My mom was a big fan of Sting and would play Sting albums loud on the speakers while cleaning or cooking. She died of cancer this year, now every Sting song now brings back sweet memories of her. His music is beautiful and sentimental to me forever.
Dear Sher M, I guess I would have loved your mother, too. This song reminds me of a very special moment, when I was on vacation in Umbria, Italy at the age of seventeen in 1987, listening this song on a walkman, sitting there between olive trees on a warm and sunny afternoon, just a stonethrow from Assisi. There I realised, that Creation is God, that Love must be Truth and that there's a reason for everything and a place for everyone of us, even after death and not only in our hearts. Believe, someday we all will meet again, and we will laugh in a joy and dance on their graves... Hope you meet your mother then there too!
Aw, bless you Sher. Music is so powerful. It is one of the few ways I connect to my departed father. Time, place, and feelings that are unique and without description. So sorry for your loss. I am so glad you have that music to link you, so glad she played it around the house. I keep trying with my daughter, but she has her earphones in and wonders why. Because I know that it is these little things that one day will hopefully remind her of me. Of a time together. And Sting, well, he is sublime. Take care. Ps. Heed what Sven says, he is a wise one....
I did the calculation…this song is 35 years old. It moved me in my teens, my 20’s, 30’s, 40’s, I’m 51 and in love with it as much as the first time I heard it. It’s eternally a part of my heart.
This is Shakespeare as a pop musician... No other pop artist can match Sting when it comes to deep and philosophical lyrics. He is one of a kind and the best English export to the world.
His mother had just died. He was so full of deep emotion and pain, you could actually feel it. I later learned that he was dealing with her death per an interview, and I always suspected there was something so much deeper in the lyrics when I first heard it. His pain is immense and so apparent. The Police have followed every stage of my life, the good, the bad, the sad, and they are always there to pull me through,,,always.
So odd, I've been drawn to this song over and over the past two months. Now I know why..I just lost my mother in December. Must have been relating to what he was feeling in loss and pain and loneliness that accompanies losing a good momma.
Never have I encountered a man with the ability to morph the emotion of suppressed love into a perfectly tangible masterpiece. I cannot stop listening to this song.
I don't know whether you appreciate this or not, but for the rabid musician who can capture or pick up basic arrangements via ear....he is one of the most vexing artists to try and identify chord signatures and patterns....his Police music was simple chords but incredibly intricate arrangements with Andy Summers that made even that music difficult to mimic but Gordon took it all to a different level when he went solo....this stuff is impossible to figure out.
“Sink like a stone that’s been thrown in the ocean 🌊 my logic has drowned in a sea of emotion” ❤His lyrics are full of emotional maturity and reality of complicated human experience
Truly unique blend of jazz, rock, etc.. amazing grove, that bass and piano opening and the melody, very underrated song. One of my favorite Sting songs.
It actually was a hit... it reached #15 on Billboard Charts, #2 on Rock Charts, and #2 on MTV Top 40 videos. This song got a lot of spin on MTV. The album Nothing Like The Sun was a masterpiece!!!
@@barmalgran666 We didn't get to see the video on TV when it came out in 1987 due to some bullshit boycott/strike by record suppliers in New Zealand at the time.
My favorite concert when I was a student at Purdue University. It was the only time that I stood in line all night for the chance to buy a ticket. He and Branford Marsalis were pure magic.
I just turned 63 a week ago and this song is just as current to me as it was the day I heard it when the album was first released., this is proof yet again that well-crafted music is timeless
@@barmalgran666 I love every one of his albums. And for different reasons. Sting's music is so different for each album. Not like each song is the same sound.
_"I wriggle like a fish caught on dry land. Struggle to avoid any help at hand."_ *Sting's lyrics are poetry..* Heightened with themes of love and psychology. Love the handwritten lyrics... beautiful. 🔴🟥💔
This song is very buddhist in my perspective, the metaphor of the fish, the knowledge about consequences, the effort to stay in calm. I appreciate that my family raised me with this kind of lyrics and music. Thank you, Sting for so much 🙏🏾💞
I agree with you. "I wriggle like a fish caught on dry land, struggle to avoid any helping hand". This man is one of the greatest songwriters of all time.
_"Be still my beating heart"_ is the start phrase to this fascinating composition by Sting. The phrase is already out there in varied literary forms going back 300 years or more. No doubt Sting has pulled out that poetic phrase from his literary knowledge and built his song around it. I hadn't known of Sting's lyrics until having heard the arresting phrase the-day-before-yesterday quoted by a UK radio presenter _(James O’Brien on LBC Radio)_ that made me want to research the phrase online - which led to historic literary explanations and then to Sting's evocative singing. Sting - I've written a message of thanx to you and secured it in an empty bottle (not plastic) and chucked it into the sea with an embedded chip that will hopefully propel the bottle via satellite navigation and lunar tidal pulling power to your home area. Please look out for it in about ten years. 🌜
This is my favourite song by Sting and one of the best he has ever written. To me 'Turtles', Nothing Like The Sun" are the two best solo albums for mood and great songs. I'm not saying "Ten Sommoner's Tales" is not great, it's a masterpiece, but in a different way. If there is one song that sticks in my mind for nearly all of the 26 years since I first heard it, it's this one. An out and out classic!
