José Feliciano performs Every Breath You Take at the Polar Music Prize ceremony 2017

[@innerlockgaming5]

No disrespect to Jose Feliciano, but how did this get approved? I agree from comments below, "...I'll be watching you?" Really? Out of Stings entire library of incredible songs, this one was chosen for Jose Feliciano? I would really love to know the true meaning behind this selection. As some comments said, Jose must not like Sting too much, or is it "You better perform this song our you won't be involved in this event." My opinion, its at 2:28 when Sting looks down then covers up a smile, is when he realized the song choice. Before that it was just a man watching his song being preformed..."differently."

[@htomao]

never take this video down, it cured my crippling depression

[@japhyryder66]

Andrea Ssspo your hilarious comment cured mine! 🤣🤣🤣

[@hippojuice23]

Okay YOU win the internet today. Usurping that "defund the Police" guy from before!

[@imrickjames7012]

Papa bless, police navidad!

[@Snezzleify]

I think it caused Sting’s though 😅

[@coreycrossman3447]

Reminds me of that tragedy

[@pohlpiano]

The shredding guitar solo and that diva with her eyes always on her lyric sheets (singing like three lines of words or what), priceless

[@stephenlinstead7336]

She's trying to avoid the gaze of the audience

[@hexahexametermeter]

Its actually a lot and difficult to memorize: Every breath you take Every move you make Every bond you break Every step you take Every single day Every word you say Every game you play Every night you stay Every move you make Every vow you break Every smile you fake Every claim you stake Every breath you take Can you remember all that in order?

[@nickphaux]

​@@hexahexametermeterStop it, hex. You're being too rational, this is the KZbin comment section. We must be negative everywhere and give credit to no one! 🤬🤬

[@jonlohrenz5446]

Sting truly was the King of Pain at that moment.

[@mogadon7]

How many turned it down before this guy was phoned.

[@IljaAlbrecht]

That is one brilliant comment

[@Donaldoray]

Yes, excellent remark😂

[@Vaneyra32]

😂😂😂🤣

[@photist100]

Yes exactly man! He seems so much in pain? God bless both... And you too, good call.

[@grechuli]

This was an incredible performance. From Sting.

[@wheres_bears1378]

😂

[@RealmoftheBlackShadow]

Are you his ghost writer?

[@estcado]

Hahahahah😂

[@DH-cv8bo]

... and from the princess of Sweden.

[@DiceBaseballDigest]

Hahahahahahahahahaahahahah

[@SuoerMinusOne]

The slight head shake No at 2:02 during the solo 😂

[@Gretchaninov]

Sting's reactions make this one of the greatest videos I've ever experienced in my lifetime.

[@Revelian1982]

ROR! 😂

[@09nsmyth]

I love how he forgets the lyrics at the start and just moves on to the next line

[@sharronfoxx69]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@unknowing203]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@RayN49208]

Feliciano didnt forget the lyrics..he changes the lyrics

[@danfors1333]

@@RayN49208 It's like people praizing Bob Dylan for being so creative that he never plays his guitar same way twice, when in reality he's forgotten what notes to play and just picking strings randomly.

[@nickphaux]

​@@danfors1333I agree that praising him for it like it's a super unique ability is a little odd maybe but I don't think 'plucking strings randomly' is a good way to put it, he still has to know and stay within the key of the song otherwise it would sound horrible

[@pagesofbeck]

The longest 4 minutes of Sting’s life

[@KiLLJOY1056]

0:39 why is that random girl smiling so hard? 😂😂😂 And 2:34 she is just going way too hard for no reason

[@jackiboi307]

​@@KiLLJOY1056 that's the princess of Sweden

[@vgfxworks]

it hurts as a sting in the ear.

[@mogadon7]

@@jackiboi307 The princess of sweden is DEAF ?

[@Night--Shift]

@@KiLLJOY1056that’s just trying to hide the laughter.

[@Zirc0nium69]

Sting just goes through 4 phases of grief during that thing. Near the end you can see him accept the cringe and he learns to love again.

[@davidcassidy3956]

너 왜 일성이 사진 쓰냐 ㅋㅋㅋ

[@titaa56]

Lmfaoooo

[@aenima3174]

LOL

[@matslarsson3452]

Sloppy performance by Feliciano

[@joyusachoobarb]

fuck this is underrated

[@Kevinfreddo]

This is one of those videos where the likes/dislikes mean the same thing

[@davesims7917]

Hahaha…so true

[@69ramblers]

hahahahahahahahhhahahahahahahahahah

[@SPINNINGMYWHEELS777]

until JooTube removes dislikes.

