Search "dead end job live" in you tube... bad bassist my ass... First american tour... at The Rat... probably, as I head, no more than 100 hundred attendees.
@marianoherreroa i ahora no lo es.. io pienso que es diferente nadie es lo mismo kuando diene 26 años ke kuando tiene 52, i bono aki era muy diferente que el de ahora en 1983 subia alos escenarios en electric co, saltava ala gente pegaba unos saltos que flipas, subia chicas al escenario i todas esas locuras!
Well I love both of them so there LOL. Seen both bands many times there's not much between them both brilliant in their own way. I saw THE POLICE and U2 at Gateshead in July 1982 and Bono also joined The Police onstage for Invisible Sun, but a lot of people probably didn't know who he was then!!
Sting and Bono are excellent writers that can really bare their teeth on political matters. This song is a perfect fit for both. It's funny how the haters here have poor grammar and punctuation.
@messageinabottle79 U2 buttfucks EVERYTHING done by the police in the 80s....unforgettable fire and joshua tree were untouchable...the police sucks monkey balls and pales in comparision with their 80s albums imo
@adebicki Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. There are songs I dislike from both these artists but also a great many that will never be forgotten. It is my belief they have 2 of the most distinctive and most easily recognised voices in rock and roll history. Just my opinion and thanks for keeping your reply decent.
Is the original banned on YouTube? I just heard about it for the first time (maybe I heard about it long ago, but I don't remember). The Police were one of my favs from the 80s (U2 as well).
Yeah!!! Summers rocks!!! In my case i think all the police members are leyends alive! Stieng is a great composer, copeland has that particular the police sound drum i love and i thaink particulary ws summers who installed in the band that reggea style....
I LOVE the Police, but for some reason their live performances always seem to lack power... The sound was always "thin!" If you listen to other 3 piece bands like Rush during the same time period, the bass guitar sound was much heavier/thicker. I know Geddy Lee style was much more busy, just listen to the sound (not the number of notes) of his bass in songs like Freewill or Red Barchetta from Exit Stage Left. I still love them, but the live performances just don't match the studio versions.
@Stolehome66 No, maybe not the best bassist of all time, but he might be mistaken for a mediocre bassist. He has a great talent for a groove - you see it mostly in some of the album tracks. As for the bigger hits he is a master of the "less is more" principle, Messy over-technical bassists take note!
@Stolehome66 he's an excellent bassist. Not many people could keep rhythm as well as Sting whilst singing simultaneously. Especially in songs like De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da and Walking on the Moon where the bass is prevelant. He did a very good job.
the only fact is that Bono has suffered from bad singing technique, but he is not a bad singer, far from it...he was straining his vocals chords back in those days and after surgery in the late 90s, his vocals suffered but on the recent 360 tour he singing the best he has done since the ZOO Tour, his technique is much better and some might say the way he sings is much better these days, although he has lost some of the character and power, but there is also age, smoke/drink etc to account for
I can understand that U2 are big but it is a fact that stuart copeland is a better drummer than larry mullen the same goes for andy summers and the edge and sting and adam clayton. The only thing that makes U2 is Bono.
@Robcatist Sting's contribution to music has been far greater. It's not about who's had more recent success. Sting with The Police intergrated a perfect blend of new-wave, reggae and punk. And it worked. It was an innovative sound, like a whole new genre.
Bono's done some good stuff too. Nothing as original as The Police though.
@bababoum I almost agree with u,but listen to track 4 on synchronicity........and for that reason its going to have to be Bono and the boys for me! Sting only wanted to sing songs he'd written thats the main reason they split.
@Robcatist I know, Sting was extremely egotistical by the time Synchronicity came out and the band memebers (particularly Sting and Copeland) kept having big bust-ups. Buit I don't think that's a reason not to like their music! I don't like Sting as a person, although he's mellowed somewhat he's still arrogant. But I absolutely love the music he and The Police produced.
on that Synchronicity album, Sting wrote Every Breath You Take, King of Pain and Wrapped Around Your Finger. Let him write!
