@@costanzo6770 that the guy is so proud that he would rather comit suicide than being friendzoned and also if he suicides the girl would feel guilt and that's what he wants
@@costanzo6770 It's an interesting song in structure. The lyrics leave little open to interpretation, he loves the girl he's singing about but the girl dumped him. He tried to call her, he sent her letters and his favourite LPs as a chance to get her back but she's not answering the calls, she returned the letters to sender but also sent the LPs back but all scratched so he can't enjoy them himself anymore. He doesn't dare approach her because his brother (being 6'10 as an exaggeration to say he's big and buff) would just snap his skull in two. In the end he considers suicide his only option, both because he doesn't want to continue on without her anymore, but also to leave a mark on her, showing that it was her fault that drove him to end his life. The woman he loves is a spiteful bitch who throws him away while he's a prideful, somewhat arrogant asshole who goes as far as ending his own life to ruin hers since he can't have what he wants, what he believes should be his. Note how the chorus also constantly repeats "I can't stand losing" moreso than specifically "I can't stand losing *you*".
Early on, The Police had that Punk and Reggae mix, it's their best stuff, even though their later stuff was great, their earlier music was more powerful and better, especially that punk sound.
I guess it's the most obvious thing ever, but I love how the chorus says "I can't stand losing" like he literally can't take a no for an answer or he is just a sore loser, but then adds the "you" to pretend like it's a "romantic" thing or he is talking about he doesn't want to be without her. Then the last verse makes more sense, he is threatening to kill himself not only because of a heartbreak, but as his last resort to "win" because he literally "Can't stand losing".
One small detail I really like is that when they sing "I can't stand losin' " multiple times during the chorus, it emphazises that he cares more about the concept of him losing than the actual person he's lost.
The Police were reggae-rock at its finest. Many bands have had limited success in this genre, but none have had the sustained success with it like The Police. Romans 12:21
+Troy Dazzle I think the song is a very clever bit of lyricism about a self obsessed, egotistical narcissist who doesn't give a shit about her but just wants to be right .. i cant stand losing, i cant losing over & over a bit like your team lol
That's one of the points of life- you have to learn how to don't give a fuck about this person. I also had that problem, but I read a few books and now I am absolutely free. lol It's like- she don't care so why would I? xD Now I am only laughing of it.
My dad used to be a huge fan of the police back in the time, so he would always play, between many other songs, every police song ever, so listening back to this always takes me back into when I was a kid. I can't imagine how far it takes my dad
Such a good band. Who wants to see the Police record a new album ? One of the very few bands that ended things at the height of their fame when there last album was great and they were still on top. I think it is time for the Police to record a new album. it's been a long enough break from them hating on each other. who wants to see them record a new album ?
That staccato-like sound of Stewart Copeland's drums, Summers guitar, Sting's bass, and the song's chorus is the hook that reels us in. It's not only the lyrics and subject matter that make it so memorable!
They are all great in this band.. but damn Copeland's drumming is really something out of this world... it's not often that you hear such creative grooves on really big hits. Everytime I listen to the Police I think how Copeland is amazing.
Aaron Alexander Especially prevalent in the drumming - listen out for the hi-hat and rimshots during instrumental parts of their songs, especially this one. Some of the drumming is very reminiscent of Everett Morton, Jamaican born drummer for The (English) Beat, a Two-Tone ska band, who's first single (Tears Of A Clown/Ranking Full Stop) was released in 1979. Listen to their debut 1980 album "Just Can't Stop It" - mainly "Mirror In The Bathroom" to hear Morton's drums in full effect.
Me too. I saw them at the McGill stadium. I dont remember much of the concert. it was only after I heard their ghost in the machine that I became a big fan
A classic! I remember when I first heard it on radio as I was getting up for school, I fell in love with it, from then I became a massive fan got all the T-shirts. It's also become my ringtone. Their music will live on forever.
My dad had this CD in the car at all times since I was born in 1995 and I litterly can attribute my musical talent to listening to this as a infant, now I play multiple instruments and all these songs flow out of my head at a almost automatic rate. Thank you Sewart Copeland, Andy and stingo.
Woke up with this in my head. I was a young soldier back then reading my girl's Dear John on my bunk in Germany. "Guess this is our last goodbye. And you don't care so I won't cry. But you'll be sorry when I'm dead. And all this guilt will be on your head." Brilliant.
