The Police live in Hamburg | Rockpalast | 1980

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The Police live | Rockpalast | 1980 | Setlist 01 Next To You 00:00:42 02 So Lonely 00:03:02 03 Walking On The Moon 00:09:00 04 Hole In My Life 00:14:17 05 Death Wish 00:18:09 06 Fall Out 00:23:29 07 Bring On The Night 00:25:57 08 Visions Of The Night 00:31:12 09 The Bed's Too Big Without You 00:34:29 10 Peanuts 00:42:25 11 Roxanne 00:45:15 12 Can't Stand Loosing You 00:51:29 13 Message In A Bottle 01:00:17

[@davidstevens4439]

Copeland is the reason I became a drummer.

[@domenicosacco5845]

Between the 12 & 13 tracks there's Reggatta de Blanc.

[@NotOrdinaryInGames]

I would legit buy a DVD of this performance.

[@Don_Camillo]

Sting is the reason I became a bass player. I wanna look so good !

[@karinaoliveira9749]

Zoom bido moska

[@cabbage9398]

the hi-hat show: featuring The Police

[@basslvck]

lol

[@honuman39]

👍

[@citykid5837]

Wow, good drummer

[@gustavojuarez6673]

Best drums guy I heard

[@mmmzaarg]

hahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[@patton303]

Stewart was my hero growing up. I had his Modern Drummer articles all over my room. He’s the reason I became a touring drummer. Years later when I started playing for Tama I got to meet him at a Tama event at NAMM. Out of nowhere I could feel the tears welling up in my eyes while talking to him. He was cool af and said, “it’s ok man” and he gave me a quick hug. I was so flustered but that’s what Stewart meant to me. After the event, he went out of his way to find me and said he liked my playing and we should hang out sometime. Of course everyone says that and we never did. But I subsequently did became good friends with Jeff Seitz, his drum tech that same day. Also a legend. Great dudes. And that’s my Stewart story. Peace.

[@Don_Camillo]

Sting was the reason to beginning bass playing😁

[@patton303]

Red haired matter Nice! Sting’s bass playing never gets the attention it deserves. He’s one of my musical heroes too.

[@patton303]

So true. Sting is such a solid but yes, underrated bass player and freak of a musical genius. He HAS chops.

[@vincentbrightling1686]

Lovely story.

[@salubrious]

Great story.

[@jamesfetherston1190]

Andy Summers really shines in the live performances. Gets to stretch up more than in their studio output.

[@VBshredder]

that first song i can read his face "Fucking hell that g string is WAY out!"

[@handle433]

@@VBshreddertrue, but his strumming is nearly Gallagher-esque. It’s great!!!

[@SUPERNOVO.]

The Police had the perfect guitarist, the perfect drummer, the perfect singer and the perfect bass player 🤟🏼

[@lorenzosarli2310]

Absolutely ! And the perfect songwriter

[@liporokchamusic3430]

You are right!

[@trashcanjesus]

Perfect band anytime

[@SirG145]

This night their soundmixer sucked though.. Where's the bass in the mix???

[@SUPERNOVO.]

@@SirG145 absolutely right!…the guitar was extremely higher compared to any other video around (good for me since im a guitarist) 😉

[@xanian]

It's June 2023 and I can't believe I can still watch this and feel pumped up

[@Lexington125]

2024 now lol feel same 😂

[@Frank1979Zappa]

I absolutely believe you.

[@eddy71454]

Copeland is such a physically strong drummer. Most people would be exhausted after a few songs playing like him.

[@thomasderine2442]

I'm a 23 drummer from Belgium and Copeland is one of my favorite drummer !

[@karnakosty7264]

He gives great hugs too.

[@laurametheny1008]

For sure! That's what's been freaking me out thru 2 hrs of shows. I'd never actually watched them like this. Did you see him LEAP over a speaker or whatever it was when they came back from break? Holy shit!😜🤘🏼

[@rustykuntz94]

That was a epic leap, he could of really gotten hurt if he landed wrong there

[@MistaFisto]

Would charlie benante?

