Sting On Why 'Every Breath You Take' Is Such A Special Song For Himself And The Police Fans

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  • čas přidán 6. 08. 2024
  • The Police's song 'Every Breath You Take' has been streamed over a billion times, and Sting tells us why he thinks the song is special to fans and the band, and why the meaning of it is different to anyone.
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Komentáře • 283

  • @JN-go2yq
    @JN-go2yq Před rokem +35

    He’s a great interviewer!

  • @floretionguru2977
    @floretionguru2977 Před rokem +30

    What intelligent, thoughtful questions and answers from both interviewer and interviewee.

  • @paulhease1007
    @paulhease1007 Před 7 měsíci +3

    Sting always reacts differently to interviews: He senses the intelligence and charisma of the person instantly. Legend! Also, well done interviewer--he wasn't over-awed by his subject!!

  • @kimehndi
    @kimehndi Před rokem +46

    A very likable guy and a great interview with Sting!!!!! Love him!

  • @ralphfurley4217
    @ralphfurley4217 Před rokem +25

    Excellent interview. Sting is always excellent in interviews but the interviewer was just as excellent. It's rare to have such a good interviewer.

  • @ibassnote
    @ibassnote Před rokem +45

    Everyone gets old! Never quite imagined Sting would look like someone’s cute grandfather.

  • @habsom1406
    @habsom1406 Před rokem +23

    Great interview with warm rapport! The interviewer was well balanced, intelligent, witty and managed to get the best out of Sting, one of our most talented and creative singers.

  • @Canyon2023
    @Canyon2023 Před rokem +12

    Sting's the coolest. Such a unique sound to his voice.

  • @user-vv7og1gt7t
    @user-vv7og1gt7t Před rokem +21

    Absolutely a great interview and Sting is just right on about all his songs. Still the best musician of all time…

  • @energybengt
    @energybengt Před rokem +10

    This interviewer is excellent ... he asks some really interesting questions ... interesting for Sting to ponder and for fans as well.

  • @lornes9853
    @lornes9853 Před 7 měsíci +2

    A Sting interview is like a Stanley Kubrick film - it's a coin-flip whether it'll be engaging or opaque, but you know it'll be deeply intelligent. Thanks to this interviewer, we see a very personable side to Sting. Nice job. One thing: Anyone else notice that Sting looks suspiciously like David Letterman?

    • @amusement420
      @amusement420 Před 2 měsíci

      Yes I thought the thumbnail was Letterman talking about Sting lol

  • @katiabueno9042
    @katiabueno9042 Před rokem +12

    I love Sting! I am The Police fan number 1. I grew up listen to The Police and Every Breath You Take was the fist song that I translated ti my mother tongue: Portuguese when I was 10 year old girl! I simply loved this song and lyric! So beautiful! The Police is the best rock band ever! It was a pity they separeted in 1984, I stayed sad! I love Sting, Andy and Stewart! They are amazing!

  • @MM1717mm
    @MM1717mm Před rokem +7

    Legend ... been listening to this man for 4 decades

  • @fritsvanzanten3573
    @fritsvanzanten3573 Před rokem +21

    Nice interview. Such a relief the lack of cheesiness that often comes with interviews like this, so glad there's no "we've got a message for you" -videos, good and relevant to-the-point-questions. And Sting makes such good sentences, knows to articulate his answers so well and precise. What a joy!

  • @caroledrury1411
    @caroledrury1411 Před rokem +3

    I really love sting. I wish the interviewer had asked him about one of his greatest songs I am an Englishman in New York. In another words

  • @StillTheVoid
    @StillTheVoid Před rokem +5

    Happy 30th Anniversary to Sting's Ten Summoner's Tales which, towards my belief, is his Magnum Opus.
    Funny enough, it feels like when they split in 1983-86', Stewart, Sting, and Andy became just as big progressively.
    A toast to one of the greatest rock trios of all time. 🥂

  • @admtech69
    @admtech69 Před rokem +5

    He’s aged like fine wine

  • @frankjamesbonarrigo7162
    @frankjamesbonarrigo7162 Před rokem +5

    Every breath you take has great production. You forget the guitar is there. It’s like a phantom sound, the whole song is a texture

    • @MM1717mm
      @MM1717mm Před rokem +2

      Let's not forget the drums !! Stewart Copeland is the man !

