A cup of tea solves everything

@8KilgoreTrout4

29 күн бұрын

Damn straight!

@TheLegobug

29 күн бұрын

lol...the way Andy talks...it must be more than Tea....and DEFINATELY more than 1 cup...

@matthew4694

29 күн бұрын

“The kettle’s on the boil and we’re so easily drawn away…”

@johnstitt2615

29 күн бұрын

Yes.....yes it does.

@atravelerofbothtimespace4172

29 күн бұрын

A fat joint could end a war❤

It is insane that Andy is not a credited writer on the song. That intricate (and difficult) guitar track is the heartbeat throughout

@fillhixx

29 күн бұрын

The copyrightable song consist of the lyric and the melody, the part you can whistle. Arranging, like the guitar figure, is a whole different thing.

@pihermoso11

29 күн бұрын

Because Sting has an ego bigger than everyone else, he treated his bandmates like Nashville session musicians and wanted all the credits to himself, this is why the band split and they never got along, although Andy and Stewart get along well

@MrRichieOtti

29 күн бұрын

Musically, Sting may be a genius, but his human qualities have often been called into question.

@tonymaner5510

29 күн бұрын

​@@fillhixxthat arpeggio is pure composition not an arrangement...

@jim3541

29 күн бұрын

@@MrRichieOtti Hes a good musician, creative for sure but hes no genius lol He hardly even understands music theory. Watch an interview

This guys contribution to guitar can’t be understated.

Rick is so incredibly refreshing the way he completely enjoys every moment of spending time with these people who are his heroes, as opposed to enjoying every moment of hearing himself speak and constantly interrupting. The best.

Andy just has a unique guitar playing style that still stands out anytime i listen to the police The Message in a bottle riff does it for me everytime Much love to Andy

Between the 3 members of the Police, I always felt the Andy's interviews during their time were the most professional.

@user-qr7ee2cp4y

21 күн бұрын

I wonder if his are the most honest about what was really happening?

@jasonmckenzie2835

21 күн бұрын

@@user-qr7ee2cp4y The last piece of the puzzle is the 2021 Hugh Padgham interview. He produced the last 2 Police albums. Holy crap were The Police toxic.

Since the first time I heard this song, my favorite part was hearing Andy's fingers drag along the strings. This is almost emphasized in this song. Tastefully done.

I've watched this interview many times. Andy's dry, self-effacing humour is hilarious and his timing is spot on. A natural storyteller.

It's good to take a song out of the studio and hear it with other people. I often don't hear all the flaws in my work until someone else is in the room, then they all jump out at me mercilessly.

Nice when the guests do all the talking 💚

You can always count on Andy to give you a straight story. Not some overly philosophical emotional rubbish. Brilliant.

@matthewphilip1977

29 күн бұрын

"They all stood up and applauded. Someone said, 'That's a number one right there.'" Sure, Andy, sure.

@RobotWillie

28 күн бұрын

@@matthewphilip1977 You can hear on Murder by Numbers which was recorded live in real time everyone in the studio applaud at the end, its pretty believable they did the same for Every Breath's main guitar take.

Saw the Police during their 2nd tour of US after Roxanne was taking off. My Fathers Place @ Roslyn. Might’ve been a free showcase hosted by WLIR. They were unbelievable. Well, not really, just way better than you would’ve imagined based on Roxanne. These were jazz and prog rock guys. Head and shoulders above what I expected. This was people capable of playing Mingus or Monk and Yes and King Crimson. Wow….wish I still had the cassette recorded on my Blaupunkt Car Stereo

Andy has almost a decade on Sting and Stewart. He was literally too old for any of their shit.

@feloniousmonk3049

26 күн бұрын

Somehow, the "Respect your Elder's" got lost in translation.

@jasonmckenzie2835

22 күн бұрын

Hahaha

@nba_fan7214

19 күн бұрын

Honestly it's probably why they were still able to power through even tho they hated each other. Andy was mature enough to keep them goin

Andy is an amazing storyteller!!

Rick is a fantastic interviewer!

