Sting - Englishman In New York (Official Music Video)(REACTION!!!)

[@cush6827]

The "lady" is Mr Quentin Crisp, the Englishman that the song is about. The song is about a gentleman retaining his dignity in the face of homophobia.

[@Ocelot2000]

Beautifully said!

[@freedomjoe7118]

“A Gentleman will Walk, but Never Run.” Best line of the song. STING was it back then. Enjoy.

[@ibwilliamsi]

It's Branford Marsalis on Sopranissimo Saxophone. Any of the Marsalis family is great music.

[@CSeptember]

The old lady's actually a guy. Quentin Crisp was a British author that moved to America in the 80s. I think I read somewhere he and Sting became friendly and Crisp's stories lead Sting to write Englishman in New York. I suggest looking him up, it's interesting the stuff he went through... I also found out recently that Sting did at least live in NYC at one point.

[@emid5726]

CSeptember He still does. He owns I believe two luxurious apartments in NYC. British ppl are not too crazy about his wife Trudie Styler bc she was considered “home wrecker” at one point (do the google search), so Sting and Trudie moved to NY. He’s of course not in the city right now during COVID outbreak but I hope they will come back once this is all done.

[@thekeyboardess1150]

@@emid5726 Yep, they went to UK then to Italy (after the COVID frenzy) - They still are there at the moment harvesting their Toscan grapes to make their tasty wines. ;--)

[@Ltforlife22]

Very interesting read, he was born in 1908 and died 1999

[@Rosyid2040]

He is the king of new wave and already won 16 grammys.

[@heidithatswho.2481]

He was the lead singer for The Police.

[@civildiscourse2000]

And the principle composer.

[@willrichardson519]

Vocals and bass

[@civildiscourse2000]

@@willrichardson519 And Synclavier, and ass piano (Roxanne intro) ☺

[@aalok2423]

@@civildiscourse2000 and laugher (Roxanne intro)

[@christinestromberg4057]

Maybe you've seen Sting in Police, they made a number of hits. Roxanne, Message In A Bottle, Don't Stand So Close To Me, Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic, etc

[@wrestlingandmore9669]

Sting Is a legend of the music

[@bartomiejstarnawski6599]

You definitely catch everything, brother. Greetings from Europe - be your self:) always and everywhere.

[@Auntkekebaby]

That outro is Mr. Bradford Marsalis!! Look up the whole legendary family. Love him. He's an actor as well. You can find him is Spike Lee's School Dayz.

[@Ocelot2000]

it's a soprano saxophone the guy is playing. Beautiful song by sting. You should check out Fragile, Shape of My Heart and Fields of Gold. And the older gentleman he is featuring is Quentin Crisp, and the song is about being yourself even when people are making fun of you when it comes to your sexuality or anything else! As you thought, a Lady, when in fact it's The Gentleman. That's the point, people would make fun of him being feminine yet he stands tall and is himself in the face of prejudice :)

[@TheTrue_G-Man]

He was front man for The Police-"Message in a Bottle." or the other one, "I'll be watching you." 80s

[@Isleofskye]

You mean " Every Breathe You Take" which was sampled by P.Diddy plus 10 other massive UK hits....

[@matthewmccann4511]

It's a soprano saxophone btw, not a trumpet. Great song!!!

[@azlanothmanPDA]

Thats the great brandford marsalis on soprano saxaphone.. Sting... every breath you take Grammy in 1984 i think.. check t out

[@seqenenretaoii5722]

I had no idea that was Branford Marsalis playing the saxophone until a couple of years ago.

[@martinhamburg2301]

Yes he also played on Stings first lp. I saw the dream of the blue turtles tour and was blown away.

[@NaihanchinKempo]

Movie Dune and he was the lead singer in The Police

[@heidithatswho.2481]

Definitely a favorite of mine.

[@PinkyakaAyannaj]

Your reaction is pure perfection 💙💙🙏Thank you so much....That is a man by the way.... You did this song Justice 🙂 New subscriber here.💙💙💙🙏🙏🙏

[@brainsareus]

Dear God..... What Trumpet, that's a Soprano Saxophone...!!

[@overthewebb]

It's also got an off beat to it, which is a Reggae beat, but Sting played this when he was in the Police also.

[@rb7007]

He’s the lead singer of The Police. Great Band. You should react to ‘Every little thing she does is magic”!

[@ms.chuckfu1088]

Love this album and Dream of the Blue Turtles. Maybe try "Moon Over Bourbon Street"

[@PinkyakaAyannaj]

Saw him live.... The year was 93....OMGGGGG🥲🥲🥲🥲🙃🙂🙃🤩💙💙💙🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@heidithatswho.2481]

I believe he was an English teacher of some sort.