@bababoum I know what your saying, i have the Police live in Atlanta Synchronicity tour dvd and they were fantastic live, and at there peak. They are better musicians than u2 its just down to personal taste really.
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Great moment in history for fellow Police fans. they had bitterly parted ways ~2 years prior to this gig, and Sting had released Dream of the Blue turtles a few months prior. It was up in the air whether Sting, Andy, Stewart would re-unite for this gig... till' the curtains opened, and the crowd went nuts. I was a freshman in highschool when this aired on the radio. I recorded the U2 set as well as the Police performance.
That was awesome I remember when the Police came out with Synchronicity and U2 with Boy and War , Definite torch passing going on here, Could you imagine being there in the crowd, musical history, not quite Jimmy Hendrix at Woodstock but
the police were broken up for two years up to this point, right after the synchronicity tour ended in 1984. this was a one-off, short-lived reunion for amnesty international in 1986.
@divinoyogurt Then you are the worst producer and audio engineer in the history of music, I also produce and engineer. Such a shame that Bono has been held back by his bad singing you can really tell that it has hurt his career. lmao
@bugmusk6 Listen to me, child : Bono was TOTALLY OUT OF TUNE (just listen...), and, yes, he SUNG WRONG LIRYCS (this is a FACT).
Any other cosnideration is only usless shit. Be serious and open your ears... and, please, if your ears are so fucked up, please pleasae please stop producing and engineering.
I miss the 80' - 90' s U2 ... Even if I love the last tour and their last albums, for me there is a Big 4 for U2 : War, The Unforgettable Fire, Joshua Tree and Achtung Baby ... Maybe Zooropa if we talk about Big 5 ^^
need not fight over who's the bet between sting & bono. they are AWESOME & considered as LEGENDS & GENIUSES!!! To just see them perform together is nothing but AMAZING! It's a rare treat that we all have to appreciate. ;)
We've been saying "Bono killed Invisible Sun" for 24 years. The idiot didn't know the complete song, which is apparent since he counted to "ten" instead of "six" as is correct for the song. Andy Summers couldn't have been too happy with Bonehead either, given the look of death at 2:42. In short, Bono should be shot.
@penney4u2002 oh sorry bono didnt know songs that he didnt write. i guess he was busy helping his band be awsome. dont hate on bono he is the man and U2 is awsome.
What a duo. Neverthless, I though Sting could give the microphone a bit more to Bono, my perception was he almost was not in there. I'm into Police but I'm not always in the same wavelength with Gordon.
The idea was that the Police were quitting and handing over the reins to U2, which is basically what happened. It was a kinda symbolic thing for Sting to start the song and then let Bono in the help finish it.
wow saw them w/the Fixx in1984 .what a great show with incredible material.A band that always meant something.their knowledge culturally and musically was always a testament to their searching minds.Sting and copeland and summer always did creative work with others.What a powerful band.
The Police were the biggest band in the world at this time. They disbanded after the Conspiracy of Hope tour. You might notice that Sting hands his base to Adam Clayton at the end of this song. Andy Summers handed his guitar to Edge and Stuart Copeland handed over his drums to Larry Mullen in a symbolic gesture of handing over the torch to U2. The following March U2 released The Joshua Tree and the rest, as they say.....
@glennopd And, actually, they had already broken up. They reunited for this show. In fact, I still have the broadcast on VHS somewhere and as they were taking the stage, Mark Goodman very quickly said, "We're watching the reuniting of The Police!!" And quickly cut over to the performance. Great show. U2's was phenomenal too. They did a great cover of "Maggie's Farm."
@masternate61 - you're not wrong...I still long for the old days...visited the Joshua Tree this year in Death Valley...seeing it there lying on the ground past its prime but still strangely majestic, it struck me as a kind of metaphore for the band now.
Exactly! It's Police and U2 playing a song together...Bono and Sting, two of the greatest singers ever, singing an awesome song together. People should just enjoy the freaking song and the video. If they want to debate politics, then they can go to a political forum.
