The Police - Spirits In The Material World

"The Kenny Everett Television Show" Christmas 1981.

[@margaritalopezcrook8776]

Sting is really an unparalleled musician. His voice, his lyrics, his ability to play bass with his mind...

[@Afurthyclays]

This is in a completely different key than the album version.... How cool!!! 😃

[@ukok8177]

This is a bloody unique sound

[@jml-rj5re]

No one has sounded like The Police before or since.

[@danielmarquis5258]

My favorite Band of ALL TIME!!! This is one of my favorite Police Songs, from my favorite album, "Ghost in the Machine."

[@danburnes722]

That bass plays itself.

[@RB747domme]

I still maintain that this is the version that they should have released. I absolutely adore it in this Dm key. It just sounds so much more natural to Sting, and I also prefer the piccolo snare and picking mandolin as opposed to the keyboard. The original studio version in Am sounds kind of boring now. I love it.

[@Eleventhearlofmars]

Clit Trapper I agree

[@ThomasBorghus]

The bridge is much more interesting here too. Is there a stereo version of this version you know of?

[@thewomble1509]

@@ThomasBorghus I'm pretty sure this was the radio mix in the UK when the song was released.

[@MaxMismetti]

@@thewomble1509wow I’m an avid Police collector and I had never heard this version until today. I wonder if I can find it anywhere as a promo single or something!

[@thewomble1509]

@@MaxMismetti Have you got the "Message In a Box" boxed set? I'm not certain but it MAY be in that. Hope that helps.

[@Afurthyclays]

For those asking, Sting is using an 8 string Hamer Blitz bass. It might be fretless. Andy is using a Chiquita travel guitar.

[@luzhizui]

Using?

[@damnstraight333]

I can't stop watching this, Sting was so hot. The song is brilliant too.

[@EleanorPeterson]

Dear Kenny Everett died too soon. A sweet and gentle guy. And what a marvellously Cupid Stunt with Sting... 💕

[@PandoraNYC1]

OMG, I used to love watching the Kenny Everett Show

[@skywalker0794]

Stewart playing with matched grip...now that's something you don't see everyday!

[@matthampson1466]

Adrian Zieba I'm pretty sure that's a traditional grip for most of the song except the chorus which is matched as you suggest

[@jml-rj5re]

Stewart is standing up. Hard to play the classic left had grip standing.

[@richardquinto477]

This is just...addicting

[@tinjos8306]

These guys were all so ridiculously talented. Stewart Copeland's drumming is just incredible. Sting had a solid solo career but I don't think it equals what the Police did.

[@peterjonas4971]

I agree, and I've been a huge fan since '80. But I do think that sadly his timing has suffered a bit in the last decades.

[@beautynthadark]

song is sick...love me sum 80s music yo

[@michalmorawski7569]

Playing it in a loop. Hypnotising version: personally I prefer this one to the album version as most have underlined it.

[@petestevens3970]

great version; love this band; been lucky enough to see them three times: Ghost in the Machine, Synchronicity and Reunion tour ~

[@damian-795]

This version is amazing

[@squonk86]

Saw them over 12 times and time was better then the other.Great times!!

[@RickNowels1]

Masterpiece. In every way.

[@Isotec1]

I wish they would put aside their differences and give us new music.

[@thewomble1509]

Listening to his last album and his new single with Shaggy,i think it's fair to say that Sting may have lost his knack for coming up with an original tune or ten.

[@squonk86]

Unfortunately that will never happen.

[@ECCENTRICERIC69]

@@thewomble1509 Well, god forbid the other two come up with something decent!

[@_Ben4810]

Only Sting's ego...Oh, & talk of some possible legal action from Andy regarding increased royalties & credits (rightly so)...

[@komaxlaredo]

Stewart Copeland uno de los mejores baterias del rock.

[@andresrodriguezmella8100]

Yo siempre he pensado k es el mejor baterista.

[@redskin133]

this is in the key of Dm instead of the original album version which is in Am. It was played live in Dm during the tours that followed

[@enricobarchi8892]

Very nice mix - different from the record!

[@pixiedustoftweedleD]

this is a version that i had never heard before. thx for the post. so great.

[@tubeyhamster]

This is not live but I like this version. It accentuates the minor key and makes the song even more poignant. It might be an alternate version--Sting sometimes did a few different mixes when making the albums. I've never heard it before, but I like it. Sting's vocals sound great.

[@davuldelici]

It s funny how Stu plays the drums with such conviction in this clips : )

[@tubeyhamster]

Because Stewart was a fan of the band.

[@LuizBertonimusic]

best band ever.period.

[@Eleventhearlofmars]

Nah, but bloody good.

