"I remember saying, 'Okay put up Sting's original demo and I'll show you how crummy it is.' So Sting stood over me and waved me through all the changes. I did just one take, and that became the record." - Copeland, Revolver 2000
@thomashaney41758 ай бұрын
I've heard the song 1000 times and I thought it was only my 13-year-old self when this song came out that always waited for "it's a big enough umbrella......". Thank you Rick for truly enriching my music appreciation and giving this 56 year guitar player a vocabulary with which to work when attempting to share my lifelong passion for great music. You're doing good things, thank you. Peace😎
@BillyMcCartney-j5qАй бұрын
Absolutely...❤
@williamvillar71343 жыл бұрын
You know how the Wizard of OZ kind of dispelled the magic by revealing the man behind the curtain? Your videos are the opposite of that, Rick. These songs somehow become more magical when you break them down like this. The Police are one of my favorite bands of all time, I love all of their tracks and this was great to watch. Thank you.
@brianoconnor77963 жыл бұрын
Totally agree with you
@ABobby0772 жыл бұрын
I think for the Police it is a case of so much layered to discover bit by bit what we are hearing. It is almost magical and if, anything, helps us appreciate their amazing talent even more so.
@BadlndsBob2 жыл бұрын
Yes, this band is one of my 2 or three favorites. I also think that Stewart Copeland is an amazing and creative drummer - my favorite.
@milanporopat11572 жыл бұрын
Same here!
@mandyharewood886 Жыл бұрын
Yeah, it's just like that. Brilliant!
@d.byersrosetta59004 жыл бұрын
The Police sounded like no one. And no one has sounded like the Police. I’m so amazed at the music I took for granted growing up...the kids today are really missing out
@Pfeffa2 жыл бұрын
Too many tidepools now
@epsliondelta68508 ай бұрын
@@Pfeffawhat does this even mean
@verybigheart5 ай бұрын
I’m 57 and grew up listening to The Police. I spent some time with my 15 year old daughter this evening watching Rick’s video together. I’m making sure that the kids of today aren’t missing out.
@nicholasbenton10884 жыл бұрын
The Police was one of those awesome cases of lightning in a bottle. You had two brilliant, egotistical geniuses trying to kill each other, and Andy in the middle...himself a brilliant, genius with only love for the sound, using utility and amazing, HUGE space guitar fills to hold it all together long enough to make some timeless, imitable music. Sting is truly a bard, in every sense of the word and I envy his talent for telling concise but full stories with music.
@ieuanphillips49633 жыл бұрын
I dont think Stewart is egotistical at all
@nicholasbenton10883 жыл бұрын
You must not have heard their back and forth on tour. Ego is there...and they butted heads over it. Seldom can one possess a unique and quality impression of art with having the ego to presume that others might prefer ones own vision or impression.
@billgroves56723 жыл бұрын
@@ieuanphillips4963 No need to defend their uniqueness and Stewart doesn't hide the fact that he is as very opinionated & stubborn as his band brother by choice Sting. Stew's book is great & worth reading or IMO better yet listed to as an audible or book on CD. He confirms he's no shrinking violet and the Police would not exist if he wasn't the pole keeping Sting's opposite pole balanced. Sting's solo work though great is nothing like* the Police and likewise Stew's solo work not in any way Police like. The sum of the parts kind of thing or as Nicholas called it "lightning in a bottle" that we are better for even if it didn't last longer as we would like. Cheers. (*except maybe for No Time This TIme)
@alextaylor30153 жыл бұрын
I hope that someone gets my lightning in a bottle, yeah.
@Auntkekebaby3 жыл бұрын
Great comment.
@pbstratocaster4 жыл бұрын
Nothing goes under Beato´s radar. If a door slammed during a recording session, Rick would figure out who came through. Thanks for the wonderful videos.
@mandyharewood886 Жыл бұрын
In the Caribbean, we have a calypso song called King Liar in which the writer, Lord Nelson tells the tale of a lying competition. The almost winner tells of a tailor who - "If yuh show him a man comin' roun' a corner, he could mek him a suit and doan even measure. The eventual winner one upped that with- "Don't show him the man, My tailor is class, Just show him de corner weh de fella pass." You just got your calypso pass! And on a Caribbean infused reggae/ calypso / ska song to boot!
@gaultadam5 ай бұрын
Oddly though, the steel drums did.
@johnnymcribblestonebreaker59106 жыл бұрын
I never realized there was so much going on in this song. I knew Sting, Andy, and Stewart were geniuses but my appreciation is at a whole new level now.
@s5saweig6 жыл бұрын
Every little video he does is magic.
@brianoconnor77963 жыл бұрын
Lmao, touché!!
@cutl00senc5 жыл бұрын
I’m so amazed at the music I took for granted growing up...the kids today are really missing out
@EMan-tp4zp5 жыл бұрын
there are funy reaction videos. A rapper hearing Zeppelin and amazed at Plant being so blusey. A lot of people stop to talk. as a musician that irritates the F outta me. some people are just speechless pretty funny
@SeatLeonMK24 жыл бұрын
everybody in my school loves that stupid rap music
@kayelle80054 жыл бұрын
I feel sorry that auto tune was ever invented.