Yo, porkusmag, youre just some jealous loser whose life means nothing. at least Bono the greatest and sting the greatest are in synchronicity. AND duo-ing it for a good cause back in the day. If you have such little meaning to anyone (obviously ) dont bother commenting.
Bono is a punk who tries to play a Pink Floyd role with his poor band. It´s too big for him. Last good album was Joshua Tree. Rest, crap. And his ideas, well, I prefer Dubya´s ones...
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Man, this must be one of the best statements I have read about U2 - couldn't agree more! Its impressive how Bono has tried so hard, in the last two decades, to become one of the biggest arseholes on the globe! And dragging the rest of the band with him.
Achting Baby crap? One crap? You prefer Dubya's ideas? Dubya didn't have any ideas they were all Cheney's and his dad's corporate buddies. But, putting that aside, which country would you have bombed next then?
you love to attack the united states and you have the right to because of US!!!! like it or not we have to be the janitors of the world meaning we have to clean up the shit other countries create. from germany, croatia, iraq, afganastan.
Why not? Freedom of speech, oh, right... there´s no freedom of speech in USA. My guess is, I never saw Bono -neither Sting- did a show against the atrocities made by the US in Irak, Afghanistan and some other countries.... NO!!! You can´t mess with that big market. Let´s point the finger on the dictatorships in Latin America better ... put by who? The US.
There is freedom of speech in America. People have spoke out against the actons of the US- just like you were doing- and none of them have been, or should have been prosecuted. Its a first amendment right and no one can take it
What I meant was, except for Roger Waters (talking about the big ones), I never saw a tour against the tortures of the US and the disasters of Iraq, etc. I´m just a regular guy.
Love the pedal Andy uses in this song... awesome solo!!!
porkusmag 2 months ago
Search "dead end job live" in you tube... bad bassist my ass... First american tour... at The Rat... probably, as I head, no more than 100 hundred attendees.
porkusmag 2 months ago
Somebody heard dead end job live at the rat? Wadda bassist
youtu.be/.41ZNiIDE8yc Dot after "be" you must delete it.. Listen to this!.
porkusmag 2 months ago
FUCK YA BONO IS THE SHIT, FUCK THE POLICE
colonelsanta 2 months ago
cuando Bono era cool
marianoherreroa 4 months ago 4
@marianoherreroa i ahora no lo es.. io pienso que es diferente nadie es lo mismo kuando diene 26 años ke kuando tiene 52, i bono aki era muy diferente que el de ahora en 1983 subia alos escenarios en electric co, saltava ala gente pegaba unos saltos que flipas, subia chicas al escenario i todas esas locuras!
11gll 3 months ago
Well I love both of them so there LOL. Seen both bands many times there's not much between them both brilliant in their own way. I saw THE POLICE and U2 at Gateshead in July 1982 and Bono also joined The Police onstage for Invisible Sun, but a lot of people probably didn't know who he was then!!
MsJayney1 4 months ago
DAMMIT that was cool
pianosoccergirl7 5 months ago
Sting and Bono are excellent writers that can really bare their teeth on political matters. This song is a perfect fit for both. It's funny how the haters here have poor grammar and punctuation.
postmodernpictures 6 months ago
U2 was ecstatic when The Police break up here!
messageinabottle79 6 months ago
@messageinabottle79 U2 buttfucks EVERYTHING done by the police in the 80s....unforgettable fire and joshua tree were untouchable...the police sucks monkey balls and pales in comparision with their 80s albums imo
theachtungtree 5 months ago
2 Big C**** on 1 stage....
robg71 7 months ago
Bono's voice in the eighties was just perfect.
bonozevolik 7 months ago
@BeauTokyo Bono hate is better when it is informed. I can't remember the last time he's lip-synched something
doubleagent 7 months ago
Wow......Bono's not lip syncing this.....well.....it was a long time ago.....and the words are easy.....
