The Super, 70s had a lot of great stuff for everyone of every Genre and you could always get plenty of,,SECONDS! HA,HAHA . if you are an ADULT, TAKE A LISTEN TO MIDNIGHT AT THE OASIS. RESPONSIBLE FOR MILIONS NEW BABBIES IN THE SUPER 70!
Ego’s or not…they earned it! The Police were absolutely incredible and so massively successful and still considered one of the best bands that ever came onto the stage! They have sold so many records and sold out every show they ever did and Sting is a writing genius period! Also helped he’s multitalented playing several instruments and also helps he’s very easy on the eyes. Very. I prefer The Police I tend to go to more than Sting passed 90s. Not to say Sting in the 80s alone was phenomenal! He’s just perfect. Can’t sing a bad song even if I do not like his modern stuff. Fabulous! Chefs kiss!
Oh The Police are bloody brilliant! I'm from England and most (if not every) household knows and still plays their music, So Lonely is my favourite of their songs ❤
Nearly half a century later. their influence can still be heard by the vocals of contemporary artists including Adam Levine, Bruno Mars and Ren just like back in the 80s where they had such a huge influence on the sound of bands like Men at Work
He sings amazingly high and is hard to cover. Never sell him short. When they called it quits they were the biggest band in the world and for great reason.
Roxxxxanne. So classic. As a 9 yr old I had no clue what the song was about, but I sure ran around the house singing it. Needless to say my parents weren't so happy about it lol.. You guys rock.. 🚨🚨
Stewart top 5 drummer all time. Agree totally, that Roxanne and Every Breath are so overplayed. Driven to Tears is a great drumming performance to check out
I love The Police better than just Sting's solo career. People may not agree but they were great together. Stuart is one of my favorite drummers (He's no Neil) but he is a close second. I read that he and Taylor Hawkins were good friends... Repeating is good if it is done right and knows when to stop. No fair there are no songs about Heather. 😂
Copeland actually became better friends with Peart before his death… They even jammed at Copeland’s home (which is featured on UA-cam) as the “Sacred Grove”, along w/various other musicians such as Dany Carrey, Les Claypool, etc…
No…Neil is no Stewart….he’s a fully formed musician……composing incredible works with Orchestra…..scoring films….and happens to be the more unique and talented drummer….it’s why Mr. Peart deferred to him….he was in awe of him.
It astounds me that Sting wrote all of the material for 'The Police' because I've never been a big fan of his solo material, but I loved almost everything from the group. Never knew about 'the accident' -- always felt the laugh was an intentional, creepy addition. When this came out in 1978, it was unlike anything ever heard on pop radio -- everyone loved it. I have a friend named Roxanne who was a senior in high school when this was released. She was not a fan -- likely because Roxanne in the song is a prostitute.
Fortyish years ago, used to eat at a Mexican restaurant that had a fun, boisterous clientele, usually packed with lots of college students. The head waiter was the owner, so anything could happen and often did between him and the diners. One Saturday lunchtime, a pretty and voluptuously under-dressed young lady in a group of four caught his attention (and ours too!) He struck up a loud and funny but embarrassing conversation with her. Much of the restaurant quieted down and listened to the interchange. When he leaned in close and convinced her to tell him her name, she reluctantly and quietly admitted what it was. It was like she lit a firecracker under his feet. He instantly jumped from the floor to the tabletop, directly in front of the stunned girl and, at the top of his lungs, belted out the loudest, graveliest, most accurate rendition of her name, "ROXANNE!!!" I have ever heard. The Police would have been proud. The place fell apart, especially the object of his overwhelming attention. She laughed until she couldn't breathe. After a couple of lines from the song, the waiter/owner jumped back down, gave Roxanne a friendly hug for being a good sport and declared a free lunch for her whole table. What a trip!
