Moon over Bourbon street-Sting

[@MICHELEDRUCKERMIAMI]

More often than not, this song makes me sob. I started college in New Orleans the year this album came out. I fell in love with the City, Interview with a Vampire, and took a lover for the first time at 18. The lover became my husband 9 years later and we have a beautiful family with lots of adult responsibilities. It's overwhelming to re-connect with the surge of those exhilarating achingly nostalgic memories. I know in my bones I will never again be able to recreate feeling so incredibly alive and carefree.

[@junooombv]

that is so cool! i wish you two a happy life

[@carlo_cali]

I read all the Vamp Chronicles up to Blood Canticle, but The Witching Hour made me obsessed with New Orleans and the "Garden District". Blackwood Farm was also set there.

[@kimhebert9905]

The good thing is…It’s a Great Memory 🙂

[@mariacristinadeus1917]

Todos nós jamais recriaremos as sensações maravilhosas das descobertas quando éramos inocentes. Também tive vida muito intensa e muito bem povoada e me casei muito bem, mas não com quem vivi as melhores experiências porque ele transitava num mundo que não queria e nem quero para mim. Bem sofisticado e drogado, de fato jamais ligaria meu destino, porém enriqueceu muito meus conhecimentos e morreu cedo. Pagou o preço e acredito que sua alma esteja bem porque era inacreditavelmente bom e generoso. A mãe dele achava que se afundou de vez porque eu saí fora e não sou de voltar atrás, porém ninguém tem culpa das escolhas de alguém. Nem ela, nem eu. Durmo tranquila e sinto saudades de quem eu era porque ao descobrir o mundo como é, 90% do encanto some.

[@fdonelli]

It's a beautiful story and this is an incredible soundtrack to that.

[@pascalsantucci4883]

Sting à fait des tonnes de belles chansons mais celle là est hors concour.. D'une beautée extraordinaire, un moment de grâce.. Du pur génie.. Ce type est un dieu vivant 😀

[@christinegotz2052]

Ich glaube nicht an Gott und würde nie sagen, dass Sting ein Gott ist.

[@PriscillaBarberi]

J😊

[@kamelbaadi8706]

Sting à eu une belle carrière grâce à Andy et Stewart.

[@TheNollaigo]

don't think Sting has ever done anything better than this just perfect

[@AlexandraVioletta]

True! It is one of my all time favourites

[@BroodingEnt]

His Canterbury tale songs are just as good if not better

[@gisela6704]

His "Windmills of Your Mind" pauses my world, it's breathtaking

[@ssmilosevic1960]

He just borowed this tune from Miles Davis - Autumn Leaves, you must know that....kzbin.info/www/bejne/qKTdZ4d7a9lqY6M.

[@melodysullivan434]

I know right, this is beautiful!!

[@kr1coltey]

He was my first concert, and this song was magnificent!! Dream of the Blue Turtles is excellent!!

[@wolfgirl140]

It's forever my favourite of Sting's albums. The Soul Cages is another one of my top 3 fave Sting albums. He's amazing & his music is timeless,in my opinion!

[@ИринаШинкаренко-й8я]

Such a story in this song.... Tragedy, drama.... Nothing pathetic... Just sadness... Love this song a lot❤️❤️❤️

[@larrybellinger3953]

Branford Marsalis' sax work is perfect for this haunting tune.

[@nicholasbenton1088]

The Marsalis family either did something really good or really bad to come by all the talent they have. Lol

[@scottdrone-silvers5179]

You could have stopped that sentence right after the word “perfect”.

[@alessandrafiumi4142]

@@nicholasbenton1088 pppppppppppppppppppppppp

[@ank6043]

This is my fav Sting song! Pure blues and pure imagination. Its melody and lyrics are beyond beautiful. It deserves a movie.

[@DirkjeA]

Mine too, beautiful and sad, intriguing and mysterious. always loved it.....

