It's probably just a rumor, but I heard Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson, and Stewart Copeland will be working together in a recording studio. I'd love to hear it, especially if they did some live shows together.
Copeland's been getting his due..hes basically known as the best drummer of the 80s..its Alex VH if anyone is underrated Carmine Appice overated now underated... Hal Blaine Billy Cobham..Properly rated now underrated.Cozy Powell, Danny Seraphine,Barrett Martin, Mike Bordin,underrated and..... underrated,overrated,underrated , properly rated Phil Collins,,and Underrated..now properly rated Danny Carey and Jimmy Chamberlain..there is no exoressed warranty or claim of validity on these opinions
I mean, the biggest compliment is that Peter Gabriel hired him just to play hi-hat only on Red Rain from his So album. Jerry Marotta played drums on the whole song, but Copeland was hired simply because he was a master of the hi-hat and Gabriel recognized that. That's high praise.
@@chrisross-fd3fo Chamberlain is a master. The jazz background suits him well playing in a hard rock band. There is a drummer I love in an underground pop punk band, they are called The Wonder Years, and their drummer is named Mike Kennedy. He's so great in a place where it is easy to not have to shine.
@@chrisross-fd3fo Just caught and concurred with all names. Might add Olsson to the underated, Paice to the under-mentioned, and Fleetwood to the blue collar HOF (saw him club his kit to death for 8 minutes at age 67).
They did tons and tons of clubs in the States at this time. I used to have a bootleg tape from one of these that a friend loaned me and I played it to death. Loved their energy. As they became famous I heard their music on the radio before I saw them on MTV (in like '81 or '82) and was completely stunned that there were only 3 guys. 2 years later I went to their Synchronicity tour concert in a sold-out Orange Bowl. Stewart had some sort of loop on his percussion during the Synchronicity tour.
The years '78, '79, '80, '81 were such great years for hard rock music . Great find!! Early Police has that edgy quality. U2, VH, Rush, The Cars, etc... all do too...
@chrisross-fd3fo '81-'84 ~ So basically I'm discovering my older brother's vinyl (class of '79) . I think many groups were influenced by Zeppelin, The Who, & The Beatles. If you listen to/( or watch) U2 Live at Red Rocks 1983, the band had great sound & "zest" .
@@todvball thats the best way ..my dad had great music..just remember to put it away neat lol...i slept outside all night at the Hartford Civic Center to get tickets for U2. in the winter..luckily there were a couple of very pretty girls with me..my girlfriend and her whiny friend.....complaining the whole time..good times..ok wait a minute i gotta read better..i thought you were like 14...i missed the 81-84 part lol .. i was 1982..we didnt have Codys back then.. did we? and we didnt have the internet in 85..crap..its not even codyball its like vball..i got no energy now to argue the parameters of hard rock..you have a good one ..
They were so unique when they first came out. First time I heard them was in early '79. It was such a change from the typical music at the time. We weren't sure if they were new wave or rock. Syncopated rhythms like reggae, but clearly not reggae.
I saw the police on this tour in a very small venue. It felt like the concert started with 8 of us in the venue. We were blown away. Stewart Copeland was the most impactful to us. And they were using electronics we had never seen. My favorite live raw band of the era.
What stands out is how good they were as players. It’s only three of them, and Sting is playing and singing two totally different things. They didn’t just overdub that stuff in the studio. They played that way for real.
Bro, there was shit for monitoring there. And the sound for that video from that time period was great. It is a wonderful time capsule. Y'all are fucking spoiled, thinking everything has to be autotuned to fuck and back. Shove that pitchy bullshit. Pitchy = singing live with wedge monitors in a small club with people climbing all over you.
Noticed that as well., and Sting typically has good pitch: this isn't Madonna we're talking about.. I'm guessing he couldn't hear himself in the monitors. And the bass is low in the mix, the drum mix missing etc.
They were so unique and wildly talented. I saw them in Los Angeles with Oingo Boingo opening for them. It was a fantastic show. Fifteen years later, I took my teenage daughter to see Sting in Anaheim and he covered the Beatles "A Day in the Life".
