Jools Holland interviews Stewart Copeland (The Police)

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17 жыл бұрын

... but first some more interviewing and jamming with Sting and Andy Summers (and Brian)
Jools Holland interviews The Police part 2

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@Rambonbon 16 жыл бұрын

It's not about how Sting isn't the best bass player that ever lived, it's about how he's a decent, competent bass player and can SING AT THE SAME TIME as well as writing better songs than pretty much anyone else on the planet these last 30 or so years.

@jools182 3 жыл бұрын

so much talent in the police

@iirachelmadness8677 4 жыл бұрын

this makes me so unbelievably happy

@richieboy6825 4 жыл бұрын

iiRachel Madness me too. Ghost in the machine was my first album. Pure magic!!!

@TheGodParticle 16 жыл бұрын

All that jazz!!! i could listen to them two for hours...

@drummer78 17 жыл бұрын

Looks like the first part was filmed the same day as the video for "Every Little Thing She Does is Magic".

@MrPrice2U 7 жыл бұрын

This is outfit from the "every litte thing she does is magic" video.

@scottharrisohn6972 3 жыл бұрын

and Spirits too

@eega100 2 жыл бұрын

I love how it moves from subtle jazz/ blues to Stu beating the shit out of his drums!

@luckyrocket1903 8 жыл бұрын

I could listen to sting play a standing bass all day, so talented guy so be able to sing as good as he does and play those awesome bass runs at the same time, most talented singer/bassist of all time

@joesmith34 8 жыл бұрын

+Lucky Rocket Yeah I agree really talented. Didnt think he was into jazz

@Augfordpdoggie 8 жыл бұрын

No more talented than Geddy Lee, who plays bass, complicated bass, sings and plays keyboards with his feet all at the same time

@dwightclark7627 8 жыл бұрын

Sting really was at his peak in these years, IMHO. I think the tension/love/hate between him and Copeland and Summers kept him keen as a razor. There's a reason so much of his early solo material was Police covers.

@TheGalwayFarmer 7 жыл бұрын

He came from a jazz background

@scrappersm.2679 6 жыл бұрын

curragh 42. Yes 'Last Exit' the band.

@JeromeDayUniverse 9 жыл бұрын

This is filmed during tracking sessions for Ghost In The Machine! I know there has to be hours of video of them writing and recording these classics, you see a lot of studio footage in the videos. I hope they release something in the future

@ia5662 12 жыл бұрын

I actually think Sting is at his most gentlemanly self here, he's very respectable and at the peak of his musical genius. This is really great insight into the mind of a great musician and how he went about crafting songs, not to mention his awesome versatility and jazz chops on the upright, I mean come on, the dude is amazing.

@jamesm.3967 2 жыл бұрын

He’s a jack-wagon. You must be an American who thinks an English accent makes someone a gentleman.

@mrbungle7586 Жыл бұрын

@@jamesm.3967 What are you on about?

@BurnsTennis 3 жыл бұрын

I wonder how many of today's big pop stars have a jazz background / interest? Since the Police Andy Summers has made a string of jazz albums. Stewart Copeland still plays with Stanley Clarke today, one of the greatest jazz bazz players. Sting has played bass on albums by jazz musicians like Vinnie Colaiuta and Kip Hanrahan.

@mork1 17 жыл бұрын

great upload, thanks a lot!!! very interesting, pure talents they were/are

@invx 15 жыл бұрын

"what we need is a guitarist.. somebody with skill. OH! it's andy peterson!"

@citronellus 14 жыл бұрын

happy to find this video! thanks

@WhiteWolfDief 14 жыл бұрын

Yes, exactly, I really liked this little jam session as well!

@7389 6 жыл бұрын

Very cool, thanks!

@Sundanceprophet 15 жыл бұрын

I really dig that little jam session =]

@dodgedandle8311 Жыл бұрын

Love Em Or Hate Em , They we’re and are still Incredible AAA Calibre musicians , there was no weaknesses in The Police 🌞🌞🌞👍🏻❤️⭐️

@StoneyDope 11 жыл бұрын

Gotta love that Teac 144! Rare as hell!