Yes, that is a great track. The Soul Cages disappointed me back in 1991 but in recent years I learned to appreciate it. It is in fact a good album. It's Sting moving into storytelling rather than the usual 'this is what's happening in the world' and socio-politics of his earlier works. Island of Souls is fantastic, along with Mad About You. Side two of the LP was a quieter affair but the maturity is there with some strong lyrics and subtle melodies. I really like 'Straight To My Heart' from 'Nothing Like The Sun'. It's a superb song. Sting is a great musician and songwriter no doubt. 'Ten Summoner's Tales is a masterpiece but 'Mercury Falling' is pretty poor and this is one I don't like now. The casual soul driven songs don't work for Sting on this one and it portrays a man with very little to say in 1996. Then again I love 'I was Brought To My Senses' I guess!
I listened to 'Blue Turtles' this week and some of the lyrics are a little corny especially in 'Russians' the line "Mr. Oppenheimer's deadly toy"! Sting was very egotistical then and very righteous. A lot of people hated his 'I'm telling you' attitude. He was coming across as the intellectual giant of pop, campaigning for the Rain Forrest, Amnesty and trying to save the world. Still he delivered what is the most important thing for a creative artist, the music. Who cares about his views when he gives us 'Fortress Around Your Heart' and 'Children's Crusade'. I actually met him last summer the night before he played in Cork city, Ireland. I had a photo taken with him and he was very quiet. I even shared a joke with himself and Trudy. I'm not a celebrity hound but it was great to see a man that wrote some great songs that you liked growing up, in the flesh. I would have loved to do a quick interview as I am a film maker myself, but he was after an evening meal and heading back to his hotel. I saw the concert the following night and he rocked 'em all. I saw him in Dublin in '96 also.
The first and only I saw Sting on stage was in 1988, in my hometown Toulouse, France. It was precisely during the Nothing like the sun tour. 3 hours of magic. I remember 1991 and the Soul Cages which I found, back in the days, pretty boring. I forgot Sting for 20 years or so. But I came back to his music through Turtles & Like the sun. Great albums of my teenage days. Great memories.
***** That reminds me of - but in a very different sense - when The Police came and played at Aztec Stadium at San Diego State University when I was kid - I guess about 12 or 13, when they were at the peak of their original success (right around the time Synchronicity was released, '83 or so). Aztec Stadium is basically like a big bowl. We lived on the eastern edge of campus, next to what was then a sprawling parking lot (now a huge parking garage), probably around a mile-1.5 miles from the Stadium. Me and some friends were outside, walking back to my house. The way the sound projected out from the bowl it sounded like The Police were playing in a boom box right next to us. We went to the campus and of course had no money for tickets. We kept trying to find a way to sneak in around the fencing they had put up to keep people (like us non-ticket-payers) out. No such luck. Lots of security guards around and they kept watching me and my buddies. Never did find a way to sneak in but still it sounded like they were right next to us playing. Closest I've ever gotten to hear The Police play. Sorry to hear your experience wasn't so great. Many concerts these days are like that - huge stadiums to maximize tour revenue, very expensive tickets that are 2-10x face value because of Stubhub, and the seats where you'd get the most enjoyment are often thousands, easy. Nothing like when I was a kid and saw The Who, Kiss, Rush, Judas Priest, Aerosmith... and you could actually afford it (or, well, my parents could anyway). Anytime my 13 y.o. wants to go to a concert, it's almost impossible to afford even crappy tickets and because everything is online most face value tickets are sold in seconds.
Really, one of the most beautiful songs ever written .. and composed ! the musical structure is AMAZING !!! so changing, 2 bridges in fact, the tempo, the chorus, the police's guitar style sprinkling all along.. GENIUS !!
Those lyrics and the way he plays with the camera, sometimes he stares and other times he can’t make eye contact, totally how people are when they are crushing hard and out of control. I love this video, feels like we are on a date with Sting. It’s precious!
This is a true song for the ages. The symbolism is incredible and the more time that passes this song ages as a fine wine. This will be a classic with the message it brings.
There is still magic, you just have to go looking for it. Now more than ever, independent and amateur artists have a platform for wide audiences, it's just that it isn't through the same mediums that it was back then. In stead of the radio or TV, it's the internet. And if you know where to look, you'll see it. Like a secret garden.