    • @Black-lq2pb
      @Black-lq2pb Před měsícem

      Andy's guitar is the song's signature

  • @normt6226
    @normt6226 Před rokem +11

    The power of ''Every Breath You Take'' is that it is only a stalker song on the surface...if you go deeper, it is about someone having difficulties to cope with the lost of a loved one and a display of his heartbreak...who hasn't ever experienced that...

    • @LBart218
      @LBart218 Před rokem +2

      That's truly what I have always gotten out of the song.

    • @integral9x
      @integral9x Před rokem +2

      Exactly! You described it really well i believe

  • @pedrofernando2494
    @pedrofernando2494 Před rokem +4

    a great Man , Singer ,Songwriter bless him for his work ,his care for the planet

  • @huguessonnic2102
    @huguessonnic2102 Před rokem +8

    Thank you Sting for these wonderful moments of escape and serenity with The Police, and your solo albums, with this great talent shared with Stuart and Andy, without forgetting your commitment to the planet and people.

  • @CarSaidWesley
    @CarSaidWesley Před rokem +3

    I love absolutely everything in Stings portfolio of work, but my supreme absolute favorite thing he did was the fantasy special, "Peter and The Wolf."

  • @marks1417
    @marks1417 Před rokem +2

    he's a great interviewer - intelligent questions and he just shuts up and listens to the answers. Rare

  • @ricard0elias399
    @ricard0elias399 Před rokem +2

    When you have that blessing talent there is no wrong place, even if its wrong he'll reverse it to the right place to be. 🤞👍

  • @barnbersonol
    @barnbersonol Před rokem +3

    40 years ago I wrote a really good song and its still paying for my life in the Caribbean
    Done fckval since then. Lol. Luv yu all Sting ❤

    • @JackSmith-hx8zh
      @JackSmith-hx8zh Před 7 měsíci

      He's made a catalogue of solo albums and has had a number of massive hits since then.

    • @barnbersonol
      @barnbersonol Před 7 měsíci

      @@JackSmith-hx8zh I as a non fan haven't heard any of these solo "hits" but know all the Police songs. Yeah funny, that. I'll give him his due, he still has his voice. Paul Young is a painful listen but no doubt has fans who'll defend him.

  • @jonmiller4869
    @jonmiller4869 Před rokem +4

    Great interview! I met him twice in Chicago. I"m a photographer for WLS TV. As I was putting the mic on him the last time we had a brief exchange, and I can say he's extremely kind, just like you see here in this interview. I'm a lifelong Police fan and even a bigger Solo fan. It was a moment for me in my 30 years of doing tv news that I will always cherish. I have a pic of us laughing in that moment. I told our intern to keep snapping pics us! I have one that I throw up on Facebook from time to time. It's us smiling and chatting about yoga and girls lol.

  • @torque91
    @torque91 Před rokem +3

    Now this is how you do an interview!!

  • @locophoto6881
    @locophoto6881 Před rokem +9

    Just wanted to forward a heartfelt regard and gratefulness for the interviewer being a humble, kind, and professional journalist that can comfortably respect and regard someone that is due such honor, and yet not be littled or insecure in Sting's presence. Beautifully kind conversation of just being real...much appreciated and certainly uplifting to see as world powers press a lower standard to be embraced. Like the interviewer, Sting has been a high standard of excellence and intellect and heart to inspire myself and so many others. Hopefully can see him live in concert myself some day.

  • @sliceserve234
    @sliceserve234 Před 9 měsíci +2

    As everyone else notes, Sting is a tricky interview subject. He can get moody very quickly and essentially ruin interviews. But this interviewer shows us how to do it, I've never seen Sting so whimsically engaged during an interview. Bravo to the interviewer!

  • @AzErradi
    @AzErradi Před rokem +3

    One of the best interviews I have ever seen.

  • @ralphfurley4217
    @ralphfurley4217 Před rokem +6

    It took 71 years for Sting to finally start looking old. Not bad.

    • @mirfir
      @mirfir Před rokem +1

      Lol! Still sexy AF ! 😊

  • @fastica
    @fastica Před rokem +6

    To think he's only one year younger than Phil Collins. It's incredible how people get old so differently.

