Sting and Dominic Miller Talk Beatles and the Future of Music

In this episode Sting and Dominic Miller talk about the magic of The Beatles and their optimism for the future of music.
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[@brianmoffet7237]

Big fan of Dominic Miller. Underrated musician, very creative, and just an all-around interesting guy. Very pleased that Dominic was included in this discussion! He's just as interesting as Sting.

[@dabreu]

Well, I have never heard of Dominic Miller before. I wish he had mentioned which Latin American musicians he used to listen. I am Brazilian. I got curious about it. This interview is amazing. I do think exactly the way they do about it was different before. Too band they cut it before the end.

[@emirramos990]

@@dabreu He also took lessons from Brazilian guitarist Sebastião Tapajós.

[@thegood9]

Totally agree. Dom has always been one of my fave stylists.

[@jimwells1583]

Saw Sting many years ago and the opening act cancelled , so Dominic went out and played 4 or 5 songs solo . Including Shape of my Heart, which Sting came out and sang BEFORE his own show . Was great to say the least

[@dparqui]

And he Is argentinian yehaa the most argentum influencia in internacional rock

[@nindyhunt]

I seriously wish all interviews were as smooth and relaxed as Rick's. I feel I could listen to these guys for hours on end and never tire.

[@maryuline2585]

So nice to hear an interview without artist pretension, shyness, or insecurities. Just 3 guys casually talking about something they love. Thank You!

[@9JuiceHead]

Sting's description of bringing home a new (vinyl) record album, placing it carefully on the turntable, reading the entire liner notes, who were the band members, the engineers, every detail he mentioned, that was what it meant to me!

[@diannaMV]

When he said that, I kind of flipped out because the very last vinyl record I ever bought was Nothing Like the Sun in the Fall of '87. I still remember placing the needle down on the opening track, Lazarus Heart. The fabulous ramp up to that driving, joyous sound of coming out of my Klipsch speakers. Bradford's horn. A fresh new musical experience. The digital versions are all too compressed. It's just not the same.

[@cool555breeze]

I'm so glad I grew up in the magic world of rock music and radio. Computers and digital stole it all. And the real sadness is, kids today don't even realize what they don't have... 😢

[@Fuzcapp]

I was literally devastated - the energy drained from my limbs - when David Moyse (guitarist for Air Supply) told me in the early 80s that CDs would totally replace records in a few years. I said to him, "No! No! They can't! Vinyl IS the artform!" And I still think that - You get a poster size album cover you can actually see - and designers could really go to town. Imagine Sgt Peppers or Captain Fantastic album covers if they had only ever been released on midget formats like CD or smaller. Imagine the original covers for albums like Sticky Fingers or Walls and Bridges - they would never have been created but for the LP vinyl. And the ritual of placing the needle down - then having an intermission at half time. That's how classic albums - especially concept albums - were crafted. Artists actually cared about song order! How's that for a novel idea today!

[@ramonarellano4988]

Yeah, I grew up with that ritual, lying on the carpet with a dim light, loved that.

[@reithchase7784]

As a baby from the 80’s, CD’s were that for me which i know is not the same, but i guess the point is waiting, owning and cherishing the entire album and listening intently the entire thing and reading the booklet. People pretty much rent music today, like almost everything else.

[@johnmccann8319]

Sting is a master musician,singer and songwriter and hearing him talking about the Beatles.This is how people used to talk with eachother.

[@mjulio71]

These conversations are Pure Gold. Thank you so much, Rick.

[@AudioPervert1]

So boring... Sting always had to hire really cool (and super talented) in order to make his songs or music sound cool. Be it Dominic Miller, Vinnie Colaiuta, Kenny Kirkland, Darryl Jones etc and host of really good producers, engineers and backing singers. As for the Beatles, the worlds first boy band, enough of one band from the past. Folks like Rick Beato basically celebrate white hegemony or dare we say mediocrity in pop music thru and thru ... consequently remain clueless about what goes on beyond that small huddled universe of white men. This cult worship is how the pop muzak industry survives. Massive yawn.....