@sohowsoon6652 7 жыл бұрын

so good

@daryldeveyra 15 жыл бұрын

Awesome shorts.

@dainfam0uskilla 14 жыл бұрын

if you think about it, this interview video looks like a real life "this is spinal tap" scene, especially the "it goes to eleven" scene.

@berto1337 13 жыл бұрын

@evilsnakes1 "Sting has received sixteen Grammy Awards for his work, receiving his first Grammy for Best Rock Instrumental Performance in 1981, and an Oscar nomination for the best song. He is a member of both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame" #nosedive

@robertk2007 13 жыл бұрын

@evilsnakes1 they split song writing royalties equally during the police and for at least 10 years after the break up. I agree with you that without andy and stewart making stings jazz tunes into rock songs they would have been a plain band. However, you cant argue with stings talent on stage. He was unreal as a lead vocailist and great during live shows.

@ConstantContext 10 жыл бұрын

i like the police, like to hear them, hear them in my brain.

@TheOtherKaneda 17 жыл бұрын

Yes, it's recorded around the middle of 1981, during the recording of GitM.

@trannongoble7722 2 жыл бұрын

Sting reminds me of Alex in Clockwork Orange in this.

@stephaniefavreau8466 Жыл бұрын

Only he was am(and still is imo) super cute and hot. More than Malcolm Mc Dowell, though I like him.

@tlevin 16 жыл бұрын

Famous theme from Grieg LOL

@CountryHouseGent 11 жыл бұрын

Here, here. :-)

@vnvnation20006 17 жыл бұрын

Nice shorts.

@NotOrdinaryInGames 15 жыл бұрын

Awesome(my standard comment)

@Rambonbon 15 жыл бұрын

... yes he did...

@TheOtherKaneda 17 жыл бұрын

Can be hard to tell in KZfaq quality, but yeah, it's Andy Summers (I'd think the "Peterson" bit was just Sting giving him a more "jazzy" name). Check the studio video for Spirits in the Material World. Andy wearing the same hat, same shirt etc.

@PalleSchultz 17 жыл бұрын

these guys know eachother and are having a bit of fun - no cockery there

@MrCaddilac 16 жыл бұрын

thank you! somebody who understands what im talking about! not to mention...he was also a bit rude to Stewart ya know?

@KRAZEEIZATION 11 жыл бұрын

So the Police were really a Jazz band!!! :)

@chrisbennett606 6 жыл бұрын

KRAZEEIZATION well jazz and the blues is really the essence and heart of rocking roll anyway

@alphabetaxenonzzzcat 2 жыл бұрын

Well - they started off as faux punks - then strangely reggae with a little bit of electro synth.

@Rondo2ooo 4 ай бұрын

To answer your question, 2/3 yes. Both Sting and Andy played in Jazz bands before the Police.

@felixthelmocevallosmorales7218 2 жыл бұрын

Andy Summers 31/12/1942 79 años (80)

@dreadrocksean 11 жыл бұрын

Jeez. 'here hear'. Hahahaha

@SEANBANOG4 16 жыл бұрын

did sting just call stewart a creep at 41 seconds

@charlienorton2337 3 жыл бұрын

yes

@Roonlovesfish3874 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, he did.

@stephaniefavreau8466 Жыл бұрын

Yes, but you must keep in mind that Stewart had "Fuck Off Sting" written on his drums at the time 😊

@swiftonik 12 жыл бұрын

Does anyone know what song they are jamming to?

@CalTamaDrummer 12 жыл бұрын

They're for the most part, british so its part of their sarcastic humor. alot of people dont get it.

@charlesgarrett3283 Жыл бұрын

Half expecting Will Ferrell to turn up rocking some jazz flute 😂

@stringbini 17 жыл бұрын

I think he said Django Reinhardt. Watch Sweet and Lowdown with Sean Penn.

@dreadrocksean 11 жыл бұрын

Note that what makes one 'cool', especially in the music industry, is the opposite of your majority sentiment.

@robertk2007 14 жыл бұрын

make sure you keep the solo's under 8 bars andy!!!- Sting

@crazypeoplerule2 16 жыл бұрын

when was this film took?