    • @theloniouscoltrane3778
      @theloniouscoltrane3778 Před rokem +1

      Yoga & discipline are the keys to a healthy lifestyle. Sting is disciplined. Phil? Nope!

    • @Judythe1
      @Judythe1 Před rokem +1

      Phil is dying. Does that count?

  •  Před rokem +6

    joder!! qué buena entrevista, corta, directa, entrañable y divertida. Felicidades!!

  • @frankjamesbonarrigo7162
    @frankjamesbonarrigo7162 Před rokem +4

    HIs hair has been undecided about falling out for 35 years now.

  • @londonpickering8675
    @londonpickering8675 Před rokem

    Great interview! Thanks for taking the time to post this vid.

  • @getkraken8064
    @getkraken8064 Před rokem +5

    Special Police song for me is "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" because it features the singing of "EO" (also heard on Walking On the Moon) as found in the anagram pertinent to the LP "Ghost In the Machine": POLICE = IC EO LP. GITM features Sting singing "EO" , has an integrated circuit IC printed on the record sleeve, and the cover shows 666 in a mirror.

    • @Elwaves2925
      @Elwaves2925 Před rokem +4

      I love that song too but Walking On The Moon might be my favourite, partly because of Stewart Copeland's amazing percussion.

  • @SandraSchuster-ut2nk
    @SandraSchuster-ut2nk Před 5 měsíci

    Jamaica...I ❤Jamaica... that's a great story ... now I like the song again ... thanks for that story ❤😊

  • @v_sign
    @v_sign Před rokem +1

    Nice, relaxed interview. Thanks!

  • @lifeandtext
    @lifeandtext Před rokem +2

    Fantastic interview! I had the privilege of seeing the Police in the 80’s with great seats at the Capital Center (Washington, DC).

  • @commonman317
    @commonman317 Před rokem

    A big applause all the way from Central Florida. That was a well done interview.

  • @wormsnake1
    @wormsnake1 Před rokem

    It’s a classic song. Great working class lad!!❤️🙏🎵🎸.x

  • @duskfall_777
    @duskfall_777 Před rokem +1

    Thank you for all the music Sting

  • @SandraSchuster-ut2nk
    @SandraSchuster-ut2nk Před 5 měsíci

    What a great interview ...

  • @OGMillwood
    @OGMillwood Před rokem +5

    Such a great interview!

  • @just-sayin67
    @just-sayin67 Před rokem +4

    This interview is amazing!

  • @sfbayareagirl
    @sfbayareagirl Před 5 měsíci

    Excellent interview! I love Sting and The Police. This was perfect. Cheers.

  • @mirfir
    @mirfir Před rokem

    Awesome concert! Omg! Thx Hollywood Bowl & London Philharmonic! ❤🎉🎉😊😊

  • @JustAThought155
    @JustAThought155 Před 2 měsíci

    The teacher is always teaching; he just has a larger classroom. 🙏

  • @mandiejayne4892
    @mandiejayne4892 Před rokem

    Big sigh ... full of as much happiness as there is sadness

  • @anteronblocker
    @anteronblocker Před rokem +1

    I never found "Every Breath you take" that breath taking.
    If I have a choice between it and most other Police/Sting Songs, I would go for anything else.

    • @fizzyfuzz5878
      @fizzyfuzz5878 Před 6 měsíci

      I think it has a lot of real, raw emotion in the vocals, it's very catchy, a legendary guitar riff, great production and him playing that standing bass is iconic

  • @marielaynufioconsuegra9410

    Emoción verle! Exitos a ese músico eterno en el gusto de sus Fans

  • @dtg5909
    @dtg5909 Před rokem +2

    I’ve been watching my hero, been interviewed for many, many years, and this is a really, really good interview. It’s well researched and he’s very relaxed answering it. Bravo! xxx

  • @FANDEFIRULAIS
    @FANDEFIRULAIS Před rokem +3

    *El y P.Collins simplemente los mejores* ⭐🌟😌

  • @jasonbennett4467
    @jasonbennett4467 Před rokem

    Legend ✊

  • @demonicsweaters
    @demonicsweaters Před rokem

    I love how Stings songs all have a dark edge to them.