[@Music4CatsNYC]

Dominic is type of guitarist that songwriters dream about....so special, yet so open to serve music and not his ego....amazing interview....and sting, beyond expectation chill cat

[@jakubzachnik1070]

Honestly it is amazing that we finally went from short format, tense, televised interviews to relaxed, deep, interesting conversations with the biggest talents in the world. It is a 10 min video and you can feel like hanging out with musician and listen to their deep understanding of music, people, sounds. I really appreciate this outlet and the fact that we can, all over the world, enjoy such a glimpse into the world that normally is closed to us.

[@byjoveshow]

Stings songs never get old. They still touch me after all these years

[@sn7miller]

Love hearing iconic musicians mentioning their own iconic inspirations and favorite songs, as they then get humble in just discussing it.

[@tvcdboombox1]

Rick really sets the stage for these artists to engage in genuine conversation - not pre-chosen talking points.

[@wormsnake1]

Love Sting. A working class lad from Newcastle who made his mark. Brilliant writer and humble guy.x

[@carl_anderson9315]

When I was 17 and started to listen to the Beatles in the late 90s, I knew they were very famous and influential, and that I was starting to get sick of the way pop and rock was degrading itself during those years. What I didn’t know was that they were considered the greatest and most influential band of all time. So, to my surprise, the more I listened to them and read on magazines, the more I realized that may favorite band had no comparison.

[@martynjones8560]

I started to listen to the Beatles aged 3 in 1969 (when they were still together). But when I'm asked what my favourite bands are, I immediately say "Joy Division, The Fall, Sonic Youth, Husker Du, Radiohead, etc., etc.". I never say The Beatles because they are in their own category of "phenomenon". There are The Beatles, and then there are all the other bands - as you say "no comparison".

[@jvblhc]

This was a great listen of three guys who, like so many of us, LOVE music!

[@kentharris3878]

Again, as I've said before, Rick's ability to put the guest at ease and 'set the bar' with some of his knowledge, makes these interviews priceless and rare. Love it, Rick. Made me want to go back and watch the whole interview again (which I will do shortly ;-)

[@TheCousinEddie]

Great conversation. I've been incredibly fortunate to see Sting and Dom play together on several tours starting with the "Soul Cages". I hope they never tire of performing because we fans will never tire of watching. Thanks Rick!

[@nickv4073]

I was driving with my 18 year old son and he fed his IPhone tunes through the car speakers. I noticed all the songs were Rock tunes from the 70's. I asked him if he did that for me and was surprised. He told me "No, this is what I like to listen to". Predictive streaming services are a good thing. Its why Classic Rock will never die.

[@TT-fq7pl]

How would it die without streaming? I went to record shops and bought old records. That worked just fine. Algorithms picking songs for us takes all the romance of discovery away.

[@TzunSu]

@@TT-fq7pl Because very few people actually did that. The percentage of music that is remembered from the 60s and 70s is just a tiny, tiny fraction of a percent of all the music that was made. Today it gets a completely new life.

[@TT-fq7pl]

@@TzunSu Everybody I knew who cared about music did that.

[@lorijones9579]

I also grew up with a wide exposure to music. I joined my first church choir at age 4 and could read music and sing 4-part harmony by 4th grade. I was obsessed with my radio, esp. The Beatles. I sang tenor in my high school choir for the 1st time because there were only 2 of us. I guested in other choirs if they needed a lead alto for Messiah. I sang in the chorus of Die Fledermaus. I also sang in smaller ensembles from trios to octets. My favorite opus is the Berlioz Requiem. I had the privilege of performing it with our city symphony and 4 brass choirs when I was 18 (now 67). Not only is this requiem written for the chorus, it's in Latin and exquisitely difficult, the rock and roll of requiem masses. I was a music major in college. I studied piano, voice, guitar, flute, handbell, recorder, and cello, but adored theory. I feel extraordinarily lucky, because music has graced my entire life. I have a cat named Hector Berlioz Jones. He's gorgeous.