[@indianermaxe9062]

Ich war 20 Jahre alt.......was für ein geiles Konzert damals. Ich stand ganz in der Nähe von Andy Summers, kann mich aber leider nicht auf dem Video ausmachen. Seit diesem Gig bin ich absoluter Fan von Stewart Copeland, was für ein genialer Drummer.........das ist jetzt schon fast 44 Jahre her, meine Fresse, wo ist die Zeit geblieben???????......TOLLES KONZERT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Frank1979Zappa]

Du bist absolut zu beneiden. Ich finde, dieses Video ist das Beste, was man von The Police auf KZbin finden kann. Und du warst dort!

[@atticuslee]

40 years later, gold is gold.

[@sweettoof9002]

3 unreal musicians. Just wow. Andy is killing it on guitar, Sting shreds the bass and sings like a madman, and Copeland - well just watch. One of the best 3 man rock bands ever.

[@ALF782]

Them Cream and Rush 3 piece magic.

[@ladislavranda4493]

@@ALF782 I think to play at trio shows simply everything. Good or bad. These three you have mentioned are the best examples not for good, but for excellent.

[@seltaeb9691]

His singing isn't at his best here.

[@OslerWannabe]

Unfortunately, shredding isn't something that elite bass players do. I love the Police; I was an early fan in 1976. But watching this after recently going back to watch some early Cream, and late Beatles, I've realized for the first time that Sting's playing was merely very good, but wasn't on a par with McCartney or Bruce. A three piece band presents unique challenges for a bass player. He has more responsibility for playing melodically, providing more chord structure rather than just bottom end. Here, in "So Lonely", Andy's solo is so spare that it demands much more from the bass, but Sting leaves him hanging. I can only wonder what Jack Bruce would have done here. Not too much, most likely, but enough that Andy wouldn't sound like he was playing alone.

[@kevio6868]

@@OslerWannabe good point

[@Fleischmann80]

Stewart Copeland is absolutely awesome

[@ThePauseMenuVlog]

Oysterhead ;)

[@iansmith8263]

Keep it in your pants, Sergi

[@patricedesbiens6386]

AND finds time for some background vocals!

[@feanor22]

Copeland is just mesmerizing.

[@ThePauseMenuVlog]

Oysterhead ;)

[@iansmith8263]

keep it in your pants, Guido

[@ryanbartlett672]

Three musicians. Rapid key and rhythm changes. Tight. Wow. What stands out...Sting vocals sounding like the album while playing those bass lines.

[@mmantero]

Stewart Copeland = Legend

[@SUPERNOVO.]

Manuel Mantero “Copeland”

[@godfather7762]

Is number one number one

[@ThePauseMenuVlog]

Oysterhead ;)

[@mariobaracani7215]

Copeland's drumming is unreal. Amazing how three individuals could fill up so much space.

[@dickey335]

Sting = egomaniacal prick

[@dynjarren8355]

Brilliant soundscapes by Andy Summers! Guitar 🎸 Phrasing second to none.

[@macleoddan]

These guys play hard and take leaps. But leaps they confidently make every time. One of the best shows ever to show the confidence required to play live.

[@hubinho3038]

Andy Summers is so unbelievable underrated. His playing, his sound - not hiding dirty playing behind distorted sounds. He is sooo good.

[@seltaeb9691]

Here we go, the 'underrated' tag. Who says he's underrated? Just because social media doesn't blab on about it doesn't mean he's underrated.

[@palacerevolution2000]

@@seltaeb9691 Thanks for saying that. That 'underrated' tag is overused. A Summers has an incredible right hand. It's a s tight as Stew's snare. If anyone was underrated it would be maybe be Sting's Bass playing. Fantastic bass player back then. Love the part where AS does the solo in 'Bring on the night', and the Bass switches to this single note thing.

[@anotherunoriginalcomment]

@@seltaeb9691 Thanks for beating me to it. Comments using that term add nothing to the discussions under every music video on KZbin.

[@Htheorphanarian]

brilliantly put, never thought about it that way, distortion-y bands do seem to ide behind the chord and not think about innovative melody lines, don't get me wrong, there's a place for distortion, but it gets a bit dull..

[@badian37]

He was one of best guitarist in world in early 80's!

[@drummaman1]

The Police: now with 40% more hi-hat...

[@hippojuice23]

The Stewie mix -

[@momazero]

@@hippojuice23 "Can I have less hi-hat, please?" "Shure!" :-D

[@bobbbobb4663]

@@momazero I see what you did there.

