What Makes This Song Great? "Walking on the Moon" The Police

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In this episode I break down The Police's timeless hit song "Walking on the Moon" from the 1979 album 'Reggatta De Blanc'.
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@nunancreative8932 3 месяца назад

Modern songwriters could learn a lot by just studying what ISN'T in this track. The use of space is so refreshing in contrast to today's mixes.

@melrupinski88 3 месяца назад

Spot on, as a band, they had an uncanny knack for making the spaces between notes sound great too.

@tinusplotseling3130 3 месяца назад

@@melrupinski88 Yes! Thats exactly what i was thinking recently. What’s really great about the new wave sound, is the space that exists in between the notes. Makes it feel dark, deep and blue-ish. Wonderful

@buney 3 месяца назад

Yeah!

@spindriftdrinker 3 месяца назад

Space is so important in pop, and underutilized. Like the second of silence in "Good Vibrations", before the final chorus.

@cvn6555 3 месяца назад

Whole sections where all you really hear are the hats? Never happen today.

@IggyB-Music 3 месяца назад

He finally brought back the series with one of the best bands ever Respect 🙏🙏

@robertmasteller6509 3 месяца назад

...keep it up...

@johndodson4527 3 месяца назад

Reggie jazola

@Compassiron1 3 месяца назад

Amen!

@IggyB-Music 3 месяца назад

@@robertmasteller6509 eeyo yo yo yo yoooo…

@IggyB-Music 3 месяца назад

@@justinsayin3979heck yea I would love to see that

@stevenbyrd2188 3 месяца назад

A good example of what Rick has always reminded viewers: "Before there were pro tools, there were pros." The Police were pros.

@bobbywilson1132 3 месяца назад

I hadn't heard this before. I love it. I'm gonna use this.

@mattygee5000 3 месяца назад

And before there was autotune, there were people IN tune..just sayin'..

@blackdog2006 3 месяца назад

Best quote ever

@IndigoJo 3 месяца назад

Pro Tools makes amateurs think they're pros, and think their bedroom is Abbey Road. Some great artists can't produce to save their lives, but their results are actually released.

@monitor4208 3 месяца назад

As an amateur, I can tell, that it’s hard work, to get my ideas into something like a song or track. Struggling with my lack of ability to master my instruments, and to master the software. But it’s fun anyway.

@rolandlickert2904 3 месяца назад

I'm 75 years old and it's one of my favourite songs. Have all police CDs.

@jimplummer4879 29 дней назад

I had all of their LPS back in the day.

@secularZoo 3 месяца назад

It's great that Rick has interviewed all the Police, and not the other way around. 🤣

@wesleyalan9179 3 месяца назад

😂

@vincentbull 3 месяца назад

Bravo 😂

@Musicarbs 3 месяца назад

The police would completely beato rick

@PraiseIommi 3 месяца назад

Ba dum tss

@Boethius411 3 месяца назад

@@Musicarbshey, that’s my story😂😂😂. Rick can’t have it. 😇

@speedypete07gnarly 3 месяца назад

That whole record is pure gold.

@FecklessCowboy 3 месяца назад

Actually it was Vinyl… 🥴

@Luftmysza. 3 месяца назад

Yea honestly it blew me away in a way which not many albums do

@wittynclever 3 месяца назад

Every song they made is pure gold. Fixed it for you

@IggyB-Music 3 месяца назад

Heck yea one of favorites to this day

@dabu73 3 месяца назад

maybe not “On any other day” lol but the other songs are amazing

@shiv2033 3 месяца назад

Yeah, we need this series to never end.

@flinx649 3 месяца назад

Rick is a great interviewer... but I like the song is great series the best.

@btimec5290 3 месяца назад

One a week please!!

@mstephencrowell 3 месяца назад

@@flinx649 I like how he incorporated his interviews into the mix of this, made it even that much better!