I love this song. What makes it uber special is the presence of Andy Summers on guitar producing a really haunting performance. A tantalsing glimps of maybe what the Police would have been doing in 1987 if they hadn't called it a day.
shioriryukaze But, it was a part of mainstream music, as it peaked at #15 on the general U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Chart, so great music isn't always mainstream, but isn't always underground either. It's all good, because we both like this track. :-)
Be still my beating heart It would be better to be cool It's not time to be open just yet A lesson once learned is so hard to forget Be still my beating heart Or I'll be taken for a fool It's not healthy to run at this pace The blood runs so red to my face I've been to every single book I know To soothe the thoughts that plague me so I sink like a stone that's been thrown in the ocean My logic has drowned in a sea of emotion Stop before you start Be still my beating heart Restore my broken dreams Shattered like a falling glass I'm not ready to be broken just yet A lesson once learned is so hard to forget Be still my beating heart You must learn to stand your ground It's not healthy to run at this pace The blood runs so red to my face I've been to every single book I know To soothe the thoughts that plague me so Stop before you start Be still my beating heart Never to be wrong Never to make promises that break It's like singing in the wind Or writing on the surface of a lake And I wriggle like a fish caught on dry land And I struggle to avoid any help at hand I sink like a stone that's been thrown in the ocean My logic has drowned in a sea of emotion Stop before you start Be still my beating heart...
I've often wondered if a man who wrote this songs, had this voice, was this talented, would we all love him as much as we do if he weren't as beautiful a man as he is? Inside and Outside.
@@kathnh6795 I have loved other songs as lovely as this where the lead singer is maybe not as aesthetically appealing as Sting. He just happens to have the full package.
@@bellachance1206 Oh, I agree. I disliked Sting for years because I thought he was so conceited. Then I started listening to his music a lot more carefully and realized he could look like Frankenstein and I'd still love his music. I threw that comment out there to see what people would respond. And I still think he's conceited but I also think he is a gifted musician. I also loved Ray Orbison and John Denver, neither of whom had great looks going for them. That's the reason I hated it when videos came out. A song would come on in the car, and my daughter's friend would say, "Oh, I love this video!" She's stopped listening to the music and was affected by the video, which I hated and still do.
I heard that this song he dedicated to his mother after she died... So I think it's just enough of this kind of light beautiful harmonies for this song.
Augford P. Doggie This is one of the tricks I love Sting's music for. For instance we can find quite a similar part in If I Ever Lose My Faith In You - prior to this line: ...I could be lost inside their lies without a trace... Well, I love Sting's music in general, of course!!!
Listening to this classic album in these strange times of coronavirus. I'm 50 and i remember buying this cd when i was 17. The whole album was like a book of poetry. I'm proud to say i was there to experience this classic then and now. Thank you Sting for your words and your music. By the way, since i was 17 you are and still one of 3 of my idols. The other 2 are Madonna and Bono.
The actress in the MV believed to be Mitzi Martin. Her appearance reminds me of Patrick Nagels works back in the 80's, with the contrast of dark hair to her ghostly skin which leaves her blue eyes as the attention grabber. A mere glance into her eyes is hypnotic in the MV. Her prancing movements is the center of attention but merely for brief moments. Lastly just to let you know, if you haven't figured it out by now, I almost forgot to mention..... this is one of my favorite MV's.
This album and The Dream of the Blue Turtles have been my favourite ones since my childhood. And nothing has changed over the years. God bless Sting for his talent and creativity.
+mnljh711986 His album, Sacred Love, which came out after 2000 is brilliant. Lyrics with incredible images and references (Shakespeare, Blake, biblical and others) which show how well-read and articulate he his. He continued to experiment with various musical genres and tried new instrumentation. His brilliance did not end at the millennium.
Yeah, i like how you put this. I was only talking today to some friends about Sting. If you didn't know his back catalogue, yet some familiarity with his music, you would hear a song and not know what decade let alone what year the song was released. His music defies popular music convention. He melds reggae, latin, eastern folk, funk, straight ahead grooves twisted with odd time signatures. He also had the very best musicians working with him. He has ensured his longevity and relevance...
Words fail to describe the beauty and elegance of this song. A perfect mix of Jazz, Pop, Soft Rock with piano, sax, bass, guitar, drums, etc. It's been more than 25 years I haven't hear it. Back in 1988 I used to play it in my walkman, as a special treasure while in college. This gems were barely played on radio stations. Tears rolled from my eyes at this master piece, unique, brilliant! Not for the mases. Thank You Sting. You are part of my Life. Best STING Song ever! Best regards from Mexico city. I missed your concert.
Mr Sting I need a jazz pop gem! Nothing fancy! Just something phenomenal! That's not a tall order for you baby! Give us something we can sink our teeth into! Namaste
Sting always take me back to a place of innocence... I had dreams of being everything and affecting and infecting the world with love. I know that sounds very flower child-ish... lol. but I did. I was soooo young.
What a great perspective you had! I hope you still manage to do it (maybe in smaller ways!). I think many people must share similar thoughts. Life can be tough - ultimately we are all only one person, but giving love as much as you can keeps the world smiling day by day by day!
Casette, well that says it all... Days when music was brilliantly written and played. Hard to stop listening to what was the golden times of rock. A tape cannot sustain this !
My mom was a big fan of Sting and would play Sting albums loud on the speakers while cleaning or cooking. She died of cancer this year, now every Sting song now brings back sweet memories of her. His music is beautiful and sentimental to me forever.
