Sting - Englishman In New York (Reaction)

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@morenaselice5288 3 жыл бұрын

Sting wrote the song about the famous eccentric and gay icon Quentin Crisp, who is the "Englishman" of the title. The song was composed not long after Crisp had moved from London to an apartment in the Bowery in Manhattan.

@jaysonbiggs8979 2 жыл бұрын

That hotel looks like the hotel the Beatles stayed at while doing the Sullivan show on their first visit in February '64.

@dannyb781 3 жыл бұрын

Branford Marsalis played soprano saxophone on this track

@stretchgilbert 3 жыл бұрын

From his first solo album after he left The Police Bradford Marsalis on clarinet and and a kid I went to HS with Omar Hakim on drums. Haven't heard this in a minute. ✌

@adamdodgshon638 3 жыл бұрын

Sting has had a long solo career after his brilliant Police catalogue. This is from his second solo album. He kept mixing up his styles. I would recommend his live album released before this album came out. Bring On The Night. He got a full band of jazz and funk musicians to back him up and played songs from The Police and his first album. I think the tour de force is the track combining Bring On The Night with When The World Is Running Down. It’s about 11 minutes of brilliance.

@adamdodgshon638 3 жыл бұрын

Oh, and it’s about EnglishMAN Quentin Crisp. A gay icon, who is the “sweet woman” in the video. :-)

@elysehfm8797 3 жыл бұрын

I was JUST going to write that, but thought I'd read the comments first. Total NYC icon.

@Zughaman 3 жыл бұрын

The entire album, NOTHING LIKE THE SUN, is incredible, this whole band is on it. Check out Be Still My Beating Heart, History Will Teach Us Nothing, The Lazurus Heart, Sister Moon & fragile. take your choice although Fragile is the mellowest of all of them. Keep on buddy, Sting is great & works with some sick musicians. Love the channel, Peace

@Auntkekebaby 3 жыл бұрын

He just came out with an Afrobeat remix with Shirazee called English/African in NY.

@swnyc 3 жыл бұрын

This song is so fun in concert, especially in NYC. We love it. The talent on this recording is top notch. “Be yourself no matter what they say!”

@Auntkekebaby 3 жыл бұрын

One of the illest songs of all time. Sick album. Listen to the jazz, classical, funk, hip hop beats...it's the sound of NY. My man, Sting!!!

@WAZZA1235 3 жыл бұрын

"It takes a man to hear ignorance and smile" So good....

@rnw2739 3 жыл бұрын

"It takes a man to suffer ignorance and smile" 😉

@patricksiney 3 жыл бұрын

this song has a flow. Sting has a unique voice. Delivering Newspapers in 1987, The Police was my jam.

@megandavies8590 3 жыл бұрын

Sting is just too cool for school. Another good one of his is I Hope The Russians Love Their Children Too.💛

@stevedotwood 3 жыл бұрын

I hope the Americans love their children too

@Dmena373 3 жыл бұрын

Isn’t it just called “Russians”

@SEANBANOG4 3 жыл бұрын

Cool reaction.....Sting still performs this song live and its a real crowd pleaser "Be yourself no matter what they say!"

@trismaccarran9950 3 жыл бұрын

I'd forgotten about this one, and I've never seen the video; it reminds me a bit of MJs Stranger In Moscow, not the music but the black & white film noir look.

@Tonzeff 3 жыл бұрын

That sound is might be made by a Brazilian instrument called a "Cuica"

@cliveklg7739 2 жыл бұрын

I'd go as far as to recommend the documentary that went along with the launch of Sting's solo career "Bring On The Night" 1985. You get to hear a lot of great songs, and get some great perspective on how Sting produces songs and his creative process in it.

@thekeyboardess1150 3 жыл бұрын

Better late than ever for you to discover the genius of STING! I hope you go on with exploring his hits! 😁👍

@Dutch-Power 3 жыл бұрын

Be yourself no matter what they say.

@1015SaturdayNight 2 жыл бұрын

God this song is such a masterpiece - the meter changes when the soloists take over is EPIC

@cspole3435 3 жыл бұрын

I forgot how much I loooooovvvve that song! 🎶

@Ocelot2000 10 ай бұрын

"Takes a man to suffer ignorance and smile. Be Yourself, no matter what they say"... The song is about the older gentleman in the video, Quentin Crisp, who was an openly gay man in NY when it wasn't safe to be so. He stuck to his guns and lived his life the way he wanted! What a fantastic song and message! Shout out to the Jazz band especially Brandon Marsalis on Soprano Saxophone!

@mikegazanchyan2423 3 жыл бұрын

Transcends you to the real world that was

@misspattifromcali.6955 3 жыл бұрын

HEY TEEZ ♥ go down the STING rabbit hole... PLEASE.... LOTS of GREAT songs!! 💕

@happyjoy7541 3 жыл бұрын

Great reaction. 👍🎶 Very beautiful song. Thanks Christine for a great choice. I like the jazz elements and the transitions between different tempos. Just really smooth and of course Sting’s vocals are amazing. These lyrics stood out for me: If "manners maketh man" as someone said He's the hero of the day It takes a man to suffer ignorance and smile Be yourself no matter what they say Be yourself no matter what they say Be yourself no matter what they say -Patricia 😎🙌🎶🔥🎵

@CA5124 3 жыл бұрын

Thankyou Patricia 😊 💓 yes I love the jazz almost reggae style vibes to this one.