[@datdudecollins]

Hahahahahahahahaaha. Great comment.

[@alfietempleman2]

joining the hahahaha gang on this one

[@Ash_Hudson]

That must have Stung.

[@souzabox]

😄😄😆😂

[@jedidiahkharshiing9004]

that surely did.😂

[@zusanli251]

You're not funny

[@mohsdef]

The quick multiple blinking, the rub of the cheek with his finger, and then the big gulp, by sting is hysterical around 49 second mark

[@mogadon7]

A 'Go Fund Me' for womans chin reduction, in front row audience !

[@CherylPerson-pi5lq]

​@@mogadon7You need the reductions old fart.

[@AS-ug9bt]

@@mogadon7 Lol, that's the Crown Princess of Sweden!

[@KevyNova]

It’s awesome how as soon as the song starts, the audience is cheering and clapping and bouncing along but then Jose starts singing and by the end, everyone is just frozen in shock, except that one lady who seems to be loving the whole thing.

[@Music-tg5is]

She is deaf.

[@lukeGGlee]

Once the guitars come in…

[@KlowIsHere]

That's Victoria of Sweden. Her husband on her left and her parents the king and queen of Sweden on her right. It seems that her poor taste in music wasn't passed on from her father, seeing his uneasiness

[@mattm8862]

That was the best Hillbilly version of Sting's song 🎵 👌🏾 😍

[@godsbeautifulflatearth]

She is deaf. 😒

[@DanteLinkX]

I dont know if its a good thing or a bad thing that Jose Feliciano couldnt and wont ever actually see Sting's face reaction to this.

[@davido3026]

Both are protected, and no one would ever be able to explain to Jose about face expression, gestures, embarrassment, or body language!!! Sting could say of Jose, that it was a nice try!!!

[@MarzoTercermes]

, ​@@davido3026, no the Best of jose , but the guys is a legend, felicidades

[@bangDdrum]

His wife's side glance at him at 3:12 to make sure he's still breathing is priceless.

[@PiscesPriestesses]

I agree. She's known and loved him a long time.

[@unknowing203]

😂😂😂😂

[@FernandoHaddadMinistro]

You can see how much he's in pain inside right there...

[@davido3026]

She is watching every breath he takes!!! Every move he fakes!!! What a wedding song!!!

[@kahekilimaui450]

Poor Sting !! Jose Feliciano is the LAST person you want to be singing your song. I can see sting is just hoping it ends soon. LOL 😂

[@harrisonwintergreen1147]

You can see sting go through the stages of grief: anger, denial, bargaining, and finally acceptance

[@StephenDedalus74]

Oh man I laughed so hard reading your comment I almost woke up my neighbours you killed me :)

[@shellbell1705]

@@StephenDedalus74 just a shame it wasn't an original comment...

[@StephenDedalus74]

@@shellbell1705 Which one ?

[@Cremig]

​@@StephenDedalus74he copied the top comment

[@StephenDedalus74]

@@Cremig Oh OK thank you for your answer

[@0prahTV]

police navidad

[@ParkerCocolo]

This comment is so underrated!

[@amanjsy9842]

Genius

[@BassByTheBay]

🤣I am literally LOLing as I type this!

[@rondaf76]

This so good 😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄

[@johnspartan88]

I'm in my bed having the laugh if my life and I'm not even a morning person.

[@Dongdaemun_27]

When dude sang a verse in Spanish, Sting's face literally said, "wtf?"

[@randolphrod9679]

spanish? ? spanish is another thing

[@mario-off-topic]

The relieve on Sting's face when it's finally over... priceless. Hilarious how they murdered his song right in front of him.

[@jazmorrison9030]

So funny to watch

[@jayrebanal4973]

HAHAHA

[@davidnavarro4821]

Thank you to Polar Music Prize for not deleting the comment section 😂

[@debonaire_nerd]

Props to Sting for being a gentleman and sitting through this performance. He endured every breath, and every move. He watched it. And now he's going on a killing spree.

[@ProjectDv2]

Feyd Rautha was reborn this night.

[@unknowing203]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@regorRegor]

Nice one. You have comic chops.

[@Screamingforvengeancee]

@@regorRegor not really just a dick like you and all the rest of ppl

[@helgedell]

This was meant as a praise to Sting from Feliciano. Good or bad performance does not matter, pretty sure it is from Felicianos heart. Sting should appreciate that. Yes, it was horrible.

