Why STING is UNCOPYABLE 

This is like a higher art form of music reviewing.

I agree and listen to the Police now more than ever. Or Joni Mitchel for the first time. Does Spotify (or any other app) see a increase in streams (or downloads) for an artist after Rick features them is a video?

@@garycross90 That is a great question, I wish I had the chops and time to find out... the Beato Bump?

@@RAkers-tu1ey Hahahaha the Beato Bump, nice

Btowns_World, well said sir. Thank you.

Nice

😁

Zing...

You deserve more than 10 likes for that one...

Take your Like and gtfo

I feel the same way and I have such different tastes than he does yet the dude is so informative and fun.

Agree. Enjoy his enthusiam and insights.

Just watching him; listening to him is so soothing.. what a great guy.

He doesn't love modern pop.

​@@mrbigbosskojak Because modern pop is ever increasingly devoid of true artistry and creativity. I'm not saying there aren't great artists out there but the field of modern (mainstream) pop music is dominated by over-produced music written and composed by industry-professionals with the sole purpose of appealing to the masses. Modern mainstream pop lacks people like Sting, David Bowie or Kate Bush.

The only one who can cover his song is him self :D

Well, what about his part in Dire Straights' "I want my MTV?" It's the exact melody from "Don't Stand So Close To Me." Don't stand... Don't stand on... Don't stand on my TV

@@sketchur , well, sure, he borrows lines from himself. There's a song on Ten Summoner's Tales (Seven Days?) where he borrows his line "it's a big enough umbrella..." But his songwriting style keeps evolving. Each album is full of songs that wouldn't have been possible on previous albums.

By ripping off something new

@@sketchur true that!

Indeed, Every little thing he does, just turns us on.

.... except that song 😄

😻

No one has ever made this joke before

And no one can stand close to him... musically speaking

I remember the guitar playing & drumming as the remarkable attention riveter in Police's hits. Their relaxed high energy made a great contrast to the tense whininess of the vocals.

Absolutely! I really love Sting’s solo work, and Dominic Miller is one of my few fetish guitarists, but The Police was bigger than the sum of its parts...

@@BluegillGreg haha

GuilhaMarinho finally someone mentions Dominic Miller, fantastic guitarist, wrote some nice guitar parts in sting’s songs

the drumming was outta this world

I just wrote that yesterday in answer to Rick's questioning the keys switches in the 4 minute, because the chorus Sting uuses is from lute players in Chaucer's time. When I was in Cambridge in the 90's I heard some of those from recreation street "troubadours" and theatre groups of the 1300's speaking in Mid English and all. Sting must have a big Kilombo of musical knowledge in his head like Dylan or Lennon had, because you can also sense the Jazz even in his most Punk songs or Reggae infused New Wave even. But I know this now not back then when I was only a kid in my early teens and I had the chance to be in the MtMarsan festival that year, and I saw them as some unknowns, and their Music was really of a very distinctive and rich quality from the rest of Punks in the whole place, and there was raw Power in so many bands. I had no idea who these guys were and how much rich baggage they had in musical expertise. I had quitted Piano after onl a year in it, but my sister continued for another 9 years so I had to sit by and listening the practices anyway and help her some times, Second hand of piano of sorts, so I developed later on a taste for older forms of Music than classical Piano, mostly after Bach only. Then listening to Sting again after so many years, I recognized or understood better what he was doing or from where, he's a primitivist either by instinct or exposure too

And that's from a Pendragon, no less! :O Jokes aside guys, love both of your comments. I was initially thinking this Dorian stuff etc sounds like some medieval-type music, too.

This!

He would probably have much to discuss with Richie Blackmore, then.

I totally agree with what you just posted. That's why I like it too.

I agree. I love music but I don’t play any instruments. Rick’s knowledge and insights into music brings another level of appreciation for me.

Same here. I like the theory behind the music. It’s like a formula to emotion and thoughts - putting art into words. Only one recommendation - to feature more artists of colour, although I know this channel is more about rock and pop song artists.

Exactly!

D. ALL OF THE ABOVE ☝🏼

My thought is that, "Rick Beato, you Sir are also uncopyable.". Probably my favorite RU-vid channel. And you just explained what it is that I find so fascinating about the music of Sting and The Police. Been trying to figure it out since '79!

