Andy Summers - (The Police) Tension within "The Police," Jammin w Jimi
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- Опубліковано 28 тра 2024
- Police guitarist Andy Summers tells us about his new book of short stories titled, "Andy Summers: Fretted and Moaning." Andy uses his mastery of storytelling to give us the dirt on The Police, tell us about an acid trip listening to Beatles', "She's Leaving Home" before it was released. Jamming with Jimi Hendrix and that time George Martin said, No!
What a career. 50's Jazz, 60's Rock/Psychedelia, 70's Punk, 80's New Wave in one of the biggest bands of all time. And a Gentlemen. Bravo Andy!
90's fusion jazz too.
The three of them were fine musicians and despite their in band differences great guys ❤ Andy was the glue that held them together in my opinion, Sting and Stewart would have hung each other given half a chance .
Neil Sedaka!
After seeing them live on The Police's last tour, I was blown away with how good of a lead guitarist he was. It was like he was allowed to finally Shine. His abilities and talent as a musician in the circles he was in speak for themselves.
I'm purchasing the books. He lived it.
It's so true. They really stretched out some of the arrangements on that tour, and it really gave Andy a chance to burn. His memoir "One Train Later" is amazing, BTW.
Thanks for reminding me.
I'm purchasing it tomorrow.
Cheers.
Andy used to live in my town from 1981 onwards. He’d a house here. I saw him once with a painting under his arm that he’d just bought at a gallery! I met Sting in 2013 in a local restaurant and had a photo taken with him. It’s a funny old world!
Andy was the essential glue between Stewart and Sting’s inflated egos. Andy kept them from killing each other and it wouldn’t have worked if Andy had a matching ego. Never any drama with Andy.
Andy is such a treasure. Tremendous player.
Great interview, when I was about 18 and in a Punk Rock trio we were asked to open for the Police just as they were on the verge of becoming the biggest band in the world. At some point over the weekend Andy casually walked into our dressing room and just wanted to chat. Both Andy and Sting turned out to be really decent down to earth people which was a huge revelation to me. Love his book "One Train Later" is probably the best rock bio I have read. Check it out if you haven't. It's a history lesson and an incredibly fascinating journey to the top.
Super cool. Thanks for sharing that.
Wow! Who was Your band?
What an amazing experience! Agreed on 'One Train Later' - one of the greatest books on the rock'n'roll experience no question.
@@MultiMrPhill RUSH
Super-influential guitarist who also happens to be extremely well-spoken and accessible. Great interview.
THANK GOD YOU APPROVE! His Mother would have to take him back!
Police would never have happened or been successful without Andy
All three guys were instrumental to the band. Take away one piece and it may not have happened.
Silly comment, needed all 3 of them to be The Police with their individual talents.
The one and only Andy Summers! He most definitely had the hardest job in The Police! The trio is equally mega talented, but one must understand the technical complexity of what Andy is doing on those guitar lines and riffs. Complicated chord structures and time Qs. I love The Police 🙏🏼💖🎶 Great interview guys! I love the gray white guitar 🎸 in the background.
Andy looks super young. He is about 78/79 in this Vid. He looks late 50’s. When he was on the last Police studio album. Andy was tipping 40. He looked 30 then.
Understated compared to Hendrix etc but an absolute Legend in his own right ! . Love The Police , got all their albums when they originally came out !! Highlights for me was Twickenham 2007/8 . 80,000 people what a gig !!! Thank-you Andy Summers and The Police !!!!
Nice see Andy Summers, hearing his music, watching his pics and reading his stories. A great artist! Regards from Lima Peru 👏🎸🎵📸🎼 probably one of the best avant garde artist on the pop rock scene.
I’d just moved to London from Glasgow looking for drummer jobs. I got hired to play on a demo by a studio Swiss Cottage. The guitarist on the session was Andy. I asked him after what he was doing. He told me he was in a band called the police. It worked out well for him.
Wow!! Was he amazing?
Wow.. Soft Machine were Pink Floyds biggest rival at the UFO Club...(main Psychedelic club in England)
Andy really has done it all...
Andy Summers is an unsung hero. Great beyond belief. The Police would have never happened had he not been their esteemed guitarist and creator.
This guy... amazing! Thanks for sharing the interview.
Perhaps my all time favorite guitar player. He surprises you every time. Andy never plays what you expect him to.
