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  • @matiasmunoz9712
    @matiasmunoz9712 Před 2 lety +347

    I heard this song when I was 13, I thought it was an average song in the soul cages album. Now I'm 40, a died father, and this song turn into a masterpiece for me. It´s like the good books, you have to live certain things to understand it.

    • @anonymous_guy_
      @anonymous_guy_ Před rokem +22

      Perception of things change as we age. Congrats, you have a good one 💯

    • @blankseniordata-machine2335
      @blankseniordata-machine2335 Před rokem +3

      i do no one

    • @ZoydWheeler
      @ZoydWheeler Před rokem +15

      This song is genius in its anti-religiosity.

    • @Ephestia2008
      @Ephestia2008 Před rokem +10

      At 75, a masterpiece indeed. The healing continues and the work gets even harder. Not that I would trade it for anything. Cheers for today and the tomorrows that will become todays.

    • @persephoneszeliga
      @persephoneszeliga Před rokem +5

      Absolutely.
      You are growing wise.

  • @samdoorley6101
    @samdoorley6101 Před rokem +115

    "Men go crazy in congregations, they only get better one by one." This phrase has stuck with me ever since the album came out, and it gets truer every day.

    • @AdamKane-dw8hh
      @AdamKane-dw8hh Před 10 měsíci +3

      Same here.
      This line is up there with "you can't handle the truth."

    • @lotusalivelight24
      @lotusalivelight24 Před 7 měsíci +1

      @samdoorly6101: true that... &, prob'ly, 'bigger still,' than than too... ❤

    • @hypno59
      @hypno59 Před 4 měsíci +2

      my favorite line and possibly the most profound in all of pop music.
      Bravo thoughtful and musical Mr sting

    • @dessmith7658
      @dessmith7658 Před 4 měsíci +2

      Really good songs on Soul Cages album

    • @timothybissell2217
      @timothybissell2217 Před 3 měsíci +1

      One of the greatest song lines ever written, to be sure

  • @samfeldstein4498
    @samfeldstein4498 Před 9 lety +555

    This song is very underrated

    • @TheKamikazenaz
      @TheKamikazenaz Před 5 lety +18

      Not by me :)

    • @zexnynex777
      @zexnynex777 Před 5 lety +20

      It's funny all the songs they played on the radio too much back then imo (and that I ignored) are all amazing too me now.

    • @javieralejandron.m.2284
      @javieralejandron.m.2284 Před 5 lety +10

      i like this song since i 've been hearing, but in this time is not a hit, but for me is a great song.

    • @kevinmcinerney9552
      @kevinmcinerney9552 Před 4 lety +6

      Can a song be underrated if the top comment say's it's underrated? hmm

    • @jabkossuth6945
      @jabkossuth6945 Před 4 lety +2

      this is the only tune by Sting that i can listen too :9

  • @belilov
    @belilov Před 2 lety +126

    My dad was a river- sailor. The day of his funeral, after he was put to rest, i went to the river running by my hometown, on which he had spent half of his life, and sat there for 2- 3 hours, just watching it flow. Now, i didnt shed a tear at the funeral- but the next day that tune came up, while i was having coffee in a hotel lobby, early morning. I've heard the song before, but never paid much attention to the lyrics.
    This time it made me weep like a small child.
    But, at the same time, gave me some comfort

    • @KrystyneY
      @KrystyneY Před rokem +9

      The whole album is in honor of his dad.

  • @KidFresh71
    @KidFresh71 Před 3 lety +133

    How can Sting be world famous, and yet underrated at the same time? His catalog of music continues to age well.

    • @axelcarlstenmusic
      @axelcarlstenmusic Před 3 lety +11

      I wonder the same. It feels like he’s really famous but very few really know about him somehow…

    • @rud77
      @rud77 Před rokem +3

      He's the highest paid musician of 2022

    • @writetovagelis1975
      @writetovagelis1975 Před rokem +5

      underrated at the ages 13 -18 you mean?Cause this is a 1991 song with 6.2m views and 21.000 likes. It's not underrated. A hundred years from now when all todays mainstream pop music have faded away , people will still discover mr Sting and the Police.

    • @chrismayer3919
      @chrismayer3919 Před rokem +1

      Alas there are those who appreciate the greatness of others unto themselves, and those who appreciate the greatness of themselves unto others… 🤗

    • @Samester48
      @Samester48 Před 11 měsíci +3

      World famous because of the Police, it’s his solo work that’s underrated

  • @tonnaree
    @tonnaree Před 7 lety +19

    "Men go crazy in congregations, they only get better one by one." Love that line.

  • @juzekwarzywo1261
    @juzekwarzywo1261 Před 2 měsíci +13

    I'm always crying when I hear this song. My father is coming and standing just before my eyes.

  • @3675Chandra
    @3675Chandra Před 7 lety +237

    This song helps me to accept the inevitability of time and my fate. It makes me happier somehow.