@robh.69406 жыл бұрын
As a drummer, I have to say that Stewart Copeland is one of the hardest drummers to follow.
@herseem5 жыл бұрын
The drums on 'No Time This TIme' as they fade out at the end make the hairs on my neck stand on end. Still.
@mellotronage70735 жыл бұрын
Michael Giles (King Crimson) always had that effect on me. Ditto for Vinnie Colaiuta, but Vinnie could confuse a lot of tubs players, as he was/is a cream of the crop player of countless styles of music. Vinnie's time with Zappa didn't help either. Not only was that music extremely involved, but Zappa's fondness of "xenochrony" during his time with Frank further complicates things. Xenocrony was Zappa's term for piecing together pieces of recorded music that were superimposed over one another. This is used extensively on Zappa's "Guitar" series & on Sheik Yerbouti somewhat, as well as other albums. The melody of guitar or keyboard sections may have no relation to the rhythm section until FZ imposed them together for what he thought was a satisfying outcome. Try learning drums to music given THAT recording scenario/process...sometimes with different time signatures.... yikes!
@gooberthorpos81955 жыл бұрын
He is one of the best drummers ever, so under appreciated
@cameronlund16745 жыл бұрын
Agreed 100%. If you want another workout of the brain and chops, try following Carter Beauford....
@casenowie5 жыл бұрын
He is left handed playing a right handed drumkit like Ringo Starr, Clem Burke (Blondie) Cecar Zuiderwijk (Golden Earing) and me 😊. His hi hat patterns and use of delay fx are fantastic. Such a great drummer!
@fifthape21196 жыл бұрын
You make looking at a song like opening a birthday present and finding exciting surprises inside!
@jamoncure5 жыл бұрын
What an awesome way to describe Rick Beato’s awesome talent!!!! Every song is a delight to hear, and his analysis is so incredible. Yes, MANY exciting surprises inside of every great song that he does!!! Thanks for your comment, you nailed it!!!
@ericgelders5 жыл бұрын
@@jamoncure Second that, to Fifth Ape too! His explaining only makes me love the songs and bands more!
@dereklepiesza50224 жыл бұрын
I love it when Copeland starts playing on the ride, and absolutely love his ride cymbal sound!
@bergerdrum3 жыл бұрын
For the first three albums, it was a 22" A. Zildjian Ping Ride. (I'm very lucky to have a mid-to-late-80's model of that cymbal - sounds very much like it.) Once he got his Paiste endorsement he used either a 22" 602 Heavy (which I believe is on this album) or a 22" RUDE (which is on Synchronicity). When I saw them in early '82 touring for this album, their program listed their gear, and on Copeland's page, it listed both rides, but I remember seeing RUDEs that night. Between the Police and Night Ranger, I was driven to eventually get a 22" RUDE. :D
@MegaCurtisimo2 жыл бұрын
@@rhythmsteve Preach, brother!
@padmakshkhandelwal18322 жыл бұрын
His hi-hats are almost as good as John Bonham's bass drum. That's incredible, as I consider John Bonham as the GOAT.
@Pfeffa2 жыл бұрын
TOTALLY. all his embellishments are fascinating
@BigBass-xf5yi2 жыл бұрын
There’s nothing like it.
@euex5 жыл бұрын
Four minutes song, 18 min massive description. This song definitely deserves this. Thanks Mr. Beato, great video, as always.
@SPQRTempus3 жыл бұрын
The thing is this video could be twice as long and still not cover everything they did.
@hawaiidispenser2 жыл бұрын
Such a unique, beautiful song. Just the first 20 seconds of it is better than any full song nowadays.
@psychoshamrock3 жыл бұрын
My god, this record is 40 years old now???? So happy this popped up in my mentions. I LOVE this song!!! I miss the Police so badly...
@jeffreywolfe15 жыл бұрын
The Police were genius artists and so are you, Mr. Beato. I cannot tell you how appreciative I am of your work. I was in high school and college in the late 70s/early 80s and the emotional connection we all had to this music has not been dimmed one iota by time. Your deconstruction helps those of us who lived this music at its creation and will undoubtedly inspire a whole new generation of listeners. Pure bliss......Thank you, again. And furthermore, Sting's lyrics are beyond masterful. Forget the music, which is beyond masterful in its own right. The words stand alone as an English composition, a tone poem (pun intended), spot on perfect, drenched in emotional intensity, highly intelligent, angst filled and timeless. (You can say the same about any Police song, actually -- Every Beath You Take is another standout example of Sting's genius). Just another reason the Police are rock's greatest band, ever.
@Print2294 жыл бұрын
I only understand about a third of what you're saying. I just like watching a real musician appreciate a good song. :)
@tdrewke3 жыл бұрын
I know, I did study music but not nearly enough to keep up with Rick. Great stuff.
