The Police - Spirits In The Material World

[@danburnes722]

That bass plays itself.

[@margaritalopezcrook8776]

Sting is really an unparalleled musician. His voice, his lyrics, his ability to play bass with his mind...

[@Afurthyclays]

This is in a completely different key than the album version.... How cool!!! 😃

[@danielmarquis5258]

My favorite Band of ALL TIME!!! This is one of my favorite Police Songs, from my favorite album, "Ghost in the Machine."

[@ukok8177]

This is a bloody unique sound

[@jml-rj5re]

No one has sounded like The Police before or since.

[@PandoraNYC1]

OMG, I used to love watching the Kenny Everett Show

[@tinjos8306]

These guys were all so ridiculously talented. Stewart Copeland's drumming is just incredible. Sting had a solid solo career but I don't think it equals what the Police did.

[@peterjonas4971]

I agree, and I've been a huge fan since '80. But I do think that sadly his timing has suffered a bit in the last decades.

[@RB747domme]

I still maintain that this is the version that they should have released. I absolutely adore it in this Dm key. It just sounds so much more natural to Sting, and I also prefer the piccolo snare and picking mandolin as opposed to the keyboard. The original studio version in Am sounds kind of boring now. I love it.

[@Eleventhearlofmars]

Clit Trapper I agree

[@ThomasBorghus]

The bridge is much more interesting here too. Is there a stereo version of this version you know of?

[@thewomble1509]

@@ThomasBorghus I'm pretty sure this was the radio mix in the UK when the song was released.

[@MaxMismetti]

@@thewomble1509wow I’m an avid Police collector and I had never heard this version until today. I wonder if I can find it anywhere as a promo single or something!

[@thewomble1509]

@@MaxMismetti Have you got the "Message In a Box" boxed set? I'm not certain but it MAY be in that. Hope that helps.

[@Afurthyclays]

For those asking, Sting is using an 8 string Hamer Blitz bass. It might be fretless. Andy is using a Chiquita travel guitar.

[@luzhizui]

Using?

[@damnstraight333]

I can't stop watching this, Sting was so hot. The song is brilliant too.

[@michalmorawski7569]

Playing it in a loop. Hypnotising version: personally I prefer this one to the album version as most have underlined it.

[@EleanorPeterson]

Dear Kenny Everett died too soon. A sweet and gentle guy. And what a marvellously Cupid Stunt with Sting... 💕

[@skywalker0794]

Stewart playing with matched grip...now that's something you don't see everyday!

[@matthampson1466]

Adrian Zieba I'm pretty sure that's a traditional grip for most of the song except the chorus which is matched as you suggest

[@jml-rj5re]

Stewart is standing up. Hard to play the classic left had grip standing.

[@petestevens3970]

great version; love this band; been lucky enough to see them three times: Ghost in the Machine, Synchronicity and Reunion tour ~

[@damian-795]

This version is amazing

[@squonk86]

Saw them over 12 times and time was better then the other.Great times!!

[@tubeyhamster]

This is not live but I like this version. It accentuates the minor key and makes the song even more poignant. It might be an alternate version--Sting sometimes did a few different mixes when making the albums. I've never heard it before, but I like it. Sting's vocals sound great.

[@richardquinto477]

This is just...addicting

[@redskin133]

this is in the key of Dm instead of the original album version which is in Am. It was played live in Dm during the tours that followed

[@RickNowels1]

Masterpiece. In every way.

[@komaxlaredo]

Stewart Copeland uno de los mejores baterias del rock.

[@andresrodriguezmella8100]

Yo siempre he pensado k es el mejor baterista.

[@pixiedustoftweedleD]

this is a version that i had never heard before. thx for the post. so great.

[@beautynthadark]

song is sick...love me sum 80s music yo

[@Isotec1]

I wish they would put aside their differences and give us new music.

[@thewomble1509]

Listening to his last album and his new single with Shaggy,i think it's fair to say that Sting may have lost his knack for coming up with an original tune or ten.