Jaja cierto! Obsesivas y me encantan….pero para mí su estilo es genial e ingenioso puesto que se ahorra muchísimo trabajo en las letras y la música llenando dos tercios de cada canción con una frase que se repite con dos o tres notas. Muy efectivo y comercial.
I am so grateful to have got my music taste from my mum ❤ we've been able to enjoy this music together for 26 years now 🙏 (I'm 26) and hope to enjoy it with her for many more years and pass it onto my children 👌👌
This is either their own 'tribute' to suicide, or a miracle to avoid such tragedy. All in 'loss of love'... But, for us cats that have been thru it more than once, we get a little stronger. Excellent song, & one of my favorites. All the way. Sync #2, &,of course Wrapped... Just great classic rock. Great stuff, man, & thank you! Dirk:)👍
My best friend in high school crushed on Peter she had almost every album and mad a cassette for almost every one it’s all we listed to they will always remind me of the best days of my life!
Daniel SCHNEIDER Very reggae influenced, especially in the instrumental part of this song. One of their albums translates to "White Reggae" from French, so make what you will of that.
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Copeland is the greatest poly-rhythmic percussionist/drummer in pop rock. Never bores the listener!
Terry Williams from Dire Straits was a badass drummer too and Rush's Neil Peart too.
@@ubecool454 Don't forget Bruford in that too, he was probably one of the best in general
I idolized this guy. He made me start drumming. Never heard of those other guys until way later.
Mario Duplantier, but copeland is really good
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Classic rock+reggae...
This band is answer...
With a little bit of jazz.
“Rokggae”
And some punk energy
Don't forget punk. These guys were considered punk back in the day when that label was a larger category.
The clash and Sublime fall into this genre as well.
Most underrated police song. Absolute masterpiece.
By far the best song on their first record, fuck roxanne
@NormAppleton 100 precent agree
indeed
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"And your brother's gonna kill me and he's six feet ten!"
Cracks me up every time I hear it!
Moral of the story - avoid women with tall burly brothers
Same here
I thought he says "fella" until I read the lyrics.
@@riboh3324 same here
Don’t date the Undertaker’s sister
1:59
"I guess you'd call it suicide,
But I'm too full to swallow my pride"
I just love this lyric
Sorry for the dumb question, but what does the lyric mean?
@@costanzo6770 that the guy is so proud that he would rather comit suicide than being friendzoned and also if he suicides the girl would feel guilt and that's what he wants
Such a clever lyric...
@@costanzo6770 It's an interesting song in structure. The lyrics leave little open to interpretation, he loves the girl he's singing about but the girl dumped him. He tried to call her, he sent her letters and his favourite LPs as a chance to get her back but she's not answering the calls, she returned the letters to sender but also sent the LPs back but all scratched so he can't enjoy them himself anymore. He doesn't dare approach her because his brother (being 6'10 as an exaggeration to say he's big and buff) would just snap his skull in two. In the end he considers suicide his only option, both because he doesn't want to continue on without her anymore, but also to leave a mark on her, showing that it was her fault that drove him to end his life.
The woman he loves is a spiteful bitch who throws him away while he's a prideful, somewhat arrogant asshole who goes as far as ending his own life to ruin hers since he can't have what he wants, what he believes should be his. Note how the chorus also constantly repeats "I can't stand losing" moreso than specifically "I can't stand losing *you*".
@@mysharyna1741it’s a good lyric
Andy Summers makes this band, so level headed no overplaying, ever note and beat has its place
Stuart Copeland is joint best with Summers for me
Let’s give it up for Andy Summers. Simply amazing piece of this unforgettable band!
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Early on, The Police had that Punk and Reggae mix, it's their best stuff, even though their later stuff was great, their earlier music was more powerful and better, especially that punk sound.
I guess it's the most obvious thing ever, but I love how the chorus says "I can't stand losing" like he literally can't take a no for an answer or he is just a sore loser, but then adds the "you" to pretend like it's a "romantic" thing or he is talking about he doesn't want to be without her.
Then the last verse makes more sense, he is threatening to kill himself not only because of a heartbreak, but as his last resort to "win" because he literally "Can't stand losing".
duh
@@Randy121360 Like I said. It's the most obvious thing ever.
Totally man, this song is 100% about a narcissist. XD This dude is obsessed with possessing whoever this poor girl is.
