The Police - Roxanne (2003)

[johnnybeane]

Andy never used a stratocaster on this song, That's why it sounds different here.

His main guitar at the time was a Gibson 335 and the Fender Telecaster replica was not built yet.

Those came out in 2007.

[nexusvision]

something had to be wrong with that guitar... or it was mis tuned..! or just a bad night....!

[alfredoquinterog]

kill the sound tech bollocks!!! i could sound better dinging on my own pub hair!!!... the police adjusting a classic because of a bad soundtech...

[2badforya]

That's music good music from my days

[PanzyMistress]

sick drummer. great live, except for the guitar. I wonder what happened.

[bhuvadav]

Thanks.. Love them

[beafrisin]

Thanks for aged people

56 years old ! : ))

[ktayom]

The Police is like french wine, it get better and better with age ...

The best version of Roxanne I have ever heard, even if Sting voice is a bit fucked up

[RidankMusic]

@ktayom I agree, but for a better example of your statement, you should watch the Certifiable DVD. Compared to that, this sounds terrible. Andy's guitar sounds like crap. That's the worst part.

[ktayom]

@RidankMusic Thanks for tip, I'll search for it. :-)

[tagacomua]

Стинг НИРИАЛЬНО крут!!!! ... респект ... !!!

[mrthundaboots]

Tune that goddamn guitar!And I'm a drummer!

[Captainkleen]

Stewert Copland is one of the best overlooked Drummers@

[thehomefront]

what the fuck has happened to andy's guitar playing.

[themightymoses34]

Sting is like the chief of police. The others can't even sing their "Roxaneeee." All we get is "put on the red light"....cool, dudes.

[Justdaman411]

@themightymoses34 Performance wise, Sting brought singing and base playing. However, Copeland and Summers brought some of the best drumming and guitar I have ever heard. They were each equally talented.

[HeartBrokeDownBlue]

Love the way the guitar sounds! This is so great, LET'S HEAR A MODERN ROCK BAND IMPROVISE LIKE THIS?!!! DAMN! This is why The Police have a place in my heart, you know when other bands were trying to do the 'over the top' thing they just innovated so much. Lots of different kinds of music in this.

[chaynsex]

somebody low the bass of that guitar! jajajaj

[paulstearne]

God this sounds bad

[vavadu84city]

Pur music

[MrJammin57]

Roxanne...

[StevenTrojanowski]

the guitar sounds like trash

[ger5682]

Ah andy, what effect have you on that strat? I reckon a clean enough tele was always the way to go..

[FelipeCg9]

The Sting is good,

but the band's best without doubt is the stewart copeland

[TheAkela1974]

Fabulosa voz de sting... sin ella no habria canción...

[dsoutnb]

Ok I just came up with this trick question (read question) " if everybody kill one person how many people will be left"

[simonzbz]

- 6 000 000 000 i think :D

[MaesMust]

@dsoutnb all but one

[Tylerh63]

No matter what anyone says Sting can still sing that song like he first wrote it!

[cjat2224]

exelent song .... in reggae roots styling

[KubaRybny]

They are great but guitar sounds terrible

[guitarmeco]

HBO R&R hall of fame was by far the best virsion

[ANIMALLOVERSnr1]

sting's keeping it up but the others should go to pension,looks like andy is eating too much pig meat

[atens]

The beggining of the bass is... MAESTRO.

[atens]

There is NO words.

[alkin516]

its a ugly song its horrible :(

[OneTrueCanine]

...man he aged fast........they may have aged..but the music they made still lives on..

[rekkof]

@OneTrueCanine ...aged fast? Roxanne was put out in in 1979 ......do the math he looks great!

[OneTrueCanine]

@rekkof

ehh :/

[revolutionday1]

Okay people....NOW do you see why they don't get together more often?? Yikes.

[beatvandal]

A bit too jazz-fusion 'we can play our instruments' for my liking. A better version is the pinkpop 1979 version. Energy and hunger..