[@johanvorster1385]

Thanks Rick. I attended a Sting Concert in Pretoria South Africa in February 2023. It was an absolute highlight for me. Thanks for brining us the great musicians

[@0010Kev]

I wish this video had been 2 hrs long. It was fascinating! There were so many good points made. My favourite moment was when Sting talked about when he thought to himself after hearing The Beatles, 'I know those four chords...I can try that!' That was pure gold. Yes Sting you could do that! Of course pretty much all of us thought the same thing, but 99% of us fell on our faces :) . Great video Rick as always!

[@JackSmith-hx8zh]

This was an excerpt from the original hour long interview, made less than a year ago.

[@willyd1711]

@@JackSmith-hx8zh link?

[@salvadorcastanos5834]

Yes!!!... The Beatles was the first to put the lyrics of each song at the back of the sleeve with SARGEANT PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND, and the first to includes the names of the producer and engineers... long live THE BEATLES... kudos from Guadalajara México 6-febrero-2023 ✌😎

[@garymcaleer6112]

Great post, Rick. Thanks, man. In '64, I was in Kindergarten when I first heard the Beatles. My favorite Christmas in childhood was my present of Beatles '65. I adored their music to Rubber Soul. After that, their character changed and I moved on to Cream, Hendrix and others until high school when I heard Birds of Fire & Hymn of The Seventh Galaxy. From then on, innovation in fusion held my heart until today with Matteo.

[@cheneyrobert]

Cutting the cellophane, scanning the liner notes, flipping the vinyl…..the rituals are gone…..this chat is pure gold 👏👏👏👏😎🥂

[@pdxmonkee]

Them sharing their private joke on Yesterday is a gem! This kind of joke only happens between people who are deeply connected to each other. Admirable friendship indeed.

[@Spinz99]

"The commodity just fills the glass". The A and B sides. I remember them. Maybe it's just singles these days. There's no guaranteed airplay time. It can still happen. There's digital albums. No sleeve. You can look the credits up. Very cool. I'm for music.

[@LittleMAC78]

I like that, towards the end of this shortened video, Dominic referenced something that Steve Lukather also mentioned in his which was the ritual of listening to an entire side of an LP then perhaps discussing what you'd just heard. These are great interviews Rick. Thank you :)

[@QuynhNguyen-zw8uv]

It truly is amazing that the 2 perfect guitarists that has complemented both Sting's Police and solo careers are literally fucken doppelgangers in Andy Summers and Dominic Miller.

[@TroyNaumu808]

I agree with everything that Sting has said in this interview completely.

[@triplecold]

I can’t even count how many times I smiled during this interview. Reminded me of so many things that I miss.

[@adamturner8732]

Rick is a master of music and I'm glad these greats recognize it!

[@Posijax]

I hope that this mental approach to music never dies...

[@lindylee1139]

Pretty cool when you get to hang out and chit chat with Sting, OMG!

[@CmdrDuncan]

Nice to see Sting smiling and laughing...not being so serious. You really helped open up the guy, Rick. Great interview.

[@pleasepermitmetospeakohgre1504]

Still coming across as a bit pompous I think, and that heavy breathing?...wow! 😁

[@hardlines2635]

@@pleasepermitmetospeakohgre1504 don’t think you realise how old he is, but I know what you mean about pompous, he was a school teacher and he reminded me of teachers I had, also I think he complicates his songs a lot, his best songs are the simple ones, I love the song about dead man’s boots,

[@amysscentsandsongs]

Rick this is great - I hope you will post more of this interview with Sting and Dominic. Sides A and B of a vinyl were my world - the order of songs was so important - and I miss liner notes. I could listen to the three of you talk all day.

[@Zeppelin180]

Full interview is on Rick’s main channel if you search for it. Was about a year ago. It’s amazing 👍🏻

[@angrylittlespider4593]

@@Zeppelin180 thank you! I'm going there next.

[@jonmcdaniel8492]

Records had so much more depth. Starting with the cover art, the back with the production information, many times the inner sleeve having the lyrics. The albums reflected a milestone for the artists, often attempting to create a synergy with a a compelling and coherent theme. To echo Sting, now music is consumed piecemeal, one song at a time, unrelated to anything else in time and space. The difference of how we consume music now from then is like eating a cinnamon bun from a vending machine and sitting at a restaurant and having a full meal.

