The Police '81 on "Touring, Klark Kent, & Sting Quitting?" Countdown Interview Feb 22
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- Опубліковано 8 січ 2016
- The Police - Stewart Armstrong Copeland & son of Miles Axe Copeland Jr. , Andrew James "Andy" Summers & Sting a.k.a. Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner are live in the ABC studios talking to Molly Meldrum about many things which to fans like myself may of never of known until now because we were to young!
I find it interesting when Stewart starts to talk about Klark Kent and his background and seeing the other two looking around and Sting with his hands around his mouth almost trying to almost shoosh Stewart to be quiet especially when one three letter organization is mentioned and Stewart should know these three letter organizations as well as anybody in the public could ever possibly of known,(Google his father & see for yourself) I don't know but I find this body language very interesting and as history now shows The Police did have their internal Artistic conflicts but for posterity sake this interview in my opinion is gold!
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Great comparison to Rick Beato's interviews of the three guys. Stewart's interview was hilarious.
Haha yes.. take the opening question here.. it’s quite pointless/ridiculous. Sting’s reaction says it all. Playing/eating his sunglasses
I was the audio boom operator on this interview. Just prior to this I had hit sting in the head with the microphone. He wasn’t happy. I saw him again six years later and told him it was me and he swore me again!
That’s awesome 👌 💯
He's used to it.
Do it again!
Still he got a good song out of it, King of Pain.
The beginning is funny. Why is sting sleeping on the job a.
I love the Police. Long live Andy, Sting, and Stewart.
Stewart Copeland talking about Klark Kent is genius.
He did omit (probably for brevity and simplicity on the question about Kent) the fact that Krypton tetrafluoride is thermally less stable than XeF4. However, at -78°C it can be stored for weeks, without decomposing! This is all according to detailed experiments conducted either by Klark himself (which I personally suspect is the actual source) or some fan of his. Anyway you can find other vast quantity of KrF4 information at The Argonne National Library.
@@TheKinoEye Not sure if my chemistry lessons had been worth anything.
What? But it's true. The Hungarian ballet bit.
Stewart's the best. Funny as hell and damn smart. His autobiography is an amazing read.
Well when you see who his Father worked for and what he did, It would've been hard not to of had an interesting time! Cheers
He was only a 🥁 drummer, bang bang
@@knownpleasures composes for movies
@@JamesDeWeaver His father is a criminal and a get er done crew for the scum who run our world. Stewart still turned out good, if a bit supposedly dense about what his family is.
@@knownpleasures Dude...
Stewart's humor is too damn funny man. Sting getting irritated at the fact that he's the star on stage but Stewart is the star in the interview space. Just smarter, funnier, and kinder than Sting
100% nailed it!
That really stings
i just replayed the first five seconds over and over again it's so hilarious!!!
Andy doesn't look a decade older than Sting and Stewart. I'd like to know his secret...
right?! that’s also what i’m so curious about!
Being dedicated in crafting good music helps a lot..
No skeletons in his closet like the other two.
He's shorter. Short people tend to look younger. Its an optical illusion because as children we see older people as taller.
@@JesusChrist5000 that is definitely not why
“I’m quitting first! In fact I’m quitting right now”
cuts back to him sitting in the chair
He lived up to his word soon after and ruined one of the BEST bands of that time! #Peace
@@JamesDeWeaver They were overated!!!!
@@chriszito6183 care to elaborate?
@@kingcassius2586Overrated .Not as good as they are.made out to be.Good studio band.Fucking dreadful live. Overrated. Do you miss stings pouting lips.😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@chriszito6183 no.. I miss YOUR pouty lips. But don't worry.. I'm getting my zipper fixed now.
That clark kent bit was hilarious. They all did a good job of not laughing.
agreed, have you seen the Klark Kent music video, even more hilarious!
@@JamesDeWeaver If you mean this one ua-cam.com/video/pzFVRm6EwLg/v-deo.html yeah. Actually, it's not a bad song at all. Got on Top of the Pops which was apparently a big deal. And that's Andy. Sting, and Stewart's brother in masks as the rest of the band.
Andy was every bit as handsome as Sting in this video.
And Sting still has his "old" nose.
@@MrPrice2U He should have kept that old nose.
Andy is my favorite🌟
Hard to believe Andy is nearly ten years older than Sting and Stewart
Gordo literally hides himself behind sunglasses and scarf when he's asked directly about the end of the band. He's already made his mind up.
smaxxxxxxx I call him Stingo. He was such a brat in this period (81-84) in interviews. Either condescending & dismissive or straight up rude to the interviewers. This was not as bad as some of the ones I've seen around this time.
Stings a dick
Gordo means fat in Spanish
It looks like they argued badly just before the interview. They look so pissed off about each other
So true, there's a HUGE difference in THIS STING & the '84 Sting interview that's also on my channel, see on the pinned comment hyperlink!