Wow...a nice surprise this morning. Rick Beato sits down with all 3 members (one at a time ). Very interesting how they made their music and how they got along. .
Huge recommendation to watch Sting's live performance of Burn For You from the movie Bring On The Night. Drummer Omar Hakim plays an all time great drum solo and the crowd leaps to their feet in applause.
@@sentimentalelephantsamusic9730 l got to that tour The Dream of the Blue Turtle the talent behind Sting has never been repeated again at that level, Omar Hakim, Branford Marsalis, Kenny Kirkland, the best of the American Jazz community and they killed it!
You have to watch all of live aid it was our generations Woodstock. You will be amazed with what U2 did and how Queen completely controlled the crowd with just a 15 minute set. So many more things to point out but believe me watch it and you will enjoy even more artist from that time.
Next is some SOLO Sting. He is not really solo, he just has a whole different great band. I recommend his banging cover of the Police song, "Shadows in the Rain." The band is on fire with that, straight from the open of trying to figure out what key is it in.
I loved this and felt like I was there in the club. Even liked the voice distortion and the energy was on fire. I smiled through the whole thing. Thanks!
@@boblozaintherealworld3577 Brilliant comment. I couldn't ever put it into words why I loved Andy's playing so much. My ears just knew they loved it! Thanks for helping this non-musician understand what Andy was doing.
I love the way that in this version Andy sort of meanders into the each of the verses and then half way through pulls the signature riff in. Each of these guys was so individually talented, together they were compelling.
My favorite thing about Stewart Copeland's drumming isn't even REALLY about him, it's the fact that he made such iconic decisions with these songs that, there are choices he made originally that Sting hates HATES to this day, but every single drummer that's played those songs since fights tooth and nail for those drum parts BECAUSE THEY ARE THAT GOOD! I heard Josh Freese explain that in an interview and I haven't forgotten that ever since. I don't know if you could call that a lesson but I, sure as Hell, remembered it.
At the height of their popularity during the Synchronicity tour they played the Olympic Stadium in Montreal. The night before they played at a 2000 seats venue called Le Spectrum. The show had been specifically recorded for pay tv at the time. Sting said at the time that the show that night was the best performance in the band’s career. I recorded it on vhs when it was broadcasted. The sound and image quality were superb for the time. Sadly it was never released on dvd or any other format. I kept the VHS, but sadly my brother recorded something over a part of the convert. I still kept it though and transferred was was still usable on digital format.
My first ever rock concert was the Police when Every Breath You Take was at number one. But they will always be one of the most dedicatedly energetic bands I've ever encountered. I will always love them. Invisible Sun is a fantastic song of theirs BTW.
There are some fabulous videos of REM in the early days in small venues like this. But I also appreciate the theater shows as well, 2000 people is still intimate compared to an arena show.
Thanks for the dive into A+A! Sting was always the focal point and sadly Summers and Copeland's genius was often overlooked. Walking on the Moon, Invisible Sun, Canary in a Coal Mine, Spirits in a Material World, and Can't Stand Losing You should all be covered please!
I think plenty of people saw the genius in the others. Copeland especially was known to be brilliant. He was Neil Peart's favorite contemporary, and apparently the two would push each other, the Police are why Rush incorporated reggae into stuff.
Sting and Stewart were in the late 20's, Andy in his late 30's. That crowd probably contains many grand-parents now...they were right on them, crazy! Close to but not quite yet the super group they became. The audio was over-modulated but not enough to drive me mad. Great video!
Andy Summers is Awesome! That guy is like late 70’s I think. Was 10 years older than the rest of the band. Played with many bands in England even the Animals right before they split. …he almost made it in The Rolling Stones but Woods was given the job. Andy’s big break of course was The Police and he did an incredible job. Love me some Andy Summers!
OMG!!!! If someone told me they saw The Police in some small club in Hong Kong before they were big, I'd probably call them a liar and ask if they saw The Beatles in Germany too, hahaha!!! This was Amazing!! This feels like one of those "you have to go to Japan to find this" discoveries. The band is confident, but not overly so. I miss being in a crowded, sweaty club, everyone young and bouncing around! Thanks guys!!