I like how Andy plays his positions spread over 5 frets. It’s the same with Message in a bottle where he adds the 9th , 5 frets up from his root note , on every change. That’s not an easy riff for smaller hands. Very unique that He frets like a shredder , but has a fender clean sound and plays the riffs to support the song melody .

That comment about evaluating your songs/recordings in different contexts is GOLD.

@Wargasm54

29 күн бұрын

Andy Somers sounds like Piers Morgan 🤔

Amazing story. Having met George Martin at rehearsals for an off Bway play, I had the same reaction. Magical.

Guy looks really good for 81.

@taotoo2

17 күн бұрын

I thought you were joking then googled it..

I'm not reminded often enough how great he is . His work with Robert Fripp "I advance masked" etc. is brilliant too bad that all came to exist during the Madonna MTV era deserved more exposure I think .

The reference to Monk & Ornette. Another musician giving props to the 50’s/60’s jazz greats. I love that. How many “musicians” of today would even know who those greats were?

I love Andy Summers’ playing. He inspired me to build my own replica of his Telecaster. One of my favorite guitars and guitarists.

@jerrydelcannon9458

28 күн бұрын

Me too! I built a PartsCaster with a SB Allparts DB body, an Allparts chunky-ish Maple V-neck, and Fralin PuPs. It is definitely one of my go-to guitars. When I want a change, I have a spare rosewood Thin Allparts neck. But to be honest, the V-neck is on it all the time.

Andy is a great storyteller. Love the voices!

My first concert was the polices farewell tour on this album... Musta been 1981 or 1982... It changed my life. For example, that album and tour are why I am watching Rick Beatto 40 years later

@jasonmckenzie2835

22 күн бұрын

1983

Mr. Summers is one of the best at playing just what the song needs, and not one superfluous note more.

Serving at Naval Air Station Keflavik when the album came out. Helped keep me on track listening then and all those years since.

@e.jonsson6163

19 күн бұрын

Nice to know that you survived sunny keflavik😅

Rick gives all his guests the best: Southern Hospitality!

Rick, your interviews are outstanding. You're keeping proper music alive and interesting. Thank you so much .😊

Andy’s playing on the Police’ records is some of my favorite playing. I also like his stories. Although I equally enjoy all five full-length albums the Police recorded and issued, I still understand why Andy thought some of the music wasn’t suited for them.

@benfloyd7748

29 күн бұрын

Good use of an apostrophe!

@herseem

29 күн бұрын

He managed to fill a lot of sonic space without overcrowding anything.

@feloniousmonk3049

26 күн бұрын

@@herseem Done so, brilliantly, allows the song to properly breathe between all the aritists playing. You get to clearly hear everyone.

I saw him at Wolf Trap "the Barns" in October. Of course, he was incredible and his droll sense of humor and funny stories helped make it an incredible evening. I will see him everytime he comes to the DC area!

Having bought that cassette when it came out, i listened to it in and out of the dessert where i was working at the time. Brings back memories when i hear it.

RIck ! Awesome !! I love that I'm hearin the behind the scenes on "Every breath you take" , the groups problems/solutions and Summers simple and extremely effective riff that brought it alive :)

This guy is a true legend, genius player !

"It's always context." Thank you for this interview!

Love these interviews! 👏👏👏

This guy will be forever young

Another great interview. Well done all around!

I always appreciate the artists' candor.

Excellent interview, Rick!

Love hearing about the inspiration for great work whatever it is!! Thank you

Appreciate the wisdom Mr. Summers.

Thank you for this…priceless.

Always loved Andy’s guitar playing but thought that there was a lot of his talent and abilities that were suppressed. Like having a sports car but never going past 2nd gear. Great interview!

@aquamarine99911

28 күн бұрын

I doubt his talent and abilities were suppressed. I'm sure Andy, like most experienced rock/jazz guys, can play a variety of styles. But this is the style that made him unique. This isn't Wes Montgomery or Jimi Hendrix. If Andy and Stewart just did what Sting told them to do, then Sting wouldn't have had to go solo. Of course, then they wouldn't have been the Police.

