The Police - "Bring On the Night" (REACTION)

[@wallacegrommet9343]

The entire second album Regatta de Blanc is amazing

[@SightAfterDark]

Agreed! We loved reacting to that album!

[@xebio6]

Andy's work on this track is just phenomenal. How cool is it to play such an original, busy part in the verses and then come up with such a crazy, minimalistic solo/outro? There aren't that many guitarists who can shred but choose not to. Hats off Mr Summers

[@SightAfterDark]

He’s great

[@Fasterrehabfitness]

That was Sting y’know not Andy

[@xebio6]

​@@Fasterrehabfitness Sting may have written it but Andy Summers played guitar on this track. And chose to play that solo is what I'm saying

[@Fasterrehabfitness]

@@xebio6 He actually didn’t play the solo on the recorded version. Sting did, honest to god…..

[@xebio6]

@@Fasterrehabfitness I'm willing to believe you if you provide a source. I know Sting is proficient in a number of string instruments including guitar, but this sounds too much like Andy to me.

[@mirbogatyr]

Reggae, as a percussionist, is my favorite genre because it is all about the ones and the threes and not twos and fours like rock and roll and jazz has all different time signatures.

[@AussieTVMusic]

Zenyatta Mondatta is one my favourite albums of all time. Just perfect.

[@karimamlal9524]

The best of the best is the police "message in bottle, Every little is magic and many please

[@langlsd1604]

My absolute favorite band from the “New Wave” genre. I discovered them late. The 1st song I heard was Syncronicity II. I bought the Syncronicity album. Blew right through that, and bought all of their albums in reverse order. I know the words to almost every one of their songs.

[@SightAfterDark]

Definitely one of the most legendary bands from that era! Thanks for watching Scott!

[@MindFeather]

man ... you guys made this song live again in my mind and spirit ... haven't heard this in so long, and probably haven't done a proper deep dive since i was 15 or 16. on a certain level The Police were "my brother's band" -- he had the cassettes. we both loved The Police, but he had the collection, which we shared. (he had the Joy Division stuff, too, Dan, and also The Cure.) meanwhile i had the Peter Gabriel and Genesis and Paul Simon and R.E.M. .... it's weird how music moves through a family sometimes. we had an equal love for Queen and for Thomas Dolby and we both collected those. hey, thanks for doing these videos. it's cool to hear musicians break down what they love about different tracks. and this album in particular, it hits a sweet spot for me of both nostalgia but also re-learning the album as i haven't played it in so long. i mean, lol, those cassettes are long gone and this isn't a band i ever re-purchased in CD or mp3 formats. so it's just really cool to "hang out" virtually, even displaced in time by a few weeks, and kind of listen to it "with" you. thanks again.

[@SightAfterDark]

Glad you enjoyed! People like you are the reason we make these videos! Some people on KZbin can be so mean, it really means a lot when somebody takes the time to watch and has a positive reaction :) thanks again so much!

[@johnramsell8078]

Totally agree, your reactions and style is just like hanging out with friends listening to and sharing music!

[@Io-Io-Io]

It was a team venture. Take one of them away and it couldn't have happened. Each member was absolutely necessary to create this music

[@TheBurr75]

Great track new to me

[@mattjohn4731]

THE POLICE! One of those rare occasions where popular taste preferred a high Quality music act! They were the biggest band on Earth. That's why they broke up. They hit all the heights! Moved onto solo stuff

[@chrisvandyk6807]

This track is awesome; a shining example of Sting's work with the "fretless" bass. Without the raised fretboard, his notes received hints of the micro tones up and down of it; versus pinning the note on a raised fret. He also sets notes in the off beat to break a reggae groove into the new wave sound they have going. Thank you guys, again, not a wildly reacted to track.

[@SightAfterDark]

Hell yeah! They killed this one! Thanks for watching!

[@Auntkekebaby]

One of my fav Police song. In fact, almost every damn song is a fav. No genre. Just good ass music. My fav group of all time. I even grew to appreciate the nagging ass mother song because...it's annoying like a nagging ass mother lol. Andy and Steward!! is love on the tract. Sting's writing is god and he can sing his ASS off. Please do yourselves a favor and check his solo performance of Roxanne from The Secret Policeman's Ball 1980? His vocals will blow your mind. Crazy!!

[@SightAfterDark]

His vocals are so amazing and the songwriting is so good! We’re glad you enjoyed the video :) thanks for watching!

[@jayburdification]

My favorite song by the Police. Those arpeggios.

