his drumming was vital to the police most recognizable drumming style
@swami19 жыл бұрын
Stewart Copeland is a force of nature.
@miklmiklmtrcycl60093 жыл бұрын
Interesting how his voice has developed over the years. So well spoken. A diplomats son.
@bhkidd14 жыл бұрын
Stewart is just wired differently than 98% of the rest of the drummers in the world. He can play anything, and his syncopation is simply amazing. He also understands the rhythmic differences in music from different parts of the world. You hear a lot of it in the Ghost in the Machine album. Simply amazing.
@MattFoleysGhostАй бұрын
I think the key is he’s maybe a little smarter but definitely more educated and exposed to other culture than most American drummers. As he said he’s a “frustrated guitarist”. He’s got the talent for melody instruments but didn’t pursue in earnest until later. Then through in that he grew up overseas and soaked up a variety of different ideas 98% of Americans weren’t exposed to and you have a recipe for success. Like Dave Mathews whose unique approach to guitar parts was shaped by growing up in South Africa. Or Elvis, who was just a little more curious than the other white kids and got exposed to southern black music that became Rock n Roll.
@soldierloz5 жыл бұрын
A magician and craftsman of the drums. Him, Andy Summers and Sting are the perfect combination.
@ConstantlyAdging9 жыл бұрын
"They're a joke" hahaha I love this guy :D
@LookingTheBest7 жыл бұрын
He breaks the fourth wall by looking directly at us too haha Genius!!
@robertk20079 жыл бұрын
He's not a drummer.. He's the ultimate rhythmatist
@BlackRose369.9 жыл бұрын
Rhytmatists make good drummers I think.
@stevemurrell61674 жыл бұрын
He's a percussionist....and one the best ever.
@fishbone33333 жыл бұрын
@@stevemurrell6167 Yes, indeed -- arguably one of the best percussionists ever
@Twsuf13 жыл бұрын
He's plain lousy! Stiff, Lol 😂😆😂
@liamg22714 жыл бұрын
Total legend. The man is ridiculously talented
@31lafouine8 жыл бұрын
I just learned anybody could play drums like Copeland. I'm going for it right now
@frankjamesbonarrigo71627 жыл бұрын
he'd be a wonderful music teacher
@WS-13 жыл бұрын
Part of what has been probably the most interesting documentary on the Police ever made , and a very interesting insight into the huge contribution made by Stewart Copeland .
@tigersfan147 жыл бұрын
I love that he has no qualms in saying he steals licks and makes them his own. Reminds me of that saying: good artists borrow, great ones steal outright.
@Twsuf13 жыл бұрын
Like Comedians
@robsutton3092 Жыл бұрын
And comptrollers and plumbers.
@markbusell87973 жыл бұрын
"Drums are a joke, really easy to play".. sign of genius.
@sherribailey7515 жыл бұрын
i love a man that knows his craft but is not arrogant about it. stewart is such a man.
@patton30310 жыл бұрын
I play drums for a living and get to see the world because of this guy.
@chocomanger68734 жыл бұрын
Get to see the world? Who do you drum for?
@glengamble5263 жыл бұрын
Choco Manger cruise ships, most likely.
@patton3033 жыл бұрын
Glen Gamble Never did cruise ships. I’m just a hired gun for various so and so’s. Of course I’m taking a forced vacation right now. I have drum vids if you want to check em out.
@spookybaba3 жыл бұрын
You are in a Police covers band?
@briannewman5326 жыл бұрын
I come back to this video and watch it from time to time. I don't even play drums, but I find his commentary on it completely fascinating.
@BigJH375 жыл бұрын
“...drummer in the hardest working person in the studio.” You tell ‘em Stu!
@pandanurse10 жыл бұрын
"Why is your drumming different from other drummers?" cause he's Stewart fucking Copeland
@keishamartin513710 жыл бұрын
Yeah baby!