  • @Magicocentro
    @Magicocentro Před 8 lety +212

    I looked out across
    The river today
    I saw a city in the fog and an old church tower
    Where the seagulls play
    I saw the sad shire horses walking home
    In the sodium light
    I saw two priests on the ferry
    October geese on a cold winter's night
    And all this time, the river flowed
    Endlessly to the sea
    Two priests came round our house tonight
    One young, one old, to offer prayers for the dying
    To serve the final rite
    One to learn, one to teach
    Which was the cold wind blows
    Fussing and flapping in priestly black
    Like a murder of crows
    And all this time, the river flowed
    Endlessly to the sea
    If I had my way I'd take a boat from the river
    And I'd bury the old man,
    I'd bury him at sea
    Blessed are the poor, for they shall inherit the earth
    Better to be poor than a fat man in the eye of a needle
    And as these words were spoken I swore I hear
    The old man laughing
    'What good is a used up world and how could it be
    Worth having'
    And all this time the river flowed
    Endlessly like a silent tear
    And all this time the river flowed
    Father, if Jesus exists,
    Then how come he never lived here
    The teachers told us, the Romans built this place
    They built a wall and a temple, an edge of the empire
    Garrison town,
    They lived and they died, they prayed to their gods
    But the stone gods did not make a sound
    And their empire crumbled, 'til all that was left
    Were the stones the workmen found
    And all this time the river flowed
    In the falling light of a northern sun
    If I had my way I'd take a boat from the river
    Men go crazy in congregations
    But they only get better
    One by one
    One by one...

    • @peterjohnson2039
      @peterjohnson2039 Před 3 lety +4

      My nigga, i dont know what was on your mind when you expressed your comment but i do feel you, reminds me of me when i listen to, my philosophy , by krs -1

    • @davecarroll9419
      @davecarroll9419 Před 2 lety +1

      Thanx man

    • @spaceflight1019
      @spaceflight1019 Před rokem +1

      "One to learn, one to teach."
      "Always two there are, a master and an apprentice."

    • @jasperdevries1726
      @jasperdevries1726 Před rokem +1

      @@spaceflight1019 Fussing and flapping in priestly black indeed.

    • @spaceflight1019
      @spaceflight1019 Před rokem

      @@jasperdevries1726 Palpatine and Darth Maul come to mind.

  • @sarlaccstapeworm990
    @sarlaccstapeworm990 Před měsícem +4

    For some reason, this song hits SO much harder during a midlife crises... 😔

  • @travisormand639
    @travisormand639 Před 5 lety +149

    Sting is more than an icon...hes a mastermind of storytelling & songwriting!!

    • @capebuatid
      @capebuatid Před 2 lety +3

      second to pennylane

    • @bryanmiller8604
      @bryanmiller8604 Před 8 měsíci

      He’s a true bard in a world of musical charlatans!

    • @richard-mr1vz
      @richard-mr1vz Před 4 měsíci

      Well said….Yo!!!

    • @hypno59
      @hypno59 Před 4 měsíci

      Totally sir. Well said and well observed!

  • @EadsB7002
    @EadsB7002 Před 9 lety +127

    I love you, Dad. I'll miss you every day.

    • @minafaezy7473
      @minafaezy7473 Před 5 lety +1

      what do u mean? I mean what's connexion between this song & ur father?
      I just want to know that ,cause myself so concern about this things.

    • @SiLatics56
      @SiLatics56 Před 4 lety +11

      Mina Faezy Google this song and you’ll see this song was written by Sting as a tribute to his late father, with memories of the town he grew up and his desire to bury his father at sea. The whole album it’s from (‘The Soul Cages’) is a sombre affair based around loss (I believe his mother had also died not long before this) and dealing with grief. He had a difficult relationship with his father but I’ve read that they shared a wonderful moment on his deathbed, when they held hands for the first time since childhood.

    • @mcveljo
      @mcveljo Před 3 lety

      @@SiLatics56: wow!! I love Sting but didn’t know this!!! 😳 thank you sooo much for sharing this so well!! 😌😍❤️💔❤️ ✨🌟 I just FINALLY got to see Sting live about 5 & 4 years ago & along with Peter Gabriel!!! Sooo amazing 🤩!! 🥁🎹🎸🎤💙🤍

    • @manuelvasquezt6836
      @manuelvasquezt6836 Před 3 lety

      Who this! Bb I lost my head, it's getting punky miss.

    • @annaflecchia4747
      @annaflecchia4747 Před 3 lety

  • @sync3034
    @sync3034 Před 6 lety +42

    Lyrically this is peak Sting.

    • @nighttime-mime
      @nighttime-mime Před 3 lety +5

      The whole Soul Cages album is peak Sting. One of my favorite albums of all time.

  • @TypewriterJustice
    @TypewriterJustice Před 9 lety +259

    "men go crazy in congregations; they only get better one by one" best line ever

    • @aarondavid5866
      @aarondavid5866 Před 5 lety +2

      why? explain it

    • @Stefanthenautilus
      @Stefanthenautilus Před 5 lety +41

      "Men go crazy in congregations": Here the singer expresses his view that assemblies of people brought together around faith - or around any subject of strong emotions and beliefs, like politics - run the risk of, well, going crazy, whether through extremism, perversion of the original message, or becoming a vehicle for personal gain by some (Sting talks a lot about this in interviews and other public remarks as well as in his lyrics).
      "They only get better one by one": Here the singer contrasts the above observation by claiming that true self-improvement and inner peace, the same things that many people seek by attaching themselves to religion or other great causes, are actually best achieved by introspection, turning inward and focusing on individual pursuits and goals instead.