@geoffmarr7526 3 месяца назад

In 1978/79 we saw the Police live at Bruce Stadium in Canberra. It was a warm spring evening, we were 'enhanced' and had superb sight and sound. Easilly 10,000+ in audience. They kicked off with Walking On The Moon. The whole place went deadset frikkin nuts. Two hours of bliss. One of the most joyous concerts I ever attended.

@Forceprincess 3 месяца назад

After all of these years, the music of the police still sound like magic

@VINZBROWN 2 месяца назад

Abbbbsolutely ❤❤❤❤

@travkatz 3 месяца назад

Rick Beato belongs in the hall of Fame

@matthewperry2767 3 месяца назад

@purplebondsaiyan2987 3 месяца назад

He's in the Rochester Music Hall of Fame just got Inducted This Year

@matthewperry2767 3 месяца назад

@@purplebondsaiyan2987 Ra-Cha-Cha

@markmcarthy596 3 месяца назад

Hall of Fame is No longer worthy of the Best. Was-but not anymore

@DeanCameron 3 месяца назад

There should be a Beato Award.

@Mar-up7db 3 месяца назад

The atmosphere in this song is still unmatched.

@japhyryder66 3 месяца назад

Yes! I feel the same way about “Tea In The Sahara”.

@martinnelson8382 3 месяца назад

Atmosphere? I thought the song was called walking on the moon.

@ando-ryu 3 месяца назад

That guitar riff at the start is like a Time Machine. Straight back.

@darthlaurel 3 месяца назад

And when I think about all the hot trash making it in the radio today.....smdh.

@LowEarthOrbitPilot 3 месяца назад

The closest I could think of was ‘Dream Weaver’ (Gary Wright)

@Gunterlooker 3 месяца назад

What makes this "what makes this song great" video even greater than others, is the fact that Rick has interviewed the three members of the band and has exclusive insights into the creation, recording and production. No one else can do this!

@wildbeanz 3 месяца назад

My thoughts exactly.

@alexmartell2432 3 месяца назад

I can't believe "what makes this song great" is back! So awesome! Rick has an awesome ear, and he gives you the confidence to attempt to emulate him. Wow that Guitar tone!

@pitchforker3304 3 месяца назад

The Police were ahead of their time. So grateful each member sat with Rick Beato to talk music and song writing. Other bands would be wise to follow The Police, again.

@danfromnorcal 3 месяца назад

Rick is like his own industry. As you say, every band that wants to remain relevant should contact Rick.

@Sunfish23 День назад

The Eagles have not entered the chat.

@paulcoffland8673 3 месяца назад

These elder musicians who didn't fry their brains back in the day are so smart and technical- it's a master class whenever they speak and Rick is able to make it relatable.

@VINZBROWN 2 месяца назад

A PERFECT comment!!!

@tchristianphoto 3 месяца назад

Stewart Copeland's minimalist and highly, highly variable drumming is a masterclass on how to say more with less.

@matthewperry2767 3 месяца назад

Less is definitely relative when you’re Talking about him cuz he was very busy in certain aspects

@mattraino3274 3 месяца назад

Uh what? Just the fact the man has a gong says Stuart is NOT a minimalist…..you’re thinking Ringo.

@sundaynightdrunk 3 месяца назад

If you watch his Rick Beato interview, he had no idea what Sting and Andy were doing half the time, so he mostly did his own thing and they tended to like it.

@automachinehead 3 месяца назад

i think him and jeff porcaro are the rawest drummers in the business

@feloniousmonk3049 3 месяца назад

@@sundaynightdrunk /\ Facts! But seriously, Copeland, in terms of style, is really up there, with Bonham, The Professor, Neale Peart, Jeff Porcaro and Bernard Purdy. At least, in my lifetime, those are the top rated that come to me as really standing out.

@phildarwell655 3 месяца назад

I remember Sting one saying "it's not just about the notes you play, but the gaps in between". Perfectly demonstrated here. Wonderful band.

@backslash68 3 месяца назад

perfectly demonstrated on track bed's too big without you, I mean the gap left by the bass there is one whole measure!