Andy is a great guy and an extraordinary guitarist. Although he lived happily ever after as a renaissance man, I think Andy has struggled the most with respect to The Police break up. Sting and Stewart were talented rookies when they joined up with Andy to make The Police, and the band proved to be their watershed. Andy, on the other hand, was a prolific musician who had already spent years in the profession before fame and success arrived with The Police. The band was Andy's zenith in pop music. To understand The Polic, their artistic path during their seven years together, and their demise, you need to understand Sting and his mode of operation. He started out as a kid who was trying to escape his dysfunctional family and a future as a blue-collar worker. He was a tortured soul who found the inner strength to escape by taking big risks. The first risk was to aspire for more by being the first in his family to go to college. Then, after he became an educator, for a time he took the risk of giving up a predictable future by becoming a full-time jazz musician. Then he took the risk of traveling down to London to join a young guy he met to start a band. Stewart, Sting, and Andy were opportunists back in 1977. They understood the Punk movement was a catalyst for change and they jumped on it in the same way Techies leapt into action during the rise of the dot.com era. None of them were Punks in spirit except for Henry Padovani who was let go by the band rather quickly.
The first Police album, Outlandos D'Amour, was a spectacular experiment. Stewart, Sting, and Andy were discovering each other, and the raw Punk/Reggae fusion sound they first created together represented a watershed, not a zenith. Sting wrote eight of the 10 songs on their first album. Almost 80% of the tracks on all five studio albums, including all the singles, were written or co-written by Sting. Obsessive love, personal suffering, heartbrokenness, despair, and pleas for divine support were the predominant themes of Sting's songs during his time in The Police. Sting found inner peace by expressing his personal struggles through his music. Their second album, Regatta de Blanc, was more important because the trio began to fully establish their sound. The third album, Zenyatta Mondatta, solidified their sound, and the track, Voices Inside My Head, exemplifies The Police's early sound at its most quintessential. The edgy punk sound of their early work was gone via evolution rather than any loss of creativity.
Ghost in the Machine and Synchronicity, their fourth and fifth albums delivered evolutionary instrumental changes and a new lyrical emphasis on philosophical psychology and parapsychology. Sting certainly still wrote about obsessive love, personal suffering, and heartbrokenness, but he grew as a song writer by incorporating his intellectual interests and motifs such as souls, spirits/ghosts, folklore, and mythological creatures. These changes represented growth in artistic creativity, however, not a decline.
All three members of The Police were virtuosos in their own right, but Sting played a dominant role as the primary composer. Even so, Stewart and Andy always made singular contributions, and the tracks on their Synchronicity album were no exception. Andy's guitar work on the track, Walking in your footsteps, was a quintessential example. He made his guitar sound like a creature in the film, Jurassic Park. And talk about creative, Sting had teenagers thinking and singing about dinosaurs! The Track, Tea in the Sahara, is another quintessential example. Andy's made his guitar evoke the feeling of being in a desert. And let's not forget The Police's greatest hit, Every Breathe You Take. Andy's contribution to that song was incredible. I could keep going, but I think I've made my point, The album, Synchronicity, demonstrates the music of The Police at its most creative. I believe The Police had the creative potential to produce another five spectacular albums.
As for Sting, The Police made him an international celebrity and a wealthy man, but he could not find personal happiness while being in the band. Joining up with The Police had been a big risk, and he chose to take an even greater risk by leaving them behind. The risk paid off for Sting, and you can hear it in many of the tracks from his first solo album, The Dream of the Blue Turtles. He sings about appeasement, hope, and freedom. He made the right choice for himself and I thank God that he reunited with Stewart and Andy for their reunion tour back in 2008. My only wish is that Sting would compose some new songs with Stewart and Andy.
That is a brilliantly insightful analysis and summary. You should write a book about the band. Love the way you describe the evolution of their sound.
I enjoyed this. Andy has wonderful stories and like his other two mates in The Police a wonderful sense of humor and he easily takes charge of the conversation with confidence.
Nice one guys. Interesting stuff. Pretty cool coup getting Mr. Andy Summers to talk to you. I simply cannot believe he is 78 years old. He looks and seems 30 years younger.
I thought the Police's last tour was the best music they ever played. Absolutely GREAT!
I saw the dhow they gave in Poland. It was... Phenomenal. Unforgettable. In few days I'll see Sting show.
An incredibly intelligent and articulate man, as well as an outstanding musician.