    • @Stefanthenautilus
      @Stefanthenautilus Před 5 lety +3

      Oh, I think they deleted their comment. I wish CZcams showed you when comments get deleted rather than just vanishing them so you don't know who people are replying to.

    • @thrycemin
      @thrycemin Před 5 lety

      I was one of those morons that didn't know. =]

    • @thrycemin
      @thrycemin Před 5 lety +4

      Thank you Stefanthenautilus

  • @provatos
    @provatos Před 3 lety +102

    The Soul Cages is an amazing album, which kept me company in a very challenging period of my life. I was 17 when it was released, and very confused, and one of the (few) anchors of my life was music like this. Thank you

  • @SuperCarver2011
    @SuperCarver2011 Před 9 lety +36

    "as these words were spoken, I swear I heard the old man (dead) laughing ..."What good is a used up world.... and how could it be worth having."

  • @michaelhope007
    @michaelhope007 Před 3 lety +58

    All this time and still my favourite song by Sting.

    • @louiswetzel5038
      @louiswetzel5038 Před rokem +5

      And I thought I was the only one......lol

    • @hypno59
      @hypno59 Před 4 měsíci

      Me too! I ove singing Stings beautiful tunes but this one is too special@@louiswetzel5038

  • @abigailniles4773
    @abigailniles4773 Před 8 lety +103

    I was in the hospital for a week when I was 9. We lived in the country and didn't have cable. But in the hospital there was. This was a big hit on MTV and I saw it a lot that week. January 21st 1991. and it always makes me cry because everything in my little like changed after that.

    • @harveylee51
      @harveylee51 Před 8 lety +10

      i'm hoping it changed for the better and you are stronger for it ; oddly enough i was about to embark on a journey myself when this was all over the airwaves ! so enjoy and smile LUV!!

    • @radtech21
      @radtech21 Před 7 lety +11

      Abigail, please let me know if there's anything I can do to help you. "Chance can make a plaything of a man's life."
      -Unknown author

    • @jeremysears4263
      @jeremysears4263 Před 6 lety +10

      Abigail Niles This song always gave me a "longing" feeling for my time in Salt Lake City. Not sure why it did in particular but it just hit me that way. The 90s were a rough and kind decade for me but the hole left from being ripped away from the only time in my life I truly felt alive or self love was always in there in my soul. Songs like this one rekindle that youthful flame of happy memories. If for a short spell.

    • @jasonlefler3456
      @jasonlefler3456 Před 6 lety +5

      You went through a hard time with excellent taste.
      I think of the sorry bastards who suffer through with no taste at all...
      grim stuff, Abigail.
      Grim, I say...

    • @minafaezy7473
      @minafaezy7473 Před 5 lety +5

      IT HAPENED FOR ME TOO.but not by this song, but instead by better song i ever heard, makes me always cry even when hear it in somewhere else except home.coldplay" a sky full of stars" but when?but believe it or not just intime this song came out 2014, i had accident by some drunk asshole motorcycle driver -18 either without moto licens. I just want to hit it, "i mean this animal" so bad.it so hard for me to believed it even until now.
      my leg in crus was broked.& it's truma damaged my brain for ever.

  • @dustinlarson5857
    @dustinlarson5857 Před 4 měsíci +3

    Gordon Sumner will undoubtedly be seen as one of history's best songwriters! Great Phucken Song!!🙌
    Thanks Gordo!🙏

  • @TheGreenEyedLeo
    @TheGreenEyedLeo Před 5 lety +107

    i never really understood this song until i had to deal with my own father's death....thank you for writing this song :-) (it helps)

    • @stevestruthers6180
      @stevestruthers6180 Před 5 lety +4

      Same here, although I remember hearing the song for the first time not long after my own father had died.

    • @julychristmas5925
      @julychristmas5925 Před 4 lety +1

      I wonder how the lyrics for this were inspired?! Great song!! 😊🏝💃🌱🗝🔭🎼🎵🎶🎹🎻🎺🎷🎸🎤🏊🏇🍷🍻🍫🎂🍯🌶🏵🕯🗳

    • @seanie002
      @seanie002 Před 3 lety +11

      July Christmas it’s about Sting returning to Wallsend (his home town) in his Father’s last days.
      Wallsend is named because it’s at the end of Hadrian’s Wall. Constructed by the Roman Empire to keep the Marauding Scottish at bay.
      It’s my home town too.

    • @pinknachas324
      @pinknachas324 Před 2 lety +5

      That’s cool and now makes total sense why he says teacher told us the Romans built this place. I can see the river on the map running endlessly to the sea. Very cool. Thanks for sharing.

    • @christinescarff4920
      @christinescarff4920 Před 2 lety

      The sad thing is that I gather in reality Sting didn’t attend the funerals of either of his parents . Personally I think these rituals of ‘ closure ‘ are essential. I have a friend ( and a soon to be ‘ex’ son in law ) who failed to be at their respective mother’s deathbeds and the psychological effects on them have been pretty devastating !

