Sting - Title 12 - Sting at the Writing Class - uncut (2006)

Project Summary:
Medium: DVD
Date: September 2006
Role: Executive Producer
Details:
"Sting at the Writing Class - uncut" is the full-length video which was excerpted in the "extras" section of the Sting DVD "Broken Music". Shot during a visit to a writing class in Madison, WI on April 15, 2005, this video remains unreleased.

[@mitgift167]

This man is deeply intellectual, deeply sensitive, deeply thoughtful, deeply creative, deeply artictic. Today he is over 70, I saw him in Concert "My songs" in Hamburg last November. He comes across youthful, you can see that his music gives him joy and energy. He needs touring, he needs to be playing on stage. It is what he is. He is such an inspiration. The human faults he might have like any human - invisible to me.

[@LawrencePeryer]

I am not sure how the magical KZbin algorithm came to pick this up after so long but I am grateful to everyone who has taken the time to watch and comment. Thank you.

[@elsabewium4450]

Thx Lawrence !!!

[@fredwinslow744]

Are you the prof or purveyor of this event day when stong came to read from his book the day he also performed ? Thanks for this

[@LawrencePeryer]

No sir. My company at the time ran Sting's official website and we produced these videos. @@fredwinslow744

[@NelsonClick]

This is who Sting really is. British school teacher. He's in his element here. Moreso than on a stage or recording studio. He can talk and keep talking. Great quality in a classroom. Stories keep moving in a comfortable tempo. Good teacher ethic.

[@johndoyle2429]

I know he is famous for been in band Police. Sting also famous Songwritering and solo work. Basically my point is, you definitely know he was a teacher at one point.

[@bigkozlov]

Here's man who built an enormous wealth from being radically creative.

[@Auntkekebaby]

I've read the book twice. It's no surprise that he's a great writer because of his lyrics. I'm glad that he wrote it because of the endless, versions of him that people love to sell.

[@Teresa20230]

All I can say is he reads as beautifully as he sings! I wish he were my literature professor!❤

[@ronengreen7210]

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[@artisaprimus6306]

The world is full of intelligent, creative people. A very few people can express themselves the way Sting does. So many of his songs are very personal and yet common. His song "Brand new day" is a song most people can relate to almost immediately. A treasure.

[@maysapost1999]

What a treasure! I have deep, emotional memories about this book and the people I met because of this book.

[@caromailly]

He's hypnotizing me reading his book... I really would love he would record an audio-version of his book

[@simpsimpson5175]

you just want to sleep with him..be honest

[@redadamearth]

I wonder if anyone stood too close to him.

[@RaysTrack]

I enjoyed reading this very much. I'd love to see it released as an audiobook. If Sting's not happy to be narrator I'd recommend Bill Nighy, who did a great job on Chris Blackwell's autobiog.

[@Karawolff]

This was at my university…UW-Madison WI. And it’s not in 2006, the actual date was 4/15/2005. Earlier on the same day Sting played his Broken Music concert at our Kohl’s Center. He was Phenomenal!!! It was our 7 y.o. son’s very first concert! We all had a blast and I have followed Sting ever since, culminating in a magical musical experience in Las Vegas just this past 4/01 (April Fools day!) & 4/02/23! He is such a gifted talent and a truly Nice guy💗✨💖🌟💝💫❣️🕊☮️

[@EttaScott-vr4bs]

Yes, his mental is vast and deep, and the gifted humanity in him is vast. Love HIs MuSIC SO MUCH BECAUSE OF THE STOrY

[@johngibbs799]

Thank you for posting. Delightful!!! 😇

[@LawrencePeryer]

Glad you enjoyed it! thanks for watching.

[@punns643]

Thank you

[@ruleof4]

Exceptional. Valuable. Thanks for posting, Lawrence.

[@LawrencePeryer]

thank you for watching

[@ImpartiallySpeaking]

In 1976 whilst in his 20s he was still using his real name Gordon Sumner for use with his first bands publicity material in material

[@LawrencePeryer]

I hope you don't mind the comment spam, but I thought any of my viewers who like this video might enjoy the interview with Dominic Miller that I dropped today. You can get it here: www.spotlightonpodcast.com/dominic-miller/

[@elsabewium4450]

Love you sweet guy ... !!!