Fun Fact: The Police was a british band but Stewart Copeland is american and he's the son of a CIA officer, who was a founder of the OSS during WWII. 🙂
With only three people, pre-Synchronicity Police live and breathe the Punk aesthetic: terse rhythms, unique vocal wails, "burst" melodic shifts and short song length. RE: the reggae bass -- Remember too, that the UK in the 70s/80s was awash in Ska music, many West Indies people calling it home. So with that slower reggae beat, there's more room for the bass, easier to hear. Then of course, they shift into a punk higher gear for satisfying contrast. (Jack White would approve of their minimalism).
Sting is supposedly from Newcastle. Interesting fact: Newcastle people tend to sound quite similar to Jamaican people. If you say out loud "beer can", that is how both Geordies (native Newcastle people) and Jamaicans pronounce "bacon".
Ok guys...there's a different version of this done by Sting himself!!! In the mid 80s in England, there were several benefit concerts for the starving millions in Africa. Search on UA-cam for "The Secret Policeman's Ball " and watch Sting's soft version of this!! It completely changes the feeling of the song to a cry for love and recognition. Very much worth your time.
@@joebrown5120 That's right ....Amnesty Intl...I'd forgotten that. I agree, his Message in a Bottle was a haunting piece, also. For me, his delivery with the echo and just him and a Strat, set such a different feeling to those songs that I could never hear them quite the same again. I guess it really made me think about song lyrics is a whole different way after that. Thanks for your correction...
As of 2024, Every Breath You Take remains THE most played track in the history of radio, surpassing airplay by Michael Jackson, Van Halen, Drake, Diddy, Jay Z, Rihanna or Kanye West. So yeah, respect where it’s due.
Though I'm commenting this two years after this reaction video was released, I've only now just watched it, and wanted to weigh in on the Roxanne name question. When I was born, my dad was pulling for the name Roxanne, but my mom didn't like the possiblity of having a daughter nicknamed Roxie, so she overruled and I became Pamela (Pam). But the Fates were kind, and I still ended up with a song--Toto's "Pamela". (Hardly anyone knows that one, though, lol.) Police drummer Stewart Copeland spent a fair part of his childhood in Egypt and Lebanon, so he was exposed to and influenced by Middle Eastern musical scales and drum beats, (in addition to reggae), which may have resulted in the Latin-type sound that you noticed, Nick.
Big fan of your channel! You gotta react to "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic," "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da," "Don't Stand So Close to Me..." Go down The Police rabbit hole!
Every single time you turned on the radio at the end of the 70's, this song was being played or so it seemed. Al Stewart bought his first guitar from Andy Summers. Maybe this is true, perhaps not, but it is fun thought, nonetheless. Thanks.
Mama by Genesis is about a man in lust over a prostitute,apparently.Excellent song to listen and react too.Especially as Phill Collins seems to be turning insane with lust.The video is hot!
I heard this song when I was a kid, now 30 something yo, I liked it.. It's interesting, the pauses are.. It's simple, I mean when you are listening to a7x or Slipknot, Roxanne is simple right? 🤔 So guys, would you mind doing a reaction to Hysteria- Muse? 😁🙏
Guys, it'd be great if you could do more songs that none of you know. Along the lines of "Roller" by April Wine. That was a great reaction. Maybe you need to get back to some Canadian songs for that.
The police drummer an American Stewart Copeland in a British reagge punk band is one of the most underrated drummer of all time.
The Super, 70s had a lot of great stuff for everyone of every Genre and you could always get plenty of,,SECONDS! HA,HAHA . if you are an ADULT, TAKE A LISTEN TO MIDNIGHT AT THE OASIS. RESPONSIBLE FOR MILIONS NEW BABBIES IN THE SUPER 70!
Facts
Fact check: He's actually ranked pretty high among drummers.
Ego’s or not…they earned it! The Police were absolutely incredible and so massively successful and still considered one of the best bands that ever came onto the stage! They have sold so many records and sold out every show they ever did and Sting is a writing genius period! Also helped he’s multitalented playing several instruments and also helps he’s very easy on the eyes. Very. I prefer The Police I tend to go to more than Sting passed 90s. Not to say Sting in the 80s alone was phenomenal! He’s just perfect. Can’t sing a bad song even if I do not like his modern stuff. Fabulous! Chefs kiss!
