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  • Опубликовано: 16 дек 2024

Комментарии • 25 тыс.

  • @sunnyfrisch
    @sunnyfrisch 2 года назад +10257

    In these current times this song should go viral again…

    • @jfkforever
      @jfkforever 2 года назад +488

      Never thought it would have been contemporary again…..
      History has the nasty habit to repeat itself….

    • @garyshapiro5196
      @garyshapiro5196 2 года назад +201

      That's why I'm here.

    • @IvanoForgione
      @IvanoForgione 2 года назад +230

      I came here to find this comment. I was not disappointed

    • @FurtiveSkeptical
      @FurtiveSkeptical 2 года назад +90

      I sincerely wish that concept were closer to us as a collective people.

    • @globalhumanism
      @globalhumanism 2 года назад +55

      absolutely. I'm trying to do my part. the prospect of war is serious and grim, because ... human lives ... but working for peace can be fun!

  • @dianamccandless7094
    @dianamccandless7094 2 года назад +1498

    I'm 52 years old, and I knew this song when it was NEW. Then it suddenly started popping into my head in the past week, over and over.

    • @marcorioti6932
      @marcorioti6932 2 года назад +25

      Same here..

    • @tinaburatto2944
      @tinaburatto2944 2 года назад +25

      Omg , this song came into mind instantly .I am 54 .

    • @Nickeloneify
      @Nickeloneify 2 года назад +47

      Same to me. I'm 54 years old, born and living in Germany. I bought the album "Dream of the blue turtles" when it was released at 1985 and listened to "Russians" the first time at age 17. Already at this time I was deeply moved by the song.
      When I heard it again last week on radio - more than 35 years later - I started crying bitterly and had to drive my car to the right, because I was too shaken to drive and had to calm down first.

    • @openyourmind3763
      @openyourmind3763 2 года назад +24

      Same, I am turning 50 this summer. This situation is an unbelievable nightmare. Did you see Sting's recent posting of singing it now as an older man? Brings so many feelings. Let's visualize this ending now, and the world coming together to help Ukraine heal and rebuild, but also doing the same for victims of cruelty elsewhere too. Peace.

    • @MeliFella
      @MeliFella 2 года назад +11

      @@Nickeloneify i feel your sorrow loudly.

  • @micha2909
    @micha2909 2 года назад +3852

    This was a hit when i was a teenager and i did not expect it would become relevant 35 years later.

    • @Zlato7
      @Zlato7 2 года назад +9

      Tons of lies about Russia. And millions of deceived people in the world. If Russia perishes, this world will have no hope left. I see it this way. How long could Russia wait and endure spitting? How many people died during all this time in Ukraine at the hands of Ukrainian nationalists? And as soon as Russia clenched its fists, tons of hatred flew into it, patient mother. And it would be nice to hate what is just, no, this hatred comes from a monstrous lie! ... And the refusal to treat children with cancer - is this not Nazism?
      World has gone mad. Humanity has no hope. Many countries have proven that they are biorobots, some kind of monsters.

    • @Star-lv1gk
      @Star-lv1gk 2 года назад +8

      Being against war sounds noble, but does not describe reality. Being against violence, does not mean to wait for something bad to happen and then respond. The police for instance catches criminals before they can act, to prevent harm from happening! This too can involve violence, sad but true! In the case of Russia having an operation in the Ukraine, the Russian view is, that they feel very much under threat by the USA.
      America has something that is called "The Monroe doctrine", it forbids any distant great power to put military forces into the western hemisphere! In the case of Ukraine, the coup d'etat that was openly sponsored by the west in 2014 brought the Ukraine basically under US rule, Hunter Biden, the son of Biden even works at a gas and oil company there! The US and NATO are not the only problem, as the Ukraine has a government that consists of people who are openly Nazis. These are politicians who on camera said that all Russians, Jews and Germans, etc. should be killed! Ukraine has named streets after Nazi criminals and even erected statues for mass murderers who were Nazis. The AZOV Battalion, the Right Sector and Aidar are just some of the fruits of Ukrainian Nazi mentality which was also openly enforced by western nations as for instance Scott Ritter admitted.
      The puppet government in the Ukraine tried to cover this all up by installing a Jewish president who is an actor. Before he became president the man played a president in an Ukrainian Tv Soap Opera. Then suddenly a new political party surfaced in the Ukraine with the very same name as the show! Surprise! The candidate was the actor from the show! Western powers supported heavy militarization of Ukraine, which lead to 14.000 deaths in the Donbass region which was clearly against the coup d'etat. The US installed Biological Laboratories in the Ukraine to research biological weapons, which goes against the Geneva Convention and is a crime against humanity! This all lead to a reaction of Russia as the Superpower next door...

    • @themagetone4184
      @themagetone4184 2 года назад +21

      @@Zlato7 Yeah okay, denazification of jew president and liberating russian speaking ppl by completely destroying the city of Mariupol where literally 90% of population are russian speaking ppl. Good job and nice try. Ppl repeating russian propaganda takes without chaging a single word always look extremely convincing.

    • @Exp4666
      @Exp4666 2 года назад +65

      ОН ЗНАЛ О ЧЕМ ПОЕТ!!! ПРИСЛУШАЙТЕСЬ. РУССКИЕ НАСТОЯЩИЕ, ДУШЕВНЫЕ. МОЯ МАМА ИЗ РОСССИИ , И Я КАК НИКТО ЧУВСТВУЮ ЭТО ПО ГЕНАМ, НАСТОЛЬКО СИЛЬНА РУССКАЯ НАЦИЯ!!!. И ДОБРА НА САМОМ ДЕЛЕ!!!

    • @Exp4666
      @Exp4666 2 года назад +38

      @@Zlato7 ДА ВЫ ПРАВЫ!!!! ПО СЕБЕ ЗНАЮ. И ЧУВСТВУЮ НА СЕБЕ. Я ГРАЖДАНКА ДРУГОГО ГОСУДАРСТВА , НО Я ВЕРЮ РОССИИ. МОЯ МАТЬ ИЗ РОССИИ, И Я ЗНАЮ ПО СЕБЕ ЧТО ТАКОЕ БЫТЬ СМЕШЕННОЙ КРОВЬЮ РУССКОЙ... ПРАВДА У РУСССКИХ В КРОВИ!!!! И РУСКИЙ НЕ КОГДА НЕ ПРИДАСТ ДРУГА ИЛИ ДАЖЕ БРАТА АВОТ ЕЕ ПРИДАЮТ

  • @manuelsilva3200
    @manuelsilva3200 2 года назад +726

    After 37 years the lyrics of this song, still powerful and full of meaning.

    • @lanavictoria7977
      @lanavictoria7977 2 года назад +3

      I made a cover and changed the lyrics for the Ukraine war. ruclips.net/video/mYBfumGo1_4/видео.html

    • @SuperMrFussel
      @SuperMrFussel 2 года назад +1

      😞

    • @vc68675
      @vc68675 2 года назад +1

      This song is pacifist bullshit. Geopolitical interests matter.

    • @schopen-hauer
      @schopen-hauer 2 года назад +1

      @@vc68675 you are going to get some, and you know it.

    • @schopen-hauer
      @schopen-hauer 2 года назад

      @@vc68675 crying? like your soldiers? they want to go back to russia, to mommy.

  • @blunpabb2766
    @blunpabb2766 2 года назад +7720

    The conflict in Ukraine reminded me of this song..so powerful. Who else came here for the same reason?

    • @Listenclearly1979
      @Listenclearly1979 2 года назад +107

      I did, I heard it for the first time a few days ago.
      I hope it does not lead into full scale war
      ❤ from Australia 🇦🇺

    • @rolandtanguylannuzel5160
      @rolandtanguylannuzel5160 2 года назад +81

      So did I. Paris France here.

    • @tomteanders1357
      @tomteanders1357 2 года назад +51

      PS: from Cologne, Germany 👽🤖🤓

    • @ronaran8420
      @ronaran8420 2 года назад +73

      So did I. I was a teenager when that jet fighter shot down the Korean plane with its passengers and crew over Sakhalin island, a couple of years before this song came out.
      Making Peace is stronger than making war.
      🕊🇺🇦🕊❤🕊🇷🇺🕊
      From France

    • @שאוליכהן-ק6פ
      @שאוליכהן-ק6פ 2 года назад +26

      Me too

  • @Ser910m
    @Ser910m 2 года назад +1135

    Different "leaders", same mistakes. Strange thing is that the children Sting was refering to when he wrote this song, the 70/80's kids are now the adults making the mistakes they dreaded as children! Let's hope one day we will learn not to continue making the sames mistakes and that just as this song is timeless, everyone loves their kids enough for this planet to have a chance!

    • @tuesday199312
      @tuesday199312 2 года назад +49

      Sergio, if I may; it's not the grown up Russian children from the 70/80's making any mistakes, whatsoever. It's their leaders, as well as the western world leaders playing the game of divide and conquer. No one blamed American adults when the USA invaded Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan et al....and we still haven't found any weapons of mass destruction! "Oh well, never mind, our mistake (thousands of unnecessary deaths, and oodles of stolen raw materials, later" ;-D

    • @Ser910m
      @Ser910m 2 года назад +19

      @@tuesday199312 of course you may. That's my point! How many of those leaders were kids/young adults in the 70/80s? I'm not referring to one specific nation's children.

    • @Mr196710
      @Mr196710 2 года назад +16

      War is profitable. The average person IS NOT making this mistake. Never believe that the "elites" take us into consideration when they play their games. The cowardliness of people who repeat CONSPIRACY is why people suffer.

    • @tuesday199312
      @tuesday199312 2 года назад +11

      @@Ser910m Then please accept my apologies. Good to see we're on the same page.

    • @Mark-vf8op
      @Mark-vf8op 2 года назад +10

      We want to look into the future but can’t,…we can learn from history but won’t…

  • @enyaratna
    @enyaratna 9 месяцев назад +319

    When I listened to the song for the first time I thought "what a horrible dark age we lived in until a few years ago. Thank God it's over". Welp, here we are again. I am so sorry, sir Sting.

    • @friscofunksta7528
      @friscofunksta7528 9 месяцев назад

      it will never change as long as old fart boomer soviets like Putin are in charge and as long as Russians think Nato or EU is evil.

    • @stu7161
      @stu7161 6 месяцев назад +7

      I think Sting wrote it for today. He didn't know when the day would come, but he knew that it would come one day.

    • @AlexxJ.
      @AlexxJ. 5 месяцев назад

      @@stu7161 It is very PROFITABLE for the government to SCARE people: prices can be raised, salaries and social benefits dropped - "Russians r coming / Putin is coming".
      THEY r not coming, NATO is doing it.

    • @eazymethod01
      @eazymethod01 3 месяца назад

      What is happening is ENTIRELY the west's fault.

    • @uniqfox
      @uniqfox 27 дней назад

      don't worry, God's not going to bring us into apocalypse. man may try, but they will fail. nuclear war is the end game and there's no winners. Putin can only threaten but he's a small man (probably more than in just height)

  • @TownieGirl1974
    @TownieGirl1974 2 года назад +1351

    Glad to see that I'm not the only person that's been thinking about this song a lot lately.
    Sting is timeless.

    • @conan5885
      @conan5885 2 года назад +30

      Ever since day 1 of the invasion, and especially after the madman's nuclear threat, this song was instantly on my mind again.

    • @marikamarcuzzi2048
      @marikamarcuzzi2048 2 года назад +6

      ​@@conan5885 Same here.

    • @writetovagelis1975
      @writetovagelis1975 2 года назад +5

      and foverer will be,.

    • @mikysandman8670
      @mikysandman8670 2 года назад +14

      Powerful song 🙏💙💛

    • @mikysandman8670
      @mikysandman8670 2 года назад +5

      @@peacefulman1523 probably you are too young 😊

  • @horseradishwithchives
    @horseradishwithchives Год назад +1332

    This song was a smash hit during the 80's in the Cold War era. I was 58 then.
    Fast forward almost four decades and here we are. I am now 96 years old and this song is even MORE relevant now than it was then.

    • @spicingdeed8931
      @spicingdeed8931 Год назад +62

      Godspeed to 120! I adore your thrill of nostalgia aligning with the present

    • @FVBmovies
      @FVBmovies Год назад

      Russians always had problems with dictators, and judging by the history, always will.

    • @yumallah
      @yumallah Год назад +75

      Greetings from Russia, my friend!

