladies and Gentlemen, let me introduce to you...the Robbin Williams of Rock!!!
Wow. I really like him a lot! (Always have since Klark Kent.)
What a great guy.
great
What a cool guy.so interesting.best drummer ever
I knew the Calgary Philharmonic tympanist, he was a great musician.
Stewart, in Lebanon did you experience any Levantine Rock and roll bands?
Its so infuriating when interviewers distract w attitude and give the impression they know all this already. Let someone else interview then!!!
Thank you for sharing your personal experiences. It's cool to see things from the inside!
When I was 18 I drummed for my first touring band the cherryfire ashes. A Joy division/David Bowie type band. I've still acticely never heard that type of music I wasn't l into that type of music but they were the only gig in town. I. I ended up playing very stewart copeland esque because that was the closest thing I liked. The band was furious with me because I moonlighted for a punk/nirvana type band supporting snow patrol (they used to be heavy). On return from said gig I tried to hook up with my gf then (that was the only option or the gfs mini metro. . The band confronted me trousers by ankles in dank room where you could put hand through no the walls and there sat 50 green bottles of piss in the corridors. Loves young dream. The singers gf saw me and grassed me up I was told in no uncertain terms it was the band or I join nirvana type band. I just walked away. In reflection we sounded decent with copeland drumming but I still don't like British indie music. 😅
Only Stewart Copeland? If You know what I mean? Very Talented! In SO MAY Ways... 🥁
genius and virtuoso
27:15 "Fucking punk band...I'm Jazz......Jazzzzzzzz" LMAO
+MrJohnnyfarragut "HHHUUuuuUUUEeeeHHHHHHH!!" hahahahahaha.
He could have been a great stand UP comedia. Really. The Yieeeeei jaazz!!! 😅
He had the secret weapon - Arabic music.
When was this lecture?
Curious statement that a musician can enjoy playing a type of music that they don't enjoy listening to. I've never played an instrument but I always thought that those who do, when they are listening to music, that they just subconsciously imagine themselves playing it, or at least are more aware of what it is calling for in terms of skill and effort on the part of the person who is playing it.
I know. Right? My theory is that he’s just not had very many positive experiences with actual real jazz jamming, maybe just tolerating one or a few loud, and annoying jazz guitarists. Maybe he is hoping more jazz musicians will challenge his bias to evolve.
Great talent and hot.
As someone who understands Jazz and doesn't like jazz players I respect Stewart so much. I also respect jazz players, just don't like them.
I think he was joking
@Doug Kirk jazz jams typically use books containing only the melody and it’s accompanying chord names, written with - and + to indicate chord quality, followed by a number for inversion/interval, but even without any music to look at, there’s always rhythmic grooves to follow.
1:27:41 that snare was made by Pearl.
Couldn’t have been the Super Bowl on October 23 1978, in all likelihood it was the World Series .
I was making noise in the kitchen during the first bit and I thought he said the band name was "Stark Naked McCarthyism" which actually is an even better band name.
RUSH!
jazz is more fun to play than it is to listen to. It's kinda like soccer, it's way more fun to play it than it is to watch it. lol
why is the audio so quiet?
Ya mon
only 36k views?
unreal
Stewart is crazy here....... just rambling a bunch of crap ..... I love him!! He's just like me.
LOL
Exactly that kind of conflict with Sting he describes is the source of great creativity. See Lennon/McCartney, Moulding/Partidge, Godley+Creme/Steward+Goldman, Jagger/Richards.
Same hairstyle he had in 1980
"How did we get onto Pygmies?"
Man, this guy's got some balls. Dissing jazz in front of an audience of music students.
Lynn Turman No!! it’s called being pompous & arrogant!!!!!!
Butthurt Jazz fan
As Zappa said " Jazz music for the unemployed".
@@sticktrik Confident enough to call out indulgence and pretension.
@@iansummers6749 "pretension" is only a word that people accuse others of being when they are envious or jealous of them, yet no one really has any clear idea of what being "pretentious" actually is.
Could that crowd have been any less enthusiastic? One of the greatest drummers of all time on stage and that was the response?
Perhaps they were not happy about the way he attempted to deflect attention away from the way the CIA was involvement in undermining countries around the world?