[@leapsplashafrog]

Going into a school telling them about his heroic dose .. awesome 😎

[@henriettczerovszky572]

All would envy

[@henriettczerovszky572]

A madár az ász)

[@stevencochran5301]

I woled him!

[@roadArt132]

Why does this 6 yr old video have 6 hr old comments? KZbin has a funny way of regurgitating previously discarded content..

[@LawrencePeryer]

I agree. No one was more surprised than me to start getting all of these comment alerts out of the blue. I guess I am just happy people who are into it have found it!

[@thewomble1509]

He's a poet, he's a pusher partly truth, partly fiction, He's a walking contradiction.............

[@neoone5942]

It must be Kristofferson as cited by Cybill Sheperd in Taxi Driver!

[@thewomble1509]

@@neoone5942 Yep, got it in one!

[@fredwinslow744]

Not a demotion man ? Definitely not omega man

[@BlueBeeThemeMusic]

None of these are real jobs, so he did well. No lack of self-love.

[@LysanderLH]

He took a hallucinogen which necessarily changed his connection with reality. After his chemical induced psychosis, he retained some of the experience as if it had actually happened and because he thought it meant something more than a dream. If you woke up every morning and acted on part of anything you had dreamed, what state might your life be in?

[@AndreasDelleske]

A life with a state of mind that does not go away is hell, pretty much. The emptiness between the states is all the beauty, peace and life worth living. There is nothing to achieve. Just see, now.

[@liamfarris5360]

Well, does he look like his life fell apart afterwards? I'm not one for promoting the use of hallucinogens, due to the well-known pitfalls, but it obviously helped him see and realise some deep things about himself and his life. And it was under supervision, so it wasn't like he did it willy-nilly "experimenting" on his own. Sometimes dreams throw reality into relief for us, so that we can better appreciate its nature. If i have a really strong one, i take note of what it's trying to tell me.

[@LysanderLH]

@@liamfarris5360 can you tell when you are awake and lucid and when you are hallucinating because you took a hallucinogenic chemical? would you know that after the effects had worn off, that you had hallucinated and that you no longer were! he couldn’t and that is known as psychosis (drug induced in this case). If you have not taken an hallucinogenic drug and you experience psychosis, you are psychotic. rhetoric and beliefs don’t change that.

[@Teresa20230]

The experience he describes at 7...in a "church " in Brazil is a scary one. I guess is the place where they give you some drink which is dangerous. So naive to do it. Or out of mind.

[@Sebastian-lo3hn]

I was surprised to hear that his brother was working as a milkman....That's an onion that needs to be peeled.

[@daveobrien3123]

I read the book which was interesting, referencing music history from a personal and illuminating perspective. This video continues the theme of the cult of Sting, armed, now, with many more personal revelations to feed the already smitten and propose further his potential divinity, purposefully building on his personal brand to the benefit of his ego. Sting refers to his perceived arrogance on several occasions in the book, this video shows just how arrogant he is to invite an audience to talk about him.

[@MikaelLewisify]

Or could it be that we just really like his music?

[@fredwinslow744]

He invited an audience of writing students to have an author hear him read and relate Regarding his book . Do the other unsuccessful writers or less successful get by default lack of ego and people like sting get painted as egotistical Seems like a label looking for targets You. Being the one doing it ..

[@gladtidings6020]

Why would anyone think it wise to drink a potion? I suppose when your desperate for sanity you’ll do anything to rid the pain.

[@heygreydey]

a fortune cookie- behind a great challenge there awaits a great gift

[@miketomlin6040]

Environmentalist? I think he has more than 2 children!

[@HumbleTrader001]

But perhaps he would have had 10 children if not an environmentalist? 😆

[@miketomlin6040]

@@HumbleTrader001 You can't claim to care about the planet if you have more than 2 children, even more than 1 is contentious. This was made clear in the 80's! Sting can read, he was alive then!

[@DameTremonti]

@@miketomlin6040 Don't talk utter crap.

[@miketomlin6040]

@@DameTremonti Eco Science not a subject that interest you, not unusual.

[@DameTremonti]

@@miketomlin6040 Who dictates who can have a certain number of children? How is it regulated? What about gay people who don't breed? What about infertile people? Your argument is utter rubbish.