[@squonk86]

Unfortunately that will never happen.

[@ECCENTRICERIC69]

@@thewomble1509 Well, god forbid the other two come up with something decent!

[@_Ben4810]

Only Sting's ego...Oh, & talk of some possible legal action from Andy regarding increased royalties & credits (rightly so)...

[@GinoDiCarlo]

This sounds like the way they performed it live with the horn section. It's a pretty neat version, sort of a live in the studio.

[@enricobarchi8892]

Very nice mix - different from the record!

[@LuizBertonimusic]

best band ever.period.

[@Eleventhearlofmars]

Nah, but bloody good.

[@TheDantheman1969]

Just love thart version!!

[@Rockettez]

Yeah, it is. Both Sting and Andy were actually sponsored by Hamer around the Zenyatta/ Ghost-period, but on tapes and pictures I have, it doesn't seem they were used much by them, except for promo-pictures and such. You can see Sting playing around with this bass on "The Police around the world"-video (Soundcheck: "Canary in a coalmine"-rif). It has a distinct "octaved" sound. Sting also had a four-stringed Hamer.

[@WaLdIr37]

A única música que ouço todos os dias, gênios !

[@scarlettsinn5833]

I miss Kenny Everett😢

[@exitcheese]

i love every version, i'd love to hear kate bush do a version of this!

[@davuldelici]

It s funny how Stu plays the drums with such conviction in this clips : )

[@tubeyhamster]

Because Stewart was a fan of the band.

[@glueforall]

@thepolice281 thats a Chiquita "travel guitar"....fully functional...just a pint size electric guitar whose claim to fame was that you could check it onto an airplane and it would fit in overhead...those came about i believe about '79 or '80

[@paisleybabee]

Oh! Thanks I thought he was miming with a ukulele ha ha!

[@Isotec1]

Good version of the song.

[@hanoufabderrahmane5913]

A legend band 🙌 ♥️

[@alessandronorman9455]

The Police are an incredible legend

[@jeremyflemingii929]

👏😲📢 HEY THAT IS A GREAT SONG AND GREAT RENDITION OF WHAT THIS SONG CAN BE! GREAT MIX! 5 THUMBS UP, AND 5 STARS!!! 👍👍👍👍👍🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Jeremy in VA, Virginia, east coast 👍👏👌🙏🙏🙏💣💥🧨💥

[@sid77777]

excellent

[@florenceleoma]

40 ans après toujours fan de Police et inconditionnelle de Mr Copeland!!!

[@rickplatinum9896]

THANK YOU for posting - I have never heard that version before !

[@BeerCigarsAndTexas]

Stewart's cymbal rolls get me every time

[@III1099]

Why am I only just hearing this now ! Love this version - also love the version of Beds too big they did on this show too - guess I was just slightly too young to watch this show first time round

[@reppintrini3576]

real nice music this is real 80's music...blessings sting from da band police...bless

[@tajames68]

This version (and every live version I've heard) is in Dm. The album version (with layered vocals) is in Am. Perhaps Dm worked better for a lone vocal?

[@Petar_Nikolov]

Never before heard that GREAT version! Maybe it is the previous version of the original take... As it is mentioned in Wikipedia: "...in fact, Sting wanted to record the song without Summers entirely. Having written the song on a synthesizer, he wanted for it to use synthesizer instead of guitar, and to play the synthesizer part himself. Summers thought the synthesizer part should be replaced by guitar, and after considerable argument, they compromised by recording the part on both instruments, with a mix such that the synthesizer drowned out much of Summers's guitar"

[@DB7761]

On the verses I like Sting's voice and singing more than in the original

[@MiriamMars]

The other difference is the main key. That version is in d-minor...The original is in a-minor

[@AlobytesOgniddove]

Great friend... 😂

[@Isotec1]

I wished they would put aside their differences and do new music and a tour.

[@JohnnyBeane]

Very cool video!!!!! JB

[@cloudchaser07]

I just love to see Copeland drumming

[@t3br00k35]

nobody sounds like this

[@right-hand1388]

01...1.3 😂😂 r.i.p KENNY EVERRET !