[@leokimvideo]

I'm exhausted just watching Copeland drumming a few songs. How did he pull off playing the whole set without showing signs of exhaustion.

[@JonahNelson7]

Years of endurance practice

[@capebuatid]

he's not human, a demigod

[@enricobarchi8892]

He has a jazz type of playing, if you look at his left hand he’s quite light on the snare drum, that’s an energy saving technique…

... and maybe some coke too. But he's extraterrestrial, indeed

[@blpblp-tj7ux]

His dad was in the CIA so he is probably a super-soldier (human-alien hybrid)

[@ukok8177]

This is the era when The Police ruled the music world with their new wave reggae rock sound , and no one could come to their level...pure masters 💯❤️

[@FeelingShred]

drummer became a living legend by playing Punk music with Jazz hand posture, genius 🙏🙏🤘🤘

[@jkam2524]

I've never seen The Police as urgently rocking as this before. All members just killing it. What musicianship.

[@vincenzollamas]

AND! no egos (or ego), just 3 dudes playing together as a band, putting their all into it

[@AbyanAdhi]

​@@vincenzollamas im a huge police fan but I wouldn't be so sure about that, especially considering Summers. For being the oldest member of the band (circa 10 years older than both sting and Copeland), he acted like a child. He literally threw a tantrum-ultimatum that if they didn't fire the first guitarist they had he wouldn't join the band. They are great musicians yes, but saying that they have no ego is just false lol

[@vincenzollamas]

@@AbyanAdhi i was just talking about this performance; they all had/have massive egos, sometimes it's more apparent on stage, this show & many of their early shows, it often seemed like they were still working together as a band

[@pauljackson8354]

One of the greatest bands ever.

[@yngwtasf768]

For sure!

[@oliverpearson1577]

Copeland's drumming almost defies physics. He does fills and incredible feats of dexterity where they shouldn't really be possible.

[@SKarthikeyan75]

That's an American who grew up in Egypt and Lebabon and cut his teeth in UK progressive rock bands through the 70s. His drumming was influenced by everything he saw around him. Inimitable.

[@Wraithlen]

You know when he's drumming. He treats that hi-hat like it owes him taxes! But so much flair...so good.

[@Frank1979Zappa]

28:09 Did you realize that he actually used a ,,wrong“ traditional grip then, without middle finger on top of the stick. Worked perfectly for him. Drum God.

[@stefanodegerome5586]

Stewart's drumming on Walking On The Moon is incredible. I have absolutely no idea what's going on there.

[@superyop2927]

The beat is more like reggae isn't it?

[@feloniousmonk3049]

It's hard to ever hear Copeland play the same thing twice.... he improvises a lot.

[@citykid5837]

Drummer has some of the best percussion skills going, unreal

[@shruggzdastr8-facedclown]

City Kid: He does what Peart can do but on a smaller kit!!

[@ThePauseMenuVlog]

Oysterhead ;)

[@mattlewis6833]

Every member is genius at his instrument

[@edwardberry6952]

that moment when technically gifted jazz and rock musicians decided to mash punk, pop and world music and blew our minds

[@ericmsandoval]

This performance is particularly impressive because there are almost NO breaks in between songs. An incredibly cohesive set.

[@quintuplebanned4267]

Eric Sandoval ‘’tis a fine jazz set indeed.

[@princeofcupspoc9073]

That was a standard during the "punk" era.

[@mdavis2703]

And lots of blow.

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

@@mdavis2703 There's always one of you knobs

[@courtbeall7768]

In my opinion,this was a beautiful period for the police.Their energy was off the charts.Stewart's drumming was amazing.

[@fabioboschetti8145]

They were a group, at that time, and not three musicians

[@sash7551]

Indeed!!!

[@seatownfan]

I feel like most groups are best right before making it big.

[@michaelthomas366]

It was a great time to be young!

[@DesireeDuarteVera]

I was born in 1987, but thanks to my mother I've been listening to them since I was a baby, I adore this 3 guys, I feel like they're my uncles.

[@steveaustin6467]

its like Stewart is having a personal battle with the drums and no one is letting up. only one winner, extraordinary drummer to say the least

[@victorcifuentes2411]

Stewart is god

[@giuliodemarco5624]

Stewart Copeland,one of the best drummers ever!!!!