Well, considering this was in '81 it would be weird if they hadn't argued before the interview
Youth, talent, beauty... is stellar.
You said it!💯✅️
believe it or not. Andy is 39 here
The Police were so amazing
Thx for the awesome countdown vid. Sting being elusive if not high lol. Stewart and Andy, in particular trying to answer sensibly. The break up was coming, such a shame, would have loved to heard what they could have created beyond Synchronicity. Cheers 1
Thanks for the comment! #Peace
Stewart really liked his alter-ego.
As he's talking about Klark Kent Sting is just rolling his eyes, you catch it for a second. Those 2 had such a love/hate relationship.
@@rustykuntz94 in all fairness to Sting, Stew's Klark Kent commentary is incredibly silly
@PCino45s2 That's why sting wrote 99% of the police material, right?
@@surinaam1186
You are Wrong.
Do some research and you won't look so foolish.
Now if you said Sting wrote 99% of the hits....
Thank goodness Sting has matured in recent years.
I was thinking that too!
A friend of mine visited some Far East countries not too long ago, and he told me it was literally like the Beatles and Led Zeppelin just came out yesterday there
Sting was just busy looking at himself in the monitor.
Early 80's I was obsessed with the police
Now looking back
Sting was/is an arrogant prick
Fine another one sting hater there are so many of you you just crawled under a rock i'm sick of you!
@@richardmiller6326 I know him personally, I can testify that he is neither arrogant nor a prick.
@@nadiam2853 A sellout to humanity, just not a prick. Boy are you aware.
@@nadiam2853 How do you know him personally?
I loved the Police!
The tension in this interview is real!
Yep,💯👍
Sting looks like Andy Warhol ,with the scarf ,sunglasses and coke attitude!😂😅🤣✨🎼🙏🏼🇨🇦🤓
Not an attitude.
The secret to Sting's success is that he has always surrounded himself with better musicians than himself.
All their best stuff was even after this and they were already incredible
hahahahaha these guys are amazing 😂😂 Thanks for the video mate!!!
well i guess today's stars are no worse than yesterday's, these guys did a lot of maturing since then, Andy seemed to be a modest polite bloke even then
The reason is that Andy was about 9 or 10 years older than Sting and Stewart, at that time he was about to turn 39 while the other two were abot 30 and 29. That´s probably one of the reasons he could take things in a better way.
@@elbettto he looks younger than them lol
Andy had also been paying his dues as a lunch pail musician for probably close to 20 years by then. he probably had the best perspective on all this. Dude, read his memoir "One train Later". 350 pages and probably maybe 75 are about his time with the police and it is a real great story!
@@charlienorton2337 Haha, tantric sex?
I came here for the Klark Kent mini bio. Was not disappointed.
Man I love them they are the only police we need
Love the feet on the table vibe 😅
Copeland dorkin' on the Klark Kent lore is priceless.
For us Kants, Klerks and Kunts here: The interview starts @3:45 and ends @4:30!
They seem fine. Andy is mature, Stewart is riding the wave, Sting is having a personal crisis because he's a pop star and wants to be a serious musician.
They were right in the thick of it at this stage. 2 brilliant albums were about to be made.
I always feel Sting is incredibly guarded. He's not the person you see in TV in real life.
Agreed & well said! Peace from OZ
that’s really cool. never thought of that about sting. he’s an insanely talented musician but painted as a pop star by the media. must’ve been a weird thing but hey, they made killer music without selling out.
Sting could not wrestle control of the band from Copeland. I think he was probably in his 50s before he even realized he had one of the great 3 or 4 drummers ever, in his band. Then the tensions eased and they were able to do the occasional reunion tour.
@@RadicalR0nnieSting didn’t do himself any favors with his ‘tude
Andy's 80 next year. Hard to fathom.
Sting is hilarious on here. Also Stewart predating the internet with the 'Clark Kent' character.
I was told that the Copeland's were ALL employed with the Company. What better mode of travel? Listen closely.
@@motel29 The Copelands are operatives of "the company" so to speak.
Great band!
Their last album was Synchronicity which came out in 1983, so they stayed together for another year or two before Sting went off to do a solo album and then never came back. The album was Dream of the Blue Turtles in 1985, which was terrific.
They reformed in 86 and re did don't stand so close,they were gone do two other songs aswell but it fell apart again,Stewart broke his collerbone while playing polo and they ended up using a drum machine that was the last time the police recorded together
Stewart’s brain was just waaay to quick for the interviewer!!🤣
Agreed!
Wow, playing in India was the best concert of Sting's career at the time, he must have really loved it
There's a movie that consists of footage they filmed of that tour called Police Around the World , and you see the Indian fans reaction, a lot of them look like they're actually having an orgasm
Except the stench that can't be escaped anywhere in the country. Bet he didn't think that was the best.