[@skzaph]

boy do i have just the movie for you this was based off interview with the vampire

[@So-Be-It_890]

"I've the face of a sinner but the hands of a Priest."

[@firripsz]

For those who don't know, this song is about a vampire in New Orleans, that falls in love with a woman, knowing that sooner or later he must give in to his bloodlust. Sting was prompted to write this after a visit to New Orleans, during which he felt a presence following him .

[@ironie3]

Sting was inspired by the reading of Anne Rice's book "Interview with the Vampire".

[@maudelynn13]

You are both correct, actually.

[@melissagerber7231]

There are many presnces in NOLA, especially after Katrina.

[@Briselance]

Actually, there's something the vampire could do about that. He could work the nightshift at the local butchery or slaughterhouse, and bam! Plenty of blood, and he doesn't have to harm anyone. Problem solved. :-)

[@molealto]

Specifically, Louis de Pointe du Lac, the vampire "interviewed" by Anne Rice.

[@vampirebaby100]

I absolutely love Sting. Everything he writes, serious or not, shows true depth and a way with the English language that you just don't see anymore. I always found it interesting that he did this song- about a vampire, and then Sister Moon- which I've always seen as being about a werewolf. I'm not sure which one was released first, but to me those two songs will always be a set.

[@itsmistersteve]

to answer your questions 1. he was an English teacher before he became q professional musician. 2. this song *moon over bourbon street* was from _the dream of the blue turtles_, his debut solo album from 1985, whereas *sister moon* was from _nothing like the sun_, released in 1987.

[@currens01]

Sting and Paul Simon are the only ones I know of who make everything great. They could sing nursery rhymes and go platinum

[@guitorb]

Sting has written so many great songs!

[@russellportugais5830]

Lot's of souvenirs on this song. Such a wonderful song

[@aprobator]

One of the best of Sting. So powerful song!

[@katoness]

Masterful storytelling and song.

[@milagrosarambure4275]

I love Sting. I really love this song.

[@isabela.ferreira3792]

I love this song. I love Sting's voice. Magnific video.

[@RoneyNgala]

This is one of those songs that bring back all the memories you tried to forget.

[@miguelvictoria26]

One of the best comments ever

[@crbravo13]

There's a moon over bourbon street tonight I see faces as they pass beneath the pale lamplight I've no choice but to follow that call The bright lights the people and the moon and all I pray everyday to be strong For I know what I do must be wrong Oh you'll never see my shade or hear the sound of my feet While there's a moon over bourbon street It was many years ago that I became what I am I was trapped in this life like an innocent lamb Now I can never show my face at noon And you'll only see me walking by the light of the moon The brim of my hat hides the eye of a beast I've the face of a sinner but the hands of a priest Oh you'll never see my shade or hear the sound of my feet While there's a moon over bourbon street She walks everyday through the streets of New Orleans She's innocent and young from a family of means I have stood many times outside her window at night To struggle with my instinct in the pale moonlight How could I be this way when I pray to god above I must love what I destroy and destroy the thing I love Oh you'll never see my shade or hear the sound of my feet While there's a moon over bourbon street

[@Ivana-fy4ep]

CR Bravo Thanks!

[@freezeher4262]

Basically the plot of Interview with the vampire

[@JaneDoe-ci3gj]

@@freezeher4262 this song was released in 1985, "Interview With The Vampire" came out in 1994

[@freezeher4262]

Jane Doe The book was published 1976. He read the book, based it off of the book. Not the movie.

[@Franzie2105]

Thank you

[@Loakum]

*The brim of my hat, hides the eye of a beast. with the face of a sinner, thou the hands of a priest*

[@aprilmorris8482]

he is the most awesome singer I have heard in his time

[@ThaiThom]

He is a good singer, but his greatest gift is as a songwriter.

[@jymyants9579]

Fantastic song, Awasome Sting as always.

[@jymyants9579]

Yes, sting forever, friend.. You listened the book of my life ?.. fantastic song, I recomend it.