[@markmartin3221]

Great job Rick, pose the question and then back out verbally and let your guests answer. ❤

[@limakilo1331]

Three greats in one room. Love this stuff. I miss the gathering of friends and the anticipation of sitting around listening to a new album/artist. I have a lot of fond memories from my teens in the seventies doing just that. Have one friend in particular who would alway invite me over to hangout and just listen to albums for hours perusing the the covers, sleeves etc. and talking music. This was/is a huge part of my life. My children don’t understand when I attempt to explain the experience. The 60’s/70’s/80’s was a phenomenal time to experience music. I feel as though we’ve lost this love toward the full experience of music. Thank you three gentlemen for your contributions to music.

[@sergiosaunier]

Same here. My upbringng in the seventies and eighties involved a lot of hanging out with friends, listening to the latest album someone picked up after hearing one of its songs on the radio, or the import of the month, courtesy of someone's flight attendant friend who had just arrived from London. It was a great time to be alive, and sorely missed.

[@commonman317]

I remember looking at Sting's liner notes when "Nothing Like The Sun" came out. It was a learning experience to hear his thought process as he created that great album back in 1987.

[@Tubes12AX7k]

One of my favorite albums. And part of that was reading the deep thoughts in the liner notes in the tape cassette case. I'm actually a bigger fan of Dream of the Blue Turtles which is in my top 10 or so favorite albums, ever.

[@bugman3164]

Manu Katche's drumming was incredible on "Nothing Like the Sun" and also "The Soul Cages". The later was one of the most beautifully produced and written Sting albums in my opinion. I nearly wore the cover off of the album, I played it so much.

[@kpmac1]

Agreed. I learned a lot from reading that and from listening to the album.

[@lisa_gay]

I devoured the liner notes for "Nothing Like The Sun" every time I played that album. And I played it constantly in my dorm room the year it came out.

[@autumn1231]

I stumbled on a small crew that was photographing Sting and the photos were part of the video for Be Still My Beating heart. Actually got to talk to him. It's a good memory.

[@freyna]

A beautiful discussion on moving the needle back from streaming to ritual

[@nelsonwhite7386]

This all hits home with me. Guess I’m in that age bracket. These interviews are my favourite part of your channel. Very informative and reaffirming that great musicians share some of the same viewpoints and experiences that you have had as a musician. Still have all the old Beatle records well scratched and worn from years of use. Sting is so insightful. Great video Rick. Thanks so much.

[@PeopleMakePictures]

I bought Bowie's Hunky Dory and read the cover inside out on the bus home and played the A side for 3 months, then turned it over and played the B side. 3 months later I bought Back in Black, and the cycle repeated with Diana Ross, Meat Loaf, Bad Company, Neil Diamond, Rod Stewart and more, and these albums saw me into my early twenties... I loved that. I got to really relate to all the songs.

[@obijuan3004]

I used to buy albums like Sting was saying, there was a ritual to opening an album, placing it carefully on the turn table, listening closely to each song, while read the album cover. I was excited if there were lyrics, or a poster, or some other goody in the album, and double albums were an extra treat. The great thing about an album were the songs that didn’t make the radio. We called them “deep cuts.” No one gave the deep cuts 3 stars of 5 stars, you listen the music for yourself. You heard the artists song, and sometimes it becomes a favorite from the album, it would never be on the radio. Still the artists song said something that was personal and touching for what ever reason, and I was never bother that, that personal relationship that I had with the song, was never interrupted by being blasted on the radio 10 times a day. That connect is gone once we are busy clicking on the song with the most stars. It’s those deep cuts gave artists room to explore musically.

[@robm3569]

Music is a soulful experience for those of us that embraced the album, a collection of songs by a band you listened to as they grew and explored new ideas. Sometimes the extremely easy access we have to new music today can oversaturate the listener. The ritual of choosing which new album you were going to buy, bringing it home and immediately settling down for that first listen, there's just nothing like it. You would absorb that first listen, take a break and come back for an even deeper listening session later or the next day. I still do that, and even though I can download the album quickly, I still take the time to really listen and look forward to sharing music as well.

