Copeland remains as the most influential polyrhythmatic drummer/percussionist for generations!

@TheSteveSteele

Жыл бұрын

Bill Bruford owns that title but Stewart is near the top.

@Iktius

10 ай бұрын

Danny Carey surpasses them

@jayocaine2946

4 ай бұрын

@@Iktius The absolute worst take on earth, dear god 🤣.

Copeland... simply the master. His sense of rhythm and syncopation is amazing.

@bluesmau69

Жыл бұрын

true. my best drummer; fantastic.

@teddyboy9116

Жыл бұрын

U need a sense of rhythm to be the rhythm section of a band

@jayocaine2946

4 ай бұрын

Does master imply that theres no holes in your game? Because the guy rushes a lot (as heard here) and it used to drive sting insane

Love this song & Copeland has said on tik-tok that this song is the hardest for rhythm for all 3 of them and all of them were and are so talented!!!

@cismercier8009

Жыл бұрын

It has to be hard. Each of them is offbeat in a different way. All of them have to think the '1-2-3-4' in their heads while playing between those numbers.

@christopherarchuleta3669

9 ай бұрын

My favorite song by them, one of my all-time favorites. It's undeniably a technical song. Executed with such a mesmerizing sound.

@MrUsermister

6 ай бұрын

Back then, decades before the tik-tok era, a good pair of ears were more than enough to grasp the complexity and beauty of this song ...

@pijonydotru

4 ай бұрын

@@cismercier8009Sting simplified his part a bit comparing to the record, though

@MarioManeriMusica

4 ай бұрын

@@pijonydotruinfact it is impossible to play the original bass part and sing at the same time

I'm not a drummer but this is known as one of the hardest drum parts.

You know future generations will never believe this was considered the pop music of it's time

@CPDRV

Ай бұрын

Agree 100% Smart educated lyrics and wonderfully composed music.

they're great. Summers is so underrated. It never looks like he's playing and yet you know he is.

@DrCrabfingers

8 ай бұрын

that's a great comment...your comment is so underrated...

@sandervw123

5 ай бұрын

Underrated by who?

Copeland is one of my favorite drummers of all ,he is the best!!!!!!

the musical arrangement of this song is astonishing....and how can Sting sing those lines,while playing the bass like that ....Summers and his effects,,,,that human machine of Copeland..... incredible

@joshuamartins9487

4 ай бұрын

He alters the bass line , in the verses ...to make it possible to sing over

@ACCH-cm9ou

4 ай бұрын

@@joshuamartins9487 which is pretty genius itself to me

Great LIVE song. Copeland truly a beast here. Love his drumming.

Copeland is out of his MIND!

@elpayaseteetesayap1199

7 жыл бұрын

Ha, ha! It calling cocaine... xDDD

Sting is such an underrated bassist. Stewart gets to create brilliant chaos because Sting is the timekeeper.

@oreally8605

Жыл бұрын

In the studio but live no. Having to sing and play bass seems laborious to him in my opinion.

@dancarter482

Жыл бұрын

@@oreally8605 Especially with that silly little style-over substance Steinberger bass!

@mattdelany6799

Жыл бұрын

@@dancarter482 I have a steinberger L2, serial number 068. It sounds great, and it sustains forever. Even cliff williams of ac/dc used one. Hell, every famous bass player used one. Now you know. Have a good day.

@mattdelany6799

Жыл бұрын

Underrated? No he’s not.

@dancarter482

Жыл бұрын

@@mattdelany6799 Casio keyboards sound great and I'm sure Rick Wakeman owns one - but he won't take it on stage. That great fretless bass Sting is famous for beats that space-stick all day everyday when it comes to live stage performances .. .... ..

FESTIVAL DE VIÑA DEL MAR, CHILE...FEBRERO 1982👍👍👍👍👍🥂🇨🇱🇨🇱🇨🇱🇨🇱

Ghost In the Machine is my favorite Police album. So ethereal.

@richieboy6825

Жыл бұрын

Mine too!! Pretty sure it was the first LP I ever bought. Not a very common sentiment. (Most like the earlier ones best) What’s your fave song on it?

@TheSteveSteele

Жыл бұрын

@@richieboy6825 Great question. Honestly, the last three songs on side 2. It’s perfect sequencing. Omegaman, Secret Journey and Darkness. Those three had a profound effect on me as a musician and composer. You?

@richieboy6825

Жыл бұрын

@@TheSteveSteele very tough. Every little thing was one of the first singles I bought & got me into the police. First time hearing it on the radio It just sounded so different than anything else being played. Just like a whole different level of sophistication and intelligence. Stew goes crazy on ‘One World’ so I’ll give that one the nod- being a drummer of 40 years. I love every note of this album - even Sting’s sax parts. Still listen to the album start to finish at least once a year.

