I remember when The Police first came out (Yeah, I'm that old). I agree with you camlpg, they did some guitar solos in their songs, I'd go for Alex Lifeson from Rush.
Could never work out why people think Sting has got any talent though. If you're crap, surround yourself with good musicians and no one will notice.
There is some lead guitar in this song, must be a ghost. Hmmm, that means thi s band needs a lead guitarist, hmmm, who would be a great addition to The Police - Yngwie Malmsteen? What do the people think?
the original meaning is SOS is the commonly used description for the International Morse code distress signal. thats all that is important of it really, lots more info on it, kinda pointless if u ask me.
maybe i am born in 1995 but i just love those old songs! i even some times which that i could be in those times were people had those funkky clothes and going out on parties and stuff
@fuckamericanidiot Most people totally miss the moral of this song. If u listen to the lyrics, u can kind of paradox of Winston Churhill sending 'sos to the world" after b'ing bombed by germans. And u know the rest of story. (ButterfaceG u are a retard, and blocked!!!)
Yet who's the one that broke off and went successful on his own? It's sting of course. He is the poet and the real musician and everything behind this group.
Surely all the things you mentioned (besides being a terrible wanker :-) are just what a good "front man " needs ? I have never seen a reticent laid back frontman yet .
i completely agree with @UsernameIsPending.....sting is a tool....great voice but as Paul Weller once said he is a terrible wanker....and even if you at this video you can see he just oozes over confidence, vanity and an ultra ego......must saw that i think stuart copeland on the other hand is a legend and a fantastic musician. But if u see the video it is obvious that sting really pisses off the other band members...especially stuart copeland who seems to really dislike him....and rightly so!!
Stewart Copeland's cymbal work on this song are nothing short of superhuman. Only drummer i've ever heard to hit cymbals with his fluid rapidity is Neil Peart. Simply one of the finest 3 person bands ever. Andy Summers is a great guitarist and Sting's bass adds a tremendous groove to this song. One of my favorite Police songs.
Hey, UNIVERSALMUSICGROUP, let me link this from my ORKUT account, "videos" tab. DON' T GREEDY. I want to show this track to MY FRINDS. GET UP WITH THE TIMES.
Has anyone noticed that the drummer never uses a drum? I think he is a fake. Look at walking on the moon he nevers drums there ! Always pretending he has a drum but he's drumming in the air !!!! To they have a syntezer or are they tripping on lsd? We should call the police
i wonder what this song would sound like with the fray.Probably really bad with the fray even do fray is my favorite band.They just don't fit for this song.
but if you know the intense history of the band, the video becomes pretty illuminating.
the drummer and sting HATED each other. or, they loved each other, but still fought like CRAZY.
you can see in their body language in this video so much of how they feel about each other. and notice andy summers, the guitarist. so cool, so unaffected. just wants to make art.
My favourite song of all time, I love love love this song
lovepooky 2 years ago
locos por esta musica
hugo5924 2 years ago
the song is awesome but the video kinda sucks !
ps: this song hurt my left hand so badly on a guitar .
glvillela45 2 years ago
@glvillela45 agree with you, it does hurt the left hand, there is another way to play it, but sounds pretty different.
Gustav028 2 years ago
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glvillela45 2 years ago
awesome =D
SmileyRock0 2 years ago
len got this message
cayakkid1 2 years ago
if this song was made in 2009 the SOS would have been replaced by SMS.... XD
TheBladeEdge 2 years ago 2
sad
Elecbound 2 years ago
miticaaaa!!
serena8823 2 years ago
i hope that someone gets my message in a bottle....
buena letra, buena musica y buen grupo...
only hope can..
gabrieleduardorz 2 years ago
lo mejor en su época
titatus08 2 years ago
sos means save our ship really i got this listed as best song of all times
ashfan999 2 years ago
The tale os Save our souls is not true. The reason is that S-O-S is the easier message that can be send in morse code.