@michaelleahy12310 жыл бұрын
Jools is a cvnt!
@stevemisog6 жыл бұрын
Damn right! He's just too cool to say it himself. I think Stuart Copeland doesn't receive the accolade he so rightly deserves. In my mind he's the greatest drummer ever!
@m.x.24426 жыл бұрын
I always thought that Stewart came off a bit arrogant and egocentric in most interviews,,and he does..however, I didn't get that impression at all from this. Good interview though, knowledgeable dude either way.
@jaggass5 жыл бұрын
His voice was so high then.
@miss2tone11 жыл бұрын
Oh jesus lord when he does the example of reggae from 3.41, makes my hairs stand up, he's so amazingly talented.
@aansar11 жыл бұрын
2:30 ... almost thought Blur's Song#2 was going to kick in... and had a panic attack. Wooo hooo! I saw this interview waaaay back when in the eighties -- love it.
@tguthrie65 жыл бұрын
woo hoo!
@keishamartin513710 жыл бұрын
One if the best in the galaxy.
@8020drummer9 жыл бұрын
Amaaaaaaaaazing
@damstr11055 жыл бұрын
"They're a joke!" Lol....you're the greatest Mr. Copeland!!!
@GazmoSin1960s8 жыл бұрын
Love the demonstration he gave. But the whole interview is great.
@livefree12499 жыл бұрын
No question.....Stewart Copland is an amazing drummer.....His beat is legendary!!!!
@Dogdrum7 жыл бұрын
Even though Sting was the frontman/posterboy for The Police, Stewart Copelznd was the one most at ease with the media. He just didn't give a shit, haha! Of course, the band started because Monsieur Copeland, so...
@TheSyntheticPop9 жыл бұрын
That last groove at the end is awesome, you get a sense of Copeland's style. Sounds a bit like Walking On The Moon.
@Auntkekebaby14 жыл бұрын
He's the original drum n bass machine. He's fast and clean. The cymbal work is impeccable. He can play ANYTHING...WELL!
@StickyRix16 жыл бұрын
One of the best drummers. He was really good at feeling time. Beats with an emphasis on 1 or 3 are my favorite.
@SebsBeenHere Жыл бұрын
Stewart Copeland is to The Police as Ray Manzarek is to The Doors! They’re both the most crucial element to their respective groups. Fucking love em all!
@MerkinMuffly7 жыл бұрын
Yeah, reggae drum beat is totally alien to me, couldn't get the hang of it at all.
@johnnyb88253 жыл бұрын
I'm an amateur drummer but as I've been listening to reggae and ska since 1980 (when I was 14) I fortunately found it quite easy to grasp. Reggae is a kind of half-sibling of rock. Most modern popular music is American-derived. Reggae, as Jamaican music, is a departure from that (though it has some links with rhythm'n'blues as well). To me the reggae (and ska and rocksteady) drum rhythm sounds like a simplified version of the mento rhythm (mento being a form of Jamaican folk music closely related to calypso). Here are the drumming patterns compared: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iZ64e5yfa56FoK8
@sdh417 жыл бұрын
Love music, can't play a lick, and that was fascinating to watch.
@nathanjones23103 жыл бұрын
This interview is 100% in the top 5 of videos on KZbin that i accidentally watched & throughly enjoyed & its the first time ive seen the man & heard the voice of the genius behind the Equalizer tv theme song. Stewart Copeland is obviously highly intelligent based-on his responses & the music he produced for the show. I’ve been a fan, so unsure why it took me until today to look him up.
@jeniferallan66932 ай бұрын
Genius and a really enthusiastic guy. Love him.
@SXI967 жыл бұрын
the drumming Ghost on the Machine is incredible, it was being recorded during this session, Copeland was such a natural, gifted drummer, he is on another level
@jamesha1754 жыл бұрын
kudos to jools holland for this interview. and holland is no slouch as a musician either.