@boriss.861 3 месяца назад

Sting could have been made aware or heard someone like Vladimir Horovitz who was a Master in music being made by the space in-between the notes and can be perfectly seen in black and white by the compositions of Frederick Chopin who's compositions only come to life if space is made between the notes. Glenn Gould ( Bach Goldberg Variations).. Nigel Kennedy ( Vivaldi Seasons) these broke the mould.

@templarpunk9332 3 месяца назад

Moving to bass in my current group after over 30 years playing guitar has taught me a lot about the value of space, especially in the low end. Nothing muddies up a song like the bass player carrying on like a coked-up Jaco Pastorius.

@sarajamus 3 месяца назад

The speed at which I clicked on the notification….! My all time fave Police song!!

@IThinkYouLookLarvely 3 месяца назад

Same here, I clicked on it and the video had zero comments, then tons of them within seconds!

@Yakaru1 3 месяца назад

Same here.

@jmeakin4 3 месяца назад

Same!

@YOURTECHFRIEND 3 месяца назад

Agree, one of my absolute favorites if not THE favorite track. There's just something about it! 🎸😎

@330thcube 3 месяца назад

Mine too! It's so chill and has a little bit of a nostalgic feel to it

@brettocheltree7437 3 месяца назад

I don’t believe in perfection, but the Police’s music is perfect.

@hcp2395 Месяц назад

My friend , I agree completely with you. Perfect music = police.

@NickKoziupa 3 месяца назад

I remember standing in front of a stereo at Sears as an eight year old in 1979 listening to this for the first time and being totally confused and mesmerized.

@rohandoe8361 3 месяца назад

I have said for 40 years that the drumming in this song is as good as it gets. But I never knew WHY it was so good, or HOW they did it … until today. Thank you Rick for educating me, and a bigger thank you to Stewart Copeland for creating such magic.

@sobrien112 3 месяца назад

Still fresh, 45 years down the road. Amazing.

@JulienMARY 3 месяца назад

That's the genius of Sting. His production doesn't age.

@adlovett9831 3 месяца назад

I'm obsessed with the Police and never noticed the synthesiser or piano before. Thank you for enlightening me Mr. beato.

@brianhackett-jl3hc 3 месяца назад

My thought too! I've been listening to this song for 45 years, learned how to play it for a band I was in, and never noticed the synth!

@RCAvhstape 3 месяца назад

I noticed the pad but never thought much of it, never noticed those sci fi noises before.

@jackblah5842 3 месяца назад

18:15 how could we have never noticed that warble! Incredible

@thebelgian1959 3 месяца назад

Same here never knew

@dawudabdullaah6977 3 месяца назад

Man, that song is one of my favorite jams. Once I was riding in my car blasting "Walking On The Moon", and after it ended my little cousin, who is seven, said "I like that song."

@Notelvispresleymyself 3 месяца назад

as a 2011, 13 year old, this music is a lot better than whatever pop music is being produced right now.

@freefallin6871 3 месяца назад

The creativity of that band was off the charts to the extent that they were really their own genre in that it was a fusion of so many. In 50 years time, their music will still hold up.

@VINZBROWN 2 месяца назад

YESSSSS... to all that you said

@johnhoran9840 3 месяца назад

For me, it's the best drumming of Stewart's career. He does so much with so little.

@terrybartholomew7311 3 месяца назад

so little? - he's playing 32nds.....(well the echo makes it sound like that...)

@indigofruit8710 3 месяца назад

What makes Rick great is his ability to discuss music in an interesting way

@CaptainReedo40 3 месяца назад

High school marching band trip through Italy in 1986, listened to this song maybe 100,000 times, on a yellow “Sports” Walkman. Good times.

@jmazoso 3 месяца назад

Still have my Sports Walkman, i was cool when i got it for Christmas.

@CorbCorbin 3 месяца назад

Was it the one they advertised to hang from the shower head? 😆

@AngelHadzi 3 месяца назад

I had the same Sports Walkman back in Argentina in the same year! really good times!