[@this_one_guy]

Re: albums, i still enjoy when an artist releases a collection of songs that have an arc and relate to each other in a meaningful way. Songs don't always have to be released as albums (or collections) anymore, but i think it will still remain an important option

[@mightymog100]

The part about where music is right now and about streaming music is spot on. I discovered so many great songs when playing an album because you listened to all of it. It's far too easy to jump from hit to hit on the streaming apps and missing out on so many great songs. Kids miss out on taking their pocket money to the music shops and flicking thru the albums, looking at the great art on the covers and reading the sleeves b4 finally deciding on what to get then running up the road to get it on the record player with your mates.

[@martentolsma6314]

Ive rediscovered vinyl since last year, it’s a totally different experience where going to the recordshop is one of my favorite activities

[@jontucker3058]

Great point about vinyl setting the standard for how we listen to music (5 songs on one side, 5 on the other), I don't think the younger generation thinks like that anymore... I am 50 and remember listening to a side at a time or flipping the album to listen to it all... these days its track by track and completely open to how much an artist wants to release and on what platform.

[@shanemccormick3483]

Being a music lover. I bought an IPod when they first came out. I thought ,this is the greatest thing ever. Then I realized. I had stopped searching for new music. I had all my favorites with me and was only listening to those songs and artists. So, I got rid of it. I couldn’t tell you how many times that I bought a CD for the one or two radio hits. After listening to these hits over and over. I decided to let the CD play through and finding songs on it that never got commercial air play, Songs I ended up loving more than the initial radio hit. I agree with Sting. There is something special about discovering music on your own. Screw the algorithm! I’ll decide! I’ll discover and I’ll grow as a person for better or worse.

[@ewest14]

You stopping searching for music is your problem and not the technology. You could have done the same thing you did with your cds, with your iPod, except your iPod could hold many songs in a small space and be taken anywhere. Now with streaming, you can listen to full albums much easier than you would be able to with physical media. It’s up to the listener to decide how they listen. Don’t blame the technology, blame the user

[@davidsamuels4246]

I relish those days with your buddies, records on the floor or bed, spread out reading who's who and from what band etc. When life had time to absorb the music. Simple wonderful memories.

[@joseegonzalez4894]

Fantastic interview! You left us hungry for more…at least 2 hours! Listening to the 3 of you talking about music was delightfully entertaining!

[@davidgarione2206]

As Dominique Miller says, people of his and mine generation in Buenos Aires Argentina grew up with the Beatles and Stones, but also with tango and folk argentine music: from Anibal Troilo to Piazzolla, from Atahualpa Yupanqui to The Chalchaleros, And later on, in our adolescence, with Yes, Genesis, Pink Floyd, ELP, King Crimson, Mahavishnu and some American bands such as CSN&Y, Santana, and others. A decade later we used to hear The Police, Cure or Joy Division. Everything was to do with that Beatkes influence mentioned, the woks and albums were absolutely conceptual, and during today's spotify times that structure of music has ended up. I strongly recommend to foreing listeners to get in touch with argentina and brazilian prog from the 70's: Crucis, Invisible, La Maquina de Hacer Pájaros, Secos & Molhados, Terreno Baldio, the chileans Los Jaivas, etc. All of them genuine music and amazing musicians. Today in argentine music, as in everything else and everywhere, all is decadence only.

[@johnnymoon9501]

I've been teaching guitar for afew years, started playing when I was 11, as well as other instruments🥁🎷🎸 I will always remember Walking home from the mall with a new album by RUSH titled Moving Pictures(Tom Sawyer) when I put the record on I had mistakingly cued up the B-side listening to "the Camera Eye" & "Witch Hunt" & I was thinking that it really sucked, wasted my money. Then I listened to the A-side and was Very satisfied, hearing "Limelight", "Tom Sawyer", etc. As time went on I realized how masterful the B-side really was, love it! The whole album is solid gold "Red Barchetta"😊

[@Jake-Riprock]

Ya know…. I’ve watched the original hour long interview Rick did with Sting and Dom about ten+ times now, and here I am watching a ten minute clip from it. This was such an amazing interview. Rick asked great questions, and Sting and Dom were fantastic guests.