@daviddoyle40083 жыл бұрын
Amen! It is the passion....I tell my kids whenever someone is passionate about something it becomes interesting to me.
@uba22 жыл бұрын
Yeah, who's this Lydia person? :-)
@Ynotchila2 жыл бұрын
Stewart Copeland is the best drummer ever in my opinion! GOAT 🥁
@giaimant86192 жыл бұрын
👍
@BigBass-xf5yi2 жыл бұрын
There are many great drummers for many reasons, but yeah, I can’t argue with you.
@gregs3627 Жыл бұрын
I don't know if he's the greatest ever but he's the greatest I've ever seen live. Incredible.
@oohkumar Жыл бұрын
Yes sir. Definitely. I’ve always put him ahead of Bonham/Peart.
@FMCTJR5611 ай бұрын
our mother is alive - very nice SC tune, enjoy!
@canaan_perry5 жыл бұрын
It's a tremendous service you're providing here with your videos -- thanks for sharing your knowledge and ideas.
@GuitarTuningOnline5 жыл бұрын
Dito, Beato ;P
@luvpants20125 жыл бұрын
Absolutely
@conniethesconnie4 жыл бұрын
I find Rick's lesson's extremely informative and inspirational. Has me spending covid thinking I can put all the pieces together and write a great song. I haven't Maybe someone who can actually sing and play an instrument is watching and taking notes. Hopefully when everyone starts returning to the studio we will have some great music being produced because they learned the small elements that transform a song from being run of the mill to special.
@Jonnyspeidon6 жыл бұрын
A really small detail that I really love is the fact that in the first verse sting sings "I've tried to tell her all the feelings i have for her in my heart", and he goes up from the G to the C#, but he doesn't reach the D (which is the tonic), and I reallt think this builds a very interessing tension in the song, giving us the feeling that he is trying, reaching up, and coming back to the Modal G. But that might be very subjective. Great video, Rick.
@fabioastolfi71714 жыл бұрын
This song was way ahead of its time and, indeed, would be a great hit today. Timeless. Brings me teenagehood memories.
@AndE6673 жыл бұрын
Well, given how boring today's pop music, this would probably have more of a cult status. 🤷♂️
@88wildcat2 жыл бұрын
Especially since the album came out in late 1981, not 1983.
@Mansardian Жыл бұрын
Same here. As soon as I heard it in this video I immediately had a time machine effect. Strange thing is that today when I stream this song it doesn't feel like I 'own' this song if you know what I mean. Back then, when I bought a record, it felt like the songs were mine, like my own life soundtrack. I don't have that feeling with streaming anymore. It is rather like borrowing a drop of water from the sea. Don't like that
@johnl4235 Жыл бұрын
I love it as much today, as much as i did when i first heard it the 80s
@eladbari Жыл бұрын
@@88wildcat Thank you SO MUCH for writing that! For a long long time I thought of how much I love and connect with this song, how it has a special place in my heart and how it brings optimistic uplifting feelings to me. After you wrote it came out in late 1981 - I had to google the exact release date, and I was floored! It came out exactly on the day I was born. Life's insane.
@lmac66355 жыл бұрын
The Police were such fabulous band. No one has ever matched their sound. They broke up when I was in high school and I’m STILL sad they couldn’t keep it together. Rick, thanks for such a great video series. Addicted.
@christopheryasus36665 жыл бұрын
I ALMOST saw police in 85 Madison sq garden =/ I saw van halen in 85 but if I coulda bucket listed w police then it would have been fantastic
@rulinghabs5 жыл бұрын
They broke up in the same era as when Van Halen split up. Just when they both had epic albums
@EMan-tp4zp5 жыл бұрын
Stevie Ray died, i took two days off.
@rockydiamond5 жыл бұрын
@@EMan-tp4zp I remember it was in August. Hot as fuck. I was devastated..
@mrbungle75865 жыл бұрын
I saw the police in Melbourne in 84, I was 15 and again in 2008 along with every Sting tour. My fav band and was so sad when they stopped. Thx Rick for another greet vid, u r awesome. Cheers
@salutoalduce45504 жыл бұрын
I've been listening The Police for the last 24 years and I'm a fan of Stewart Copeland's drumming, and this song blows my mind every time I hear it, specially the drumming of Stewart Copeland. My first The Police's album was "Ghost in the machine", and I think it's the best, and that's because it shows all the talent of mr. Copeland.
@Pfeffa2 жыл бұрын
It only took me 6 months to realize the cover was a lo fi digital rendering of their three faces 🤯
@bpkliveproductions5 жыл бұрын
Man, I'm just so amazed how deeply he dissects all these songs. Such a genius! Making me notice things I've never heard before. For example, hearing Summers' shank rhythms during the chorus, which I never really noticed it before. Almost like the guitar is washed out a little in the mix, you have to listen very closely. I don't know music theory or Lydian-this or sharp-that, but he makes it interesting that you understand it in an abstract way (if not a natural musician like myself). And yes, what more can you say about Copeland and his classic syncopation, and use of the snare and splashes. Nobody plays like him.