[@AriGhani]

1:59 “Hold up I’m bouta shred Thunderstruck…” Gets me all the time 😂

[@Augfordpdoggie]

if i was sting i woulda got up an walked out, its not like Jose woulda seen him

[@Lance514]

Im dying of laughter at 5:26 am when i should be asleep 😂😂😂

[@BigboyRoy100]

Those Molly Hatchet licks though. Lmao

[@eduardoglzv.3072]

Sting has class... he would never do that, surely he was forced by himself... to behave 😂😂😂

[@fourscoreand9884]

OMGLOL , that was hilarious, man. You are funny @AriGhani :D

[@raskolnjikov1]

This performance was absolutely perfect in a way that absolutely nothing was in sync: the music, Jose, the back-up vocalist, tempo, NOTHING. A perfect trainwreck.

[@danielkokal8819]

Jose does alot of stutter-stepping with time signatures in his songs, and its usually ad-libbed. works alot of the time but this song relies on keeping the same meter throughout. when the meter is interrupted, it sticks out like a sore thumb. Sting was visibly wincing at this.

[@dumfriesspearhead7398]

​​@@danielkokal8819I'm cringing with second hand embarrassment.

[@danielkokal8819]

@@dumfriesspearhead7398 In Jose's defense, he never saw it coming. ( har har )

[@dumfriesspearhead7398]

@@danielkokal8819 It's a blessing he can't see Sting's reaction😅😅😅😅

[@romeofoever]

Oh every, OH I'll be watching you..

[@mrblonde609]

Oh hi Mark!

[@bonfersen]

Troll quality 10/10

[@AbsoluteAbsurd]

XD

[@JackMcLeodJr]

3:22 "Doesn't matter where you gooooo... "

[@MrFraiche]

2:49 The WTF head tilt always gets me 🤣

[@1966man]

priceless haha

[@Lance514]

😂😂😂 all these comments

[@karinamontiel7674]

Choking, and there's no misspelling 😅

[@johnmcternan4157]

It's like "Right...well all right, you do that"😂

[@da_great_mogul]

Spanish words did it

[@jed6780]

This was excruciating. Heaven knows the Polar prize folks could've flown anyone all the way over to impress and delight Sting...and this was the result?!?

[@jimrock1]

Ok...now I gotta see Sting sing Feliz Navidad.

[@nonyabidness5708]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/i3W4lJaOmt1niLs It's a thing!

[@6Haunted-Days]

Yea ain’t that hard….and if sting lost his ability to sing like a human HE WOULDNT PREFORM IN FRONT OF MILLIONS 🙄🤣😂🤣😂 Christ delusional much

[@LeifurEir]

He would nail it with surgical precision because that is the kind of artist Sting is.

[@voidchannelcontent]

people getting triggered, i get it, you mean that Sting singing Feliz Navidad would be funny just for the possible revenge of him butchering Jose Feliciano's song just from spite lol

[@manuelcesarsalgadolopez2181]

Jajajajaja!, si, seguro que tambièn suena como el culo en su boca

[@rguimond]

I like how Sting claps like a 4yr old when its done.

[@johanpaxomsguitar2456]

:D

[@johnallen5999]

I've seen him clap like this many times. It's something he does. Idk why. It's like he's trying to bring awareness to mental retardation.

[@AlainHubert]

It was so bad I thought it was an SNL sketch with Sting as a guest... 😆

[@jeroenleeuwerke6585]

Isn't it? :o

[@simplecronista2400]

I disagree. I think it was a great performance. Feliciano has more prizes than sting can sing in more languages. He just played his own version, not an imitation of the same song

[@AlainHubert]

@@simplecronista2400 Judging by Sting's facial expression, I don't think he agreed with you on that...

[@simplecronista2400]

@@AlainHubert who cares? Sting is not even half of an artist of Jose. Feliciano is a super star not only in English but also in Spanish. The problem is that there are so many ignorant people like you who doesn’t know anything about the rest of the World. That is not the fault of Feliciano, it’s your fault.

[@AlainHubert]

@@simplecronista2400 Insults are the arguments employed by those who are in the wrong. - Jean-Jacques Rousseau.

[@zacharyspencer8321]

It has to be mentioned: Did no one else notice the incongruity of having a blind performer sing the lyrics "I'll be watching you"?

[@phyllisduzenack3500]

🎯🎯🎯

[@CrochetNewsNetwork]

You TRUELY just made me laugh out loud.

[@bertroost1675]

@@CrochetNewsNetwork I was caught up in watching Sting's reactions I never even thought of it until Zachary's post. I laughed out loud too

[@jaydeecee]

And Stevie Wonder is not blind.

