😀Why do I own 15 guitars, 7 Synths, countless drums, bells, wind chimes and other musical instruments. These guys, that's why. How did they do that? The best band ever for me. And live, you'll never see better inprov. Stew, Andy and Stingo are geniuses. These songs are timeless. The best act ever, Full Stop.

Sting and Stewart are an incredible rhythm section, but the way Andy fills in with the melody and the harmonic flourishes is mind boggling. He’s a master of digital delay.

40 years later, this album still holds up. Oh to be 14 again and cranking it all summer long on my boombox.

@ronaran8420

11 ай бұрын

Come on! Be 14 again every once in a while! 😊👍

@samok.8861

2 ай бұрын

Same here.

@JayBuff19

2 ай бұрын

@@ronaran8420 ha ha ha you are right!

@ct92404

Ай бұрын

​@@JayBuff19I would have been 5 years old would when this concert was played. 😂 I wish I could have been there. But I've been a huge Police fan ever since I was old enough to start hearing their songs, starting around maybe 7-8.

@EM-yk1dw

4 күн бұрын

40 year box set coming out soon!

Its a time machine , I am a teenager again. Thanks so much.

Stewart Copeland is my drum God! Never get enough of him!

@victorcifuentes2411

11 ай бұрын

YES. STEWART FOR EVER ...!!!!GOD!!!!!@

I saw the Police in Oakland, CA one month after this. Unforgettable show. So happy to see this video! I was 19 then and now I’m pushing 60. Jeez.

Stewart Copeland just kills it here!!!!

You gotta love how they walk on stage and one minute later they're playing an incredibly tight song. Sting is all business. What a band.

Holy crap Sting’s voice is amazing here.

@OMGWTFLOLSMH

Жыл бұрын

Well, he was only 32 here.

People forget just how big the police were in the 80’s.. One of the best bands ever in my opinion. And always sounded good live💪🏻🤘🏻🎸

@007ndc

11 ай бұрын

The Police were the biggest band in the world the first half of the 80s. They literally handed the baton off to U2 at a huge charity gig in 1986

@Quotenwagnerianer

10 ай бұрын

@@007ndc I beg to differ. The biggest band in the world at that time was Queen. Uncontested.

@vincebuono2135

10 ай бұрын

And when they came back in 2007 they aged BUT still sounded amazing!!! Long live the police!!!!

@mancuniancandidatem

9 ай бұрын

​​​@@QuotenwagnerianerBy that point though, for some reason, Queen's popularity had faded in the US and I think they stopped touring there. I think possibly, the Hot Space album was not well received.(I personally really like it). The Police were playing stadiums as well as large arenas in the US in 83. I know Queen still maintained a massive fan base in Europe and South America. They did have a miniscule dip in popularity (by their own standards)though until Live Aid and the Kind of Magic album was somewhat of a comeback. I don't really think they regained their popularity in the USA until Bohemian Rhapsody was used in the Wayne's World film.

@Quotenwagnerianer

9 ай бұрын

Yeah, no argument from me here. But the U.S. is not the world, even though some people from there seem to believe so. ;)@@mancuniancandidatem

When you become master at your craft, you shine like a bright star, like Sting at the the time. These moments are short and precious and they never return.

@spacesloth6496

2 жыл бұрын

icl steward copeland andy summers

@WThomas66

Жыл бұрын

But they did return in 2007-2008 with the reunion tour. (5th highest grossing tour ever) Without Stewart and Andy their would be no Sting. One of the best 3 piece bands in history!

@socialoutcastsvancouver

Жыл бұрын

well said. everything is fleeting.

@sydkibweterer2719

Жыл бұрын

@@WThomas66 You're wrong! without Sting there won't be any Stewart and Andy, anybody can be a drummer or anybody can be a guitarist but there's only one Sting. Look at Sting now, without those two he's still famous and popular. So, look at Stewart and Andy now, where are they?just vanished? they need someone called Sting 😏🤥

@007ndc

11 ай бұрын

​@@sydkibweterer2719rubbish. Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland are doing quite well scoring movie soundtracks and composing orchestral concerts. The three guys are all exceptional musicians in their own right but the alchemy of the Police is greater than the sum of it's parts.

Sting's vocals are unreal...such a unique band...what huge band has no "normal" guitar solos? Copeland was controlled chaos...pure energy...