  • @houstonfirefox
    @houstonfirefox Před rokem +10

    In "All This Time," Sting takes me on a journey through my own reflections and experiences. As I listen to the song, I immerse myself in the poignant tale of a shipwreck and the impact it has had on my life.
    As the ship goes down, I find myself sifting through the wreckage, trying to make sense of the tragedy that has unfolded. I delve into deep introspection, questioning my own mortality and the passage of time. I am overwhelmed by a sense of loss and longing for understanding.
    The chorus echoes in my mind: "All this time, the river flowed endlessly to the sea." I realize that life continues to move forward, regardless of personal struggles and heartache. Time marches on, never waiting for anyone, and I must confront the fleeting nature of existence.
    Throughout the song, I search for solace and meaning amidst the chaos. I contemplate the interconnectedness of the past, present, and future, yearning to comprehend the significance of it all. It becomes a personal quest to come to terms with life's transitory nature.
    To me, "All This Time" serves as a poignant reminder for me to cherish the present, to embrace the fleeting moments that make up my life. It urges me to reflect on my own experiences, the passing of time, and the fragility of all things. Through the song, I find solace in accepting the uncertainties of life and discovering meaning within them.
    Easily one of the best songs of all time 🙂

  • @werlemountainart6655
    @werlemountainart6655 Před 5 lety +48

    Thank you Sting, for your life's work as a musical artist and for our enjoyment.

  • @gerryd8283
    @gerryd8283 Před 2 lety +77

    Brilliant, this song is probably Sting’s best.
    Makes me sad and happy at the same time. Love it, Thanks Sting.

    • @user-zx1ir7jt4c
      @user-zx1ir7jt4c Před rokem +2

      I agree... It's the quintessential Sting track. It also brings back some amazing vibes for me personally but that's what makes music special. It's like a time machine....

  • @AndrewReimer1
    @AndrewReimer1 Před 3 lety +19

    I remember when this song came out in 91. I was working as an announcer at 5CS Port Pirie, South Australia and was not a fan of Sting or Police but this song captured my imagination. The back story is that he had been contracted to record a new album. Sting had the music but not the lyrics and effectively had writers block. Stings own father from memory was dying at the time. Sting talked to a friend about his writers block and was advised 'you're a story writer, write what you know'. Hence 'All this time'. I'm now working in talkback in Adelaide, South Australia and play a song before I finish. I played this just the other morning as it's son powerful on so many levels. It was also part of inspiration of me taking my children to UK and walking on Hadrians Wall in 2008 to give them perspective. Love it. Thanks Sting.

    • @michaelhope007
      @michaelhope007 Před 3 lety +2

      I listen to you

    • @spaceflight1019
      @spaceflight1019 Před rokem +1

      Sting manages to take a bunch of seemingly unrelated things and interconnect them. Wonderful.

  • @panamanubian
    @panamanubian Před 9 lety +26

    The magic of the 80s early 90s...

  • @marcelap.novareyes8507
    @marcelap.novareyes8507 Před 3 lety +68

    Yo tenía 5 o 6 años cuando esta canción sonaba en la radio. Acá en Chile era invierno. Recuerdo estar coloreando dibujos mientras mi mamá cocinaba el almuerzo. Afuera llovía fuerte, pero mi casa estaba calentita y yo era feliz ❤️😊

  • @alphajava761
    @alphajava761 Před 4 lety +23

    I love the comedy of this video , trying to get something done and everyone getting in your way

    • @mal1gosia1
      @mal1gosia1 Před 3 lety +3

      It is so much inspired by A Night At The Opera: Crowded Cabin Scene. Well, a good example is always welcome.

  • @Morcaiden
    @Morcaiden Před 8 lety +77

    These are some of his best lyrics, IMO.

    • @carlostejada1479
      @carlostejada1479 Před 6 lety

      Morcaiden
      MUSIC!!! I don't hive a shit about lyrics

    • @Probanot
      @Probanot Před 3 lety +1

      carlos tejada Sting is one of the best musician and music composer. Hence his lyrics are an art

  • @Casey757
    @Casey757 Před 4 lety +12

    “Teachers told the Romans built this place.
    They built a wall and a temple and an edge of the empire garrison town.
    They lived and they died.
    They prayed to their gods, but the stone gods did not make a sound.
    And their empire crumbles 'till all that was left
    Were the stones the workmen found.”
    Love this part of the song. It hits powerfully.

  • @rverdi09
    @rverdi09 Před 4 lety +5

    As a devout Catholic I say there is an immortal truth, courage and strength in this song. Its there, look.

  • @paulapkarian4096
    @paulapkarian4096 Před 8 lety +67

    What a masterpiece....

  • @user-cd1bp4gr2v
    @user-cd1bp4gr2v Před 4 lety +32

    Sting is a creative genius I love this song I'm 43 now this song was from my childhood can't get it out of my head find myself singing it at work thanks sting for it great music

  • @JavierHuerta
    @JavierHuerta Před 7 lety +68

    Mixing this song with such a seemingly upbeat video is a work of genius. The whole Soul Cages album may be the most powerful tribute to a dead parent I've ever listened to.

  • @davidgrout1056
    @davidgrout1056 Před 2 lety +50

    So much to love about this song. As a drummer, I love how Manu Katche puts a snare hit on the downbeat of measure four in each verse cycle. A little quirk that kicks the groove in the butt, almost unnoticeably. Manu's playing here is propulsive but spare, driving yet tasteful, and always groovy. A mix of how Stewart Copeland and Vinny Colauita would approach this song.

    • @iansmith8263
      @iansmith8263 Před 2 lety +2

      David, I bet you're incredibly fun at parties.