Hey Doc where's Sting?
that wall has gotta be about the worse brick work ever ...just saying
bluegoose555 it’s shitty wallpaper 😂
laid by musicians
It's funky and kick-back, because that's like the music world, man.
So Whiplash isn't worth watching? Stewart is my new fav musician!
The Who were still sticking to their guns through it all ; )
stewart copeland is the shit!!
Pygmies are GREAT!
Wonder how he sounds on speed........
Stewart says he's good friends with RUSH. I can see him and Neil Peart hanging out. Both very intellectual guys, but Stewart is an extrovert and Neil is an introvert. They're kind of both sides of the same coin.. both great drummers, but very different styles.
Stewart’s an introvert as well as an extrovert. We all have an introversion/extroversion cycle. Astrologically speaking, it takes fourteen years for a Saturn cycle to go from one to the other. Since his time of birth is unknown, it cannot be calculated, which is a tragedy because it would help him know himself better. You could be right though, he may be in an extrovert phase nowadays.
There was no superbowl on that date.
Evil Edna's horror toilet, and gay bikers on acid. I'm dead XD
Is he talkin about Klark Kent? Where?
Stuart Copeland is a treasure and so far as drumming and storytelling, but I disagree on one Wishbone Ash was certainly not a lame band
With three guitars, they were pretty damn good, especially English lore rock
Copeland : (speaks for ten minutes)
Host: great mon listen mon ...
Copeland: (speaks for ten minutes)
And so on.
I disagree w/ his assessment that '90% of Jazz is shit and 90% of Blues and Reggae is great.' There's good and bad in every genre, and its' not up to a certain 'percentage'. Also beg to differ that machines do dance stuff better than humans. I mean there was great, lascivious, sexy, dance music way before the invention of 'electronic pulse'. And by the way he makes reference to the movie 'Whiplash' - he's about the first pro musician who says he enjoyed and found it believable. But from the fact that he 'loved it', I can see why he has said he 'hates Jazz'. - that shit probably happened to him!
@@LeeGee Completely disagree. If you think that , and I quote '99.99% of jazz is bad', then you're clearly not a Jazz fan, meaning you have no palate for it. Because it is not even an informed opinion. There's plenty of great jazz out there, for all tastes. .Stewart is like that as well, always was, Sting has corroborated that one more than on occasion. You cats are like guys who have no plate for any type of sushi saying '99.99% of sushi sucks'. It does not. It is you -and Stewart - who have no palate for it. Own it. It would be more honest.
He's an extremely hyper personality
tiluriso Must be that coke & coffee
Perhaps it is all that anger and dark energy within his lizard mind?
Jazz musicians are often called to play on rock n pop albums..cause they are special....Stewart is great in certain areas..and he says he sucks at recording sessions...hes great with police otherwise..?
He actually envies jazz musicians!!! Notice how he disclaimed his previous statement "jazz, the refuge of the talent-less" by saying after that, that there's not one jazz musician he doesn't get along with, and I'll bet you that is because he doesn't like the fame of being a rock star drummer!!! I think he is trying to use reverse psychology to see about getting himself more opportunity with actual jazz musicians who can challenge his bias and be eager to give him a good jazz experience!
Sick mind!
He could play any gender but he does not like jazz .. tnx God!
@@manuelazacchetti4726 that’s because he wants one jazz musician out there to challenge his opinion.
@@manuelazacchetti4726 it’s his way of flirting with who he most wants to play with…jazz musicians of the ear, like him.
🌚
Can I say WHEN do you come from?!!
I think that any jazzist would be honoured to jam with Copeland and enjoy his poliphonic frantic sound!!
@@manuelazacchetti4726 did you mean: WHERE ?
I was NOT expecting that white guy to start talking like a black Jamaican. LOL. I thought it was a joke, and he would return to his normal English accent, but he kept going. Interesting.
I was a fan of Curved Air before you.
Finding out your father was a fan of assassination was disappointing.
@@LeeGee
Are you a moron? My father was far from perfect but I know for a fact that he did not favor or pursue murder for political ends, or any ends for that matter.
If you are commenting on the sins of the father not being those of the son, then a little shame for it might say something.
Stewart would be a better interviewee if he wasn't so goddamn shy and quiet...
Well what happened to the leftists who brought Grandpa Biden to power. The journalists, the jacovistas,,,,