@@rickstalentedtongue910 I'm sure the stench you smell is from your nasty breath or your Mama's hairy cooch :)
a young hungarian ballet instructor. hahahahaha
The day after my 16th birthday.....just watched Andy being interviewed a few weeks ago. Incredible who he used to hangout with... and sold his Les Paul to....
The most educated and articulate is Stewart. You'd expect it to be Sting...teacher etc. However he's at least third best 😅 👍 🇬🇧
Its so cool that Stew and Andy are so fantastic in line with good ole Mr. Sting...atmospheric sounds...Gordon raspy brougue
de quique= 3 GENIOS MUSICALES. ENTRE LOS MEJORES GRUPOS QUE HAN EXISTIDO EN LA HISTORIA DE LA MUSICA.
Stewart Copeland's accent here is half British.
That is because he did not grow up all his childhood in the UK. He is an American, but early childhood was in Beirut, then move to UK. His father was an American CIA officer.
@@marshhen True. Although it's more American these days - since he moved back.
@Réka-Sarolta Borbely Indeed. The accent seems to have gone now.
I don’t hear it
Uggh Sting….He was long done with this band by this point, and they still did two more albums, which explains all the animosity and head butting between him and Stewart.
The Police Great
I've managed to meet Sting, Stewart and Andy in real life on separate occasions.
And...... What are they like?
Whatever u douche
@@thewomble1509 it would help if UA-cam would tell me I got a reply.
Yeah they were happy to chat and sign autographs, have photos. Good times
Oooohhhh
My,...so many ego comments. Wy? This guys are ppl who change complited music and pop scene...i love The Police to.
the interviewer: "i've learned something today i guess..." lol
left to right: Superego, Ego, and Id.
The interviewer is absolutely hammered.
100! LOL : ^ ))
Nah. That's just Molly. He's always like that.
Listen to Molly interview prince Charles.
He looks hung over actually
@@pixiewings21_9 ha yeh, often hammered...
Andy is the humblest out of all em
He was already 39 and clearly was the most mature, reserved & humble. ⭐️
Stingaling!
If the other two were as old as Andy then maybe the police might’ve never broken up
It’s good that they broke up, now they don’t hate eachother and their legacy is still one of the best. If they kept going they might have had the same legacy as Oasis
Andy Summers almost 40 allready here, unusual for "pop group" just starting/getting famous.
Santiago de Chile... 🙌
Andy is cute too 😊
Stewart Armstrong Copeland (Alexandria, Virginia; 16 de julio de 1952) es un músico, compositor y multiinstrumentista estadounidense, conocido por ser uno de los miembros originales del power trio de rock británico The Police.
LOL at that set!
Molly Meldrum. Top bloke!
Looking back sting was both the most important person in the band but also the biggest problem in the band. The other two guys were talented but didn’t have egos unlike Sting. And he’s never changed. He has never accepted or admitted his best work was with the police and he needed the other two guys
No, not ego, he's shy and self conscious. The way he was acting up was related to that. Not an uncommon method for shy people to adopt this strategy. His band mates and friends say he's self deprecating, not egotistical.
And no, I wouldn't say his greatest work was with the police, although it was superb, not when The Soul Cages was so utterly phenomenal musically and in particular lyrically. Dream of The Blue Turtles was too.
In terms of "needing the other guys" it was a band, so in that respect yes, and Stuart and Andy were very talented. But Sting created the music, he would present them with a complete, high quality, demo tape, pretty much all done, and then Andy and Stewart would add their somewhat smaller contribution. As Stewart put it in a recent interview, Sting was the real deal, a very good all-round musician. So no, his excellent solo career clearly demonstrates he didn't NEED the other too in a musical sense.
Don't agree with the OP's assessment of Sting being too ego-driven. Even Copeland said Sting is not arrogant at all, just a bit shy and reserved. Phenomenal talent, beautiful lyrics and melodies, all throughout his career (not just with The Police, that's another weak statement). However, Sting was fairly rigid with his song composition and once he had an idea it wasn't really something to dissect/change by the other guys. Very little compromise and all that creative tension was the reason they had a hard time composing together. But outside of music they all love each other. Friends, family. Like siblings. All the talk about Sting being egotistical/arrogant is media-driven gossip bullshit, like most stuff you see these days. People want adversity, they want their icons to fail. Those types of schadenfreude clowns can eff right off, they're just about friggin' useless.
Nothing like the sun is stings best solo album imo,
Sounds like you haven’t read much or listened to what his band mates have said over the years.
wow you are talking about egos and you haven't realized that they barely let Sting speak?
Interviewed by Tony Montana, cool!
They're just getting into The Beatles EVERYWHERE all the time with every generation.