@David-tg8ku3 жыл бұрын
This just makes me shiver with emotion - personally I think it's one of the best melodies ever.
@hawkdog1105 жыл бұрын
Been hearing The Police for ages but I’ve just recently discovered how fuckin genius they are musically. Great vid my dude
@markkittel444 жыл бұрын
Watching them live on their Reunion tour showed that up close. Damn they were good.
@anthonyf36803 жыл бұрын
I’m only 20 so I wasn’t alive when they were in their prime and I have just discovered them, their so unique and different Its like Ive just found a gem
@busking62923 жыл бұрын
Member of a punk band(can't remember who) said to Sting --'that's not punk you're playing' Sting--'maybe not but I'll be playing this when you're driving a minicab'
@larryrowe52593 жыл бұрын
2 years have gone by Mike, but you always knew how good they were. Rick breaks it down to confirm that. I am 70 now but played bass in some good bands. Still do. Very difficult to play his songs, but we give it a shot.
@Auntkekebaby2 жыл бұрын
I always knew. Haven't stopped listening the whole time.
@r.d.coronado14644 жыл бұрын
I stumbled onto your channel when I watched, “Why Sting is So Uncopyable”. I grew up listening to the Police and continued when Sting went solo. I have always appreciated his music. Now watching your explanation of Sting’s arrangements has only reinforced my love for the music. Thank you for your explanation. Though I am not a musician and was totally taken aback by the terminology, I was slack jawed. Again thank you and I have subscribed to your channel.
@Creaulx5 жыл бұрын
I think Sting was singing "Be-at-o" on the outro.
@stephenschramm12334 жыл бұрын
Come on, that was funny. New to this series.
@anthonysaunders3454 жыл бұрын
Lol yeah, man!
@waynemontpetit81814 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂
@mikekavanaughdotcom4 жыл бұрын
LOL
@jpag574 жыл бұрын
🤣
@tedfangc4 жыл бұрын
This is music writing, performance and arrangements at its highest form
@Viator19Ай бұрын
After 43 years of listening it’s still one of the most beautiful songs I’ve ever heard
@tonymarinelli73046 жыл бұрын
It is so sad that Stewart Copeland is a forgotten incredible drummer. I love the way he tunes his drums, his snare drum has the most incredible pop and he isn’t your typical four to the floor boring drummer, he played some unique rhythms, he’s fantastic. Once I heard him speak about how his father was in the Air Force and he spent time in the Middle East and he learn Middle Eastern rhythms. I am half Middle Eastern and I must say knowing Arabic/African rhythms really can set you apart from other guitar players and drummers in what you can do. When I play rhythm guitar along side several other guitarist I can immediately find counterrhythms that leave them scratching their head and can always stay in the pocket.... moral of the story is don’t be a one trick pony. I think like a drummer.
@gooberthorpos81955 жыл бұрын
He is one of the all time greatest drummers in my opinion. His style is completely unique to him, and the level of complexity yet simpleness he plays with, especially on the hihat is unmatched.
@respectfullydisagree7115 жыл бұрын
I never forgot him. He’s been one of my all time faves, since I got my first kit in the 5th grade 38 years ago. But he is often overlooked, and missing from far too many peoples top 10 lists.
@jimgeary5 жыл бұрын
Forgotten? Whenever a new drummer is written up in MD, there’s a 50/50 chance that they will list John Bonham or Copeland as an influence. Amongst rock drummers, he is sitting with Bonzo in the Pantheon. That’s about all you can do.
@theredheadsaidNYC5 жыл бұрын
Don't worry, Copeland was fully appreciated the entire time of the Police and after. :)
@kennethlatham31335 жыл бұрын
He is a good composer/songwriter, too! Did the score and single from Coppola's film "Rumble Fish".
@jabehauber5 жыл бұрын
Stewart's fill near the end of the song is effing huge and iconic. I often listen to the whole song in anticipation for that lick. Oh yeah, and his hihat work is off the charts.
@paulmoncton3 жыл бұрын
The whole time, it was delay on the hats. Imagine the agony drummers trying to reproduce this live, without delay for the last nearly 40 years......lol
@migphilliplaw99413 жыл бұрын
I just posted this elsewhere in the comments here, but just within the last week or so, doing an interview for his current orchestral tour, he said that he couldn't reproduce that film now if he tried.
@YouTubeCensor11 ай бұрын
👍 14:25
@ab34810 ай бұрын
I'm the same way. What I call "the triple fill" is what first got me about this song and still gets me today. While it did get a caption on the video, the lack of a comment otherwise disappointed me. When this one gets rolling it is fabulous. Copeland's drumming is superb. It is too bad the tension among the three, mostly due to Sting, ended the band's reign prematurely.
@daniel343ful5 жыл бұрын
I don't hear or feel music the way Rick does. My mind is blown away about how it's constructed. whole new appreciation too. Thanks Rick!!!