[culver96]

wf its fast forword

[rostam43]

older better

[jammyjay2003]

That guitar sounds terrible.

[TheGreat90]

true that

[jalcace]

yes, it sound very awful

[josemi21]

@jammyjay2003

Damn yeh, why ? damn

[jammyjay2003]

@josemi21 because it does...

[cinna71]

@jammyjay2003 lol

[TheMegakoolaids]

@jammyjay2003 AGREED.

[Masterclass2009]

they were better when they were younger.

[H8lag]

great song i love it

but to be honest his voice kinda reminds me of reggae style :D

still great though :)

[dandarkwing]

I put it down to Stuart Copeland's drumming, he's kinda jazz in his style and it comes out sounding reggae/ska

[atens]

Yes!!!

[guyosborn]

H8lag - Whaaaat? Reminds you of reggae style? Reminds you?! This is the best ever reggae band....this is a reggae beat

[H8lag]

that explains a lot :)

they just don't look so reggae thats why i said what i said

[stefo213]

you're right.Peace man

[xOXhugsnkissesXo]

Any chance of getting a copy of this with decent sound quality? Looks like a good video. Cheers!

[Tirado123]

sry but guitar sound in this video. is it not ok

[gimme13more]

i love it

[sacrafiser]

i sing this song to my dog rocki

[wwisienka]

ALWAYS GREAT!!!!!

[rbr1302]

el mejor grupo de rock pop y reggae que ha existido

[tsopuaifa]

He´s great but Elvis is greater! I´d go for Costello any fockin day of the week.

[Roxane1995]

I LOOOOVE :) C'est mon Nooooooooom :D

[simmonseen]

Very big Respect.

[gustavomillonario]

The Police and Soda Stereo Foreverrr

[xXxRUHRPOTTxXx]

Big fat great song!Super geiles lied auf jeder Fete der Renner ;)!!!Danke dir Kimmilster Thank you Kimmilster!

[huttons]

there's aspects of his voice i prefer to his current self. i like the jazzy style to his voice.

[96anky]

he's like 60 and still has the same vocal range? Awesome

[Tabla461]

hes still great but his singing is a a little tame compared to 1979.

[platinumgirl]

thats what i thought too... still great

[angelolano]

q gran grupo es uno de los mejores yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaa!

[scotjay]

They just are amazing together. Copeland is unique drummer and Sting can sing his ass off and write some great songs. THE POLICE ARE ONE OF THE BEST ROCK GROUPS EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[swiftonik]

I completely agree with you. They should get the same loving as the Beatles without the massive hype.

[zielladrum]

sentiria mas temor en una jaula encerrado con copeland que con una manada de leones...jeje stewart amazing!!

[eggnoy]

man..his voice hasn't changed.....he still rock!!

[fragoneta8]

uno de los mejores grupos de la historia saludos desde¡sapain¡

[mrcricketjnr1]

like the bass

[kapten2008]

Singer is amazing,isn't he???

[matagolfinhos]

stewart copeland are fantastic

[eggnoy]

his a legend

[bobnos]

gargled voice is not stronger lol hahhaha sting for life

[joelmacinnes]

the guitar sound is bad. But great perfomance!

[loudnoisesx]

i love this song!!

[bummer2112]

The rendition of the Moulin Rouge for Roxanne is better and stronger!

Wrong

[AnnaNemyss]

You're kidding right.....I mean, really, you HAVE to be joking...

FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF­FFFF

The classic man, wth is wrong with you?

The Police are excellent at it, they make it sound great now.

The Moulin Rouge version of "Roxanne" is nothing compared to the original.

[naresca7]

i agree with bummer. moulin rouge version is much better. this one is just ok.

[pedricko]

Sting is the only person I can think of that gets such a Hi-Fi tone out of an early 50's style P-bass with the single coil. It growls! If I could get that sound I'd leave my warwick at home!