Had no idea he was still as sharp as a tack. And what a life. And glad he's not overly modest. He knows what he did, and will make it clear to an interviewer.
Big fan of The Police and Sting's solo work, but the real genius of Sting is that he surrounds himself with excellent musicians and allows them to contribute to the crafting of his song ideas.
thank you so much for this interview 🙂 He is so cool and down to earth...
"so it all kinda worked out", a massive understatement by Andy Summers. He is an incredibly down-to-earth rock star/accomplished musician, who developed his own unique style. i wonder, Summers and Sumner, is that borderline synchronicity? Great interview.
No. Sting is a mixer, throw in other influences, get a Sting song (sometimes he admits it - where the pivotal musical device was stolen). Andy has pursued his own style of guitar away from that pop crap.
This is a brilliant interview. Well done! Andy Summers is an amazing artist/musician.
I like the 'Stewart' percussion accessories rack behind him!
I was at the Vancouver pre-show (exclusive to fan club members), and I think they knocked it out of the park, on that first night. It was the same band I'd seen, back in the summer of '84.
Fabulous show you got there, gentlemen! Wow!👏👏👏👏👏👏
Awesome interview. Andy is the man!
andy does look great for having put up with sting for so long. i knew how great he was as a musician 40 years ago but he's more likeable as a man than i ever knew.
I saw them at the Manchester MEN arena, love it, a childhood dream realised. Such a big fan and to hear them in the same room was mind blowing . Love to hear his story about Jimi. He knew like many others , that Jimi was a trailblazer
Oh, what a fun guy he seems to be..😁 I really enjoyed this one..Awesome, as always guys..✌❤🎶👍😊
Andy Summers made the Police the band they were. His playing stamped the band with a credibility that still stands the test of time.
Enjoyable listening. You two fellas do a wonderful job within the interview format and Andy Summers is one of MY favourite guitarists! Great stories, Andy.
Thanks guys for a great interview !
Interesting chat. I'm looking forward to reading it.
Andy Summers and Edgar Winter performing a guitar duet of Vivaldi’s four seasons trimmed the set down by half without warning or any explanation.
great interview thank you!
Great Interview, thanks !
Yes, The Beatles established the idea of writing your own stuff, but also playing your own tracks.
That was super, thanks.
I've just recently come to appreciate the breadth of Any Summer's career. I was surprised no one picked up on his Animals influence/connection. In the late sixties I got to see the new incarnation of Eric Burdon's Animals. I was surprised that they had an electric violin. I don't believe Andy toured with the new animals, but he and his buddy Zoots early studio recordings set the stage for Eric's New Animals and his next foray of great Animals music. (i.e. Monterey, San Franciscan Nights, Sky Pilot etc.) Andy Summer's journey has been long and wide. Thanks for this vid (and his buddy Zoots)eo..Love and Peace
Andy played on the Eric Burdin & The Animals 1968 LP "Love Is".
I love how Andy has Stewart's percussion rack from the 2007-2008 tour.
So many radio songs,,guy is genius
saw the police in Charlotte NC BEST CONCERT EVER
Imagine redoing Andy's solo album "XYZ" with Sting on vocals and real drums by Stewart. Those were great songs which required Policification. Too bad Sting would never agree
As someone who grew up on rock and heard my father have such disdain for it because he was a huge jazz fan....I now must admit:
Jazz is much more of a serious craft than anything in rock.
I remember hearing Quincy Jones saying he tried to do something with Ringo and couldn't and they got him out the studio and got a jazz guy down the hall and he instantly nailed it. That kind of shocked me. It's all about preference: simple rock can hit a person powerfully; but now I have to pay respects to jazz for being a far superior craft as my father said.
Former Soft Machine guitarist..
“Ooo proby,proby.” HA!
i wanna hear that jimi hendrix bass , and andy-on-guitah jam, man, and the andy-on-bass bits too, haha~
where's eddie kramer?? right-right??
hey i found a five-minute jam-bit with andy on the bass, it was great, and he would've been better than noel, i daresay, ha ha~
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Rarely do we hear the story of Stings reliance on re-working old Last Exit songs rather than the focus being entirely on new material. Throughout the entire career of the police from Outlandos to Synchronicity the Last Exit material continued to be brought out for inclusion on the police albums with absolutely zero recognition given on the album covers to so many of the re-recorded songs having been Last Exit numbers. (So Lonely, Beds too Big, Burn 4You, Oh My God, Synchronicity II etc etc.