[@scotchgod8478]

@Jimmy Durex Bullshit, you know Jack shit

[@victorcifuentes2411]

The best for ever

[@kkeelty64]

That drum kit had a cigarette after Steward Copeland was finished with it.

[@CrandMackerel]

He was beating on that thing like it owed him money.

[@MobiusBandwidth]

and needed therapy.

[@CippiCippiCippi]

so did that guitar, holy smokes

[@jmhsound]

"F... You" written on it was for Sting.

[@Steve-K.G.]

Stewart's drum sticks, the only thing Chuck Norris is scared of.

[@1kevinkat]

I was there can't believe im still alive.

[@8517vini]

I love Stewart Copeland plays the drums! It’s almost as he was infinitely furious at his kit.

[@amandapenrose49]

Stewart used to have writing on his drums. He used to have stuff like F*ck off you b*sterd on the drums and pretend he was thumping Stings head. He used to take out all his anger over him on the drums.

[@dirkbag22]

This is the band I saw at the 3,000 seat Santa Monica Civic Auditorium on 17 May 1979, after the first album (Outlandos) came out and the second (Regatta) was about to be released a few months later. Only six months later, my roommate and I drove to see them at the San Diego Civic Theater on 20 November 1979 just after Regatta was released. Sting was on FIRE in those days, as powerful a performer as I've ever seen. The band was ferocious - their music took on a different hue entirely when performed live. This is a full concert and a glimpse of what the band was like in those days. They also played Madam Wong's about the same time as the Santa Monica gig, and the Palladium right after the San Diego gig. The theater in San Diego was acoustically perfect, which made Walking On The Moon absolutely surreal.

[@jilllowndes4243]

What awesome shows to have attended, nice.

[@shawnbruce6934]

This Was the Greatest Time In Music History. I was 14 and a Young Drummer at this time. Stewart was SO Influential to Me. It was Such a Happy Time.

[@edgeyt1]

Rick Beato did a long interview with Andy Summers last week - well worth a watch. Summers will be 81 years old on Sunday!

[@douglastull3908]

These guys changed the 1980s. Their approach, look, sound, etc. had a profound influence on so many musicians and bands. They're all monster players, too.

[@satchvanjohnson41]

The advant garde-like interlude in Bed's to Big is crazy. What a band.

[@dayno1999]

The arrangements are so incredibly good, just the three of them together and it never sounds empty 🤯

[@mikeblackstar5234]

Eine der besten Bands der frühen 80er. Stewart copeland einer der besten Schlagzeuger ever. 🤘🥁

[@zackzallie8735]

Probably the tightest of all new wave bands I ever heard. First, we have the god himself, Copeland, the octopus that drove the band with his awesome drumming. And then, Sting bought the best song-writing, and the stellar vocals to the table. Finally, the secret weapon that is Andy Summer, had the siren playing with lots of virtuoso in his playing that made The Police sounded unique and original.

[@johnwilliams1223]

Well said Zack! Perfectly spot on.

[@hamdelsun68]

Long live New Wave! 🎸🎵💋🎶💖💞🎵

[@franklinwilliams8852]

Well said, my good man. Well said indeed!

[@Chuckles..]

I've come to understand it's miraculous when musicians this uniquely talented happen to find each other.

[@ronphilip3832]

A fabulous band. Notice that Andy Summers played the same guitar for the whole show. Skill and musicianship are what counts.

[@enricobarchi8892]

He was adjusting the guitar tuning between the songs, no electronic tuners or guitar changes…

[@feloniousmonk3049]

Yeah a Telecaster with a humbucker for the neck pickup, and a single coil for the bridge pickup.

[@mschick831]

Stewart Copeland - Greatest drummer ever. Unbeatable!

[@victorcifuentes2411]

Stewart for ever and ever

[@sergiosaukka]

That was a Band.all analog and greatest quality like we don't see anymore, after 40 Years still just incomparable.

[@cristiansilva2849]

As a fan of the Police, I must say that this concert is a sublime one where the technical capacity of the three members is demonstrated in its maximum artistic spelendor: Sting with his unique voice and precision on the bass, Stewart Copeland in his powerful percussive reign of details artistic, and the ultimate painting of colors woven by Andy Summers ... what a band OMG!