I love The Police . One of the best bands ever.

@warrenenglish942

Жыл бұрын

@Anne Woodward You trolling everyone? Let people like what they like.

Best I've ever heard Stewart by far he was at his peak at this point in time. Unreal drummer he's so damn great in this concert!!

@JeffreySykes

2 жыл бұрын

Police are great but Jimi Hendrix Experience says hi.

@Rex-gu1bu

2 жыл бұрын

@@JeffreySykes heehe!

@wynncurtis3221

2 жыл бұрын

Agree!!!

@petersokol1603

Жыл бұрын

Watch him on Letterman’s drum solo week…and understand he wrote every note of every instrument played…he was fucking great here……nowhere even near his peak….he just gets better as a musician….year after year.

@dbradx

Жыл бұрын

Stewart is my favourite drummer, largely because he's such a minimalist. He's so damn precise, but makes it look effortless.

I saw them in a bar in the 70's

He drum s like jazz musically trained wow!?!

In 1983 itwas the album of the year....!!! So many souvenirs!!!!

Sheer brilliance.... their perfect performance and meaningful lyrics gives me goosebumps! The best western culture had to offer these days... skill, craftmanship, spirit, high energy and pleasure combined!

I was lucky enough to see The Police on their 2008 reunion tour. To say they were a special band is an understatement.

@goranekstrom708

Жыл бұрын

So did I, unfortunately Andy was really crap and ruined the concert to the point I wanted a refund.

@sliceserve234

Жыл бұрын

I caught their Seattle show from that tour, and it was incredible. Really enjoyed it.

@Dan-vt1qt

Жыл бұрын

​@@goranekstrom708 dont be so hard on the man, i was there too, and from my musical point of view he wasnt that bad, at all, i ve heard really bad ones, be thankful u got the chance to hear them once more, just like Rush, can u go see them again? No right! . .

@carpetcrawler79

Жыл бұрын

To me it was more Sting that ruined it. He just could not stick to the melody.

@knutschmag8090

6 ай бұрын

Ihr seit Dummschwätzer....

Copeland was a master of pushing the beat. It gave their music an unmistakable liveliness. A forward momentum.

@sliceserve234

Жыл бұрын

It is hard to put into words why some drummers bring bands to another level, Copeland certainly did.

@joesaxon6566

11 ай бұрын

Cocaine is a hell of a drug

@TheForce_Productions

11 ай бұрын

@joesaxon6566 Then give your cocaine to nowdays drummers, that way maybe they could save music from the sh!t that has become.

I went to the Police 1983 concert ❤❤. What a concert. Simply magnificent

@valuetraveler2026

Жыл бұрын

oui oui

@BigBlackBe4r

Жыл бұрын

It must of been INSANE in such a small venue ! ! ! !

@iankemp7010

Жыл бұрын

I was only 5 years old when this was recorded. I had to wait untill the 2007 Réunion your. 😊

I saw sting in Vegas some time ago he sang some songs from this album.😘🥰😍

They were on top of their game in this show and we're just fantastic sounding all around, great great concert for ages,..thanx for sharing this

What a band !!!

Copeland on Message in a Bottle is a mind-blowing driving force.

The genius.　I’ｍ so impressed I Iose words to describe how wonderful their music is…　Thank you.

Pure nostalgia! For a brief, i'd forgotten my age. The talent that this trio had is something to be recon with. High quality!!! Thanks for the journey

@leonskum.5682

Жыл бұрын

Music has the ability to take you back in time.

I was a senior in high school and saw them on this tour. Good times!

Cool, thanks for posting! We all saw The Police, three days later, Aug 5th, 1983, in Toronto at the CNE Stadium. Great line up, Blue Peter, King Sunny Ade, Peter Tosh and Simple Minds!!! I'm staring at the poster, here in my office, as I listen to this. Went to all of The Police Picnics, a a couple Sting shows too, Great Great Band!!!

@TheForce_Productions

Жыл бұрын

Glad you're enjoying this one, thank you for stopping by!

This was the night before an enormous stadium gig with 60,000 tickets sold. It was a secret concert that was announced on the radio starting around 3 pm and by 6 pm the Spectrum was full....the sound in that place was about as good as you can get, having been specifically designed for live music....I did not see the show but I heard the announcement on the radio...oh and it was free

@drywallisinmyblood

Жыл бұрын

That is unheard of today . How great a free concert with the police!!!