@@eboethrasher They were on their way, but playing that close to the crowd in that small a place shows they weren't that big yet. All their biggest songs/albums are in their future.
I would love to see Driven to Tears" performed live in Fréjus, France on August 28, 1980, during their second world tour called "Zenyatta Mondatta." In this performance, the band showcased their unique ability to create different time signatures within the same song, using them to form an almost melodic line. It's fascinating how they blended these elements to create such a memorable musical experience!
Check out Sting’s phenomenal solo version of Message in a Bottle and Roxanne from this era from the Secret Policeman’s Ball. The sound quality of this RUclips video is pure distortion. Something went wrong
The Police were part of the small amount of music that made it bearable to listen to the radio from about 1980-1985..gotta remember we didnt have indoor plumbing, tooth fixin and larnin'..Copeland used a bucket, a cookie tin, and his paws switch on the first 3 albums
Great song, great band! Next, check out these timeless classics: Canary in a Coal Mine, Can’t Stand Losing You, Driven To Tears, Next To You, and So Lonely. ✌️
A&A, you should react to the VIDEO of Ren's 2024 mash-up cover of, "Back on 74 - Message in a Bottle", it's amazing! To find the right video, here's the exact title: *Ren - Back on 74 / Message In A Bottle (Live retake)* It came out 4 months ago, and has 1M views, on the channel, Ren. "Back on 74", is a 2023 song by Jungle, and Ren mashes it masterfully with The Police classic!
When The Police became popular I sort of dismissed them because I thought they were a punk band but then I saw the music video for Message in a Bottle. I became a huge fan. I saw them in concert in 2008. I saw Sting in concert last October at the Hollywood Bowl.
For me, Sting is a poet first a musician second, who writes lyrics like this in our day? “Just a castaway, an island lost at sea, oh Another lonely day with no one here but me, oh More loneliness than any man could bear Rescue me before I fall into despair, oh”
The trio bands in the 80’s were amazing. The Police were a reggae/punk/jazz hybrid. Rush was a formative prog metal band influenced by the Police (reggae section in Spirit of Radio). ZZ Top brought Texas blues to a mainstream pop audience.
Might be a tough one to find but back in the day there used to be charity events called "The Secret Policeman's Ball" and "The Secret Policeman's Other Ball". Sting performed an unforgettable solo version of this song as part of one of these events (I forget which one. I had the album soundtrack as a kid). It also had Phil Collins solo on piano. Worth listening to if you can find it. Great video guys.
When I was about 16, I got an acoustic Taylor guitar. For reasons I still don’t understand, one of the first riffs I tried to learn was Andy Summers’ opening riff on this song. It’s not easy.
not this one but "Every Breathe You Take" may be the kind of song people are still interested in a hundred yrs from now it there ARE still any people around then⚛😀
Watch The Police Live at the Rockpalast 1980 , doing the song Deathwish. It’s a lesser known song of theirs, but a great one. Their performance is fast and furious. The video quality is all around excellent!
February 1980 Showbox, Seattle ... tiny club ..they're leaping around in their fab jumpsuits 🤯incredible experience up CLOSE 😵💫😊😉one of the best of my concert times oh yeah ... unforgettable ---> U2 in a small Seattle club March 1981/ Astor Park
@@HeyfordF Two sadly overlooked b2b tracks Omega Man and Secret Journey! I know that Synchronicity is the bigger seller but it felt too much like Stings Solo launching pad for me, less attitude and more adult contemporary, GITM #1 4 me 😎
Doesn't get much better than that. Copeland was amazing- one of the best drummers of all-time. One of the best bands of the 80's- and that's saying a lot.