SpanienFlyer 2 years ago
amazing song (y)
fraukeify 2 years ago
one of the best bassists ever
ilmusicnow 2 years ago
Love the guitar parts. They're great. Play gh smash hits al the time. ♥ this song.
soccergirl8282 2 years ago
I bougth it on Rock Band after i listen it the first time ^_^
godajmo 2 years ago
hahahah y dont you just learn it on a real instrument?
owmyleg 2 years ago
Fantastic song.Listen to a great cover of this song here on youtube.
Look for Primeiro Instinto. It's great!!
Antonio331000 2 years ago
Hard to pick one Police song as a favorite, but this would easily be top 5.
Wished there was a version of this with focus of Copeland playing the drums because the drum work is outstanding.
bdub24j 2 years ago
Wow this song came out in 1979, but it still sounds pretty fresh. It's timeless I guess.
paintedblue07 2 years ago
Beautiful song! Reminds me of how the world needs to send out a message in a bottle...
modtbod 2 years ago
muito bom esse video, essa musica é demais *-*
Joyceee16 2 years ago
absolute brilliant song , the lyrics and absoultely amazing and the guitar sounds so extraudinary!!
Dapnox 2 years ago
I put a message in a bottle and put it in the ocean. I wonder has it washed up upon the shore yet.
Formlessexpressions 2 years ago
stewart copeland.
verucasalt337 2 years ago
what was the drummer name?
vbandres 2 years ago
I remember when The Police first came out (Yeah, I'm that old). I agree with you camlpg, they did some guitar solos in their songs, I'd go for Alex Lifeson from Rush.
Could never work out why people think Sting has got any talent though. If you're crap, surround yourself with good musicians and no one will notice.
MrMegabreath 2 years ago 3
Listen to best acustic cover of this song here on Youtube.
Look for Primeiro Instinto.
That's Amazing!!!!
Antonio331000 2 years ago
There is some lead guitar in this song, must be a ghost. Hmmm, that means thi s band needs a lead guitarist, hmmm, who would be a great addition to The Police - Yngwie Malmsteen? What do the people think?
camlpg 2 years ago
That name has no place here. Dont go there mate..just dont....
HighDrummer1 2 years ago
you know that i believe english people don't really use sos to say sos, they use stg else like gkp or stg like that :)
i noticed that in watching titanic, when captain smith sends a " sos", he doesn't use the word sos.
that was for the little story :) i'm fucking useless
TheFeelinghappy 2 years ago
no you are not :)
ZACKnirvana 2 years ago
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save our souls
verter2k 2 years ago
what is the meaning of s.o.s.?
MekZz47 2 years ago
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Save Our Souls
gerrynio123 2 years ago
it has tons of meaning.
save.our.ship.
Save Our Souls
Survivors On Ship
the original meaning is SOS is the commonly used description for the International Morse code distress signal. thats all that is important of it really, lots more info on it, kinda pointless if u ask me.
69butta 2 years ago
whoa, thnx
409maikalin 2 years ago
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save our souls
1slyf0x 2 years ago
save our souls
kingajinga 2 years ago
suck our shit
427sir 2 years ago
Abbreviation of "Save Our Souls", a signal to request (very) necessary help
Fl0Vid 2 years ago
maybe i am born in 1995 but i just love those old songs! i even some times which that i could be in those times were people had those funkky clothes and going out on parties and stuff
butterfaceG 2 years ago 6
@butterfaceG me too!
AdRiAn84954 2 years ago
same ,but not with th clothes :S
1slyf0x 2 years ago
Never a song treat the human condition like this song.Love, Loneliness and Hope. For this that song is number one!
vitormfsantos 2 years ago
@cylinder4ify
I hope you're forgetting the Beatles. They're from Great Britain too.
supernewber1 2 years ago
@supernewber1 I kind of 2 young to remember them (Beatles)as a group
cylinder4ify 2 years ago
Bad Ass Song!!!!!!!!! Possibly the best song ever created by a white man from Great Britain!!!!
cylinder4ify 2 years ago
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@cylinder4ify freaking racist black person or whatever animal you are go listen to some gangsta shit
butterfaceG 2 years ago
nah i was just joking haahhahahhhahahahah :P
butterfaceG 2 years ago
@butterfaceG OH SHIT!!!! My apology;(, I didnt see your second comment;(, that u were only kidding, Your NOT blocked;)
cylinder4ify 2 years ago
*You're
Katy35022 2 years ago
white men
fuckamericanidiot 2 years ago
@fuckamericanidiot Most people totally miss the moral of this song. If u listen to the lyrics, u can kind of paradox of Winston Churhill sending 'sos to the world" after b'ing bombed by germans. And u know the rest of story. (ButterfaceG u are a retard, and blocked!!!)
cylinder4ify 2 years ago
que buena canción!