  • @patriciamaldonado4430
    @patriciamaldonado4430 Před 11 měsíci

    Excelente, músico, compositor, cantante el mas completo para mi gusto sin dudas

  • @changsan608
    @changsan608 Před 5 měsíci

    You know what this song is eternal.. will travel centuries

  • @luisafernandez9729
    @luisafernandez9729 Před rokem +2

    Siento gran admiracion desde siempre no deja sorprender su calidad yo sola me llamo stigna gracias x poder comentar

  • @garymcaleer6112
    @garymcaleer6112 Před rokem

    Lovely music from a very creative soul. He gives honour to the Great Creator Who takes all the creations of his children and places them on His extremely large refrigerator! 😎

  • @God-Zin-uru
    @God-Zin-uru Před rokem +1

    "Every breath you take🎵God is🎶waiting for you"💨🤍

  • @cecilypacanin3001
    @cecilypacanin3001 Před rokem

    Luv you Sting!

  • @Brian-os9qj
    @Brian-os9qj Před rokem +3

    Sting rules

  • @treeeva
    @treeeva Před 8 měsíci

    As it often happens I was searching for something, found it and it leads me to something unexpected. Like this interview. My oldest brother, may he RIP, was a doppelganger of Sting for a few years in the early 80s, he was a fan of all Britain's pop as were so many in the US during that time. Fast forward to learning others chose every breath you take to play at their weddings, my brother and I shared a hysterical laugh and carried that inside joke many of times well into the future. I hadn't thought about all that until I saw a CZcams short with a bit of Sting's song with lyrics changed to reflect the love song that it wasn't meant as. This lead me to Google search for Sting's thought on all that and here I am. Got my answer but I also witnessed a grown-up interviewer behaving star-struck and it's so very sweet. I can not express how beautiful this moment has been for me. I'd not heard of this channel, nor the Interviewer, but what a lovely surprise this was. Thank you.

  • @MoonlightNothing
    @MoonlightNothing Před rokem

    Great interview!

  • @SandraLovesRoses
    @SandraLovesRoses Před 9 měsíci

    That is great to hear. I had the understanding that he did correct people. I will correct myself now! haha I love Sting big style.

  • @mirfir
    @mirfir Před rokem

    Fantastic!

  • @dougmarshall5324
    @dougmarshall5324 Před rokem

    Great questions

  • @3hooks781
    @3hooks781 Před rokem

    That was the most wholesome Sting interview I’ve ever seen!

  • @MrWalbudri
    @MrWalbudri Před rokem

    All the very best sting mate

  • @bikefixer
    @bikefixer Před rokem +1

    Sting wrote Every Breath You Take when Leo Sayer's I Love You More Than I Can Say was a big radio hit. Sting took a lot of that melody and put it in Every Breath.

    • @BlackMambo
      @BlackMambo Před rokem

      Hey, do you have any source to that information? Maybe you got some link that want to share with us? 🤔

  • @Tav57
    @Tav57 Před rokem

    Great interview!! On both sides!!!

  • @mojito6629
    @mojito6629 Před 9 měsíci

    Excellent interview. Excellent interviewer

  • @morenocontemori3196
    @morenocontemori3196 Před rokem

    È un grande!!!

  • @StratsRUs
    @StratsRUs Před rokem

    Superb

  • @leuk9027
    @leuk9027 Před rokem

    Good to see you Sting, I am a Dutch fan and gave you document about Karl Jung years ago at the Royal Albert Hall...

  • @paulreynolds9003
    @paulreynolds9003 Před rokem

    Great interview.

  • @TimboTravels
    @TimboTravels Před rokem +4

    Great interview 🙂

  • @richardmckrell4899
    @richardmckrell4899 Před rokem +1

    You know he's intentionally not looking into the camera. Sting loves Sting

  • @markheywood5626
    @markheywood5626 Před rokem

    It’s refreshing for an interviewer to be asking good questions

  • @lewistempleman9752
    @lewistempleman9752 Před 11 měsíci

    Good interview

  • @therealrussellsmyth
    @therealrussellsmyth Před rokem

    Best interviewer of Sting I’ve ever seen. Who is this guy. Intelligent /funny / respectful

  • @johnwatts8346
    @johnwatts8346 Před rokem +1

    never mind about 'every breath', how bout the line- 'just like the old man in that famous book by Nabokov', thats brilliant.

  • @liredesales
    @liredesales Před rokem

    Sting, A Summers, S Copeland - they're all geniuses! Miss them...