[@joeyoungs8426]

I was too caught up in the mess to even notice. Funny as hell though!

[@longlivegarybusey6409]

This is like when your friends dad stumbles in the room drunk while you're practicing, brags about how he use to be "pretty damn good" in his day, asks to play your guitar, then belts out some shit like this thinking he's killing it.

[@watermelonslushy1110]

Oh my god 😂

[@firmitas68]

What an insignificant idiot you must be.

[@Tubalcain422]

Then he asks you rub peanut butter on his toes and tells you to bark and lick it off. That was always awkward.

[@Karlsz]

That was SO specific.. 🤔🤣

[@kimberlyblagmon5827]

Lol! why you make me laugh I love a lot of songs by jose Feliciano but facts.

[@35m]

The best way to kill a masterpiece

[@Screamingforvengeancee]

This song sucks anyway😂 wayy overplayed and overrated Develop a taste in music

[@Screamingforvengeancee]

Not a masterpiece AT ALL

[@maninthewilderness3208]

And Sting showed grace with a smile and a clap at the end. He may have been feeling really bad for Jose through that performance.

[@danboud8135]

This is what happens when you defund The Police

[@jmatherly903]

Best comment on here by so many levels

[@brendonneuhaus1613]

A splendid comment sir. Well done

[@hojosilver205]

Genius

[@benmcmahon9263]

Detune the police

[@bigd8628]

LMFAO

[@roberte.howard2739]

Perfect! 😄 Pure Jose Feliciano, random polyrythms interjected with polymetered guitar solos, not to mention the bombastic anti-fibonacci dirge of the diva.. bravo!! 👏🏻 Sting was overwhelmed with joy..🥲

[@alanharvey8153]

Sting loved the infusion of spanish. NOT. I laugh when his poor heart aches! A blind man watch😢😮😢😮'ing every move. Sting can

[@randolphrod9679]

🤣

[@lornocford6482]

Sting was overwhelmed alright 😂

[@mikekaiser6983]

It’s like when the kids come out to surprise the parents on Christmas with their own rendition of the song and the parents got to sit through it

[@wlwl_]

Best description I’ve read, nails the entire vibe of the video. Good one

[@pennyc7833]

Except without the familial love that would have you telling them they did great.

[@everybodywangchung]

Jose botches the first verse, but the rest is in his style. If you watch any other performance from that night, Sting looks equally nervous/uncomfortable.

[@joeupyours9708]

Feliz Navidad😊

[@anthonyvee9267]

Since he’s blind, imagine being the person who has to answer him asking “so how did Sting react?”...

[@sapphirelatina]

My chest hurt for Sting. His smile at the end was genuine, he was glad it was over.

[@mogadon7]

In background you can hear a man screaming at the guy who booked him.

[@JackMarzi]

This performance really “stung.”

[@JackMcLeodJr]

I wish I had half as much enthusiasm as that one woman sitting 2 seats away from Sting who was bopping away on her own 🤣 After reading the comments it seems that she is actually the King's daughter Victoria! God bless her enthusiasm for this classic! Lol

[@cinamonblair1544]

The comments made this worth the watch

[@bubby6539]

hahaha freaking danny devito what a madman

[@boccs9925]

Man. I've never seen a performer wince in pain as someone butchered his own song in front of him before now.

[@boccs9925]

Ha, touche

[@Erkelify]

Boccs the power of the internet has allowed this to become possible for us

[@nicocontreras5366]

What happens there ?

[@nicocontreras5366]

Woah ´ll look for it , thank´s

[@hughwilliam4039]

Boccs , yeah , well at least the artist wont be able to see how much they hated it

[@Roxy-Mara]

Damn that was brutal... And that lady needing to look at a music sheet to sing 3 simple sentences, my god 😅

[@Augfordpdoggie]

and the drummer too

[@SAHBfan]

I worked with some professional Trombone players yesterday - the regular guys couldn't make it. We hired some deps and they sat glued to the score all night, too. They had never played with the band before, had no rehearsal at all and didn't know the songs - but played the entire set with no mistakes. I just wonder - how much rehearsal did these musicians get? And we are criticising them for reading the score?

[@kish2]

You can see him bracing for impact until the end. And then, MIRACLE, the song ends without crashing and burning.

[@patrickelliott-brennan8960]

It had already lost the engines and was in free fall into a mountain face before it ended. The snow on the peaks stopped it from burning ;)

[@lornocford6482]

​@@patrickelliott-brennan8960😂 great comment.