The Live recording that improved the sound quality of all Live records that came after, was "Supertramp Paris", from about 1978. For the first time, a concert recording sounded as clean, quiet and professional as the original studio version of the same songs. On the other hand, I have bought live bootlegs of Genesis or Peter Gabriel that sounded awful, recorded off the FM airwaves or live in venues but not from their sound boards, and the energy, historic significance and performances made them worth every penny. For example, imagine a dark, moody, synth-heavy version of "Heard it Through the Grapevine" by Peter Gabriel and his band, in his late-70s Punk era. Amazing. On blue translucent, marbleized vinyl. Double record, recorded in some basement club in NYC. --OronOfMontreal
3 guys. That's it, and they made magic.
Every little thing they did was magic. 😉
@@beerbratscheese1230Indeed.
@@annewoodard6803 Power Trios are intense
Three piece bands are amazing.................Cream, Rush, Triumph, SRV and Double Trouble..............just to name a few
The Doors
A&A, you'll love their "Spirits In The Material World" and "Can't Stand Losing You"!!!
How about 'Secret Journey' ?
Both great.
Like Dire Straits, the Police sound was so unique that it drew everyone in instantly. Police were biggest act of 80's.
I *so* miss the 80's. I'd go back again in a heartbeat given the choice.
This was amazing! And it's 44 years old, with Sting still going strong today! I highly recommend their "Synchronicity" album next.
What a great window to the Police in their prime. This was a treat.
Stewart Copeland is my favorite drummer ever. So incredibly skilled.
He goes FULL HAM on this.
It's probably just a rumor, but I heard Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson, and Stewart Copeland will be working together in a recording studio. I'd love to hear it, especially if they did some live shows together.
@@bostonwhofan that would be amazing!
Stewart has been showing up on my video feeds a lot lately. I always liked him. Now I am a big fan.
A fan of Neil Peart. They admired each other
King of the High Hats. People often say Ward is under rated but in reality, It's Copeland. He's a freaking magician.
Copeland's been getting his due..hes basically known as the best drummer of the 80s..its Alex VH if anyone is underrated Carmine Appice overated now underated... Hal Blaine Billy Cobham..Properly rated now underrated.Cozy Powell, Danny Seraphine,Barrett Martin, Mike Bordin,underrated and..... underrated,overrated,underrated , properly rated Phil Collins,,and Underrated..now properly rated Danny Carey and Jimmy Chamberlain..there is no exoressed warranty or claim of validity on these opinions
I mean, the biggest compliment is that Peter Gabriel hired him just to play hi-hat only on Red Rain from his So album. Jerry Marotta played drums on the whole song, but Copeland was hired simply because he was a master of the hi-hat and Gabriel recognized that. That's high praise.
@@chrisross-fd3fo Chamberlain is a master. The jazz background suits him well playing in a hard rock band. There is a drummer I love in an underground pop punk band, they are called The Wonder Years, and their drummer is named Mike Kennedy. He's so great in a place where it is easy to not have to shine.
@@eboethrasher ty i will check them out
@@chrisross-fd3fo Just caught and concurred with all names. Might add Olsson to the underated, Paice to the under-mentioned, and Fleetwood to the blue collar HOF (saw him club his kit to death for 8 minutes at age 67).
What a find! I love that The Police were performing in a really small venue! I was surprised the band wasn't crushed by the fans. Wow,. . .just wow!
They weren’t huge yet.
They did tons and tons of clubs in the States at this time. I used to have a bootleg tape from one of these that a friend loaned me and I played it to death. Loved their energy.
As they became famous I heard their music on the radio before I saw them on MTV (in like '81 or '82) and was completely stunned that there were only 3 guys. 2 years later I went to their Synchronicity tour concert in a sold-out Orange Bowl. Stewart had some sort of loop on his percussion during the Synchronicity tour.
You can feel the raw energy, almost felt like I was there. Message in a Bottle is one of my favorites from them.
Love Stewart Copeland’s playing!❤
Walking on the Moon from the Synchronicity Tour for Coplands drumming alone.
The years '78, '79, '80, '81 were such great years for hard rock music . Great find!! Early Police has that edgy quality. U2, VH, Rush, The Cars, etc... all do too...