@aboczsr 3 месяца назад

Great time to be alive. Remember what it was like to go to a record store when a new album from a fav band came out? Pure joy!

@WichhartAcres 3 месяца назад

Core memory

@Enigma8750 3 месяца назад

Me and my daughter would sing together to this song when we were driving home from her gymnastics practice. I get tears in my eyes when I listen to this song because we had so much fun singing together with it.

@ggghhhbbnjjjbb2330 3 месяца назад

I'm a guitar player, but when I listen to these guys I can't keep my ears off the drums. The drumming is mesmerising.

@ronaldlogan7983 3 месяца назад

Stewart is amazing

@mrfuzz6744 3 месяца назад

Agreed and same - guitar player myself but the drums (and bass for that matter) grab me with the Police. I guess the only other similar band like that would be Rush, also a three-piece :)

@ericgood8960 3 месяца назад

Copeland's drums define the Police's primary sound, followed closely by Sting's bass. Summers guitar rounds it out, but it's nowhere near as important to capturing the Police sound as he would like you to think.

@ggghhhbbnjjjbb2330 3 месяца назад

He's like a gracefully drunk gymnast/ballet dancer on meth. All over the place but he never falls over and somehow it all hangs together beautifully. Completely bamboozles my brain listening to it.

@jimyoung9262 3 месяца назад

Dude...same...amazing drumming

@isabel1983 3 месяца назад

The bass on Walking on the Moon is just sublime, the drumming as well. Incredibly composed to say the least.

@robertp457 3 месяца назад

It was the second song I learned on bass and it's one of my favorites.

@demian900 3 месяца назад

And the great Sting with his great and unique voice

@isabel1983 3 месяца назад

@@demian900 of course! 😉🙌🏼

@raycathode1997 2 месяца назад

I had to figure out the baseline too… on the piano

@murphyphillipsmusic 3 месяца назад

The drums on this song are so cool.

@gregb91401 3 месяца назад

That 1st chord Andy Summer plays is very similar to the opening chord for Hard Days Night

@markbayer1665 3 месяца назад

Was just thinking exact same thing

@zippitydoodah5693 3 месяца назад

That hit me as well

@mrminor9418 3 месяца назад

Got on here to say the same

@mikenicholson7465 3 месяца назад

Singing: Giant steps are what you take and I've been working like a dog.

@markbayer1665 3 месяца назад

@@mikenicholson7465 bwahaha. That interview got me digging thru my old vinyl. Required a trip to the basement to retrieve this one

@P-L-J_ 3 месяца назад

This is some of the best quality content online. Please more of this, Rick.

@antimoricciardi7508 3 месяца назад

I well remember when I was dancing to it (actually, I let its energy flow through me) in the 80s. And just a year ago, I was at a Sting concert with my 2 teenage children who were going wild just like me 40 years later. The joy, the power, the beauty of their music knows no barriers. No band has managed to cross generations as if time meant nothing. Then as now, The Police are simply a "stand alone band". 13:43

@AlerieHightower 3 месяца назад

So glad to see this series back! Hearing Stewart Copeland isolated makes my entire week. 🥁

@brucecall1595 3 месяца назад

Regatta de blanc is a masterpiece. Every song.

@chriscampbell9191 3 месяца назад

Exactly.

@jasonremy1627 3 месяца назад

Please keep bringing this series back! I miss it so much!

@boardbraker1 3 месяца назад

Bring it back! Don't ever stop making these!!!

@wisemoon40 3 месяца назад

Man, every song on every album The Police made…amazing. And to end their run at the high point with Synchronicity? Perfect. One of my favorite bands.

@marcogme 3 месяца назад

Wow, all these years hearing this song and never noticed that synth. Beato, you are the best.

@yonitznkc 3 месяца назад

One of my fav’ jam tunes by The Police: “Voices Inside My Head.” Soloing over it is fun, practicing sneaking in modalities. But I’ll even dance to it, over-and-over. I’ll even pass cars on the highway to it. It’s infectious!