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Dear Sher M, I guess I would have loved your mother, too. This song reminds me of a very special moment, when I was on vacation in Umbria, Italy at the age of seventeen in 1987, listening this song on a walkman, sitting there between olive trees on a warm and sunny afternoon, just a stonethrow from Assisi. There I realised, that Creation is God, that Love must be Truth and that there's a reason for everything and a place for everyone of us, even after death and not only in our hearts.
Believe, someday we all will meet again, and we will laugh in a joy and dance on their graves... Hope you meet your mother then there too!
Your mom picked a good one to b a fan of. Toooo bad she's gone. But she'll always b in ur beating heart!!
@@sven-oliverhake3339 Beautiful Sven. In every way.Thank you.
Aw, bless you Sher. Music is so powerful. It is one of the few ways I connect to my departed father. Time, place, and feelings that are unique and without description. So sorry for your loss. I am so glad you have that music to link you, so glad she played it around the house. I keep trying with my daughter, but she has her earphones in and wonders why. Because I know that it is these little things that one day will hopefully remind her of me. Of a time together. And Sting, well, he is sublime. Take care. Ps. Heed what Sven says, he is a wise one....
I did the calculation…this song is 35 years old. It moved me in my teens, my 20’s, 30’s, 40’s, I’m 51 and in love with it as much as the first time I heard it. It’s eternally a part of my heart.
Hello ✋
U found our motion Al 😉 Singer 🙏😎🤠
same. lol
I'm 56..still my beating heart with this gem..💌
@@hamdanchill2073 Can you imaging being in love with a song for so long?! Such a testament.
"My logic has drowned in a sea of emotion." Simply beautiful.
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Indeed.
Logic over emotion. That's the way.
1 of my fave verses
OK? That is the deepest lyric line .
This is Shakespeare as a pop musician... No other pop artist can match Sting when it comes to deep and philosophical lyrics. He is one of a kind and the best English export to the world.
❤️❤️❤️
King of lyrics. Master of the word as it relates to soul. Poet magnus.
He was an English teacher
George Michael is also amazing
Sting and Sade should do this song as a duet.
This song has the most beautiful bridge I've ever heard in a song. It slays me every time.
I loved the bridge so much that I had it as my ringtone. Back when ringtones were a thing....
Yes true !!!
The genius was 36 at the time. Another classic song.
His mother had just died. He was so full of deep emotion and pain, you could actually feel it. I later learned that he was dealing with her death per an interview, and I always suspected there was something so much deeper in the lyrics when I first heard it. His pain is immense and so apparent. The Police have followed every stage of my life, the good, the bad, the sad, and they are always there to pull me through,,,always.
So odd, I've been drawn to this song over and over the past two months. Now I know why..I just lost my mother in December. Must have been relating to what he was feeling in loss and pain and loneliness that accompanies losing a good momma.
Never have I encountered a man with the ability to morph the emotion of suppressed love into a perfectly tangible masterpiece. I cannot stop listening to this song.
I agree 100%
yes
Suppressed love is one of the defining characteristics of my life. Thank you for giving it a name.
How beautifully written, I totally agree 🙏
This is the most underrated song ever! It’s such a deep song and is poetically beautiful. Has a good message.
agree
1:21 pause: Who's she?
... and don't forget the esthetic quality of the drumming. So ethereal!
This IMO is the best of Sting's songs.
I could not agree more - for sure one of the top 3 songs ever by this unmatched artist
This whole album is terrific.
Hello, how are you today? It’s nice to meet you here.
What I love about Sting is that he made super dark and complex music that still sounded catchy with some great melodies.
I don't know whether you appreciate this or not, but for the rabid musician who can capture or pick up basic arrangements via ear....he is one of the most vexing artists to try and identify chord signatures and patterns....his Police music was simple chords but incredibly intricate arrangements with Andy Summers that made even that music difficult to mimic but Gordon took it all to a different level when he went solo....this stuff is impossible to figure out.
“Sink like a stone that’s been thrown in the ocean 🌊 my logic has drowned in a sea of emotion” ❤His lyrics are full of emotional maturity and reality of complicated human experience
The bass guitar line is so damn magic.
Sting will go down in history as one of the best songwriters of the late 20th century.
Truly unique blend of jazz, rock, etc.. amazing grove, that bass and piano opening and the melody, very underrated song. One of my favorite Sting songs.
"The Wave" from the old-days back in L.A. in the Mid-Late 80's.
The woman in this video is a stunning beauty. Those eyes.... Mesmerizing
I believe she is/was a model.
Listening to the whole "Nothing Like The Sun" album in 2019 is pure joy, even better
Feels great and refreshing to listen to such quality music, doesn't it? Especially these days.
This song is seriously underrated, why didn't it get the attention other songs by Sting did.
It actually was a hit... it reached #15 on Billboard Charts, #2 on Rock Charts, and #2 on MTV Top 40 videos. This song got a lot of spin on MTV. The album Nothing Like The Sun was a masterpiece!!!
@@barmalgran666 We didn't get to see the video on TV when it came out in 1987 due to some bullshit boycott/strike by record suppliers in New Zealand at the time.