BeauTokyo 11 months ago
@BeauTokyo He never is...
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two worst voices in rock & roll.
adebicki 1 year ago
Bollocks
bernadezi 11 months ago
@bernadezi sting just irks me, with his "soul cages" segway and all. his voice just sucks to me. bono is a better singer though imo.
adebicki 11 months ago
@adebicki Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. There are songs I dislike from both these artists but also a great many that will never be forgotten. It is my belief they have 2 of the most distinctive and most easily recognised voices in rock and roll history. Just my opinion and thanks for keeping your reply decent.
bernadezi 11 months ago 2
Is the original banned on YouTube? I just heard about it for the first time (maybe I heard about it long ago, but I don't remember). The Police were one of my favs from the 80s (U2 as well).
humboldtus 1 year ago
Yeah!!! Summers rocks!!! In my case i think all the police members are leyends alive! Stieng is a great composer, copeland has that particular the police sound drum i love and i thaink particulary ws summers who installed in the band that reggea style....
DrFender23 1 year ago
The only thing I get from this vid is that the police is fantastic and that there are 13 idiots in this world which dont like this vid
DrFender23 1 year ago 2
I LOVE the Police, but for some reason their live performances always seem to lack power... The sound was always "thin!" If you listen to other 3 piece bands like Rush during the same time period, the bass guitar sound was much heavier/thicker. I know Geddy Lee style was much more busy, just listen to the sound (not the number of notes) of his bass in songs like Freewill or Red Barchetta from Exit Stage Left. I still love them, but the live performances just don't match the studio versions.
mtalley1 1 year ago
@mtalley1 No one is ever going to mistake Sting for one of the great bass players of all-time.
Stolehome66 1 year ago
@Stolehome66 No, maybe not the best bassist of all time, but he might be mistaken for a mediocre bassist. He has a great talent for a groove - you see it mostly in some of the album tracks. As for the bigger hits he is a master of the "less is more" principle, Messy over-technical bassists take note!
peetludlow 1 year ago 3
@peetludlow he's up there for sure.
adebicki 11 months ago
@Stolehome66 he's an excellent bassist. Not many people could keep rhythm as well as Sting whilst singing simultaneously. Especially in songs like De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da and Walking on the Moon where the bass is prevelant. He did a very good job.
bababoum 9 months ago
Bloody Nora - all we need here is Mark fucking Knopfler!
NeilThompson30 1 year ago
wank
zoltoe 1 year ago
the only fact is that Bono has suffered from bad singing technique, but he is not a bad singer, far from it...he was straining his vocals chords back in those days and after surgery in the late 90s, his vocals suffered but on the recent 360 tour he singing the best he has done since the ZOO Tour, his technique is much better and some might say the way he sings is much better these days, although he has lost some of the character and power, but there is also age, smoke/drink etc to account for
Thanksandy 1 year ago
Where is the original video for this song? No on youtube?
TomFromJersey 1 year ago
I can understand that U2 are big but it is a fact that stuart copeland is a better drummer than larry mullen the same goes for andy summers and the edge and sting and adam clayton. The only thing that makes U2 is Bono.
StereophonicZappa 1 year ago
@StereophonicZappa Summers better than Edge?? I've NEVER heard anyone say that
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@TomFromJersey Serously any guitarits knows that edge just uses fuck loads of effects to make it sound good but seriously Summers is alot better
StereophonicZappa 1 year ago
@TomFromJersey Just listen... specially last Police tour.
porkusmag 1 year ago
I absolutely love Bono - but he looks like a gay pilgrim on that stage.
harrissasha 1 year ago
@harrissasha That look does it for me lol!
Robcatist 1 year ago
they both have inflated egos, but Sting is a million times better than Bono.
bababoum 1 year ago
@bababoum no way! Sting hasnt done anything decent since 10 sumners tales, tell me im wrong?
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bababoum 1 year ago
@Robcatist Sting's contribution to music has been far greater. It's not about who's had more recent success. Sting with The Police intergrated a perfect blend of new-wave, reggae and punk. And it worked. It was an innovative sound, like a whole new genre.