[@artbymazher]

loved the performance after 04:00

[@fabriziomarchitelli]

😂

[@alistairhenshall9204]

This is the funniest video in the history of mankind

[@eduardoglzv.3072]

Is funny at many levels. To me the cherry on the cake was that a blind man was singing I'll be watching you...

[@bt82]

3:12 That side glance Trudy gives Sting is hilarious. She's dying to see his reaction without making it so obvious.

[@bt82]

@Wenander yes it’s his wife Trudy Styler

[@sirvidia]

Luckily the botox means she can't smile

[@Batt-man]

@mudfly3DAMN that’s a brutal roast. Sad but true

[@simonwallace699]

@mudfly3 That's a bit mean. She was hit by a car and suffered facial injuries when she was little and had to suffer through multiple plastic surgeries as a child.

[@klavierhaltern]

Only an Englishman could manage such a composed reaction.

[@Incognito-vc9wj]

‘Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way, the time is gone, the song is over..thought I’d something more to say”

[@icydelon]

​@@Incognito-vc9wjfink ployd

[@Stix0269]

Props to his parents for raising such a polite man.

[@mjcau]

If "manners maketh man" as someone said He's the hero of the day...

[@eduardoglzv.3072]

Class

[@c.s.mcleod7383]

1:50 Jose:"I'll distract 'em with my guitar solo from 'Light My Fire'."

[@ddubrul]

Rename this video "Jose Feliciano Shreds"

[@cassh1356]

BWAHAHAHA

[@UponDemise666]

ddubrul ya, off time & out of key.

[@JakobFa]

yes if by "shred" you mean that he managed to completely destroy the song.

[@juang4294]

@@JakobFa look up "creed shreds" for context.

[@Durmomo0]

@@JakobFa It was an old internet meme "(artist) shreds" with really bad overdubbed music while they are playing

[@jonwilliam8337]

Sting looked like he was impatiently waiting for the suicide pills to kick in....

[@speedfinder1]

I have experienced some crippling moments in my life, but now I feel I have been truly blessed. I don't think I have laughed so much in ages!

[@mfb5642]

Is the joke that a blind guy is singing "ill be watching you?"

[@alidavideo]

Couldn't help but wonder if what we were watching was Sting trying his absolute hardest not to smile or laugh at that fact.

[@souzabox]

😆😆😂👌

[@valthenvega2434]

Would be further of a weird joke if it was a deaf guy singing it

[@Purdey921]

Not unusual to use watching. The language change would be awkward. I’m not a fan of José Féliciano. Worked with people who are blind for many years. Some people joke about it.

[@chrisrod5322]

To all of you making fun of this guy disability, just remember that tomorrow any of you can ended up like him.

[@BassByTheBay]

Jose is a legend, but he seems like a strange choice for this song.

[@stargatewizard3888]

this is legendarily bad

[@JM-mm2gs]

A very bad legend.

[@carlitosgonzalez924]

Racists!

[@TonyJuanPailos]

@@carlitosgonzalez924 they didnt say anything remotely racist, you think they're racist just because they greengoes? That's racist. Estas cancelado wey

[@JLBribiesca]

2:15 well yeah… it’s a blind guy singing “oh can’t you see” and 2:44 “I’ll be watching you”

[@avraham6132]

I think José is one of the greatest most versatile performers ever, and I also think he must not like Sting or have much respect for him... That was brutal 😀

[@mogadon7]

Hey, Jose...Sting is really fucking pretentious and up his own ass!...Don't worry I will do something about that !!!

[@pjuggle]

It's an awful arrangement. Feliciano is a virtuoso guitar player and has an aging voice. Not sure why he was given the gig? Doesn't make sense.

[@thatretrogirlsblog]

@@pjuggle a respect thing is my guess 🤷

[@unknowing203]

😂😂😂😂

[@michaeldonovan4793]

Worst song he could have chosen for his style..

[@emmag8836]

Crying here at stings face and the comments 🤣🤣🤣🤣. Best laugh I've had in months 🤣

[@CrochetNewsNetwork]

Exactly. I’ve also laughed out loud regarding some of these comments as well.

[@themountainsandthesea4121]

😂

[@jayrebanal4973]

HAHAHA SAME HERE

[@KevinAllauca]

1:15 every claim you snake?

[@michigandermichiganian8173]

Every drain you snake?

[@0utcast]

Yep I heard that too. This performance was a crime against music.