People have never stopped putting thought and skills in music although it's simply that it ain't as popular now. with that being said, the uniqueness of today's music can be found in the production aspect. Just look at Billie Eilish, she is being laughed at from certain people because they think her music is just regular pop music but when you take the time to listen to the production behind the songs, you realize how much work went into it.

@@zynosgd9982 Including ripping off The Doors

@@ibnsina9486 Hey, at least she has some taste. Where did she copy from the doors, BTW?

@@regiramanathan6245 Can't remember the tune's name, but it stole from People are Strange. You can look for it here on youtube.

Less Sting, more FAF cast for you Sir !!

@@agentcooper497 soon. Battling a cold right now. :)

@@GyleCast hope it's not the covid. 👍

Or when you know alot about music and Beato teaches you even more by showing how Sting works.

Just like I feel.

Big police fan love those old albums wish you would do a special on Pete Townshend and the Who

Shape of My Heart is also simple and elegant 💛

Same. I was also 11 when this album came out. 1981-1984 were just magical years for music and only now that I'm listening to some of my favorites in midlife on a good sound system / headphones do I appreciate how talented so many musicians of that era were.

I totally agree - I got into Sting as my first exposure to Western music (I'm from India), I was 12 when I got CDs of Synchronicity, Sacred Love and Dream of The Blue Turtles. It took me ages to realize how properly sophisticated his music is.

My dad is a huge beatles and queen fan, and got me into them at a young age just by playing their music in the car or at home, and I'm sure almost all music that I like today was directly or indirectly influenced by that.

Had this exact thought before I saw this comment.

@The Sanford Method Anyone brings more to the table than Sting, with that totally weak lame-ass music. There's nothing like listening to stink to help put you to sleep.

Flametopology It’s clear you don’t like the guy or his music, but weak lame-ass could not be farther from the truth.

Totally! Stewart Copeland comes at a distant second, but none is like Beato.

Well said. Rick and Ben Eller are the two who have by far helped me the most

He is an awesome teacher, isn't he? I'll second that emotion.

Just like when we recognize that some thing has quality but don't have the words to express why. Rick's gift is to be able to define and verbalize it for us.

So true. I can’t play anything or read music but I am mesmerized by Rick.

Thank you for articulating for many of us why Rick's videos are so incredibly inspiring and exciting! Perhaps that's your gift? To be able to say beautifully what the rest of us have trouble putting into words. Thank you to both you and Rick!!

Well said, Bryan. I could never have expressed myself as eloquently as you just have. Thank you. Rick reminds me of a truly outstanding teacher I had in high school. The type of person that gets you excited about what you're learning.

relativism

The even better part is when we can hear Bach or Dowland or other classical influences in the songs themselves (it's obvious he loves Classical and Early Baroque music). It's really special.

I also thought sting and steely dan had a strong resemblance!

Imagine sthe Supergroup of Sting Steeley Stills and Seals

...Featuring Seal

Also Flea should join the lead singer of the tubes...Fee and Flea

Born with an amazing gift for shizzle

I graduated with a music degree back in 2008 and watching Rick's videos is like being back there, love it.

I know! It’s so cool that we can watch stuff like this nowadays. 😄

What he said...

Couldn’t agree more :)

Except he's ALLERGIC to the Sixties and somewhat to the 50's.

Same I’m a metalhead but somethin about Sting just sounds so unique

Lol, I was sort of the same, in a way. I grew up listening to early emo music which turned into a love for metal music because emo wasn’t hard enough. Then I found Sting and The Police when I was probably 23-24 and instantly became a super fan overnight.

there's no limit to the amount of gratefulness for their short lived career as a band

I've been coming across some people lately who claim that Sting & The Police were just pretending to be smart or sophisticated. When they really were both smart and sophisticated. It's annoying, but I doubt these people know a thing about writing music or appreciate the complexity of it.

@@LucidDream The amazing thing is that they wrote complex music that the audience actually liked! Most modern listeners hate complex music. Hurts their brains.

I wish I had said that. Right on point.