The bass line is insane
Whole album is insane. Just wow! Masterpiece.
Hello, how are you today? It’s nice to meet you here.
His voice and music always calms me...I remember playing in my room as a child and my mom playing The Police in the house. 💚
Hello Kimberly 👋 how are you ?
I was probably your mother's age when the The Police arrived.
Y'all are the damn best. I'm honored to have the kind of support that you show me, thank you. How are you doing it is nice meeting you here
My favorite concert when I was a student at Purdue University. It was the only time that I stood in line all night for the chance to buy a ticket. He and Branford Marsalis were pure magic.
OMG I was there too! Simon Garfunkel & Jefferson Airplane
I just turned 63 a week ago and this song is just as current to me as it was the day I heard it when the album was first released., this is proof yet again that well-crafted music is timeless
Indeed .listening in 2021...Monday night..central time..11/1...
You have great taste....
Be safe..👠
Amen!!
You are now 66😘💙🤍🙏🏾
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Lol 😆 that kiss 😘
@@jpcodnia9133 I forgot to send you one as well 😘😀😘 2 times 😀💙🤍🙏🏾
_..Nothing like The Sun_ The one and only Sting masterpiece.
My man- Sting created 5 masterpieces on his own… Don’t discount his other albums…
@@barmalgran666 I love every one of his albums. And for different reasons. Sting's music is so different for each album. Not like each song is the same sound.
_"I wriggle like a fish caught on dry land. Struggle to avoid any help at hand."_
*Sting's lyrics are poetry..* Heightened with themes of love and psychology.
Love the handwritten lyrics... beautiful.
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If sting wasn't a great musician...he could have been a actor... ether way he was always destined to be a star!!!.😎🇬🇧
...it's 2020, and this is still one of the best songs I've ever heard...
Same!♥♥♥
sting is truly a poet. His lyrics are so soothing.
This song is very buddhist in my perspective, the metaphor of the fish, the knowledge about consequences, the effort to stay in calm. I appreciate that my family raised me with this kind of lyrics and music. Thank you, Sting for so much 🙏🏾💞
Y'all are the damn best. I'm honored to have the kind of support that you show me, thank you. How are you doing it is nice meeting you here
80s and early 90s is a time of masterpices in pop music and Sting is a big part of it.
From "Nothing like the sun"... A great álbum...
"singing in the wind, writing on the suface of a lake" so good it hurts
This song still speaks to my soul even after all these years
I agree with you. "I wriggle like a fish caught on dry land, struggle to avoid any helping hand". This man is one of the greatest songwriters of all time.
One of the most well-done and stylish videos of the 1980's in my opinion.
90's
, oops 87!
@@fffoots 1987. Look it up
_"Be still my beating heart"_ is the start phrase to this fascinating composition by Sting. The phrase is already out there in varied literary forms going back 300 years or more. No doubt Sting has pulled out that poetic phrase from his literary knowledge and built his song around it. I hadn't known of Sting's lyrics until having heard the arresting phrase the-day-before-yesterday quoted by a UK radio presenter _(James O’Brien on LBC Radio)_ that made me want to research the phrase online - which led to historic literary explanations and then to Sting's evocative singing. Sting - I've written a message of thanx to you and secured it in an empty bottle (not plastic) and chucked it into the sea with an embedded chip that will hopefully propel the bottle via satellite navigation and lunar tidal pulling power to your home area. Please look out for it in about ten years. 🌜
Beautiful
Tamerlane, 1702
I also wrote him a letter and put it in a bottle.
This is my favourite song by Sting and one of the best he has ever written. To me 'Turtles', Nothing Like The Sun" are the two best solo albums for mood and great songs. I'm not saying "Ten Sommoner's Tales" is not great, it's a masterpiece, but in a different way. If there is one song that sticks in my mind for nearly all of the 26 years since I first heard it, it's this one. An out and out classic!
Did you like Mad about You? I love that one as well.
Yes, that is a great track. The Soul Cages disappointed me back in 1991 but in recent years I learned to appreciate it. It is in fact a good album. It's Sting moving into storytelling rather than the usual 'this is what's happening in the world' and socio-politics of his earlier works. Island of Souls is fantastic, along with Mad About You. Side two of the LP was a quieter affair but the maturity is there with some strong lyrics and subtle melodies. I really like 'Straight To My Heart' from 'Nothing Like The Sun'. It's a superb song. Sting is a great musician and songwriter no doubt. 'Ten Summoner's Tales is a masterpiece but 'Mercury Falling' is pretty poor and this is one I don't like now. The casual soul driven songs don't work for Sting on this one and it portrays a man with very little to say in 1996. Then again I love 'I was Brought To My Senses' I guess!