@epn10 11 жыл бұрын

standard 12-bar blues

@berto1337 13 жыл бұрын

@evilsnakes1 you're right, it's pretty easy to get a grammy. Now that I think about it, don't you have five yourself? I just remembered I've been a recipient of no less than three! Sting still has us beat a couple of times over though... fuck it, some people have all the luck.

@mrJimCharles 11 жыл бұрын

What's the Oscar nomination for, "It's Probably Me"?

@NotOrdinaryInGames 16 жыл бұрын

0:00-is this man Jools Holland?

@juliannava5600 7 жыл бұрын

is this all in the key of C?

@closertotheheart 7 жыл бұрын

Yeah, but since the video is slightly sped up it sounds closer to C#.

@rikmono 3 жыл бұрын

This video is named correctly...

@basilcruncher 16 жыл бұрын

I should have guessed..

@yeatsg 14 жыл бұрын

@dw2345 I would use cocky, because arrogant implies some sense of misdirection in one's confidence.

@padek78 13 жыл бұрын

@evilsnakes1 This is so true!!! Copeland's drums technique and play style is the one and only, very unique and without it The Police wouldn't be so amazing.

@TheOtherKaneda 11 жыл бұрын

Haven't deleted anything from over a year ago. All past-week crap is gone. A couple of comments left which are just opinions without personal "attacks". If that's not what you see, then KZfaq is being slow updating. Even if this weren't the case, I'm not going to spend any time arguing about what's deleted and what's not. Haven't moderated a thing for the past 5 years, and I'm not going to again. Any spam or idiocy in the comments of this video, and I'll just delete the video.

@swami1 17 жыл бұрын

Were they inhaling helium or is the sound track a bit fast?

@krisscanlon4051 2 жыл бұрын

They were younger I think.

@alphabetaxenonzzzcat Жыл бұрын

Why Sting doing a mockney accent here? It's years before he even met Guy Richie.

@markthomson7729 3 ай бұрын

"stop acting like an idiot and play the piano"....LOL

@davebellamy4867 4 ай бұрын

Stewart, what are those words on your drum heads and do they serve a function?😂🤣😂

@basilcruncher 16 жыл бұрын

why is sting speaking in a strange mockney accent here?

@joesmith34 5 ай бұрын

Sting says we need a guitarist, it s Andy Peterson. Is nt the guitarists name Andy Summers?

@50j0urn3r 14 жыл бұрын

@michaelzxhc yeah yeah yeah yeahhhhhh

@foodog777 3 жыл бұрын

They all wore the exact same outfits in all the Ghost in the Machine era music videos. Either they shot those videos during the same day or they wore the same outfits every day.

@thewomble1509 2 жыл бұрын

This doc was filmed during the Ghost sessions. It's a BBC production called The Police On Montserrat. The Ghost singles vids were all filmed during the sessions.

@stephaniefavreau8466 Жыл бұрын

I think at that time they really gave 0 f***s about heir looks. Sting wore his khaki jumpsuit 😍 on stage, for photo shoots and on album covers, Stewart only wore shorts, and the videos, well... it looks like most of them were shot just like that in the studio with improvised props and crazy dance moves or right outside, on a truck...😊

@stevieG. 11 ай бұрын

I'd say they were literally too busy to give clothing a thought esp as it's such a small island as well.

@DerekTJ 15 жыл бұрын

I would start by learning where the notes on a piano are, as music-theory was developed on piano - 4ths, 5ths etc. All white keys are C-major scale:C, D, E, F, A, B, C - no sharps or flats. Then just copy&paste that knowledge to a guitar. And move on to the next major scale. You'll only know it if you learn it. Just concentrate on 'C' to get the gist.

@nitram419 2 жыл бұрын

it's a bit weird the way Sting puts on a fake cockney accent here. I have heard him do other accents. Sometimes he's a Geordie, and other times he's an English professor.

@dmitripogosian5084 Ай бұрын

I guess Geordie is his native speak, isn't it ? And any englishman who went to good school can do standard english

@Jordan-182 14 жыл бұрын

what does jools say at 24 seconds?