Every time I hear this song. I think of Eddie Murphy in the movie 48hrs...
Oh The Police are bloody brilliant! I'm from England and most (if not every) household knows and still plays their music, So Lonely is my favourite of their songs ❤
Agreed
Sue Lawley...
So Lonely is SO AWESOME! I used to play the shit out of that song anytime I saw it on a pub jukebox.
Can't stand losing , when the world is running down and don't stand so close to me are my favs
Nearly half a century later. their influence can still be heard by the vocals of contemporary artists including Adam Levine, Bruno Mars and Ren just like back in the 80s where they had such a huge influence on the sound of bands like Men at Work
He sings amazingly high and is hard to cover. Never sell him short. When they called it quits they were the biggest band in the world and for great reason.
Roxxxxanne. So classic. As a 9 yr old I had no clue what the song was about, but I sure ran around the house singing it. Needless to say my parents weren't so happy about it lol.. You guys rock.. 🚨🚨
You made me laugh like Sting, LOL, thinking of a 9 year old singing "You don't have to put on the red light..."
The police in concert is fabulous and amazing
"Message In A Bottle" is a must, and "Walking On The Moon", and.... :)
THE best band that ever existed. PERIOD!!! 💯
The level at which those 3 guys play is just GOD MODE! And this was their FIRST SINGLE!
Stewart top 5 drummer all time. Agree totally, that Roxanne and Every Breath are so overplayed. Driven to Tears is a great drumming performance to check out
I saw The Police in concert 2008 in Kansas City on their last tour. The band was amazing and Sting was really cool. Great night!
I love The Police better than just Sting's solo career. People may not agree but they were great together. Stuart is one of my favorite drummers (He's no Neil) but he is a close second. I read that he and Taylor Hawkins were good friends... Repeating is good if it is done right and knows when to stop. No fair there are no songs about Heather. 😂
Copeland actually became better friends with Peart before his death…
They even jammed at Copeland’s home (which is featured on UA-cam) as the “Sacred Grove”, along w/various other musicians such as Dany Carrey, Les Claypool, etc…
You are right... I actually saw a video about that. 😊🎶❤
No…Neil is no Stewart….he’s a fully formed musician……composing incredible works with Orchestra…..scoring films….and happens to be the more unique and talented drummer….it’s why Mr. Peart deferred to him….he was in awe of him.
It astounds me that Sting wrote all of the material for 'The Police' because I've never been a big fan of his solo material, but I loved almost everything from the group. Never knew about 'the accident' -- always felt the laugh was an intentional, creepy addition.
When this came out in 1978, it was unlike anything ever heard on pop radio -- everyone loved it. I have a friend named Roxanne who was a senior in high school when this was released. She was not a fan -- likely because Roxanne in the song is a prostitute.
Another amazing drummer Stewart Copeland 🥁 great song from my childhood 🎶
The best cover of this song is by Eddie Murphy in the movie "48 Hours"
LOL!
It is ALWAYS what I think of when I hear this song!!
The Police can keep repeating at the end of a song and keep it fresh the way they change it up 🎧 💓 🎶
Hit up Walking on the Moon next by them. Stewart Copeland puts on an absolute hi-hat clinic, it’s immaculate.
Copeland’s cymbal work is rivaled my no one; not even Peart…
I love this song, one is that my name is Roxanne
Fortyish years ago, used to eat at a Mexican restaurant that had a fun, boisterous clientele, usually packed with lots of college students. The head waiter was the owner, so anything could happen and often did between him and the diners.
One Saturday lunchtime, a pretty and voluptuously under-dressed young lady in a group of four caught his attention (and ours too!) He struck up a loud and funny but embarrassing conversation with her. Much of the restaurant quieted down and listened to the interchange. When he leaned in close and convinced her to tell him her name, she reluctantly and quietly admitted what it was.
It was like she lit a firecracker under his feet. He instantly jumped from the floor to the tabletop, directly in front of the stunned girl and, at the top of his lungs, belted out the loudest, graveliest, most accurate rendition of her name, "ROXANNE!!!" I have ever heard. The Police would have been proud.