@TheSteveSteele

Жыл бұрын

@@richieboy6825 Agreed. I’m a bassist and I play piano/keyboards and sing. Sting didn’t influence me as a bassist so much as his role in The Police. Stewart Copland is definitely the kind of drummer I like playing with. Bill Bruford too. I like the whole album. The beginning of Too Much Information. Every Little Thing is one of their best singles I think. The beginning of side one. The bass lines on Zenyatta are good. The overall atmosphere on Ghost is what’s so great, imo.

@richieboy6825

Жыл бұрын

@@TheSteveSteele agree 100% - atmosphere - that’s the word- I think they recorded some of it in Jamaica- don’t know if that had anything to do with it. Anyway, great talking with ya & keep on rocking!!!!

My FAVORITE BAND OF ALL TIME!!! I was about five years old when "Ghost in the Machine" came out and I knew from that moment, that this Band fulfilled the EXTRAORDINARY:-)

Stewart rocking the XTC Drums and Wires shirt - love it.

@tubeyhamster

4 жыл бұрын

Stewart alway had cool clothes.

My favorite Police song ✌🎶💙

I love when he says "maybe you guys should trade places" amazing sting!!

Stewart Copeland is such a good drummer!!

Моё сердце всегда с Sting. Этот удивительный переход, который Sting совершает каждый раз на сцене. Я вижу этот переход каждый раз. Переход от обычного человека к необыкновенному певцу. Он на сцене живет, поет и играет, танцует. Это действие происходит одновременно...

No fucking phones! Just the pure joy os music, what masterful musicians!

@ChrisVanDeJoel

2 жыл бұрын

If there're phones at the time, they'll bring it for sure and do some sh*tty recording

@blackeer6614

Жыл бұрын

@@ChrisVanDeJoel no they wouldn't

@DanielWesleyKCK

Ай бұрын

If cell phones had existed back then, they'd have used them, too.

Stewart Copeland is F-ng amazing.

We ARE SPIRITS living in the material world. He was so young to have understood this.

Amazing how he sings and plays that baseline at the same time.

@oreally8605

Жыл бұрын

And he's not very precise about it either.

@televisiondevil5235

Жыл бұрын

He doesn’t play the triplets though, he plays it lazily. I still love it though.

@jumpinjojo

11 ай бұрын

*Bass line

before you get ahead of yourselves, calling sting lazy... notice that his left foot is playing a root note on the moog taurus synth at every kick drum beat. two hands, one foot, and a lead vocal. if you think that's lazy, you're crazy.

@kevinericsnell4092

8 жыл бұрын

Singing this song without doing something physical to keep the rhythm is impossible. It takes muscle memory or something.

@dpss2112

6 жыл бұрын

Root PLUS 5th! Really odd choice of key change here! Did they go up a 4th from the studio version?

@coopcoop8

4 жыл бұрын

Mean while Geddy Lee is somewhere singing, playing wicked bass lines, playing keyboard and tap dancing on his Tarus pedals lol

@AlobytesOgniddove

4 жыл бұрын

@@dpss2112 in every live police change the key in this song! ;)

@evankeal

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, but not really a good comparison. Geddy isnt playing keyboards and bass at the same time, so basically theres no difference left. And frankly Geddy is barely playing any bass pedals, he has transitioned any old parts that have more than two notes into triggers I play the catalogs of both groups on all instruments so I have an exact experience of the whole topic, this song is difficult. And Geddy didnt play two Moog Taurus`s at once while singing and playing bass, so technically Sting wins that discussion....😀

Just a brilliant trio.

Como parte de su gira, Ghost in the machine tour, llegaron al Festival de Viña del mar. Pocas veces se da, que llega una banda en su mejor momento. Amor a primera vista. Solo tenía 14 años

That Steinberger bass sounds great.

That horn section was an absolute disaster! - a prelude to stings craving for a jazz element which he progressed in 1985 where in the 40 years since he never scored another #1 hit single after walking out on Stewart and Andy!

This band is like NO OTHER! Love everything about this energy its so pure with such good intentions evolving. Music I think is meant to evolve up into the higher realms but so many just try & pull us down off the chakra spectrum. Junk DNA then changes & ASCENTION takes place once we climb this to 23. Or maybe I'm just crazy

@fredmoore8661

Жыл бұрын

So very true.

@BlueBeeThemeMusic

Жыл бұрын

Yep, a retread

Whoa! Sting's got some killer range. This song went up a whole interval from E to A and he's nailing it with no problem. Killer!

