"Don't Box Me In" Stan Ridgway & Stewart Copeland 

I agree with you

And a underrated drummer ..Steward Copeland

Not by me ! :)

Karl X a fackin men!

James Bell Jr - I wouldn’t say he’s underrated. Most people I know, and especially drummers... hold Stewart in the highest possible esteem. He’s always been one of my top 5 favorite drummers of all time, and an amazing songwriter as well. I think *THAT’S* where he’s truly underrated... as a songwriter.

BoingTarash1960s the rhythmatist!!!!!!!!!!

Agreed, always loved His music takes me back to 1980's Florida ❤

Definitely agree

So brillant

Nope. Perfection right there.

Stewart Copeland totally ditched Stan ridgeway and never talked to him again. Stan Ridgway was really hurt.

yes, how strange.

It was Coppola who chose Stewart Copeland of the Police. Copeland wrote, produced and arranged the track. Stewart then brought Ridgeway on to sing the lyrics.

@@PeanutdenverStrange combination of people but it worked well.

Said the cliche generator 5000.

Daaaamn the Brando of the 80s what an apt comparison

I saw it 83 and actually bought it in vinyl!

not a very good flick.....only watched it cause I like Mickey

+Xcorgi yup

+Xcorgi They could have worked harder to promote this single, among other things.

Agreed. I have always wished those two had pursued further collaborations or even formed a long lasting project/band. Obviously they had amazing chemistry.

Steward had a huge career in Hollywood, but this colaboration was probably his best. Even if it's still the overly simple reggae guitar riffs from The Police days.

Oysterhead

And even more incredible today. "My eyes saw red when my life turned blue...."

Same here. And I had the cassette first!

I owned the LP. I may still have it. I found the CD by mistake, meaning that I wasn't even looking for it. Used (barely) for $6.99! What a deal!

The Polica was Copeland's band

I met Stewart when he came to my hometown to do that soundtrack at a local Studio it was one of the biggest thrillz in my life and this movie is one of my all-time favorites

Sono pienamente d'accordo!!!!

They should have hooked up for good After Stink went solo.

And FF Coppola too...

Thanks to Spotify's Discover Weekly algorithm, I found this after a similar exploration

F$cking lemmings. You deserve the future.

I recommend his solo albums The Big Heat, and Snakebite. Great lyrics and great music.

One of the greatest. The only other lyricist I can think of who can tell a story as well as Stan with that deadpan delivery is Tom Waits (who just so happens to appear briefly in this video).

Agree and a great front man. But not so good at composing music.

@@keithbate9405 Stan really has nothing to apologize for in the writing music department.

@@thebrazilianatlantis165 I agree but he wrote very little music for Wall of Voodoo. Just bits. Lyrics yes but not music eg the music for "Mexican Radio" was composed by the Moreland Brothers.

Very well said. There is also the Dylanish influence too especially in the harmonica solo. This song, the soundtrack and the film are now 35 years old. A highly under-rated film which sadly did not score well too. I played it tonight on my radio show and hope that the new X Factor generation will listen to this song and similar songs...but oh that's wishful thinking!!

That harmonica does exactly what it is supposed to, it puts you on edge, makes you a little uncomfortable, exactly as they intended. Geniuses.

It beutifully sets the TONE

guitar sure sounds like summers

​@@davidryan7386 Even in his later projects, Stew definitely took after Andy! The Police was definitely Stewart's despite Sting claiming he is the band. After all, being the son of a co-founder member of the CIA, how else would the band get the name for law enforcement and to generate better press for the front papers? The Police is Stewart's creation!

+Mark Raza Well... maybe perfect is a bit too much: I mean... Ridgway's "performance", to me, is... "unfitting" He's "talking", more than singing... (using his words, "I wonder"... who choose for him instead of another, but is a matter of tastes, o.c.) and too bad, 'cause the track is really good, both for the rithmics and for the guitar part, really genial. And then, the movie itself: so... "strange", above all for the fascinating photography and unusual shooting places (ok, I know: Coppola doesn't need compliments... just think 'bout Apocalypse Now) Then, I might add that (to me, at least) Copeland in particular is the one I prefer, in the Police: that is... the one who gives them their own "sound" (even more than Sting, f. ex), with his really unusual style to play cymbals and charleston, and... I think everybody can hear as well that this track has been written by him. Moreover, I've never seen before Copeland playing guitar... to tell the truth, in the past I thought was Summers playing.

Mark Raza

yes Copeland is amazing on drums!

L'unione di due geni può dare frutti come questo. Il testo, la voce nasale e l'armonica di Ridgway, combinati con la ritmica fuori di testa di Copeland, ne fanno una gemma new wave come poche altre.

Cult classic...motorcycle boy....patrick

Copeland was the police,listen to his alter ego "Klark Kent"

I was 18.

for me its the chord changes , so unusual , and the chorus tripps of in all the wrong place it seems , its a game of mirrors , these two worked together so well , they clearly were thinking out of the box

@@TinShackVideos I’ll have to check that out but I agree. This still sounds a lot like The police!

The guitar at the beginning sounds a lot like a Police song.

Same here. A band that also toured.