Rock History: The Police "Message in a Bottle" 1st time live

[1800204]

what year is this?

[mollendinousa]

S.O.S !!!

[TheBillStickers]

1:44 Sting slips up and shows us all his Geordie roots... like

[dylan9241]

171 People were arrested by the po po.

[mummylips]

they should record together again,,would be cool

[schedule1]

Fuckin' great! I've owned this show on bootleg vinyl since high school (I'm 43 now) and never knew video existed. Thanks so much for posting.

[STARRBUCK1973]

MY SHIT!

[s9bryant]

In defense of the 141 people who didn't get the message: There are thousands who think GW piloted all 3 planes!

[MrJcsettlemyre]

141 people didn't get their message in a bottle.

[PaleRider81]

history..

[EXCEDRIN10]

stings so fucking kool



[haedhunter77]

fucking amasing shit *-*

listen to it the 20 time ^^

ok im a bit drunk but who interestit in ? :D

[cookedmosquito]

@haedhunter77 i'm interested

[haedhunter77]

@cookedmosquito why ? ._.

[cookedmosquito]

@haedhunter77 i dont know

[haedhunter77]

@cookedmosquito ahm serious o_o

[cookedmosquito]

@haedhunter77 trousers

[haedhunter77]

@cookedmosquito ^^

[SanoRodriguez]

@haedhunter77

youre right.

that so fuckin amasing intrestin shit: what did u drink? )))))

[haedhunter77]

@SanoRodriguez beer of course :D

[xxxyourxxxyouxxx]

shit,i'm too drunk,(i work, i'm 37) 2 posts ago i wanted to to write : i ' l l w r i t e. No appologies. All Apologies. Just fuck that "type".

[mewagewa]

Nie stać Cię na baton !!! xD 1:15

[oligardner10]

2.35 he calls them WANKERS lol

[pittigaiu]

andy summers ha la chitarra leggermente scordata,grandi comunque

[SuperGorak]

Hehe, I can play the riff better than the guitarist in this video :D

[BillyPorter1]

@SuperGorak

Try playing it in front of a live audience in a band situation . Its easy to play in your bedroom sitting down playing along to the video

[SuperGorak]

@BillyPorter1 I know cause I have played in front of a couple hundred people. I was kind of trolling anyways

[UnderTheAffluence]

@SuperGorak More importantly, try writing it!

[xxxyourxxxyouxxx]

@SuperGorak How many riffs like this did you create?

[SuperGorak]

@xxxyourxxxyouxxx a few. No kidding. I know I seem arrogant but it's not that hard. The melodie centers around a simply harmony. In fact the riff is always the same chord in 4 different notes. Not that hard to write. But a riff doesn't make a song

[xxxyourxxxyouxxx]

@SuperGorak o.k. you wrote a few. i'd like to hear them. Are you Andrew summers yourself? Are you THE guitar hero? Sorry, but let's make a team, send me your riffs (but only if they are as good as this) and i'll wrote a song that moves the whole world!

Sorry again, but Y O U D O N ' T G E T I T

[xxxyourxxxyouxxx]

Auf dieses Video antworten... Let's ignore the idiots. I'll try to.

I'm sorry I responded..

GREAT VID. THANKS SO MUCH!

[subaruwrxsti300]

thank you nitch72 for that nice video!

[tennis11ish]

I could watch Stewart Copeland play the drums for HOURS......

[Nitrodex]

hahahaah .. MESECINA BATO :DDD

[moshimonsters09]

wow

[stevevandien]

 Anybody have a DATE for this extraordinary performance? -

[mkiron126]

Who is Chris might be?

[daringdari]

Anozzer lonely ray :)

[ieBrazil]

today they's say: "I'll send a post message to the world / messasge on my Facebook" ~ I just made this up!

[ARC1313]

Classic and Epic

[MrYankees611]

i think the guitarist made a mistake around 1:49 lol

[indira1ruby]

does anyone know, what kind of effects are used on the guitar? :O

[Delgift]

@indira1ruby When covering this song I use a chorus pedal plus a very little amount of distortion. I think Andy likes using a little bit of flanger.

[indira1ruby]

@Delgift Thank you! :)

[Latoshabrown777]

I love Sting. I want to perform with him. LaTosha Brown.

[AlventaXL]

@Kralimarko222 He comes from North Tyneside ;P

[TheMoochmasta]

@AlventaXL Is he British?