[@katalina125]

Great song. So this is atragic story, the guy becomes some kind of a monster every time the moon comes out -over Bourbon street- and does things he doesn't really want to do and he fights with himself. Brilliantly told, a really nice and tragic story told by music. Love it.!

[@michouanrio8479]

Cette chanson et cette voix me prennent aux tripes depuis toujours . Elle est bouleversante.....Encore plus quand on comprend l'anglais

[@marialourdeslainezroque1171]

Love this song, love the city, love the book, and love the movie.

[@malamiispretty]

genialna piosenka! zakochałam się w niej od pierwszego usłyszenia.

[@lechita8206]

A dziś jest sobota, 12.02.2022 i nadal dobra 😜

[@Logitah]

I have loved this song since I was very small. Those flutes where so mysterious and it had something incredibly sad in it even though I couldn't understand the lyrics.

[@yikes9205]

I live near Bourbon street, the moon is looking at us differently today.

[@VondaInWonderland]

How fabulous. I have never been ♥

[@2011Noud]

In fact one of my favorite Sting compositions! It has a kind of iconic value in music history. A good song can played on any instrument. I was challenged to rearrange it for guitar solo and even in the original key it was quite possible though not easy. I wrote it but I'm still working on it. You can find it on KZbin.

[@MrDunkanIdaho]

Стинг офигенен, он офигенен как певец, он офигенен в роли Фейда-Раута в "Дюне", он офигенен как солист и как один из Police, дай ему Бог здоровья!

[@catherinebenjamin9550]

Love it. Anne Rice so rocks! Lestat lives on!Thank you.

[@LestatDLC]

Oh, I wouldn`t call it living, ma cher.

[@echoohnearm3114]

Anne Rice killed Lestat; "Interview with a vampire" is read-able (and a thousand times better than most "modern" vampire-novels), and the direct follower (don't recall the english title - the book about Lestat), was okay, as well, but it started to crumble with "Queen of the Damned", and I am not even mentioning the movie here. From there on it was milking the franchise. At a point Armand was the only "consistent" character - stuck in the past until he finds a new guy to "introduce" him to the present. I'm thankful that Anne Rice probably inspired a great deal for the "Vampire - The Masquerade" RPG, but I'd rather read the sourcebooks (not the novelisations to the RPG), than digging out the books after "Interview with the Vampire" from my boxes.

[@dulcineadurance1391]

fav Sting song ... beautiful music, the lyrics, voice and heartbreaking ... haunting

[@LestatDLC]

Simply a beautiful song, I doubt anyone could have sang it better.

[@Hexspa]

I bet Tori Amos could kill it.

[@MALTA518]

or George Michael :(

[@deniseg812]

Check out a cover version by; Kevin Max. Very different, but interesting.

[@jkj4152]

Yim jae bum had

[@AlexandraVioletta]

@@Hexspa No.

[@uniqfox]

bit of trivia: this song is a dedication to Anne Rice's first novel: Interview with the Vampire (says so in the CD jacket)

[@cynicalgirl67]

i'd forgotten how much i love this song

[@rjjcms1]

While on a long,meandering journey of revisiting the 80s on KZbin,this is one of those songs I've stumbled upon that didn't reach my ears at the time it was released. Always nice to make a few discoveries along the way!

[@FranciscoMJuan]

Canción maravillosa del 85. Ya un clásico.Wonderful song from 85. A classic indeed.

[@rayannehorne3468]

Great song. Saw a special featuring him. That love is so special. Its how he feels about his lady. Yummmmmmmy

[@lindajackson4631]

An incredible song from an incredible talent

[@Helen-kq5ts]

Brings back memories of my friend Jane's birthday Jan 1986 we went to The Dream of the Blue Turtles tour Bham NEC 😊

[@emilegallin3506]

What a wonderful understanding of the this magic song by Sting through photos. It's all about underground life, mob life, mafia... Maybe voodoo magic as well employed as a weapon (New Orleans, Louisiana, obliges). Love this school teacher from Newcastle-upon-Tyne, he does help me to live through this life for the last 30 years.