Funny comment by Andy when Sting is talking to the audience.. Sting says, "seems all the noisy people are up there, and all the quiet people are down here.. they need to change places"... Then Andy says, " the straight people are down in the front there". :)

@peteguard3571

5 жыл бұрын

What does he mean by that line? Don't confuse their language with ours. The same words mean different things depending on which side of the pond the speaker comes from

@bodlexz6091

2 жыл бұрын

Straight - not high/drunk probably?

@JC-zw9vs

2 жыл бұрын

@@bodlexz6091 no, in the UK at that time it meant the boring people.

@georgemyers8750

2 жыл бұрын

@@JC-zw9vs could also be a class thing (I think the boring people vs the more fun people comment is probably correct)

love this song and album its from!!

Love the lyrics and the sound

Love that Stu's wearing an XTC shirt in this one.

Gracias por regresar los años Maravillosos. A mi vida.

It's unforgetable!

"40 GRAUS" (40 degrees)... I think that Sting bought this shirt in Brazil, when the band played in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo (i think), in 1982!

stings concert always wonderful

Love this

ghost is the best tour of police. This concert and gateshead shows it.

Espectacular!!!!!!!

SONG OF THE DAY Spirits in the Material World- 🎸By The Police. Released 40 years ago, in 1981- This was released as a single in 1981. This song reached No. 12 in 🇬🇧 the UK; and No. 11 in the 🇺🇸 USA! The song was written by Sting. It is also the opening track for 🎸 their 1981 album “Ghost in the Machine”. (I always did love the name of that album)! “Spirits In The Material World” Lyrics/🎶Poetry There is no political solution To our troubled evolution Have no faith in constitution There is no bloody revolution We are spirits in the material world Are spirits in the material world Are spirits in the material world Are spirits in the material world Our so called leaders speak With words they try to jail you They subjugate the meek But it's the rhetoric of failure We are spirits in the material world Are spirits in the material world Are spirits in the material world Are spirits in the material world Where does the answer lie? Living from day to day If it's something we can't buy There must be another way We are spirits in the material world Are spirits in the material world Are spirits in the material world... kzread.info/dash/bejne/dHyDx9iRZKfSd84.html (Loving this Music Video Memory)! Happy Listening! ❤️🎸🎶

Stewart is the only one that's holding down the right version.

@rmrib5

2 жыл бұрын

It is difficult to Andy because there is no keyboards, so He has to play different in this Live version.

@oreally8605

Жыл бұрын

Sting almost never plays the original bass line- the song 🎵 is so far from the studio version it kinda sucks.

@ripsnorter185

Жыл бұрын

Well Andy got screwed over in the studio recording since sting preferred a synth rather than a guitar for this song

@paulmorgan5841

Ай бұрын

Totally correct

Oh que hermosa canción

Raw The Police, most interesting.

Sting lovely as ever.

Sting will play the coda for three minutes on lazy songs like Walking on the Moon and So Lonely, yet with a funky jam like this one, he cuts the song off at the 3 minute mark.

FESTIVAL DE VIÑA DEL MAR. febrero 1982. Chile 🇨🇱

Man, keeping that bass line going as he sings. Sting has a mastery over rhythm.

Que lindo se escucha

extraordinario registro audiovisual, imagen y sonido de culto.

This show was probably after the presentation in Rio de Janeiro in 1982 or 1983, which I saw. That's because Sting is wearing a shirt with the name of an old Boutique of the time, "40 Graus" (Degrees). What is the temperature that makes Rio de Janeiro most of the year! At first glance were 3 absolutely white faces (like candle) with a certain intellectual tone, that is, English. The show in Rio was very different from Chile, with the audience crazed, standing, not sitting in the chairs.

@ronnyvalenciagalvez5873

2 жыл бұрын

Festival deViña del Mar, febrero 1982🇨🇱

@NINOABSNABSN

2 жыл бұрын

​@@ronnyvalenciagalvez5873Man you had to see what happened here in Rio de Janeiro a week before. The audience went crazy, all the chains in the audience were broken. I watched the soundcheck and the show and the guys had something clearly elitist intellectualized in their appearance, but it had chemistry with the audience.

The record was stronger than the previous pop efforts. The writing expressing the yearnings, not the hobbles of everyday life. If he had gone on from there, they would have conferred so much more on the world. Labels are not Fables - fables last.

Stewart said this song was the most musically difficult song for all 3 of them to play

Amazing Talent ! How does Sting sing over that syncopated bass line?!!!