@@todvball im trying to get your perspective..can I ask when you were in High School🌝
@chrisross-fd3fo '81-'84 ~ So basically I'm discovering my older brother's vinyl (class of '79) . I think many groups were influenced by Zeppelin, The Who, & The Beatles. If you listen to/( or watch) U2 Live at Red Rocks 1983, the band had great sound & "zest" .
@@todvball thats the best way ..my dad had great music..just remember to put it away neat lol...i slept outside all night at the Hartford Civic Center to get tickets for U2. in the winter..luckily there were a couple of very pretty girls with me..my girlfriend and her whiny friend.....complaining the whole time..good times..ok wait a minute i gotta read better..i thought you were like 14...i missed the 81-84 part lol .. i was 1982..we didnt have Codys back then.. did we? and we didnt have the internet in 85..crap..its not even codyball its like vball..i got no energy now to argue the parameters of hard rock..you have a good one ..
They were so unique when they first came out. First time I heard them was in early '79. It was such a change from the typical music at the time. We weren't sure if they were new wave or rock. Syncopated rhythms like reggae, but clearly not reggae.
Totally agree. So different, fresh, musically satisfying.
"Beds too big" is one of my favourite yet underrated Police songs.
I saw the police on this tour in a very small venue. It felt like the concert started with 8 of us in the venue. We were blown away. Stewart Copeland was the most impactful to us. And they were using electronics we had never seen. My favorite live raw band of the era.
The Police are Phenomenal. I Always find myself listening closely to Stewart Copelands percussions. Love it
What stands out is how good they were as players. It’s only three of them, and Sting is playing and singing two totally different things. They didn’t just overdub that stuff in the studio. They played that way for real.
Andy, as an engineer, will appreciate this-listening to the Police live is like beholding an ornery Ordinary Differential Equation and solving it.
I find it more similar to the fun of a Taylor series expansion, + cool syncopation.
"The comments say the audio quality is crazy good". Song plays with crazy distorted audio. Sting's first lines are "pitchy", while we're at it.
Bro, there was shit for monitoring there. And the sound for that video from that time period was great. It is a wonderful time capsule. Y'all are fucking spoiled, thinking everything has to be autotuned to fuck and back. Shove that pitchy bullshit. Pitchy = singing live with wedge monitors in a small club with people climbing all over you.
Noticed that as well., and Sting typically has good pitch: this isn't Madonna we're talking about.. I'm guessing he couldn't hear himself in the monitors. And the bass is low in the mix, the drum mix missing etc.
It sounds like they're underwater!
yeah this was garbage...
Yeah, that kinda sucked, sound-wise.
Yup, the line I'm not alone in feeling alone is got to be the best of the whole song. ❤
They were so unique and wildly talented. I saw them in Los Angeles with Oingo Boingo opening for them. It was a fantastic show. Fifteen years later, I took my teenage daughter to see Sting in Anaheim and he covered the Beatles "A Day in the Life".
Wow...a nice surprise this morning. Rick Beato sits down with all 3 members (one at a time ). Very interesting how they made their music and how they got along.
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Canary In A Coalmine is a good one. It is one of the first ones I ever heard by The Police.
Huge recommendation to watch Sting's live performance of Burn For You from the movie Bring On The Night. Drummer Omar Hakim plays an all time great drum solo and the crowd leaps to their feet in applause.
@@sentimentalelephantsamusic9730 l got to that tour The Dream of the Blue Turtle the talent behind Sting has never been repeated again at that level, Omar Hakim, Branford Marsalis, Kenny Kirkland, the best of the American Jazz community and they killed it!
Just my favorite band in the history of music...😊
You have to watch all of live aid it was our generations Woodstock. You will be amazed with what U2 did and how Queen completely controlled the crowd with just a 15 minute set. So many more things to point out but believe me watch it and you will enjoy even more artist from that time.
I second this!❤❤
I think they watched Queen, but U2 live is a must!
I remember that weekend so clearly!! It was a true event!😊
Live Aid was a true event, watched without sleep, once In a lifetime performances by the GOATS...there were some very cool things about the 80s!