    • @dondon98
      @dondon98 Год назад +44

      Man YER cool.. 96 and you did this music... You've seen it all..God Bless You and get to that magic # 100... I'll never make it that long......

    • @andreasvictorious3991
      @andreasvictorious3991 Год назад +47

      Man you've seen a lot of history unfold before your eyes. I'm 70 years younger and I hope you're fit and strong sir. Utmost respect

  • @kevinmulc
    @kevinmulc 2 года назад +667

    Haven't listened to this song in about 35 years, suddenly it seems relevant again. We are truly living in strange/unpredictable times.

    • @mikkelblaabjergpoulsen6098
      @mikkelblaabjergpoulsen6098 2 года назад +4

      The same goes for me!

    • @lauramelaniemusic9183
      @lauramelaniemusic9183 2 года назад +5

      Same here. Good songwriters are often prophets.

    • @s0012823
      @s0012823 2 года назад +10

      @@lauramelaniemusic9183 I think that we don't learn from our mistakes. It is the same shit all over again.

    • @brokenplanet7948
      @brokenplanet7948 2 года назад +9

      @@sputnikcaviar5592 if you ignore the truth and continue to believe Putins propaganda and control, then you have the blood of Ukraine on your hand too. The good people of Russia know his invasion war is wrong. We see many Russian anti war protesters are silenced like children with no freedom.

    • @sputnikcaviar5592
      @sputnikcaviar5592 2 года назад +1

      @@brokenplanet7948 .....it's not propaganda---the 14K dead in Donbass by Kiev---is easily google--Reuters even reported it. Truckers were arrested in Ottawa and yellow vest people were arrested in Paris----all protesters are minorities---not majorities..recent poll shows 71% support Putin. Hardly a minority. Russian Orthodox churches were packed on Sunday!

  • @jimbroody8833
    @jimbroody8833 2 месяца назад +82

    This has always been my favorite song by Sting...I remember hearing it as i child in the 80s...Then we came so far...And now with War looming again I thought about it and played ot lime 3 times in a row...As an American ive always loved and respected the people of Russia...I hate seeing our governments bringing us to Cold War or worse again...God help us all...

    • @Egor8488
      @Egor8488 2 месяца назад +17

      🇷🇺🤝🇺🇲 Peace to us all. Friendly greetings from Russia, Moscow.

    • @lissymatos7807
      @lissymatos7807 2 месяца назад +6

      ❤ from USA

    • @daniellucena9694
      @daniellucena9694 2 месяца назад +4

      @@jimbroody8833 This war wasn't started by the US this time.There is no excuse x Ruzzia now.

    • @PatrickT-j9h
      @PatrickT-j9h 2 месяца назад +3

      A smart person once said.. our saving grace was that the people who lived under the Soviet Union believed in the sanctity of Life... The Russian population, regardless of their captivity of the Soviet government has a strong Christian base. Even the elite within the Soviet regime knew a nuclear war was not winnable. I thank God for that. Rational thinking on both sides prevented that. I cannot say the same for Muslim extremists who don't value the Sanctity of Life. That is why it is imperative for those people to never have access to nuclear arsenal.
      Stings message is very powerful and insightful... Yes, the Russians do love their children because the Soviet Union is no more .. unfortunately a tyrannical idiot is there now but he too understands a no winnable nuclear war.

    • @whoami30204
      @whoami30204 Месяц назад

      ​@@daniellucena9694 Russia has been asking the US to back off from Ukraine and Georgia for 20 years.

  • @dianajolene
    @dianajolene 2 года назад +1458

    This song is a masterpiece and the current situation breaks my heart... 🙏🏻

    • @juliencerone1007
      @juliencerone1007 2 года назад +16

      🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺💪💪💪💪💪💪💪

    • @lolopoquet
      @lolopoquet 2 года назад +13

      Tellement d'actualité encore aujourd'hui 😥

    • @mectron63
      @mectron63 2 года назад +7

      It becomes a massive problem when nato places its missiles around the Ukraine.
      How would the the USA feel if the russians placed its missiles around the border of canada or around the border of mexico.
      Enough said i think.

    • @c.dusentrieb7672
      @c.dusentrieb7672 2 года назад +10

      @@mectron63 And that’s enough reason to slaughter the Ukrainian people?

    • @soniaconti7739
      @soniaconti7739 2 года назад +1

      😢🙏🙏🙏🙏😰

  • @nikitajanei102
    @nikitajanei102 2 года назад +822

    Who else is listening to this now, wondering and worrying? I wish for calm heads to prevail in these uncertain times. This song haunted my childhood, it seems that it has returned to haunt me again. Russian people we love you, you are a compassionate and caring people and we know that you hate this situation as much as we do. It's always us, the little people who lose

    • @kater7445
      @kater7445 2 года назад +6

      ♥️

    • @nadeen4764
      @nadeen4764 2 года назад +24

      Thanks for ur words, its really important one! Especially when lot of russian bulled around the world

    • @carinaschmidt1220
      @carinaschmidt1220 2 года назад +8

      I am listening to this song a lot these days

    • @howareyamate5096
      @howareyamate5096 2 года назад +7

      Well written I feel the same ❤️

    • @daver9594
      @daver9594 2 года назад +8

      This song haunted me as well -the first time I heard/listened to it. Being a life-long 'Police' fan/'Sting' fan, the past weeks have filled me with dread once again; making this song more relevant than...well ever to me. I, along w/you pray/anguish and hope this situation will soon end in a peaceful way of any kind.💔❤‍🩹❤

  • @sgtflashback5442
    @sgtflashback5442 2 года назад +951

    This song struck me deeply when I was afraid of the nukes as a child. Now I have a son and it breaks my heart how relevant it has become again practically over night.

    • @Widdekuu91
      @Widdekuu91 2 года назад +16

      I know this is going to sound satirical, but if they nuke your city, you will have mere seconds yo panic and then you're gone
      There is a Dutch song, called "de Bom" by Doe maar, that's about not worrying about a bomb. Whether America, Germany, Russia throws them, it will not chance that you should focus on your loved ones, instead of money or profits.
      He sings: I need to get my diploma, before the bomb drops. Need to get my healthinsurance fixed, before the bomb drops. But if the bomb drops.. well then I'll lay there in my fancy suit, cheques and diplomas in my pocket, my nice vocabulary and healthinsurance all covered.. under the rubblr of the skyscrapers in the city, next to you. So let it drop then, it'll happen anyway, it doesn't matter if you run or not. I'd like to get to know who you are, i've never gotten to know you and I'd like to know who you are."
      Again, it's Doe maar- de bom. A bit of an 80's rastafari-inspired song.

    • @nummer333
      @nummer333 2 года назад +3

      Excact same here 😔

    • @billobrien2599
      @billobrien2599 2 года назад +16

      I really had hoped my children wouldn't have to fear seeing a mushroom cloud appear over the horizon like I did growing up.

    • @anncrane1097
      @anncrane1097 2 года назад +2

      @@billobrien2599 That’s why I didn’t have any.

    • @MrEnaric
      @MrEnaric 2 года назад +3

      Same here, the past is catching up with us. The cold war is back.

  • @victorfrankenstein1135
    @victorfrankenstein1135 6 месяцев назад +142

    I am russian, my daughter is 3 years old. Her smile is best things which I can imagine. Russians also love their children too

    • @thecat4804
      @thecat4804 6 месяцев назад +17

      and they love the russian dictator but you cant know that, teh liberty of press is in red in your country.

    • @Richardus
      @Richardus 6 месяцев назад +8

      ​@@thecat4804have you been there? Do you talk with enough Russians to say so to every Russian?

    • @victorfrankenstein1135
      @victorfrankenstein1135 6 месяцев назад +2

      @@thecat4804 Ohhhh yep, body. Sorry for the long answer, in Russia we have a limit on Internet use (5 MB per day), we get a coupon after we pray for president Putin. You are right, we cannot read western democratic and truthful journalists, because the Comrade Major of FSB is watching us and will immediately send us to Siberia. Tomorrow morning(of course after praying for president Putin) I will have to go to the factory again to disassemble washing machines and the microwave ovens, take out chips and insert them into rockets and tanks, Ursula von der Leyen did not lie about it. I will drink vodka for your health during breakfast, because we have not any another food. Thank you for your truth!

    • @NanoNaner-s7t
      @NanoNaner-s7t 6 месяцев назад +5

      @@victorfrankenstein1135 Thank you for confirming our image of Russia.

    • @ElenaKovaleva-c8h
      @ElenaKovaleva-c8h 6 месяцев назад +1

      @@victorfrankenstein1135 😅😄😄

  • @AlexaOrchid
    @AlexaOrchid 2 года назад +1630

    It's hard to imagine how Sting wrote this song 37 years ago and now it's all over again. Unbelievable.

    • @minmogrovingstrongandhealthy
      @minmogrovingstrongandhealthy 2 года назад

      Speaking of it's all over again, the west invaded Europe and Africa and Russia was there to clean it up while you bark at Russians for doing their job, of protecting their own.
      This happened over and over again yet no one learns a damn thing about anything.
      Especially today. NATO invaded Europe and is attacking Russia while magically Russia is an invaidor on it's own lands ...
      Same was applied to Serbia and bunch of other who NATO is in war with. NATO invades and kills natives magically those natives are the aggressors and are invading themselves.
      Do world a favor and just f-ck off. Especially things you can't comprehend even a concept of let alone the entire thing, nor clearly want to even try to learn.
      The west and their zombies should leave out of their filthy mouths the countries that are centuries far older then your pathetic fake ones, in any negative way.
      Because whatever your spoiledass have today is thanks to those same old countries your officials butcher and pillage.

    • @alexeyolegovich3664
      @alexeyolegovich3664 2 года назад

      And what is going on from Your point of view? Have You ever been in Russia? You think there lives 145M people who don't love their children and whant war, realy?

    • @kippe1221
      @kippe1221 2 года назад +57

      because history tends to repeat itself

    • @AlexaOrchid
      @AlexaOrchid 2 года назад +30

      @@kippe1221 yes, but it's crazy how soon. Sting was not that young when he wrote the song, and he is not THAT old now.

    • @Dirty_Squirrell
      @Dirty_Squirrell 2 года назад +24

      Twice in one lifetime is 2 too many times.

  • @aleksanrusyan
    @aleksanrusyan 2 года назад +1367

    I was born in the USSR, in Lvov. When this song came out, I lived in the USA and as a cold war kid it profoundly touched my heart - and still does.

    • @B5Limo
      @B5Limo 2 года назад +10

      Зачем ты поехал в америку?

    • @Nadia-se2ev
      @Nadia-se2ev 2 года назад

      @@B5Limo because the ussr clearly sucked. The United States aren't the best, but definitely better than the ussr and any communist country

    • @aleksanrusyan
      @aleksanrusyan 2 года назад +9

      Мы переехали в семью.

    • @weapoolx182
      @weapoolx182 2 года назад +7

      Putin's favorite song from the 80s *KoKaInYm!!!!!* 😂😂

    • @weapoolx182
      @weapoolx182 2 года назад +11

      @@dawidwarszawski2015 Gorbachov: I like to eat my pizza at *Pizza Hut* ! L0L

  • @manueldopico9458
    @manueldopico9458 4 года назад +1759

    Who's listening this master piece?!