Copeland. ...brilliant.

saludos , a todos los fanaticos , the police

Sting 💜

Live in Viña Del Mar Festival, Chile, 1982

Copeland is such a cool drummer. Add XTC's "Drums and Wires" t-shirt FTW

@LinoAMV it's def. a Steinberger, coincidentally a ton of live reggae musicians love these things

Que buena combinación, me encanta...Pero que linda edad! Besos..

Copeland Es un grande

And this folks, shows the difference between live and a recording.

Live in Chile, at Festival de Viña del Mar!

Live in Chile 1982

magniifico

Ma quanto era carino Sting qui????!!! Che meraviglia!

Genius all 3

kool song real good

❤❤❤

nice bass tone

Festival de Viña del Mar, Chile 1982...

there needs to be a "ghost in the machine: the horn-less mix"

so glad they god rid of the horn section after this tour!

@typsypyg The basslines of Police with training can be sung and played at the same time, same Spirit in the material with 8 notes. It's just a matter of repetition. By McCartney it's hard truly.

English musicians playing reggae ..; the perfect storm

the horns don't work here....

@Chrisamusic1

3 жыл бұрын

Horns don't work anywhere on white music.

@tbeee6168

3 жыл бұрын

@@Chrisamusic1 what

@mancuniancandidatem

3 жыл бұрын

I think it was some really lazy arranging. I wonder who arranged the horns? In many places just playing in unison. It adds nothing to the tunes.

@markshorter76

3 жыл бұрын

@@mancuniancandidatem Yes, this is exactly my impression as well. You can hear from other live recordings that the players are competent, but the arrangements generally lack power and imagination, as if someone did them in a hurry without knowledge of what a horn section shoud sound like. Perhaps some of the songs, like this, were also challenging to begin with.

That comment he could not make any other place in the World !!!

@hoarhey1 the year is 1982..

En CHILE pa variar

Fucking brilliant

Sting, my boyfriend ❤, mi novio!

Vamos Police!! que mundo que era este...... que corno nos pasó???

@UklaTheMokk Whats lazy about that. The drums sound way better in the studio version, just like the bass and the guitar. I dont see how Copeland saved the band, not saying he is bad, hes a great drummer. If Copeland is the only one with the good feedback, whats wrong with Andy. anyways I just hate how most people just bring sting down. I also feel like Andy is the one underrated and not Copeland.

......prophecy.........

RLK- If you and your spirit have issues that's your problem. My spirit is just fine. On-Line likes The Police. Robin L. Knudsen Honor-Honoree

Continuing... I was 16 at the Rio de Janeiro show. I watched the soundcheck of the guys, they were all very white and blonde, I was very surprised. Compeland and Sting were very tall, anyway, they looked like college foreigners on vacation. When the show started it was crazy, the audience went crazy, all crazy, all the seats in the audience broke... When Sting goes to Chile, the behavior of the audience is strange.

mixer. the bass is in the kontext too loud.

I used to think he was saying " milk in my cereal" lol

they sure didn't pull this song off live very well here. it's a tough one. they do it much better during the Synchronicity tour

It was Always there for You, just needed a lil nudge .. there we go, in stereo. Live Your Life Complete

Its often overlooked that they were a power trio its amazing how much sound 3 people can make nirvana cream rush zz top green day jimi hendrix experience motorhead gfr blink 182 james gang my neighbors at 3am haha 😂

Jesus, how hot is Sting?

PICK IIIIIIITTTTTT UUUUUUPPPP!!!!

I think playing a coordinated syncopated bassline and singing is too difficult live!

@lukaszcalabrese1709

8 жыл бұрын

+Ramon LeBlanc Harts i find "Driven to Tears"'s bassline more difficult

@SuperSparrow45

7 жыл бұрын

Tell that to Geddy Lee.

@gooberthorpos8195

5 жыл бұрын

Lukasz Calabrese they’re both very complicated, and to sing at the same time as doing both...

@bladeobrian2144

4 жыл бұрын

SuperSparrow45 best comment I’ve seen all day!

When Sting smoke weed

Love this version with the Chilean backing group on the trumpets

@GerardoMcCabe

6 жыл бұрын

hammerqos I think the brass section guys are from Jamaica or somewhere in the West Indies, definitely not Chilean

@Antonivs

5 жыл бұрын

They are from the US

@elnuevosr.bolainas5503

Жыл бұрын

​@@GerardoMcCabe This live was recorded in 1982, at Viña del Mar Festival, in Chile

Sans commentaire

wajajajjaja buena la talla.... como la alcaldesa de ese tiempo que dijo que gracias a que salieron en el festival ganaron el grammy al mejor grupo del año ......