[@jerryvivanco4898]

Ultimate painting colours woven by Andy Summer....................... PERFECT description!!👍👍🎹🎼🎵🎶🎵🎼

[@scotchgod8478]

Best drummer on the planet!

[@chriszito6183]

What?

[@mykelc205]

If u want to do a 3 min song in a minute half.

[@MobiusBandwidth]

unmatched.

[@snapstar4440]

best coke from another planet...

[@hemmohoving2558]

Together with Neil Peart (RUSH). And let's not forget Lombardo and Bostaph.

[@litedawg]

It’s Stewart’s world and we are just living in it.

[@ezechielamadeus2828]

Si

[@BelgianDrummer]

My adventure with The Police started with this concert. I became a drummer practicing from a cassette tape made from this gig. I must have heard it hundred’s of times. Thanks for uploading this :-)

[@jude999]

As a kid, I use to use drumsticks to this on my bedspread.

[@willthacker5182]

Well if you are going to start learning drums by listening to a tape, the police, specifically the drumming of Stewart Copeland is a good teacher to use!

[@MrSandalwood]

same story mate first found the police in 78 when I was 11yrs old to my father discussed, went to 3 nights on the trot to the synchronicity tour at the NEC Birmingham uk 1984 age 16 met sting outside gave him my very early demo tape from my Fostex 8 track.. 6 years 7 years later I had my 1st number ! in America All because of sting. Possibly the best British songwriter of the last 40yrs..... a fucking GENIUS

[@brianaple]

@@MrSandalwood Who are you ?

[@MrSandalwood]

I'm a man who's owes everything to sting... you are clearly a fan of sting yourself. ..let's just say I'm 5hrs behind GMT and I'm about to sound check that a little clue.. I'm such a barstard

[@raymondcuadrado5824]

Andy summer is so underrated him and Stewart are so in synchronized get the hint

[@TempoDrift1480]

Stfu

[@jude999]

Sting wrote most of his lines.

[@Stanimal62]

He’s not underrated, please.

[@66numero]

I hope that he doesn't wear one of these shirts anymore though. It made my eyes bleed.

[@rustykuntz94]

Copeland has to be the smoothest (coolest) drummer ever or certainly up there. Just such a great, swinging style

[@iansmith8263]

Keep it in your pants, Rusty Nuts

[@chrismarkens]

Damn how good is the live version of bed’s too big? I’m totally mesmerized, what a gem.

[@DEANCOCTEAU]

I was thinking the same. They seem to fuse reggae, rock and jazz effortlessly. They were so tight as a band too. Incredible.

[@jarodofficer]

..except for Andy messing up the timing during the staccato Spanish guitar section at the end of each chorus. It almost seems they had a hard time playing it like the album (which stays in time), so they tried playing it in this accented "off the clock" way, which sounded like a train wreck to my ear. Otherwise, I agree, the rest of it sounded good! One of my favorites.

[@jarodofficer]

..or maybe it was Stewart playing it wrong, but something is amiss timing-wise during that part.

[@mattmckeon1688]

The main reason I click on old Police concert videos is to hear that song. One of the best they did yet one of the few that Sting didn't carry over to any meaningful extent in his solo shows.

[@TennisLegends-ebay]

For the 5 albums they were of course amazing, but for the first two albums they were also the most electrifying and exciting band there likely ever was...

[@princereznor1]

The Police were the rhythm section of the late 70s early 80s When they were in the pocket, funk wise-Nobody could touch them

[@lightoftheworld7493]

Perhaps you're only familiar with rock rhythm sections from that time. Plenty of disco and funk ones that equal The Police, their style is just different. Personally, from the era you mention, I think nobody touches the rhythm section from Chic: Nile Rodgers/Bernard Edwards/Tony Thompson.

[@maxjbg]

@@lightoftheworld7493 Uff yeah chic :D Bernard Edwards is the king :D

[@williamdrijver4141]

High tempo, lots of energy and talent. Excellent recording!

[@aaronespinosa7357]

Only three musicians but it sounds like a whole orchestra. What a band! Everyone does their job at his best!!

[@frafilipo9829]

It is great to see that so many people appreciate what THE POLICE did. Makes me happy when quality is being recognized. And what people say about Copland is true, although I'm not drummer myself, I totally understand what those drums meant for the band. One of the best rock trios ever

[@standrew2731]

I’m glad to see all the love for Stewart in particular… he shreds! My all time favorite drummer.