  • @blackcorp0001
    @blackcorp0001 25 дней назад +45

    Prayers for Earth

    • @alefmen
      @alefmen 12 дней назад

      "I hope the Britains and Americans love their children too".
      I write this poetic text for music (song) and translate with chatGPT from russian lang to english:
      My wondrous world, you still breathe bright,
      The nature’s light and birds in flight.
      While at the borders gather mice,
      And a hegemon’s their prince, precise.
      Life flows like rivers, Moscow, Thames,
      The water's dark, don’t try to claim.
      On Dniper's shores, the children live,
      Who wishes them no chance to give?
      I know the south brings mountains high,
      In the north, there’s snow, and ice in the sky.
      The east is beautiful, this I behold,
      Yet who brings evil, who turns cold?
      Is it Captain Jack who leads the fray?
      Or the Queen of Spades come out to play?
      Or a wicked Yeti awakened from sleep?
      Yet he isn’t many-faced, just deep.
      I know from heavens, the bombs descend,
      Rockets fly, and bullets blend.
      Currency flows like rivers of blood,
      We edge towards a hellish flood.
      God is love, but what’s the Devil’s game?
      Why does he seek your soul in shame?
      Behind the mask, no riches show,
      Debts as awards, yet beauty’s glow.
      So fill your pockets, tighten your grasp,
      Dust off your flaws with a careful clasp.
      The less you have inside, the more you show,
      With all of this, just let it flow.
      I know that the spades are the swords of a soldier
      I know that the clubs are weapons of war
      I know that diamonds mean money for this art
      But that's not the shape of my heart
      On original language (music - Sting "Shape of my hearth"):
      Мой дивный мир ты всё же дышишь
      Природы свет и пенье птиц
      А у границ собираются мыши
      И гегемон их принц
      Жизнь льёт рекой, Москва и Темза
      Вода темна, не пробуй пить
      А на Днепре живут обычные дети
      Кто хочет их убить?
      Я знаю что юг - это горы и Рио
      На севере снег, Исландия, лёд
      Я знаю, что восток это тоже красиво
      Так кто же зло несёт?
      Может это капитан Джек?
      Может это дама пик?
      А может это злой, проснувшийся Йети?
      Но он не многолик...
      Я знаю что там с неба падают бомбы
      Ракеты летят и пули свистят
      Валюта льёт рекой, рекой чёрной крови
      Мы приближаем ад
      Thats not a shape, shape of my hearth
      Бог есть любовь, но что есть Дьявол?
      Зачем ему твоя душа?
      За маской ни гроша, долги как награда
      Но внешность хороша
      Так что ж набей карман потуже
      Припудри все прыщи
      Чем меньше у тебя внутри - тем больше снаружи
      И с этим всем плыви.
      I know that the spades are the swords of a soldier
      I know that the clubs are weapons of war
      I know that diamonds mean money for this art
      But that's not the shape of my heart

  • @spumatei
    @spumatei 10 месяцев назад +1034

    As a Russian, I hope that we all love our children, on either side of the political fence. Peace to all.

    • @JanosRado-gd2od
      @JanosRado-gd2od 10 месяцев назад +38

      Yes brother from an Australian born German. Peace too you.

    • @Ouliiii
      @Ouliiii 10 месяцев назад +27

      We love a lot our children. I love all the children of the world. For them please don't do the war.

    • @lpatterson5005
      @lpatterson5005 10 месяцев назад

      What is sting saying that Russians don't love their children??? England doesn't love children the world allows child trafficking the people love the children the people who like to think they rule us DO NOT

    • @ПушкарНастя
      @ПушкарНастя 10 месяцев назад +19

      Підтримуєш Путіна?

    • @ifyouloveChristyouwillobeyhim
      @ifyouloveChristyouwillobeyhim 10 месяцев назад

      Thanks. I hope you know that good, true Americans over here don't believe the American media or government. We know it is all corrupt. Even the European government and media. We don't want to be the agressors. But you could say we are a conquered country. Conquered by the elites.

  • @volition2015
    @volition2015 Год назад +832

    Russian here. I first heard this song as a child and noticed my father had teared up. Thirty-two years later, now a parent myself, I understand why. This is the power of art.

    • @snowballthecat7542
      @snowballthecat7542 Год назад +65

      My condolences. Let's all hope this nightmare ends soon. Both the russians and the ukrainians have suffered enough from their crazed out leaders

    • @volition2015
      @volition2015 Год назад +68

      @@snowballthecat7542 Thank you. Ukrainian cities are being bombed, so I am not sure the suffering can be compared. On the other hand, they have hope and reasons to be optimistic about the future.

    • @МатросВетров
      @МатросВетров Год назад +57

      Russian cities are also bombed. but this war began a long time ago ,and the Russians did not want this war

    • @Dirtywesterner
      @Dirtywesterner Год назад +3

      I was blubbering when I heard it for the first time again,recently. I have not lost everything or any family members yet but it seems like it will continue to grow in intensity and area

    • @lost.in.spaces
      @lost.in.spaces Год назад

      ​@@snowballthecat7542 It's the russian leader who is crazed out, while the Ukrainians just defend themselves. Fixed that for you.

  • @olliefoxx7165
    @olliefoxx7165 3 года назад +563

    I heard this song as a child and it really opened my eyes. We use to have nuclear war drills at school and watch films about what to do in case of nuclear war. I remember being scared of and hating the Russians/Soviets and playing war with my friends where we pretended to be fighting them. The thought that there was some Russian kid out there thinking the same thing about me never entered my mine till I heard this song. It upset me then bc I realized I didn't hate anyone I was scared and wanted to protect the people I loved. Thinking there might be some people on the "other side" that actually loved their children gave me real hope that maybe we could avoid a nuclear war and perhaps find some way to get along. I now have children and there's no doubt that the Russians love their children too. We are all human. Thank you Sting for teaching me and giving me insight about the world.

    • @N.S55555
      @N.S55555 3 года назад +12

      Эту песню написал западный человек для западных людей. Не обманывайте сами себя: вы не знаете, кто у власти в России. Вы думаете: «они такие же, как мы». Нет. Путин сказал недавно: «они все сдохнут, а мы попадем в рай».

    • @AlfredoJacome
      @AlfredoJacome 3 года назад +2

      pero a veces hay . . .

    • @HorseTongue
      @HorseTongue 3 года назад +33

      I’m going to really go meta and blow your mind here, and tell you that the chorus of this song is actually a song by Sergei Prokofiev called “Lieutenant Kizhe” which is about a military cover up and is a satire about bureaucracy.
      This song was written BY a Russian, almost 100 years ago, to mock the military.

    • @SocialistStrike
      @SocialistStrike 2 года назад +8

      We have innumerable problems as a global society and in microcosms in the various countries within and along their borders. I fear we are accelerating to total annihilation and extinction. I don't think there are enough people who remain that choose to see the good in their enemies any longer.
      I've been arguing against fellow "leftists" why punching Nazis is morally bankrupt. And they don't understand these principles. Countries will be ripped apart. And the world will be no better off.

    • @HorseTongue
      @HorseTongue 2 года назад +3

      @@SocialistStrike you’re not a leftist you’re a progressive. You don’t believe in socialism, you’re a caricature of it. “Under no pretext should arms and ammunition be surrendered” remember? Under no pretext. That means that punching Nazis or shooting bad guys is the right thing to do, even if you don’t like it.

  • @fabiofabtube
    @fabiofabtube 9 месяцев назад +99

    March 2024,The feeling is still the same😕 human beings never learn the lessons from the past..

    • @Monette1953
      @Monette1953 8 месяцев назад +3

      Lorsqu'on observe le monde et ceux qui sont aux manettes, c'est devenu pire et l'escalade semble inévitable et catastrophe.
      Merci Sting pour ta puissance de voix ❤

    • @ant0nina
      @ant0nina 7 месяцев назад

      As long as russia continues to exist, there will be no peace on the planet

    • @poppete
      @poppete 7 месяцев назад +3

      And the lesson is - the PEOPLE of all lands regardless of religion, politics or nationality need to stand up and say NO to the power hungry leaders who care not for anything but their own status, power and wealth.

    • @AlexxJ.
      @AlexxJ. 5 месяцев назад

      It is very PROFITABLE for the government to SCARE people: prices can be raised, salaries and social benefits dropped - "Russians r coming / Putin is coming".
      THEY r not coming, NATO is doing it.

    • @Lajuanitaloca
      @Lajuanitaloca Месяц назад

      Well written

  • @RCarlson01
    @RCarlson01 2 года назад +345

    Who'd have thought this song would be so poignantly relevant in 2022!

    • @RCarlson01
      @RCarlson01 2 года назад +13

      I graduated from High School in 1988, at the end of the Reagan Era. I lived this time as a teenager in SoCal. I remember what a big deal it was when Billy Joel was allowed to hold a concert in the former Soviet Union. 99 Red Balloons and Wolverines! ;-)

    • @The_Original_Nosferatu
      @The_Original_Nosferatu 2 года назад +7

      I graduated in 1987 and lived near D.C. and remember the desk drills and going to sleep at night worrying about war. This song needs to be heard as an anthem; nobody wants this. I'm in America and I'm praying for all. The soldiers don't want this and the innocent people definitely don't want this. I hope they come to their senses, and no one has to lose their life. Stay Safe

    • @SocialistStrike
      @SocialistStrike 2 года назад +2

      The Cold War never truly ended. It just simmered down for 25-30 years and has only truly heated up this past decade again. It's no surprise whatsoever that this Cold War song stayed relevant. It will forever remain relevant as long as we Earthlings continue to recognize borders and sovereignty over land and resources, instead of progressing and sharing, co-operating, advancing as one people.
      "One day there will be no borders, no boundaries, no flags, and no countries and the only passport will be the heart." - Carlos Santana

    • @LittleLulubee
      @LittleLulubee 2 года назад +2

      @@SocialistStrike Sounds like a lovely, idyllic fantasy world. But the facts are, no borders would lead to absolute, massive migration, chaos, anarchy and war. It would be HELL. That’s the reality.

    • @SocialistStrike
      @SocialistStrike 2 года назад

      @@LittleLulubee no. One day, if humanity survives as a species, there will be one ruling govt. It can be authoritarian or democratic, but eventually, we will have no relevant borders, especially if we begin reaching for the stars.
      Obviously this eventuality isn't going to happen overnight. And can't occur so long as there are clashing ideologies. One will bear out.

  • @henriettahudson3006
    @henriettahudson3006 2 года назад +508

    There's no such thing as a winnable war. It's a lie we don't believe anymore. - Sting. This song's been hitting home since February 24, 2022.

    • @anthonyware7116
      @anthonyware7116 2 года назад +5

      Agreed. Yet some do. After re-election of George Bush Jr US Pentagon advanced position paper on limited winnable nuclear war.

    • @vc68675
      @vc68675 2 года назад +5

      This song is pacifist bullshit. Geopolitical interests matter.

    • @fionaanderson5796
      @fionaanderson5796 2 года назад +7

      It was hitting home when it was released back in the 1980's. Now we are back there.

    • @lebe220
      @lebe220 2 года назад +6

      @@vc68675 Ego trip.

    • @vc68675
      @vc68675 2 года назад +2

      @@lebe220 No, I'm for reason and objectivity. Not for emotions and subjectivity.

  • @Phoneticatoms
    @Phoneticatoms 2 года назад +286

    Still so relevant. Peace be with all countries right now.

    • @blakelondon1
      @blakelondon1 2 года назад +7

      This song has been on my mind a lot lately.

    • @lmbk1
      @lmbk1 2 года назад +5

      Was going to say the same thing. Love to everyone, regardless of country or creed

    • @seandardis
      @seandardis 2 года назад +1

      🎼 Mr. Putin says we will bury you. I don’t subscribe to that point of view. It would be such an ignorant thing to do. If the Russians love their children too. 🎶

    • @rosarioforino7075
      @rosarioforino7075 2 года назад +8

      I am so sad,today...Why don't we behave as brothers and sisters as we are? I know I sound naif, but what's left to do?

    • @LittleLulubee
      @LittleLulubee 2 года назад

      @@seandardis Well, he is ignorant, because he did it 😢

  • @SteveM-ug5xn
    @SteveM-ug5xn Месяц назад +17

    Relevant then, relevant now in a much broader context of world turmoil.

  • @elizabethgillen8718
    @elizabethgillen8718 2 года назад +634

    This song says it all and should be played worldwide. Heartbreaking in these terribly sad times.

    • @ClaraknowsALL221
      @ClaraknowsALL221 2 года назад

      ruclips.net/video/hoX2ixNX6EY/видео.html

    • @lloydbishun9584
      @lloydbishun9584 2 года назад +2

      Late great Prince has 1 too! It's more direct and violent. Google... Ronnie talk to Russia! No video.

    • @vc68675
      @vc68675 2 года назад +4

      This song is pacifist bullshit. Geopolitical interests matter.

    • @lanavictoria7977
      @lanavictoria7977 2 года назад

      Cover with new lyrics for Ukraine: ruclips.net/video/mYBfumGo1_4/видео.html

    • @johnryman1366
      @johnryman1366 2 года назад +6

      THIS NEVER RECIEVED THE ATTENTION IT SHOULD HAVE, NOW IS THE TIME. HE WAS AHEAD OF THE CURVE OF POLITICS 'INS AND OUTS

  • @theorganizedguy
    @theorganizedguy 2 года назад +401

    Powerful lyrics then and now again. Proof that history sadly repeats itself

    • @Zlato7
      @Zlato7 2 года назад +6

      What nonsense!!! What a lie!!!! How many lies in this world on the righteous and such sincere faces!!!