Yo Ferb be buff tho
It's also the case with Every Breath You Take. The band really has a style
One small detail I really like is that when they sing "I can't stand losin' " multiple times during the chorus, it emphazises that he cares more about the concept of him losing than the actual person he's lost.
Good observation.
In the end, one loves one's desire and not what is desired. F. Nietzsche
It is like that in one’s youth, I think. We hate the idea of failure than the loss of a person themselves.
Ce c’est faire attendre, ce c’est faire desiree...
Maybe not if he is in love
Rock, Reggae, Punk, Jazz, Pop, Soul all infused into perfection!
My favourite band ever. Every song is perfection.
Mine too!
Sheer Perfection 👍🏾🎶
The best
Police had amazing impact for such a short career as a band.
Stewart Copeland's drumming will never cease to amaze me. One of the best out therw
Jack Wynn Boy, not exactly a second-rate songwriter, either.
Jack Wynn if not one of the greatest drummer of all time period haha
i agree. best member of band
@110425461151907555371 no time this time. i dare anyone to beat those fills. impossible.
Marisa Campbell Love Stewart's play - has to be well up there in Rock Drummers Hall Of Famers!
I‘m struggling with depression and each time I have suicidal thoughts I listen to this song. It brings some light irony and helps to cope.
Been there myself dude, you deserve to get better and you are worthy of living.
❤️
Keep Going! Every day is different...
Hope your doing better man
mercies are new every day,
press on
The Police were reggae-rock at its finest. Many bands have had limited success in this genre, but none have had the sustained success with it like The Police. Romans 12:21
This song never gets old.
Right
@@ezedelport1233 yes lol
I know lol. It's still probably my favorite (of their's at least) bc of the lyrics n stuff. It's great one
Dot let this song get old
Same as the guy in the song.
Stewart is just a beast on those drums man!
The best!
Their sound is just so original. Even 30 years later it sounds original.
It's getting close to being 40 years old. This song came out in '78
reminds me of bob marley
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I think somebody, back then, called it "white man's reggae".
Close enough. :-)
older it is, more original it sounds, actually..
Stewart Copeland is a genius, his beats are always unique, smooth, and tight.
And so creative as well.
One of the greatest drummers if not the greatest hoping to meet him next year
The Police are the most unique band In music history,they just can’t be labelled,it’s Police music.
I would call Copeland a scientific drummer: not one more strike than needed. Love his playing.
probably the best ever. unbelievable drumming. look at no time this time
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@@clintdavies491 the number #1 spot goes to Rush drummer Neil Peart period.
he's using intuitionistic logic pro
@@securitybase3430 I really hate when people want to rank others. There are many amazing drummers out there.
I think every single person can relate to this song, not literally but the hopeless feeling of being rejected by someone you really like.
+Troy Dazzle no
+Troy Dazzle No... I've been in a few relationships and never felt the need to threaten to kill myself to manipulate someone to stay in my life.
+Troy Dazzle @ No reject- just her over protect dad at daddy s girl rubbing her in the wrong way !!!
+Troy Dazzle
I think the song is a very clever bit of lyricism about a self obsessed, egotistical narcissist who doesn't give a shit about her but just wants to be right .. i cant stand losing, i cant losing over & over a bit like your team lol
That's one of the points of life- you have to learn how to don't give a fuck about this person. I also had that problem, but I read a few books and now I am absolutely free. lol It's like- she don't care so why would I? xD Now I am only laughing of it.
The Police were my first teenage love. And they STILL make me feel that excitement.
Me too when my dad bought this album on tape just shows how long ago it was I played it that much it was unplayable 😂
I guess you'd call it suicide, but I'm too full to swallow my pride... wow these lyrics have so much meaning!
lol yeah, some police songs are dark as fuck.
they're still good though :)
Rhiannon Skerry-sloggett it makes em maybe even better :P
lol.
Shut the fuck up
My dad used to be a huge fan of the police back in the time, so he would always play, between many other songs, every police song ever, so listening back to this always takes me back into when I was a kid. I can't imagine how far it takes my dad
My favorite along with the "Bed's too Big Without You." Love all the Police and they came out big during a big time in my life. Magic!!
One of the greatest bands of all time hands down
Such a good band. Who wants to see the Police record a new album ? One of the very few bands that ended things at the height of their fame when there last album was great and they were still on top. I think it is time for the Police to record a new album. it's been a long enough break from them hating on each other. who wants to see them record a new album ?