[AlventaXL]

@TheMoochmasta Worse, he's an Englishman ;P They have awful food but also the best musicians ( and the weather too of course ;D )

[avm15101990]

stings riffs are timeless!

and an amazing worout!



[MrSlitskirts]

I like the slightly different 2nd "paused" lead guitar riff.

[bati9rst]

heavier version...I love it!!!

[MrSlitskirts]

Great solid body guitar sounds......regards.

[dano555666]

Copeland is a serious fucking dudebro. He's the kind of person that balances all the shit in the world by giving us just a bit of greatness.

[sootyferrari65]

The ending was a tad strong for Sting wasnt it?

[norhamdan1985]

dang..andy summers must be high or drunk..because he plays the easy pleasy intro so crappily

[fsrodeo81]

what a bloody groove...long life to MR. Copeland...

[djdeviant1]

Tune that guitar Andy :-)

[Bisirsky]

shit, i'm weeping. Really. Hate to weep, I'm not emo/gay

[mwilliamrocha1]

\o/



[FrReifersheid]

i am not gay, but Stings voice sounds like a long, good orgasm!

[prijedorcity]

is sting playing on a fret less bass

[unkochbar28]

@prijedorcity mostly, yes

[martinfelix22]

Qué video y música tan chingonaaaaaaa!!!!

[clmsntigr113]

What a great tune. Been really listening to em a lot since I got their greatest hits.

[Voodoochile316]

The guitar sounds a bit scratchy here, not the best tone, but it stands out over the bass better than it does on the record

[revolutionBEASTIE777]

136 people didn't get their message in a bottle

[AK74Man87]

@revolutionBEASTIE777 No you got it wrong, they got hit in the head with a message in a bottle lol

[Cliathairi]

Just epic....

[1971SuperLead]

136 people are out of their fucking mind.

[jake180289]

Such a fucking tune

[Thanquol180]

they sound great to me. sting has one of the most unique voices in all music.

[megaforcemedia]

The Police had a different gutiarist when they started out but he wasn't really good. So they fired him and yet they continued to send him money through the years and he's quite happy about it.

[ATLJumpers]

Andy Summers just got off work @ Pottery Barn FTW

[RonSafreed]

135 people did not get their messages in their bottles.

[draconian219]

que buena cancione !!!

[matt2blank]

Flaschenpost!

[polkpolk16]

Best version of this song <3 + live :D

[pavelb1]

Disagree. They sound fine on URGH! A MUSIC WAR. and when they reunited to play that small club before their reunion tour.

[KylenaSinger]

@nitch72...cracker! Cheers from Oz...:)

[norecess89]

great song..sounds like garbage live tho..wooo fuck

[MikeAlessi33]

@norecess89 dude.....this is amazing. R u sure your speakers arent fucked up? im not being a dick....im dead serious.....somthing is wrong with your computer.....

[norecess89]

@MikeAlessi33 lol ur on crack dude .. i love the police .. but this is crap .. if you can't sound the way you do on a album..you suck.

[HollywoodDitz]

@norecess89 name me one artist that sounds exactly the same live and studio. It's kind of impossible without lipsynching, because your sound is battling a huge crowd, you're moving around a lot more, and plus the sound system is crappier here. The Police are amazing. I don't hear one detracting sound. I don't know the extent of your musical knowledge, but as I play five different instruments, played in symphonies and concerts, and know acoustics, I'd say their amazing.

[norecess89]

@HollywoodDitz Nobody sounds the same live..but there are many who are very close and can sing in key!!! lol oh yeah..if the sound system is crappier, then you shouldn't play.

[HollywoodDitz]

@norecess89 yes, and the Police are very close and in key. Take in to account the technology at the time. Very extremely limited compared to now. Also look at the roof.Terrible acoustics, right? And remember there are only three men up there that don't exactly cover all the auxilory used in the song. Just wondering what could make you think that though.. The only thing I can hear is the sound being a little gapped and echoed.

[norecess89]

@HollywoodDitz I'm still not convinced. When a person can sing..they can kick ass anywhere they sing. Lets put excuses aside. i checked out other videos and the guitar still sounds horrible..they must have had terrible techs or just shitty equipment. the police is just a studio band. <3 love you hollywood lol

[HollywoodDitz]

@norecess89 hmm.. idk i guess our standards are different. or maybe it's just me and three million other people XD love ya to braski.