    • @Zlato7
      @Zlato7 2 года назад +8

      Tons of lies about Russia. And millions of deceived people in the world. If Russia perishes, this world will have no hope left. I see it this way. How long could Russia wait and endure spitting? How many people died during all this time in Ukraine at the hands of Ukrainian nationalists? And as soon as Russia clenched its fists, tons of hatred flew into it, patient mother. And it would be nice to hate what is just, no, this hatred comes from a monstrous lie! ... And the refusal to treat children with cancer - is this not Nazism?
      World has gone mad. Humanity has no hope. Many countries have proven that they are biorobots, some kind of monsters.

    • @9Universe757
      @9Universe757 2 года назад +4

      It will repeat itself. This time against Americans.

    • @kathyputnam84
      @kathyputnam84 2 года назад +8

      @@Zlato7 This song isn’t about hating Russians, it’s about world leaders that threaten to annihilate one another with nuclear weapons, which Kruschev and Putin have threatened to do. If they don’t get the electricity on at Chernobyl soon, it’s going to be REAL BAD. Sting knows the Russian people love their children, it’s the world’s leaders that appear not to give a f**k.

    • @SUGAR_XYLER
      @SUGAR_XYLER 2 года назад +2

      @@kathyputnam84 another reason I don't vote ‼️ I don't support any leaders! 🚫

  • @woneymalian
    @woneymalian Год назад +213

    One of those rare cases where both the lyrics and the music expresses the genius of the human mind...

    • @aeltzafrankilarevalo4940
      @aeltzafrankilarevalo4940 Год назад +12

      Definitely this song is NOTHING AI COULD EVER CREATE! It could ONLY MIMIC!

    • @liv0003
      @liv0003 8 месяцев назад +1

      the music is by the Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev to clarify
      Sting " stole it" to make this song and he added the lyrics.

    • @woneymalian
      @woneymalian 8 месяцев назад +5

      ⁠@@liv0003yes, I know it… and it doesn’t make the song less magnificent, still the work of human genius, from both of them ❤

    • @fletsepopje
      @fletsepopje 7 месяцев назад +4

      @@liv0003 He didn't steal it, he made it better. He used only a small portion of the Lieutenant Kijé Suite and turned it into a great song with brilliant lyrics.

    • @fouziabouhassane3905
      @fouziabouhassane3905 7 месяцев назад +1

      Eh oui

  • @NESTORHAROLDCHAVEZGRANADOS.
    @NESTORHAROLDCHAVEZGRANADOS. 8 месяцев назад +17

    The Best song of Sting of 1987.

  • @johnzites3656
    @johnzites3656 Год назад +191

    I am 55. This song was haunting to me as well. As a child, this was one of my worst fears. Nuclear War.

    • @V3RA96
      @V3RA96 Год назад

      Soy del 80 y también crecí atormentada por lo mismo, pero hoy que la tengo a la vuelta de la esquina me doy cuenta que los humanos no aprendemos sin rigor y un golpe fuerte necesitamos para aprender que no somos más que Dios

    • @zuca3001
      @zuca3001 Год назад

      Eu sou portuguesa esta musica assustava-me e continua a assutar-me 30 anos mais tarde. A ameaça é real

    • @MichelleKennedy-bm3ql
      @MichelleKennedy-bm3ql 7 месяцев назад +1

      Same. I'm 55 going on 56 my worst nightmare was nuclear war. As Air Force ROTC I was very aware how easily it could happen.

    • @TroyGlaus-yv2yb
      @TroyGlaus-yv2yb 7 месяцев назад +1

      I’m 54 years old. I fully understand what you are saying.

    • @Aconitum_napellus
      @Aconitum_napellus 6 месяцев назад

      ​@@TroyGlaus-yv2yb I'm 30 and I think we'll see nuclear war before I'm your age.

  • @Kipikey
    @Kipikey 2 года назад +2144

    Вижу не я единственный вспомнил эту песню

    • @NicolasKupiec
      @NicolasKupiec 2 года назад +172

      No you're not the only one to remind this song, and be sure that in occident we perfectly know that the great Russian people is not involved in that f* war decided by your mad president... Let's hope for a quick and happy ending.

    • @savagedaughter9904
      @savagedaughter9904 2 года назад +30

      Same here. Twice in my lifetime😢

    • @guygomel
      @guygomel 2 года назад +49

      да все вспомнили

    • @yurkellis
      @yurkellis 2 года назад +9

      @@NicolasKupiec Happy ending is collapse of your country. Again.

    • @СергейСтрик-д3т
      @СергейСтрик-д3т 2 года назад +93

      @@guygomel До сих пор актуально! - Русские
      В Европе и Америке
      Нарастает чувство истерии,
      Обусловленное ответом на все угрозы,
      Прозвучавшим в риторических речах Советов.
      Товарищ Хрущёв сказал: «Мы вас закопаем»,1
      Я не подпишусь под этой точкой зрения -
      Было бы столь глупо поступить так,
      Если русские тоже любят своих детей.
      Как мне уберечь своего малыша,
      От смертельной игрушки Оппенгеймера?2
      Нет монополии на здравый смысл
      Ни на одной из сторон политического ринга.
      У нас одна и та же биология,
      Несмотря на идеологию,
      Поверьте мне, когда я говорю вам,
      Что надеюсь, что русские тоже любят своих детей.
      Не было прецедента в истории,
      Чтобы президенту приписали слова,
      Нет такой войны,
      В которой может быть победитель,
      Это - ложь, в которую мы больше не верим.
      Мистер Рейган говорит: «Мы защитим вас»,
      Я не подпишусь под этой точкой зрения.
      Поверьте мне, когда я говорю вам,
      Что надеюсь, что русские тоже любят своих детей.
      У нас одна и та же биология,
      Несмотря на идеологию,
      Что может спасти нас, меня и тебя -
      То, что русские тоже любят своих детей..

  • @gits4093
    @gits4093 2 года назад +906

    Сейчас на фоне происходящего эта песня должна быть популярна . Я , как человек из России , не хочу этой войны , как и многие другие люди . Пусть будет мир .

    • @MrLepyoshka
      @MrLepyoshka 2 года назад +24

      @@basilara5752 там подавят любой майдан, как минимум нужен бунт среди военных во главе с командирами.

    • @SmokyMountainStarlight
      @SmokyMountainStarlight 2 года назад +72

      ❤We pray for both countries. I pray for the innocent.

    • @АндрейПодик-щ1г
      @АндрейПодик-щ1г 2 года назад +23

      Ну то выходи на митинги а не сидишь попой на диване

    • @basilara5752
      @basilara5752 2 года назад +24

      @@SmokyMountainStarlight Do you have a split personality? Do you pray for both the victim and the executioner??? Interesting position...((((

    • @lesjasavka1071
      @lesjasavka1071 2 года назад +40

      Якщо ви не хочете війни ,то повинні позбутися Путіна ❗ знищити його,він зло.

  • @houbenm
    @houbenm 9 месяцев назад +55

    This song instilled fear in me as a boy in the 80's..It still does and now it also makes me cry every single time..

    • @mattleblanc6066
      @mattleblanc6066 4 месяца назад

      Hear hear.. time to expose the lies of our corrupt elite.. this is all fabricated. We must stop our governments from using us as cannon fador.. peace be to all nations.

    • @paulskehan693
      @paulskehan693 3 месяца назад +3

      Same here 😔

  • @TFFgeek
    @TFFgeek 3 года назад +146

    'How can I save my Little Boy from Oppenheimer's deadly toy?' Just layer up on layer there. Wow.
    And the incoporation of Prokofiev's 'Romance' theme is such a brilliant touch. Words fall short.

    • @Beezlebub6913
      @Beezlebub6913 3 года назад +6

      Как мне спасти моего Маленького мальчика от смертельной игрушки Оппенгеймера? » Просто наложите слой на слой. Вот это да.
      И включение темы «Романа» Прокофьева - такой гениальный штрих. Слов не хватает.
      перевод

    • @airtightGiraffe
      @airtightGiraffe 3 месяца назад +1

      @@Beezlebub6913 thank you for translating this

    • @nataliakondrateva5557
      @nataliakondrateva5557 Месяц назад

      ​@@Beezlebub6913 не "Романа", а "Романса" Прокофьева. Роман и романс - слова с разным значением.

    • @KCKingdomCreateGreatTrekAgain
      @KCKingdomCreateGreatTrekAgain 25 дней назад +1

      We are not very far from seeing that deadly toy being launched. A cornered animal will attack with all its might.

  • @Catalina-Winemixer
    @Catalina-Winemixer 11 месяцев назад +495

    “We share the same biology regardless of ideology.” 💔

    • @piratevolant
      @piratevolant 7 месяцев назад +1

      les char russe de la victoire le tipanov vaincre vaincre

    • @Toypra
      @Toypra 5 месяцев назад

      this part came on as i read this comment lol

    • @_persianprincess
      @_persianprincess 4 месяца назад +2

      beautiful...

    • @KarasevStudio
      @KarasevStudio 3 месяца назад +2

      "There is no historical precedent
      To put the words in the mouth of a president"
      ... literally puts the words "Mr. Khrustchev" didn't, in fact, say, in his mouth, in the very first verse of this same song.

    • @Laurita7
      @Laurita7 2 месяца назад

      Yep! 🫶🩸

  • @azetboor
    @azetboor 3 года назад +527

    Моя любимая песня у Стинга. Да, русские тоже любят своих детей. Пусть сердца тех, кто вершит судьбы, услышат этот призыв.

    • @tessthef1rst
      @tessthef1rst 2 года назад +33

      It seems they do not. Or at least Putin could care less about human life.

    • @collectifcolleges9020
      @collectifcolleges9020 2 года назад +38

      Of course they love thème and the entire World. The ones who decide and those who are expected to do things are not the same. My thoughts are for humans wherever they are Russians or Ukrainians.

    • @BlissetEris
      @BlissetEris 2 года назад +5

      @@tessthef1rst Why do they always send the poor?

    • @racejay
      @racejay 2 года назад +32

      В руках русского народа восстание против злонамеренного диктатора, каким является Путин...

    • @markgulvin9987
      @markgulvin9987 2 года назад +4

      You are losing thousands. The war is awful

  • @antiglobaljoel532
    @antiglobaljoel532 24 дня назад +131

    Who's listening in November 2024?

    • @МакарМальцев-б3ъ
      @МакарМальцев-б3ъ 22 дня назад +13

      Here I am. Russian, btw

    • @antiglobaljoel532
      @antiglobaljoel532 21 день назад +4

      @@МакарМальцев-б3ъ Soon we will have peace.

    • @МакарМальцев-б3ъ
      @МакарМальцев-б3ъ 21 день назад +9

      @@antiglobaljoel532 I hope, my dude. This political games, wars, conflicts are fucked up. Since 24.02.22 I have been a diplomat from normal Russian citizens. We don’t wanna war, I assure you, this is our thiefy parliament. There are lotta Russians who want to leave a peaceful, democratic, European life, but… not yet.

    • @johnmorgan7989
      @johnmorgan7989 20 дней назад +6

      Me. Little has changed. If anything it's worse

    • @antiglobaljoel532
      @antiglobaljoel532 20 дней назад

      @МакарМальцев-б3ъ I don't want it either. I think this is the dementia patient, Biden's, gift to Trump. When Trump gets in he'll initiate peace negotiations.

  • @klaraschulte7591
    @klaraschulte7591 2 года назад +833

    Dear Russian fellow human beings,
    in 1979 I visited Russia and was struck by the kindness and helpfulness of your people. I don't think you really want what's happening right now. Please pray with all of us that those responsible will reconsider their actions. Warm greetings from Germany

    • @SA02211
      @SA02211 2 года назад +77

      Wir Russen sind gegen diesen Krieg. Wir selbst leiden wegen Putin.

    • @utehammadi1440
      @utehammadi1440 2 года назад +47

      ...dann hoffe ich, dass diese schlimme Zeit wenigstens dazu dient, dass sich die Russen ihrer Stärke bewusst werden und die Gelegenheit nutzen ihren größenwahnsinnigen 'Zaren' und seine Entourage zu stürzen.