@thewomble1509 6 жыл бұрын

"Have you learned that Django Reinhardt tune yet?" One of Summers main influences on jazz guitar. Look him up,quite a character.

@NotOrdinaryInGames 7 жыл бұрын

This goes in my playlist out of order, because fuck Sting!

@CountryHouseGent 11 жыл бұрын

I fail to see how a comment I made in good faith over a year ago gets suddenly deleted, yet all the "12 year old" clap trap of the last few days, of which I played no part, gets left. Confused??

@brianwilson49 15 жыл бұрын

three words. freeform jazz exploration. but not in front of a festival crowd. yet.

@luckyrocket1903 8 жыл бұрын

why does he call Stewart a Creep?

@jasonlefler3456 8 жыл бұрын

+Lucky Rocket he's kidding around.

@blondegraemey 15 жыл бұрын

Why has Sting developed a cockney accent??

@TheOtherKaneda 11 жыл бұрын

But just to clarify, no, I didn't see any idiocy from you. The only comment from you that I looked at was from 7 months ago, because it was part of (dragged into) the discussion. And it's still there.

@dannbass 16 жыл бұрын

jajaja

@TheOtherKaneda 11 жыл бұрын

Pre-warning: Entire "discussion" from the past 12+ hours will be deleted. I don't much care if you like Sting or not, or if you like The Police or not. But I'm not having my notifications mail spammed with pathetic personal slights between people who sound like 12 year olds.

@ralphfurley4217 2 жыл бұрын

It's a shame the video tape was sped up. They all sound like chipmunks.

@chathamabs2011 3 жыл бұрын

Shame the studios were wrecked by a storm

@thewomble1509 2 жыл бұрын

Wasn't it a volcano?

@chathamabs2011 2 жыл бұрын

@@thewomble1509 I think it was Hurricane 'Hugo' . There is a documentary somewhere with George Martin looking through the wreck of the studio years after it happened. It may also have been damaged by a volcano, I'm not sure.

@chathamabs2011 2 жыл бұрын

@@thewomble1509 I found this little clip but there's another documentary called Under the Volcano all about the studio. 👍 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bZ1ym66DxrDUcnU.html

@thewomble1509 2 жыл бұрын

@@chathamabs2011 Cheers mate.

@xxetelyaxx 5 жыл бұрын

"look stop acting like an idiot, why don't you play the piano"

@playthemdrums 17 жыл бұрын

Is that andy summers jamming with stings and jools holland? I think he says andy peterson

@drummerboyfarr 15 жыл бұрын

it´s Sting with a dodgy cockney accent! Wasn´t cool to be northern at the time I suppose..

@chrisbennett606 6 жыл бұрын

Craig Farr maybe if he sang in a Geordie accent it wouldn't have sounded as good

@Raskvidh 13 жыл бұрын

@evilsnakes1 partly true, mostly bullshait

@brianwilson49 15 жыл бұрын

two words. spinal tap ;-)

@conorobyrne2612 11 жыл бұрын

Kinda sounds like Jason Kay from Jamiroquai haha

@Nigelxman 14 жыл бұрын

Oh and Andy might be a wee but coked up here too. lol Just a little.

@biopsychosocio 13 жыл бұрын

What really annoys me is how Sting's accent changes according to his audience. On Dream Of The Blue Turtles he sounds like a pompous aristocrat...on Parkinson, when Billy Connoly was discussing his working class roots, Sting suddenly has a Geordie accent return...and here it's different again... Copeland rules. As does Jools.

@samsonwilkinson8090 3 жыл бұрын

You should hear Paul McCartney once he's in Liverpool. It's embarrassing.

@JasonDavis103 13 жыл бұрын

@dw2345 of course he's arrogant. They're all arrogant. Arrogance is part of the job for a rock star.

@gigisdad 16 жыл бұрын

yea the talented are usually perceived as such by the talentless

@evilsnakes1 13 жыл бұрын

@berto1337 ...ouch, did you just say something about the grannies? I guess you have nothing but respect for Buble as well.

@LauritZenc 13 жыл бұрын

Jools Holland was the first ever MOCKNEY.