[@carlsalazar4490]

I’m glad you don’t interrupt your guests. Good job.

[@kevgamble]

Rick makes a great point about credits on Spotify. I just started using it recently and was amazed to see that album credits are nowhere to be found. It's like going back to the Motown anonymity all over again. Performers, instruments, notes from the band, all the context of the album is gone, and it's just a little picture and track names to click. I think it's very sad. It encourages a shallow experience over a deeper one. Imagine listening to a Police album and never seeing the names Stewart Copeland or Andy Summers. Or even knowing that Sting is the one singing and playing the bass.

[@danielkokal8819]

music is consumed a la carte now. albums used to be complete presentations ( you can thank The Beatles for that) but now its just singles downloaded in no particular context at all. no liner notes to read when its just a wave file.

[@ChrisColeChicago]

It didn’t used to be that sparse - there was SOME content - but now it’s nothing.

[@GamingwithKandA]

That's how I grew up on music. You would hear a song you like on the radio, and when it was over, they might actually tell you the singer or band name if you were lucky. You would spend hours waiting for that song to play again, hoping to hear who it was this time. It was sometimes 20 years before I even knew what a certain band looked like, or even the names of the members. But when I finally got old enough to go see these band in concert, it was the most incredible time.

[@danielkokal8819]

@@GamingwithKandA I remember hearing "Nights in White Satin" on the radio late at night in my room and was blown away. I had to know who it was. I tiptoed past my parents room and called the radio station to ask them. I had " Days of Future Passed" album the next day. Still one of my three desert island albums.

[@GamingwithKandA]

@@danielkokal8819 ha, I wouldn't have even known how to call the radio station, but that's awesome! I had to sneak out and ride my bicycle 45 miles to see my first concert... Loverboy and Aerosmith. Talk about mind blown..

[@novellogastone]

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

[@mags102755]

I miss albums. Sting is a really fine songwriter. Dream of the Blue Turtles filled my days a long time ago.

[@kevgamble]

I agree with you. He's an amazing songwriter, and I agree with Rick that he is beyond imitation. Singular.

[@WolfGeek_616]

Sting really knows the music universe.. I had a very rare learning from him.

[@kimnesvig254]

Key point - BBC played a bit of everything. American radio had an element of that. I recall the spring of 1964 hearing the Beatles, Louis Armstrong, Nat King Cole, Johnny Cash and Marty Robbins (singing Gordon Lightfoot) all on the same station within hours of each other.

[@nikitamcconnell8027]

Mr. Sting, I can assure you those of us who care about music do sit and listen to the whole newly released album.

[@pasyensyatv9092]

Sting is such a great story teller on writing the lyrics of his songs which lacks in today's modern music.

[@rabukan5842]

Love it Rick! Hope you'll do another longer one with Sting and Dominic - two interesting musicians who live within our history.

[@tracylincoln3092]

Really really enjoyable to listen to these 3 accomplished professionals have a real conversation about their craft and the Love if their craft. Thank you to all 3 of you guys.

[@Racingbro1986]

Thanks for keeping music alive.

[@marianamasetto6610]

Absolutely interesting interview! Love Sting's music ever. What a human being and musician. Sending all my love from Buenos Aires, Argentina! Cheers, Dominic :-) Salud!

[@baharam98]

what a great interview. thank you rick for making these wonderful talks take place... much respect...

[@nakfan]

I really think that these gems of interviews deserve to be on Ricks main channel.

[@jhannides]

What a pleasure to hear these guys talking about Music! Great interview!❤❤

[@brianmi40]

Wow, the "liner notes" comments by Sting hit me HARD. I basically discovered everyone I loved through that process in the 70s, 80s and into the 90s as the era of studio musicians started to die off. Being a smooth jazz / fusion / rock fan, listening to everything from Captain Fingers to Toto, Pink Floyd to Nils, it was easy in the 80s to connect to all the artists that were cross-playing on everyone else's recordings. Earl Klugh behind George Benson, Kirk Whalum behind Bob James, literally HUNDREDS of examples. It was a treat to buy a new album/CD. As a play by ear guitarist, my challenge became if I could play along with the melody or do some form of rhythmic or melodic accompaniment on the initial play through of the album!

