Very interesting chord progressions on The Last Ship Home. That is not an easy song to play. I have a feeling this interview was rather early in the morning as Sting seems just a bit groggy. Point being, is that he is so seasoned that even in the morning he's able to pull off this song both instrumentally and vocally, really without any reverb or anything. Impressive.

Great interview George, its great to see talking points beyond the typical script. Sting is a classic among the artist's of the day. To hear him speak about his feelings as a human being, sheds light of the soul he bears when writing and performing his music. True substance behind the man, who has given so much of himself, to the world to enjoy. Thank you

@Epitaphforyesterday

5 жыл бұрын

i agree. i like how george can pull a terry gross occasionally and just go with impromptu in-the-moment questions. very desirable as a listener.

"That was my morning therapy session. Do I pay you?" asks Sting. Absolutely priceless! Fantastic interview! At minimum, equally as good as Rick Beato's.

Great interview. Deep and touching. I could listen to Sting all day, every day, but this session is really something special.

Sting...he's mysterious. Oddly enough I felt that seriousness the first time I heard him sing, which was "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" when he resolved to call her up a thousand times a day.

Terrific stuff, George. It might be my favorite interview with Sting I've seen yet. You did a fantastic job creating an environment where you two could just have a conversation.

#homefromhome decades of constant music making both solo & in a group makes Sting a man amongst men in the industry.. The catalogue he travels with is one of the best their has ever been, he can sit easily at the top table.. put sting / the police into the search bar right up above.. sit back, turn up loud & love... xx george just keeps on keeping on & letting us into his house x

@JG_1114

5 жыл бұрын

circlekj no doubt! He’s certainly one of the greats of our time as far as musicians and/or popular music goes

Amazing insight into an artist I've been listening to since I was a kid, thank you George for not shying away from complicated subjects like toxic masculinity, and Sting for the amazing music, stories, and perspective!

Oh ..the most beautiful song... the last ship...strikes a deep, deep chord...eternal themes summoned down to the temporal.

Sting a musical genius! Trying to figure out what damm chords he's playing on last ship sails!

How wonderful our Music Man is and STrombo - so nice to see him. He needs to come back to t.v. and do his show again.

@rudy103069

5 жыл бұрын

this is where its at.video killed the radio,YT is killing the tv.

Eye-opening stuff. Sting hit home hard when he described the place he came from. How can you not learn from this?

@thewomble1509

5 жыл бұрын

Problem is he's churned the same basic narrative out for the last forty years. I could write a Sting interview down before he gave it and get 80% correct. If you are English and know the area he came from, it's actually quite annoying and insulting. His biggest problem has always been the need to SHOW that he's intelligent , which actually works against him. He never lets it just become apparent to the listener through casual discovery.

Very nice. The basement is a shanty town for a sweet moment

Sting's comments at the Bataclan re-opening Paris after the muslim massacre was the end of sting for me, such a Bono.

@thewomble1509

5 жыл бұрын

Inshallah!

Simply amazing

Feel like I was sitting there with you just listening to you guys chat. Awesome environment you created. Great interview, never mind the performance!

Incredible, my whole life Stings been just Incredible. Love this interview. Saw him live during high school, 91. I enjoyed it...but I think I'd enjoy it more one more time.

24.00 -it's not about the crying per se, it's the recognition of a world that's gone forever. Men have always cried, but mostly alone.

this is so good man, this is what i need

A true balladeer.

Sting looks as though he literally just crawled out of bed. LOL. Great interview though.

@yrussq

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, this shit happens when you're 67, you know..))

@dadduorp

3 жыл бұрын

Being on tour, whether in a band or (in this case) a theatrical production, are grueling. In his younger days, they'd just sleep in. These days, he's generous enough to give his time for interviews.

It’s a great interview and insightful.

Wow! Great interview. Absolutely enlightening.

Mesmerising!

that was amazing!

The Last Ship sounds like Sting singing something from Scott Walker.

What a treat!

Thank you to both and your teams. This man is not only my music mentor, but I also share a very similar background. Through the music and the bringing to the light of these themes, he continues to put conventional therapies to shame. Much love back at you both for tuning into the magik here.

Excellent Sting interview. You got a lot out of him. Very touching.