@hux2000 3 месяца назад

Same with "When the World Is Running Down, You Make the Best of What's Still Around", right after it. Zenyatta Mondatta is a great jamming album and "Voices..." is for sure one of the best tracks on it!

@achenarmyst2156 3 месяца назад

Tschak……

@alxra 3 месяца назад

The music from the Police is literally timeless.

@benlarcombe4591 3 месяца назад

This album has the quality of time transportation. I remember where I was, what I was doing, who I was doing it with and just being pleased that I could dance with a big smile on my face, lost in the song …… Thank you Police.😊

@lordstanley34 3 месяца назад

Think about all the times you listened to this song back in the day, grinning ear to ear, singing (or playing) along, enjoying every minute of it. And then fast-forward to today where Rick explains why you were so happy. Greatest Tuesday ever...

@blueberryrazz8637 3 месяца назад

When a band influences Rush, you know they're something special :)

@AngelHadzi 3 месяца назад

They influenced everyone! from U2 to Soda Stereo

@TheCheffer76 3 месяца назад

But blueberry is saying they influenced the greatest LIVE band ever. And before you say U2, tell me, has U2 ever roasted 100’s of chickens as their backdrop and then gave the chickens to homeless shelters in every city they played?

@Antonivs 3 месяца назад

@@AngelHadzi and Nirvana, Foo Fighters, Incubus, Pearl Jam, even Van Halen (dirty water dog, Eddie himself told it)

@RCAvhstape 3 месяца назад

Rush was a few years old as a band when the Police came around, but Alex Lifeson always pays attention to newer bands, and he was a huge Police fan.

@melrupinski88 3 месяца назад

@@RCAvhstapeI don’t know if you could truly say anyone influenced Neil Peart at that point, but I know he definitely took an interest in Stewart’s approach to drumming. It’s so amazingly cool that those two became such close friends later in life. The videos of them jamming at Stewart’s home studio are pure gold.

@robber_h 3 месяца назад

This is the song that got me 'into' The Police. I remember hearing it on the radio one night in 1979 and thinking, "Man, that's great!". Since then, The Police have been one of my favourite bands. Brilliant.

Месяц назад

I was 12 and it was the first 45 rpm I have ever bought. Since then, I have never stopped listening to these great musicians

@charlesabboud1613 3 месяца назад

I’ve been listening to this song for 45 years, but what an education, thank you Rick!!

@Ozymandi_as 3 месяца назад

It sounds as fresh, and as original, as it did in 1979, with each band member making his own distinctive contribution. Although relatively simple in its arrangement and production, it could only The Police. Rick's interviews were fascinating, often hilarious and very revealing of how on band struggled to contain so much talent.

@TheGunnarRoxen 3 месяца назад

The brilliance of leaving space in the recording and drumming for a song called "Walking on the Moon" is so perfect 😀

@darkneal 3 месяца назад

I fell in love with the Police after Rick did ‘every little thing she does is magic’ all the way back at the beginning of his Channel. Haven’t stopped listening to them since…so glad this is back

@jimgorycki4013 3 месяца назад

How I loved the Police was when I picked up "Ghost in the Machine" album, then saw them in concert that year. Blown away. I started listening to all of the albums of the three playing before Sting went solo. Reggatta de Blanc is one of my favorite albums.

@tgbonestgbones 3 месяца назад

Rick, your breakdown of this song, explains exactly why I got this song when it came out. Your expressions and reactions to certain licks are what I had when I first heard it.

@w.williams2694 2 месяца назад

My friends and I were all 11-12 years old when Cheap Trick's Dream Police came out. My best friend loved the song and went out and bought a bunch of Police posters for his room. I told him I didn't think it was the same band, but he was convinced I was wrong. So I went to the local record store, talked to the guy behind the counter, and he introduced me to the Police. I've been a fan ever since.

@andyyouell5037 3 месяца назад

This song represents a very, very special moment in contemporary music. Nothing quite like it before, or since.....