Bono's done some good stuff too. Nothing as original as The Police though.
bababoum 1 year ago
@bababoum whilst sting is a better musician tactically, he comes know where near bono who is only second to lennon
SuperBingo96 1 year ago
@SuperBingo96 Superb ive got someone onside!
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@SuperBingo96 only in his own head.
bababoum 1 year ago
@bababoum I almost agree with u,but listen to track 4 on synchronicity........and for that reason its going to have to be Bono and the boys for me! Sting only wanted to sing songs he'd written thats the main reason they split.
Robcatist 1 year ago
@Robcatist I know, Sting was extremely egotistical by the time Synchronicity came out and the band memebers (particularly Sting and Copeland) kept having big bust-ups. Buit I don't think that's a reason not to like their music! I don't like Sting as a person, although he's mellowed somewhat he's still arrogant. But I absolutely love the music he and The Police produced.
on that Synchronicity album, Sting wrote Every Breath You Take, King of Pain and Wrapped Around Your Finger. Let him write!
bababoum 1 year ago
@bababoum I know what your saying, i have the Police live in Atlanta Synchronicity tour dvd and they were fantastic live, and at there peak. They are better musicians than u2 its just down to personal taste really.
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polysemousncrk 1 year ago
What an amazing 5 minutres of history.
Pyrethryn 1 year ago
Boyohboy!
Sting is a grand singer, no doubt, and I have been a fan of police for decades.
But to see Bono step up there and add a whole other dimension to the song blows my mind completely!
Sounds pompous, but I consider this to be one of those moments in the history of modern music...
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lavernedi 1 year ago
perfect combination!
Behrzad 1 year ago
Great moment in history for fellow Police fans. they had bitterly parted ways ~2 years prior to this gig, and Sting had released Dream of the Blue turtles a few months prior. It was up in the air whether Sting, Andy, Stewart would re-unite for this gig... till' the curtains opened, and the crowd went nuts. I was a freshman in highschool when this aired on the radio. I recorded the U2 set as well as the Police performance.
Thanks for sharing this rare footage
MuvoTX 1 year ago
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TheBrilliantGeniuses 1 year ago
U2 e Police...incrível, muito doido, the best...
Faustocan 1 year ago
legendary stuff right here
Jellogel 1 year ago
Wow...two of the best bands ever...
jnddepew 1 year ago
NO I had brunch with Bono he said Sting was the best sound/singer he ever met......
rekkof 1 year ago
That was awesome I remember when the Police came out with Synchronicity and U2 with Boy and War , Definite torch passing going on here, Could you imagine being there in the crowd, musical history, not quite Jimmy Hendrix at Woodstock but
a great moment
thouston7 1 year ago
Police : massive talent underrated
Bono : massive ego overinflated
foamulator 1 year ago 4
@foamulator spot on, although the same could be said for Sting's ego!
bababoum 1 year ago
i just called the number on the screen and no one answered...
earlymtv 1 year ago 3
Gret song, but bono just has to get in on everything... complete egomaniac.
seanreillyireland 1 year ago
Teachers hand over to students...The Police were more technical musically, versatle and you could dance to them,,,U2 will always be in their shadow.
winterbourne7 1 year ago
u2 and police so great !
petrusaloisius 1 year ago
They dont sound good together.