    • @stircrazysos
      @stircrazysos 2 года назад +2

      @@SA02211 💚

    • @AnnaMorris411
      @AnnaMorris411 2 года назад +29

      @@Derayes
      That would be Putin’s brainwashed cult following. And if we’re still not woke, Trump will be just like him!
      I get shivers down my spine and the hair stands up when I remember how he admired Kim Jong and Putin, and wanted a militant parade through Washington! Smh

    • @MrPedix2c
      @MrPedix2c 2 года назад +4

      @@SA02211 Viele Amerikaner sehen das russische Volk als Opfer eines tyrannischen Regimes von Schlägern und Kriminellen.

  • @barmalgran666
    @barmalgran666 7 лет назад +299

    Sting's masterpiece about politics and greed. It still makes sense in today's world.

    • @nikolad1293
      @nikolad1293 7 лет назад +11

      things like this always make sense... unfortunately that also means that the human kind is still dumb enough to start wars and hate each other for idiotic reason

    • @kevinm5940
      @kevinm5940 5 лет назад +2

      That's often the case with good songs. Even if the specific event they're describing isn't happening anymore, certain themes are still relevant.

    • @wawalgrimlins9779
      @wawalgrimlins9779 5 лет назад

      Not now ! I was disapointed when I saw him singing with maître gims :)

    • @robertkelly5515
      @robertkelly5515 5 лет назад +3

      It's more about Nuclear war, note "Oppenheimer's deadly Toy=the Bomb"

    • @ikarusfly3325
      @ikarusfly3325 3 года назад

      @Alexej Svirid so true

  • @LePoneyPosey76
    @LePoneyPosey76 4 года назад +1306

    We have studied this song 5 years ago in our History class in France. 5 years later I'm still listening to this. Such a masterpiece

    • @lastigiano7257
      @lastigiano7257 4 года назад +22

      True, It Is a masterpiece!

    • @onithim
      @onithim 4 года назад +21

      Me too , same country, but 7 years ago for me 👍

    • @LePoneyPosey76
      @LePoneyPosey76 4 года назад +26

      @@onithim pourquoi tu ne me réponds pas en français alors mdrrr

    • @Hanks7711
      @Hanks7711 4 года назад +9

      Pareil ptdr

    • @olliefoxx7165
      @olliefoxx7165 4 года назад +4

      So cool. Thanks for the post!

  • @jseptember2804
    @jseptember2804 9 месяцев назад +40

    It's a sad thing to realize that we are possibly facing the same fears we had some 30 years ago.

    • @MWTH73
      @MWTH73 22 дня назад

      So true

  • @jimpickard3850
    @jimpickard3850 3 года назад +452

    This is not a song, it's a work of art.

    • @Blueluise
      @Blueluise 3 года назад

      understood Russians, Sovjets, Reagan + Biology

    • @ruthharris3079
      @ruthharris3079 3 года назад

      So true!

    • @Marvin-dg8vj
      @Marvin-dg8vj 3 года назад +1

      Sting qualifies for that description.

    • @samaelcoral7297
      @samaelcoral7297 3 года назад

      Definitely

    • @mygoogle1594
      @mygoogle1594 3 года назад

      Ah, the late Cold War. When a different existential crisis was facing the World. I actually miss it. Life still made sense then.

  • @wilburtoo4897
    @wilburtoo4897 Год назад +121

    If all mankind dies, this masterpiece of a song will still live on, floating away out into the Universe on a radiowave.

    • @donnaknudson7296
      @donnaknudson7296 11 месяцев назад +4

      What you write reminds me of something I wrote while listening to Glenn Gould playing Bach's Goldberg Variations: "Listening to this, hoping, longing, knowing that if humanity does fall, these creations will still live somehow, somewhere, in the Human Soul, indestructible forever, beyond time......do not forget ..when you listen, we will remember...."

    • @wrinkles2deep764
      @wrinkles2deep764 10 месяцев назад +4

      ​@@donnaknudson7296Help save the Planet the only one with Music

    • @SavvySchmidt
      @SavvySchmidt 10 месяцев назад +2

      That's a sombering fact. 😢

    • @dustx
      @dustx 25 дней назад +1

      This will be our flute, hope mr. Picard will find it

  • @stephenhawking4625
    @stephenhawking4625 4 года назад +799

    “There is no monopoly of common sense on either side of the political fence” that is a killer line

    • @rupertschwarz5477
      @rupertschwarz5477 4 года назад +37

      You very seldom hear a text line of that quality in modern pop songs

    • @jeanmichellelaurent
      @jeanmichellelaurent 4 года назад +12

      If only more people realised that

    • @golDroger88
      @golDroger88 4 года назад +7

      The left of today lacks basic common sense and runs towards the cliff like lemmings. You can thank marxist subversion for that.

    • @suur-turku7806
      @suur-turku7806 3 года назад +1

      @@jeanmichellelaurent Imminent nuclear war isn't a reality these days.

    • @jeanmichellelaurent
      @jeanmichellelaurent 3 года назад +1

      @@suur-turku7806 I never meant that what I meant is the increasing lack of
      Civility and increased division of classes

  • @ביתרמפא
    @ביתרמפא 23 дня назад +11

    Sting is really one of a kind!

  • @maruyama-cf2qx
    @maruyama-cf2qx 2 года назад +68

    久しぶりに聴きました。
    またこんなに実感する時が来るとは。一刻も早く平和が戻るよう願っています。子どもや家族を愛する気持ちは世界共通のはず。

    • @杉山寛-g3p
      @杉山寛-g3p 2 года назад +3

      おすすめに出てきたので聴きました。なんだか暗い曲だなあと思ったんですが歌詞を和訳してみると、核戦争の危機と隣り合わせだった冷戦期をモチーフに人類愛と世界の恒久平和の願いを込めた曲だったんですね。
      ウクライナにて行われている無意味な破壊と殺戮が一刻も早く終わることを祈ります。

  • @zanae1969
    @zanae1969 2 года назад +174

    I was just a teenager when I first listened to this song. I was thinking: how scary. And now more than 3 decades later I still think the same. All that happening in Ukraine makes me so sad. I do not believe in bombs and guns but peace.

    • @elieshasteffanson5758
      @elieshasteffanson5758 2 года назад

      Same

    • @user-ve5ln5le9y
      @user-ve5ln5le9y 2 года назад +1

      Unless someone takes him out and I don’t mean to dinner

    • @larrybell1859
      @larrybell1859 2 года назад

      @@Derayes
      The west can but it will be at a very high cost for both sides.

  • @PrimitiveInTheExtreme
    @PrimitiveInTheExtreme 4 года назад +101

    Sting's voice + synthesizer = masterpiece 🌟

  • @thelostfutures
    @thelostfutures 5 месяцев назад +18

    Such a beautiful film clip. Its giving production design from Fritz Lang and early 1920s directors. The use of black and white an integral touch. A true masterstroke of the video clip era.

    • @thewomble1509
      @thewomble1509 3 месяца назад +1

      Sting went through a phase of black and white vids around this time. Russians, The Lazarus Heart, We''ll Be Together and Every Breath You Take a few years earlier.

  • @daviperezramos134
    @daviperezramos134 2 года назад +519

    This song by Sting, in the midst of the cold war, was a courageous voice and, at the same time, opportune, since an extremely inquisitive speech prevailed about everything that bore the name of Soviet or Russian. He pointed out that Russians are human beings like us, regardless of who was at the head of their government. A unique sight, in a dark time.

    • @petrusaroesnosa7461
      @petrusaroesnosa7461 2 года назад +21

      A few months ago, I listened to this song, and thought: "Nowadys, this song is out of fashion, and it has lost its sense". Now, it has recovered all the sense again.

    • @elenapianca988
      @elenapianca988 2 года назад +3

      Traducete in italiano per favore

    • @SUGAR_XYLER
      @SUGAR_XYLER 2 года назад +2

      Well Putin doesn't seem human... he's a monster!
      They should play this song to him ‼️

    • @basilara5752
      @basilara5752 2 года назад

      Are russians the human being like you? That is, are you also ready to come with weapons to a neighboring country to kill children, women, old people and turn flourishing cities into ruins????(((

    • @claudetteoussenekan1459
      @claudetteoussenekan1459 2 года назад +4

      Votre commentaire décrit avec exactitude le drame de la guerre froide. Il faut qu'il y ait une prise de conscience collective afin de protéger les familles de cette guerre afin que plus aucun enfant ne soit blessé.

  • @papivol8948
    @papivol8948 2 года назад +401

    Why do tears come to my eyes when I listen to this song? An almost 40 year old song and nothing has changed... history's repeating itself. Love to the wolrd, to all of those who love peace wherever you are on this planet❤

    • @supreme3376
      @supreme3376 2 года назад +4

      Cos the some Country never will change

    • @bobjones2041
      @bobjones2041 2 года назад

      yeah reagan is still lobbing nukes on innocent Russians as they play the balalaika

    • @danapb
      @danapb 2 года назад +7

      You are empathetic and care about all people, not just yourself. It hits me hard too. I remember being very scared in the early to mid 80s. Of course the propaganda didn't help (see the movie "The Day After") but just realizing that something relatively small in the grand scheme of things could set off WWIII is very anxiety inducing.

    • @SUGAR_XYLER
      @SUGAR_XYLER 2 года назад +1

      @@danapb I remember that movie....that's another reason I never had kids

  • @MareTranqillitatis
    @MareTranqillitatis 2 года назад +283

    Как давно это было. Видел, наверное, клип. Совсем ребёнком был. Она казалась такой торжественной, рождественской. Слов, естественно, понять я не мог. И вот буквально вчера - в рекомендациях. Удивительные стихи, прекрасная музыка. Стинг - талант. Культура, любовь к прекрасному нас спасут. Будьте счастливы.

    • @madarax_fr
      @madarax_fr 2 года назад +6

      A good message

    • @Daedalus273
      @Daedalus273 2 года назад +2

      1985.

    • @some_developer
      @some_developer 2 года назад

      Нас это кого?

    • @kittylee660
      @kittylee660 2 года назад +9

      Это песня талантливого музыканта и, возможно, очень хорошего человека, который ничего не знает о русских людях

    • @benconnolly8917
      @benconnolly8917 2 года назад +8

      @@kittylee660 he knows enough to be suspicious of Russian rulers. After all, Russian troops are in Ukraine.

  • @АлексМрак-с3э
    @АлексМрак-с3э 17 дней назад +3

    Прошло более 30 лет, а песня до сих пор актуальна! Бессмысленную войну между двумя братскими народами нужно завершить. Это не наша война!

  • @lannybrasher2452
    @lannybrasher2452 2 года назад +716

    One of the most underrated songs of all time! Even after some 30 years later, it still has relevance!

    • @ivonnekus1804
      @ivonnekus1804 2 года назад +23

      today more than before

    • @RLS-bu4bj
      @RLS-bu4bj 2 года назад +5

      This was the first thing I thought of when I heard him say he was not bluffing.

    • @minmogrovingstrongandhealthy
      @minmogrovingstrongandhealthy 2 года назад

      Not really, you are projecting just like this pathetic song back in a day. It's a political creation that have zero touch with reality and a thing of a past.
      What is happening today is somewhat similar but the politics are different however evident you once again fail to realize what is going on and even if the truth hits you in the head you will continue to bark at Russians because you are born this way.
      You are your own enemy that is the saddest truth, you don't need Russians or anything else for that to blame but yourselves.

    • @Orange6711
      @Orange6711 2 года назад +11

      It’s devastating that it’s still so relevant after decades.

    • @Pseudo-utilisateur
      @Pseudo-utilisateur 2 года назад +4

      I heard it's one of the top Sting's songs in France, but not in the rest of the world 🤔

  • @tokinadatsunayashiro1279
    @tokinadatsunayashiro1279 Год назад +310

    many people will never appreciate this song but the meaning of every words on this song is very relevant now and especially to future generations

    • @andrei6267
      @andrei6267 Год назад +1

      There will be no future generations with demential biden's actions, stupid.

    • @Riutanharju
      @Riutanharju Год назад +7

      "How can I save my little boy from ☢ppenheimer's deadly toy?" 🎵🎶

    • @Sarah-ee4rt
      @Sarah-ee4rt Год назад +4

      @Riutanharju so sad I grew up during the cold War under constant threat of nuclear war!! Can't believe we are even talking about it again!!

    • @DmitriyGladyshev
      @DmitriyGladyshev Год назад

      Yes sir.

    • @therearenoshortcuts9868
      @therearenoshortcuts9868 11 месяцев назад +2

      @@Riutanharju
      they dont write lyrics like this anymore ...

