Sting talks about Quadrophenia, the Mod revival, The Jam, the impact of punk and losing his Geordie accent. (Clip from music show 'Check It Out' from 2 July 1979 on ITV Tyne Tees) Credit: itnsource
I have a crush on Sting, and the Canadian rock star, Bryan Adams. My favorite songs by The Police are: Don't Stand So Close To Me Roxanne Message In A Bottle Every Breath You Take King of Pain Wrapped Around Your Finger Synchronicity III Murder By Numbers, (as sinister as Talking Heads "Psycho Killer") Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic When The World Is Running Down, You Make The Best Of What's Still Around My favorite Bryan Adams songs: Somebody Cuts Like A Knife Heaven (His voice is taking me to heaven when I hear it) Summer of 69 Run To You It's Only Love with Tina Turner Everything I Do, I Do It For You Love, love, love Sting and Bryan Adams 🇬🇧🇨🇦.
Hi there, I know your comment is a little old, but I have a crush on Sting like you do. Bryan Adams is a really cool musician, despite the fact I don't know too many of his songs.
Heard Weller slag of Sting many times over the years, but never heard a bad word out of the mouth of our Gordon - until now. Both great singer-songwriters and top frontmen of two seminal English bands. Although Weller is the taller of the two, my money's on our Gordon if they ever got into a fight. Our Gordon floats like a butterfly and stings like a...
@@paulbirkbeck1790 Looks are deceptive. Sting has always kept himself strong and exceptionally fit. That doesn't mean he's any good in a rumble though................
@@thewomble1509 i know your right i was a young teen when sting started looking jacked so that was why i thought he would be really tough. He is to intelligent to get involved in fights lol
Sting "I'm in my mid 20's". Was stretching the definition of "mid" just a tad. The school teacher interviewing him was the same age. She seems a bit prickly. Maybe because she'd just had a massive row with John lydon. 😆
i've lived in the north east most my life, i was brought up to speak an extended code in BBC english, i turn the accent on when it suits. Sting was a teacher his accent would be moderated depending upon circumstances. he's proud to be a Geordie and Geordies are proud of Sting. regional accents are special and should be treasured unless you're a scouse git. only joking eh eh our barry
He moderated his Geordie accent because he moved to London in the mid-1970s. Had he kept his thick Geordie accent, I think people would poke fun of the way he naturally talks. Mark Knopfler, also a Geordie who moved to London in the mid-1970s, had to moderate his accent as well to sound more intelligible to Londoners. Yet, Knopfler manages to sound slightly more Geordie than Sting, even though they both grew up in the North Tyneside area, which is just east to Newcastle.
@finckel2682 I know the reason. I cringe listening to Steve Mcmanaman when he moderates his accent when commentating, but look at Stephen Graham the actor, he's got a really strong scouse accent and it hasn't stopped him becoming a world renowned actor. If sting was predominantly an actor, it would be more understandable, but as a musician, he didn't need to lose the accent as dramatically as he has. Also, I think the dozens of accents we have in the UK is a unique thing and should be celebrated, not diluted because of snobbery. Just my opinion.
@@yemalad1. And I respect it, but he was also afraid to be judged by southerners, because regional accents at that time were not exactly as respected as they are now. You could easily be mocked for being a Scouse, a Manc, a Geordie, a Mackem, a Smoggie, a Brummie or whatever region you were from. That's funny, since to this day no one ever judged Eric Burdon and Brian Johnson for their clearly thick Geordie accents.
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