[@willrichardson519]

Don't stand so... :-)

[@nicksykes4575]

He was indeed, thats were he got his nickname. He used to wear yellow and black striped shirts, so the kids started calling him Sting.

[@grahamharper8114]

It's a type of straight saxophone, the players name is Brandford Marsellis and he is one of, if not the best in the world at what he does.

[@trudywolfe2795]

Ya gotta like Sting. Listen to his voice.

[@MrZenGuitarist]

Just wanted to say that the instrument they guy is playing is an Alt-Saxophone!

[@frederikanby2634]

he played a role in the movie "DUNE" as the nephew of baron Harkonen

[@kingcassius2586]

He looks familiar because was the lead singer of the Police. He looks different here because he had a nose job after leaving the band.

[@trudywolfe2795]

I'm a 30 year old woman and to be honest with you, I watch you because of your smile.

[@bballinshotsfallin]

Calm it down trudy

[@winneroriginal9954]

Nice video. Continue the great work 🤗 share your next video

[@MrSammotube]

Clarinet I think. Sting has been in films like Dune. You will like a lot of his music too.

[@paulx873]

its a saxophone

[@franckosaurusruss9043]

Nope. Soprano saxophone aka the carrot 😉

[@martinhamburg2301]

You should react to Stings live preformance of "Fragile" on september 11 2001.

[@robinmeltzer9024]

This is a song inspired by Quentin Crisp. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quentin_Crisp?wprov=sfti1

[@LOAFEMB]

That’s an alto sax played by Branford Marsalis

[@kevingillespie5242]

soprano sax :)

[@LOAFEMB]

@@kevingillespie5242 Thanks my bad

[@ramrajg4547]

Nice reaction, by the way, here and there you look like the young Michael Jordan, especially when you smile bro👍

[@jamessomers8808]

Yo this is Sting

[@Ltforlife22]

Great reaction :)

[@mikeyg3202]

i believe that’s winton marsalis on the alto soprano

[@isabelsilva62023]

mikey g He got a lot of hassle from the "naturally superior" jazz community for selling out to vulgar pop music like this...

[@radoarbeiter1921]

Brandford Marsalis actually.

[@Dutch-Power]

Be yourself no matter what they say.

[@aitornavarro6597]

It's actually not a trumpet but in fact a saxophone. I'm not sure what type because there's multiple types and I'm not a sax player but I know it's a sax haha lol. Kinda sounds like ot could be a tenor or soprano sax.

[@janeparfitt65]

Yes glad you enjoyed this exquisite song is about Quentin Crisp. The first open homosexual way back when it was frowned upon, so he moved to New York to get away from all the homophobia in the U.K. As for the singer. It is Sting from the band The Police maybe. (If you've heard of them before) I'd be interested to know. You really have been listening to the cream of the crop as far as I can see. 👌

[@jamessomers8808]

OK, I like this song.

[@TheTrue_G-Man]

React to: Shape of My Heart-Sting.

[@Juan.Louis.]

It's called a saxophone...

[@liam6345]

he was born down the road from me lmao, it's strange to think about.

[@michaeltaylor8835]

The oboe is dope

[@MrDaithis]

It's a saxophone.

[@davidroberts1384]

Your now an Englishman!

[@johnm9845]

The older lady is Quintin Crisp

[@titanus49]

Maybe you should listen to another similarly titled song. "An Englishman in New York " By Godley& Creme,who are ex 10CC members. Completely different to this one, with more sarcasm and visual oddities.

[@davidwatts-hw2dh]

Alto Sax, if I am not mistaken. Lovely.

[@mikeyates7931]

It isn't a trumpet , darling : it's a clarinet

[@2877Leslie]

You have to check out Shape of My Heat by Sting, if you haven’t already 🔥

[@jameswormington9978]

Soprano Saxophone

[@JulianY2K12]

Now do Jamaican in New York 😁

[@maha77]

you MUST for your own sake check out his song FRAGILE: kzbin.info/www/bejne/onOZkmCfeZuNhbs and if you love that. Fields Of Barley: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gX25omN_dt-bZ6M

[@ashleydeannahill4304]

I adore Sting but this is not one of my favorite songs by him but can't wait for your reactions to some of his other songs

[@patyoh724]

saxophone dude...lol

[@patyoh724]

try his song Tea in the Sahara...same themes

[@josephtripoli5069]

Trumpet... no Soprano Sax it is...

[@vnnxyz1473]

It's a Clarinet not a Trumphet...

[@jamessomers8808]

Dune

[@jamessomers8808]

I think it's trumpet

[@kingwacky184]

I do not believe that is a trumpet is that not a type of saxophone?

[@Isleofskye]

Alto Sax,My Friend..

[@ehekkert]

@@Isleofskye A soprano saxophone played by Branford Marsalis

[@Isleofskye]

@@ehekkert Thank You ...