[@user-ih9dg3uz5y]

What a tool this Sting is

[@SergioWoods]

In what way…

[@user-ih9dg3uz5y]

Sting is a Bellend with the personality of a dead moth

[@Natalie-es3dc]

Unbearably pompous

[@fredwinslow744]

The last two comments were

[@christopherbrookfield4785]

A friend of mine at school told me that he got the nickname Sting from when he had a job as a bus conductor, and he spent most of his time at the back of the bus, although i think that is probably made up. Anyway, i do not like him. He seems so full of shit, false modesty, and when did he last make any interesting, or relevant, music? About a hundred years ago. I quite liked Fields of Barley, but cannot remember anything else. The Police, i loved at the time, but after the first two lps, just seemed to be repeating themselves.

[@hardlines2635]

He got the nickname sting because of a yellow and black striped jumper he wore all the time. Anyone who really knows him knows that.

[@Eudaimonia88]

What is Sting doing there? The reading of the excerpt should tell you everything you need to know. Example: "Did I really ELECT to do this?" 🤣😂 Really boring writing (that tries too hard to sound intellectual!), a really boring and self-important delivery. An utter yawn fest! He might be a good musician but he is not a writer. He would not be published if his name was not Sting. Interesting to observe his pulpit preachery. The preacher who loves his sermon more than the congregation he is preaching to.

[@franklee1205]

Envey...😉...or lack of self separation 🤔 ..To not recognize honesty and disire to connect ? "Sting" started out as an English teacher (no pun intended).....😉... a very grateful and talented man...

[@honeybozo]

Funny how one “should know” a judgment about ego and love, when all Sting does is reveal where he’s from and says he tries to be as conscious as he can be. Is he sincere? Well at least he can fake it. Would he be as successful without Stewart? Probably not as their 7 year relationship made The Police the biggest band in the planet. Is he a great songwriter? Even the previous commentator doesn’t really challenge that. Does he have an ego? Yes, clearly: and that seems to be the crux of the above comment, as in how dare he be self-aware of his impact and actually quite bright about what’s going on. In a way this reminds one of how Prince Harry’s treatment. As in: how dare he. Well as Wayne Shorter’s definition of jazz was: “I dare you”, I wish Sting would do something extraordinary again soon. Something that’s deeply transformational. Good music is a true medicine.

[@franklee1205]

I do agree ... There isn't a lot of good music being created today and hopefully we Both can witness some sort of return to to the rudaments of musical structure...that once existed and appeals to everyone. These fundamental principles, if melody, harmony and contra-postal expression s we're the roots of expression , freedom and enlightenment . 😏The music industry hasn't displayed a lot musical diversity lately ( last 25 yrs or so... .. Now..🤔.... if If you recall I said honesty in a DESIRE. ....to connect... Some Artist ( after getting their head inflated by popularity) would never "lower" them selves by going to a school or university to speak about what felt like to him or her.. A " near death experience" . As he explained, towhat he felt was an experience, at that time to reawaken his own self of unwarness of how self absorbed he became 😔... Now , after THAT experience wanting to get back to "HIS" roots of humble and poor and dysfunctional family beginnings ...with divorce and inflated ego, Now observing with. " FRESH" eyes so to speak ...So writing a book about his personal experiences in a cathartic way ( I think)released any resentment and blame he carried in tow , in his own way ( I think) to create a space for growth for himself ( for his many years of music production, allowed him a platform to, SPEAK . ..and( to him I beleive reveal a new path of creativity. .🤔........but to your point, it would be very hard to be a Beatles, Micheal Jackson, Elvis, Prince Ect., making tons of money ..😉...and not get a big self absorbed ego ( I think only a handful remain " humble" if any) particularly if wealth, fame, and popularity was achieved at a very young age ...for I believe I would have had just as big of an ego ...if not bigger..😐😉!!! .... I do however agree..🤔...good music IS true Medicine💖.....But GREAT Music , people and Musicians are Unifyng ...and Sting, is Great a unifer. ..what ever the platform...I love to hear his life time experience..of almost, if not more than 60 yrs in the entertainment business of being Poet, Writer, a Musician, Actor, [to mention a few,] ] rubbing elbows with the BEST...in all of those fields...for decades!!! ...60 pluss yrs gives him the dare.. ( in my opinion...💖🙏✌️😊....

[@mattmarkus4868]

As far as rock/pop stars go, I'd say he is an intellectual soo

[@bobbysbackingtracks]

Serious Jelly.