@jasonmgomez 3 жыл бұрын

that Marsalis cat can blow!

@arjaylee 3 жыл бұрын

Check out the personnel on this album. Branford Marsalis on sax...

@djoetma 2 жыл бұрын

Love the vibe in this video, and an iconic song. The kind that should never be covered by anyone. I like videos where artists are walking down the street in general. Gives them kind of a 'normal human' vibe. Other video's where the do this: Springsteen's Streets of Philadelphia (is as iconic as this song). Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy Michael Jackson - Stranger in Moscow

@darthvegan435 2 жыл бұрын

Morrissey - Suedehead - from Wikipedia - The music video, directed by Tim Broad, features Morrissey walking through the streets of Fairmount, Indiana,[11] the hometown of actor James Dean, including shots of the school where Dean studied and the Park Cemetery, where he is buried. Other allusions to Dean in the video include a child (played by Sam Esty Rayner, Morrissey's nephew, who went on to direct the video for "Kiss Me a Lot" in 2015) delivering to Morrissey a copy of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's The Little Prince, Dean's favourite book.[12] Morrissey characterized the video as him "messing with James Dean's soil."[4]

@Auntkekebaby 3 жыл бұрын

We'll Be Together, Children's Crusade, Fragile, Fortress Around Your Heart, Work the Black Seams, It's Probably Me, Russians, The Wild Wild Sea, Seven Days, Hounds of Winter...Just listen to all his shit.

@jacqueline4514 3 жыл бұрын

Great one Christine!!!! So glad someone requested Sting’s solo work, especially this one!!! Love how he describes what it feels like to be a foreigner in NYC; all the way Dione to his Beat Box break shouting out to the hip hop sound of the time. Perfection!!!!❤️❤️❤️

@jacqueline4514 3 жыл бұрын

Freaking autocorrect

@CA5124 3 жыл бұрын

Thankyou 😊 💓

@paxonearth 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, it's a slick tune. Sting is one hell of a songwriter and performer, whether we're talking about the Police, or all of his solo stuff.

@Jacob-er5xb 3 жыл бұрын

Check out Shinehead's "cover" of this song: Jamaican in New York.

@user-or1ye3iz6d 8 ай бұрын

Sting (former lead vocalist and bass player in The Police). Check out Sting's solo songs "DESERT ROSE", "FRAGILE" and "FORTRESS AROUND YOUR HEART" (original videos are 🔥🔥🔥)

@jasonmgomez 3 жыл бұрын

y'know how reggae artists cover u.s. pop tracks? Back in the day, a Jamaican artist known as Shinehead did a cover/update of this song, called Jamaican In New York. It was fire as well.

@jacqueline4514 3 жыл бұрын

Teez, I’ve always wondered what that rubber band sound was. But it works!!!🤣

@maximelaneville854 3 жыл бұрын

Children’s Crusade by Sting is hands down one of my favourite jams ever!

@Auntkekebaby 3 жыл бұрын

Yes

@maine420grow 3 жыл бұрын

His solo stuff is impressive after the Tsunami that was the Police.

@maine420grow 3 жыл бұрын

I could listen to Branford all day

@ydoesgooglesuck1960 3 жыл бұрын

I think I read 100 years ago that he wrote this for his father, and his experience travelling across the pond

@isabelsilva62023 Жыл бұрын

No, this is about actor, writer and British gay icon Quentin Crisp, the old man in the video.

@thereaper89 3 жыл бұрын

Sting. Well be together tonight also a great song.

@CA5124 3 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it 😊 Yes as you said the video/song just all works .The Jazz Breakdown in the middle is my Favourite part ! Thankyou Teez ! 💖

@elysehfm8797 3 жыл бұрын

My old city! Great choice, ca!

@CA5124 3 жыл бұрын

@@elysehfm8797 Okay 👌 You need to request Odyssey Native New Yorker (NYC girl ) 😁 love that song 🤩

@dtaylor939 3 жыл бұрын

Check out "Why Should I Cry For You"

@markbarnwell942 2 жыл бұрын

Nothing Like the Sun is just an incredible album. Sting at his solo best until the next one drops and then you say that about the new one.

@Mx.RumpusParable 3 жыл бұрын

Love the swing to this.

@Manageode 3 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you appreciated that. I know you did The Police:Message in a Bottle, but if you want to hear a more interesting version, see the live version. The tempo is a bit faster, and best of all is that they let Stewart Copeland play drums the way he wanted to. Its great drumming. It's not my favorite Police song, but it's so great to get to watch. Great sound quality. (Could for with fewer dancing girls and even more shots of drumming!) ITS the 👉1983! version with Stewart Copeland posted by 👉 Mystic Rhythms Live.

@Manageode 3 жыл бұрын

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@Auntkekebaby 3 жыл бұрын

Right. The best Police stuff is the live stuff from 79-82

@elysehfm8797 3 жыл бұрын

So frustrating! I'm playing this full size in another window, trying to pick out all the locations. I'm playing it at .25 speed, but some places are hard to pinpoint. NY has changed so much since then.