[@jokerevreden]

Here you can see the amazing drummer that Stewart Copeland is

[@ThePauseMenuVlog]

Oysterhead ;)

[@Yes-gz9qs]

He also achieves what many musicians dont achieve. You can tell its him playing drums because of his unique sound and style. CHEERS!

[@brocklanders1009]

@@ThePauseMenuVlog Great band.

[@iansmith8263]

Keep it in your pants, Eldra

[@Julius_Paul]

The song 'The Bed's Too Big Without You' was sublime in it's entirety. Mind blowing!

[@jenshaag]

When I watched this show on German TV in 1980 I was thunderstruck and I knew a new era had begun.

[@winnmiller6012]

This is such a GREAT show. Love Sting's energy, Stewart's wonderful tempo and Andy's...EVERYTHING. Simply AMAZING guitar work here!!! Love The Police!!! 😁

[@mauriceortiz8817]

The Police where the perfect storm of talent. The cymbal master, the chord master and the song master.

[@TheRealHucasys]

It's like I'm always waiting for it to fall apart, but it doesn't!! Thrilling raw energy.

[@DenEz_TV]

Maaaan... This version of Roxanne was insane! So much energy, holy cow! Now I know why Steward Copland was a drum hero for Joey Jordisson, Dave Grohl and Taylor Hawkins. Steward is one of a kind drummer. The whole live set is a great music experience! Just brilliant!

[@nic-ci_66-77]

It's incredibile the way Summers was able to take energy from punk while the most of the musicians with sixties background were totally cut off from the scene..

[@adrianlyord5300]

The Police are definitely on the best bands that ever came out and so tight especially with Stewart Copeland , he's a rhythm master!

[@rudynellestijn]

I was 14 and watched this live on TV, secretly because it was very late. I already was a fan but after this I was hooked for life. EPIC! ❤😂

[@2face789]

I did too. I was 7. I remember my big brother's girlfriend saying "the drummer is hot".🙂

[@stretch54]

34.30. The Beds Too Big Without You. One of the best songs and performances - live - by these guys.

[@ClaudeNorero]

The Police at their Best! Amazing musicians. All the energy of talented youth!!

[@mrseaweed5587]

The perfect storm. Talent, timing, chemistry....

[@johnhall9160]

I saw the police at the Fox Theater in Atlanta Georgia in 1980. While at the concert I found a pin on the ground with "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da on it. I knew I had kept it and began to dig the other day in my things from the past. Bingo I found it.......now it is on my desk. Great memories...great band!

[@manifestgtr]

This is a really vocally revealing performance from Sting. He’s hoarse and sounds like he’s been touring for about two years straight...yet it only manifests as hoarseness. A lot of other singers would be cracking and struggling when tired but he’s just a bit gravelly. You can tell that he’s generally SUPER comfortable in that higher range of his. Very interesting...

[@simonespanu7768]

You nailed it. Though Sting spent years with jazz masters and superstars, and recording on deutsche grammophon long after this period, I still find his years with The Police to be far more mesmerizing.

[@villehytonen7279]

I have never heard him sound like that. He was really struggling in some parts.

[@markblanch2905]

Might be a touch of coke-throat too... Just a tad...

[@terrapanda]

Listen to Hole in my Life though... that's a LOT of strong YEAHs.

[@BoutYoungAnnaLee]

@@villehytonen7279 Yea, and yet, not really struggling!

[@kcdw]

I’m their fan since 1982. Enjoy their music for 39 years. Now I enjoy all the comments here. How lucky I am.

[@MedicineRunner]

Love all the love I’m seeing in these comments for Copeland. He really is in a league of his own with the unique blend of influences and styles. To the older crowd here- He is what my generation refers to as “a whole ass unit”.

[@billchavez8473]

Now I understand why Andy Summers has such a great reputation.

[@natureandphysics403]

That tone is the most Telecaster tone of all time. Nothing beats a Tele chord with both pickups on and light strings.