Anaines82 2 years ago
Latin'Aérica!!!!
tatoslb 2 years ago
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tatoslb 2 years ago
this is about love right? or am i wrong? But anyway great song
duvel60 2 years ago
The song is about loneliness ... however 'not alone in being alone' .... great lyric ... awesome band.
Millst0ne 2 years ago 2
What's with the Orville Redenbacher look?
iangoblin71 2 years ago
Yet who's the one that broke off and went successful on his own? It's sting of course. He is the poet and the real musician and everything behind this group.
sourie821 2 years ago
it was stewart copelands band to begin with. i dont get why he gets no credit. just like the drummer of U2 started that band.
Kobeownzu81 2 years ago
pld and good music $4
jernejps 2 years ago 2
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Check out this great song I found by this guy JOhnnie Panzani called "stay"...I really liked it :)
gatord45 2 years ago
great song, great vocal, great guitar
matkogl17 2 years ago 3
great great great!!
oggerocker 2 years ago 2
fucking amazing band. great song. so easy to fall in love with them again after all these years...
kaugirl 2 years ago 4
Surely all the things you mentioned (besides being a terrible wanker :-) are just what a good "front man " needs ? I have never seen a reticent laid back frontman yet .
montbrehain 2 years ago
this video is a treat lol
cosmicfabric1974 2 years ago
machine head made a version of this?.. i gotta check that out
woopetywoopwoop 2 years ago
good song but sting is a tool
UsernameIsPending 2 years ago
i completely agree with @UsernameIsPending.....sting is a tool....great voice but as Paul Weller once said he is a terrible wanker....and even if you at this video you can see he just oozes over confidence, vanity and an ultra ego......must saw that i think stuart copeland on the other hand is a legend and a fantastic musician. But if u see the video it is obvious that sting really pisses off the other band members...especially stuart copeland who seems to really dislike him....and rightly so!!
danceflooroddities 2 years ago
Can't believe that he is wearing a bow tie. Such a good band. Odd times, odd beats, tensions, cool lyrics, and big choruses. Awesome musicians
FOXMANMUSIC 2 years ago
Great!
WyldeZk 2 years ago
sting has a sickass voice..
EyEklips 2 years ago 4
I like the cover of Di-rect the most! (l)
Tanja5ster 2 years ago
i like both versions (by The Police and Machine Head), but this one has a charm that can't be comparable to MH's.
PanterAmetal100 2 years ago
I hope that someone guest my.....
setto1170 2 years ago
it sounds slower...
tunaunit3 2 years ago
so im NOT the only one to notice that
CJS925 2 years ago
i agree ... it is slower.
eric829 2 years ago
one of the very best tunes of all time
UnitedAus10 2 years ago
cool song
javafreak257 2 years ago
Just got a copy of Stewart Copeland's Strange Things Happen: A Life with The Police, Polo, and Pygmies Book!
beatlescool 2 years ago
love this
aamywilliams09 2 years ago
Good song, but this might just be the MOST BORING music video of all time. OF ALL TIME!
wytemajyk 2 years ago
Copeland is definitely my favorite drummer.
xrossfader 2 years ago
Stewart Copeland's cymbal work on this song are nothing short of superhuman. Only drummer i've ever heard to hit cymbals with his fluid rapidity is Neil Peart. Simply one of the finest 3 person bands ever. Andy Summers is a great guitarist and Sting's bass adds a tremendous groove to this song. One of my favorite Police songs.
5stringofFernandoSor 2 years ago 4
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It`s about me.
saphira141414 2 years ago
I love The Police!!!!!!!!!