That staccato-like sound of Stewart Copeland's drums, Summers guitar, Sting's bass, and the song's chorus is the hook that reels us in. It's not only the lyrics and subject matter that make it so memorable!
I can’t get over how adorable Stewart Copeland is here!
True idk why but I find him incredibly attractive
@@sharkankles5371 me too 🤝
Stewert's drumming on this is iconic
This is one of my favorite bands ever and this song is my favorite by them!
Love the harmonies from 2:26 onward; the outro to this song always gets me.
Me too. It’s my favourite part.
This is absolutely, by FAR my favorite song by the Police
Yeah, it is really catchy and it has an important meaning, and Sting's glasses are just gorgeous
@@rick.05 You are not wrong
Mine too! ❤
Same. And every little thing she does is magic too.
Not a single comment about Sting´s glasses?? (lol)...jokin`...Awesome timeless tune!!!
I noticed them too...👍🙃
Love at that break at 1:34!
2:00 one of the best lines ever written
Timeless! Love these guys! Ever since growing up in the 80s and their music and sound is still so relevant today
I love having the lead singer playing bass!
can't stand losing you
01:15 Sting's left hand 😂😂😂😂😂
They are all great in this band.. but damn Copeland's drumming is really something out of this world... it's not often that you hear such creative grooves on really big hits. Everytime I listen to the Police I think how Copeland is amazing.
1979 : The Best
2000: Rock Legends
2019 : Hall Of Fame
3000 :Reggae Rock Forever 😎🎸
The police were a gift to the earth
omg i love this song so much!!!!!!!!!
Just finished watching an episode of walking dead
+Isaac the thing Ok?
Feeder version is soooo much better 👍
It keeps loitering on my mind
Me too...like my song on you tube....paul bruce..."no way"...just sayin😂😂
0:56 Andys' strumming hand. I can't even play my air guitar that way.
One of my all-time Police favorites. The subtle yet technical playing is really spot on! I love the chorus....simple as it is!
Still listen to this whole album. It's an all time classic. Peanuts!
This was their best song by far in my opinion
+Medina Sod my favourite was always spirits in the material world
but Roxanne..
+Medina Sod I have a thing for Synchronicity II
Message in a Bottle will always be their best!
*****
I absolutely agree!
Just love them so much.
The pain in those lyrics is still so powerful all these years later. April 2019. And we have all felt the pain!!
Reggae was definitely an heavy influence on these guys
+Aaron Alexander Indeed,as they called one of their first albums Regatta de Blanc,meaning White Reggae.
Interesting! I have to give it a listen.
Aaron Alexander dude you're regay
Aaron Alexander that's what I said
Aaron Alexander
Especially prevalent in the drumming - listen out for the hi-hat and rimshots during instrumental parts of their songs, especially this one.
Some of the drumming is very reminiscent of Everett Morton, Jamaican born drummer for The (English) Beat, a Two-Tone ska band, who's first single (Tears Of A Clown/Ranking Full Stop) was released in 1979.
Listen to their debut 1980 album "Just Can't Stop It" - mainly "Mirror In The Bathroom" to hear Morton's drums in full effect.
My parents had this song in a cassette, can't help remember my childhood listening to this jewel
Gotta love the old Police. I saw them years ago at U. de Montreal, in '78, or '79, I think? It was great to see them in such a small venue.
yeah really..by 84 they were filling up huge stadiums
Me too. I saw them at the McGill stadium. I dont remember much of the concert. it was only after I heard their ghost in the machine that I became a big fan
A classic! I remember when I first heard it on radio as I was getting up for school, I fell in love with it, from then I became a massive fan got all the T-shirts. It's also become my ringtone. Their music will live on forever.
Their first and best tune!
I never once dreamed that I would be able to relate to this song. Life is a bitch.
It can fail sometimes, pal. Heads up and keep going forward! Nothing is lost
They’re not worth the heartache bud, chin up, there are more and more people out there every day. Keep fighting!
Buy a Harley :)
I used this song this song to lyric prank my crush in the end of the prank she told me she is lesbian and she knows that i like her😔
Mi canción favorita de the police nunca me canso de escucharla :D
concuerdo
Magic will never be this! They can only dream! These guys are the true originals!
I love both bands
this is such dad music
i like it
This is anything, but dad's music.