[@themusicman1970]

This is a cool version of this song. It kind of sounds like an earlier version than what' on Ghost in the Machine, however, I still much prefer the original.

[@claudiopalma1722]

I Love THE POLICE

[@gaae2000]

omg...1981 i still didnt know who The Police were. 12yrs old

[@POLICEchout]

awesome footage, always happy to see new old stuff popping up on youtube.

[@annasumner]

AAHHHHH!!! Amazing!!

[@EphemeralProductions]

LOL!! That was too funny that part where he and Sting were rollin around! LOL

[@NadRaad1]

Hahaha!!! That's sooo great! KeatonsAnnex, thanks for posting!

[@carakenio]

Wow this recorded version is different,it does has horns & other assorted sounds !!

[@GAPBYGAP]

Merci pour le collector

[@Laurent75017]

this is not the studio version from the record. Rerecorded for that TV show ?

[@DesertSageArizona]

GREAT footage, thank you! SONG OF THE DAY Spirits in the Material World- 🎸By The Police. Released 40 years ago, in 1981- This was released as a single in 1981. This song reached No. 12 in 🇬🇧 the UK; and No. 11 in the 🇺🇸 USA! The song was written by Sting. It is also the opening track for 🎸 their 1981 album “Ghost in the Machine”. (I always did love the name of that album)! “Spirits In The Material World” Lyrics/🎶Poetry There is no political solution To our troubled evolution Have no faith in constitution There is no bloody revolution We are spirits in the material world Are spirits in the material world Are spirits in the material world Are spirits in the material world Our so called leaders speak With words they try to jail you They subjugate the meek But it's the rhetoric of failure We are spirits in the material world Are spirits in the material world Are spirits in the material world Are spirits in the material world Where does the answer lie? Living from day to day If it's something we can't buy There must be another way We are spirits in the material world Are spirits in the material world Are spirits in the material world... kzbin.info/www/bejne/eHmylqmOaamffc0 (Loving this Music Video Memory)! Happy Listening! ❤️🎸🎶

[@iamremmie]

Thanks Agnes! 😆

[@nikjanevmusic]

thank u.. this is one I hadn't seen :)

[@PubliusDiamond]

What the hell is Andy playing? haha it looks like a tenor ukelele

[@Afurthyclays]

Chiquita travel guitar. 😃

[@AlobytesOgniddove]

ahahahaha best interview!!!

[@gaae2000]

that was hillarious!!!

[@aviadmei]

GREAT VIDEO! British humour at its best!

[@FrannyRenee]

I don't know micra but those shoes are hysterical.

[@EphemeralProductions]

A lot of "live" perfomances in the 80's were lip synced to recordings. Cheesy maybe yes, but that's how they did it.

[@matthampson1466]

The fractures within the band are evident even in this video which was shot around the time Stingo had believed as chief songwriter it was now time to go it alone...look at Stewart, he barely looks at him during the complete video. I still believe they are the best musical talent of their era and it was a shame they split but it's nice to unearth different versions of their most successful tracks like this one.

[@arsenalfan98]

Prerecorded live version of Spirits...nice find!

[@michaelpowell6712]

I love it mane

[@fastfootedone]

the key words there being, 'young girls'

[@snessub]

They don't even try to hide that they're playing playback :D

[@Semiam1]

Not enough room on that platform for Stew’s complete kit

[@lukaszcalabrese1709]

when Sting was genuine....

[@eltorpedo67]

What does that even mean?

[@lukaszcalabrese1709]

I don't remember what I was thinking

[@Petar_Nikolov]

You don't remember, cos remembering needs brain....

[@naki5007]

@@lukaszcalabrese1709 hahahaha

[@damian-795]

Lukasz, I know what you mean by that, he was more real here, more rough. Also we are spirits as sting says, so Peter is wrong- no brain needed 😁😎😎

[@WhiteWolfDief]

*rofl* kenny and the whole intro are hilarious!