Re9ap9er9 2 years ago 7
i guess it goes to show the vid can be shit if the music speaks for itself
freddiefernandez 2 years ago 3
I'd rather have a bad video with good music than a good video with bad music like every band today.
youvebeenthunderstru 2 years ago 3
They make a dick of themselves in this clip but I love the music :)
My0wnRoom 2 years ago
they made some lovely noise, these three, hecko...
jameslickms 2 years ago
how did you create the ring tone?
ProvaProva0101 2 years ago
yes... it's slower bout a couple second.....
suableng 2 years ago
Has anyone noticed that the music video plays the song slower than on the album?
ihatebushalot 2 years ago
hmm. this message isnt automated spam, because 0:34 to1:06 is the chorus, so it has been personally developed. clever.
before you ask, I answer no. No I don't have a life :(
pws92 2 years ago
then get 1
RYARH 2 years ago 2
u hav a life eveyone does and dude ur right about 0:34 to 1:06 just cuz u know ur music does not mean u dont hav a life
mate x
charlottew899 2 years ago
amen to that
RYARH 2 years ago 5
Mesecina bato!
trhnpc 2 years ago
LOL @ Stuart's lil dancee movess hahaa ;D
StickyyWinklee 2 years ago 2
A terror on the dance floor at 1:03 and 1:50.
He´s so GOOD!
flumbtosse3 2 years ago 2
I Think those guys looks like a gayboys... but good music.
Nopo86 2 years ago
You're probably good at picking out fags. Takes one to know one.
5stringofFernandoSor 2 years ago
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what a good song!
federom18 2 years ago
my son's lil tikes guitar plays this song. LOL!
guitarheromomma 2 years ago 2
this is a tunnnnne i love it!
chloemock 2 years ago
you must be very smart to realise this.
CrzyLion 2 years ago 2
you tube rocks, where else you could you see a rock video from the Police
pm2007est 2 years ago
Hey, UNIVERSALMUSICGROUP, let me link this from my ORKUT account, "videos" tab. DON' T GREEDY. I want to show this track to MY FRINDS. GET UP WITH THE TIMES.
(angry passionate The Police fan)
JohnM3D 2 years ago
Message In A Boooottle :)
ddmusic13 2 years ago
In my opinion, this is the best song by Police.
eppsimov 2 years ago 3
This and Invisible Sun are my top two.
RCTPatriot75 2 years ago
i'll send a sos to the world
homiegable 2 years ago
Walked out this morning, don't believe what I saw
Hundred billion bottles washed up on the shore
Seems I'm not alone in being alone
Hundred billion castaways, looking for a home wahaha what a nice text:D
93lizzy 2 years ago 3
been on the good old herbale everyone smokes it now its like eating these days haha :)
rswhity666 2 years ago
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Dynamite pop/new wave track.
Checkout my music video on my channel if you like 'Message In A Bottle"
onthemoveagain 2 years ago
hahahaha ya they seem pretty fucked up.
sandcrawler22 2 years ago
These guys were high as fuck in this video. Jesus christ.
xRawlins 2 years ago
nah the drummer is but sting dosen't look at all baked but u shd c pete doherty live, that is someone on all kinds of crazy shit!!!!!!
Wantgamegetmilkful 2 years ago
A great cover version : watch?v=bYEQoiHpivQ&feature=related
mucomyst 2 years ago
awesome song
deleterguy 2 years ago 2
The 80s were great. Look at how they just screw around in a little room and that's pretty much their video.
care1281 2 years ago 6
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It was released in 1979.
SlimeTron5000 2 years ago 2
tHE SONG IN rOCKBAND uNPLUGGED FOR psp IS BETTER
CangriMusic 2 years ago
I love them but this music video is a little odd..... one reason to love it <3
30stmmts03 2 years ago 2
are you people fucking dumb... hes just air drumming fooling around. there not acually playing in that little dressing room
ericpowderfish 2 years ago
Has anyone noticed that the drummer never uses a drum? I think he is a fake. Look at walking on the moon he nevers drums there ! Always pretending he has a drum but he's drumming in the air !!!! To they have a syntezer or are they tripping on lsd? We should call the police
CrzyLion 2 years ago
Oh my god! Youre so right!