@greentg9709 3 месяца назад

Such is the power of this song, I can still vividly remember the first time I heard it. I was nearly 19 and in work early , it was about 07:30 am and my boss and I were working away with the radio on. The DJ announced that this was the new Police single, which was being played on UK radio for the first time and the minute we heard it, my boss and I looked at each other and said, "this is effing brilliant". We were both heavily into our music and were blown away by the track. Even to this day, every time I hear it, I'm taken back to that morning and how I felt the first time I heard it.

@renatosantosneto 3 месяца назад

It's one of my favorite albums of all time. Message In A Bottle, Regatta de Blanc, Bring On The Night, Walking On The Moon and The Bed's Too Big Without You

@nancygarreaud1534 Месяц назад

Wow. The most pleasurable half hour I’ve spent this week or maybe the past month.

@OZRIC1985 3 месяца назад

I was hooked on this song from the first time I heard it on the radio back then. I was already a huge Police fan by then, and I bought all 5 studio albums each time they were released. What an incredibly talented and innovative band they were.

@maryvallas772 3 месяца назад

And there was 7 year old me in 1979, just thinking... "This song is cool!" Not having any idea how revolutionary it was or that I would still love it and The Police so much, 45 years later!

@dwh8310 3 месяца назад

...and there was 18 year old me wondering if your legs could actually break walking on the moon, and also thinking what the heck is that guy doing on his drum set?

@saxonwarrior388 3 месяца назад

This brings back a flood of memories, 17 yrs old watching this song on MTV in my grandma's living room, wow. Life was so much more simple then, and I didn't quite realize how special the music was in the 70's and 80's. I always enjoyed The Police, Copeland's drumming was original and crazy good, Sting was one of the best vocalists ever, and Andy was an inspiration in my own playing.

@howertingsyaboya3789 3 месяца назад

Looking back to when this song came out, with cold and hot wars going on all over the world and killing and bombings every week in Northern Ireland along with almost everyone in my country (Republic of Ireland) being very poor, things were quite grim on the whole. But all this bad stuff washed over me as a 15 year old kid with all this amazing music coming out weekly but we just took it for granted at the time that this was just the way things were. Now I realise how lucky we were in many ways.

@psh6654 3 месяца назад

I would bicycle through the tunnel of the Rijsmuseum in Amsterdam yelling out Police chants "E-Oh E-Oh Yo Yo" in 1980. Great reverb tunnel.

@achenarmyst2156 3 месяца назад

E-Oh E-Oh E-Yo-Yo……. 😊

@achenarmyst2156 3 месяца назад

Yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo YEAAAAAAAH 🎉🎉🎉

@callingchristiano 3 месяца назад

Steinberger stick bass ?

@VINZBROWN 2 месяца назад

RIIIGHT!!!!😂😂❤❤❤

@timmytuneuptooker3543 3 месяца назад

It's my favorite POLICE song! And I'm so glad that you highlighted it! It's perfect absolutely freaking perfect. And nobody writes songs like this anymore which is a sad sad sad but you know when the police hit the stage I saw them at the tower theater. I've never seen anything like that in my life. They were a bright flame and that burns fast. I mean the Taurus pedals the echo all that stuff man it was bananas. And I was listening to return to forever and weather report and Billy Cobham and Stanley Clarke and all that stuff prior to the police hitting the stage. In high school we played Spain by Chick Corea so it took a lot to really shake me up. But that was the song for me. Thank you so much Rick Beato

@gib59er56 3 месяца назад

Stu is the glue that holds them together. Amazing drummer.

@commonman317 3 месяца назад

Really great hearing the multi-tracks to this iconic song. Love The Police!

@harrywatson5783 3 месяца назад

This was the song that made me a lifelong, die-hard Police fan. It also made me want to become a musician, and was the first bass line I ever learned as a kid. Every part is perfect. I still play or listen to this song regularly. Thank you Rick-and The Police!