I listened to 'Blue Turtles' this week and some of the lyrics are a little corny especially in 'Russians' the line "Mr. Oppenheimer's deadly toy"! Sting was very egotistical then and very righteous. A lot of people hated his 'I'm telling you' attitude. He was coming across as the intellectual giant of pop, campaigning for the Rain Forrest, Amnesty and trying to save the world. Still he delivered what is the most important thing for a creative artist, the music. Who cares about his views when he gives us 'Fortress Around Your Heart' and 'Children's Crusade'. I actually met him last summer the night before he played in Cork city, Ireland. I had a photo taken with him and he was very quiet. I even shared a joke with himself and Trudy. I'm not a celebrity hound but it was great to see a man that wrote some great songs that you liked growing up, in the flesh. I would have loved to do a quick interview as I am a film maker myself, but he was after an evening meal and heading back to his hotel. I saw the concert the following night and he rocked 'em all. I saw him in Dublin in '96 also.
The first and only I saw Sting on stage was in 1988, in my hometown Toulouse, France. It was precisely during the Nothing like the sun tour. 3 hours of magic. I remember 1991 and the Soul Cages which I found, back in the days, pretty boring. I forgot Sting for 20 years or so. But I came back to his music through Turtles & Like the sun. Great albums of my teenage days. Great memories.
***** That reminds me of - but in a very different sense - when The Police came and played at Aztec Stadium at San Diego State University when I was kid - I guess about 12 or 13, when they were at the peak of their original success (right around the time Synchronicity was released, '83 or so). Aztec Stadium is basically like a big bowl. We lived on the eastern edge of campus, next to what was then a sprawling parking lot (now a huge parking garage), probably around a mile-1.5 miles from the Stadium. Me and some friends were outside, walking back to my house. The way the sound projected out from the bowl it sounded like The Police were playing in a boom box right next to us. We went to the campus and of course had no money for tickets. We kept trying to find a way to sneak in around the fencing they had put up to keep people (like us non-ticket-payers) out. No such luck. Lots of security guards around and they kept watching me and my buddies. Never did find a way to sneak in but still it sounded like they were right next to us playing. Closest I've ever gotten to hear The Police play. Sorry to hear your experience wasn't so great. Many concerts these days are like that - huge stadiums to maximize tour revenue, very expensive tickets that are 2-10x face value because of Stubhub, and the seats where you'd get the most enjoyment are often thousands, easy. Nothing like when I was a kid and saw The Who, Kiss, Rush, Judas Priest, Aerosmith... and you could actually afford it (or, well, my parents could anyway). Anytime my 13 y.o. wants to go to a concert, it's almost impossible to afford even crappy tickets and because everything is online most face value tickets are sold in seconds.
Really, one of the most beautiful songs ever written .. and composed ! the musical structure is AMAZING !!! so changing, 2 bridges in fact, the tempo, the chorus, the police's guitar style sprinkling all along.. GENIUS !!
I agree 100%
The Police's guitar is of course Andy. He managed to add a strong imprint and character to this album.
I can relate to this song in every way.
Be kind to yourself
I sink like a stone that's been thrown into the ocean. my logic has drowned in a sea of emotion. my favorite verse
Not only he is a good songwriter, but a top lyricist as well.
absolutely
Those lyrics and the way he plays with the camera, sometimes he stares and other times he can’t make eye contact, totally how people are when they are crushing hard and out of control. I love this video, feels like we are on a date with Sting. It’s precious!
The dude is totally cool.
U not bad as well
Nothing Like the Sun to my mind is Sting's best album. Some amazing tracks and so full of emotion.
Well, yes...but for me it's Soul Cages.
Nothing like the Sun. One perfect album.
Gwendolyn Ledger except "we'll be together", that track is so anti climax
Dany Fer Nooo, I dislike Little Wing, but it doesn't count at the end I guess, because it's isn't his...
Gwendolyn Ledger Dig deeper, the songs you and Dany mention are again among many of Sting's best.
This song is medicine for my mind and soul.
thats so f... true !!!
One of the greatest songs ever written...
This is a true song for the ages. The symbolism is incredible and the more time that passes this song ages as a fine wine. This will be a classic with the message it brings.
Mission Arte
Sting was in his dark mysterious period when he wrote this song.To Me this was his best song.So poetic and romantic.
Sting reached his peak of hotness in 1987, never before, never again. He shines like the sun...
we will never have music like this again. So sad.. nowadays just crap..
Bloomin Daisies logic has been drowned in a sea of emotion.🤘
it sting like a bee
I agree we had the best talent
lol, exactly what my dad told me about his time's music... and what his father told him...
There is still magic, you just have to go looking for it. Now more than ever, independent and amateur artists have a platform for wide audiences, it's just that it isn't through the same mediums that it was back then. In stead of the radio or TV, it's the internet. And if you know where to look, you'll see it. Like a secret garden.
I love this song. What makes it uber special is the presence of Andy Summers on guitar producing a really haunting performance. A tantalsing glimps of maybe what the Police would have been doing in 1987 if they hadn't called it a day.
This song takes me back to the 80's.
And beginning of 90's too.
*This song is so DREAMY !!*
One of my BEST favorites!
So underrated :(
Sink like a stone that's been thrown in the ocean my logic has drown by a sea of emotion. Genius!