[@lancewolf2451]

walking on the moon...walking on the moon...walking on the moon...walking on the moon...

[@mattpobursky850]

All three guys are just incredible on this song... one of my favorites!

[@RobertAlexanderII]

This album and Ghost in the Machine are their best in my opinion. A short burst in time of unique excellence. Then came Synchronicity and pop juggernaut status, and it was over. You guys are great

[@SightAfterDark]

This album is definitely amazing. Perhaps we’ll get to Ghost in the Machine sometime in the near future! Thanks for watching Robert!

[@dennislindqvist8443]

Yeah, great songs and a perfect mix of rock, ska, reggae and jazz on this album. They still got along and didn't yet have those crazy tour schedules.

[@jml-rj5re]

Zenyatta Mondatta is up there. Many Police fans like it the best.

[@fightersweep]

Got this album in 79 aged 10. It's still my number one album and it still sounds fresh every time I listen to it. Back in the day though, we hadn't heard anything like it before. Such a unique sound made by three very talented individuals. Thanks for the reaction video and glad you love this album too.

[@SightAfterDark]

Gotta love it! It’s a fantastic album. Thank you for watching!

[@jaycutts8054]

Imagine not needing to release this as a single

[@mattjohn4731]

You should do Police full album reactions. All 5 studio albums are excellent. I remember as a kid in the 80s thinking "this band is up top with the Beatles". I particularly suggest the full album Ghost In The Machine

[@SightAfterDark]

Thanks for watching Matt! We did the entire ‘Regatta de Blanc’ album; we loved it. Check out our link below. We do hope to do another Police album soon! m.kzbin.info/aero/PLrQk6HwcCOFeOSGGq2H-P74cXu5OoBAGi

[@kingcassius2586]

Secret Journey & Wrapped Around Your Finger!

[@rafaelvazquezmateos7478]

Darkness....

[@langlsd1604]

Secret Journey is criminally underrated.

[@jathygamer8746]

Y'all did the whole album! Subbed! Hopefully The Police will do another re-union tour 🎧 💓 🎶

[@SightAfterDark]

Thanks Jathy! We appreciate you! We can only hope!

[@IanHillan]

The only thing I would add is, and not to take anything at all away from Sting and Stuart Copeland's brilliance and talent, but that first guitar solo is possibly one of the strangest and most awesomely "yeah, this is what I'm choosing here" solos ever put to vinyl, so yay Andy Summers. Without his unique writing and singular sound on that Tele, The Police would not be The Police

[@SightAfterDark]

Thanks for watching Ian!

[@warrenbfeagins]

I was a senior in high school when they broke up and it was bananas. We was like, "WHY!??" Do yourself a favor and just download their box set.

[@davidmaholchic6146]

So digging this album my favorite by the police love you guys

[@karimamlal9524]

Police the best

[@robertterrell3065]

My favorite song on the album which I bought as soon as it came out :) And yeah, Stuart Copeland is a genius drummer. So is Andy Summers the guitarist. Of course Sting! This song is overlooked imho, but I LOVE IT!

[@SightAfterDark]

Legends all around!

[@rastomasstanford7708]

I would love to see a half time band play this song.

[@rastomasstanford7708]

Did you know that the drummer Stewart Copeland is in the band Oyster head with Trey from phish and les from primus. Its amazing

[@SightAfterDark]

Woah, thanks for the info RasTomas!

[@ImpartiallySpeaking]

Check out Bed’s too Big. An old Last Exit song later adapted by the Police - as with so many others

[@justincase4812]

A great track to listen on a long drive at dusk. Would love to hear a female sing this track yes.

[@kingcassius2586]

My favorite Police song! My 2nd is Wrapped Around Your Finger 3rd Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic As far as what you said about "everything that's good about the Police is in this song".. another song like that is Secret Journey! Check it OUT!

[@SightAfterDark]

Definitely a great song! Thanks for watching Kevin!

[@billshelly5332]

Long been one of my favorite Police songs, Stewart always great, Sting reaching, and sometimes straining, and Andy's minimalist jazz styling. As to the soul sister I might have played Lorraine Ellison's 'Stay with me' after this on the radio. Thanks again.

[@SightAfterDark]

Thanks for watching Bill!

[@cliveklg7739]

There is a documentary film called "Sting - Bring On The Night - 1985" That documents the band first meeting, Sting doing arrangements, birth of one of his kids with Russians playing in the background, and his first solo concert in Paris. If you haven't seen it already, it is worth it. There are a few streams of it to be found here on KZbin for free. There is a drum solo by Omar Hakim that is probably one of my all time favorite drum solos at one point. Some of Carter Beauford's solos with the Dave Matthews Band are probably some of the few that top it.