@misternoplease

Жыл бұрын

I was there.

@lleblanc2357

Жыл бұрын

I loved Le Spectrum. very cool concerts in a magical space...I bet the artists who played it remember it well.

The Police the best band ever!!!

Thank you for posting. I have never watched the full Montreal show. It’s quite an entertaining counterpoint to the Atlanta video, which obviously went through extensive post-production and dubbing. I really enjoyed the rawness of Montreal- classic Police live power. I know the Police were not happy with this performance, and that’s why they recorded Atlanta. I can hear the mix is dodgy, at times. It would be interesting to know if this video was a rough cut that was never finished. Anyway, thank you. I feel like I watched a new Police release. I just wish Sting would cut the BS and just give us another magical Police album.

Jesus Christ what a treat! Very nostalgic

I think Andy Summers' guitar is what makes this band (I love Sting and Stewart is one of my favourite drummers)

@jeffandersen7397

11 ай бұрын

you are correct.

@alanrobertson5602

11 ай бұрын

Sting and Stewart are pretty tight though?

@MontecristotoValjean

11 ай бұрын

@@alanrobertson5602 of course! Stewart is one of my favourite drummers 👌

@javierfredo7327

2 ай бұрын

El soporte musical-coros, también tienen mucho que ver con el desarrollo y armonía de las canciones, en este concierto las primeras canciones estaban con mascaras, debe ser la estrategia del concierto. Police gran equipo.

I've never seen a better performance by the band. Wow. Studio-like vocals by Sting. Less ad-lib. And that phone call recording at the end was just hilarious.

Perfect musical simplicity!

Stewart!!!!!!! What a legend.

In 1983 there was no live record of The Police. I recorded that concert from TV show on VHS and every day after school I used to played guitar on it trying to reproduce Andy Summers' playing. I still remember the girl dancing in the audience at 18:16

@TheForce_Productions

Жыл бұрын

Great music times, nowdays they look even further away. Andy is an amazing guitarist, he should have more credit. Cheers man!

I got very lucky and saw The Police live in Chicago at Wrigley Field just before cell phones invaded society. I have been to Montreal three times for Footbag Competitions, twice to compete and once just to hang out with fellow kickers and see the level of play. It would have been an outstanding upstanding everlasting experience to combine the two experiences together. Taking nothing away from Chicago but Montreal is unforgettable. Just as The Police live are too.......❤❤ Thanks for the memories Montreal........

Fantastic❤️❤️👍👍👍my first concert 1983 in France...57 years today Always Police fan 😀🇲🇫🎸

After The Beatles, The Police was the most great band in history of pop-rock music.

@michaelowens6533

Жыл бұрын

Wrong way around pal.

@cafinario

11 ай бұрын

Agree with Rodrigo.

@TheForce_Productions

11 ай бұрын

Beatles and Police are totally different species in every way, it's like saying "after apples orange are the best"; a total non-sensical comparison.

One of the rare times where Sting seems to be in a relatively good mood during a live show! Actually cracked a smile a few times…

@gordmoodie3861

10 ай бұрын

Probably because they were playing in a much smaller venue. By this time they were selling out stadiums and arenas everywhere, playing a club like Le Spectrum was probably a nice break from the massive shows.

brilliant band , all three super talented

Sooooooo good. Grew up obsessed with this album, learned to so much musically.

Peak of their powers. Saw this show at the Orange Bowl in Miami. Amazing! The Fixx and The Animals opened. Fantastic too.

Sadly on that night at the SPECTRUM i wasn't there shocks the POLICE were 3 on stage and sounded like 13 now that's a BAND ❤❤😊😊jpp Québec city

@dalebingham9074

Ай бұрын

they usually have a few backstagers helping

Damn, I knew Stuart was good, but this is amazing!!! 😍

When they came back to Montreal in 2007 for come back tour at the bell center i got to see them!! AMAZING!!! My number one group!👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

Can't believe this is 40 years ago!

Synchronicity Amazing tour!!

I rented a set-top box for two weekends from my local Cable provider and recorded Bowie Serious Moonlight and this concert the next week off First Choice. I watched that Beta tape SO many times. I love this concert.