[@akitoo0]

what do the old man says in the end of the video after "hmmm I'm not surprised" ?? hahhaa

[@radityoyantono9371]

so addicted

[@akitoo0]

hahahaha, that old man is hilarious xD thnx for your answer !

[@RastaSaiyaman]

I would have loved to see them play it the way they are depicted here: Stuart with only two drums and a Hi-hat, Andy with that short guitar and Sting with that eight string bass. I'm pretty sure they could have pulled it off.

[@Fixxxer1999]

hes not even playing the bass hahahahahhaha MAGIC xD

[@tubeyhamster]

Sting was not a fan of the band.

[@Brecconable]

The bit before Spirits starts playing reminds me of my mates antics ROFL

[@maxsemenov83]

I wonder why they don't play this song anymore

[@fabricioassismg5622]

Yeah, i found that!... This is my favorite version, i think it was a demo from the 'Ghost In The Machine' album or some 'bonus track' in CD, whatever!

[@joelvela4578]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@d_the_great]

This, Thomas Dolby, ABC...

[@3_DAYWKENDOFFICIAL]

What date was this?

[@javier86050]

25.12.1981 aprox

[@maguito1313]

when did they record this fantastic version? after o before they released the Ghost in the Machine?

[@kamelbaadi8706]

Après

[@tinapbutler]

YES!!!!!!!!

[@robertk2007]

Wonder if this was lip synced?

[@jacop4689]

interwiew you ? :-D ♥ Thanks agnes

[@peterjonas4971]

I've seen a whole lot of Police videos but never this one. Looks like a show in UK, and I'm from US. Thank you for posting. What that other instrument I hear in the 3rd verse? Andy's not plugged in, so I can't tell.

[@GAoctavio]

Pretty sure this was recorded with Andy's g303/gr300, and Moog synth pedals probably (which Sting and Andy both had)

[@GAoctavio]

Search Pat Metheny GR300 solo, very similar sound!

[@peterjonas4971]

@@GAoctavio THanks!

[@peterjonas4971]

@@GAoctavio I also think Sting is singing over the real track. The tempo is exactly like the recording, and Stew is just clowning around with his little two-piece! Or else this is some outtake with different guitar stuff. But I don't believe they're actually playing the whole song here by themselves.

[@GAoctavio]

Of course not, thats a real funny guitar to play. Mimic playing on TV was quite common at the time (see top of the pops) @@peterjonas4971

[@ryanpurpura80]

Fuck that snare drum is like a punch in the guts! #Drummers

[@martincarlos3759]

Some Music is too perfect for a live recapturing.

[@valuecalc]

Too fun! Too funny!

[@lalloghin]

in those days Sting e Stew could not stay in the same room without fighting. Probably this is a prerecorded demo with Sting and Andy tracks. Stew apparently is playing 'live'

[@graceshelton2602]

Thx Agnes. Lol!!

[@tubeyhamster]

@RidankMusic Stewart was the only member of the group with any dress sense.

[@Eleventhearlofmars]

Ha, no way. Not when I’ve seen some of the ridiculous stuff he wore in the late seventies and eighties, football socks with tiny shorts and tshirt lol.

[@davepukem]

"Were they arrested?"

[@LordoftheJimmy]

Is this version available anywhere? I think it's actually better than the album version...

[@bmwexxxoticredheadmamibell4009]

my studio searching for it too today.adios. good luck ... incredible

[@damienboriciuapa4687]

BMWRedhead_CherriRedBenzCLK so damn good. love this song still when i was born in 80s my older sister born 70-76 always blast thi song by sting the police.still love it goRgeous. ey mamita. hi bmw redhead.

[@pctureperfct]

easy. download the video and convert it to an mp3. just google "youtube to mp3"

[@MJLU280]

LordoftheJimmy not available. I think this was the version Sting preferred but they decided to go w the album version.

[@jayrox40]

They played the same version on Top of the pops too in December 1981.