[@kevinn1158]

I must be really old. I was in high school in the early to mid 80s. It was an incredible time because we had 3 decades of great just prior and in the late 70s everything exploded. Raggae, ska, punk, funk, new wave all of which would inspire me to listen to jazz, opera, musicals etc. It was a great time because things weren't so narrow in their focus.

[@ivanalfonsocorderogutierre7498]

All you need is love, all you need is the Beatles!🎉❤

[@gageeb66]

Rick! Thank you! You are the absolute best and your contribution to music helping others like me, is immeasurable!

[@petrolhead1960]

Great interview. Dominic Miller is such an underrated guitarist. Check out his work with King Swamp. Just brilliant.

[@rosenfeld68]

Very complete musicians, admired and cherished as humans as well

[@jameshill5621]

Rick brings the best out of his guests. Wouldn’t it be great if he had a late night network show!

[@AldousHuxleysCat]

This makes me think that maybe the solution is to have the artist the producers in the engineers create a video on KZbin to promote and talk about the work. What a great way to number one promote your product and number two to help people understand what goes into actually making recorded music

[@davidhoxit4274]

Sting mentioned the liner notes...that's my guy right there! I loved reading that cover to cover...over and over just in case I missed something🔥

[@allanharris4281]

Nice to see how relaxed Sting is throughout this and the first part of the interview, Rick. Your compelling questions surely kept and piqued his interest.

[@zeroceiling]

This is quite a feat actually. A friend of mine is a producer with two Emmy’s under his belt…and he went o a dinner of about 6-8 people, with Bryan Adams and Sting. He said the evening was quite fine save for the fact that Sting only looked at..and spoke to Bryan…pretty much the entire evening. He simply spoke to nobody else..despite the fact that it was largely a group made up of accomplished musicians not easily brought to worship anyone with a name. So from that perspective, the food was apparently good, but the evening was rather odd.

[@jimray2281]

Great testament to Rick - I’m late for work but watching this feels more important

[@MrMd5555]

Sting is spot on about music being reduced to a commodity like coffee. It reminds me how I used to get so excited back in the 90s to go buy a cd & I couldn't wait to get home & blast it with guitar in hand learning the whole album even the songs i didn't care much for. Now, I don't even listen to songs when I learn them anymore, i go off of memory & I rarely actually learn them proper before just getting bored & moving on... probably a bad example of what I'm trying to say but it's what came to mind when sting said that because I've been saying that for years as well

[@marknewbold2583]

CDs were a commodity

[@hardlines2635]

Agree but the time they are talking about people only had music, lots of distractions today so music has become throw away, the so called music stars today are celebrated more for what they are wearing, I would have given up on music if it wasn’t for he internet, now I can choose who I listen to no matter where in the world they are, one of my favourite bands are the Teskey Brothers from Australia, I never would have heard them without the internet.

[@ashleyjackson8538]

The question I would like to ask ‘ Where do you go to creatively , after you written some of the best songs ever written . ? Shape of my heart as an example .

[@zykify]

A thing about albums, that I have rediscovered lately since I have started to listen to whole albums again, is that you get to hear songs that grows on you, songs that need to tease you a few times before you catch them. When you just let Spotify just do its thing, those songs will never be played and, eventually, never be made...

[@ARGBlackCloud]

Great interview with 2 Icons , big fan of both those guys tallents , and Sting's recordings are usually the highest quality audio you can get !! Fabullous Rick

[@jedionwax]

This was such a great interview. Everyone is just hanging out - you bring that to the table with everyone and it really is so engaging with people.

[@sess122]

I used to play in a rock band with a schooled keyboardist and he predicted that 1/4 tone music would be the future. That was 45 years ago and I'm still waiting to hear it, as bizarre a concept as it seemed then and still does.

[@GS-uy4xo]

We need to bring it in to start getting our ears adjusted -- consider which scale tone would be the 1st to be modified, maybe the 5th?