[@marinadebalvanera3091]

I IMAGINE A VAMPIRE ....

[@mck1972]

Great song from a great album!

[@greggmerrick2462]

We all know that we feel this some times... Thank you Sting for giving us a heads up... Wow!

[@domenicocesaro735]

Una perla questa canzone...🎶🤔❤️

[@janajanochka4722]

Love this song sooo much!

[@peacemaker7645]

very lovely music, i love these tunes. 🖤💛🧡💜💚💙💗🎧🔊🎵

[@nensi152]

Beautiful song, I love it!!!

[@01aleph]

Yes indeed, this song brings me back to my youth...

[@carlo_cali]

As a massive fan of Anne Rice Vampire Chronicles and Lives Of the Mayfair Witches this song hits that nerve so beautifully. Sting wrote the song about The Vampire Lestat and it resonates so well with his ever changing feelings as well as with some of the other Vampire characters. I always tell people that those books are not something I would myself say are about Vampires; but about people and their struggles and they just happen to be Vampires.

[@andressamonteirodesouzamor6462]

It was actually about Louis, he said he found Louis a much more interesting character. And all the parts about watching this woman from afar, it really makes us think of Babette Freniere..

[@laurajarrell6187]

A fun book later from Lestats' perspective is 'The Body Thief'. After the fiasco of being a rock star and dealing with Akasha, this book gives Lestat an opportunity, by an evil mage, to take over a brain dead beautiful young man. Where as Lestat was a big beautiful Norse man, this one is dark skinned. Lestat finds being a regular human awful, comically so. Even sex and food, after hundreds of years with preternatural powers, are dimmed. And having to use the toilet, etc., just mundane stuff, is really comical. He needs David, who is getting old, to help him stop the mage, in Lestats' body, and committing atrocities that horrifying them. So Lestat want himself back. But they must do it, without letting the mage take control of the young, dead man that Lestat has. It ends the best, the mage goes 'away', and David, kind and brilliant, gets the young man's body. Though he never wanted immortality, another lifetime is good. And Lestat is back, himself. No longer wishing to be mortal, again. It's been years since I read it, but I liked it, as one of the best in the series. She's not my favorite author, but I truly love most of her work. Her books on the castrati, a bit more factual, but with good story lines. I think she did the best Mummy book. It too had horror and humor, with some romance, too. A very different take on it. 🥰✌

[@carlo_cali]

@@laurajarrell6187 I read them all at least twice and the Mayfair Witches. The only ones I did not read were the last three. Prince Lestat which I have signed, the Altantis one, and one other new one. The last one I read in the line up was Blood Canticle. Blackwood Farm was also incredibly phenomenal. One of my fav's for sure. I also have The Wolf Gift Signed with my name from Comic Con in NYC. I can't read the way I used to when I was younger. My eyesight is horrible and I used to live in contact lens. Then I became far sighted as well and I can't read at all with my contacts even with reading classes it's difficult. Now when I'm home i just take off my lens and wear bifocals that I dislike. I usually just take them off to read which is why I don't read much except articles and stories online.

[@JeremyWest210]

i love this song. and what a beautiful voice Sting has

[@nickpalmer3076]

One of Stings best songs.

[@debiterrell1623]

Yes I stayed in New Orleans years ago & sang with a band playing in a bar on bourbon street!!!!! So many good memories & a good tume

[@marciacatherinewright4212]

Unforgettable "Darth Vader" portion of us all...very smart, sensitive and brave Sting choice to voice us so...Tks!

[@Ivandotjpeg]

"how could I be this way? when I pray to god above... I must love what I destroy, and destroy the thing I love...." masterpiece

[@malovela]

That's a fine video for an exceptionally beautiful song.

[@peacemaker7645]

We all are 100% different, that makes everyone of us unique and priceless, so each one of us is the best, no one better or worse than the others, unluckily; the only one who is better than all of us is the nonexistent, it is the one who was nothing and it will stay as nothing, forever. life is imperfect, otherwise no one suffers no one complains and no need to be patient.