🙏
I love these lyrics so much
great line by the best lyricist ever
By far, this is the best track in Sting's solo career. It peaked at #15 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Chart in 1988.
but if you think about it, most of the greatest music is not popular or main stream. that makes this song more timeless...
shioriryukaze What makes a track timeless is that it sounds timeless. Mainstream music has nothing to do with that part.
+Alexander The Great if you read the first part of my comment....thats what i said. i said the greatest music is NOT mainstream.
shioriryukaze But, it was a part of mainstream music, as it peaked at #15 on the general U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Chart, so great music isn't always mainstream, but isn't always underground either. It's all good, because we both like this track. :-)
+Alexander The Great i agree with that.
Be still my beating heart
It would be better to be cool
It's not time to be open just yet
A lesson once learned is so hard to forget
Be still my beating heart
Or I'll be taken for a fool
It's not healthy to run at this pace
The blood runs so red to my face
I've been to every single book I know
To soothe the thoughts that plague me so
I sink like a stone that's been thrown in the ocean
My logic has drowned in a sea of emotion
Stop before you start
Be still my beating heart
Restore my broken dreams
Shattered like a falling glass
I'm not ready to be broken just yet
A lesson once learned is so hard to forget
Be still my beating heart
You must learn to stand your ground
It's not healthy to run at this pace
The blood runs so red to my face
I've been to every single book I know
To soothe the thoughts that plague me so
Stop before you start
Be still my beating heart
Never to be wrong
Never to make promises that break
It's like singing in the wind
Or writing on the surface of a lake
And I wriggle like a fish caught on dry land
And I struggle to avoid any help at hand
I sink like a stone that's been thrown in the ocean
My logic has drowned in a sea of emotion
Stop before you start
Be still my beating heart...
Love the lyrics. Year 2020. Happy new year!!!
If you listen closely, there's another voice saying "Tried to answer the questions that plague me so"
Magical lyrics
@@MyNameIsNeutron Thanks on that. I absolutely love this song and couldn't decipher all of the those words.
THANKS TRULY A MASTERPIECE STING IS A GREAT MAN🔥
One of my all time favorite songs. How do they write lyrics that nail your life? Stop before you start. Be still my beating heart.
Timeless Classic one of the best songs ever made. I will actualy play this at my funeral if I turn up for it 😉
Beautiful man. Beautiful voice. Beautiful talent.
I've often wondered if a man who wrote this songs, had this voice, was this talented, would we all love him as much as we do if he weren't as beautiful a man as he is? Inside and Outside.
kath nh I never saw this video till today and I didn’t even know what he looked like but I have loved this song for over thirty years
TOTALMENTE DE ACUERDO EN UN TODO!!
@@kathnh6795 I have loved other songs as lovely as this where the lead singer is maybe not as aesthetically appealing as Sting. He just happens to have the full package.
@@bellachance1206 Oh, I agree. I disliked Sting for years because I thought he was so conceited. Then I started listening to his music a lot more carefully and realized he could look like Frankenstein and I'd still love his music. I threw that comment out there to see what people would respond. And I still think he's conceited but I also think he is a gifted musician. I also loved Ray Orbison and John Denver, neither of whom had great looks going for them. That's the reason I hated it when videos came out. A song would come on in the car, and my daughter's friend would say, "Oh, I love this video!" She's stopped listening to the music and was affected by the video, which I hated and still do.
3:38-3:56 is one of the most beautiful sections of music I have ever heard. I wish he had made it longer
yess best seconds 💛
but this way you enjoy every second more and appreciate what is there
Augford P. Doggie you have so rightt dude.
I heard that this song he dedicated to his mother after she died... So I think it's just enough of this kind of light beautiful harmonies for this song.
Augford P. Doggie
This is one of the tricks I love Sting's music for. For instance we can find quite a similar part in If I Ever Lose My Faith In You - prior to this line: ...I could be lost inside their lies without a trace... Well, I love Sting's music in general, of course!!!
This is a beautiful song!! I played this thousands and thousands of times I had a bad break up in 1987!!Wow!! The memories.
Mr.Sting is sidekick for my soul when I look for an answer🙏🤞🏻
This song is poetry.
Beautiful model...Mitzi Martin has got to be the most beautiful model of that era. Period
THANK YOU! It was driving me crazy trying to find out who this beautiful girl in the vid was!
No one describes emotions like Sting. Still the best song writer ever!❤
Listening to this classic album in these strange times of coronavirus. I'm 50 and i remember buying this cd when i was 17. The whole album was like a book of poetry. I'm proud to say i was there to experience this classic then and now. Thank you Sting for your words and your music. By the way, since i was 17 you are and still one of 3 of my idols. The other 2 are Madonna and Bono.
I love this song down to the core of my being...every time I sing it, every word is felt. Simply beautiful... 🙏🏼
Was listening to this while travelling mysterious central Greece when it first came out. Rediscovering this today while on the same path.
Γειά σας!
Cool.
This is why I love Sting.
Sting...in his prime...musical and lyrical genius.