Snotra 1 year ago
wow it cant get any better than this!
toastedtesticles 1 year ago
the police were broken up for two years up to this point, right after the synchronicity tour ended in 1984. this was a one-off, short-lived reunion for amnesty international in 1986.
gajk041008 1 year ago 9
I think I saw this concert on TV
NewaverPostpunk 1 year ago
Very clear that Bono outclassed Sting in two of the 'Wooohoo's' in particular!
themightystripes 1 year ago
@themightystripes nope, Bono is really out of tune, and sung wrong lirycs.
divinoyogurt 1 year ago
@divinoyogurt lmao you know nothing about singing if you really think that you fucking moron!!!!
bugmusk6 1 year ago
@bugmusk6 Yeah I really don't understand a thing 'bout singing... I'm just a producer & audio engineer... please be serious!
divinoyogurt 1 year ago
@divinoyogurt is right Bono slaughters this song
StereophonicZappa 1 year ago 2
@divinoyogurt Then you are the worst producer and audio engineer in the history of music, I also produce and engineer. Such a shame that Bono has been held back by his bad singing you can really tell that it has hurt his career. lmao
bugmusk6 1 year ago
@bugmusk6 Listen to me, child : Bono was TOTALLY OUT OF TUNE (just listen...), and, yes, he SUNG WRONG LIRYCS (this is a FACT).
Any other cosnideration is only usless shit. Be serious and open your ears... and, please, if your ears are so fucked up, please pleasae please stop producing and engineering.
divinoyogurt 1 year ago
@divinoyogurt lmao ....ok just keep this in mind, Bono will be remembered forever but you won't be remembered for anything!!!!
bugmusk6 1 year ago
never liked those live backup singer chicks
marleySux 1 year ago
I miss the 80' - 90' s U2 ... Even if I love the last tour and their last albums, for me there is a Big 4 for U2 : War, The Unforgettable Fire, Joshua Tree and Achtung Baby ... Maybe Zooropa if we talk about Big 5 ^^
ForzaU2 1 year ago 3
Bono, babe, the lyrics start "And they're only gonna change this place by killing everybody in the human race . . . "
epsteinsmutha1 1 year ago 2
@epsteinsmutha1 You're so right, man!
divinoyogurt 1 year ago
1 billion or even trillion or even zillion cheers for both the police and u2.
joeyy1975 1 year ago 11
bono looks like a netherland colonos... XD
kartman74usa 1 year ago
Great post. i suspect they did it a higher key to accommodate bono
H4rryF 1 year ago 2
@H4rryF why would they put it in a higher key for bono, although they r both tenors, sting sings much higher than bono
masternate61 1 year ago 2
holy shit! bono isn't wearing gay sunglasses
tub99899 1 year ago 5
@tub99899 i agree there but still a fan
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bugmusk6 1 year ago
need not fight over who's the bet between sting & bono. they are AWESOME & considered as LEGENDS & GENIUSES!!! To just see them perform together is nothing but AMAZING! It's a rare treat that we all have to appreciate. ;)
emskieZHU 1 year ago 2
why bono quickly left the stage.. ??
ghaibboy 1 year ago
We've been saying "Bono killed Invisible Sun" for 24 years. The idiot didn't know the complete song, which is apparent since he counted to "ten" instead of "six" as is correct for the song. Andy Summers couldn't have been too happy with Bonehead either, given the look of death at 2:42. In short, Bono should be shot.
penney4u2002 1 year ago
@penney4u2002 oh sorry bono didnt know songs that he didnt write. i guess he was busy helping his band be awsome. dont hate on bono he is the man and U2 is awsome.
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troubleontheline66 1 year ago
@penney4u2002 , whoopdeedooders!!!
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bugmusk6 1 year ago
I love the Police and Bono is so awesome
Sundanceprophet 1 year ago
bono look like boy george
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novembrine1 1 year ago
wtf?! lol
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Then U2 would go on to become the biggest and most boring band in the world.
theburymanor 2 years ago
u2 are anything but boring. Have you listened to anything from them over the last 2 decades? Huge range of material and great songs.
loganslastday 1 year ago 4
Epic.
AgustinU214 2 years ago 2
best song ever <3
gtrincs 2 years ago 3
What a duo. Neverthless, I though Sting could give the microphone a bit more to Bono, my perception was he almost was not in there. I'm into Police but I'm not always in the same wavelength with Gordon.