[@WaLdIr37]

A única música que ouço todos os dias, gênios !

[@GinoDiCarlo]

This sounds like the way they performed it live with the horn section. It's a pretty neat version, sort of a live in the studio.

[@TheDantheman1969]

Just love thart version!!

[@sid77777]

excellent

[@hanoufabderrahmane5913]

A legend band 🙌 ♥️

[@alessandronorman9455]

The Police are an incredible legend

[@scarlettsinn5833]

I miss Kenny Everett😢

[@glueforall]

@thepolice281 thats a Chiquita "travel guitar"....fully functional...just a pint size electric guitar whose claim to fame was that you could check it onto an airplane and it would fit in overhead...those came about i believe about '79 or '80

[@paisleybabee]

Oh! Thanks I thought he was miming with a ukulele ha ha!

[@JohnnyBeane]

Very cool video!!!!! JB

[@BeerCigarsAndTexas]

Stewart's cymbal rolls get me every time

[@florenceleoma]

40 ans après toujours fan de Police et inconditionnelle de Mr Copeland!!!

[@Rockettez]

Yeah, it is. Both Sting and Andy were actually sponsored by Hamer around the Zenyatta/ Ghost-period, but on tapes and pictures I have, it doesn't seem they were used much by them, except for promo-pictures and such. You can see Sting playing around with this bass on "The Police around the world"-video (Soundcheck: "Canary in a coalmine"-rif). It has a distinct "octaved" sound. Sting also had a four-stringed Hamer.

[@cloudchaser07]

I just love to see Copeland drumming

[@PubliusDiamond]

What the hell is Andy playing? haha it looks like a tenor ukelele

[@Afurthyclays]

Chiquita travel guitar. 😃

[@jeremyflemingii929]

👏😲📢 HEY THAT IS A GREAT SONG AND GREAT RENDITION OF WHAT THIS SONG CAN BE! GREAT MIX! 5 THUMBS UP, AND 5 STARS!!! 👍👍👍👍👍🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Jeremy in VA, Virginia, east coast 👍👏👌🙏🙏🙏💣💥🧨💥

[@gaae2000]

omg...1981 i still didnt know who The Police were. 12yrs old

[@Isotec1]

Good version of the song.

[@reppintrini3576]

real nice music this is real 80's music...blessings sting from da band police...bless

[@right-hand1388]

01...1.3 😂😂 r.i.p KENNY EVERRET !

[@rickplatinum9896]

THANK YOU for posting - I have never heard that version before !

[@exitcheese]

i love every version, i'd love to hear kate bush do a version of this!

[@Petar_Nikolov]

Never before heard that GREAT version! Maybe it is the previous version of the original take... As it is mentioned in Wikipedia: "...in fact, Sting wanted to record the song without Summers entirely. Having written the song on a synthesizer, he wanted for it to use synthesizer instead of guitar, and to play the synthesizer part himself. Summers thought the synthesizer part should be replaced by guitar, and after considerable argument, they compromised by recording the part on both instruments, with a mix such that the synthesizer drowned out much of Summers's guitar"

[@DB7761]

On the verses I like Sting's voice and singing more than in the original

[@MiriamMars]

The other difference is the main key. That version is in d-minor...The original is in a-minor

[@AlobytesOgniddove]

Great friend... 😂

[@annasumner]

AAHHHHH!!! Amazing!!

[@III1099]

Why am I only just hearing this now ! Love this version - also love the version of Beds too big they did on this show too - guess I was just slightly too young to watch this show first time round

[@EphemeralProductions]

LOL!! That was too funny that part where he and Sting were rollin around! LOL

[@themusicman1970]

This is a cool version of this song. It kind of sounds like an earlier version than what' on Ghost in the Machine, however, I still much prefer the original.

[@claudiopalma1722]

I Love THE POLICE

[@michaelpowell6712]

I love it mane

[@Isotec1]

I wished they would put aside their differences and do new music and a tour.

[@POLICEchout]

awesome footage, always happy to see new old stuff popping up on youtube.

[@snessub]

They don't even try to hide that they're playing playback :D

[@carakenio]

Wow this recorded version is different,it does has horns & other assorted sounds !!

[@gaae2000]

that was hillarious!!!

[@GAPBYGAP]

Merci pour le collector

[@EphemeralProductions]

A lot of "live" perfomances in the 80's were lip synced to recordings. Cheesy maybe yes, but that's how they did it.

[@aviadmei]

GREAT VIDEO! British humour at its best!

[@tajames68]

This version (and every live version I've heard) is in Dm. The album version (with layered vocals) is in Am. Perhaps Dm worked better for a lone vocal?

[@AlobytesOgniddove]

ahahahaha best interview!!!