  • @henriettczerovszky572
    @henriettczerovszky572 Před 10 měsíci

    I am still in love still in love...😮😊

  • @bender75
    @bender75 Před rokem

    Got to love that aussie humor!

  • @vickiegottfreund5505
    @vickiegottfreund5505 Před rokem

    The 1st man I ever had a crush on. So handsome 😍.

  • @louisvalentino5110
    @louisvalentino5110 Před rokem

    I love his answer about Russia related to his song he wrote about Russians loving their children as well. He looks great and I have a feeling that's his yoga practice. He should mention spiritual techniques like meditation to help calm the world down.

  • @dannyholmes2801
    @dannyholmes2801 Před rokem

    I, vi, IV, V... Lots of early rock ballads had this formula. So familiar

  • @joncumber2020
    @joncumber2020 Před rokem

    He has alluded in recent times that it’s bass melody is copped from ‘stand by me’ but the song is great in its own right, well constructed and shall be around long after me.

  • @BiBICAAT
    @BiBICAAT Před rokem

    😍😗😍

  • @chriss2295
    @chriss2295 Před rokem

    He looks so old in the thumbnail. Love it.

  • @thesocialartsclub9095
    @thesocialartsclub9095 Před 8 měsíci

    He's definitely more genuine now at his old age.

    • @bbb462cid
      @bbb462cid Před 4 měsíci

      Less...guarded, I think. Less in need of having the persona be his identity. If I interviewed him I'd ask, "Your nickname has become instantly recognizable and has been for a period spanning five decades. How has that person and the man who came before the nickname come to terms?".

  • @johndoyle2429
    @johndoyle2429 Před rokem +2

    I remember watching a documentary on the police, Maybe I'm wrong here. I had feeling his bandmates weren't always happy with sting. Because he could be crumpy and a guy that wants everything his way.

  • @frederiquemartin223
    @frederiquemartin223 Před rokem +4

    He looks so old now...
    I Met him backstage by chance before a concert in 1983 after a rehearsal. I was a young teenage fan accompanied by her dad. He passed by me so I asked him for an autograph. I just wanted an autograph without any afterthought. I loved the Police especially Sting. Well he was so rude and the way he eyed me up and down with a smirk as if I was a cheap groupie ready at anything, which I wasn't, made me feel very uneasy and put me off him for good. There was no turning back for me. You admire some people and meeting them sometimes is such a big letdown.

    • @elizabethmcleod246
      @elizabethmcleod246 Před rokem +1

      That’s so awful. I’m sorry he treated you like that.

    • @pam164
      @pam164 Před rokem +2

      He said when he was young he was like that, and they allegedly liked the stuff you sniff up nose then.

  • @inatwirlingram2540
    @inatwirlingram2540 Před rokem

    What a nice interview
    Both sides 🙂

  • @richardmurphy4520
    @richardmurphy4520 Před rokem

    I met Sting back in 1981, have to say he was a very polite charming guy, though he does have an air of uber sincerity 5 minutes into a conversation which many mistake for arrogance or snobbery.

  • @CatsandJP
    @CatsandJP Před rokem +2

    If you look carefully on CZcams for a Breath or Man in New York you will see a video of an outdoor venue with a “ great pair” accompanying him.
    He certainly keeps “abreast” of things. And the outdoor venue is a “breast” of fresh air according to several comments. Even Sting is slightly distracted. Nothing better than two big hits.

    • @jukvox
      @jukvox Před rokem +1

      lol, I know this performance very well

    • @CatsandJP
      @CatsandJP Před rokem

      yes it is two of the best videos he’s done😂😂

  • @soulone22
    @soulone22 Před rokem +1

    Sting on Letterman 11/10/82 : Regarding how "Sting" got his name. Now, 40 years later, Sting Looks just like Letterman.

  • @RONNYMORRISMUSIC
    @RONNYMORRISMUSIC Před rokem

    I think he should perform that song especially now.

  • @citizenVader
    @citizenVader Před rokem

    Every breath means what I think about the first weeks I spent with my newborn daughter.
    Her mother got her thigh muscles torn, so I had the pleasure of being her everything apart from breastfeeding for her first experience as a child.
    17 years after we still enjoy the special bond we made from the beginning of her wonderful journey.