Asiroth07 2 years ago 4
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The idea was that the Police were quitting and handing over the reins to U2, which is basically what happened. It was a kinda symbolic thing for Sting to start the song and then let Bono in the help finish it.
watcher33 2 years ago 3
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KINEZULA 2 years ago
wow saw them w/the Fixx in1984 .what a great show with incredible material.A band that always meant something.their knowledge culturally and musically was always a testament to their searching minds.Sting and copeland and summer always did creative work with others.What a powerful band.
lovesGenet 2 years ago
This would be Bono's pre-trendy-eyewear 'goofy-ass-hat' period.
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AOCRkid 2 years ago
bono should come out with a solo album..."bono plays the police"
stevedubintennis 2 years ago 3
FOOOODA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
anaclaudiaonorio 2 years ago
i agree with glennopd.... and Mr Sting wasnt to happy bout giving up the baton,,, god bless em all
rob1970rob 2 years ago
what couple!!!!
stellina997 2 years ago
mt bom!
rolimao89 2 years ago
The Police were the biggest band in the world at this time. They disbanded after the Conspiracy of Hope tour. You might notice that Sting hands his base to Adam Clayton at the end of this song. Andy Summers handed his guitar to Edge and Stuart Copeland handed over his drums to Larry Mullen in a symbolic gesture of handing over the torch to U2. The following March U2 released The Joshua Tree and the rest, as they say.....
glennopd 2 years ago 36
is history
bubupor 2 years ago
that was beautiful my friend.
LedZeppelinisgod100 2 years ago
@glennopd And, actually, they had already broken up. They reunited for this show. In fact, I still have the broadcast on VHS somewhere and as they were taking the stage, Mark Goodman very quickly said, "We're watching the reuniting of The Police!!" And quickly cut over to the performance. Great show. U2's was phenomenal too. They did a great cover of "Maggie's Farm."
RunyonFan 1 year ago 2
@RunyonFan - good knowledge! you should check out U2's perfromance of Maggie's Farm at Self Aid in dublin ...mad!
glennopd 1 year ago
@glennopd too bad U2 never passed the torch, they just ran with it until it burnt out
masternate61 1 year ago 4
@masternate61 good thing thom yorke found it in the ditch and re-lit it.
PerennialLucidity 1 year ago
@masternate61 - you're not wrong...I still long for the old days...visited the Joshua Tree this year in Death Valley...seeing it there lying on the ground past its prime but still strangely majestic, it struck me as a kind of metaphore for the band now.
glennopd 1 year ago
@glennopd I didnt realise the police were still together in 86, good video. I agree with what you say.
Robcatist 1 year ago
@glennopd I never noticed that...thanks for pointing it out
nickobiker 1 year ago
this is the type of song bono was born to sing!
alistairproductions 2 years ago
nice stuff !! 5/5
byrzynski 2 years ago
Stew with his CFOX shirt !
chickeee 2 years ago
bono was so damn cute
marianahewson1995 2 years ago
I love them!
Lunasct 2 years ago 2
Amazing solo. He wasn't used to play such a piece of rock!
jawor100 2 years ago 3
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what IS Bono doing in such a great musical environment??
steffenbrix 2 years ago
Performing as one of the leading singers of Conspiracy of Hope :P
Xalira06 2 years ago
german:POLICE ist einer der besten BANDS der WELT wer schlecht darüber schreibt: ihr müsst es nicht hören dann lasst es .
gruss peter danke:azsunsfan
62september 2 years ago
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...they should have practised harmonising....even Bono couldn't save this shit song.
Vasiliki666 2 years ago
U R A DOPE! this is 2 of the best artists we have ever known and this song is incredible...Y don't U write a song! loser!
generationaluv 2 years ago
i'm so glad Bono grew into his nose.
melliecharm 2 years ago
Yeah but even with a big nose he was still mad sexy .
Deepstarr7020 2 years ago 2
This was on the Conspirancy of Hope tour for amnesty international
domusaimports 2 years ago
I love how people can't just stop fighting like dumbasses, not even in a Police video, geez, you guys likes fighting get each other's email address!