@Augfordpdoggie3 жыл бұрын
Sorry for you
@streetmansam50733 жыл бұрын
@daniel343ful Don’t think many of us hear the music the way Rick does!!😂 Unbelievable the way he does🤔
@vox19626 жыл бұрын
In watching this and the first episode of this series I can’t help but feel that the vast majority of people completely take for granted the thought and artistry that goes into the music that they consider a throw away commodity
@ArisAlamanos6 жыл бұрын
The Police are absolute giants. So are you Mr Rick Beato. I absolutely LOVE your channel. Thank you so much for all this incredible stuff, from song dissections to musical theory lessons, everything you do is magic!
@manuelmorillo67683 жыл бұрын
Ghost in the Machine was released in 1981. I remember because I bought it on cassette that year…still great modern sounding record. And Stewart Copeland’s drumming is absolutely superb.
@strummer5114 жыл бұрын
Oh my god, this series is music nerd heaven. Thank you. Please do all the songs.
@kayelle80054 жыл бұрын
Thrilled to have come across this series in quarantine. Loving it so much.
@jetydosa16 жыл бұрын
his breakdown of this song has transformed this song for me
@frazzleface7535 жыл бұрын
I think they were able to remain a 3 piece because of Stewart Copeland's drumming. It was always so interesting and intricately played.
@sorscha13084 жыл бұрын
I like that "It's a big enough umbrella" pops up throughout Sting's career in other songs. I remember spotting it on Ten Sumner's Tales in Seven Days & being really pleased that i recognised it from this earlier song. I was about 11 at the time so the idea of a self-reference just seemed so clever and funny to me, especially in that song.
@mattjohn47314 жыл бұрын
Doesn't he sing it in Oh My God?
@sorscha13083 жыл бұрын
@Greg Elchert yeah, that's a nice one - haha.
@thewomble15093 жыл бұрын
@@mattjohn4731 Yes.
@theredheadsaidNYC2 жыл бұрын
I think Sting loves his reprises. :)
@17utk7 ай бұрын
@sorscha Oh I always think about Sting's go to lyrical motifs. I feel he sings "its a big enough umbrella... but it's always me that ends up getting wet" in a lot of his songs. It's almost like a lyrical tic.
@premanadi3 жыл бұрын
Sting wrote the song before the Police and had a demo of it. He brought in the keyboard player and the rest of the band was not happy about it, didn't think it sounded like a Police song. They tried different versions to make it sound more like their sound, but in the end Copeland and Summers just played against the demo. And it was a big hit. Awesome song.
@Jeff-Vader_head_of_catering3 жыл бұрын
It is absolutely astonishing how much thought and effort goes into even just the nuances of these "great songs".
@aurohollo92355 жыл бұрын
This song is so magical & euphoric! It gives chills!
@Geekman3336 жыл бұрын
I had this tune on in the car this afternoon coming home from work and I was captivated by the keyboards thinking "this song is pure genius". And here we are. Found this video by chance. Great vid. Thank you.
@mightyV4444 жыл бұрын
Coincidences don't exist! ;-)
@paulmoncton3 жыл бұрын
Jean Alain Roussel
@migphilliplaw99413 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite things about this song is that in the outro, which is kind of a song in itself, the baseline has 4 different ascending melodies. A long duration 1-5, then a shortish 1-5-7-8, then another shortish 1-5-7-8 (but with duration of the 7-8 flipped), then finally a revisit of the intro bassline. Gotta turn it up to hear it!
@diogoappraisal4 жыл бұрын
I never realized how complex music is until watching this channel
@bryanfarrow9143 жыл бұрын
The first time I heard the opening riff of Roxanne, my ears were hooked. I've been rocking the Police albums since the late 70's when Outlandos D'Amour was released.
@edwu82534 жыл бұрын
This song has so many hidden gems
@montraix6 жыл бұрын
Rick, Sting couldn’t sing the song better than the demo, so they kept the demo, slightly out of tune because of the difference in the power on the island of Monserrat where it was re-recorded around the vocals. Sting discussed the island power and tuning because he was worried he couldn’t control his voice anymore. Wound up power surges were varying the tuning. He also said couldn’t match the excitement of the vocal from his demo. You can here it’s a doctored cassette
@meadish6 жыл бұрын
Interesting how the Montserrat studio comes up in this context just one day after I read about Mark Knopfler's guitar tone on Money for Nothing, which was apparently a 'lucky accident' in the Montserrat studio, that they weren't able to replicate when they tried off the island.
@devononair6 жыл бұрын
Interesting insight :)
@adelaideloop97325 жыл бұрын
Yes, this. Or something like this. It's out of tune because they cut the track to parts of the out of tune demo that Sting had cut with the piano player. They just could capture the magic (sorry) that Sting felt the demo had, so they recorded the parts of the demo on to the multitrack, tuned to it, then performed their parts. My understanding is the piano and a drum machine are what's left of the demo. And the bass sounds like an strange upright without a body that Sting called "Brian". He used it live for this song during this period. It has a really unique sound. It's "Brian".
@robingardella62404 жыл бұрын
Wow, an interesting possibility!
