The Police - Shadows In The Rain (live in Essen)

The Police playing in Essen, Grugahalle, West Germany on 1980.10.18, 7th Rockpalast event. Their second World tour, which lasted from 1980 summer - till 1981 January 16 called "Zenyatta Mondatta".
Sting - contrabass, leading vocals
Andy Summers - guitar
Stewart Copeland - drums

[@Jedizen07]

No auto tune, no Katy Perry makeup/costumes, no fakeness of any kind. Three guys making musical magic. Amazing.

[@vikthequick]

Actually, all three band members dyed their hair blonde 🙄.

[@dmlevitt]

this is the best version of shadows in the rain.

[@Auntkekebaby]

God I love ❤ them sooo much! This is the seedy, back alley, jazzy, dirty version. They funked out. Andy's work is beautiful. What a cosmic union

[@nemanjabatalo3182]

Exactly couldn't have said it any better my self ,amazing version.

[@rosarioschiavo5016]

Amazing song, Sting is a genius of music.

[@Beefache]

Have always said that Sting's best work was with the Police. Not for his incredible songwriting and clearly immortal musical ability...but the fact he had two musicians who were just as talented as him with their chosen instrument. Lightning in a bottle. That's why the Police were the biggest band in the world for years. 3 incredible musicians with a true genius fronting the trio.

[@arjanteeuwen1184]

Best band ever!

[@bazzen6992]

Great live performance

[@ImYourHuckleberry_29]

This is good but the piano in the studio one is just as brilliant. One of zenyattas most underrated singles.

[@ukok8177]

Unique band with unique sound for unique fans...

[@wladimirfernandez5361]

Beautiful work of Summers

[@misterbennn]

Great record sounding even better live

[@OrchestrationOnline]

Copeland is the man! Of course Sting was the creative force behind the Police, but so much of its sound and vibe was developed so organically by Copeland, and he often doesn't get the credit for that.

[@drewper73]

+OrchestrationOnline The Police was HIS band. He used to say something like, "Sting is just my bass player." I love both bodies of work, The Police and Sting's solo stuff, except for the stuff he's been doing lately. He needs to go ahead and release a regular Sting album instead of reinterpreting some other guy's music on the Lute, or writing musicals about ships.

[@OrchestrationOnline]

You could even say that the last two albums were an attempt by Sting to wrest control of the band away from Copeland. Once the centre of the musical sound is taken away from the drums, they just sound like another superstar art-rock band. But I miss the chamber-music aesthetic.

[@drewper73]

OrchestrationOnline Yes, you could most definitely say that. I think it was sometime during the recording of "Ghost In The Machine" where Hugh Padgham called someone, possibly Miles Copeland, and said, "I can't get anything done. These guys are mad!" Can you explain what you mean by "the chamber-music aesthetic"?

[@OrchestrationOnline]

They've got a really intimate sound, in which every part is interdependent. It's like listening to a piano trio or a string quartet. At least up to their third album.

[@austin78993]

Copeland showed Sting Reggae from what I've heard. And also Punk. So the Jazz parts and the songwriting came from Sting, but the Reggae beats and Punk speed and attitude was Stewart. I think Sting gets maybe too much credit, but they all deserve credit. The sign of a great band is that each component is equally important. They were nothing when they had Henry P. instead of Andy. They would have been nothing without Sting's songwriting. And they wouldn't have been unique without Stewart.

[@soniccvn]

This is one of those pretty great songs which ironically weren't singles even when it's so sophisticated and carefully tuned

[@arjanteeuwen1184]

How can...only 59k viewers...? Legendary band!!

[@poohkie752000]

and this is why I adore these guys 😎

[@acteeuwen]

Me too!

[@Loke2112]

Thank you soooo much for posting this amazing video. Zenyatta was the first record I ever owned.

[@mightyV444]

@Tony Wiltshire - Mine, too! 😀 I'd asked my Mum to get me the 'De Do Do Do...' single, when she went out shopping one afternoon in 1980 - and she bought me the whole album instead because they didn't have the single. *And* because she loved me! 😇 PS: I love RUSH, too! I cried when I heard of Neil's passing.

[@marcusfarny]

Three guys laying it down with authority. I saw this show in Germany. It blew a hole in my head it was so good. This brings tears to my eyes!

[@right-hand1388]

amazıng atmosphere...

[@mayajolicoeur4072]

deep bass sound and dark one of the best song off the police

[@drfreebird777]

I totally love the feel of this -- The regular track was so overpowered by the bass line -- this version plays, like, well, a guy chasing shadows in the rain -- cool little interludes leading nowhere in particular -- instead of a pounding bass line. But, heh, that's why you go see stuff live.

[@ukok8177]

Simple and perfect sound.. But classic

[@albertogandolfi7999]

Eccellente!!!!

[@JacobGauguin]

Excellent feeling

[@dmlevitt]

better than the original.

[@interplanetkitty]

So f-ing amazing!

[@darrenhenderson3]

Very RnB. I like it

[@edblank1271]

The BEST MUSIC ⚠️

[@StevenCharlesJazz]

Really dig the whole different feel from his version when he went solo...

[@mightyV444]

I think the way he recorded it solo is the way it was originally meant to be, too! At least with that faster Swing type of rhythm 🙂

[@BurnsTennis]

I think the version from Dream of The Blues Turtle was a blues, which the original probably was intended to be but I love how it was an almost unresolved blues on Zenyatta Mondatta.

[@AlobytesOgniddove]

the intro riff is out (like any live versions of "spirits") but is gold! ^^

[@markusthedrummer8143]

Everything was better back in the 80s! Everything.

[@eugene6472]

Been a police fan since I was 13. Still am, but Sting can annoy me Ayo!

[@andresalvarado3319]

Loveee

[@richardmarston3416]

I think this is a the better version of that song - the album recording sounds unfinished, like they ran out of time and didn't complete the guitar tracks.

[@mightyV444]

@Richard Marston - I agree! Andy was kinda just noodling and creating weird sounds on the studio version, while here he's creating really nice soundscapes. The off-beat Reggae bits also are much louder here. I do love the 'Zenyatta...' version but prefer this one. Sting's remake on his first solo album was quite good, too! 🙂

[@jojogansch1840]

The best version is on Stings Bring On The Night live album in my opinion…

[@aslan4013]

shadooooooooooooooooowzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

[@yyaa2539]

WOW

[@ricadus]

Say this live on TV at the time, great concert and this version of SITR is better than the album version, in that it actually has a guitar solo whereas the LP version seems unfinished.

[@michaelstojsavljevic8453]

Don’t get bands like this anymore

[@cielbleu0619]

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[@rosarioschiavo5016]

Amazing song, Sting is a genius of music.

[@rosarioschiavo5016]

Amazing song, Sting is a genius of music.

[@rosarioschiavo5016]

Amazing song, Sting is a genius of music.

[@rosarioschiavo5016]

Amazing song, Sting is a genius of music.

[@rosarioschiavo5016]

Amazing song, Sting is a genius of music.