Sting counting how many people in the beginning as the producers were afraid there wasn't going to be enough people as it was a secret surprise show!

great memories of Ingelston Market, Edinburgh 1983.

And by now, everyone in this episode is 40 years older... Some are in old folks homes, some dead... That's how fast it goes !

@yoric6939

Жыл бұрын

Frightening AF 😢

@pam164

Жыл бұрын

I'm 62 now lol love Police always have, Sting lived few miles from me when he was born.

Concert fabuleux au Spectrum de Montréal, production audiovisuelle exceptionnelle, et la touche finale avec cette auditrice de CHOM. Un classique.

Saw them in 83 in KC with Stevie Nicks opening. Amazing.

so many songs over 150 bpm. Synch 1 200+ bpm. Stewart is great physical shape.

I'll never forgive myself for missing this. Tickets were free but you had to phone to a local radio station to get them. My friend and I didn't have tickets, but we briefly thought about going anyway, then we said "Aahh... no!" The next day, we read that, when it was show time, organisers realized that they had not given enough tickets so they let in people who were in the street in front of the venue (Le Spectrum.)

I saw this tour in Vancouver, unforgettable.

Copeland was an outright beast on the drums

@shanenichols1052

Жыл бұрын

He still is. - check out Gizmodrome.

I remember missing this on tv and DESPERATELY hoping it to rerun.

Stewart Copeland is the greatest drummer.

@ricardooliva4034

Жыл бұрын

Wrong! Bill Bruford is the man.

@AnjektusStudio

Жыл бұрын

​@@ricardooliva4034 Well! Their are many drummer that you can say are the greatest. But I do agree that Bruford are better then Copeland

@morbidmanmusic

Жыл бұрын

if it was rating pure energy and drive... yeah. He may win. otherwise.. not nearly the greatest, and the conversation is kinda sad in all cases. Most musicians, and I've heard most of the drummers (the only ones you likely know) say that they hate the fan hero worship when the words "best and greatest" come in. Because as musicians, they know the truth. They're NOT~ So, i will restate your comment: Stewart Copeland is my favorite drummer. And the guy who likes bruford... same thing. I've heard more than one producer that worked with him a lot say how bad his meter is.. and it is true. But still amaazing at his little slice. As a drummer, producer and Bruford and Copeland lover, it's all sad the hear that stuff. They do what they do. Let them have their super tiny slice of drumming. So many ca do, and or are better than them and the things that "drummers" are. More true today.

@TheForce_Productions

Жыл бұрын

Let the world to be, state your own thing without messing with others words and thoughts. Cheers.

@LichaelMewis

Жыл бұрын

@@morbidmanmusic you say all this and not even offer a name for rubuttal. But yet you "restate" my thoughts. Lol.

I saw them three months later in November '83. It was great!

Three geniuses.

Obi Wan, the force was strong with these ones!

Superchannel featured this concert back then. I had cable running into our home receiver, and recorded this and the interviews on a BASF 90 minute cassette.

that was the time of the police ,and sting best of all my evrytime favorite style/album

Saw this tour in Baton Rouge, LA; it was amazing! The speakers were so powerful I could feel my internal organs bouncing around inside of me.

Experienced the Synchronicity Tour in Orlando, FL.

All the audience footage from this wound up in the officially released police synchronicity concert live in Atlanta. Filmed by the same people. This is a better concert. Stimg’s voice is so much better here than in the officially released one.

What a find! My favorite group growing up.

best live rendition of every breath you take

A week later they sold out Shea Stadium and they said to each other, “It doesn’t get any bigger than this”. And Sting decided on that night that it was over for him in the Police after the tour ended.

@marcsaunders8599

10 ай бұрын

And I was there that night!

@patton303

10 ай бұрын

@@marcsaunders8599 Me too! And Philly and Atlantic City. ❤️

Recorded for early Pay TV ("First Choice" Rocks and a Japanese partner) with Blue Peter as the opening act

Just chillin watching the footy and listening to The Police.

There is no mystery here, it is just one bloody great song after the other non stop, very hard to match.

The Police and Rush , the BEST three piece bands EVER!!

@jakubbielak7273

3 жыл бұрын

Cream?

@josephhoward1858

3 жыл бұрын

@@jakubbielak7273 ELP?