@sylvainroy95093 жыл бұрын
"this is what makes Sting a genius as a writer" - totally agree :)
@fespa4 жыл бұрын
Rick Beato just showed me that all these years that I have been to the The Police museum, I never went inside to see the masterpieces. I thought the building was all that was to be seen. And what a great building it was.
@marieperry50524 жыл бұрын
More than meets the ear.
@anekedudy83693 жыл бұрын
What a great comment. Thank you! 😊
@filmelitt6 жыл бұрын
Much much appreciated, sir - I was 17 when the album came out (in norway) and it somehow changed my shallow world of punkrock vs classical music into a profound respect for live/trio studio work... the hi-hat triplets, the flanged double bass, the damped delay git picking... everything driven by some kind of conflict - musical energy loaded with purpose. Thanks for breaking it down in pieces while brilliantly explaining the theory... bringing back memories :)
@eddierayvanlynch61334 жыл бұрын
filmelitt - "conflict loaded with purpose" Yes! What blew me away about this song is that it goes from anxiety to adoration (verse to chorus), and the music synch's up perfectly with the lyrics. Every teenage dude that ever daydreamed about a chick GETS this tune. And yeah, I was fourteen when it came out, so Lol! 😎
@michaelcorbett42363 жыл бұрын
The feeling of this song is amazing. I once heard a cover band when I worked in a bar in Belfast. The drummer was from the Undertones. They played this near the end and it was perfect. People actually stopped with their mouths open when it started. And that's all down to the Police's arrangement.
@OhanaFilms4 жыл бұрын
I have such strong childhood memories attached to this song. Nothing in particular other than remembering EXACTLY what it felt like to be about 10 years old. This song stirs something really powerful up in me.
@realistindenial5 жыл бұрын
I just want to say that even though I'm not a musician, I love watching this video series. I've learned a lot about the creative and collaborative process needed to produce a great song.
@antrod3d5 жыл бұрын
Since I'm already in love with this song, I didn't think I could fall in love with it a second time. I was wrong! Thanks for the video.
@Bricameron Жыл бұрын
What a monster of a drummer Stewart Copeland is. He’s so musical in his playing.
@scottpatrick86456 жыл бұрын
Wow....what an unbelievable ear you have, and your way of explaining it. But your ear, a natural gift, something you are born with.
@billyd57494 жыл бұрын
I used to always turn up the end, I actually still do listening to that song on Spotify. It used to drive me crazy when radio stations would cut it off.
@2032bick523 жыл бұрын
Yes! Also-and nobody seems to mention it-the LYRICS. Sting always personalizes his lyrics as if they are part of an ongoing story of his life and relationships. It’s like he goes to the backstory (which connects with other song’s lyrics) right at the end, as if there is this story going on all the time. Never has a tag-on fade-out contained so much lyrical interest and detail. (Maybe in among the Beatle’s songs, I dunno) One of the all time great songs.
@diatonicjon Жыл бұрын
My Dad gave me a cassette tape with 4 The Police songs on it when I was very young. This song, Roxanne, message in a bottle and walking on the moon. This song has stuck with me my whole life. I love the lydian sound for some reason, I always have, even before I played instruments. My Dad had such a good taste in music and always supported my interest in music. He passed away 3/24/23. Thank you, Dad.
@darp0z53 жыл бұрын
One of the most uplifting pieces of music ever. I've always found this song fascinating to the ear and this video does a great job of explaining why. What a wonderful breakdown. Thanks Rick!
@Auntkekebaby3 жыл бұрын
Yes
@matthewwells16065 жыл бұрын
God they were so good. Little 13 year old Matthew was so devastated when they broke up.
@MegaCurtisimo2 жыл бұрын
Man, what a great song. And THAT (14:31) drum fill followed by the cymbal bell taps by Copeland... (chef's kiss)
@kenperk98545 жыл бұрын
The number of great bands solos and songwriters that came out of the 70s is absolutely mind blowing!
@patrickjaroch50846 жыл бұрын
one of the best albums in my youth. i loved this album
@zefdin1014 ай бұрын
Thank you Rick. You have totally changed the way I listen to and appreciate music. You are, at the end of the day - A Music Teacher ! Brilliant!
@darendarendaren6 жыл бұрын
This is my favorite series on KZbin.
@tomioka_giyuu_isnot_depres95973 жыл бұрын
Three years. Almost 3 million subscribers. That's proof. You are doing something that people find interesting. Educational. There are instruments in songs that make the song work. That I cannot unhear.
@hollywooda1113 жыл бұрын
Those drums!!!! those bloody drums!!!.... The Police are the perfect mix of three musicians working in harmony.
@SteveOliver-hh3rc Жыл бұрын
It's such a beautiful song! It has everything in it. It's never corny, it has power, style and grace that just bursts out of it. So melodic too. There aren't many songs you can throw the kitchen sink at and not make it sound ridiculous. They achieve it here because all 3 are such great musicians and so knowledgeable! One seriously amazing song and well explained! Enjoyed listening to your breakdown of this wonderful song!
