Sting - Englishman In New York. Ashtyn&Jon REACTION

[@donepearce]

The words are "I'm an alien, I'm a legal alien"

[@sorscha1308]

I'm a LEGAL alien.

[@cush6827]

The elderly person 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.

[@tommyhunter7313]

Legal alien..you numptys. Lol. No disrespect hehe

[@sudsoverspill4484]

Quentin Crisp, Rest well Sweet Soul.

[@daggerlane]

Pleasant song and the video also featured Quentin Crisp (the older man), an Englishman who had made his home in New York (see his Wikipedia entry).

[@PeterJPickles]

The song is about Quentin.

[@scarfhs1]

@@PeterJPickles Absolutely, anyone who doesn't know who Quentin Crisp was please google him, you will be glad you did.

[@degsbabe]

'The Naked Civil Servant' is a great Bio of him. John Hurt starred in the TV play.

[@edcampion3998]

love the line takes a man to suffer ignorance and smile

[@SuperDancingdevil]

R.I.P. Quentin Crisp.

[@kingwacky184]

He is singing Im a legal alien. Not illegal!

[@geraldinechadwick130]

Yes for sure...gets a bit lost in translation!

[@geraldinechadwick130]

He's singinging about Quentin Crisp an (eccentric) Englishman who lived in New York!

[@ibwilliamsi]

He's saying "I'm a legal alien".

[@lindahollingsworth2567]

Love Sting, great video.............let's face it. The man is gorgeous.

[@krishnamurtiism]

The old guy is Quentin Crisp, a modern Oscar Wilde and genius, moved to NYC after a lifetime of shit in UK

[@en6278]

its like you think gay men in New york didnt get a lifetime of shit also during his time growing up 50+ years ago.

[@williammarquez6883]

no he didn't say he's an illegal alien in New York. He said I'm a legal alien in New York.

[@paulx873]

true even if you don't understand it you can get it out of the context. And english is not what Iusely speak.

[@ethanhartman7329]

Just imagine this song was made today but by a mexican man and was called Mexican in new york and the lyrics were actually I'm an illegal alien.

[@brad5983]

Sting is underrated

[@robertkirk4387]

not in my eyes

[@darkmatter6714]

Think about it...If he is English then he has no need to be an illegal alien. England has everything any first world country would need and maybe one or two things extra you won’t get in the US - like free health care for example.

[@AERallert]

Yeah, free healthcare that only helps UK to be sinking in corpses now. Free hc sucks ass.

[@darkmatter6714]

DexterNick 😂 STFU with your brainwashed low intellect. You realise the US has the WORST infection and death rate in the WORLD right now ? NYC - a city of 8m people - has almost as many deaths alone as the ENTIRE UK - a country of 65m people. Your backwards 2nd world country has more infections than the next 4 European countries COMBINED. covid19.who.int When it comes to global rankings of health conditions, the US ranks 59th in the world, behind countries like Uzbekistan, Mexico and Thailand 😂 . When it comes to global ranking of living conditions it ranks 29th in the world, behind places like Israel, Slovenia and Estonia😂😂 When it comes to global rankings of personal freedom, your so called, self-proclaimed “land of the free” sits 22nd behind places like Costa Rica, Uruguay and Malta 😂😂😂 Needless to say the top ranked countries in any category are mostly European. Here - eat your heart out: www.prosperity.com/rankings

[@paulhatton9564]

@@AERallert The NHS is incredible. Why do Americans think it's free? It's not free, it has to be paid for. And it is... by our taxes. It means that people aren't hit with a huge bill (or indeed any bill). American healthcare prices are over priced.

[@mrod7692]

Sting did a lot of classy stuff after the Police you should check out more of his work.

[@dragoonlordz]

I had them do another Sting reaction more recently, (Shape of my Heart) it's on my channel too and I also plan to have them listen to few more Sting songs in the future.

[@spirosoikonomopoulos2651]

First of all get two sets of ear phones because you can only hear half of what's playing.... so music must not mean much to you...

[@taytaymaymoon9436]

They are too ignorant because they are from PD :)

[@nexis1293]

Love this tune

[@grahamharper8114]

I love the slight reverb on the saxophone.