[@seanraines5871]

​@@0utcastI just wanted to tell that lady shut up 😂

[@unknowing203]

I've watched this video over hundred times and i still laugh my ass off as always

[@losierh]

The lady in the audience grooving like it’s the best song rendition ever while everyone else is sitting stiffly gets to me every time lol

[@nattenaniel]

If you mean the lady at 0:40 sitting next to the king of Sweden, then you are referring to the Swedish princess Victoria.

[@KD_1989]

Could be a Swedish meatball for all anyone cares. She’s completely oblivious

[@ericschnipke874]

She probably had to look like she was enjoying it. Being the princess of Sweden, her family was hosting and probably at least partially bankrolling it.

[@tblightningbolt8902]

She’s an idiot

[@jimquantic]

She is the "Aunt that had too much to drink"

[@LeRide2012]

I didn't even know that Jose Feliciano was still alive. After this, I'm still not sure.

[@arthurdossantos6826]

Marmot Songs It was probably a puppet. That would explain it.

[@CarmellaBrunno]

Marmot Songs Thanks God yes..he is still alive and he is 70.

[@Jer0867]

You call that ALIVE??!

[@matslarsson3452]

So sloppy performance by him

[@vladiinsky]

hahahahaha!

[@davidbrawn9838]

Man just murdered a classic.

[@cryptopunk7736]

longest 4 minutes of stings life

[@beamifrend]

Whoever booked this guy should be in the KZbin hall of fame.

[@wlwl_]

They’d probably fit in considering KZbin’s history with creating vile abominations like KZbin Rewind.

[@spadhnik]

Hall of shame? 😅

[@unknowing203]

😂😂😂😂

[@SPV66]

Between the 2-minute 30-second and 3-minute timestamp mark, the camera focuses on the Crown Princess of Sweden dancing/swaying to the music in her seat. Her husband is seated between her and Sting. Sting is 26 years older than her. She was not even 6 years old when "Every Breath You Take" was first released. Incidentally she will be known as the queen monarch, The Queen Victoria of Sweden after her father King Gustav's reign ends. Princess Victoria of Sweden and Prince William of UK are 5th cousins whose one common pair out of 32-pairs of great-great-great-great-grandparents was Queen Victoria & Prince Albert.

[@eck2x]

2:50 gets me everytime.

[@ashleywintle8570]

He’s like, “I thought this couldn’t get any worse but you surprised me mf”

[@fifim4869]

OYE TE ESTOY PELANDOOOOOO(i am fluent in spanish and have no idea what he meant at all)

[@crispingatieza1389]

Velando not pelando, means sneaking at you.

[@TheMendo123]

Why the fuck would you even do this lmfao? Imagine doing a cover of a famous spanish song and randomly stopping in the middle just to say a sentence in english

[@TheMendo123]

@@crispingatieza1389 Why not say te estoy viendo? Help me out, I'm trying to improve my spanish lol

[@fantomassss2]

Never thought that this song would make me laugh one day...

[@mariseladetorres1045]

Los comentarios son lo importante durante este deprimente concierto... levantan el ánimo...pobre Stting y que linda su esposa tan comprensiva

[@ChrisCookPrime]

This is what happens when you surround yourself with "yes" people!

[@hotman718]

Not so much that it's bad but this song is simple. They tried to over complicate the arrangement with the fingerstyle guitar, the orchestra and the over the top back up singing. It's too much it just doesn't fit the song.

[@cortster12]

There was actual parts that were out of harmony with the rest. Wrong chords, wrong key, wrong notes... Even off-beat. Like, holy fuck. Whoever put together the sheet music royally fucked up.

[@a.c.4732]

The "cool dudes" nodding in appreciation / tapping their feet / jangling their jewellery / getting down with the groove ... Totally unaware that our Geordie Boy is screaming inwardly for Scotty to beam him up ..

[@giswaradarusmansaleh2935]

Anyone have the tab for that solo?

[@thebra]

--o--oo---o

[@virtuadex]

0-3-5

[@anthonyvee9267]

Just pick up the guitar likes it’s your first time playing and go ham.

[@defaultusername123]

*just look up the tab for any Jose felicano song they all song really fuckin similar*

[@watermelonslushy1110]

Just play whatever notes on the fretboard at whatever rhythm you desire. No scales or chord knowledge needed my man!

[@JohnChoidotOrg]

4:00 It's like people clapping when the plane lands after really bad turbulence.

[@NJRNJ]

So....they had a blind man sing....." I'll be WATCHING you" ? Hmmm

[@mogadon7]

Blind and tone deaf.