[@cjmahusay1502]

Yes , your true self "ATMA" the non existed one. The consciousness behind your physical body and your mind - The Awareful Witness - the one who is real you but not existed in this physical world. 🕉

[@Ronny-ds8xl]

This beautifull song is for night rats, loving brightlights, jazz clubs, and smooth bourbon..

[@vladobozinoski101264q]

great great lyrics.....extraordinary...

[@lenilsonmarreirodasilva3916]

Música envolvente e arranjos maravilhosos, verdadeira obra-prima!!!

[@danielamorim8623]

Ouve a versão de Kevin Max. Bem interessante tbm.

[@dionisioavile6441]

Que puedo decir excelente pieza una obra maestra contemporánea.

[@Joanna-rv4xr]

I remember that song in the late 80ties.I walked in the moonlight along the street , so far from him and , Oh God,how I missed him! I remember his steps at the Arquebusiers street...so long ago...somehere...sometimes...

[@sokollberkut347]

....)))

[@PedritoVM]

awesome

[@SugahShy]

I was taken with this song when it was first released. Sting is a fantastic storyteller, and his songs are proof positive.

[@danilocumic1995]

Masterpiece...

[@damsonwine3]

Great song. Thanks for posting it.

[@HayleySteward1991]

Love It! I just can't stop swaying to this.........

[@不思議のパルプンテ]

While listening to Sting's "Moon over Bourbon street," I used to write "Thoughts" when I was a teenager. It feels like immersing your hands in the murmuring of the river. In the shade, in the shade of trees, and in the shade, I was writing things with a little effort while comforting my body. While doing so, I often watched Hitchcock's movies and Colombo with his mother. The characters in Hitchcock and Colombo's films probably thought they were comfortable and enjoying their lives with little effort. I thought I was enjoying the life. But if you look closely, they go to various places in the movie. I'm out of my house and going far away. I have met many people in it. Apparently it was different ... But I can't put that feeling into words well. There is an emotion that leaks out, and I can't write down what I want to write down. Like putting letters in running water, carving, everything flows and cannot be written down. I'll be able to write someday. That precious and comfortable impression that I remembered at that time is useless if I have to write it down. That's a shame. It's important. It still consists of a foundation and a house that serves as a hotbed for my writer.

[@arianejutla3989]

He wrote this song after reading Interview With the Vampire. From the glorious Ann Rice.

[@liverpoolcheese10]

Rest in Peace Anne.....go join little Michele......oh...and thank you.............

[@tendraftsdeep]

Beautiful album. I have it in all forms. Digital, CD, Cassette and vinyl. I must admit, in my recent vinyl fascination, "The Dream of the Blue Turtles" is the best. Amazing sonic experience on a turntable.

[@arianejutla3989]

He wrote this song after reading interview with The Vampire by Anne Rice

[@Loakum]

I am so connected to this song. My have time flies....

[@southtoe3607]

I'm in New Orleans right now, my first time here. I've grown tired of vampires and I think that the idea has been ruined by mainstream media, but I feel this song here. Southern Gothic written by an Englishman.

[@t.r.l.9818]

How could I be this way, when I pray to god above? I must love what I destroy, and destroy the things I love. **GOOSEBUMPS**

[@Plafintarr]

I don´t hope that is true for me, because then I must destroy Sting!

[@debiterrell1623]

T.R. L. Yes honestly speaking, I think I used to b with male vampires in my past so called relationships bc they destroyed my faith in love by not being true to me. Moon over Debi's street

[@freezeher4262]

In Interview With The Vampire, Louis (the vampire) loves life, and doesn’t want to kill... but unfortunately he has to in order to get rid of his pain. I love this quote because after Sting read the book he wrote this song... ❤️

[@夢野遥-u5i]

いいなぁ 20歳前後に、よく聴いてた Nostalgia that was hidden in my spiritual circle..