Yup
What are you talking about
Steward actually cares
Andy focused
Sting doesn’t give a Dam
💙
Sting was just too full of himself
Yep. I cant stand him. Boring too.
@@rosiebottom3870 Super boring when he left the Police, but I still liked him, like any kid into the Police would. I naively was trying to recapture what he had done in the Police, but it never happened.
was?
Kinda always is
He was probably into solo career thought race already..Syncronicity being their last -82
his breaking the band up after playing shay stadium as he said that's the highest point they will ever achive make's sence.
6:14 That‘s what you all came here for ;)
I had no idea about that! XD
Good Night number 2 camera. LOL
Is that Weird Al's brother interviewing them?
Sting and Stewart wearing nice Casios.
Two words: Spinal Tap
British people are always so funny
Wow... Tony Montana doing the interview.
😂 😂
I see is KlerKant or KlarKent alias Stewart Copeland 👀😃👈❣
Sting always seemed slightly irritated to have to do these types of interviews.
Why do guys always call Sting names and hate on him? I don't think he was acting rude here at all.
denial denial denial
I agree. He looks a bit out of it, but he's not doing anything rude here as far as I could see.
Coked up to fuck
Sting's a twat
Sting...real personable guy there! HA
Sting: "greatest concert of MY career"
Didn`t have a career before The Police. lol
People grow
6:14 - wtf!
Nobody seems to be impressed with the history of Klark Kent
The police were the first British rock band to play India. To a sold out crowd of 5,000 Sting had said it was the best moment of his career.
They thought Sting was a god, so of course he loved it
I'm here because of Dave Grohl saying that Klark Kent inspired his solo demo to be labelled, 'Foo Fighters'.
Now that you've heard of The Police, you may never go back to the Foo Fighters.
Holly shit, me too,
I hate Detest that celebrity whore Dave Grohl worse than the Copeland CIA family.
Everyone talks about Sting forshadowing him quitting the band, but is no one gonna mention Stewart lowkey foreshadowing the Police disbanding after the Australian '84 tour? - 5:13
You are confusing dates...This interview is at the beginning of 1981 during Zenyatta Mondatta tour...Stewart had not predicted anything, only six months of rest after the end of the tour...Their fourth and fifth album were yet to be made...
I thought this was the Bill Grundy interview of the Sex Pistols at first.
Sting destroyed all magical dreams of the police fans...
girl what is at the end of the video-
If you guys were in India.......You should've come to the tiny Hamlet of Darjeeling in the Mid-Eastern part of the country......where there were 2 Die Hard Fans..... one of whom perished in the early 90's......And the other who is left hanging onto a dream that is beyond materialization...... Of course you guys were Great.........And you know that.......Sadly, Tch...Tch....Tch......Signing Off in 19th May 2022 ( Post Covid )
They won't go there because it smells like an elephants sweaty grundle.
‘Perspective? Too much fuckin perspective.’
sting has that cocaine voice...
He was really coked up in a lot of the 1981-82 interviews, he came off it for good in 1984 after the Synchronicity t
4:13
No further questions.
@@rustykuntz94 81-82 was his cocaine period. I'm not sure if he was doing it anymore by Synchronicity.
Yeah tough life so you have to abuse yourself with cocaine. Some of these arrogant fuckers should walk through a children's hospital ward.
Really
In all these years I didn't know he was a coke head
Explains so much
Peaked too soon and maybe made too many albums… egos too. But best trio all time for sure all talented musicians
sting n laird hamilton look the same lol
1:34 "When we played in Argentina, where we're not, you know, the top group, er - they're still getting into the Beatles there - there are still places in the world where we have to start from the bottom..."
Sorry Steward...you're completely wrong. They had their own groups which they were best in south america...
@@ockewolfy Not quite wrong really - South American markets are not very dynamic and tend to support artists for long - Roger Waters, The Cure and the Rolling Stones still sell out stadiums and still receive significant radio / TV airtime
@@jp00349What I react is "..in those days the people were still listening to the Beatles"..We're are talking about the 80's. The political situation in those countries made it difficult to go there and play. Rock in Rio was the first place europeans band could play. That's the reason a lot of bands never play in south america...Maybe that's why there's still interest in see them... But you have the records...and the most came out in those days....By the way, I see POLICE IN 2007...What a great band...
@@ockewolfy I worked for many years with a major record label and I've been to their Buenos Aires office in those years. Your view is understandably local, but big corporations see the big picture and, for whatever reason may be, in the early 1980s' Argentina there were local artists which sound was more 1960s really (e g Seru Giran et al). This is what Stewart is referring to and no offence is intended.
In 2007 Argentina was definitely getting into the Police...Are you guys forgetting that "Certifiable" was recorded in a Buenos Aires stadium?
3 Blondies!!!!
“May of never of” huh?
What are you teenagers? Get your feet off the furniture! 😠
dogs off the table