After watching some short documentaries on Sting when he was young and struggling as an artist you really start to appreciate him as an artists over what you remember him as a pop star/actor. I use to think he was just some smarmy Englishman, but over the years I've learned that he was actually from a working class background from Northern England not some aristocrat from Sussex LOL

I loved the story....Thanks for that ☮️

That’s one for the book/grandchildren.. 😏

I am beyond jealous 😭

If you wanna glimpse more into Andy, check out Lenny Breau!! He must've mentioned him!

Fantastic! Lucky dawg :)

He gives you this great beat and something to think about in the song. I've never heard just a nothing or throwaway song. I think he would drop dead if he wrote one. The closest is Take Me To the Sunshine which was requested by a Japanese resort and even then its has something to it.

I love Synchronicity , played that album non - stop ❤️

Dude. I think it’s like 39 yrs old.

17 and the same

@@RockHudrock I was referring to my age, not the album’s.

From Japan, totally agree

They don’t think it’s fair use. Everyone of these is demonetized.

@@RickBeato youtube content creators should really have a seat and voice at the table at the Board. The abuse of takedown notifications needs to be curbed

@@philipk4475 That will not happen, for reasons we are not allowed to openly discuss.

@@a2ndopynyn not allowed to openly discuss? Nonsense. It's about expediency and attemting to placate the music industry so they don't face down a never-ending barrage of lawsuits. What is required is a change in legislature: the pendulum of copyright protection has swung too far in favor of authors and needs to swing back in favor of the public.

9/8! It's so cool! That's another of my favorite things about Sting -- he's so playful with time signatures.

200 years ago the American legal system was simple and mostly fair. We had many political sins to pay for but our courts were the finest in the world. Now we have gone through two hundred years of pain and tribulation to atone for our sins in the service of a political union, but in the mean time allowed lawyers to utterly ruin our system of courts.

60's through the 90's had an INSANE AMOUNT OF TALENT. The past 20 years even after mid 2000's, ROCK IS DEAD , unfortunately

​@@sheldoniusRex "200 years ago the American legal system was simple and mostly fair"?? None of which has anything to do with music, or the demonetization of videos. 200 years ago was 1821 a year after the Missouri Compromise. it was a time when only white males had any iota of justice, black people were mostly enslaved, had no rights, and a time local constables would deputize citizens and go in a roving mob to lynch people without a trial. WITH a trial they would railroad people with little to no evidence and/ or cause. This was when there was virtually no such thing as "Jury of my Peers", and there was only one type of judge...a rich white male. Wasn't the Dred Scott decision approx that era?

@@chazmartin5725 yes.

@@chazmartin5725 and Dred Scott was 1857.

Rick: Let me set the battlements on fire ;-)

The paiano part right at it's the same old thing as yesterday.

@@ruminator3570 Yes, as is Invisible Sun

That siren sound is ghostly.

Other 2?

I don't know much about the science of music, but I've been a Police fan since the 80's and what I've come to learn over the years of videos and interviews is that Andy is a master and truly underrated - to the average person. Police fans know otherwise. His knowledge, dedication to the craft, continual learning and natural talent puts him in into another category of guitarists (I think a lot of what U2's Edge has done is attributable to Andy's influence, so much so, that he wrote a prologue or Foreward in Andy's book One Train Later). Sting and Stewart were lucky to have him; we were lucky to have him. If there's a guitar Hall of Fame, he needs to be there without question.

Stewart said that Andy joining the band unlocked or unleashed Sting's songwriting talent.

Andy was the solo warm up act the first time I saw Tangerine Dream in Berkeley back in the 80's. He was doing guitar synth sequencer stuff that utterly blew my mind. Of course then Tangerine Dream made my head explode, but I digress. And Stewart is simply a mad man. Talk about a nexus of talent.

Those were an amazing , outstanding band. .

We definitely took The Police for granted ! We were spoiled !

100%

It’s all about money! Record execs can be some of the lowest forms of life! Read about CCR and what was done to John Fogarty by his own brother and band mates, then add in the scumbag they sold his music to w/o his permission! I have no idea how they get away with it!!

Without those companies you'd have never heard of Sting. Promotion and development aren't free.

@@DrAvery-lc6bs Promotion and development are one thing. Turning an artist's music into absolute slop is another.