[@SightAfterDark]

Thanks for the info Clive!

[@Io-Io-Io]

The Police was s team effort. I hate that Sting always puts himself in the forefront. He even had a nosejob done in the early 80ies- compare early pics of him with later ones. He never mentions his colleagues without whom the music would not have happened.

[@cliveklg7739]

@@Io-Io-Io Police didn't break up because of 1 person you absolute fool. And that last line is a complete and utter lie. You are pathetic. No surprise you are a far right bigoted POS religious nut.

[@robertasirgutz8800]

Stewart Copeland's drumming is their signature.

[@SightAfterDark]

Absolutely! We’ve come to realize that now

[@robertasirgutz8800]

@@SightAfterDark I believe you guys mentioned a venue you hosted in Brooklyn? Does it still exist? LMK. I need a night out! (lol). Thank you.

[@eidetecker]

Post-apocalyptic blues: Sting writes the song from the perspective of the last man alive after a nuclear fallout where the sky is permanently bright from all the radiation so he longs for the night sky. He follows it up on the next album with the song, "When the World is Running Down You Make the Best of What's Still Around" - it shares the same chord progression but with an entirely different groove.

[@SightAfterDark]

Woah. That’s deep

[@pattyg8464]

All that sound from just 3 guys.

[@SightAfterDark]

Truly incredible

[@TheJacob456]

Regatta de blanc was a masterpiece

[@rafaelvazquezmateos7478]

Este tema de The Police es el que más me gusta

[@dturasky19]

they did get back together for a 30 anniversary tour in 2007-2008 may they will again for 50 anniversary?? I saw them twice for the 30th tour , one of my favorite shows of all time!

[@SightAfterDark]

Sounds awesome! Bet they were great shows!

[@karimamlal9524]

Many many album the police please 😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@leroyrs]

I love The Police - at least that kind of police 😀. Good reaction.

[@SightAfterDark]

Haha us too. Thanks!

[@markbarnwell942]

The documentary of Sting, "Bring on the Night" might be a music video to react to. Follows breakup with his new stuff. Very coool Great version of Bring on the Night.

[@SightAfterDark]

Awesome!

[@Rosette-zr5gh]

This song is about Gary Gilmour who was shot in the US - capital punishment.

[@JamaalSkeete]

This is my Top 5 songs by The Police. Wrapped Around Your Finger. Synchronicity I. Bring On The Night. Synchronicity II. Don't Stand So Close To Me.

[@SightAfterDark]

Great list! Great band!

[@JamaalSkeete]

@@SightAfterDark Yeah... They are one of my favorite bands ever. Saw them in concert WAY back in the day... 1983 in Austin, Texas. UB40 opened up for them. #goodtimes

[@rafaelvazquezmateos7478]

Darkness, dont evereyone stare

[@fernandoroza6061]

You MUST react to that song live in Tokyo 1988. It's a WHOLE different and absurd live song !😊👍

[@SightAfterDark]

Thanks for the suggestion Fernando! Stay well!

[@LostInSweden-cc2zu]

The tightest three piece band of all time.

[@jml-rj5re]

Right. Stewart Copeland was the glue that made the band work. King of syncopation.

[@SightAfterDark]

He’s the best!

[@jml-rj5re]

Song and Instrumentation all working here. The Police were the greatest rock band of their era...but their albums aren't Steely Dan where every song is flawless.

[@SightAfterDark]

Nobody is Steely Dan but Steely Dan!

[@Io-Io-Io]

70ies Song (1979)

[@RockerfellerRothchild1776]

Late ...but I think if you understand it in context of punk ska and reggae you'll appreciate it more..the whole album. It's the late 70s!

[@Frankincensedjb123]

Why did they break up? Exactly. Ego clash idiocy is why. But only five albums. We needed five more.

[@SightAfterDark]

What a shame

[@javier86050]

esas guitarricas de Andy.......

[@1234tori]

great song - andy summers work hard

[@SightAfterDark]

Very hard!

[@jaycutts8054]

This song was about a convicted killer called Gary Gilmore, who campaigned to have his death penalty brought forward.

[@SightAfterDark]

Wow, thanks Jay!

[@karimamlal9524]

The best Drummer STEWARD COPELAND and ANDY SUMMERS the best guitarist