@godbluffvdgg7 жыл бұрын
His Reggae description was awesome. I like how he appreciates its contribution to music. Never really liked Reggae but; it does have a nice hook...:)
@nohaste4me8 жыл бұрын
fantastic!! Here at his best period!
@BadRonald18 жыл бұрын
That was hilarious when he said Billy Cobham, ha ha The look on his face. Like it's all confusing. Too funny
@godbluffvdgg7 жыл бұрын
All we drummers are in awe of Billy C...Once you've heard One Word Or Miles Beyond or his Stratus album; it will almost make you hang up your sticks...:) Have you ever practiced to Billy? ...Like foot racing Jesse Owens...:)
@spookybaba3 жыл бұрын
It's a pity that he doesn't even come close to Cobham.
@juliepixler17 жыл бұрын
He is so hot there....and brilliantly smart,...his understanding of music and percussion is why he is STEWART COPELAND...so great that they are back on tour this year.
@evaristo68325 жыл бұрын
Genius! Hands down the best contemporary drummer there is. Also a great composer. Wish he would write more music like he did in the 80’s .
@elliotalpert228510 жыл бұрын
just plain awesome.
@MoonlightNothing4 жыл бұрын
Amazing
@krugmeister73019 жыл бұрын
..What an Awesome Talent he Has Stewart.!
@MerkinMuffly7 жыл бұрын
Is it just me or does Stewart sound like Schroeder from Charlie Brown?
@christianmeglio91113 жыл бұрын
The son from Breaking bad.
@satorified1612 Жыл бұрын
SC is my favorite musician, any genre, any instrument.
@vidarthorarinsson98336 жыл бұрын
thanxxx
@NeuralNetProcessor8 жыл бұрын
Yeah, without Stew Copeland, the Police might not have been so distinctive as far as a musical style is concerned. I don't know if Andy Summer or Sting would have hit on the reggae thing by themselves.
@luckyrocket19038 жыл бұрын
+NeuralNetProcessor yeah but without sting they wouldn't of been the huge success they were, it's his amazing voice and hit songs that were key
@darkoanton55 жыл бұрын
And Andy's guitar added the right amount of harmonic colour. All three were/are brilliant.
@chocomanger68734 жыл бұрын
Well, it was happening at the time, wasn't it? I mean, it's hardly just the Police that were playing with reggae. Remember ska? Uh huh. Lots to think about. Didn't even John Lydon go down to Jamaica to check things out?
@Songbirdstress4 жыл бұрын
Guitar's pretty distinctive too. Noone else does it like Summer. All in all three amazing artists.
@NeuralNetProcessor4 жыл бұрын
Oh yeah, I wasn't trying to take away from Andy Summer (or Sting, for that matter.) All 3 are amazing, truly.
@MoonlightNothing4 жыл бұрын
He's still cute, Sooo cute.
@marshhen3 жыл бұрын
Wow I never understood that Reggae puts the base drum on the 3 instead of the backbeat of 2 and 4. Thank you Stewart Copeland. Geniuses never hesitate to share basic information because they have no ego need to build themselves up. The opposite of most people, desperate to keep the simpler basics of what they do to themselves in order to encourage others to be impressed by them.
@BananaPhoPhilly9 жыл бұрын
I say the exact same thing about drumming. The drum set is a very straightforward instrument.
@MichaelDavis-bi5dz9 жыл бұрын
***** Have you played? I agree it is, but it takes a master to make something look easy. Buddy Rich, Neil Peart, Todd Suchermann, and even Stewart Copeland, make it look easy when you're doing complex timing, but where drumming shines is in making the damn thing(s) sound musical and fitting it into certain songs that way.
@BananaPhoPhilly9 жыл бұрын
Michael Davis I've been playing drums for five years. The first time I played, I literally watched what a guy did for fifteen seconds and then played it on the set. Though it was nothing complex, it still seemed easy even though I had never played set before then.