  • @crowiltiziodeltreno4177
    @crowiltiziodeltreno4177 4 года назад +190

    "We share the same biology, regardless of ideology."
    This is a part so true and that always makes me feel.
    We are all humans, equal, no one is inferior.
    Wars should end, wars are nonsensical slaughters made to defend the richest's interests.
    Wars should not exist anymore.

    • @jacoblamasney241
      @jacoblamasney241 3 года назад +3

      I mean, I agree. I’m down for it

    • @slavikslavikov9282
      @slavikslavikov9282 3 года назад +2

      Правильно сказал! Биология одна и Создатель у нас один! Все проблемы от толстосумов - они разделяют и властвуют!

    • @chrisjwilson736
      @chrisjwilson736 3 года назад +4

      Only Jesus the Christ has the power,truth and wisdom to stop Satan having his influence on people in this world with the intent on getting them to destroy each other.
      The real Jesus is the true king

    • @chrisjwilson736
      @chrisjwilson736 3 года назад +1

      @Phelan The true God (Hebrew Yahweh) created Lucifer/Satan.
      Satan has free will to agree to obey or disobey God as all people also do.
      I believe God knows the end from the beginning dependant upon actions/ine tions of Angel's and people.
      I think a concept of pre- destination based on all lives is an erroneous understanding of biblical scripture.
      God is outside of time,he therefore knows the end from the beginning based on what happens.

    • @chrisjwilson736
      @chrisjwilson736 3 года назад

      @Phelan I think God knows the consequences of all actions when they happen/are carried out by angels/people.
      However, we can't be free unless we desire to choose his loving influence by the Holy Spirit(Gods spirit) in our lives.
      Because of the intense rebellion against God it would appear the consequences of these actions will create what is written about in biblical scripture.
      However,there is hope promised for those who want to follow Yeshua the messiah.
      The alternative is horrible but many people do not want to repent and follow Yeshua.They prefer the rebellious sinful lifestyle.
      These people will be rejected by God in eternity because they have rejected his ways and hope of salvation found through following Yeshua.
      Yeshua bless you

  • @josebro352
    @josebro352 19 дней назад +9

    Forty years later and we're right back in the same position. Nice job people. 😢

  • @dianneshenton1262
    @dianneshenton1262 2 года назад +114

    Every few years this song sends chills down my spine. This is one of those moments as we are, again, on the precipice of armed conflict with Russia. It will never end.

    • @cic3531
      @cic3531 2 года назад +17

      So many years later and here we are again... Of course there are a lot of good people among us but, as a whole, what a petty, stupid, destructive species we are 😞

    • @dianneshenton1262
      @dianneshenton1262 2 года назад +7

      @@cic3531 you speak the truth 💯. I am constantly looking for signs that humans/societies are better than our most primitive impulses, these days examples are hard to find.

    • @welsh-3286
      @welsh-3286 2 года назад +4

      here we go again boys

    • @MississippiWildlife
      @MississippiWildlife 2 года назад +7

      The media here in the USA are beating the drums of war for clicks and views on their websites. "Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Friday other world leaders have been overstating the likelihood of war between his country and Russia, causing "panic" and destabilizing Kyiv's economy." Both sides are playing a game of chess, none of the leaders will pay the price. :(

    • @RicardoMartinez-oh9sq
      @RicardoMartinez-oh9sq 2 года назад +5

      But there were three U.S. presidents, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and, yes, even Donald Trump, reaching out to Russia in good faith, even for the sake of avoiding a nuclear war. Now it comes this professional politician, President Biden, who should know better but he does not, and thus he puts all of us at risk because he just does not understand the security needs of the Russian Federation.

  • @barneys4236
    @barneys4236 2 года назад +161

    Unbelievable this came out in 1985 and even more relevant now than it was then.

    • @lucasblack7583
      @lucasblack7583 2 года назад +12

      Cause nothing changed in russia

    • @stevosd60
      @stevosd60 2 года назад +3

      Nothing has changed here either

    • @Zlato7
      @Zlato7 2 года назад

      What nonsense!!! What a lie!!!! How many lies in this world on the righteous and such sincere faces!!!

    • @Zlato7
      @Zlato7 2 года назад

      Tons of lies about Russia. And millions of deceived people in the world. If Russia perishes, this world will have no hope left. I see it this way. How long could Russia wait and endure spitting? How many people died during all this time in Ukraine at the hands of Ukrainian nationalists? And as soon as Russia clenched its fists, tons of hatred flew into it, patient mother. And it would be nice to hate what is just, no, this hatred comes from a monstrous lie! ... And the refusal to treat children with cancer - is this not Nazism?
      World has gone mad. Humanity has no hope. Many countries have proven that they are biorobots, some kind of monsters.

    • @9Universe757
      @9Universe757 2 года назад +1

      @@stevosd60 Yes it has.

  • @frankoffermans100
    @frankoffermans100 Год назад +625

    2023 And this song still gives me goosebumps... Why don't they make music like this anymore?

    • @vit3060
      @vit3060 Год назад +17

      It is Prokofiev's music by the way ruclips.net/video/giZZui4ia7c/видео.html

    • @patjak
      @patjak Год назад +40

      Because there are no real talents in mainstream music industry anymore.

    • @ekramer2478
      @ekramer2478 Год назад +19

      @@patjak There are, they just don't tend to publicize them. So we get overdone pap.

    • @mjh5437
      @mjh5437 Год назад +7

      Zoomer Generation=No Imagination

    • @fungo6631
      @fungo6631 Год назад +9

      There's no need to. We already have music like this...which is that same music.
      I mean, this song especially aged like fine wine or milk (depending on you POV) seeing the situation.

  • @notafraidofarmedbears2386
    @notafraidofarmedbears2386 Месяц назад +5

    This song is absolutely haunting, and makes me wanna cry.

  • @pameladotson2503
    @pameladotson2503 2 года назад +105

    Sting is a person who loves all people in the world and writes great music.He's a visionary!

    • @YouFeudTV
      @YouFeudTV 2 года назад +2

      Calm down… don’t get ahead of yourself. He is a good musician

    • @pameladotson2503
      @pameladotson2503 2 года назад

      @@YouFeudTV ha ha! I guess you like him ? But,.......... ...? It's ok.Ppl have different opinions about music.I respect that.Everyone can't like the same things!There are too many different genre's of music that are great jazz,R&B,Opera,Rock-like metal,soft rock,pop,alternative,folk,indie,.I mean look at Jimi Hendrix vs Harry Chapin vs Aretha Franklin vs beach boys vs Charlie Pride,Johnny Cash vs Chris Isaak ,Foo fighters,The Wanted,One direction,Backstreet boys,Incubus,Nickelback,Amy Winehouse, NSync,Allman Brothers,Lynyrd Skynrd,Trombone Shorty, Adele,Madonna,Gaga,Andre Bocelli,Neville Brothers Spinners,Temptations,Ricky Nelson,Ricky Martin,Chris Martin Coldplay Beatles,Bee Gees,,Who,Moody Blues, Chicago, U2,,All the country stars.There is any kind of music you could love So many more! I left out all the rappers.They know who they are ( Past beloved & Present) RIP🙏.Way too many like country stars.Too many to even list All the great ones from 50-60-70 -80's Impossible to list..Like George Thorogood" Who do you love!" All of them! Music is a way of life! Without it ...just boring as h...! The world needs to stop the violence against musicians ! Esp.the rappers! They are the ones that have been targeted the most.Society has a big problem! How to stop is an answer we all need!Life is very short! Some ppl never had the chance to live!🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

    • @pameladotson2503
      @pameladotson2503 2 года назад

      @@YouFeudTV Where are you from? Curious what country?

    • @redskies4530
      @redskies4530 Год назад +1

      Hi I Recommend a Song called: 'The Bond Villain' By Robert Nix

  • @MadonnaMusic1
    @MadonnaMusic1 7 лет назад +479

    This song is a masterpiece

    • @ignasi_freixinet
      @ignasi_freixinet 5 лет назад +5

      This song is a copy of the second movement of Liutenant Kijé Suite from Prokofiev so please...

    • @edsonadrega
      @edsonadrega 5 лет назад

      @@ignasi_freixinet where can i listen : the second movement of Liutenant Kijé Suite from Prokofiev ,please send a youtube link!

    • @ФомаЕрема-к3с
      @ФомаЕрема-к3с 5 лет назад +2

      This song is a lies about Russia

    • @klm1784
      @klm1784 5 лет назад +7

      @@ignasi_freixinet I wouldn't call it a copy exactly. It utilizes the main melody, but to call it a copy is dishonest.

    • @suur-turku7806
      @suur-turku7806 3 года назад +1

      ​@@ignasi_freixinet Obviously the melody is copied, but do show where the words are copied from.

  • @morna45
    @morna45 2 года назад +105

    Still gives me chills and brings tears to my eyes. This song -- let it go viral. We need it.

    • @vc68675
      @vc68675 2 года назад +1

      This song is pacifist bullshit. Geopolitical interests matter.

    • @TrungCyf
      @TrungCyf 2 года назад +7

      @@vc68675 You need a job.

    • @szarzyniecszczurzynski1902
      @szarzyniecszczurzynski1902 2 года назад

      @@TrungCyf He has got one, in putin's troll factory: copy-paste, copy-paste... Sadly for him, rubel exchange rate is hitting the rock bottom.

  • @snoopypeanuts9160
    @snoopypeanuts9160 6 месяцев назад +113

    It is 2024. This song could have been written today...

    • @MonicaHelton
      @MonicaHelton 6 месяцев назад +6

      It was released in 1985 when I was 21. At the time we thought the Cold War would drag.on for years. Six years later the Soviet Union fell and I was so happy for the Russian people. Sadly this song feels relevant once more.

    • @ianrandall482
      @ianrandall482 6 месяцев назад

      @@MonicaHelton Didn't we party thinking the World was forever safe. We had won. No more Armagedón over our heads. Well, you know what they say about the third generation.

    • @Sugarwooki
      @Sugarwooki 6 месяцев назад

      I was thinking the same thing. Hearing the Russians have a sub off the coast of Florida caused me to remember this song.

    • @ЕкатеринаВеселова-в3ц
      @ЕкатеринаВеселова-в3ц 6 месяцев назад +1

      @@MonicaHelton да не хотим мы никого убивать. мы жили в нищете после холодной войны и есть доля обиды.

    • @77estate
      @77estate 6 месяцев назад

      @@ЕкатеринаВеселова-в3ц есть на кого обижаться. Но, то, что у нас развели на почве обиды лучше бы пустили в развитие последние тридцать лет

  • @mowseler
    @mowseler 2 года назад +176

    I grew up loving this song, even though it was released the year before I was born. I was too young to understand the gravity of the message entirely, but I could still feel the meaning and it's always stuck with me. "There's no such thing as a winnable war, it's the lie we don't believe anymore" defined my viewpoints on the topic. It's crushing to think that this song would ever have relevance again in my lifetime. We really are doomed to continue repeating the same mistakes, aren't we?

    • @pernillek5553
      @pernillek5553 2 года назад +13

      Yes. I can’t stop crying. History will teach us nothing as Sting also sang.

    • @Voshed518
      @Voshed518 2 года назад +7

      Well its said those who doesn't learn fro history are bound to repeat it and I'm sure that putin didn't study history in the USSR

    • @Roonlovesfish3874
      @Roonlovesfish3874 2 года назад +4

      So, the cold war never ended.

    • @SA02211
      @SA02211 2 года назад +11

      We Russians are against this war. We ourselves are suffering because of Putin.

    • @davidkunst8598
      @davidkunst8598 2 года назад

      There is this man in Russia
      Diagnosed with schizophrenia
      A million-dollar-yacht and private jet
      Just like every other good Soviet
      Mister Putin said, "This is not a war"
      It's a lie we don't believe anymore
      His fear of the Corona-flu
      May-be this Russian’s just a bit cuckoo!
      *
      How can a Nazi be a Yew?
      His bombs and his mind just blew
      And all these sanctions make no sense
      The world has lost its innocence
      We share the same stupidity
      Regardless of our geology
      Trust in God and toodeloo
      I think this Russian’s just a bit cuckoo!
      *
      This is a historical song I sing
      And I do hope that it will Sting
      There’s no such thing as a World War 4
      My voice is gone so I must roar
      Mister Biden says, "We won’t protect you"
      The old man has no balls or clue
      Why don’t we put-in in a zoo?
      Because this Russian’s just a big cuckoo!
      *
      He keeps inflicting all this pain
      On the people of Ukraine
      But what might save us, me and you
      Is when this cuckoo flies to Waterloo!