@oliveroneill1388 6 жыл бұрын

sting is on coke

@charlienorton2337 3 жыл бұрын

and the pope is catholic

@alphabetaxenonzzzcat 2 жыл бұрын

I think he did need to get his nose fixed with an operation after his habit with that drug.

@themanfromutopia1 10 жыл бұрын

cocaine !

@luckyrocket1903 8 жыл бұрын

+themanfromutopia1 no sting is just a hyper person

@themanfromutopia1 8 жыл бұрын

very true.

@JesusChrist5000 15 жыл бұрын

Yeah you are right about the humor thing. Sting would be better to try self deprecating humor. The arrogant putdown style humor works better for real old pathetic looking guys ("Thank you ladies and jerks, you've been a lousy audience") etc.

@popitinpete 17 жыл бұрын

Wierd, amidst all that pro gear they have a humble Tascam portastudio, (cassette 4-track).

@davidhoxit4274 5 жыл бұрын

Please pass along the musicianship of yesteryear....without it...your proficiency will be lost!

@petewoodroffemusic 8 жыл бұрын

Why, how and whose idea was it to put Holland on Tv? He has a terrible voice and lacks any charm, personality or charisma!

@TheGalwayFarmer 7 жыл бұрын

35 years later and he's still the same!

@NotOrdinaryInGames 7 жыл бұрын

No u.

@williamthomas9339 7 жыл бұрын

He's on TV because musicians respect him, will talk with him, and trust his motives. He was the main interviewer for The Beatles Anthology because of this. And everything in your second sentence is true.

@dreadrocksean 11 жыл бұрын

'...most people think so' - is the logical fallacy called 'Appeal To Majority' and is never a good argument. What 'plot' do you speak of? Yours? Mine? His? You presume that a man who steered a trio to the most popular band in the world needs his goal to be 'most popular' for his next act. Like you, I personally preferred The Police but he did not. That's all.

@evilsnakes1 13 жыл бұрын

@dw2345 ??? He is a good musician by pop standards, but that is not much of a measure. He is no more "gifted" than literally millions of other musicians. "His" song writing is a sham: copeland and summers' sound is what you identify as the police sound, but they don't get songwriting credits for that because it is simply "arrangement". Gee, I wonder why sting's songwriting and career took a nose dive after leaving the police.

@evilsnakes1 13 жыл бұрын

I don't care how many commercials use Sting's music to sell their products, the only thing Sting did that people look back and care about is the Police, and Summers and Copeland got robbed by a ridiculous songwriting credit that completely ignores arrangement and production. Without Summer's clean tone arpeggios and the unique sound of Copeland's kit and style in pop circles, Sting would have had nothing but a bunch of simple, mundane pop tunes.

@stephaniefavreau8466 Жыл бұрын

But he wrote and composed the songs.

@clinke2007 9 жыл бұрын

I love The Police, and admire Sting's talent greatly, but I find the upright bass a bit of a self-indulgent overreach; he's not very good here.

@SXI96 8 жыл бұрын

+clinke2007 it's just a jam session, they're having fun, Sting is a great bassist imo

@jasonlefler3456 8 жыл бұрын

+SXI96 "I love The Police, and admire Sting's talent greatly, but I find the upright bass a bit of a self-indulgent overreach; he's not very good here..." HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. erm, no. you're wrong. all expression, at some level, is self-indulgent. as soon as one posts something on KZfaq, for instance, "indulge me" is implied. the upright bass sound was fantastic in this clip as well as when Sting played it on Shadows In The Rain, Walking On The Moon, and Don't Stand So Close To Me. as for him not being very good, gimme a break. he's fantastic. the fact that he doesn't wig out and go all Stanley Clarke on us has more to do with his focus on songwriting. so, which is it? do you want him to not be self-indulgent or to be "very good" here? sounds like confusion to me.

@Auntkekebaby 7 жыл бұрын

clinke2007 The upright bass has a beautiful sound. I'm glad he used that lovely instrument.

@Keepgoing42 7 жыл бұрын

clinke2007 youre not very good

@Mike-wi8vn 6 жыл бұрын

Yeah sting, don't over-indulge in a unique hobby