@D3N533 жыл бұрын
I was 10 when this dropped and I remember it was impossible not to jump around the living room like a lunatic to the chorus 🤩. It was a musical sugar rush 💯🎶🍭
@BigBass-xf5yi2 жыл бұрын
Same here and I couldn’t have explained it any better then u did. Lol👍
@twofromfive12802 жыл бұрын
This song floored me when i first heard it. It was just hauntingly beautiful in the opening then blooms into the chorus. Copelands drumming, as always, was incredible. For three guys they were a giant of a band. Wish I could have seen them live. Maybe they’ll fry the itch again. 🤞🏻
@nonanona-zz6se5 жыл бұрын
This song gives me eargasms every single time. Couple that with Stewart's little shorts, playing 'Every Little Thing' on KZbin is a very pleasant experience all round.
@UrbanwarriorTheSOV3 жыл бұрын
I knew those years back I was in the presence of genius. And there were quite a few appeared in my era. So much musical magic ❤️😃❤️
@netgnostic16275 ай бұрын
I love this story about how Andy Summers joined The Police: In 1977, Summers was invited by ex-Gong bassist Mike Howlett to join his band Strontium 90, but was soon coaxed away by future Police bandmates Sting and Stewart Copeland. According to Copeland, Summers met him and Sting when the three worked together as session musicians. Later, when Summers by chance encountered Copeland on the London Underground and got coffee, Summers told Copeland, "Stewart, you and that bass player (Sting), you've got something. But you need me in the band, and I accept."
@gliblyaware4 жыл бұрын
Copeland's hat work on this is sublime!
@nncoco6 жыл бұрын
The drumming in this song is incredible. Great lyrics too.
@Gunners_Mate_Guns5 жыл бұрын
Definitely That's the legendary Stewart Copeland's skill shining through. I'll often listen to an entire Police song and concentrate exclusively on the percussion from Stewart and just marvel at that alone.
@mightyV4444 жыл бұрын
@tracy smith - From 6:00 onwards you can tell just how hard he was hitting those drums, too! :-)) I had learnt to play the drums by playing along to the 'Zenyatta Mondatta' album, when it was released :-)
@davidanania56184 жыл бұрын
Stewart's fill in the chorus at about 2 min 11 sec (of the actual song) is probably my favorite fill of his...the overall attitude and drive in his playing is undeniable but this fill somehow bowls me over every time.
@AlerieHightower3 жыл бұрын
It's a tough choice for me between this song and Driven to Tears for sheer Copeland brilliance.
@rappinneallyp2 жыл бұрын
Never noticed that one before reading your comment. It is awesome. The obvious one right before the “EEE OH OH’s” always gets me. The whole reason I’m watching this video right now though is trying to find someone to analyze why the entire “EEE OH OH!” ending is so fantastic. I love a good amount by The Police but I wouldn’t even say I’m a “big fan,” but something about the last few minutes of this song, with the necessary context of the rest of it, is one of the best things to ever happen in pop music, imo, and I just dont understand why. Of all the minutiae of genius sprinkled throughout this song, the EEE OH OH’s (and ESPECIALLY that last extended fade out one) are the best. Why?! Someone explain to me why that ending is so great! I’ve thought this for decades. It just hits the spot for me. Maybe I’ll never understand it. WHY IS THE “EEE OH OH!” part so great?!? Arrgh!
@jimgeary5 жыл бұрын
G Lydian was never the same after the Watergate breakin.
@ShotDownInFlames25 жыл бұрын
That is a great comment.
@SwampyFox5 жыл бұрын
Hilarious
@DaJesta0885 жыл бұрын
Extremely underrated comment... LOL
@Nightbreed825 жыл бұрын
I don't get it but I laughed anyway.
@ed-tinakaszubowski10055 жыл бұрын
@@Nightbreed82 google" "G. Gordon Liddy"
@harrydidthis6 жыл бұрын
Oh my god i love this song so much I hit like as soon as he revealed the name of the song in the intro. P.S for some reason this song always give me the feeling and image of falling deeply in love with someone, especially the beautiful keyboard melody
@AmyHewett5 жыл бұрын
Thiiiiiis.
@JonahUniverse4 жыл бұрын
The Police are my favorite band and this has always been a lackluster song from their catalog in my opinion. However, this video really opened my eyes to how much is actually going on and how brilliantly written and arranged it is. I've known the song for almost my entire life and I'm just now finding a love for it. Thank you!
@marvinolds66713 жыл бұрын
Well, this lackluster track made it to No 3 on the US charts. I guess the Police's lackluster catalog entry would be a career song for other bands.
@bwake3 жыл бұрын
It was always my favorite of their recordings.
@drawntofashionillustration95963 жыл бұрын
Seriously? Or are you being sarcastic on purpose? Anyone would guess the song based on the first five bars of piano brilliance.