[@Urbanforager]

Omg I didn’t even think of that

[@nahumalarcon1761]

[@crystalsharkie]

I love that by 2:58 the mixer just cut his guitar. I'm dying.

[@pratap.techno]

Gabriel Alexander 😆😆😆

[@johnspartan88]

Oh my god, brilliant observation!

[@gerardf7981]

Thankfully they raised his volume for that wonderful solo

[@holmanmoody4276]

Or did he just get up and leave ?

[@Sam-pn2kc]

hahah air guitar lol poor bastard

[@ferdinandschwartz]

I love how they end it with „everything you say“, which is not even remotely part of the lyrics. This performance is a comedic masterpiece, except that it isn’t comedic and definitely not a masterpiece. Props to sting for his self control not to break. Everything about those four minutes is hilarious 😂

[@robertward8130]

Jose threw that in because he- well, depends on that sense more?

[@wlwl_]

I’m honestly astonished this wasn’t satire, everything just fits to create this unbearable yet hilarious piece of garbage.

[@eduardoglzv.3072]

When legendary is not that legendary but at the same time it's so fkn unique that is LEGENDARY!

[@beauzer36]

When the shot got wider and I saw the giant cornball heart in the clouds on the screen my eyes started streaming laughter tears. This is the funniest thing in existence. Stings face, he keeps touching it like I do just before I can't take it anymore and I get up and leave somewhere.

[@gabegoldweight1854]

Who heard this at rehearsal and said...beautiful 😘

[@RealmoftheBlackShadow]

Maybe this was the rehearsal and everyone loved it.

[@jimquantic]

Jack Nicholson

[@jamesrossiter5718]

@@jimquantic I don't even know why this is funny...but it made me laugh 😂

[@SillyGoose2024]

Helen Keller

[@overthetip]

A deaf man

[@neddystark3351]

I didn't think it was possible to do a bad version of this song.

[@RealmoftheBlackShadow]

Why is that?

[@DH-cv8bo]

Horrible, you mean.

[@kendallevans4079]

Agree....and I love Jose but.......No!!

[@bend1951]

Jose ruins every song he attempts.

[@kendallevans4079]

@@bend1951 Except "Feliz Navidad"

[@edwardspencer-small7021]

What an honour for Sting to have his biggest hit performed by Gilbert Gottfried

[@GKCostalas]

Loved this soooo much, that I’m sending a copy to each of my enemies.

[@eneastavora1943]

I’m old enough to take José Feliciano as a great musician and guitar player back in the ‘60s, but man, this video reminds me the title of an old Roberta Flack hit: “Killing me softly with his song”

[@stephenlinstead7336]

Not that softly - rather shouty in fact

[@allanalbergue]

That's why I love Spanish language, as there are several ways to call Sting in this video, but one that I like the most is: QUE CEROTE!

[@justing1928]

2:47 Sting's reaction when he randomly threw in a line in Spanish 😂 😂

[@JasonNation72]

Feliciano to Sting: "Can I cover this on my next album?" Sting: "No way, José!"

[@TheMister123]

That's a prime dad joke. You should get more credit for it. 🙂

[@Vaneyra32]

😂😂😂😂🤣

[@shirlthepearl3167]

😄😁🤣!! Deserves more likes.

[@harleydude7738]

That was hilarious 😂

[@Rocker6969]

I just want to thank Sting for keeping his cool. That must have been a tremendous amount of pressure for him to hold back. Sting should get an academy award for this performance !!

[@JoelVinsen]

Petition for Puddle of Mudd to cover José Feliciano covering Sting.

[@jandevries57]

My life has changed forever and will never be the same. This really was stunning i mean stinging.. 💔

[@zusanli251]

Hilarious

[@bambangsudanto5309]

not bad...jose feliciano is still gorgeous in his 70's...what an effort

[@vvarietyshow]

This was incredibly hard to watch... who put this together?! All those professionals and not one of them said "hey, this isn't working".... amazing.

[@pauljmorton]

Individuals in the band probably realize that it's from ass, but they're not in charge. They're just doing their job.

[@winKoneR]

Probably a typical case of people not strong enough to be honest while the whole thing is being managed by a suit who thinks he's smarter than everyone.

[@mfb5642]

@@winKoneR or they just wanted a paycheck, and if they complained they'd get fired.

[@Revltn320]

Ego amongst performers is big issue

[@bertroost1675]

The guy's blind, who is going to tell him?

[@pauljmorton]

Sting: Oh for crying out loud. Trudie: We should try to focus on the good things. Gustav: This is bad, I could be spending my time in a more productive way... Daniel: This is going to be televised, gotta force that smile. Victoria: THIS IS FUN AND COOL

[@evilldead6824]

It was like scratching the chalkboard for sting. U can actually see the physical pain this caused him.