  • @tecnodelic
    @tecnodelic 2 года назад +114

    My God, this song could not be more beautiful. It really moves me. Everyone should listen to it. 🇦🇷🤝🇷🇺

    • @vc68675
      @vc68675 2 года назад +1

      This song is pacifist bullshit. Geopolitical interests matter.

    • @shamboozles4209
      @shamboozles4209 2 года назад +2

      lmao did you really put the flag of argentina?

    • @chrisa5012
      @chrisa5012 2 года назад +1

      @@vc68675 RUclips was brought to you by pacifist bullshit... But I do think someone needs his diaper changed.

    • @vc68675
      @vc68675 2 года назад +2

      @@chrisa5012 You don't even know what you're talking about.

    • @Zlato7
      @Zlato7 2 года назад +1

      Tons of lies about Russia. And millions of deceived people in the world. If Russia perishes, this world will have no hope left. I see it this way. How long could Russia wait and endure spitting? How many people died during all this time in Ukraine at the hands of Ukrainian nationalists? And as soon as Russia clenched its fists, tons of hatred flew into it, patient mother. And it would be nice to hate what is just, no, this hatred comes from a monstrous lie! ... And the refusal to treat children with cancer - is this not Nazism?
      World has gone mad. Humanity has no hope. Many countries have proven that they are biorobots, some kind of monsters.

  • @rudolphfenech6091
    @rudolphfenech6091 2 года назад +87

    'There's no such thing as a winnable war' - if only the world's leaders understand and appreciate this phrase.

    • @bogeythedog163
      @bogeythedog163 2 года назад +4

      especially vlad

    • @elebecepe
      @elebecepe 2 года назад +5

      I suspect they never will because they'd never put themselves (or their loved ones) in the line of fire 😏

    • @vc68675
      @vc68675 2 года назад

      This song is pacifist bullshit. Geopolitical interests matter.

    • @Zlato7
      @Zlato7 2 года назад

      Are you ready to open your eyes?
      French journalist reports
      anna-laure bonnel reporter ву guerre (actuellement dans le donbass)
      ruclips.net/video/cdETdJfYDhw/видео.html
      Her testimonies are very scary.

    • @commandercaptain4664
      @commandercaptain4664 2 года назад

      +1 like, to preserve the 69 likes.

  • @liljkt
    @liljkt 3 месяца назад +19

    This song should be released again all over the world. 😢

  • @fraug6588
    @fraug6588 2 года назад +1594

    We should Not Stop playing this song. Love to the people in Russia and Ukraine!

    • @JK-dv3qe
      @JK-dv3qe 2 года назад +19

      @@lucasblack7583 you are a joke and no better than the people that were 'big' in the 1940's. i won't say you are a nazi but at least very close

    • @HappyCatholicDane
      @HappyCatholicDane 2 года назад +97

      @@lucasblack7583 Let’s distinguish between the leadership and the people. An 18 year old conscripted soldier, drawn into a war he doesn’t understand or support, is as much of a victim as anyone else.

    • @tarasheichenko1572
      @tarasheichenko1572 2 года назад +25

      @@HappyCatholicDane People in our country are being killed not by Putin and other Russian leaders. People are killed by usual russian men. They throw bombs on our cities with peaceful people, they make our buildings fall and our people die. I see no difference.

    • @HappyCatholicDane
      @HappyCatholicDane 2 года назад +43

      @@tarasheichenko1572 I am truly sorry to hear about Ukraines troubles. Hope you and your loved ones are safe. You have my sympathy and my full support.
      There is no doubt about who is the aggressor in this conflict, and it isn’t Ukraine. You and your countrymen have every right to defend yourself, and that includes killing Russian soldiers when necessary.
      What I am also saying. Is that the Russian people have been lied to and coerced into the war. That a corrupt and oppressive regime have taken over their country. Lots of Russians are partly to be blamed for this, but a lot are not as well. In fact a fair amount are against Putin and the war.

    • @madlama8471
      @madlama8471 2 года назад +31

      @@HappyCatholicDane j'aimerais que les athlètes américains soient obligés de jouer pour leur pays sans drapeau ni hymne,mais sous la triste chanson de Sting. je voudrais qu'ils soient également humiliés en tant qu'athlètes russes . Dieu soit juste!

  • @spiraljoe1273
    @spiraljoe1273 Год назад +321

    I have always loved this gorgeous song! I’m listening as I drive to the theater to watch Oppenheimer.

    • @lucasdasilva9270
      @lucasdasilva9270 Год назад +5

      So am I!

    • @Bozboo
      @Bozboo Год назад +40

      This song directly influenced the film Oppenheimer as Christopher Nolan first heard of him because of the lyrics of this song.

    • @GoodCharacterBoy
      @GoodCharacterBoy Год назад +2

      Well, how was it mate?

    • @GoodCharacterBoy
      @GoodCharacterBoy Год назад +3

      ​@@Bozbooyep! Just saw from an interview with Christ and Robert.

    • @keesnoeken7188
      @keesnoeken7188 Год назад +10

      great movie, worth seeing it again

  • @Dreyer87
    @Dreyer87 2 года назад +127

    my grandfather, 98 years old, said to me yesterday. I thought I would never experience anything like this again.

    • @cryptoffilth8711
      @cryptoffilth8711 2 года назад +6

      Пролетарии всех стран, соединяйтесь!

    • @niconico6391
      @niconico6391 2 года назад

      Mine is dead lmao

    • @umnayazhopa
      @umnayazhopa 2 года назад

      your grandfather has a deep dementia, what could he possibly say, don't bullshit people.

    • @tedpub5432
      @tedpub5432 2 года назад +1

      As a grandpa, goes for me 2.

    • @ramesside
      @ramesside 2 года назад +2

      We are in Europe , my mum, born before ww2 said " I began my life in a war I will not end my life in a war "

  • @00penguin
    @00penguin Месяц назад +6

    A blast from the past comes around again, and again and again until it happens😢

    • @milanm403
      @milanm403 Месяц назад

      Propaganda is repeating. US, UK

  • @Theamazings-xc8pz
    @Theamazings-xc8pz 2 года назад +68

    It's proven now that this song is timeless

  • @chrisoconnell32
    @chrisoconnell32 2 года назад +126

    The man's voice is an instrument of its own. Im a singer and the line "there is no historical precident..." Is one of the most amazing Vocals I've heard.... incredible sound

    • @Zlato7
      @Zlato7 2 года назад +1

      Tons of lies about Russia. And millions of deceived people in the world. If Russia perishes, this world will have no hope left. I see it this way. How long could Russia wait and endure spitting? How many people died during all this time in Ukraine at the hands of Ukrainian nationalists? And as soon as Russia clenched its fists, tons of hatred flew into it, patient mother. And it would be nice to hate what is just, no, this hatred comes from a monstrous lie! ... And the refusal to treat children with cancer - is this not Nazism?
      World has gone mad. Humanity has no hope. Many countries have proven that they are biorobots, some kind of monsters.

  • @roberthackl4533
    @roberthackl4533 2 года назад +89

    Sting is a master ... musically ... his music is full of insightful historical...political and humanitarian references .. This song provokes a chilling reality of the cold War and today...

    • @vc68675
      @vc68675 2 года назад

      This song is pacifist bullshit. Geopolitical interests matter.

    • @Zlato7
      @Zlato7 2 года назад +1

      Tons of lies about Russia. And millions of deceived people in the world. If Russia perishes, this world will have no hope left. I see it this way. How long could Russia wait and endure spitting? How many people died during all this time in Ukraine at the hands of Ukrainian nationalists? And as soon as Russia clenched its fists, tons of hatred flew into it, patient mother. And it would be nice to hate what is just, no, this hatred comes from a monstrous lie! ... And the refusal to treat children with cancer - is this not Nazism?
      World has gone mad. Humanity has no hope. Many countries have proven that they are biorobots, some kind of monsters.

    • @Zlato7
      @Zlato7 2 года назад

      Are you ready to open your eyes?
      French journalist reports
      anna-laure bonnel reporter ву guerre (actuellement dans le donbass)
      ruclips.net/video/cdETdJfYDhw/видео.html
      Her testimonies are very scary.

    • @commandercaptain4664
      @commandercaptain4664 2 года назад

      @@vc68675 Only a contrarian would be against peace. Underdog harder, insurrectionist.

  • @daviperezramos134
    @daviperezramos134 9 месяцев назад +6

    You have no idea how relevant this song was at the time, if I'm not mistaken, the mid-80s. The feeling that the manipulated majority had when it came to the Russian people, was that of a faceless, stereotypical enemy. Hence fear arose of what could come out of such people. Sting, boldly, observed that there are differences only in the extent of human beings. He was able to see people, instead of stereotypes. This is more current than you think.

  • @Kunnlahn
    @Kunnlahn 3 года назад +342

    “The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.”
    Chesterton

    • @n4s3wa89
      @n4s3wa89 3 года назад +5

      wise words

    • @Blueluise
      @Blueluise 3 года назад +3

      Guardians of the Galaxy the movie

    • @iownyou4669
      @iownyou4669 3 года назад +3

      Is there a winnable war

    • @Peanutdenver
      @Peanutdenver 3 года назад +3

      @@iownyou4669 No such thing...a nuclear conflict is the only, but that includes utter destruction of the planet and everyone/everything on it.

    • @dionysus4207
      @dionysus4207 3 года назад

      But most soldiers are women...

  • @grishantus9645
    @grishantus9645 2 года назад +641

    I'm Russian. We don't want war. Lord, keep peace on Earth

    • @manuelag.h.7471
      @manuelag.h.7471 2 года назад +7

      👏👏👏👏👍👍

    • @andreawaters275
      @andreawaters275 2 года назад +14

      Same here Krutoy. I am sitting here in tears listening to this. Prayers this comes to a peaceful end.

    • @darronfozo6184
      @darronfozo6184 2 года назад +8

      Agreed.god bless

    • @karima_MK
      @karima_MK 2 года назад +25

      I trust you. I hope I will travel to Russia and see your wonderful country. We are all stuck in this situation

    • @zoeherriot
      @zoeherriot 2 года назад +38

      I think most sane people understand that the Russian people are just like everyone else. We are all brothers and sisters under one sky. No need to fight.

  • @MuroKhan
    @MuroKhan Год назад +158

    It’s truly fascinating. This song was published 30 years ago, this person posted the video 13 years ago, and the algorithm recommended this seemingly a year ago. Not only that, but you see many comments from different languages and different time periods. I was just a baby born in 1986, so i really didnt have any memory of the Soviet Union, but seeing so many others share their experiences of that era is breathtaking, but also chilling that we are in such uncertain times again.
    I write this as of July 21, 2023, and I hope this account is still active so the algorithm does a loop around again and recommends this moment of history for others to see.

    • @Misp7423
      @Misp7423 Год назад +6

      Well said!
      War is never the solution!

    • @Latchford8
      @Latchford8 Год назад +4

      Well said. There is enough of us one hopes?

    • @MuroKhan
      @MuroKhan Год назад +5

      @@Latchford8 Only if we can get those in power to understand that the world has evolved too much for their games to be sustainable.

    • @murtagh233
      @murtagh233 Год назад +4

      Oppenheimer + the RDJ/Nolan Wired interview where they mention the song the day before your comment gave it a bump of views which was picked up by the algorithm would be my guess.

    • @MuroKhan
      @MuroKhan Год назад +1

      @@murtagh233 Oh dip I didnt know about that.

  • @Thym-
    @Thym- 27 дней назад +14

    This song aged pretty well.

  • @ДмитрийАлександров-д3ь

    Очень музыка понравилась.)До слез.В этой композиции Стинг использовал мелодию «Романса» из сюиты «Поручик Киже» Сергея Прокофьева.
    Судя по переводу песни,Стинг очень глубокий и умный человек)

    • @RicardoMartinez-oh9sq
      @RicardoMartinez-oh9sq 2 года назад +3

      He is a cultured Englishman who cares about world peace.