The actress in the MV believed to be Mitzi Martin. Her appearance reminds me of Patrick Nagels works back in the 80's, with the contrast of
dark hair to her ghostly skin which leaves her blue eyes as the attention grabber. A mere glance into her eyes is hypnotic in the MV. Her prancing movements is the center of attention but merely for brief moments. Lastly just to let you know, if you haven't figured it out by now, I almost forgot to mention..... this is one of my favorite MV's.
One of the GREAT artists...that voice is like velvet.
Sting is a musical genius! What a man, what a artist! So glad that we still have him with us.
When he sang you felt it...miss those days
Sting is the "love maker" of music. He's such a lyricist that he's like a puppet master when he creates. I absolutely love his art. 💜🎤🎸🎷🎹🎺🎻🥁
This album and The Dream of the Blue Turtles have been my favourite ones since my childhood. And nothing has changed over the years. God bless Sting for his talent and creativity.
Another classic from this dude! Sting is the sh*t!! I don't think he's capable of making a bad song. I haven't heard one yet!!
aritehook4u he definitely isn't capable of making a bad song, that's for sure!
aritehook4u This one's STILL the bomb.
agreed
+aritehook4u after the millennium everything he made hasn't been good, his older songs are brilliant
+mnljh711986 His album, Sacred Love, which came out after 2000 is brilliant. Lyrics with incredible images and references (Shakespeare, Blake, biblical and others) which show how well-read and articulate he his. He continued to experiment with various musical genres and tried new instrumentation. His brilliance did not end at the millennium.
Seriously. How does one dude make so much perfect music. Well, with the best studio musicians on the face of the planet. But still..
Yeah, i like how you put this. I was only talking today to some friends about Sting. If you didn't know his back catalogue, yet some familiarity with his music, you would hear a song and not know what decade let alone what year the song was released. His music defies popular music convention. He melds reggae, latin, eastern folk, funk, straight ahead grooves twisted with odd time signatures. He also had the very best musicians working with him. He has ensured his longevity and relevance...
The beauty of sting sings of spirit god bless him 🙏
Wynton Marsalis & Co and Sting are a group made in Jazz heaven..wish they'd make more music.
The best, Jerry, the best!!!
musical construction of this song is a masterpiece...
God!! I wish they still made music and wrote lyrics like this today... makes it that much more enjoyable.
Destroyer's Kaputt album has some cool shit that sounds like this
IMURJDigital so true
They're artist that do, you've gotta search to find their work though!
This is so good that after all these years it still feels like listening for the first time giving me goosebumps...
This song gives me chills like no other. Absolutely amazing lyrics and voice.
They just dont make music like this anymore. Amazing work to this day.
Your voice covers me like a warm blanket. I'm like a babe clinging to the skirt of her mum, you have been there when no one was...thank you Sting.
One of my favorites from Sting's solo career. This cat always brings such an awesome sense of artistry to his craft. Mad props!
Mr Sting have given us many beautiful songs over the years. This is one of them and its 2021.
I remember seeing Sting in concert/ Jill Scott opened for him … She was great but I came for the Sting 🐝 ‼️Great show of heart and music
Still SLAPPING in 2021!!🔥
Every teen as that one song that perfectly personifies their teenage angst. This was mine. Ah the 80's 😉
Words fail to describe the beauty and elegance of this song. A perfect mix of Jazz, Pop, Soft Rock with piano, sax, bass, guitar, drums, etc. It's been more than 25 years I haven't hear it. Back in 1988 I used to play it in my walkman, as a special treasure while in college. This gems were barely played on radio stations. Tears rolled from my eyes at this master piece, unique, brilliant! Not for the mases. Thank You Sting. You are part of my Life. Best STING Song ever! Best regards from Mexico city. I missed your concert.
Mr Sting I need a jazz pop gem! Nothing fancy! Just something phenomenal! That's not a tall order for you baby! Give us something we can sink our teeth into! Namaste
This is my favourite song by Sting.
Sting always take me back to a place of innocence... I had dreams of being everything and affecting and infecting the world with love. I know that sounds very flower child-ish... lol. but I did. I was soooo young.
i agree
that s beautiful
What a great perspective you had! I hope you still manage to do it (maybe in smaller ways!). I think many people must share similar thoughts. Life can be tough - ultimately we are all only one person, but giving love as much as you can keeps the world smiling day by day by day!
you cant infect or create love in everyone. you have to defeat evil with violence or intelligence with love as its motivation
You have plenty of time.
This entire album is simply amazing. 😎👍🎵🎶🎤
He is a gifted writer especially with his lyrics
I love this song. I grew up listening to that and even learned English translating these verses.
What a great album. Years have come and gone, and this still sounds cool.
Sting what's one your favorite books?
btw I love this song, i can play it 24/7/365
Thank You Sting for sharing with us what you know we need to hear!
Another great Sting tune. Is there any music Sting has done that is not fantastic? What a talent. Thanks, Sting.
Still love this song and video from 1989.wore out the cassette.
Casette, well that says it all... Days when music was brilliantly written and played. Hard to stop listening to what was the golden times of rock. A tape cannot sustain this !
Actually this came out in 1987