@EvelynBaron

15 күн бұрын

@@aquamarine99911 Sting went solo because he's an arrogant prick as was Copeland. I still wince at how he hogged the spotlight touring with Peter Gabriel on behalf of Amnesty International during the years of the Disappeared in Chili and Argentina -- Gabriel totally without ego didn't care, thank god. Don't care how brilliant Sting is. My sister in music industry knows him well, met him once back stage always looking over the shoulder of the person he was talking to in order to keep track of someone more important, yuck.

Andy Summers has found the secret to NOT age...who could believe this guy is actually 81 YEARS OLD???

@sterlingfury

21 күн бұрын

Wow !!!!!!!! Being creative and happy and prosperous are very good for you ❤❤❤❤

@chalkiememe4183

6 күн бұрын

OMG. I thought that can’t be right so looked his DOB up and my Lord he is 81. He looks and sounds amazing, about 20 years younger.

I love this song for so many reasons and crank it up on radio every time

Just subscribed, love your content Rick Love from Ireland

Great story teller! 😍🔥

Brilliant, Rick, just brilliant! Subscribed to 1 and 2 for many years bcuz you are the 'top of the pop!' And I'm not a musician, just love music with the best host!!

Love it love it!!!! amazing guitar part....

That is probably one of the most beautiful Teles I’ve ever seen…

LOL Felonious Monk, checking in here... for the late great Thelonius! Andy Summers love of jazz, infused with Sting's love of jazz, tempered at first by Stewart Copelands love of punk..... transmorgified into a portion of that New Wave that hit US shores. In a sense, they so much remind me of Steely Dan.... just so unique, there was no one else out there that sounded anything like these bands with jazz, fusion, and rock all melded into a style of music that deserved its own label as to type, there was just no pigeon hole it fit into.... Andy's totally sparse style of playing, combined with exotic jazz notes... proof that it is also leaving breathing space in the music for the rest of the band to shine, that makes absolutely great hits. I've got more love for good notes than a shredder with great chops and speed. Sadly, I missed the golden opportunity to see The Police, live. Did get to see Steely Dan live, while Walter Becker was still alive, at the Hollywood Bowl. I truly believe, if they could all get along, they could still fill huge venues with a World Tour, The Police.

Just.i got goosebumps the minute he struck those few cords .I still play that song flat out in the car

The effects for Walking on the Moon always get me, my god that reggae vibe so smooth! One of the greatest band ever. 😎🔥🐐

Love this interview. Andy is a huge influence of mine. I love the police.

@BHHartman

24 күн бұрын

Nah, fuck the police 😜

Andy summers is a master storyteller

Just subscribed here...long-term on your other...didn't realize this was different, and love your work ❤❤❤❤❤❤

I hear so many ppl play it wrong or different. They palm mute without letting the notes ring out and blend like he does. Makes such a difference

I met Sting once. I was amazed at what a humble gentleman he was. I had heard Andy and Stewart say how difficult he was in so many interviews before I met him but I didn’t see it. Maybe Sting is such a perfectionist that he gets misunderstood. I hope the Police have at least one more album in them together. Great interview!

@robertTUBEbrazeau

26 күн бұрын

easy to seem like a humble gentleman for a few minutes. context: try meeting the unwashed rube. try teaching him some semblance of musicality, once that’s somewhat taken care of… hang out with him for 7 years while his ego grows. at some point he’s now instructing you from on high. his hair is perfect and he believes he’s a genius. it’s like Andy said, “context is everything..”

@user-wj3nu1po7g

25 күн бұрын

I think Stingo relaxed and mellowed out once The Police had split up and he also eased himself off the Charlie which he was clearly on so much between 80-84 as you can see him buzzing in many live TV interviews which can be found on youtube. It's during these interviews where he comes across as arrogent, rude and somewhat childish but I'm glad he got over that phase which was quite understandable considering the ridiculously hectic lives that they were living during that period.

@seanohalloran384

23 күн бұрын

Possibly. I’m just saying I didn’t see it.

@pete25901

22 күн бұрын

Maybe you were not seeing the true side of him.. which is most likely what happened

@mrJimCharles

19 күн бұрын

@@robertTUBEbrazeauhe may not be a total genius, but I don't think the description "unwashed rube" could have ever fit Sting at any point

Thank you Rick for pointing out this is a different channel (just noticed the RB-2), I thought I was on your main channel. Subscribe button clicked! Cheers!