The place fell apart, especially the object of his overwhelming attention. She laughed until she couldn't breathe. After a couple of lines from the song, the waiter/owner jumped back down, gave Roxanne a friendly hug for being a good sport and declared a free lunch for her whole table. What a trip!
Fun Fact: The Police was a british band but Stewart Copeland is american and he's the son of a CIA officer, who was a founder of the OSS during WWII. 🙂
And his brother, their manager, founded IRS Records!
As the joke goes, in 1980 every teenager in the UK had a Police record.
I saw The Police in 1982. Great concert!
I have been listening to this album for over 30 years, and Never noticed the "bum piano".
The Police had so many great hits!!! I think their egos got the best of them.
Hammered by the end of the first chorus. Lord help the poor bastard who makes it to the end of the song.
With only three people, pre-Synchronicity Police live and breathe the Punk aesthetic: terse rhythms, unique vocal wails, "burst" melodic shifts and short song length.
RE: the reggae bass -- Remember too, that the UK in the 70s/80s was awash in Ska music, many West Indies people calling it home.
So with that slower reggae beat, there's more room for the bass, easier to hear.
Then of course, they shift into a punk higher gear for satisfying contrast.
(Jack White would approve of their minimalism).
Someone heard YES after The Police and commented how Jon Anderson sounded like Sting. Perhaps it was the other way round...
Sting is supposedly from Newcastle. Interesting fact: Newcastle people tend to sound quite similar to Jamaican people. If you say out loud "beer can", that is how both Geordies (native Newcastle people) and Jamaicans pronounce "bacon".
The instrumental Regatta de Blanc really showcases their musicianship.
Ok guys...there's a different version of this done by Sting himself!!! In the mid 80s in England, there were several benefit concerts for the starving millions in Africa. Search on UA-cam for "The Secret Policeman's Ball " and watch Sting's soft version of this!! It completely changes the feeling of the song to a cry for love and recognition. Very much worth your time.
I liked his solo version of “Message in a Bottle” in that concert. And the shows were for Amnesty International not famine relief.
@@joebrown5120 That's right ....Amnesty Intl...I'd forgotten that. I agree, his Message in a Bottle was a haunting piece, also. For me, his delivery with the echo and just him and a Strat, set such a different feeling to those songs that I could never hear them quite the same again. I guess it really made me think about song lyrics is a whole different way after that. Thanks for your correction...
@@rusty9129 yeah, it really switched the meaning for me from one of lovesickness to prisoners of conscience. Cheers!
"Oh hi Sting, I didn't know it was you!"
He was an addition in "Money for Nothing " I want my MTV....
Saying 'Sting is in the pocket' is perfect.
Andy Summers was a little older than the other two, playing much in the 60s around Jimmy Page and the Beatles, even before they were big.
As of 2024, Every Breath You Take remains THE most played track in the history of radio, surpassing airplay by Michael Jackson, Van Halen, Drake, Diddy, Jay Z, Rihanna or Kanye West. So yeah, respect where it’s due.
I want my MTV!
Though I'm commenting this two years after this reaction video was released, I've only now just watched it, and wanted to weigh in on the Roxanne name question. When I was born, my dad was pulling for the name Roxanne, but my mom didn't like the possiblity of having a daughter nicknamed Roxie, so she overruled and I became Pamela (Pam). But the Fates were kind, and I still ended up with a song--Toto's "Pamela". (Hardly anyone knows that one, though, lol.)
Police drummer Stewart Copeland spent a fair part of his childhood in Egypt and Lebanon, so he was exposed to and influenced by Middle Eastern musical scales and drum beats, (in addition to reggae), which may have resulted in the Latin-type sound that you noticed, Nick.
Reggae vibe that let's you keep danc'in through those last few bars. We might do with more of that vibe these daze.
The Sting solo album "Nothing Like the Sun" is just amazing.
one of my favourite bands. Copeland is one of the best drummers of all time.
