The Police - Don't Stand So Close To Me (Synchronicity Concert)

The Police playing in Atlanta, The Omni, USA on 1983.11.03 during their fourth world tour called "Synchronicity". This is the multi-angle excerpt from "Synchronicity Concert". Support act: The Fixx. Attandance: 17,000 people. The video's status can change, if the policies chosen by the content owners change.
Sting - leading vocals, bass guitar, keyboards, foot synth
Andy Summers - guitar
Stewart Copeland - drums
Tessa Niles - backing vocals
Dolette McDonald - backing vocals
Michelle Cobb - backing vocals

[@Britboy2877]

The sound they create is unreal for a 3 piece band

[@Augfordpdoggie]

you shud check out rush

[@mitchellsmith4152]

@@Augfordpdoggie I was gonna say lol

[@grzegorzchudy6104]

@@mitchellsmith4152 same me

[@cliftoncaskey5696]

Well, there are at least two backup singers, too.

[@LordIronfist]

@@Augfordpdoggie Muse does pretty well, too, I figured everyone was gonna say rush because they .. I mean, obviously. That's the number 1 answer and not just on the survey of 100 people-but yes, there to. However, I did come up with the one other band of the top of my head. So... Everybody gets to see this rambling commen!

[@geraldwilson681]

Anyone here with me listening to this in 2023? This is classic music!!

[@emmw7794]

2024

[@Amager-do4gx]

2024 and beyond

[@ericjordison]

What a nice Spector Bass of Sting

[@intercommerce]

Saw them on this tour early 1984 in Honolulu, end of the Police era

[@mr4978]

how lovely

[@Fogeyspasm]

Only noticed the other day the opening synth plays Stings part from Money For Nothing!😂

[@Franzie2105]

I must admit at 12 I had a special crush on Sting. But things have changed now. I prefer his first musical period than the last he does.

[@LordIronfist]

I used to like stings newer stuff back before I really heard anything by the police. This song and this specific version was actually the first introduction to either that I had-someone copied it onto a cassette for me when I was 13. I didn't buy a police album for another 12 years but knew a few songs from radio & heard sting around. But before I hit 28, I was over stings later career stuff....And...that's still how I am inclined. Also, I obviously don't know when you were 12, but for awhile there in the 90s I think almost everyone in the entire world had a crush on sting. The entertainment news shows maybe the most of all

[@Kats072307]

amazing performance it drives me into a "dream" into beautiful imaginations

[@timothymidgett9730]

Sting, the most underated bass guitar player of all time!!!!!

[@MongerOfStrings8222]

@@plainandsimpletruth he is highly rated as a singer but his bass work overlooked

[@martinparker9249]

Lemmy Kilmister RiP

[@lloydhentley7639]

4/24/22 MY LOVE FOR THIS SONG BROUGHT ME HERE TODAY!!!

[@Oi325]

Lol that dire straits part before it starts

[@davebellamy4867]

Heehee yeah. Sting was on Money for Nothing. I want my I want my I want my MTV. At Live Aid too. Good re-use of a cool theme.

[@jeffreygrove]

One and the same - Roland G-808, a beautiful (and as I understand it quite nice to play) guitar.

[@beekay5914]

The Fixx opened-great double bill there!

[@newaccount4143]

There were the obvious closeups of Sting - with the usual, “Look at my chest.” There were closeups of Andy and his cool guitar work and “singing.” But no closeups of Stewart drumming - maybe I missed something. Nope, watched again, only short glimpses of SC - oh well.

[@fabiangarcia1178]

On the dvd you will find three different camera angles, one of this is only closeups of Stewart Copeland.

[@phillipdirenzo1928]

arguably better than bonzo imo

[@davebellamy4867]

Andy Summers gets the kudos for being a super cool dude here. It looks like his guitar synth didn't produce any sound and he just laughs it off. From 2:35. He plays something with a flourish and no sound came out!😂

[@martinparker9249]

i'm gonna stick my neck out and say.....IN THE TOP 5 OF THE BEST BANDS IN THE UK EVER !!!

[@ShellshockedRadio]

What a great song, I love it! I put it into my "Shellshocked Radio - Recommendations" List: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rYacfop6gLmdnMk Very well done!

[@davebellamy4867]

Bass pedal city on this one. Start sounds like Rush.

[@Dave-ti2ue]

Why they didn't put this on the VHS of this concert I'm not really sure? It's good to see it now. Thx.

[@ekathe85]

I think Andy's guitar on this song is the same model Pat Metheny usually plays with his Roland Synth...

[@arturoveas8684]

Está afinada en RE, solo para esta canción

[@bodhisattvaoflazyness]

Yup I'm almost sure it is.

[@paulwilkinson8099]

For me this song never worked live , should have dropped this for Everything she does is magic .

[@TheGalwayFarmer]

it's hit and miss. I t can work better than this here

[@elbrohermanito3496]

What do you mean with "never worked live? I think it sounds great, and it is an amazing song

[@socke2745]

That’s funny, for me it’s one of those police songs that work so much better live compared to the studio version. Love the synth when sting starts singing.

[@michaelfrazia4569]

agree. I dont think every little thing she does is magic hits the mark either...as a kid the chorus of each song captured my ear...there was a special melody in each chorus that had an island /Ska/reggae feel with almost beach boys like harmonies that they never captured it live. i loved each song as a kid , but have always been disappointed when hearing them live even when I so wanted to like what I was hearing...in every little thing there is a steel drum in the chorus that was never used live, but I think the harmonies were never duplicated ...and that is a major part of it

[@damiangerardovillalba2359]

Enfoquen a Stewart Copeland. Se toco todo ni una toms

[@jbeleni]

Este video es del dvd que venían 3 camaras. Está es la camara de sting.

[@brucegilbert1921]

2020 theme song😀

[@pedrodanillo134]

I want my MTV...

[@TheKinoEye]

Hey dude, where's my Wah?

[@6000cs]

Seems like Andy is having some trouble with the Roland guitar/synth the "solo" in the middle....

[@vincentsrzentic596]

Who is playing the synth bass when Sting starts singing??

[@TheKinoEye]

Andy with a Taurus Foot pedal

[@robbiedoo5148]

andy summers

[@nicknixon6198]

Partied with these guys 30 years ago..... They took me home... & Poured me into my bed... & Fucking Kept my Keys....

[@libbyveroangie722]

Las " visitas" a los tres días apestan, las niñas tristes....

[@robbiedoo5148]

ray parker junior

[@lauraidini4859]

Muoio

[@dr.know-it-all5148]

i need to, i need to, i need to take a pee

[@robbiedoo5148]

ted bovis

[@chrisstone5138]

Total love/hate with this song. The melody around the verses are so dramatic and cool, dark, brooding. But then there’s the happy happy chorus melody which i can’t stand 😆 oh well 🤷🏼‍♂️