He played as part of the Animals - well before the police ever played. A decade older than the other two guys.

Interesting to hear Sting admit he basically recorded Synchronicity on his own, then brought it to Andy and Stewart to dub in their parts. I'm sure that drove Andy nuts. Knowing what we now know, it's hard not to view Synchronicity as Sting's first solo album (minus Mother and the excellent Miss Gradenko).

@@hpsfl I read somewhere that Andy also played with Kevin Coyne and Kevin Ayres, and was a member of King Crimson, all before joining the Police. Sting, Stuart and Andy met at a recording session that they were all individually booked for. Andy's solo albums are also very credible in my opinion.

Andy Summers is a legend guitar player - full respect!

Andy summers didn't play on this. This was sting.

Had the same feeling watching this!

I dont even play an I LOVE watching him. So smart, common sense and goes so deep in music theory. And does it with such passion and sometimes humor. Never dull. I can't stop watching them even though I've seen them before. Yeah, I wish I had the music gene. :) I just dabble.

Says a lot when Geddy Lee says The Police were very influential to Rush - both are a thinking man's (or woman's) music

@@MS-jc9sy As a 40 year Rush lover, I couldn't agree more! So many parallels between Rush and the Police, in many ways "identical" bands with brilliant musicians expressing themselves in different musical genres, but both equally compelling and groundbreaking. So much mutual respect over the years between The Police and Rush. Copeland is a spectacular drummer and complete respect between him and Peart. Same for Lifeson and Summers, both guitarists known more for creating gorgeous walls of sound to fill out the trio audio space than for outright shredding, though Alex and Andy can rip when appropriate. And of course, Ged and Sting. I do think Ged is the "superior" bassist from a technical standpoint, but no question Sting is a brilliant musician and songwriter. What a time it was to watch both bands basically take over the world around the same period. cheers!

Was it the police that was special, or sting the innovator

Well said.

His lyrics became more sophisticated, but there's no replacing Copeland and Summers imo.

I thought they were a message in a bottle?

I would have preferred them to stay together

@@juttamaier2111 Oh for sure. They are great together.

Jan Jakob For me it has always stood out. It has that contrast between contemplating verse and majestic chorus... pure delight for my ears and feelings. Rick’s video helped me realize the string Sting is pulling there. I wish you reconsider the song. :)

Yes please

Check out some of Andy's solo work. It's jazz oriented. The Golden Wire was a good album. The Charming Snakes album is good too. My favorite track is "Mexico 1920."

yes, same here. Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland cannot be credited enough tbh.

Mr. Sasshole, that's interesting. Sting's songs outside of The Police often veer into the "too saccharin" (although Dream of the Blue Turtles approximately hit the right (blue) note, I think). Hence, Summers/Copeland "toughening up" his songs during The Police era must have had a lot to do with extracting excess sugariness. Can you give a link to an example interview where those guys talk about that?

@@MsCygnusX1 I have indeed :) Mexico 1920 is a wonderful track. Dream Trains might be my favorite though of his solo work.

@@jtraxy Sadly, it was probably 20 years back in a print guitar magazine. I'm blessed with a very good memory and I remember the quote quite clearly, but I've never been able to find that interview.

Agreed!☺

Yes

*Nothing Like the Sun* is one of my top albums, from anyone.

Amen.

who cares about copying STING? yuck

You’re gonna be really bummed when, in the follow-on video, he reveals Sting’s whole catalog-including the Police-is the work of Max Martin. LOL

Not to mention that nobody stretches as far as Sting to get his lyrics to rhyme.

YOU got it there. Playing linear instrumental lines that may or may not oppose the linear vocal lines you are singing, while keeping it all precise and articulate/interesting, AND emotionally/lyrically CAPTIVATING, is nearly impossible. Except if you're Sting.

You forgot Pink!

So did I!! 😊

Me too! Work can wait...

IKR?

Hahahaha!!!! ME TOO!

Wow, I LOVE so many Gordon Sumner/"Sting" songs! I totally agree, some of those moves are just so... oh man... dramatically pleasing! He's got so _many_ great songs, like Coldplay does! I'd love to write a pop song that had even half the brilliance as these two! I've written 2 hymns but I hardly know anything about these modes or even the names of the chords and how they work. There's so MUCH to learn about how to make and notate music that it makes my head spin!