Leaving on the red light for this reaction. 😉😎
Big fan of your channel! You gotta react to "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic," "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da," "Don't Stand So Close to Me..." Go down The Police rabbit hole!
The Police the best groupe of the world
You tell such funny stories, Nick.....Ha Ha Ha Ha!
Best drinking game song of all time.
Appreciate the Room reference! on my watch list. The Disaster Artist sold me.
Every single time you turned on the radio at the end of the 70's, this song was being played or so it seemed.
Al Stewart bought his first guitar from Andy Summers. Maybe this is true, perhaps not, but it is fun thought, nonetheless. Thanks.
Mama by Genesis is about a man in lust over a prostitute,apparently.Excellent song to listen and react too.Especially as Phill Collins seems to be turning insane with lust.The video is hot!
I can't listen to this without hearing Eddie Murphy screeching it from a prison cell in the film 48hrs.
Great band 👍🏻 only 3 of them but had a bigger sound . The sweater thing is true .
In fact, it's the red district from Amsterdam and not Paris. They put the red light when not available, I think.
I heard this song when I was a kid, now 30 something yo, I liked it.. It's interesting, the pauses are.. It's simple, I mean when you are listening to a7x or Slipknot, Roxanne is simple right? 🤔
So guys, would you mind doing a reaction to Hysteria- Muse? 😁🙏
You guys gotta do a "The Room" reaction. The greatest bad movie of all time
Just like Rush , an amazing trio...
This song was on the radio all the time back when it came out. I loved it at first, then it was played too much. Great review.
He has a nice voice... his approach to a particular song has to match it to the tee
Try "Murder by numbers"
"Interesting" lyrics.
Great drumming!
Masterpiece!
The Best DRUMMER STEWARD Coppeland 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
SAVATAGE..... HANDFUL OF RAIN 🌧️ OFFICIAL VIDEO 🔥
Synchronicity ll with official music video please
This was competing with Dire Straits' Sultans of Swing
the big classic
Stings voice won't be what you think.
There's "British", then there's "Geordie"
Guys, it's time for you to admit that UK music is the best one ever!
Can you do a voice comparison between Nick's voice and Seth Rogan's voice? Lol! 😂
Coldplay - Magic (Official Video)
The Disaster Artist is funny as hell.
Guys, it'd be great if you could do more songs that none of you know. Along the lines of "Roller" by April Wine. That was a great reaction. Maybe you need to get back to some Canadian songs for that.
Sting always says Roxanne is a tango...
Idk if you guys played spyro on ps1 or ps4 but the drummer does the music for it
Did you know, Stewart Copland's dad,,founded the C.I.A.
In college we used to do the Roxanne drinking challenge, every time they said it we had to take a swig or shot.
48hrs.
STEWARD COPELAND the best Drummer and ANDY SUMMERS the best guitarist ever
More police music titles please 😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉
Sting is the man Andy is awesome
Stewart held it altogether
Good good good Drummer
Yes, definitely played out. But objectively, still a great performance.
Hey, Could you plz react to Mornin’ by Al Jarreau?
❤❤❤
M S G.....🎸 ANYTIME.🤘HQ VIDEO.
Sting is a Geordie,,from Newcastle.
Hey guys you should react to Band Call RIO - Sex Crimes 1986. It's a best Song and Album ever, you might like that song or not. Enjoy your day.💯🎸🎹🥁🎤🎥
Sting said he was very hung over in this video
Oh hai, Nick.
Other songs please as message in the bottle walking on the moon ect
What’s the intro music? It’s good. :-)
KENNY WAYNE SHEPHERD.. Blue on Black.
Please More the police
U should try acdc whole Lotta Rosie live at river plate
I prefered the message song when I i was a kid
the police /époque reggae
Another the police please
Man0waR - Spirit Horse Of The Cherokee
Try King of Pain or Wrapped Around Your Finger
Message in a bottle too
Message un the bottle please More More please
When is your album coming out?
2-25-2025
What song have you written with a better chorus?
Music is subjective. I'm sure you don't like every chorus you've heard either.
ZEBRA... ARABIAN NIGHTS.
He is English all the best are