@Lexy-O 3 месяца назад

"When the World Is Running Down, You Make the Best of What's Still Around" from Zenyatta Mondatta has brilliant production too.

@dancarter482 3 месяца назад

_CHOON!_ For my money that was their last great LP. All went a bit sideways after that.

@Lexy-O 3 месяца назад

I like Ghosts in the Machine but not Synchronicity

@joanneblack7697 2 месяца назад

Thank you, Rick Beato. Hearing you take apart and explain this music is a beautiful thing! When bands got/ get together and come up with their own thing, magic happens. This is an era when each band sounded so unique! Wonderful stuff!!! 🙏🏼💖👍🏼

@Sloozen1 2 месяца назад

In my area this tune was never played on the radio and I'd consider a deep cut. I always loved it and as a young guy I alway thought of it as I walked at night, high. Beautiful.

@kadiummusic 3 месяца назад

75 -85... the greatest decade in pop music. 😎

@mirrorblue100 3 месяца назад

Yes!

@rubicon-oh9km 3 месяца назад

Nah. 67-77.

@neilfitzsimmons1800 3 месяца назад

Totally agree. So many genres.

@jimyeomans6373 3 месяца назад

Thank goodness this is back

@jeremykerner2100 3 месяца назад

I wore out my cassette of Synchronicity at age 10 and I’ve loved them ever since. This song is sublime. 😌 So great to have WMTSG back!

@jamessouth3808 2 месяца назад

I really don’t understand what Rick is talking about most of the time, but i still listen

@zegermanscientist2667 28 дней назад

When I travelled internationally a lot back in the day, this was my song to hear as soon as we were above the clouds. Still can't think of a better one.

@ComDocH 3 месяца назад

This is songwriting at its best. Andy, Sting and Stewart bring their A games. It’s astonishingly simple, but no other band but The Police could have created it.

@leftwrite 3 месяца назад

During the 'Synchronicity' tour stop in Austin, the Police played a now gone outdoor amphitheater called the South Park Meadows. I'll never forget that night. There were 30,000 people in attendance. During their set the weather turned and a very strong wind popped up and started blowing everything around. As the Policed started playing "Walking on the Moon" a large full moon rose above the top of the amphitheater highlighting the swirling dust caused by the wind - it was other worldly. With that song playing as the moon rose in the wind, it was beyond perfect. If only iPhones had been around then to capture the image.

@mc400cricket2 3 месяца назад

I was at that show and remember that cold front blowing through during their set!

@patrickwashburn4501 3 месяца назад

I was there also; I remember the band took off in a helicopter after the show. I was playing in a ska band at the time and we had a few Police covers in our set.

@mightyV444 3 месяца назад

You don't need an iPhone if your mind still remembers it all perfectly like it seems to! 😉

@georgie3 3 месяца назад

A big reason that the 1970s and this record were great is that there were no iPhones.

@christianpolo8852 3 месяца назад

I remember the shock when I heard this song for the first time; the sophistication of every instrument line, yet the powerful, dreamy feeling. I never was interested in playing the guitar until that airy resounding cristal enigmatic Dm11 chord! Wow, a huge universe on itself! The drums, so obsessive, so elegant, like bouncing diamonds, the bass line so effortlessly efficient, that insolent voice tearing the space.. I think that song in particular defined my journey in music and still does!

@ghostrich3948 2 месяца назад

I am in New York right now, 3 streets from Manny's and listening in awe how all the gadgets made this music come to life. 😍

@TrueEarth2112 3 месяца назад

Another example of you breaking down a song, and it instantly becomes one of my favorites of all time.

@ThanksChris 3 месяца назад

Hands up 🙌🏼 who can’t get enough of Police RU-vid content! RB knows this 😅😂

@terryd4025 3 месяца назад

I still remember the first time I heard this song just when it was released ... I was in a shopping centre and it came on the sound system, that guitar chord!!!! I stood stock still and just listened... overwhelmed - It sounded amazing,... otherworldly - I knew it was the Police, of course by the sound. I still love this track to this day. So glad you did a 'What makes this song Great' for Walking on the Moon! Excellent!.

