Coming up an interview with one of rock’s greatest drummers Stewart Copeland of the Police. Stewart tells the story of two radio-unfriendly tracks. Roxanne and Can’t Stand Losing You. They were early singles from the Police when Sting, Andy Summers, and Stewart Copeland were trying to make it. The edgy songs were supposed to be a pair of breakthrough hits that would put this band on the map. Only radio stations wouldn’t play them. And there’s some difference of opinion as to why. Even within the band. One story says that they were banned due to their subject matter, with Roxanne centering around prostitution and Can’t Stand Losing You about… And another story says that the band stretched the truth about being blacklisted just to stir up some publicity. But either way, these songs became massive and set this group on a course to become the world’s biggest band just a few years later. It’s a story you’re not going to want to miss, told by a legend NEXT on the Professor of Rock.
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Hey music junkies, Professor of Rock, always here to celebrate the greatest artists and the greatest songs of all time. If you solved most of the mysteries on Scooby Doo Where are you growing up. You’ll dig this channel of Deep Musical Nostalgia.
I’m excited to bring you another episode from our series Revelations, where featured artists take us for a deep dive and explore their greatest songs and albums. Insight you won’t find anywhere else. Today, we’ve got an amazing interview for you. I recently had the opportunity to talk with the great Stewart Copeland from The Police. In our conversation, we covered the entirety of The Police’s career from their debut 1978 Outlandos d’Amour through 1983’s Synchronicity. But to kick things off we’re talking about two of the Police’s breakthrough tracks: Roxanne and Can’t Stand Losing You.
One of the 80s’ most dominant bands, The Police started from very humble beginnings. Founded in London at the height of the punk explosion in 1977, their brief original lineup consisted of drummer Stewart Copeland, singer-bassist Gordon Sumner, forever known as Sting, a former school teacher, and guitarist Henry Padovani. However, after the release of one independent single ‘Fall Out’, Padovani was replaced by veteran guitarist Andy Summers to solidify The Police lineup. Like I said, from the beginning, The Police were bootstrapping it…playing hole-in-the-wall clubs, getting paid next to nothing, and often sleeping in Summer’s car… It was an inauspicious start for a band that would in a matter of a few short years become the world’s biggest rock band.
In October of 1977, the threesome were driving from Amsterdam to Paris, to play a show at the Nashville Club in Paris. In the middle of the seediest part of the 'City of Light', Summer’s car broke down, and the trio had to find a place to sleep and store their gear. The car was beyond repair and had to be towed back to London. However, while there in Paris, Sting would have a moment that would change the fortunes of the band forever when he had an accidental encounter with a hooker.