    • @enzoscalia1260
      @enzoscalia1260 2 года назад

      Если вы украинец, извините. Это сообщение не для вас.
      Если ты русский, то это для тебя.
      Мы, из Италии, со всего Запада каждый день слышим ужасные новости, о которых русские ничего не знают, потому что их диктатура, во главе которой стоит кровожадный и свирепый преступник Путин, не в состоянии объявить Правду.
      Теперь банды мародеров, воров, убийц и насильников бродят по Свободной стране, Украине, подвергшейся жестокому нападению страны, временами голодающей России.
      Дорогой Руссо, пусть знает об этом кто угодно.
      Вы вернетесь, чтобы оценить эту великолепную музыку

    • @enzoscalia1260
      @enzoscalia1260 2 года назад

      @кино - фильмы возможно вы еще не поняли одного: Россия напала на страну. Люди защищаются. Кто угодно будет. Даже Россия, если бы на нее напали. Но в России есть дух трусости: она нападает на меньшую страну с меньшим количеством солдат. Тогда украинцы имеют ПРАВО защищаться.
      Но, если русские воюют ФЕЕЙ против ВС....... А они нет. Они убивают женщин и детей, трусливо. Они насилуют своих женщин даже в присутствии детей. Но российские СМИ об этом не говорят. Они убивают мирных жителей, бегущих со станций. Но российские СМИ об этом не говорят. Это война. Глупая агрессивная война. Но российские СМИ об этом не говорят. Тссс !!

    • @enzoscalia1260
      @enzoscalia1260 2 года назад

      @кино - фильмы Видите ли, вы не поняли, вы, русские, пособники геноцида, после долбёжной промывки мозгов вашего кровавого диктатора (человека с психическими проблемами) я сказал, что вы уже самые ненавистные в мире. И будешь им столько десятилетий. Вы склонны к суициду. Целый народ подчиняется сумасшедшему мяснику. Я поклонник литературных гениев, таких как Толстой и Достоевский. Но они были русскими, принадлежавшими к роду русских, которого больше не существует, погребенных в безумии под названием «коммунизм», которое убило миллионы людей в ГУЛАГе, а затем исчезло навсегда, обанкротившись, в 1991 году.
      Кровожадный безумный преступник Владимир Путин хочет возродить несостоявшееся и коррумпированное государство, подобное Советскому Союзу, где мы, когда были молодыми, ходили на хуй, покупая женщину с пачкой сигарет Marlboro.
      Я вижу, вы ничего не знаете о массовых убийствах.
      Смени телеканал!

    • @enzoscalia1260
      @enzoscalia1260 2 года назад

      Дорогой русский друг,
      Прежде всего, мир вам.
      Я ни на кого не работаю, мне никто не платит.
      Я частный гражданин Италии.
      Но я возмущен жестокими новостями и изображениями, свидетелями которых мы являемся. Целые города стерты с лица земли, женщины и дети беспомощно убиты русскими солдатами и бомбами. Женщин насилуют и насилуют российские солдаты, которые бродят по Украине в отчаянии и голоде. Детей убивают на глазах у их матерей. Вы также должны увидеть душераздирающие образы детей-сирот, играющих в развалинах, оплакивающих трупы папы или мамы.
      Россия сейчас самая ненавистная страна в мире и будет ею еще несколько десятилетий. Эти дети никогда не забудут, помните.
      Но многие ваши сограждане этого не знают и не верят, потому что ваше телевидение фальшивое.
      Ваша пропаганда заставила вас поверить, что вы боретесь с нацистами.
      Но настоящие нацисты - это русские: они вторгаются в свободную и суверенную страну, убивают женщин и детей.
      Есть банды русских солдат, которые бродят по деревням, воруют еду: они голодны. Армия оставляет их без еды.
      Но они не дают вам знать, что
      Я знаю, что ты не смеешь протестовать, потому что тебя бросают в тюрьму.
      Многие российские солдаты погибли или умирают, их трупы России не нужны.
      Но они не сообщают вам об этом.
      Вы становитесь бедной страной.
      Но они не дают вам знать, что

  • @jagilo9677
    @jagilo9677 Год назад +116

    I pray for the children in all war torn countries 🥲 they suffer the most.

    • @horizonte452
      @horizonte452 7 месяцев назад +1

      asi es..

    • @adrianalvarez8119
      @adrianalvarez8119 5 месяцев назад

      That includes Palestine? Antisemite

    • @paulskehan693
      @paulskehan693 3 месяца назад

      Amen 🙏😔😔🙏💯

    • @Annie-h7n9k
      @Annie-h7n9k 18 дней назад +1

      Llywydd newydd a paisi ca attuarmenti campa n kitais metais vil afværge tredje verdenskrig mu en in futuro regulam suam integram incipiendo a primo mense vigesimo quinto.

  • @davidharding200
    @davidharding200 Год назад +134

    It’s extraordinary amongst 40 years later how ‘on point’ this song is with current times.

    • @vdown8094
      @vdown8094 Год назад

      Yes, because russians are not done with pissing the entire world off.

    • @thefrenchspacer
      @thefrenchspacer 10 месяцев назад

      @@lmnop6140 Well Russia never looked back the all the crimes commited by the commies so they cannot go forward and are bound to repeat the errors of the past.

  • @roberthughes2452
    @roberthughes2452 15 дней назад +3

    December 2024 yet this song is more relevant today, than any period in my lifetime. And I'm 66

  • @SJ-le7ok
    @SJ-le7ok 2 года назад +127

    I was a teenager during the cold war. This song was so meaningful to me at the time. I can t believe those feelings of anxiety are back today even if it s not a total surprise. This is so sad for Ukraine, Europe and of corse russians.

    • @debbiethompson2549
      @debbiethompson2549 2 года назад +12

      Same! I remember the feeling of fear and having nightmares about nuclear war. Now I’m feeling that terrible anxiety again! This song says it all..

    • @LittleLulubee
      @LittleLulubee 2 года назад +10

      Same, 80’s teen. The Russian leaders’ mindset never changed, in all this time 😔

    • @kater7445
      @kater7445 2 года назад +6

      @@LittleLulubee yes, sadly the governmental structure in Russia hasn’t changed much since late 80s. But hopefully it will change in future; we all hope so♥️

    • @LittleLulubee
      @LittleLulubee 2 года назад +1

      @@kater7445 I hope so 🙏💜

    • @GinaSigillito
      @GinaSigillito 2 года назад +6

      I was a teenager also. I came back to this song for the same reason. History repeating itself unfortunately.

  • @vincentvz
    @vincentvz 2 года назад +292

    This is a brilliant song. I heard it when I was a kid in the 80's, but I understood the lyrics right away and I felt the adult emotion of fearing for your children's safety. A masterpiece and relevant as ever. And those slow-swelling, sticky synth pads: it's perfection. 👍

    • @redskies4530
      @redskies4530 Год назад +1

      Hi I Recommend a Song called: 'The Bond Villain' By Robert Nix

    • @mectron63
      @mectron63 Год назад +1

      never believed that that nato would push us all into ww3.
      The deep cabal are truly evil

    • @vitozana8659
      @vitozana8659 Год назад

      He doesn't know what Russians are like, so he sings nonsense.
      Russians screw up their children, finally understand it!
      They don't even care about their own lives, they don't care about the lives of others.

    • @ekramer2478
      @ekramer2478 Год назад +1

      Literature of the time pointed out that Russians DID love their children very much, though the relationship could be very controlling. Studied Poly Sci at the time in University. Was fascinating and adored this entire album.

    • @vincentvz
      @vincentvz Год назад +1

      @@ekramer2478
      Common sense points this out as well. Of course, the Russians love their children too. Stating the obvious can be as mind-opening as stating an enigma. The album is awesome. I bought the LP right after I received my weekly allowance. It was already a couple of years old then, so it was a bargain. Gosh, you've got to love those memories... 🥰

  • @welcome33333
    @welcome33333 3 года назад +63

    One of the best Cold War political songs, thanks Sting

    • @Intilegend
      @Intilegend 3 года назад

      pity he wrote it not in 1945

    • @namyarasree
      @namyarasree 3 года назад +2

      hdfisdkfhlsdl, Thank you also Prokofiev...!

  • @valeriehammond3664
    @valeriehammond3664 Месяц назад +2

    This song gave me hope for the first time in those dark days where everyone knew we were all going to be dead at some random moment. It just made sense to me and I started to really understand we had all been lied to for a very long time

  • @zoso73
    @zoso73 2 года назад +69

    37 years later, this song is more relevant than ever.

  • @yaroreiners
    @yaroreiners 8 лет назад +165

    30 years later. Nothing has changed. Bravo.

    • @dogtag4673
      @dogtag4673 8 лет назад +6

      Yaro Reiners actually now that Trump won their won't be war with Russia did you not see how happy russia is that Trump won.

    • @yaroreiners
      @yaroreiners 8 лет назад

      Dogtag 101
      Hmpfhahahahaahhahhahhahahahahahah omfg hahahahahaha

    • @dogtag4673
      @dogtag4673 8 лет назад +1

      KoivuTheHab​ lol stop being such a grammar nazi

    • @DKR98
      @DKR98 8 лет назад

      +Dogtag 101 China?

    • @yaroreiners
      @yaroreiners 8 лет назад

      ***** What? :D :D
      *cough* crimea *cough*

  • @prspn007
    @prspn007 2 года назад +46

    Every time this song sets my tears flowing.... Now even more... This song should be relaunched World Wide again.

    • @Canadas_Very_Own
      @Canadas_Very_Own 2 года назад +2

      Sting put out a new version on IG this week.

    • @Zlato7
      @Zlato7 2 года назад

      Tons of lies about Russia. And millions of deceived people in the world. If Russia perishes, this world will have no hope left. I see it this way. How long could Russia wait and endure spitting? How many people died during all this time in Ukraine at the hands of Ukrainian nationalists? And as soon as Russia clenched its fists, tons of hatred flew into it, patient mother. And it would be nice to hate what is just, no, this hatred comes from a monstrous lie! ... And the refusal to treat children with cancer - is this not Nazism?
      World has gone mad. Humanity has no hope. Many countries have proven that they are biorobots, some kind of monsters.

  • @damsteindbloca8321
    @damsteindbloca8321 8 месяцев назад +4

    If everyone loved their children, there would be no war. Where you are born or what religion your parents are shouldn't define who you are allowed to love or who you are expected to hate. The world IS people. Don't let politicians tell you who you can coexist with. I love you.

  • @venezianischerdogenpalast5646
    @venezianischerdogenpalast5646 2 года назад +74

    This song is very topical again. I hope that the Ukraine conflict ends without bloodshed. I hope the Russians love their children too. Greetings from Switzerland 🇨🇭

    • @ildart8738
      @ildart8738 2 года назад +3

      This is the wrong way of posing your question. I hope the Ukrainians love their children too. Ukraine is not a real nation. In Russian Empire, any people who lived near its edges were called Ukrainians (from Russian u kraia (near the edge). So any Russians who lived near the edge of the empire were called ukrainian. They will tell you bullshit like they invented the wheel or that the ancient Egyptians learned techniques for building pyramids from ancient Ukrs.

    • @stopputinandhiswar5051
      @stopputinandhiswar5051 2 года назад +5

      @@ildart8738 We live in the 21st century and people are still arguing about who owns a piece of land or which people belongs to which country and whose country is the best. And nobody seems to notice that they don't even destroy their so-called enemies but the whole planet. There will be so many challenges to mankind like climat change, hunger or resource shortage that fucking nationalism should be obsolete forever and ever because we can only solve this problems together, not against each other. And I say this to all responsible politicians and their people.

    • @swanlake4483
      @swanlake4483 2 года назад

      Praying for everyone. God in His mercy help our leaders.

    • @venezianischerdogenpalast5646
      @venezianischerdogenpalast5646 2 года назад

      @@swanlake4483 Amen. God bless you and as we say in Switzerland Gott gruezi

    • @SigMaQuint
      @SigMaQuint 2 года назад

      Sure they do. And so do the ukrainians.

  • @quarkyman1
    @quarkyman1 11 месяцев назад +58

    One of Stings best songs, used to listen on repeat.

  • @designfreebies
    @designfreebies 2 года назад +37

    "There’s no such thing as a winnable war"... very true. May the peace of God prevail on earth.

    • @mirola73
      @mirola73 6 месяцев назад

      But it doesn't, there is war raging every single day of every single year somewhere on this planet.

  • @jtn1920
    @jtn1920 Месяц назад +5

    These words are relevant more than ever

  • @amylahr692
    @amylahr692 2 года назад +40

    I know the Russians love their children and all children. I hope this will bring the world together and no more lives will be lost in war.