[@flashtheoriginal]

Excellent point. Andy Summers is up there with the very best.... Knopfler, Fripp, Steve Hackett Robin Trower, Steve Howe and even the Daddy of them all, Rory Gallagher

[@enricobarchi8892]

Neck pickup is NOT a Telecaster one, but a Seymour Duncan humbucker! 😉

[@ShaunArmstrong965]

If you ever needed an example of what made The Police so special, without the added weight of one of their famous "hits", look no further than the sublime "The Beds Too Big Without You" at 00:34:00 - every element a showcase of unique talent. This and Shadows In The Rain Live (Gateshead 1982) my two favourite tracks.

[@ceccavara]

Copeland is mindblowing

[@iansmith8263]

Don't come too quickly there, Ceccavara.

[@felipelizana7502]

the magnificed trio! wow....Sting's so outstanding! Andy's wonderful guitar work! Copeland's master of Hi-Hat!

[@rustykuntz94]

Jan 1980, so this is the Regatta de Blanc tour. Love the set list & of course the energy here, Stewart is on another level playing here, so fast!

[@abbynormal34]

Sting got pissed when he did it.

[@krollpeter]

He liked to change timing and Sting has to play according to him. That was a constant source of conflict. Otherwise, Steward Copelands role as a drummer of The Police can not be overrated. He plays in another league, and he is 50 % of the sound.

[@dthorne4602]

@@krollpeter Yep, I'm a huge Copeland fan, but if I were Sting I'd be pissed if he played "Next to You" that damn fast. It actually doesn't work at that tempo, steals all of the feel. He seemed to do it just to get under Gordon's skin.

[@krollpeter]

@@dthorne4602 That could be. I do understand him, and I don't think he is that pompous as what many believe. They both have their moments.

[@richardfairlamb9728]

Maybe, but Sting is a master songwriter. So much of their greatness comes from Sting’s unique songwriting. Stewart says Sting would come to the studio with fully formed demos before Stuart and Andy even added to them.

[@61jpm]

What a great little band. Lucky guys who had the chance to see them at this point of their career. Pure energy and excitement. Sting`s vocals and bass are awesome, Andy Summers is brilliant and Stewart Copeland is simply stunning, he`s a wizard on the drums.

[@lawrenceconnelly5692]

Orsm band ...

[@SuperRoo_22]

"Great Little Band?" Understatement . . .

[@61jpm]

@@SuperRoo_22 True !

[@foofkanon]

The originality of Andy's guitar playing has always amazed me.

[@jeanclaude4]

It is completely original. Completely

[@ukok8177]

Andy, Stewart and sting , what else is worth listening to , amazying trio , that will never happen again ❤️💯 Andy's playing is just too good in this concert. Stewart is equal to two drummers ❤️💯, Sting with his bass brilliancy and amazing voice is untouchable 💯❤️

[@MFPenna]

amazing gig. early days of the police, still raw and furious. one of the greatest power trio ever. miss that band so much!

[@jiros00]

All three special. All critical to the Police sound. Copeland is probably most special of course. Best drummer in the world as far as I'm concerned.

[@victorcifuentes2411]

Yes

[@christopherwright8811]

Up there certaily with Peart and Bruford (Alan White was quite decent also......)

[@musicman4921]

For Mobile Users :) 01 Next To You 00:00:42 02 So Lonely 00:03:02 03 Walking On The Moon 00:09:00 04 Hole In My Life 00:14:17 05 Death Wish 00:18:09 06 Fall Out 00:23:29 07 Bring On The Night 00:25:57 08 Visions Of The Night 00:31:12 09 The Bed's Too Big Without You 00:34:29 10 Peanuts 00:42:25 11 Roxanne 00:45:15 12 Can't Stand Loosing You 00:51:29 13 Message In A Bottle 01:00:17

[@abiding_ihsan]

That drumming though...just epic

[@charleskletter8974]

This is amazing and incredible footage

[@thorstenullrich-stegemann8140]

I was a Teenager in these times. I had a cassett-recorder with one Monobox. The whole day long i listened to my Police-Cassetts. I was happy. This was a special spirit. I was the biggest fan of The Police in my hometown.And Mr. Copeland caused my Drummingpassion. But i was never able to cover his drumming. Thanx for this video!!?