Ive never noticed it!
Lets call the police
Senseieddy 2 years ago
Ye you know like, the police is great but what happend with the drummer??
I think we really should call the police
CrzyLion 2 years ago
Stop with Copeland, Andy Summers is a great musician too, the people speaks every time of sterwart on the youtube videos.
Flinh02 2 years ago
sting love fiorentina!the best!
firenze is the best city in the world! :)
Fiesoleregna 2 years ago
i wonder what this song would sound like with the fray.Probably really bad with the fray even do fray is my favorite band.They just don't fit for this song.
cennarox108 2 years ago
I'm learning this song on guitar the pinkie stretch in the beginning is a good exercise
xdarkzebrax 2 years ago
impecable banda..un hit en la historia..uno d los mejores temas de the police
gabrielson5 2 years ago
the vid suck but the song is cool
tacoman3kid 2 years ago
i agree
Dracodick 2 years ago
You are obviously very young. This is the way most videos were, the band and the music. In my opinion something has been lost.
RCTPatriot75 2 years ago 2
serbia krusevac
draganlal 2 years ago
This is there best song such a tune just to chill to.
Wantgamegetmilkful 2 years ago 2
they are all blond? is that just a codincadince?
doucheba9 2 years ago
It's a co-inkydink
The111DooD 2 years ago
They had not enough money to produce their first album, so they decided to dye their hair blond for a commercial.
gordonstewartandy 2 years ago
lmaoo
BeXnBellZ 2 years ago
great band..sting..so handsome
TheKillerqueen68 2 years ago
good song an im 20 got 2 love them good band
xDACx20 2 years ago 2
i love it
henrychad1968 2 years ago 2
Mon opinel a du mal coupé ! mdr
tjex62 2 years ago
fucking ad
archansx 2 years ago
Feyd Rautha !
groenewegendavid 2 years ago
yah sting is the bass player who was the loser who said he's not
tdaman123 2 years ago
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I really dont like this song
wwex2j57 2 years ago
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Fokkae 2 years ago 3
why not?
Maudit1972 2 years ago
i dont hate it but it not my favorie song.
wwex2j57 2 years ago
then yd u listen to it?
lindhy94 2 years ago
idk i felt like it
wwex2j57 2 years ago
love song hate vid
Tanmandiam 2 years ago
but if you know the intense history of the band, the video becomes pretty illuminating.
the drummer and sting HATED each other. or, they loved each other, but still fought like CRAZY.
you can see in their body language in this video so much of how they feel about each other. and notice andy summers, the guitarist. so cool, so unaffected. just wants to make art.
lornstar6 2 years ago
Does nayone know the link of the solo's tab it would really awesome
BludySkinz 2 years ago
ill send an sos to the world..!! ax00x0xa0xa
kotsios1444 2 years ago 2
God this song is brilliant!!
tontocorazon 2 years ago 8
I'm reading Andy Summers biography right now... Excellent book and highly recommended.
philosopher2king 2 years ago
Best police !!
151Sharon 2 years ago 2
is the police the winer in the world
jorgecaxo69a 2 years ago
the singing sounds jamacin
austinhaines1 2 years ago 2
Yes, the police were influenced by raggae
Antiks72 2 years ago 3
This song is five stars! :)
zer0art 2 years ago 12
music videos have come along a bit since the 70's lol...great song though =)
MarkHyams 2 years ago
gud song....nuff said
MrKato88 2 years ago
the police are amazing...like I don't know what else to say to describe them....
ReaLisT355 2 years ago
hay que decir que el videoclip es un poco basura pero la canción la mejor!! :)
sergi8093 2 years ago
es verdad yo estaba haciendo otras cosas escuchando porque el video es aburridisimo per escuchaba la cancion cantandola y jugando juegos
BuenDiaJocho 2 years ago
si tienes razón jaja
sergi8093 2 years ago
sence they broke up i have been crying so much!!! I'm crying right now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
quik76 2 years ago
it sucks they broke up but they will always be the best
Link48134 2 years ago
One of the greatest records ever...Sting=legend....
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