[@radityoyantono9371]

so addicted

[@joelvela4578]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@lukaszcalabrese1709]

when Sting was genuine....

[@eltorpedo67]

What does that even mean?

[@lukaszcalabrese1709]

I don't remember what I was thinking

[@Petar_Nikolov]

You don't remember, cos remembering needs brain....

[@naki5007]

@@lukaszcalabrese1709 hahahaha

[@damian-795]

Lukasz, I know what you mean by that, he was more real here, more rough. Also we are spirits as sting says, so Peter is wrong- no brain needed 😁😎😎

[@t3br00k35]

nobody sounds like this

[@iamremmie]

Thanks Agnes! 😆

[@NadRaad1]

Hahaha!!! That's sooo great! KeatonsAnnex, thanks for posting!

[@concepcionteniente231]

Me encanta

[@tubeyhamster]

@RidankMusic Stewart was the only member of the group with any dress sense.

[@Eleventhearlofmars]

Ha, no way. Not when I’ve seen some of the ridiculous stuff he wore in the late seventies and eighties, football socks with tiny shorts and tshirt lol.

[@tinapbutler]

YES!!!!!!!!

[@FrannyRenee]

I don't know micra but those shoes are hysterical.

[@arsenalfan98]

Prerecorded live version of Spirits...nice find!

[@fastfootedone]

the key words there being, 'young girls'

[@nikjanevmusic]

thank u.. this is one I hadn't seen :)

[@valuecalc]

Too fun! Too funny!

[@Brecconable]

The bit before Spirits starts playing reminds me of my mates antics ROFL

[@Laurent75017]

this is not the studio version from the record. Rerecorded for that TV show ?

[@Fixxxer1999]

hes not even playing the bass hahahahahhaha MAGIC xD

[@tubeyhamster]

Sting was not a fan of the band.

[@WhiteWolfDief]

*rofl* kenny and the whole intro are hilarious!

[@DesertSageArizona]

GREAT footage, thank you! SONG OF THE DAY Spirits in the Material World- 🎸By The Police. Released 40 years ago, in 1981- This was released as a single in 1981. This song reached No. 12 in 🇬🇧 the UK; and No. 11 in the 🇺🇸 USA! The song was written by Sting. It is also the opening track for 🎸 their 1981 album “Ghost in the Machine”. (I always did love the name of that album)! “Spirits In The Material World” Lyrics/🎶Poetry There is no political solution To our troubled evolution Have no faith in constitution There is no bloody revolution We are spirits in the material world Are spirits in the material world Are spirits in the material world Are spirits in the material world Our so called leaders speak With words they try to jail you They subjugate the meek But it's the rhetoric of failure We are spirits in the material world Are spirits in the material world Are spirits in the material world Are spirits in the material world Where does the answer lie? Living from day to day If it's something we can't buy There must be another way We are spirits in the material world Are spirits in the material world Are spirits in the material world... kzbin.info/www/bejne/eHmylqmOaamffc0 (Loving this Music Video Memory)! Happy Listening! ❤️🎸🎶

[@akitoo0]

what do the old man says in the end of the video after "hmmm I'm not surprised" ?? hahhaa

[@akitoo0]

hahahaha, that old man is hilarious xD thnx for your answer !

[@maxsemenov83]

I wonder why they don't play this song anymore

[@Semiam1]

Not enough room on that platform for Stew’s complete kit

[@robertk2007]

Wonder if this was lip synced?

[@davepukem]

"Were they arrested?"

[@matthampson1466]

The fractures within the band are evident even in this video which was shot around the time Stingo had believed as chief songwriter it was now time to go it alone...look at Stewart, he barely looks at him during the complete video. I still believe they are the best musical talent of their era and it was a shame they split but it's nice to unearth different versions of their most successful tracks like this one.

[@martincarlos3759]

Some Music is too perfect for a live recapturing.

[@jacop4689]

interwiew you ? :-D ♥ Thanks agnes

[@lalloghin]

in those days Sting e Stew could not stay in the same room without fighting. Probably this is a prerecorded demo with Sting and Andy tracks. Stew apparently is playing 'live'

[@riquelmedesousa5848]

Why this isn't the version on the album?is better than the album version

[@machiavellian7490]

Strange inversions

[@dannick123]

very 80'ish---Ghost in the machine's Spirits live on!!!

[@ryanpurpura80]

Fuck that snare drum is like a punch in the guts! #Drummers

[@d_the_great]

This, Thomas Dolby, ABC...

[@graceshelton2602]

Thx Agnes. Lol!!

[@najattehawkins21]

good

[@boosh90]

bet ye kenny enjoyed that interview :P