[CosmoKrameryyz]

@HollywoodDitz Rush sound the same live as they do in the studio.But to get to the point,Andy is not using any chorus effects on his telecaster on this version for some reason.I think they were still recording "Reggatta"at this time so maybe he wasnt sure how he should layer his guitar sound for MIAB.That said,this is gold dust as it's the first time they played to a crowd what i would regard as one of the greatest songs ever wrtitten.

[MikeAlessi33]

@norecess89 Dude.....this isnt bad.....and thats not true...led zeppelin didnt sound like they did on the albums....did they suck? u cant possibly sound exactly like you did when u recorded somthing. but i understand what u mean. it is a let down when bands arent as good live. Music is played best when it comes from an instrument not a CD. You wud like the band MUSE if you dont know them already.

[norecess89]

@MikeAlessi33 well you are right. There are a lot of bands that sound great live..their sound is good..their vocals are great..they can stay in tune..but a lot of these bands suck live. I just finished watching a peter frampton video..and he sounds great live. i'm sorry but sting can't sing very well live..he might as well get fucked up and just smash his bass on the guitarists head.

[Milesback1]

@norecess89 lol at least he doesnt fuck everything up like Plant does

[norecess89]

@MikeAlessi33 copy and paste in the search engine...."Peter Frampton Do You Feel Like We Do Midnight Special 1975 FULL" its live. now that 's how you play live! woo!!!

[ColtraneTaylor]

@TheDorisNoris True

[eyeletsound]

gracias a esta y otras canciones la inmortalidad de los grandes perdurara, la música y el talento de algunos de nosotros es el alma y corazón de la vida misma. gracias the police.

[eyeletsound]

gracias a esta y otras canciones la inmortalidad de los grandes perdurara, la musica y el talento de algunos de nosotros es el alma y corazon de la vida misma. gracias the police.

[ColtraneTaylor]

@TheDorisNoris eek! Boy he got a late start for those day. Still rocked though.

[theMrsaian]

guitar sounds a bit out of tune at the beginning, but awesome song anyways!!!!

[Dav998]

"Hi Chris.." hahaha great

[mrcapelop]

bellissima

[Yosimar]

fucking shit this Band, i never understand why the people say the are like Gods, the singer is the worset,,,,,

[MaceAce64]

@Yosimar just cause your opinion is different doesnt make it the only correct option

there's no such thing as "shit music". everyones opinion is different.

[bobodd5]

this guy is worse than a gay karaoke singer (fuck off) you cannot sing and are shite at guitar

[888Frosch]

Saint koppschuss wär schon weiter, und auch weniger weiter. con y sin

[Kralimarko222]

0:43 AnoZer lonely day! :D

~

[Djdjipe]

@Kralimarko222 this.

[whoohaaXL]

The main riff is a little tricky if you haven't done your finger stretches, Lol....

[summerofska]

@whoohaaXL no shit HAHA im trying to learn it i needa hit the bong a couple times to loosen up!

[whoohaaXL]

@summerofska Haha! True that brother! Ska fan eh? Same here man, pretty much mastered "Turn the Radio Off" from Reel Big Fish as the first album I learned guitar with.

[summerofska]

@whoohaaXL nice. i used to just play punk but ska forced me to learn barre chords.

[RayoDesertico]

@whoohaaXL Agreed, especially on a Fender scaled guitar. It's a little easier on Gibson scaled instruments but then you dont get the tone entirely right.lol

[Rebelutopy]

@whoohaaXL So true! D: my fingers are crying XD

[metastasisman]

The dislikes probably didn't like that Sting's air is actually dark here.

Good song, sounds a little rockier than usual for The Police. Then again, it is one of their rockier songs, and pretty early in their career.

[xstrawberry86x]

cool great song e ever

[george68509]

4:30 -->euxaristw

[marcel21covers]

lol, I'm 14 and i wish have borned before ;_;

[bababoum]

One of the greatest songs ever written.

[DutchNewbJr]

"i hope that someone gets my, message in a bottle"

well , i got ur message bro! :D

[Nyquest]

We're the Barmy what Army?

Takes me right back....anyone spot the plastic kids motorbike helmet...I had one in the 70's.......