@MichaelDavis-bi5dz9 жыл бұрын
People can have a natural rhythm and talent but its still hard work, Buddy Rich was able to play amazingly the first time he ever picked up sticks. When you get into memorizing things like entire shows and playing stuff like Rush, or even marching and playing like the Blue Devils, you open up a whole new world of percussion and drumming.
@fuzzylogiceire9 жыл бұрын
***** Comes easier to some people. Others struggle for a while and don't make as much of an instant impact. I've seen it first hand.
@Jellybeantiger6 жыл бұрын
BananaPhoPhilly Took me 5 seconds to play barre chords on the guitar and major keys on piano,drums require just as much skill,also guitar uou can take anywhere to oractice.
@Tamella7215 жыл бұрын
He's so hot on this clip. Thanks for posting.
@alvaro.makes.music13 жыл бұрын
I love the last frame of the vid xd
@streenghtto7 жыл бұрын
a monster real inspirational underrated drummer
@Megadeaf752 жыл бұрын
I love this guy.
@noisyneil13 жыл бұрын
interesting stuff. i love how loud he plays in an interview. no hesitation. class. i saw an interview once with ernest ranglin and he said pretty much the same thing; they were trying to play motown stuff and kinda got it wrong, ending up with something amazing in the process. i always think of that 'reggae' thing as being like half-time with no downbeat. i dunno. thanks for uploading. :-)
@miss2tone17 жыл бұрын
Aww he was a sooo young here, god bless him.
@symboitesRul315 жыл бұрын
I love how people think he's egotistical even though he's just smart. Even if he is, who cares? Smart people should have egos.
@edybocman763 жыл бұрын
@West Bay K. make music is a job is you do it in a profesional level man is really hard work
@artrock1012 жыл бұрын
"I'm an arrogant twat." - Stewart Copeland
@yuh29879 жыл бұрын
Longer arms, I play with my feet, and I'm a drumming demigod too.
@winksoda8614 жыл бұрын
True...I know folks that have hung out with him and I've heard good things. He really mellowed with age....thankfully
@unknown-bx4xn10 жыл бұрын
What a great man!
@jetlaw_12 жыл бұрын
It's always fun to watch brilliance in action.
@miss2tone17 жыл бұрын
Total class, that reggae example, pure and utter class.Crisp clear percussive genius.
@GrooveThumper15 жыл бұрын
I can tell you how Stewart, in Jamaica where reggae originated, they would receive over radio waves this American music that they loved, but the distances were far and their sound systems sucked, so they could not hear the low end, no kick drum, so when they got instruments and went to recreate this music, they had to imagine where the kick was. The pioneers of reggae placed it with the 1 and 3 of the snare, thinking they hit together, with even more emphasis on 3. True Story.
@dodgedandle8311 Жыл бұрын
Copeland is just Different Gravy. 🌞 say no more ⭐️
@javiceres2 жыл бұрын
Top musician
@RexBarca5 жыл бұрын
Its a paradigm of the cosmos!
@zzkeokizz9 жыл бұрын
Love it. Guy's brilliant.
@MSHRPC14 жыл бұрын
And yet he makes it sound like it's so simple. You're absolutely right. Some of us just hear and interpret music on another level.
@dukeofpearl16 жыл бұрын
i've played the guitar for years and i've just bought my first drum kit. they are a lot easier to plat than the axe, but the drums are waaaaaaay more fun to play!!! i feel like as kid again! copeland, great drummer.
@StickyRix16 жыл бұрын
Awesome, I love weird sounds
@bettongo14 жыл бұрын
So fucking amazing!!! One of a kind!!
@claudioguglielmi82114 жыл бұрын
Grande batterista da uno stile unico riconoscevi il suo suond tra 100 batteristi 👍👍👍
@claudioguglielmi82114 жыл бұрын
Grazie 👏👏
@XtrmMcjohnson16 жыл бұрын
i went to their final show 8/7/08 at madison square garden, and even though sting and andy didnt move all that much, copeland added the most energy with his amazing drumming and he also switched to play the gong and some bells, it was amazing!