[@neilburns8869]

It's LEGAL alien: because obviously there's no law stopping him from being in New York City but how he does many things differ quite a bit from the way a native US citizen might do things.😉🥴

[@boudebond]

My favorite Sting song.

[@Oxygene1841]

Sting fronted the 70s punk/Reggae/Jazz trio who were massive dating back 40 odd years,you will of heard of them with hits including Walking On The Moon and Roxanne.

[@britishbeauty8331]

Legal alien. He’s British lol

[@en6278]

whats your point? an illegal alien is a foreigner who is in america illegally. So he could be one in New york. But he is there legally hence Legal Alien. British or Mexican you still needs same permissions to be in New york.

[@jamesm9995]

@@en6278There are no British illegals in the US.

[@timgrannum3942]

No reactors use google because it appears their ignorance is the road to riches. Sign of the Kardashian times

[@Salieri21]

A legal alien not illegal alien.

[@muralidharanj2857]

There are lot many as pleasing as this one when he was part of the band The Police and later when he parted on solo run... Visit their wiki to get to know and react one by one instead of us recommending you one by one

[@gorgesmiff]

Love this song

[@pauljohnson8016]

Sting fields of gold and fragile . 2 songs of his you should check out

[@Tuclix]

Last ship, Moon over Bourbon street, Dead man's boots, Shape of my heart and oh so many others. He is a true legend.

[@paulx873]

@@Tuclix moon over burbanstreet is my favorite👌

[@santiagopaz2716]

Los dos no tienen sentimientos o están muertos

[@smallsmalls3889]

If you don't no what the song is about you're comments are pointless.

[@kolnman3582]

The Old man in the vids is Quention Crisp who left Britain in the 1970s because of the Homosexual laws. He was persecuted and attacked because of his appearance and for his outspoken views of being Gay.

[@sandgrownun66]

Sex between men was legalized in England and Wales in 1967. Over a decade before it was in New York. In fact, it was still illegal in some US states until 2003! He actually moved from London where it was legal, to New York, where it wasn't. He went to New York because it had more of an ambivalent attitude to being gay at the time.

[@kolnman3582]

@@sandgrownun66 Isn't that what I said in my comment.

[@sandgrownun66]

@@kolnman3582 No. There was no longer any law in England against gay sex, when he moved to New York. Oddly, he actually moved to a place, where it was still illegal! It was just that the attitudes at the time in New York, were more relaxed to being openly gay.

[@danielw5850]

I saw him at the Prince of Wales’ Theatre, London in 1979, following the TV drama of his life, prior to moving to NYC. Yes, he spoke eloquently of his earlier (persecuted) life, but was upbeat , very witty and looking to future.

[@petercsigo9935]

Maybe a few more years than you too going to be mature enough to review music videos.

[@ElphabaRaine]

"then" "two".

[@jaccoscherjon1814]

Its true these People on are screen ruined there lives

[@greenwoodtea]

Never heard of sting????? What????

[@johnnosiennek7066]

This is about Quentin Crisp (in the hat) who ended up in NY after being hounded out of the UK because of his sexuality

[@sudsoverspill4484]

Yes, i'm surprised anyone in here knows the story of Quentin, What a Sweet Soul, he's gone now but Changed the World.

[@steveclarke543]

He wasn't hounded out of the UK, if that was so he would have left in the 1930's not in 1981

[@stepgios]

The only reaction were she seems to actually like and care about the song...

[@RichSchlam]

This video should be illegal 🤣

[@sudsoverspill4484]

I'm a Legal Alien in New York.

[@luciusquinctiuscincinnatus2058]

I respect your taste.

[@jaycutts8054]

Think they are paid to review it

[@andrewlane7517]

IM AN ALIEN!

[@kevinmole9982]

a genius

[@grahamharper8114]

Who did the drumming part?

[@aitornavarro6597]

I believe it is Manu Katché

[@frankmillen5231]

Shameful, no research done at all

[@markwillmott9670]

A legal alien

[@iceetmarne3571]

sorry, you triggered me with no emotion or lack of music love.

[@Juan.Louis.]

It's the police

[@ibwilliamsi]

No, it's Sting after the Police, with Branford Marsalis.

[@Juan.Louis.]

@@ibwilliamsi i knew that...