[@sess122]

@@GS-uy4xo "Ears adjusted" is right and darned if I know. I seem to vaguely recall him trying to give me a crude example at that time and it was just too discordant, at least to my ears. The notes/tones are just too close together.

[@chrisruef9221]

Can't wait to see Sting live in April

[@michaelward5670]

Such a relaxed edition of contemplation and discussion that, due to the nature of the theme and situation, passion that's visceral emerged. Thank you Rick and the guest. Yes I've mastered the spelling of sting. Wrapped around the finger is as hauntingly gorgeous as anything I've heard. Thank you.

[@ccw5886]

Two very talented and interesting people. Im on my way 61 now and I remember holding my new vinyl with a reverence and the hunt for the particular recording. Its all gone but I think the next big musical movement is on its way.

[@GS-uy4xo]

Absolutely - we have so many imitators with amazing skill sets, the next thing is to innovate.

[@JohnGatesIII]

There is a new artist out, from England, named Ren. He cut his teeth Busking in Brighton, England. He's definitely reminded me of Sting once or twice (could be because he covered "Englishman in New York").

[@kompst]

He’s very interesting. Just came across him in the past month, but would like to hear more from him.

[@snakemont]

Alums Are Beautiful. A and B Side. To think about Every Song and the Whole. Like a Movie. Like a TV SHOW Season. It's impotant. Like John Mayers - SOB ROCK!

[@romannumeral5547]

Thank You Rick for having these marvelous interviews. It's so wonderful to hear the way you all discuss the music. Nothing is the same as the feeling when you open up a vinyl album. From the incredible artwork to the liner notes and having the lyrics to help you sing along. It was truly an adventure each and every time. God Bless these incredibly talented artists for bringing us their music.

[@lavatar3562]

Thanks for revisiting a snippet of this great interview. Fab4forever

[@andrewashdown3541]

Stings paean to vinyl is a thing of beauty in itself - it was worth watching just this video for that

[@ianlaker9161]

Well, Mr. Sumner, the placement of vinyl on turntable platter is still a ritualistic experience of mine and always has been. Sometimes the 12" disc is one of yours! Excellent discussion as always!

[@kyleelsbernd7566]

I've heard that Sting's analysis of popular music is devastating. Here's a little glimpse of his brilliance.

[@DannyDep17]

Rick, thanks for allowing me to be a fly in the room with a singer/musician/songwriter i revere immensely.

[@davisworth5114]

Back in the 60s so many folks had guitars in the house, nylon or steel string guitars, bongos, maracas, flutes and recorders, one could go to someone's "pad" with a guitar and have a beautiful impromptu jam break out, these sessions were a gas and a challenge for musical invention, plus we had learned folk songs is school and everyone was listening to Dylan, Joan Baez, etc. and that is an experience that doesn't exist for young people today, at least on the scale of those days. Of course, it needs to be understood that the creative explosion of the 60s was the result of the LEISURE TIME afforded to my generation at the apex of the industrial revolution, it has been sliding downhill since the economic decline that began in the 70s. Really a great discussion!

[@freewheelburning8834]

I really enjoyed reading Sting's autobiography 'Sting ~ Broken Music' short but well written so good in fact I wish there was a movie

[@fredjkproductions]

In much the same way that it’s almost effortless to determine which Beatle wrote which song just by listening to it, Sting, Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland all had very different ideas about how to compose and orchestrate a song. Sting would weave beautiful and complex lyrics, Summers would create a luscious and elaborate soundscapes and Copeland had his own brand of humor and absurdity that became a hallmark of his Klark Kent projects. Their music was endlessly wonderful to listen to and still is.

[@tbc1809]

For some of us vinyl was always there and will be always there it never left sting

[@evanmcdonnal]

The album model is great because a song is too limited in what can be expressed. Usually there is a simple theme or idea that the lyrics center around and particular tempo and mood that don't change too drastically throughout it. The album connects something like a dozen songs and gives the space to express yourself more comprehensively, touching on a several ideas, themes, topics and moods. It also creates circumstances in which you can put musical ideas that don't work very well on their own. Things that would be terrible singles can be some of the most pleasant tracks in an album because of where they're placed in the listing.