@@JaneWalters-ni7se I was 21 years old watching Live Aid and to see the bands from the 60s and 70s play with the bands of the 80s was amazing
Next is some SOLO Sting. He is not really solo, he just has a whole different great band. I recommend his banging cover of the Police song, "Shadows in the Rain." The band is on fire with that, straight from the open of trying to figure out what key is it in.
I have seen dozens of other, even earlier live videos of this song with infinitely superior sound quality.
Every time I see them playing live I can’t take my eyes off of Copeland. He’s so amazing. 👏👏👏🔥
I loved this and felt like I was there in the club. Even liked the voice distortion and the energy was on fire. I smiled through the whole thing. Thanks!
So young. Young men at their peak shaping the world in a positive way.
How does Sting sing a complex melody while simultaneously playing a completely different complex bass line? 🤯
King of Pain one of my favorites, thanks guys.
Much Respect to Andy Summers. 10 yrs older than Sting and Stewart, they couldn't have chosen a better lead.
Andy's weird chord choices subtly changed my taste in music back then.
at the time he was the master of playing only parts of the chords, leaving Sting to fill in the bottom lines.
@@boblozaintherealworld3577 Brilliant comment. I couldn't ever put it into words why I loved Andy's playing so much. My ears just knew they loved it! Thanks for helping this non-musician understand what Andy was doing.
I love the way that in this version Andy sort of meanders into the each of the verses and then half way through pulls the signature riff in. Each of these guys was so individually talented, together they were compelling.
@@mlyten67 I fully agree
The whole Synchronicity concert video is excellent.
Sting pushed the timing of this a few times and the band went with it.
My favorite thing about Stewart Copeland's drumming isn't even REALLY about him, it's the fact that he made such iconic decisions with these songs that, there are choices he made originally that Sting hates HATES to this day, but every single drummer that's played those songs since fights tooth and nail for those drum parts BECAUSE THEY ARE THAT GOOD! I heard Josh Freese explain that in an interview and I haven't forgotten that ever since. I don't know if you could call that a lesson but I, sure as Hell, remembered it.
Saw them in concert at The Wembley Arena in 1983. Awesome show!
Dayumm Good! Tons of spacey reverb on Sings vocals..He sings Harmony to his lead as well..small stage early time Hungry boys!
Yep, they were actually a proper band with chops :-)
The riff by Andy Summers is really underated. Copeland is one of my favorite drummers, behind Peart and Bonzo.
What about the Toto drummer? 🥁🥁🥁
At the height of their popularity during the Synchronicity tour they played the Olympic Stadium in Montreal. The night before they played at a 2000 seats venue called Le Spectrum. The show had been specifically recorded for pay tv at the time. Sting said at the time that the show that night was the best performance in the band’s career. I recorded it on vhs when it was broadcasted. The sound and image quality were superb for the time. Sadly it was never released on dvd or any other format. I kept the VHS, but sadly my brother recorded something over a part of the convert. I still kept it though and transferred was was still usable on digital format.
This show ? ruclips.net/video/aaZh_2xmhDA/видео.htmlsi=IpIq4ap1FiQiJgeF
Saw them in 81 outside Toronto. They where fuckin spot on. The Police Picnic. Peace from Ottawa
That show in 83 is on YT in pieces.
Nice live version of this blended rock/reggae classic! Amazing drumming!
My first ever rock concert was the Police when Every Breath You Take was at number one. But they will always be one of the most dedicatedly energetic bands I've ever encountered. I will always love them.
Invisible Sun is a fantastic song of theirs BTW.
Great song. Sting has been MY MAN since I was 9 yrs old. ❤
Have y'all listened to WALKING ON THE MOON, yet?
🔥🔥🔥
Great clip; glad you found it. N ice to see so much footage of Andy Summers.
People focused on the vibe, the music, the adrenaline, the smells, the vibrations, the sounds......instead of their devices.. The best times are gone!
Hi guys. Those are my favorite live vids. Small packed clubs standing room only. Good times
There are some fabulous videos of REM in the early days in small venues like this. But I also appreciate the theater shows as well, 2000 people is still intimate compared to an arena show.
Those guys're so talented.