    • @davidgrout1056
      @davidgrout1056 Před 2 lety +11

      @@iansmith8263 I bet you’re great on the drums

    • @sialatorah
      @sialatorah Před rokem

      @@davidgrout1056 I bet you'd sing great together.

    • @nsubhedar
      @nsubhedar Před rokem +6

      David, I could not agree with you more about the brilliance of Manu Katché’s drumming on this track, and the power of that one extra snare hit. But I think that snare hit happens on beat 1 of measure 3 of the 4 bar cycle in verse 1, and on beat 1 of measure 1 in subsequent verses. And pay no mind to the idiot above who knows nothing about great drumming.

    • @davidgrout1056
      @davidgrout1056 Před rokem +9

      @@nsubhedar you are absolutely right! Then at 3:00 he briefly goes back to placing it in bar 3 before going full Pretty Woman at 3:15. The only other drummer that comes to mind who does this unusual displacement of snare and bass in an otherwise conventional beat is Mick Fleetwood. And I don’t mind the commenter above - sometimes music nerds need a little ribbing

  • @emanrachman3435
    @emanrachman3435 Před 2 lety +16

    One of my favourite song when I was in Toronto, Canada in 1991... Every morning I listened this from Radio on the way to routine activities ... Time flies

  • @donprudhomme4744
    @donprudhomme4744 Před 5 lety +17

    This song never gets old.

  • @Chrispbacon99
    @Chrispbacon99 Před rokem +4

    Seeing 2 priests in bathtub with a child is very creepy

  • @ryanponder679
    @ryanponder679 Před 3 lety +36

    This gem of a song will always stand the test of time.

  • @davidthebostonfan
    @davidthebostonfan Před měsícem +1

    Remember being mesmerized by this song on VH1 Classic right before heading out to school, probably 20 years after it was released. Timeless, underrated tune.

  • @squeekycheese
    @squeekycheese Před 7 lety +33

    "...what good is a used up world and how could it be worth having.."

    • @EadsB7002
      @EadsB7002 Před 7 lety +8

      My favorite line.. Because it sounds like something my dad would say! I played this song over and over the month after he passed away.

    • @Augfordpdoggie
      @Augfordpdoggie Před 7 lety +5

      "if father of jesus exists, well how come he never lives here..."

    • @ozjorma
      @ozjorma Před 7 lety +8

      My dad passed away -90 and I was a full time musician myself, touring and playing. I couldn't stop listening to this song for a long time and it still gets me.

    • @birhan2006
      @birhan2006 Před 7 lety +8

      The earth probably will revive, having inherited by the poor

  • @Fakeaorta
    @Fakeaorta Před 11 lety +61

    This song is about a boy who wants to bury his father at sea over the objections of two priests. It's a satire of rituals - the priests think the man should be buried according to their practices.
    Sting used the river to represent continuity. Civilizations and structures can come to an end, but rivers are always there.
    Most of the images are based on things Sting encountered when he was growing up.

    • @johns4469
      @johns4469 Před 4 lety +3

      fakeaorta
      Thank You

    • @tiderider
      @tiderider Před 4 lety +4

      Many years later......thanks for the information.

    • @Fakeaorta
      @Fakeaorta Před 4 lety +4

      @@tiderider So you have been waiting....... All This Time... for an answer? ;-)

    • @theone8331
      @theone8331 Před 4 lety +1

      @@Fakeaorta time is a human construct
      No waiting
      It's all now :))))

    • @zapkvr
      @zapkvr Před 4 lety +2

      Are you sure?

  • @R7der97
    @R7der97 Před 4 lety +13

    I wish that Sting did more "dark" songs like: The Russians, and A thousand years. Songs i love listening to in a dark winter day :')

    • @elcampesino1848
      @elcampesino1848 Před 3 lety +1

      Yeah I think its one of his best because its actually sincere. No artifice. Its really about his father and growing up. Musically hes always good but even Branford Marsalis the saxophonist who worked with Sting actually asked him " why do you act so pretentious when you're not really" and Sting said its what people want!

  • @vadeworld4143
    @vadeworld4143 Před 6 lety +5

    I wont lie if I say.... best Sting song

  • @dtt6933
    @dtt6933 Před rokem +11

    My favorite Sting song ❤

  • @klmaracle3062
    @klmaracle3062 Před 3 lety +8

    Love the Night at the Opera Ship's Cabin scene that inspires some of this video :)

    • @ekathe85
      @ekathe85 Před 5 měsíci +1

      It's a full fledged hommage - the plumbers, the waiters, the manicure, all the characters are there :D

  • @simlesby
    @simlesby Před 5 lety +22

    "what good is a used up world and how can it be worth havin."...prophetic words from the 90s

  • @davelocke
    @davelocke Před 8 lety +254

    Got to be one of my all time favourite songs. Fantastic lyrics, backed up with brilliant music.

    • @Optics21
      @Optics21 Před 8 lety +7

      I probably play this song everyday

    • @a__b__
      @a__b__ Před 7 lety +17

      I don't understand why this beautiful song has only 2 million views.

    • @karinalubyte1988
      @karinalubyte1988 Před 7 lety +17

      I have only one word for this song: Unbelievable!

    • @pvtrichter88
      @pvtrichter88 Před 7 lety +10

      they probably heard you or saw this now it's been up-ed by a million plus !! and you're right a BEAUTIFUL SONG!!