[penzka]

ROXAAAAAAAAAANE

[amphibianTEEF]

in the beginning, the bass sounds like les claypool work

[Giovani22]

In my opnion this is the best and closest they sounded since they broke up in 84,i didn"t care at all for that reunion i was bored at the show

[regrownolo]

horrible guitar bagining and his voice is so old

[hedlik]

omfg...shut your fuc*n mouth...fag

[rasPAPAPAtafari]

his voice is gettng old ^^

[JimiHfan]

hey u cant blame people for being human! unless its axl rose. just kiddin

[rasPAPAPAtafari]

xD doesn't blame

[eaglex01]

ROOOOOOOOOOOXANEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[sammy1875]

his voice is kinda similar

[roxyann08]

and hell yea my name is ROXXANE!!!!!!!!!!1

[TheFinalView]

congratulations.

THERES A LOT OF FEMALES named roxanne.

[chrissb7]

no deres not infact ive never came a roxanne in my life so shut up

[radejinho]

I LIKE this performance... This Live is very cool... Sting voice is amazing!

[amozartii]

They are so much better together than Stings solo shit! They should stay together for some small tours & special gigs, but I'm afraid Stings ego wont let him. Damn shame!

[caterver]

Suena de mierda todo menos la batería

[RHMETAL]

That was the REAL reunion. But, sadly, it was the REAL reunion. They were all together on the same stage again. Bad performace, though. But, you're right. It's probably because they hadn't played it for YEARS. But, the OFFICIAL reunion tour was better!!

[scubacaver]

piss poor performsnce

[GUINNESSGARY83]

your talking about the same guitarist who made up the most famous guitar riff of ALL TIME? "every breath you take" ring a bell? you guys are fools.

[Feelix8]

dont diss them i doubt any of you could play as well as the police and if you can before you strart talk sh*t to me prove it :)

[decimoc]

why did andy summers used that horrible effect? so much distortion for what? the effect was horrible but andy summers is an exellent guitarrist and for who didn't know, when he was younger he went to a jazz school! The dPolice Rules!

[SimonG47]

The only member of 'The Police' who is bad is Andy Summers (guitar) ...

[thegloryhog]

Really disappointed with the guitar, but amazingly impressed with Sting still being able to hit those notes, or at least get damn close to it.

[drums127]

The guitar playing wasnt bad , it was the effect he used .

[hka1995]

i do have to agree withall of you x.x the guitar did kinda ruin it. but u gotta give these ppl credit, the song was made in 1979 and they still have it down pretty well

[Eddysson90]

Exactly because it was made in 1979 they really should nail it every time! They have probably played the song about 1000 times .

[boxofficedeath]

But remember, It was unplayed for 21 years, so they might be a little rusty.

[billythekid1111111]

god damn i agree with you guys, the guitar ruined the whole song.

[uhohoverflow]

This sound is the shite.....

[duomalambos]

callense todos manga de mamavergas!!

[TheKingofDeathMetal]

somebody please change his guitar!!

[elzach0]

guitar sounds 110% shit house

[sexykid10000]

lol

[mistercollins1]

Andy summers please stick to the custom tele it was the sound of the police...........from an old die hard

[ronroger26]

the lead guistarist.. is an asshole... ..andy summers.. such an arrogant bastard!!!! fuck him

[drums127]

Andy summers is awesome

[ducky13]

why your piss off they make more money in one one hour then you make in a week

[Incognit05]

Hobero shut up... The police are and were more famus than you will ever know you loser

[GENIUSKIDDO]

wow drumming at it's peak. sting is amazing

[juergen]

that rapper had to steal this beat for his song LMAO

[WyattF321]

Hobero can suck on my balls this song is legend and the guitar is done exeptonily well

[mastermalpass]

lol, sounds better on the CD, that was recorded when they were young. you can hear his voice going in this one.

[stewartcopulate]

some parts of this song are very close to musical perfection, especially the instrumental parts. Copeland's drumming defies me.

[Hobero]

oh my god can a guitar sound any worse than that guys guitar? He's butchering the song with that sound :P

[fafafooey123]

Awesome. Can't wait for the reunion tour!

[BillyArtillery]

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