Thanks for the dive into A+A! Sting was always the focal point and sadly Summers and Copeland's genius was often overlooked. Walking on the Moon, Invisible Sun, Canary in a Coal Mine, Spirits in a Material World, and Can't Stand Losing You should all be covered please!
I think plenty of people saw the genius in the others. Copeland especially was known to be brilliant. He was Neil Peart's favorite contemporary, and apparently the two would push each other, the Police are why Rush incorporated reggae into stuff.
@@eboethrasher I hate to take a turn on the cliche but those who know-knew. My reference was to the MTV crowd and such.
For the crowd to be so close, this is clearly a small club.....wild.
Sting and Stewart were in the late 20's, Andy in his late 30's. That crowd probably contains many grand-parents now...they were right on them, crazy! Close to but not quite yet the super group they became. The audio was over-modulated but not enough to drive me mad. Great video!
Honestly every album deserves its moment but, ghost in the machine is really fun
Andy Summers is Awesome! That guy is like late 70’s I think. Was 10 years older than the rest of the band. Played with many bands in England even the Animals right before they split. …he almost made it in The Rolling Stones but Woods was given the job. Andy’s big break of course was The Police and he did an incredible job. Love me some Andy Summers!
The live version from The Box Set is the best version ever.. including the studio version!
OMG!!!! If someone told me they saw The Police in some small club in Hong Kong before they were big, I'd probably call them a liar and ask if they saw The Beatles in Germany too, hahaha!!! This was Amazing!! This feels like one of those "you have to go to Japan to find this" discoveries. The band is confident, but not overly so. I miss being in a crowded, sweaty club, everyone young and bouncing around! Thanks guys!!
They were already big in 1980, though.
@@eboethrasher They were on their way, but playing that close to the crowd in that small a place shows they weren't that big yet. All their biggest songs/albums are in their future.
if you had been in that place and not instantly thought these guys are a world class act you have to be deaf
Most underrated drummer is Stewart Copeland, the absolute most recognizable snare in the game. Brilliant!
I saw them in i think 1981outside Toronto they where perfect that night. Played their own festival The Police Picnic. Good times
This is truly an inspired work.
I would love to see Driven to Tears" performed live in Fréjus, France on August 28, 1980, during their second world tour called "Zenyatta Mondatta." In this performance, the band showcased their unique ability to create different time signatures within the same song, using them to form an almost melodic line. It's fascinating how they blended these elements to create such a memorable musical experience!
Fantastic…. Going to Las Vegas in November to see Sting and Billy Joel for our 49th anniversary. 🎉
Yes, they had loop pedals in 1980. Alex Leifson used them in concert.
Check out Sting’s phenomenal solo version of Message in a Bottle and Roxanne from this era from the Secret Policeman’s Ball.
The sound quality of this RUclips video is pure distortion. Something went wrong
The Police were part of the small amount of music that made it bearable to listen to the radio from about 1980-1985..gotta remember we didnt have indoor plumbing, tooth fixin and larnin'..Copeland used a bucket, a cookie tin, and his paws switch on the first 3 albums
This was great! More classic vids
Such a great song
Awesome! Lord be praised!
Great song, great band! Next, check out these timeless classics: Canary in a Coal Mine, Can’t Stand Losing You, Driven To Tears, Next To You, and So Lonely. ✌️
A&A, you should react to the VIDEO of Ren's 2024 mash-up cover of, "Back on 74 - Message in a Bottle", it's amazing!
To find the right video, here's the exact title: *Ren - Back on 74 / Message In A Bottle (Live retake)*
It came out 4 months ago, and has 1M views, on the channel, Ren.
"Back on 74", is a 2023 song by Jungle, and Ren mashes it masterfully with The Police classic!
When The Police became popular I sort of dismissed them because I thought they were a punk band but then I saw the music video for Message in a Bottle. I became a huge fan. I saw them in concert in 2008. I saw Sting in concert last October at the Hollywood Bowl.
oh man...I saw them live right around this time. So damn good.
I saw them in either 78 or 79 on Halloween night, great show and a thousand college kids in costume.