RushOrbit 2 years ago
Exactly! It's Police and U2 playing a song together...Bono and Sting, two of the greatest singers ever, singing an awesome song together. People should just enjoy the freaking song and the video. If they want to debate politics, then they can go to a political forum.
ct92404 2 years ago
"Like Button"
RushOrbit 2 years ago
why does sting look so cool and Bono looks like boy george????
mholdr 2 years ago
I love it so much. And I love the Bono's hat xD.
tbagteddy 2 years ago
i hate bonos hat, damn!!
rogertayloRRR 2 years ago
Would have liked to see Nirvana cover this one
doubts 2 years ago
este video es buen sting son buenos
sting860 2 years ago
Actually they should've had Adam Sandler come out in that long black wig with the shades and silver suit and sing this on the recent tour, LOL!
RJW882 2 years ago
such a heavy thing to hear Bono do this! too bad it didn't happen earlier on when they were still actively touring
RJW882 2 years ago
sting and bono ..... fuaaaaa los putos bossilussos!
wilsonferrari 2 years ago
the vocals are a little lacking here, but overall nice job.
ouluvme2 2 years ago
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FreedomForMankind 2 years ago
How many women they did in the backstage after the duet?
delayoff 2 years ago
fourteen
TonyBananas101 2 years ago
this is awesome! a true gem!
lucideyeproduction 2 years ago 3
wow this before the joshua tree
kramerspadowskiki 2 years ago
It´s a Police song...
porkusmag 2 years ago
i know its a police song but i meant bono was singing here before he and u2 made joshua tree
kramerspadowskiki 2 years ago
I love the Irish accent :)
mynteva 2 years ago
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Bono, a loser, singing with the best band of the 80`s
porkusmag 2 years ago
Yo, porkusmag, youre just some jealous loser whose life means nothing. at least Bono the greatest and sting the greatest are in synchronicity. AND duo-ing it for a good cause back in the day. If you have such little meaning to anyone (obviously ) dont bother commenting.
grifrin 2 years ago
Bono is a punk who tries to play a Pink Floyd role with his poor band. It´s too big for him. Last good album was Joshua Tree. Rest, crap. And his ideas, well, I prefer Dubya´s ones...
porkusmag 2 years ago
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Man, this must be one of the best statements I have read about U2 - couldn't agree more! Its impressive how Bono has tried so hard, in the last two decades, to become one of the biggest arseholes on the globe! And dragging the rest of the band with him.
sborges433 2 years ago
Well, tks... I think his not big enough to play Roger Waters.
porkusmag 2 years ago
Achting Baby crap? One crap? You prefer Dubya's ideas? Dubya didn't have any ideas they were all Cheney's and his dad's corporate buddies. But, putting that aside, which country would you have bombed next then?
TonyBananas101 2 years ago
you love to attack the united states and you have the right to because of US!!!! like it or not we have to be the janitors of the world meaning we have to clean up the shit other countries create. from germany, croatia, iraq, afganastan.
brianpcurran 2 years ago
you have created a load of shit too
doubts 2 years ago
Why not? Freedom of speech, oh, right... there´s no freedom of speech in USA. My guess is, I never saw Bono -neither Sting- did a show against the atrocities made by the US in Irak, Afghanistan and some other countries.... NO!!! You can´t mess with that big market. Let´s point the finger on the dictatorships in Latin America better ... put by who? The US.
porkusmag 2 years ago
There is freedom of speech in America. People have spoke out against the actons of the US- just like you were doing- and none of them have been, or should have been prosecuted. Its a first amendment right and no one can take it
finisher21799 2 years ago
What I meant was, except for Roger Waters (talking about the big ones), I never saw a tour against the tortures of the US and the disasters of Iraq, etc. I´m just a regular guy.
porkusmag 2 years ago
If youre waiting for that, dont hold your breath.
finisher21799 2 years ago
Well... that´s why my first post: "I never saw Bono -neither Sting- did a show against the atrocities made by the US in Irak...."
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