@jean-francoispilote5751

3 жыл бұрын

Hüsker Dü (Nirvana doesn't exist without them), Cream , ZZ Top

@VinylSpotlight77

3 жыл бұрын

Brmc

@carlobejarano4599

2 жыл бұрын

Police is Police

i was at this show!

Great post! Thank you! I had this concert on VHS tape (taped off of a local TV broadcast) and watched it so many times! If I remember correctly, the Spectrum concert was a warm up to their Montreal Olympic Stadium concert which was on the next night after this one. I believe this Spectrum concert was a surprise / last minute concert.

@mariolaroche

2 жыл бұрын

Same for me !

@johndemars2551

Жыл бұрын

I was at the Olympic Stadium show and all 4 bands were awesome!

I saw them on this tour.

Watching this on August 2, 2023….crazy

Peak Police. So great to be able to experience this!

Amazing!!! I love them!!!!!

Thanks for putting this up, the police are my favourite band

@TheForce_Productions

4 жыл бұрын

Same here! Police was my first favourite band! Thanks for the visit and comment!

I remember seeing this concert on much music as a special on NYE one year

It’s sad, on these soundboard recordings you don’t get the full effect of the delay on stings voice and stews drums, it was one of the best things abt the concert and tour bootleg tapes

@leonskum.5682

Жыл бұрын

Yes. I remember the first time I ever saw a clip of them live playing Walking On The Moon. the echo on from the drum sound was magical.

Thank you for sharing!! Great show, great album, great three-piece!

Saw them in Edmonton, AB on this tour. Unreal and loud!! Best concert ever. Taped this version off CBC onto beta and played it a zillion times. Often wonder who the mystery bearded guy with the knapsack was lol Looked like he was enjoying the show

King of pain amazing lyrics 👍🏻

Grandiose, le groupe au sommet de son Art ! À mes yeux, sans doute un de leurs meilleurs concerts, avec celui du Chili et du Shea Stadium, que j’ai eu de surcroît la chance de voir retransmis à la télé pendant l’été 1983… inoubliable pour moi !…Je me souviens de cette jeune femme dans le public, qui danse, comme si c’était hier…Police, l’énergie positive et communicative , le rythme toujours le rythme !!! Dommage que ce Synchronicity Tour était déjà leur dernière tournée avant la séparation, malheureusement… Ils me manquent énormément ces 3 Magiciens la !!!… ❤️❤️💕❤️💕❤️

Police are one of very few bands who “batted 1000”, meaning they were 5 for 5; each one of their albums was fantastic.

@musicandfilms9956

Жыл бұрын

You must be a real fanatic, as I doubt even the band would claim that. Lots of filler tracks on every Police album.

@rossydv

Жыл бұрын

@@musicandfilms9956 wrong. Only one bad/filler song, “Mother”

@markshorter76

11 ай бұрын

​The Other Way of Stopping? Be My Girl - Sally? Just a couple of additional fillers (and I'm a Police fan-atic since 1983).🤨

@GrandeCapo_PallaPesante

11 ай бұрын

Every little thing they did was magic.

Saw them 3 days later in Toronto

They need to remaster this and release it , there’s no known videos from that era

@TheForce_Productions

Жыл бұрын

Music industry these days are only interested to reggaeton and garbage like that; the real good music is not a great business anymore.

I have this on Betamax from The Movie Network! I love the DJ at end, cracks me up!

Un concierto espectacular, aquí esta la mejor interpretación en vivo de “Synchronicity II”.

Cool to see this. I have this same VHS copy in storage. Now I don't need to digitize it. Thanks.

@TheForce_Productions

Жыл бұрын

If you have an original copy, I'd recommend you to digitalize yours for a better result due to KZread's compression itself. Nextly I'll be publishing a remastered version of this with a lossy video encoding to improve the whole thing a bit. Cheers.

Fantastico avevo solo 15 anni ma già li ascoltavo

I saw this incredible tour at the orange bowl in Miami. Amazing show. I remember the animals and the fixx (awesome also) opening.

This is it Look for your mother and father The best and most memorable concert of my life

@rosepine7071

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for going back in time and remind us how lucky I was to attend this prestigious concert with Sting and his crew

One of the only times I've seen him actually sing that "please" in Every Breath like the recording. Well at least he kept it real at the time.

@jedsteelwell2354

Жыл бұрын

Lots of vocal overdubbing on this