[oliviaethan]

Terrific man!!!! Luv youtube. Everyone has something special to share with us all. Thanks for this video. : )

[MrCilantro95]

cool song

[camcoop25]

Sounds like Andy hasn't quite smoothed out the riff yet - it is a little clunky still.

[Liveeruptsuj]

Totally, but you can imagine playing something new like this, and maybe not being rehearsed enough. Sounds decent still though.

[camcoop25]

@Liveeruptsuj

Oh yeah, it was just that he hadn't quite decided yet exactly how he wanted to phrase it. First time out for any new song is always going to be a little shaky.

[camcoop25]

@camcoop25

Yes, Sting is fond of claiming that riff, but this may have been the way he presented it to Andy. Summers was not exactly an unaccomplished guitarist technically at that point. 

[Gretschdrums75]

Ahh yes. I just listened to the Sting version of this song for the Pairings Tuscany thing pimping his Sister Moon wine. This has angst. It sounds like a guy who has nads. The other version sounds like a guy who is ashamed of his past that got him digs in Tuscany. Ha! Stew and Andy make him sound the best to me...

[tychonaut]

video killed the radio star

[oZo61]

@tychonaut

Internet killed the video star.

[tychonaut]

@oZo61 Meh... it's still music coming through your eyes instead of your ears.

But you are right, internet kills *everything*. It's the final boss.

[SuperJames94]

Lovely song

[jrod2702]

this is just pure music gold all the shit they play (not the band but the radio stations) today is meaningless compared to some of the older songs like this and many others (too many to mention)

[manpower386]

what year was this? Sounds amazing!!

[qazxnx08]

@manpower386

that's for sure. its obviously one of their own camera crews, but its still much better than other recording from this time period. Probably was cleaned up digitally.

[genericgeorge]

@manpower386 1979

[Bieroern]

even if this song is double as old as me i just can say that it is a fuckin' masterpiece. unfortunately the most music of today is just crap. i mostly listen to old school heavy, old school thrash metal and old school hard rock but also "smooth" bands like the police, gary moore, neil young, simon and garfunkel and so on. 60's, 70's and 80's were the time when real music was made. unfortunately this time is over and i never spent a day in this time.

[Zoggwer]

so great

[phukdeebiatch]

this is sick....great great song..

[Downbythewater73]

Sweet time...

[khvoidgear]

I like the police they're really good band

[mattisprettycool]

pretty sweet voice.

[menek97100]

Kurwa, wtedy to się impry robiło :) a nie teraz ;/

[billybadbrakes]

Me and my son Love this tune, been playing it in car today! : )

[ColtraneTaylor]

Andy Summers looks like an old man here.

[luanrosa16]

The greatest song in the world !!!

[Parri144]

I Love that song and the melody in the backround!!!

[oswald1486]

Nunca pasa moda muy bueno

[000hobbes]

whatever happened to the higher note in the second s-o-s part i liked that

[childreninneed2010]

Classic tune! Search 'The Mischiefs - Dont go to work'

[srumbledor]

sooooooooooooooo looooooooonleyyyyyywhat does it take!!!!!!!!!

[DJCalRam]

people need 2 listen 2 real music like this P:S Im a Geordie and here is some geordie slng gan oot,doon toon and oot on the tap

[termsofusepolice]

I can't believe how poor Andy's guitar playing is on this. He is usually clean as a whistle live. Maybe it was nerves...

[startofff]

in a bottle of wine

[TheSpazzarro]

It's awesome because this is one of their best performances.

[ediondoaperroctm]

132 people was arrested by the police

[tklim66]

I like this song. This is the kind of Police we like not those in our neighbourhood.

[maxelmann]

i think thats rocks very well!!!!!or what

[k12274]

The second best song in the world for me. Best one is R.E.M - Carnival of Sorts, but it never gives the same feeling with this one.

[flatpopsoda]

132 ppl dont know real music,

[DaveHeadnut]

One of the godfathers of Music!

[Godofgods997]

STING IS GOD! FUCK ALL OF THE 131 PEOPLE

[SalazarK33]

Message with three letters...

[baikinmon]

How could you actually hit the dislike button on something like this? I mean, you knew what it was you were clicking on, and then "No, sir, I didn't like it." Seriously?

[deadzillapaleta]

04:00 some stupid car commercial ruined this hit

Aw this was in their Outlandos days! You can tell by Sting's aggressive vocals.

In any case, I can chronologize their live performances by the way his hair looks ;)