@briangregory6303 3 месяца назад

Waking up to this was like Christmas morning as a kid.

@ramonrojasalmuzara290 3 месяца назад

I cherish the memories of the day I saw The Police live. Not only that one but the ones that went from getting the tickets until the very evening of the concert, the anticipation. It was october 1983 and also Sting's birthday, there was a cake Andy pulled on stage and all the audience sang happy birthday to our idol. Memorable night

@glennmartin4232 3 месяца назад

As time moves on their music is becoming more and more special. One of the great bands.

@billcoonley319 3 месяца назад

A trio of master musicians. They sculpted a true masterpiece here - one of many for The Police!

@BrunoCOHENstudio 3 месяца назад

Dear Rick, thank you so much for showing up that jewel. I was 11 in 1979. I was immediately in love with that song when I heard Walking on the moon for the first time on the radio… then I became a lifetime fan of the Police and of course, Sting. And sharing the individual tracks is priceless thank you thank you thank you !

@Gn_Arnold 3 месяца назад

Listening to this as I'm driving from a Sting show in The Czech Republic ❤

@wilhelmrogue1 3 месяца назад

Sold out!

@JohnSmith-zl8rz 3 месяца назад

I never forget the first that I listen this song!!! at my grandmother home after the school, I miss my grandmother.

@javelin3105 3 месяца назад

Rick you are pure master. The way you enter inside the music is astonishingly beautiful… ..and the fact that you also make people feel it they way you do your true gift. Thank you friend, for what you do and share. 🤟😎🤝

@parachutejjs 3 месяца назад

5 ridiculously great albums released in about 4 1/2 years. Each one different, each one a masterpiece. Rick, you could do this kind of detailed breakdown on just about every track on every album. Genius. I also remember the video. At NASA with Stewart banging on the Saturn Rocket with drumsticks.

@jjh5374 3 месяца назад

Always loved this tune! Copeland’s highhats on this are awesome.

@joreal4 3 месяца назад

This song always sounds incredible. I’ve heard it hundreds of times and it still amazes me. Only the Police could pull this creative experiment off so brilliantly.

@garycourtier4668 5 дней назад

Thank you, Rick. I was 18 in '79 when this record came out. I had it on 8-track tape and wore it out. The whole album is a masterpiece.

@SteveGuion 2 месяца назад

Excellent song. I used to play this song for my three boys when they were toddlers. I believe they loved it because of all the echo and how simple it sounded.

@johnbritolima 3 месяца назад

I always leave a like in all "What Makes This Song Great" because, even though I might not like all the songs examined, I like the fact that Rick dissects them for free on RU-vid.

@mazdaman0075 3 месяца назад

I don't have a clue about music, but I love when Rick breaks down classic songs like this. It's fascinating to me how songs are put together.

@russc.9618 23 дня назад

Somewhere in the mid 1990’s I went on a trip with my then girlfriend to Ouchita state park in Arkansas. One night we were camping on the top of a mountain. It was late and we were relaxing around our campfire. There was a thunderstorm kind of circling the mountain with a great lightning and thunder show in the distance, a cool breeze but not raining. This song came on at the perfect moment during all that and it was one of the most magical moments I’ve ever experienced in my life. It’s a great great song. Miss you J.D.

@philipmarsh3522 3 месяца назад

Those guys made some great music together. I think the percussion on this song is one of the best performances I’ve ever heard.

@jackholmes4948 3 месяца назад

YES!! I’m so glad that this series is back, and this song is GREAT!

@Boblobblaw88 3 месяца назад

Bought the first 2 LPs on the same day. Didn't have speakers at the time so I had to listen on good headphones. What a great way to hear them the first time!

@RCAvhstape 3 месяца назад

The Police always sounded great in headphones. We also used to play it to test out car stereos, too. Especially Wrapped Around Your Finger with that deep bass and sparkly cymbals.