    • @itsrebocho8237
      @itsrebocho8237 Před 6 lety +6

      Love this song❤️

  • @dawnitopia8
    @dawnitopia8 Před 9 lety +16

    66 people don't know what good music is....

  • @JonHawaii2003
    @JonHawaii2003 Před 10 měsíci +7

    I was working for the sound company when Sting came to Hawaii in 1992. He opened with this song and it sounded amazing. Best concert i have ever heard to this day

  • @beatrizalvarez6743
    @beatrizalvarez6743 Před 11 lety +12

    He's a poet, definitely!

  • @stevenoverton8316
    @stevenoverton8316 Před 9 lety +17

    Men go crazy in congregations they only get better one by one.

  • @jamiehoward6906
    @jamiehoward6906 Před měsícem +1

    No truer words were spoken. I think there is a timeless lesson, and warning, in the lyrics hiding behind its upbeat rhythm.

  • @awwwyeaboyeeee
    @awwwyeaboyeeee Před 2 lety +6

    His best song. It took me 30 years to realize it.

  • @jn1mrgn
    @jn1mrgn Před 7 lety +155

    I miss actual music... what happened?

    • @geraldmarkey5203
      @geraldmarkey5203 Před 4 lety +18

      Education got worse. That is what happened. Do they even have music classes in high schools nowadays?

    • @maryjozwiak6555
      @maryjozwiak6555 Před 4 lety +9

      Yes actual music. Today no thought garbage in my arrogant opinion. I know nothing about music except what sings to my soul. Soul Cages.

    • @maryjozwiak6555
      @maryjozwiak6555 Před 4 lety +9

      No and they don't teach geography. A very young lady asked me if Canada was part of the United States. It is beyond sad for everyone.

    • @SiLatics56
      @SiLatics56 Před 4 lety +13

      bleuflamenco what happened was people started putting image above substance.

    • @nealmceneaney3771
      @nealmceneaney3771 Před 4 lety +6

      bleuflamenco
      Ridiculous.
      You miss nostalgia.
      Not music
      There’s brilliant music made every day.
      Don’t be so lazy

  • @richiebear1969
    @richiebear1969 Před 8 měsíci +2

    Happy birthday Sting.

  • @veerchasm1
    @veerchasm1 Před 2 lety +5

    Probably my favorite solo Sting song

  • @mainesource3000
    @mainesource3000 Před 2 lety +10

    This is one of Stings best songs and one of the best songs ever made.

    • @hypno59
      @hypno59 Před 4 měsíci

      I agree..yes yes yes. On so many levels

  • @iamagelessiam
    @iamagelessiam Před 5 lety +26

    I had a particular dream about sting and this song. I was at a stadium, and suddenly everybody dissapeared and i couldnt get out. I found myself in the middle of the pitch, Sting suddenly appeared, as if it was a kind of God. He said that i had to choose the song that best described the humanity, if I made the right decision everything would keep going, if not, it was going to be the end of the world. Basically, I had to decide the future of the humanity by choosing a song from Sting. I chose All this time, he then dissapeared and everything went back to normality.
    This was years ago, but I never forgot this dream. And the funny things is that I had no idea what the song was about at that time

    • @danielesteve8359
      @danielesteve8359 Před rokem +5

      Every person in the world has a story to tell. Yours is deeply moving. I loved it. Thanks for sharing and b happy

    • @athapascane
      @athapascane Před rokem

      Love your story, thank you for sharing it :-)

    • @spaceflight1019
      @spaceflight1019 Před rokem

      @@athapascane Dreams can tell many stories, it's all in how we interpret them.

    • @goldenmusamba922
      @goldenmusamba922 Před 9 měsíci

      A half-truth this

  • @NauticaSea217
    @NauticaSea217 Před 11 měsíci +4

    Hadrian's Wall, Newcastle, England - Sting's homeland! When I realized this song was about his homeland, I grinned from ear to ear cause it was about his birthplace and that is important to remember. This is one of my fav song's by him, along with Fields Of Gold, Fragile and I'm So Happy, I Can't Stop Crying. I hope he makes some new songs cause that would really make me smile!

    • @NYNick49
      @NYNick49 Před 8 měsíci +1

      Some history, a philosophy of life and a great tune, in four minutes...
      The genius of Sting!

  • @oliviaruiz7393
    @oliviaruiz7393 Před 2 lety +17

    Me encantaba sting! a mis 24 años, y hasta la fecha ya tengo 49 gracias por compartir que tengan un día lleno de buena onda y buena vibra!

    • @stingofficialmuslc
      @stingofficialmuslc Před rokem

      Thanks for watching and listening to my songs, Thanks for your love❤and moral support. I hope you have been well entertained over the years?

  • @timothymaynard5122
    @timothymaynard5122 Před 7 lety +9

    Like a silent tear.

  • @bing78
    @bing78 Před 9 lety +15

    This tune takes me back to middle school

  • @ababeugre8304
    @ababeugre8304 Před měsícem +2

    Toujours comme la première fois. Une délice!!!!!!!

  • @scorpioking2005
    @scorpioking2005 Před 3 měsíci +2

    2024 n still listening 🎶 to sting ❤

    • @brandonmoore7497
      @brandonmoore7497 Před 2 měsíci

      I’m listening to Sting All This Time mid March 2024
      1:34

  • @johnthingstad3796
    @johnthingstad3796 Před 8 lety +14

    My memory of this song is from 25 years ago. I just lost a girl. Trine. And then I heard this song on the radio. I will forever remember her from this tune.