The interesting thing about how you make sens of your childhood is that both dad and mom make a lot of sens

And I can see that in your musical interest which are so eclectic

@@antoinerobert7753 and $ too

Regatta deblanc

Yep. To me the first 4 albums were absolutely perfect. After that things started to go wrong. The last 3 pop albums were utter crap, the Shaggy cooperation included. But I like "Songs from the Labyrinth" and "If on a Winter's Night".

@@22fret couldn't have said it better. Something rips me in half when I listen to beds to big without you.

@@22fret all I made was one mistake.....now the beds to big without you......pure genius in word play.

I agree... genius. I'd love to here Sting talk about how he writes. Melody first and lyrics? Chords? Together? A lot of his stuff is so complex and so well crafted. But the songs don't sound complex. They sound like good songs.

Yes, it is, and so was I. Many think Pete Townshend's work (probably "Empty Glass") influenced Sting's creation of this wonderful song.

There used to be isolated tracks from Synchronicity II here on RU-vid, but which are now gone. It was amazing to hear the parts on their own, especially Copeland's, but it was especially fun to discover on the vocal tracks that Sting was doing what I've been doing for more than 30 years, which is to go "Tsss Tsss," when Copeland's hi-hats make that sound during the F# introduction and what you call "the monster part."

you can learn all of that by searshing and watching videos on his channel, everything is in here, that's how I begun to learn about theory :)

That's me exactly.

song of the blue turtles

Rick is the best...he is one of a kind. Flawless taste and a wealth of knowledge

Come on in friend, the water is fine. :-)

He was in Missing411

I’m a percussion player; no clue!

Not sure- Been watching this since 2019 and there were about a million subs then!

And instead they are just giving threats to such great youtubers like Rick Beato... Instead of supporting the music comunity they are bringing them down

Absolutely !

@@johnk3195 Indeed my man!

Unbelievably, The Police and Sting are Underrated. It takes a special world to make that happen.

Andy Summers super underrated guitarist, and obviously Stu Copeland is a beast on drums.

@@shadowspectrum Walking On The Moon is an absolute _masterclass_ in how to use cymbals.

Sting and the Police are way before my time, but I love their music. Seven Days, An Englishman in NY and Russians are real bangers...complex ones. I also love The Police's work like Do do do do Da da da da, Don't Stand So Close to Me, Canary in a Coal Mine, Tea in the Sahara, So Lonely and Every Little Thing She Does is Magic. A lot of our younger generation is getting turned onto their tracks and love the writing and how much substance there is in his songs. Unlike today where pop is so bland and sounds so similar(outside a few bands). Also, I love the acoustic version of Message in a Bottle too.

@@SecularSpinach There's a fossil that's trapped in a high cliff wall, that's my soul up there There's a dead salmon frozen in a waterfall, that's my soul up there There's a blue whale beached by a springtide's ebb, that's my soul up there There's a butterfly trapped in a spider's web, that's my soul up there I have stood here before inside the pouring rain With the world turning circles running 'round my brain I guess I'm always hoping that you'll end this reign But it's my destiny to be the king of pain

No do about it. A good friend of mine and I would sit around and just marvel at his lyrics whether with the Police or solo. Canary in a Coalmine, When the World is Running Down, Invisible Sun, all of the Jung references, ideologies in Synchronicity, and the entire lyrical content of the Turtles album. Actually, all of his solo works. His lyrics are thought provoking, timeless, and captivating. Sting truly is a Renaissance man. As someone who is not a musician but a fan of so many different genres of music, my ear always knew enough to realize the complexities in his writing beyond the lyrical content. Thanks to Rick, he dug down to explain these complexities in a few of his songs. I always knew, too much was going on those songs with all his songs to be just simple pop songs. He is an exceptional bass player and his lines were always very moody, thought provoking, and the backbone of the Police tunes. You mix that with Stewart’s out of this world drumming, odd meter, and thumping beat, you had one of the best rhythm sections in rock music. Andy always complemented them well. He is a great guitarist who always seemed a little scaled back in his playing. I am sure he would have liked more virtuoso solos but when needed, said solos, always fleshed out the songs. Sting has always played with the best musicians. He, Stewart, Andy, Branford, Omar, Kenny, Dominic, Vinny, David, and all those musicians in the all star shows. My first live show was a Sting solo show. He, Dominic, Vinny, David Sancious, and Vinx during the Soul Cages tour. A marvelous show. I was fortunate enough to catch the Police twice during their reunion tour. Been a big fan of Sting since my elementary, junior high days, late 70s, early 80s and like Rick, I always felt that he was a musical genius. Thanks to Rick’s analysis, I see his genius more beyond being just a great lyricist and bass player.