[@MrSlitterman]

what a great song love it for many years

[@Elena-mx7uf]

Sting... Musicien d'exception, être humain idem!!! Spéciale mention à ses musiciens 😚😚😚🎸🎷

[@ReverendBenzo]

I'm surprised Tim Burton hasn't put this or a version of it in one of his movies yet.

[@TodoEsMental3]

@striva Anne wrote 10 books and together they are Vampire Chronicles and one of them is "Interview with the vampire" but this song was inspired by "The vampire Lestat", another book of The Chronicles, but it doesn't have movie like Interview...

[@michelel.egerton6369]

RIP Anne Rice (whose book INTERVIEW OF THE VAMPIRE) inspired this song

[@תיקילכר]

השיר הזה מלווה אותי כבר מעל שלושים שנה וכאילו רק עכשו אני שומעת לראשונה. משתלב עם השנים.

[@BlindingDarkness1111]

As I sat in Biloxi, Mississippi, I found this album. And, in that moment, this song introduced me to Anne Rice and "Interview with the Vampire. " Yesssss...

[@pietro9845]

"I have the face of a sinner, but the hands of a priest...". That aged like a good wine.

[@eppsimov]

Great song! It seems so real

[@robyrobinson8428]

branford is friggin awesome

[@Expectadorable]

Gracias. Es lo que buscaba.

[@enderwiggins3081]

Cada vez que escucho esta cancion, decubro nuevos matices. Y los recuerdos inundan mi corazón de una época que ya paso.

[@detepenas9384]

LOVE this song:)

[@Mrcatlistening]

when this song was released I was 15 and I knew this life of the song. It could be a vampire singing, yes. But to me it was anyone who is bound and drawn to a life that, before it is even lived, in his heart he's knowing, is destined to be... unusual. Yet, you go. Don't you... Yes. You do.

[@krissander1]

Effortlessly, beautiful...

[@darkenergyone5576]

Nicely done! Beautiful.

[@kathypetro5809]

Para mi la mas bella cancion de STING

[@etniabrasilis2871]

WONDERFUL!!!

[@LiiLii010395]

As a fan of Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles i gotta say I LOVE this song, since the first time i heard it (without have confirmed it was based on Anne's books) i knew it was about Anne's vampires. My favorites books!

[@noresponder8047]

[Citation needed]

[@Mrcatlistening]

most, most beautiful

[@hund78]

I'm surprised that so many people believe that this is a werewolf song. I suppose it doesn't really matter in the end, but the fact of the matter is that Sting himself has stated that the song was inspired by the Anne Rice book. It's probably the frequent mentions of the moon that throws people off track.

[@bishopoftroy]

"..oh i can never show my face at noon ...when Autumn Leaves start to fall."

[@iwonahachlowska1212]

A tak sobie przypomniałam.. Świetny kawałek.

[@dariuszs8110]

A ja nagle zrozumiałem, że porusza mnie "Moon..." bo jest o mnie. Bywa i tak..

[@lechita8206]

Nadal 😜

[@89Timex]

Sting wrote this song after reading "Interview With The Vampire".

[@Kida001]

89Timex I thought so too.

[@mysteriousdoge1298]

The title is Interview With The Vampire btw I don't know how but it is

[@deniseg812]

yes he did. he wanted to play the lead, he was perfect, but...

[@teresateresa877]

I love this song, all of it.

[@lauravillas2930]

IMPRESIONANTE haber si hay alguien que cantar bien no depende de las octavas que se tengas …. Esto es una obra de arte …… maravillosa inmortal grandes the police grande sting

[@cannavarofontana4461]

Simply amazing!!!!

[@zeynepakgol]

lovely ! what a song.

[@stevendane8954]

not all accidents are bad, most are funny! the album this is of is one of my better accidents.......Mmmmmm.......nice!!!!!...

[@IronCoreMedia]

Sting is the most misunderstood simple genius.