Sting is so full of ship.

@20thcenturyboy85

5 жыл бұрын

Good One! LOL . This Musical was really great in TO. A Combo of Awesome Sound, Set Design and Performances.

"dead man's boots" immediately conjures a much different but still related (to the subject matter) scene from "nothing achieving": my daddy's boots don't fit me 'cause i'm bigger than him he says i make him sick now i'm bigger than him i focking love nothing achieving.

@thewomble1509

5 жыл бұрын

Written by Copeland I think?

My love❤

If I hear him singing and talking it seems, that he made his travel he ever dreamed of. Traveling through music and learn. Traveling through live and learn. Still. Like it. Compliments! ... and: traveling is never over.

@AntonioHernandez-hu4uy

3 жыл бұрын

La puedo hader en castellano y me la podeis contestar en el mismo idioma?

Easily the most intelligent interview I have seen with Sting - well done George for engaging Sting in a stimulating conversation - great insights - thank you!

Strombohas some pull! Or great luck! Melvins, power Trip, Sting and Robert plant? I wish this was my show!

Holy shit George! Sweet life, much!? Trade ya!

Best Interview ever from George. I wish someone would interview Sting about how he learned to arrange and write music so well. Very underated and if non-musicians only knew how great his talent truly is as an arranger/composer of music...Check out Rick Beato breakdown What Makes this Song Great, Ep 2. Lydian scale used in song is almost unheard of in pop music...enjoy

@mikaellewismusic2666

5 жыл бұрын

Underrated? He's one of the most successful, well known and revered songwriters of all time. How is he underrated?

@emeraldgamer2033

4 жыл бұрын

Try Jools Holland Sting interview the one posted in 2010, not sure how to put the link on here

@emeraldgamer2033

4 жыл бұрын

Actually might not be 2010, it's the one 7.53 llong

he is a wonderful man he likes very much big fan to him and shaggy

An absolutely incredible talent.

Great!

nice.

"Home IS a warmer experience"

Sometimes you just need to shut your mouth and open your ears

And we all get older.

It seems like he just woke up, and he's still sleepy.

@davegarciaofficial

5 жыл бұрын

Tristan Saldaña that’s how he’s been talking now for the better part of 20 years.. another derived version of Sting..

@juanjogarcia7368

3 жыл бұрын

Thought the same as you did. I saw him and I asked myself if he was ill or al least, really tired. And I don't now if you think the same, but the sound of the voice singing is awful, but not for his voice itself, but yet for the way the mic takes the sound. Terrible mistake by the sound ingeneer. What a sin!!

Interesting that Halford and the Priest lads, Ozzy and Sabbath's gang, also came from industrial England and only Sting didn't go metal but went reggae and punk instead. I guess that's from being a port town urchin. I wish I'd 'escaped' as he said he did. Had I had the confidence to heed the exhortations coming thru a fone line, from a Toronto music magazine publisher, telling me: "DUDE! You HAVE to move to Toronto! Your music could be huge!", who knows where my life would have went? Vs. this ditch....

I noticed from a video I saw of Sting singin' some years ago: he seems to hold a great deal of tension in his throat. I can see a lot of tightness there, and veins popping out. Maybe, something he's holding back?

@thewomble1509

5 жыл бұрын

Technically, he's never been a good singer. He's gained range since he left the Police but , as you say, he still tends to veer between LOUD and a hoarse whispering timbre with little resonance.

@worryphree

5 жыл бұрын

I find Sting to be quite BRILLIANT! I was NOT putting the man down. He's one of my heroes. I was simply commenting on the condition of his tense ass neck. Like, really inflamed, swollen, veins popping out, like he's trying to overcome a great psychological hang up, or whatever. I was NOT criticizing the man, only observing what I SEE.

@BoutYoungAnnaLee

3 жыл бұрын

@@thewomble1509 Lol. Biggest load of shit I've read online.

@juanjogarcia7368

3 жыл бұрын

I hate "good" singers, technically speaking. The world is full of top techincal singers. Give me Cobains&Stings but please, keep me safe from "The Voice" perfect-pitch star wannabees.

@worryphree

3 жыл бұрын

@@juanjogarcia7368 I heard that.

What happened to his Strombo yt channel?

The cut in two wife.