    • @renderizer01
      @renderizer01 Před 3 lety

      This is funny (well, sort of). I have an ex with exactly that same name. Not really a very common name, that.

  • @malcolmz2360
    @malcolmz2360 Před 7 lety +4

    I love the whole album "The Soul Cages".

  • @hikewithmike4673
    @hikewithmike4673 Před 4 měsíci +2

    one of my fav Sting songs

  • @noeller3256
    @noeller3256 Před 7 měsíci +3

    Spoken like the profound Sting is; Catholic, yet leery of organized religion. "Men go crazy in congregations, they only get better one by one." Tis true.

  • @bonzoleum
    @bonzoleum Před 5 lety +24

    Sting certainly had Manu Katché put on his Copeland hat for this one!

    • @tajames68
      @tajames68 Před 5 lety +3

      The guitarist did some nice Summers type stuff too.

    • @Casey757
      @Casey757 Před 4 lety

      Sting channeled his inner Sting on the bass too 😉

    • @mattgreen5720
      @mattgreen5720 Před 4 lety +1

      Do you think? To me this is classic Manu.

    • @joeh6236
      @joeh6236 Před 3 lety

      Yeah

    • @emmanuelbuenviaje6564
      @emmanuelbuenviaje6564 Před 3 lety

      Always liked Manu's groove since Dream of the Blue Turtles.

  • @keepontrumpin5757
    @keepontrumpin5757 Před 4 lety +4

    1991.... The ending of the days when radio still played real music....

  • @a_pedro2612
    @a_pedro2612 Před 6 lety +15

    i am in love with that background guitar line. Just amazing

  • @dessullivan1725
    @dessullivan1725 Před 3 lety +33

    Not only is this one of my favourite Sting tunes, but its an incredibly poetic, warm, bittersweet and loving eulogy to his father and his hometown. You can literally picture every image in your head with ease. The importance of saying goodbye, the appreciation of the last rights yet the naivety of "blessed are the poor" and his persepective of the inherent pointlessness of religions old and current with "fussing and flapping" and stone gods not making a sound.
    The mentor, the apprentice, the ancient and new, "sad shire horses and sodium lights". The absolutely lovely way he references his father "heard the old man laughing" and would like to just see him right, by laying him to rest in the moving water of his town.
    The tune itself is jaunty and upbeat despite the deep and dark tone of the lyrics, but it works. Mandolin, bass, pizzicato, brass and all subtly blended. It's a perfect 10 and faultless,
    My one issue? I only saw this video for the first time last week and it simply does no justice to the tone of the song. It's too primary coloured, fake and silly. Something along "In a lifetime" by Clannad would have been a better tone.

    • @jamesjarrett52
      @jamesjarrett52 Před 3 lety +3

      For someone who fancies himself as a bit of an intellectual, I'm surprised you didn't notice that the video clearly draws on the aesthetics of the theatre of the absurd, and has a feel and texture to it not dissimilar to a play by Eugene Ionesco.

    • @doodlegoat
      @doodlegoat Před 2 lety

      It's a recreation of a famous scene in a Marx Brothers movie. I don't know nothin' about no Ionescu. czcams.com/video/8ZvugebaT6Q/video.html

    • @christinescarff4920
      @christinescarff4920 Před 2 lety +1

      Not sure all ‘ religion ‘ is pointless !
      I truly believe in Christ, it’s denominations that are the problem !!

    • @stevestruthers6180
      @stevestruthers6180 Před 2 lety +1

      @@jamesjarrett52 There even seems to be a Rosencrantz and Guildernstern (from Shakespeare's play Hamlet) kind of quality to the two priests in the video. Guarding the faith, as it were?

    • @christinescarff4920
      @christinescarff4920 Před 2 lety +1

      @@stevestruthers6180 Ironically of course R&G were total non entities as you will know and ‘ hoist with their own petard ‘ when Hamlet saw through their facade !!

  • @mzanahenriques
    @mzanahenriques Před 7 lety +7

    "Blessed are the poor, for they shall inherit the earth"
    This is beautiful.

  • @jeremysears4263
    @jeremysears4263 Před 3 lety +6

    I heard this song in my youth and i swear i aged 50 years.

  • @donprudhomme4744
    @donprudhomme4744 Před 7 lety +2

    "Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth"

  • @23Skeetoo
    @23Skeetoo Před 8 měsíci +2

    One of the funniest music videos ever-- and the song's about him trying to deal with his father's death!

  • @creates100
    @creates100 Před 5 lety +6

    Brilliant lyrics. Probably the peak of his solo career.

  • @jennifer4312
    @jennifer4312 Před rokem +3

    We need a Sting song to trend on tiktok or for it to show up in a popular show & then the world can appreciate this icon.

  • @colourful999real7
    @colourful999real7 Před 5 lety +6

    TOO GENIUS
    THE LEGENDARY
    BRITISH 🇬🇧 BEST SINGER EVER IN HISTORY
    MASTERPIECE
    FABULOUS

  • @edwardheynes3880
    @edwardheynes3880 Před 3 lety +8

    One of the best basslines ever. My favourite tune to test bass response in loudspeakers and headphones.