Ten Sumner's Tales was brilliant! Really was a great album for me as a young bass player..

I’m not so sure about that..... as far as I know, that’s Sting singing ‘i want my MTV’ at the beginning of the song..... “The song features an introduction with Sting singing “I want my MTV”. Because of this, this was the first song played on MTV Europe when it began airing. Sting received a songwriting credit for the intro, and consequently this is one of only three Dire Straits songs not credited to Mark Knopfler alone.”

schreineinAV it’s in the intro and outro.

I think it was raised a key on the Straits song.

Yeah 8:49 in this video...

@@schreineinAV He sings backup vocals throughout the song. Intro, Outro, and harmonies in the choruses.

Nice!!

Sting only wrote the lyrics to that. Its a Dominic Miller tune

Paul Lubson Oh. Was not aware. Thanks

Yeah, Dorian Gray never gets old, right?

Why Thank You

lol he's definitely more popular than his sisters Mixolidian and Frigian.

@@dougimmel nah wrong Dorian. It is John Dorian from Scrubs.

@@LednacekZ Nah, it's Lee Dorrian from Cathedral (and Napalm Death, as it happens).

Yea I was big in to Police and Jazz in the 80s. Police were great live and later I appreciated Stings use of jazz musicians. I was in Mahavishu, Billy Cobham, Jean Luc Ponty etc.

Thank you. All of them are jazz fans. I'm really sick of reading Sting slander because ppl are still upset about the Police disband. Sting is not this monster. The other member will tell you the same. He just had more to do with his music. At least they went out on top.

Yep, let's not forget Sting played BASS on The Police. Andy Summers laid a lot of the riffs. That's not to say Sting wasn't da Boss and the one composing most songs.

Correct both andy and sting are very good Jazz players and Copeland comes from a Prog background. That’s why they worked so well together.

@@WromWrom Yes, and also don't forget that quite often the bass line timing and melody timing seemed to be almost completely disconnected from each other, and only connected now and then. Roxanne comes to mind. Actually playing that is really, really difficult. Your head has to practically split in two to be able to play both at the same time. Which I can't.

His solo career did not have the same impact despite surrounding himself with some of the best players in the world. Shows what Andy and Stu brought to the table.

@@ordinalkirk nice sentiment, but I think you're misremembering. Dream of the Blue Turtles in 1985 did fairly well commercially, and anyways, getting Branford Marsailles onboard is not the move of someone looking to maximize album sales, but looking for new challenges. Dream of the Blue Turtles and Nothing Like the Sun; these works got both critical praise and commercial success- many grammy and brit nominations and awards. I don't think "impact" is truly measured in sales, but I don't understand in what other way you think his solo work had less impact. Perhaps you are being overly nostalgic. It's a mistake to compare Sting's Police period to his solo work. If you want to compliment Andy and Stu that's great, I fully agree, but I'd argue this "impact" idea is just in your head. Research the albums, sales, awards, and measure you want. Then give me any objective measure of this "impact". I think you will reconsider.

It's a explosive, prog pop opera. It's 3 minutes instead of 20 not that there's anything wrong with a 20 min journey.

The Soul Cages is a masterpiece. I have loved since I listened to it for the first time. Maybe his best solo album. Absolutely brilliant!

Might be my overall favorite of his albums.

Finally some love for Soul Cages! Why should I cry for you and When the Angels Fall are beautiful songs.

@@VIDS2013 I saw him in concert I think it was 98 or 99 and he sang for about 3 hours until he was losing his voice. Such a generous Artist.