Which is Mr. Sumner's real accent? The one he speaks with or the one he sang the title track with??? ;)

@charmingferret5916

5 жыл бұрын

I remember Sting as never having a Geordie accent. That's the accent he sings these Last Ship in.

@thewomble1509

5 жыл бұрын

@@charmingferret5916 He's the consumate Chameleon.

Can somebody tell me what brand of guitar Sting is playing and the scale of the guitar? Thanks in advance.

@hardlines2635

3 жыл бұрын

I have a Washburn 319 parlour and it looks exactly the same.

Custom Martin guitar, FYI...

@SKMEETZ

5 жыл бұрын

First thing I noticed too! I love parlor guitars! The fact this is filmed in b&w makes it look even more unique and mysterious.

where's shaggy?

@BoutYoungAnnaLee

3 жыл бұрын

In the bin hopefully.

His dad was a milkman.

@thewomble1509

5 жыл бұрын

His milkman was a dad.

I like George but, his questions are repetitive

I both love and hate this man

@luvwings

5 жыл бұрын

Aavila120 better off to hate him, he uses people and he's a fake

@JG_1114

5 жыл бұрын

D Ober hi. Sorry to bother you. But I had noticed your comment and I’m curious about your assessment? I’d like to hear how you know what you know you? Thank you

@JG_1114

5 жыл бұрын

Aavila120 me too 😂

@aavila1206

5 жыл бұрын

@@luvwings atleast I can tolerate him unlike others like a Robert Plant

@oinkbastudios3150

5 жыл бұрын

Same here love/hate.. and no you don't need to explain yourself to any f***er on here. I was learning to play drums to The Police when I was 9 in the 70's and I have great respect for Sting musically.. but I think he's a bully and a conceited, arrogant man. I've known people who worked with him and that's the general consensus. Saying that.. this interviewer needs to calm down.. he's too balshy and in your face.

Disappointed. Amazing interview. But only getting to hear him play 3 songs was hard. I got to the point that I was verbally saying wtf out load...shut the fuck up and let him play. I know it's got to be very challenging as the host to not get lost in personal interest about the artist. And grateful that you do. But damn I would have killed to hear him play longer. Thank you for bringing this to us.

Wow...Who'd have thought String thinks there's something greater than him to connect to...😂 Ego Little Thing He Does...

@strings2wood

5 жыл бұрын

​@Dissonant Chords. You don't need a point to make a point, you need evidence. There is substantial to support my claim. Denial? No. I've seen The Police 6 times and Sting 7. I admire his voice as one of the best ever in pop music. His writing equally so. Jealousy? What of? His success- didn't mention that as it's truly deserved. His wealth? No. the same and I'm content. After the Beatles they were in the prime the world's biggest band. Evidence? Andy said in his book One Train Later by the time they made 'Zenyatta Mondatta' he and Stewart were pissed off that Sting didn't see them as writers or even collaborative musicians- add to that he wouldn't accept some of their songs which they felt deserved a place on the album as part of a band. Andy recorded the instrumental 'Behind My Camel.'The next day, Sting literally buried the tape in the grounds of Montserrat as he refused to include it on the album. That's some ego and insult. Yep he was the writer, singer, front man- but The Police ARE the sum of the parts. Eventually it went on and won a Grammy for instrumental of the year. Both he and Stewart complained that the demo's for every song on the album were almost pre-recorded songs without asking or needing their input. While Sting wrote the chords for' Every Breath You take' it was Andy who came up with the picking arrangement of the chord sequence which is instantly identifiable as the hook of the song. He got no credit or royalty. In the film Certifiable Sting openly mocks Copeland's drumming in rehearsal as they are preparing for the tour. Copeland can't believe the arrogance that the bass player thinks he can tell the drummer how and what to play. Pretty arrogant as Stewart is going for it and trying a fill that he doesn't pull off..but at least he's bringing everything he can to make the song sound better. When touring Japan, Stewart and Andy said they were sick of the fact that Sting's face started to dominate media coverage and the focus moved to 'Sting' and The Police, rather than the sum of the parts. In the film 'Bring On The Night' he berates a reporter for calling him Gordon- his actual name- and says his kids call him Sting, everyone calls him Sting..which reminded me of John Lennon saying of Dylan 'Dylan is bullshit. Zimmerman's his name.' For some reason in the documentary about the new band, he invited the cameras in to watch his wife give birth. Seems a bit egotistical to make this a part of a film for the public that not many other artists include in their road films. bass player at the time Daryl Jones openly says 'I'm not sure this is a band...' Branford Marsalis is more straight forward- he says 'being around Sting and all these people makes me want a barf!' He says he was put on the earth to be a musician. He scorned the superstar thing, saying he wasn't going to say the right thing, or do the right thing the way Sting does for the persona as it's not what he's all about. I don't need to know he thinks he pioneered tantric sex to listen to or appreciate his music. He was a talented cross country runner but even Townshend said he got sick of seeing Roger Daltrey's chest. I think Sting's self image is incredibly vain and that you don't need to take your shirt off at every opportunity to play bass unless there is ego involved. Peter Gabriel did great work with and for Amnesty without the focus being on him in stark contrast to Sting's save the Amazon rain-forest campaign. Good cause? Sure- but so was Sun City, Bloody Sunday, Do They Know It's Christmas etc. If you want icing on the cake, watch the balls up in his tribute to James Taylor. Absolute monumental fuck up where even his singing suffers because of the fact he's trying to play something not even Cheap Trick would have used for showmanship. Love the music, singing, bass playing and writing. But if you think there's no ego, I think you've been hypnotized from lingering or your Caught between the Scylla and Charibdes or as coked as he was in the 80's during some live performances while throwing orange juice aimed at Stewart Copeland over a young female journalist. kzread.info/dash/bejne/a4xmu5aPc8SZoag.html