@cowbellthunder16 жыл бұрын
Copeland is great for his humility. Can't top this guy.
@ULYSSES-3117 жыл бұрын
Yes he is.
@johngrunwell61014 жыл бұрын
IT'S A PARADIGM FOR THE COSMOS!!!!
@sithyness13 жыл бұрын
I couldn't play a lick of guitar or piano but I discovered I could coordinate my four limbs to make rhythms and keep time from the start. I agree with half of what Stewart Copeland says about it being easy. Drums come very easy to some people. Not many but some.
@jonnylpenman3 жыл бұрын
in the last couple milliseconds, you see sting tilting his head about with a pen in his mouth, which linked up exactly to the police every little thing she does is magic music video
@ThreeOneThird3136 жыл бұрын
legend
@elmud16 жыл бұрын
as far as I'm concerned Stewart Copeland is one of the most original, expressive and awesome drummers since the 70's. Him and Jeff Porcaro are the best for me.
@hilaryberrospi82659 жыл бұрын
Que hermoso es!!!! ;_; Es tan perfecto
@MerkinMuffly7 жыл бұрын
Drums are a joke, really easy to play, anyone can do it, come on Stewie, give us a break.
@CarinaPrimaBallerina2 жыл бұрын
try harder, troll
@dinorei73642 жыл бұрын
@@CarinaPrimaBallerina No...he´s praising his modesty.
@KringusKrungus2 жыл бұрын
This is a joke, right? RIGHT?
@johnnyb88252 жыл бұрын
Easy or not, the drummer is the backbone of the band.
@ericmsandoval11 жыл бұрын
I JUST NOW realized that the guy interviewing Stewart is the same guy who has his own show and has all these rad bands on it! I saw this interview long ago, before I even knew of his show.
@TotoChapot10 жыл бұрын
2:58 best part
@george4747476 жыл бұрын
Paradigm for the cosmos. Gotcha.
@fsijh16 жыл бұрын
The best drumer ever!
@ThePozilla3 жыл бұрын
He was never shy, thats for sure, God bless his soul :)) Hehe i remember his opinion about classical musicians, "visual" ones, not like him of course. I love him to bits and I think he is one of the best drummers ever. But just for the sake of comparison Maxim Vengerov or Hilary Hanhn are demigods next to him
@felixthelmocevallosmorales72182 жыл бұрын
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.
@johnnyb88253 жыл бұрын
Reggae (and ska) is different. It is a special music.
@ferball4153 жыл бұрын
This is just fucking great.
@TheOtherKaneda17 жыл бұрын
Yeah, there's a video called the same thing as this - except for the lack of "2". It starts with the last part of the Sting interview (discussing Sting's bass, then going into a jam along with Andy Summers) Just search for it =o)
@44eelz13 жыл бұрын
thats an amazing style! but its really simple that they just replaced where the snare would be with the kick
@bcjaliu10 жыл бұрын
haha what a cool dude Copeland is!
@IMSJoseCuervo7 жыл бұрын
Stew ty for a solid lesson in rhythm theory.. I owned this DVD and know idea this lil nasal shit would go on to be the Jules Holland I know..
@therealawakener77 жыл бұрын
All you have to do is go and listen to Copeland's drumming on The Police tracks 'Truth Hits Everybody' & 'Message In a Bottle' and you'll know all yu need to know about why he's considered one of the best ever.
@bhkidd14 жыл бұрын
@redstartn Actually, it is refreshing to see someone that actually knows what he is talking about and appreciates and understands the history and theory of what he is playing. And if you ever meet him, you will see that pretentiousness is not even in the same universe with Stewart. I believe that adjective better suits another member of this group that rhymes with "bling".