[@seafield41]

what an amazing piece of film, just as they had cracked the big time. It's great that Stewart is getting lots of cool comments, he is my hero too, his tuning, his style, his energy and in particular his Hi Hat work, He is a very smart guy, he used a delay on his snare and hi hats, I remember Rhythm Magazine trying to write out the score to message in a bottle, and they even admitted it was as close as they could get, as they weren't sure what was delay and what he played straight in some parts, if anyone loves this era of the police, look up Stewart's Film, DOES EVERYONE STARE, filmed on his own camera on the USA make or break tour, just around 6 months before this Rockpalast film. What a truly unique band I also have to mention Andy's guitar part on Bring on the night, Guitarists correct me if i'm wrong, but surely more in common with classical technique than Rock, you have to be brilliant A, to think like that, and B. to pull it off, Oh and sting is ok too LOL

[@user-ed4fv9nd3b]

Watch what happens at 1:02:29. It looks like Stewart breaks a drumstick, so he uses the one in his other hand to hit the snare drum a couple of times before he pulls out another one.

[@SeatLeonMK2]

hahah what a hero

[@achenarmyst2156]

Eagle‘s eye 👏

[@thorstenjaeger1203]

Hab ich damals auf Cassette mitgeschnitten, und die blieb unter 1000 anderen immer die wichtigste, die heisseste!! Ein Trio und so viel pure Energie, fantastisch!!! Danke fürs Hochladen, die Casi hat irgendwann schlapp gemacht...

[@fabianosanges698]

goddamn sting and that fretless bass on walking on the moon

[@Tolbens]

He has remove the frets...

[@MobiusBandwidth]

@@Tolbens no that's a fretless Ibanez bass, there were no frets on it for him to remove. he started as an upright bassist so he was used to that. I don't think he was hearing his bass too well in the monitors though because his intonation was out several times. it happens.

[@johng2880]

@@MobiusBandwidth during Walking On the Moon, you can see Andy asking the monitor mixer for more bass on stage.

[@mancuniancandidatem]

I agree. His job was hard enough singing and playing bass. Why did he make it harder by using a fretless? Still enjoy this but the guitar and bass are continually out of tune. He actually pitches his vocal to the guitar thankfully.

[@sethkanne9966]

Amazing performance. Wish it could have been 80% more shot from behind the kit.

[@VictorAFM13]

Sting singing his ass off while playing fretless bass perfectly is such a gem!

[@GuitarguyRichard56]

Dear god! I never go out any more. What is the point??? For free I watch incredible stuff like this. FREE!! half way thru and I keep listening over and over to the first 3 songs. So tight, so good.

[@mlwsf]

At the same time there is a huge difference between watching a video and being in the crowd and experiencing it directly.

[@richardfairlamb9728]

True, but we’ll never be able to see them live. This, is the next best thing.

[@mdmproducciones9372]

Copeland is an amazing drummer. One of the reasons Sting and Stewart fought so much was because Sting didn't like all the fills and busy playing, he wanted Stewart to keep a steady beat. Watch them fight over this on the Reunion documentary.

[@jahread3322]

The thing is, these guys are all world class musicians with chops hardly anyone else can touch. Sting and Copeland were both alpha dogs to boot...neither one of them was gonna be told what to do by the other and the constant fighting and sibling rivalry between them resulted in the amazing music they played. The police wouldn’t be the police if Copeland just played a back beat and they wouldn’t be the police if sting hadn’t kept needling Copeland to quit playing so busy and just give him a “steady rhythm”. I mean fuck have you ever heard a steadier pulse or a deeper pocket played with such frantic flurries of fills and needless over complication of simple 4 on the floor beats??? One has to wonder if Sting would have played with such energy and pushed himself to exist at the edge of his ability had Copeland not gleefully and purposefully challenged Stings authority and role as band leader/songwriter? It’s a beautiful thing to watch and the passion they manage to create almost effortlessly only arises from a few types of relationships....and being so fucking annoyed by someone that their very presence gets your adrenaline pumping to the point that you are ready to destroy them the minute they even think about hinting at the remote possibility they maybe wanna fuck with you...well that’s one way you can achieve the level of performance these guys have here. My guess is, sting knew right away that Copeland was gonna irritate the fuck out of him and make everything more difficult than it needed to be...and he knew he wouldn’t ever find anyone else who played the way Copeland did. So he had to make a choice, go out and get a dime a dozen drummer capable of playing back beats like some glorified metronome...or be in the police.