@strings2wood

5 жыл бұрын

@Dissonant Chords It's in Andy Summers book. It's in his film. It was in Stewart Copeland's film. Sting admitted burying the tape himself. These were the other two guys in the band. Sting never disputed it. Sting is seen on film in the certifiable DVD. Can you present any evidence- (not a point) like your poor first sentence last time that supports your opinion. It's not fact, until you present evidence. Nothing further your honour given the defense can't handle the truth, the prosecution rests on the lame defense argument which kicks own goals on every syllable. We don't need the ball. He's won the game for us.

@strings2wood

5 жыл бұрын

At these sessions, battle lines were deeply drawn over the Summers instrumental "Behind My Camel," which ended up making the album over Sting's extreme objections. "As hard done by as I ever felt in this band, I could always take comfort in the fact that Andy got shafted even worse than I did on that little instrumental," Copeland admitted in 2000. "Sting didn't even bother to play on it. Andy played all the bass and guitars, and I only played on the song because there wasn't anyone else to play drums." "I hated that song so much," laughed Sting, "one day when I was in the studio, I found the tape lying on the table. So I took it around the back of the studio and actually buried it in the garden."

Ugh

Whats wrong with baRking WoW mom

Sting isn't pretentious AT ALL!

@thewomble1509

5 жыл бұрын

Ahh, sarcasm, love it!

@thewalkingdunning-krugeref9664

5 жыл бұрын

It's a beautiful thing.

@wuodbonde

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, but when he starts playing, you quickly forgive his priggishness

@hypno59

4 жыл бұрын

He's written, to my mind, some of the most profound pop music to date, give him a break

why the interviewer keeps blurting out questions. be more legible for gods sake

Within 4-8 bars if you haven’t been surprised you’re gone??? What an ignorant statement.. many of the greatest pieces of music develop and grow as they go along... I mean, everyone knows that... too bad Sting.. you’ve missed a whole boatload of great music....

@yfz450rider39

5 жыл бұрын

It couldn't be more accurate with like 95% of music listeners actually. Just look at the modern pop charts. Just catchy garbage. He's just speaking truth.

@davegarciaofficial

5 жыл бұрын

Woesty420 the comment is not about the state of music.. it’s the idea that if a song “doesn’t surprise” him in 4-8 bars. Has nothing to do with new or old music. If a person takes that approach with music he will absolutely miss out on great compositions.

Wtf ..

sad folky shit - who wants to hear stuff to cry in yer laga to? Sting has gone maudlin on us. I still want Roxanne.

@dadduorp

3 жыл бұрын

Time to grow up.