Andy summers was part of the kevin coyne band,
in his bio my favorite part is how much Neil Sedaka helped him out when he was hired to work for him in the 70's
Isn’t that Stewart’s percussion kit behind Andy??
Andy's had some work done but he looks great. How old is he? 80 something?
Every girl I go out with becomes my mother in the end, pity Mister Tennis Shoes didn,t sing his own version. Great track.
Really? Is 'Mother' your favorite on Synchronicity? It's in 7/4 and funny, I'll give it that, but it's a pretty throwaway track in context. They had one of those on every record, which I do very much appreciate.
@@DrMackSplackem I think it was Andy's throwback idea to Lennon's " Mother " on his " Shaved Fish " album. You can tell he enjoyed singing on it especially the ridiculously insane delirious ranting bits which are reverbed to death at the end of the track. Sting always refused to sing Stewart & Andys musings especially Copland's dry wit which Sting found particularly irritating thus could not seriously perform it.
@@DrMackSplackem p.s. My favourite track on Synchronicity is " Tea In The Sahara," followed by " Miss Gradenko," as the arpeggiated guitar on this reminds me of " Bring On The Night," on their " Regatta De Blanc," album.
@@richardmurphy4520 Oh yeah, I'll have to check out more Beatles stuff, I suppose. For context: The thing I most remember about 'Mother' was my great-grandmother bursting into the room while I was blasting that track on the stereo. She pointed her cane at me, and then the stereo, then back at me, while telling me it was garbage that I shouldn't be listening to (which made it even better, in a way).
In hindsight, I maybe should've tried to sell her on the rest of the record, which, as you know, was radically different, but OTOH, one must carefully choose one's battles in life.
@@DrMackSplackem You,re lucky, my ex wife said " right that's the final straw," after I told her that the song I wanted at my funeral was Nirvana's ," Hairspray Queen." ( It makes Lennon's "Mother," sound like Gershwins " Rhapsody In Blue."). Kurt Cobain at his pre suicidal manic best.
That's Bill Bruford gear behind Andy?
I thought it was Stewart's rig from the reunion .
Andy was 78 when this was filmed. 78! he looks 48.
@0:21, the dork interviewer was about to call him "Randy"...
Right before the 13 minute mark you should've let him elaborate.
imagine the police without those guitar riffs…
8:55-11:00 12:00-19:30
Excellent George Martin story. Everybody says he was an excellent person; a kind gentleman, at times brutally honest, wise uncle and as Andy says, a "sage".
Sting made such a mess of the reunion tour singing the songs in a lower key which so often utterly ruined it.
Thats because he struggles to sing most of them in the past 20 years. Roxanne starts off on a GMinor ( at concert pitch E) a bugger to sing let me say ( I could do it when I was 20 to 30 years, but can forget it now I'm 60.) Mister Sting does the best with what he has left at 72 years, but his halcyon days of vocalising are well and truly over. Even tracks from one of his latest albums " The Last Ship ," he fluffs a note on ," Practical Arrangement," in the first chorus after the first few bars. Was brave of him to leave the cock up on the recording, no doubt his sound engineer asked if he wanted it evened out via time stretching ( speeding up that portion of the vocal ) ?, he must have bravely declined.
fart @ 5:56
Police live more musical that the Bottles of Liverpool ever were. Their instrument was the studio and tape. And G. Martin. But the police members could play at a world-class level. Stung took the Bottles songs apart to learn composition, but his real influences were from Stax soul to Free Jazz to Classical. He's a much bigger music freak than McCarnal or Linen.
Fabs' Harmony sing'n & Songwrite'n Left PoLizei in the Dust there's NO comparison
"The songs were easy to play, they're only pop songs." - Are you shitting me Andy? Just try playing Message In A Bottle, Every Breath, or Can't Stand Losing You.......they're far from easy pop songs mate🙄😆👍🎸
Sting is way over hyped...
Sting is a Bell End
@@user-fd1yc3dd6n A vulgar rich bellend. £650 million last time I read up on his fortune.
Gods sake build a bridge and get over it...sting was the lead singer and song writer and Andy was the guitarist..he should enjoy his 5 minutes of fame and his shear of the police royalties and move on!!.❤️🇬🇧
Former Soft Machine guitarist..