  • @kyrkosccfc4188
    @kyrkosccfc4188 Před 7 lety +17

    My favourite Sting song, without a doubt!

  • @thomasfleischer83
    @thomasfleischer83 Před 4 lety +6

    Bin beileibe kein Sting Fan, aber ich liebe diesen Song! 👂❤

  • @nancywright4430
    @nancywright4430 Před 2 lety +1

    Sting grew up across from the ship yard where the majority of men worked including his own dad. This song is all about that reality. Sting had respect for this but knew one day he had to get out of there !!

  • @olindawinchester
    @olindawinchester Před 4 lety +6

    The river flowed endlessly to the sea and I still love this song.

  • @EdwinLuciano
    @EdwinLuciano Před 8 lety +30

    Makes feel nostalgic for Newcastle-Upon-Tyne and I've never even been there.

  • @dcbsmt
    @dcbsmt Před 4 lety +5

    I remember hoping for this to play on MTV back in the days. Good times.

  • @jessebazzul914
    @jessebazzul914 Před 9 lety +9

    Is it me or is this the most astute philosophical pop song of the early 90's :P? It deals with folds, flows, hopes and enunciations that melt in time....very posty....

    • @pvtrichter88
      @pvtrichter88 Před 9 lety +2

      I also believe STING wrote this song as a tribute to his father who had just passed away shortly before the release of this album and the video of course ; and therein all the unspoken problems he hadn't patched up with him !!

    • @samfeldstein4498
      @samfeldstein4498 Před 9 lety

      ***** posty? What does that mean?

    • @apendjurin
      @apendjurin Před 9 lety

      pvtrichter88 You're quite right ... www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=472

  • @stevemcq.9911
    @stevemcq.9911 Před rokem +8

    This song reminds me of my last year at high school. A happy but also melancholic song. Many memories. Over 30 years ago. Live runs ... till it ends.

    • @InflatablePlane
      @InflatablePlane Před rokem +1

      Reminds me of elementary school days in Baltimore and playing this song on a cassette in my Walkman during road trips.

  • @InflatablePlane
    @InflatablePlane Před rokem +3

    I was a kid living in Baltimore when this song came out. It was my own "city in the fog". Great blue herons, gulls, crows, the inner harbor, the sodium lights, the Chesapeake Bay and all It's rolling inland waterways, It's no surprise this song resonates so much with me. And as a song devoted to Sting's father and his childhood town, I can safely say the same thing for myself.

  • @jesseburleson432
    @jesseburleson432 Před 7 lety +4

    Brilliant songwriting by Sting.

  • @mjimih
    @mjimih Před rokem +1

    keep moving, keep seeing. A rolling stone gathers no moss.

  • @tennektrey5227
    @tennektrey5227 Před 9 lety +8

    I remember seeing this video in a motel room in Jacksonville, NC in March 1991 on MTV. Good times!

  • @darrenhenderson3
    @darrenhenderson3 Před 10 lety +8

    the last sting song to top the Canadian charts was King of Pain 8 years earlier, and the reason why this one topped the charts up there is beacause it reminded everyone that this song sounds like the Police

  • @anniemedicalmassage
    @anniemedicalmassage Před 2 lety +4

    Gotta love Trudie and her appearance in this one - I think the French maid idea was his ;)

    • @stingofficialmuslc
      @stingofficialmuslc Před rokem

      Hello Annie
      How are you doing?
      It's nice meeting you here!

    • @brandonmoore7497
      @brandonmoore7497 Před rokem

      @@stingofficialmuslcmy number one favorite song is Fields Of Gold

  • @kimh1966
    @kimh1966 Před 5 lety +37

    Anybody else watching this in 2019?

  • @proudhunter85dirty
    @proudhunter85dirty Před 4 lety +4

    In Strength, Love, Hope, Virtue, Courage and Unity, I will love my better half forever!

  • @xennial80sxberner
    @xennial80sxberner Před 7 lety +22

    Loved this song ever since it played on VH1 in 1991, I think its Sting's most Police sounding song, and also one that's pretty much forgotten now. :(

    • @jonathanstrauss8194
      @jonathanstrauss8194 Před 5 lety +1

      Hardly forgotten...it gets played all the time on the radio and many other places

    • @maryjozwiak6555
      @maryjozwiak6555 Před 4 lety

      Vh1 music MTV music television. It was awesome. Now it is trash imap. Thank you for letting me respond.

    • @marguskiis7711
      @marguskiis7711 Před 4 lety

      Wasn`t it actually written for an aborted Police reunion initially? I remember reading about it in 1991.

    • @surlyandroid
      @surlyandroid Před 4 lety +1

      I hear it on the radio at work every now and then. Hasn't been lost to time yet

  • @gilbertzan
    @gilbertzan Před 8 lety +5

    Lived in the US (MD state) when this video used to be played over and over on MTV. That was back in 1991. Man, I miss those times. Thanks for posting it!

    • @InflatablePlane
      @InflatablePlane Před rokem

      I was there too. Baltimore suburbs at the time!! This song always reminds me of B'More. The Chesapeake bay great blue herons and the Potomac river

  • @richardschneller7674
    @richardschneller7674 Před 9 měsíci +1

    The river flowed endlessly

  • @tamikaoliver9774
    @tamikaoliver9774 Před rokem +1

    Sting is a BAD MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!