@EvelynBaron

15 күн бұрын

me too!

By the way, Blue Oyster Cult's new/old album comes out today. I hope you will talk about it. I've only heard you mention them like once and they're incredible.

I was at that last gig.. Melbourne, at the show grounds.. 44,000 people.. incredible show.

Monk & Ornette references that immediately went over most people’s heads. 😎🎹🎷

@overwhamming

29 күн бұрын

But not yours! Wish everyone were as smart and cultured as you.

“Mysterious Barricades” is one of my favorite albums.

Amazing,

chills

we want a Rick Beato 3!!

Mr Summers is - grotesquely - one of the most underrated musician. his guitar work is fucking magical

Very cool

“It got nice”

Admiral Martin 🤘

It’s worth repeating that when Andy heard the first mix of Every Breath You Take, he flipped out because his guitar part was buried in the mix. He demanded a remix.

He was boooooorn, born in the forties. Born, born in the forties.

This was a first-date song for a fellow servicemember I met when stationed in Frankfurt. It was on a jukebox in a small restaurant near the Kaserne we lived on.

Lovely lovely guy. Andy Summers , also funny 😂.

Without Andy’s guitar part, that song is nothing.

Vocal Sampling from Cuba does an amazing acapella version of this song.

Andy rules

I have the documentary of the Montserrat sessions. So good.

Andy’s got the burps!

Please have longer interviews.. Gives u s more insight. 🙂🙂🙂

@Zzyzzyx

27 күн бұрын

His interviews are like an hour or more, isn't that long?

check out what The Bad Plus do with the guitar line ....live concert ...it'll blow your mind

I just subscribed!

Seems like a really nice guy

It was years before I knew about the tension and fights in the band. I was a little kid and just amazed at what three talented guys could do. Thank you for this one, gentlemen!

So interesting to see the man who made it happen play it all this time later. Lots of people play that guitar part and do it well but hearing and seeing Andy do it is different to me.

Stop fretting and looking at your watch, wisdom usually arrives on time.

That Tele is very, very dreamy

George Martin❤❤❤❤

We want our Bands, Beatles, Police..to stay together forever but it gets to be stressful, egos, affairs, betrayals, it's never like the very beginning, it's not always laughs. Hopefully, they break them come back, for themselves, for the fans.

@bryantcochran5065

29 күн бұрын

Only band that's never broken up that I'm aware of is the rolling stones.

@rikk319

29 күн бұрын

@@bryantcochran5065 Rush.

WHAT is it about guitarists with such hilarious sense of humor? 😆I'd love to hear Andy and Lukathere doing a stand-up routine together, guarantee they'd have us dying. 🤣🤣🤣

Randy Jackson of Zebra used/played one of those Roland Guitar thing on the No Tellin Lies album. He later donated it to a Rock n Roll memorabilia restaurant…. no interest in keeping it 😂

andy summers best policeman ever

Such a shame police couldn't keep it together longer... so much talent in that band.

Very simple parts, simple arrangement, simple recording.

Rick every time you upload a video on this channel, I check to see if I'm subscribed. I'm always NOT subscribed and every time I immediately re-subscribe.

Copeland is an amazing player.

I finally got my first Telecaster. I feel grown up now.

The way Andy plays that arpeggio here actually sounds like the intro of “Mayonaise” by Smashing Pumpkins

@TheAgentAssassin

29 күн бұрын

Beautiful intro.

@tonymaner5510

29 күн бұрын

Maybe the contrary...Mayonese intro sounds like the Every breath you take arpeggio...Check the chronology out...

@luke5100

29 күн бұрын

@@tonymaner5510 come on, man. Give me a little credit at least lol. Obviously the Police tune came out a good decade before the Pumpkins song, and that’s not what I meant. What I was trying to convey is, the way Andy plays the arpeggio in this clip differs from the studio version and happens to resemble the Mayonaise intro

It’s 2 o’clock in the morning and I have a cup tea in Montserrat.

I thought we were gonna hear some licks from Wayne Gretzky