[@0xbitbybit]

This is the most hilarious performance I've ever seen. The fact that Sting is right there and has to endure the entire thing, sting indeed. Utterly horrendous in every way!

[@B14k3]

anyone notice they cut his guitar after that shit solo at 1:56

[@hubbellmountain]

You can hear it at the end, sounds like it got turned down though

[@MrStranger1944]

Easily a top 10 worst solo I've ever heard. They made the right choice.

[@DOGOID]

didn't cut it , just dipped the volume in half.

[@stinkyuser4798]

I played that song better than him when I was 3 years old. He killed the song Hello from Puerto Rico. Shame on him

[@Andrew_Price]

It was only turned down (cus the solo was over), sadly.

[@mattsmith4343]

This performance pisses me off. I don't think I ever wanted to beat someone up for a performance before but this guy really brings it out of me.

[@paoloantunes1283]

And THAT was the moment when Sting discovered faith and learned to pray: “ oh please God no... please... no...”

[@danreynoldsphotography2735]

That moment when he rolls over to Spanish and Sting is just like "Wow, just when I thought it couldn't get any worse."

[@TESLA-fc6wm]

That was Carlitos way

[@laodiseahistorica]

as a spanish speaker, i tell you.. your right jajajaja

[@ryandcosta1332]

😂😂😂

[@MKDK-md6pu]

I had to rewind it just to watch the shock on Sting's face. It was HILARIOUS!!

[@marcosgomes7681]

Lol

[@juancarlosdiaz2857]

THE FACE OF STING AND HIS WIFE SAY IT EVERYTHING... AND THE GESTURES ACCOMPANIED THE STORM!! ☠☠☠☠ THEY DESTROYED THE SONG!!!

[@Guitarmuse1]

Regarding the common misinterpretation of the song, he(Sting) added: "I think the ambiguity is intrinsic in the song however you treat it because the words are so sadistic. On one level, it's a nice long song with the classic relative minor chords, and underneath there's this distasteful character talking about watching every move. I enjoy that ambiguity. I watched Andy Gibb singing it with some girl on TV a couple of weeks ago, very loving, and totally misinterpreting it. (Laughter) I could still hear the words, which aren't about love at all. I pissed myself laughing."-Sting

[@nonyabidness5708]

We've ALWAYS called this the stalker song!

[@Acoustic-Rabbit-Hole]

It's written in the blueish A- flat major; the cold key of death itself. // Also, I just looked up that performance of Andy Gibb on the weekly Solid Gold show, and I was shocked that indeed, they tried to sing it like a love song, but also they sang in E-flat, which is a bright, sort of yellow-orange key to my ear. That key is reserved more for songs about awakening, or coming to a certain realization. Again, even that key did not fit the original intention of the song. (The best love songs are in C. Red. Like a rose.) I feel like Sting's "Every Breath You Take" is borderline GOD "watching you." A-flat. Hard, cold truth. Blue. Also, round i shape. Unto itself. But, yes, I can certainly dig the "stalker" reference that was made.

[@jacksonhazeltine9291]

@@Acoustic-Rabbit-Hole With the way that you describe these keys and notes, I have to ask: Do you have synesthesia? This is a condition where some senses mix in different ways, sometimes along with emotions. In your case, it seems that certain sounds are associated with certain colors.

[@Acoustic-Rabbit-Hole]

@@jacksonhazeltine9291 Amazingly, no, I do not have synesthesia. I have a sort of perfect pitch. Where I can hear the different textures of each individual note name. For example F# sounds wobbly and very detatched, where as next to it, G suddenly becomes smooth and fluid. What I began to realize is that the energies of the notes are entirely spectral. Beginning with C as red. The great love songs are always in C. But, no, I have never seen any flashes of color or shapes. It simply makes most sense that, not only is the fludity of G best fitted for Aquamarine/Turquoise color, so does tear-drop shape fit G as well. And A loses the tail and becomes a cold sphere: Blue. But the real secret is that, i ACQUIRED perfect pitch. Simply by making careful sound observations about the texture of each notes. If you write it down and do certain comparative exercises, most anyone can learn pitch identification. You can check out some of my Musicolor charts that are embedded in my videos on my Acoustic Rabbit Hole channel here!

[@Acoustic-Rabbit-Hole]

@d R Ask a music synesthete and I guarantee He will prove you wrong. (Especially the ones that know me).