For me, Sting is a poet first a musician second, who writes lyrics like this in our day?
“Just a castaway, an island lost at sea, oh
Another lonely day with no one here but me, oh
More loneliness than any man could bear
Rescue me before I fall into despair, oh”
The trio bands in the 80’s were amazing. The Police were a reggae/punk/jazz hybrid. Rush was a formative prog metal band influenced by the Police (reggae section in Spirit of Radio). ZZ Top brought Texas blues to a mainstream pop audience.
Might be a tough one to find but back in the day there used to be charity events called "The Secret Policeman's Ball" and "The Secret Policeman's Other Ball". Sting performed an unforgettable solo version of this song as part of one of these events (I forget which one. I had the album soundtrack as a kid). It also had Phil Collins solo on piano. Worth listening to if you can find it. Great video guys.
Watch ..Driven to tears ....live 1980 Frejus France.. .best example of live police
Their ‘81 album “Ghost in the Machine” would be an amazing full-album reaction!
When I was about 16, I got an acoustic Taylor guitar. For reasons I still don’t understand, one of the first riffs I tried to learn was Andy Summers’ opening riff on this song. It’s not easy.
Definitely hit the first Police album!
The Police - Spirits in the material world. The best song they did.
Best band of all time. Unreal artistry, with every album. And they're amazing live...
That's what happens when 3 music virtuosos form a band! Nuff said!
The Police are just good stuff. Intelligent, talented & musical geniuses. Excellent to see, by the way. Thank you for sharing.
I was so lucky to see them on their last tour.
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball has a great solo Sting video for Message in a Bottle
Edit: search "The Secret Policeman's Other Ball Sting"
Saw them on The Ghost in the Machine tour. They were fantastic.
not this one but "Every Breathe You Take" may be the kind of song people are still interested in a hundred yrs from now it there ARE still any people around then⚛😀
This is one of my favorite Police songs. I never cared for Sting on his own, but I loved the Police.
Watch The Police Live at the Rockpalast 1980 , doing the song Deathwish. It’s a lesser known song of theirs, but a great one. Their performance is fast and furious. The video quality is all around excellent!
February 1980 Showbox, Seattle ... tiny club ..they're leaping around in their fab jumpsuits 🤯incredible experience up CLOSE 😵💫😊😉one of the best of my concert times oh yeah ... unforgettable ---> U2 in a small Seattle club March 1981/ Astor Park
Check out 'Secret Journey' Never got any air play, but in my mind one of the best Police songs! The lyrics are just fantastic!
Ghost in the Machine is my favorite album by them, hands down !
@@tb6791 Damn good album! Still have the vinyl from 1981!
@@HeyfordF Two sadly overlooked b2b tracks Omega Man and Secret Journey! I know that Synchronicity is the bigger seller but it felt too much like Stings Solo launching pad for me, less attitude and more adult contemporary, GITM #1 4 me 😎
Doesn't get much better than that. Copeland was amazing- one of the best drummers of all-time. One of the best bands of the 80's- and that's saying a lot.
When I heard this song as a kid, I thought the name of it was 'Send it on an S.O.S.'🤣
My personal favorite version of this song was Sting by himself on Monty Python's The Secret Policeman's Other Ball show.
On my end sounds fuzzy
The Live recording that improved the sound quality of all Live records that came after, was "Supertramp Paris", from about 1978. For the first time, a concert recording sounded as clean, quiet and professional as the original studio version of the same songs.
On the other hand, I have bought live bootlegs of Genesis or Peter Gabriel that sounded awful, recorded off the FM airwaves or live in venues but not from their sound boards, and the energy, historic significance and performances made them worth every penny. For example, imagine a dark, moody, synth-heavy version of "Heard it Through the Grapevine" by Peter Gabriel and his band, in his late-70s Punk era. Amazing. On blue translucent, marbleized vinyl. Double record, recorded in some basement club in NYC.
--OronOfMontreal
"Seems I'm not alone at being alone..."
This song came out the same time I turned 21 and could go dancing in the San Francisco clubs…this was such a fun song to dance with abandon to😂❤