Love You songs
40 anni, ma il suono e la bellezza di questa traccia non tramonteranno mai. Grazie Police
The drummer is amazing
❤❤the great Police..everything they've done over the years and sting as a solo artist has just been phenomenal ❤
very good the soong
Uno de los mejores grupos de la historia
My dad had this CD in the car at all times since I was born in 1995 and I litterly can attribute my musical talent to listening to this as a infant, now I play multiple instruments and all these songs flow out of my head at a almost automatic rate. Thank you Sewart Copeland, Andy and stingo.
Woke up with this in my head. I was a young soldier back then reading my girl's Dear John on my bunk in Germany. "Guess this is our last goodbye. And you don't care so I won't cry. But you'll be sorry when I'm dead. And all this guilt will be on your head." Brilliant.
For me, I remember final exams at Uni (1983) - deciding my future. My go-to song in the break between exam sittings: Billy Joel's Pressure.
De otro world
Love the early stuff >>> especially the DIY punk that you too can learn and play this song
Me encantan las letras locas, sentimentales y obsesivas de Sting.
Que chimba the police!!
Jaja cierto! Obsesivas y me encantan….pero para mí su estilo es genial e ingenioso puesto que se ahorra muchísimo trabajo en las letras y la música llenando dos tercios de cada canción con una frase que se repite con dos o tres notas. Muy efectivo y comercial.
This song reminds me of my mindset so much when I was a kid.
this song gives me so much hope
What a singer and bassist. Wonderful!
I am so grateful to have got my music taste from my mum ❤ we've been able to enjoy this music together for 26 years now 🙏 (I'm 26) and hope to enjoy it with her for many more years and pass it onto my children 👌👌
Beautiful!✌️
"I'm to full to swallow my pride". Brilliant
These guys came along at just the right time, but the music breaks a lot of ‘rules’ brilliantly also, which makes them actually timeless.
The Police were the best rock band from the late 1970s through the early 1980s.
This version of sting is best. Playful, silly, funny and lighthearted. Solo sting takes himself too seriously.
I agree. It's a funny song
Bons tempos que só voltam quando ouvimos esses clássicos!saudades da época que ouvia essa música no rádio e na MTV!
A very up beat sounding song, very dark subject though... I love it!!
My favorite
These guys are just too funny to watch😂 That glasses❤😂😂 I love the Police👍
The Glasses must be a micky take on Elvis Costello
The Police made beautiful music with a drummer, a guitar player, and a bass playing vocalist.
Compared them to today's "musicians" .
Este baterista es un verdadero ROCKSTAR!!!!!
She scratched all his lp records, thats just cold
She's definitely revengeful and not a keeper, if you ask me...
So happy they remastered the video
This is either their own 'tribute' to suicide, or a miracle to avoid such tragedy.
All in 'loss of love'...
But, for us cats that have been thru it more than once, we get a little stronger.
Excellent song, & one of my favorites. All the way. Sync #2, &,of course Wrapped... Just great classic rock.
Great stuff, man, & thank you!
Dirk:)👍
Simplemente una Joya para el recuerdo, que fantasticos estás. leyendas del rock
Such an incredible band. Never should have broken up .
They went out on top. It’s commendable! Who knows what they had left
I can't stop gooning.
marked a generation one of the greatest bands in history.🇧🇷
My best friend in high school crushed on Peter she had almost every album and mad a cassette for almost every one it’s all we listed to they will always remind me of the best days of my life!
Classic rock+reggae...
This band is answer...
"And your brother's gonna kill me and he's six feet ten!"
Cracks me up every time I hear it!
One of my favorite song, but only get 24 million view, it's kind of weird. Should at least 240 million view. But still, good song.
What more can be said about Police, laid back, nochshalant and great sound. Sticks in your head in a nice way 😝 I'll be a fan till I die 😜
Music truly is a universal language. 😆
Maybe I'll have a perception to tell the band about, one day.
Fretless and cool! 😎
One of the top-5 bands of all time..
Yes, indeed! Hi from Vienna Austria❤ we rehearsed this song yesterday with our 120-singers choir!😂🎉🎉🎉
Lovely !! Is there any footage of that ?
Stewart Copeland, one of the drummers I saw as kid that influenced me to pick up the sticks...
Daniel SCHNEIDER
Very reggae influenced, especially in the instrumental part of this song.
One of their albums translates to "White Reggae" from French, so make what you will of that.
If only his kit weren't so expensive