@GhostGuitars3 жыл бұрын
lackluster? Its actual magic that verse
@JonahUniverse3 жыл бұрын
To explain to everyone I upset lol, I always thought the chorus was a bit too obvious and cheesy, almost like it was written to be played at wedding dances or to be put in commercials. I still kinda feel that way, but every other aspect of the song has always been incredible to me.
@exa117625 жыл бұрын
BEST MUSIC TUTOR EVER, without a doubt anyone learning from you would become a master. Love your teaching style with all those examples and demonstrations.
@davebellamy48676 жыл бұрын
I remember this on the radio so well on its release, being played near Christmas one year in the UK. Fabulous song really. Love those climbing notes. The rising notes are absolutely magic, both the guitar and the bass. There's more music in this song than a lot of albums.
@jimmymorales4593 жыл бұрын
1982 was my 1st year in high school. And everything she did was magic! True story!
@atquinn19756 жыл бұрын
Great breakdown! One of many examples of Sting’s songwriting genius. And I actually got to hear the guitar for the first time ever!
@guitari-guitartuition13696 жыл бұрын
This series is possibly the best thing on you tube at the mo!! Great work Rick!!
@c.brogansavage33854 жыл бұрын
This is such a beautiful song. The opening always makes my hairs stand on end. Thanks for deconstructing 😊
@Pfeffa2 жыл бұрын
You're right. Those four notes were in the collective unconscious or something
@scoopsmcgoops6 жыл бұрын
I’d like to echo everyone else’s statement that this series is amazing, Rick. Really good insights.
@CrudeBrothers6 жыл бұрын
These videos are brilliant and so fascinating
@samanthafox26648 ай бұрын
OMG, what an amazing breakdown of such a fantastic song. Thank you so very much for sharing your knowledge and making this 54 year old lady fall in love with The Police all over again! x
@chrisshollinrake68266 жыл бұрын
Almost like hearing a new song all over again, magic Rick.
@NigelMarston2 жыл бұрын
I heard this song when it was first released and knew I had to learn to play drums there and then. That machine gun triple snare fill towards the end is the most perfect piece of music on any instrument ever.
@joshuahelmeke3 жыл бұрын
These three guys...man...just. Some of the best musicians right here: each one of them. In my mind, this is the BEST thing they've ever made together.
@brenhutchinson50172 жыл бұрын
Phenomenal song and Stewart Copeland is hands down one of the best drummers ever ... Thanx Rick still the best channel on you tube ..your knowledge helps a music lover understand how the production of a record is down your amazing
@mentalitydesignvideo6 жыл бұрын
How do you play separate tracks? Aren't they mixed down to 2-ch stereo? Or did you get a hold of the studio multitrack somehow? Was violence involved? Are they after you? Blink twice for "yes".
@Gazuka6 жыл бұрын
hahaha but yeah how does he do that? i think he may know a few people and got a hold of the multitrack
@media_dept6 жыл бұрын
I know people lift these from songs used for the 'Rock Band' video games that were made available multitrack for purposes off the game design.
@joethielbar1306 жыл бұрын
Exactly what I was wondering. My music skills could increase 10 fold If I was able to get ahold of these mixes.
@omnymisa4 жыл бұрын
At this point is not every day I can just listen to that song, sure if have to do with some past story, but when I can take it, I enjoy it so much
@MerkinMuffly6 жыл бұрын
Summers was a master of minimalist guitar, almost as good as Fripp.
@theWARMJET5 жыл бұрын
Andy wasnt that simple, very complex sometimes but made it to sound simple
@theWARMJET5 жыл бұрын
Fripp isnt that simple also
@geroscrittore5374 жыл бұрын
I think that "minimalistic" is not the right word for Summers because he made very complex and difficult to play figures that seems easy while you hearing the song... but when you try to play this "simply" chords you understand immediately that is a WTF position for your finger. And the end of any Summers guitar track you are exhausted and your finger prey you to don't try again the song. I love that man!!! He is incredible how he sounds simple.
@jonathanross1494 жыл бұрын
@@geroscrittore537 break your fingers guitar chords rolled out one after another on every Police song.
@stordoy4 жыл бұрын
the last thing I'd call Fripp is minimalist
@loveloss85906 жыл бұрын
2 videos in, this had been an awesome series! As a guy from the 90s I have a new appreciation of this song!
@bjbeamng85993 ай бұрын
As someone with perfect pitch, I greatly appreciate the few songs that do not have standard tuning; they have a very unique sound that is like ear candy.
@benthomwood6 жыл бұрын
Wow, I don't think I've ever heard a pop song dissected like this. This is incredible. I am having a little trouble knowing if the artists in question knew what they were doing, just liked it or were lucky. I shall look forward to learning more, Thanks Rick
@MisterBoy3163 жыл бұрын
I think Sting probably knew, he's a talented guy.
@artschiloyan91013 жыл бұрын
@@MisterBoy316 hahaha Sting is a fucking genius! His songwritings skills are pretty much unique.
@joshentertainment23 жыл бұрын
Is this pop music
@timhays3323 жыл бұрын
They knew exactly what they were doing! So they kept doing it ... At least until Sting outgrew the format