Sting - The Bed's Too Big Without You

[jwbrown1968]

oh, god this is awful

[Sysminsays]

Most of sting's solo stuff is an ear nightmare to a great number of police fans. I am one of them. The earthy smokey wanna be jazz fusion stuff sound just short of the amusement park reformation of Spinal Tap's "Jazz Oddity"..........lol....And I give it the same rating.

[givinitsome]

Added to my faves! Can't believe how much Sting's improved this song. When I first heard it with the police, it was just a bare bones idea. Great songwriting skills!

[cobraswan]

haha how "world" of you Sting.

[edude29]

whos the rastamans doing it with him

[catjoyyoung]

Love the addition of Ranking Roger. Roger's voice sounds like chocolate next to the gravelly rasping of Sting.

[yamejanakaratoprak]

@catjoyyoung Sounds more like a mudslicker in the desparation of unemployment.

[yamejanakaratoprak]

What is more throat-sickening than another one of these totally not necessary, superfluous, obsolete niggers that think they 'represent' shit or the whole song when they only have a miniscule 5words that they vomit????

How can you compare this black porno to the pure and ennobling limitless energy of the original version?????

[catjoyyoung]

@yamejanakaratoprak dude - you are some kinda bigoted racist idiot.

[yamejanakaratoprak]

@catjoyyoung Most likely you are a superfluous, redundant excuse-nigger.

[catjoyyoung]

@yamejanakaratoprak wow for someone so concerned about the Palestinian plight you are quite the hypocrite

[yamejanakaratoprak]

@catjoyyoung no need to be; quality is its own reward.

[jimellis123]

Is that Rankin' Roger with Sting?

[girlzion]

@jimellis123 It is Ranking Roger!!!  How cool that they performed together!!!

[Mnvanjo]

Yeah!

[spikesda]

Not the best version I have heard!

[giacdrum]

doctone do you know if there's a cd with this live performance??? thanks....

[jbloun911]

Is that a zebra shirt, thats even ballsy for Sting.

[Plato12345]

Sting was my platoonleader back in Nam

[Lefty70]

Is that Rankin Roger? Love it!!

[rockinkitten]

Yes!!

[dreadrocksean]

this is like post '81 Elton vs pre

[Blink182DudeRanch]

i dont like this atall, espescially as ive just watched him perform an extended version with the police. i really dont see the appeal of sting as a solo artist

[dntworibhapi]

as I was watching this I was thinking is that ranking roger from the beat? - I then scroll down and discover its not only me that thinks that :-)

[rockinkitten]

Yes it is!

[georgeman2468]

Pile of crap. Sting does the same live as daryl stuermer - both faff about and turn songs into improvised nonsense that sound nothing like the original songs. Garbage.

[axel11211]

....well..u know after living 39 years...women...are just momentary candy....they taste good at firts..but dont get used to the flavor..cause others...will like it too!!....and at the end of the day...women are narcassits.. an materialist...so my bed is not really too big without u........lol!!! my wallet is thicker without u!!!!...well thats my 2 cent of b.s. opinion...im sure many will differ..with my statement

[cornsnag]

I'll take the original too. Is that Ranking Roger from The English Beat?

[rockinkitten]

Yes it is!

[windsorjoel]

i think it's okay- of course the original is the best version, but this is also good. hey, it's Sting!

[ramonici0]

wow:X:X:X:XX:X

[Gemini1964]

Lesson 1: How to ruin a great song.

[MsLilip]

I think it´s a very good song, but I would like the last part would be longer.

[usernam3]

What a travesty of a version!

[breakbeatghost]

its still a good tune even with this arrangement, but the police original, the way THEY played it live, was out of this world, still should be appreciated imo.

[doubts]

Took a bit of time.. but it worked in the end

[copeland1983]

Nice Version! Vinnie Rocks!

[culpritto]

don't get all the moaning about "not true" version of this song. i love my sting for the fact that i can have up to a dozen of versions of the same songs and they all sound interesting and original in its new arrangements which are usually smart. you don't like this version go back and listen to the other ones. it's not that he's annihilating the old ones every time he comes up with a different rendition

[steviebmob]

hmmmm... i'm an avid Police & reggae fan and i think this is a great track if Sting were to lose the Jazz and rock guitar ...The song is reall great towards the end when the rasta man make im chant aye!! just my opinion...

anyone know who the rasta man is? Ranking Roger?

[BAMLK58]

I like this song

[PinkFloydManiac1973]

I can't believe it! Sting, the creator of this great track, is butchering it like there's no tomorrow!

[mikeparadigm]

yo hit it on the money man, cannot agree more...

[hippojuice23]

Yuk! Call the Police!

[matcar87]

This is what it looks like when someone disappears up his own bum.

[hecor63]

can someone told me where i can find this version pls.

[PandaLV]

I like this one! Cool!

[crisalvini]

Ciao doc!!! 5*

kisses from micra :-*

[doctone]

Ciao Micra!!

Thank you for sweeeeeeeet kisses!!;))

[All4Seasons]

A cool and smooth arrangement of The Bed's Too Big - very sexy

Quite appropriate that Sting would do it heavy on the reggae,after all The Police were famous for their reggae-infused music amid the punk rock scene of the late 70s

Thanks, Doctone, for this! hadn't seen it before

jen

[doctone]

Hi jen:D

Thanks for a nice comment!

I'm so glad that you enjoy.

Cheers

Doctone

[zenbudhism]

stings just lost his girlfriend and there all dancing around like a pop song

rehash reissue repackage extra track and a tacky badge as morrissey once put it

[MaggotBrain10]

The recorded version w/ Roger -- a B-side to one of the Mercury Falling singles -- is way better than this.

[maheekat]

Rankin!

[mykalray]

yes, bredren roger. sounds great. see u soon.

dubxanne rules :)

[alltoafrica]

What is this? It`s really really great, thank you so much for sharing!!!

[Plato12345]

This version lacks the lonely icy feeling. Even with this brilliant line-up it still sucks....IMO of course...

What is that shit with the bluesy vocals anyway? Jamaican part is nice....

[FisheeC3]

The biggest problem with this version of the song has got to be the shirt that Sting is wearing... seriously, what the fuck is that?

[doctone]

Hahaha...

Thank you for a very interesting comment.

I'm agree with you;))

[thetabbywolf]

@FisheeC3 thats so true its really weird^^

[GendaiKarateka]

This version is pretty cool.

[doctone]

Hey hey hey,Guys!

Throw your old brains away!!!

Sting is alway going in progress!!!

[sergiodal1]

what is this?!?!

listen the original, it's 30 years old, but belive me, is much more better than this b.s.

[padistedor]

I agree, there was no need to change the song.

[amozartii]

Sting is great but all this solo crap is horrible, sure I like many of his original songs (outside of the Police) but to screw this up is BAD!! I actually think, and I hope you are reading this Sting, that the Police should stay together and do another tour..and an album.

[larkydozer]

Truth.

This version sucks balls.

[Liamkeno]

seriously what the fuck? is sting doing in this video...hes ruined a totally great song and that black dude...wtf? hes turned into a pop oriented sell out after the police

[jbrenteidson]

That "black dude" is Rankin' Roger from English Beat - which is one of Sting's favorite bands and influences.

[Joyster2212]

I actually got disappointed with this.. Doesn't make sense that he chances such a hit. The original is great but... This sucks!

[54spiritedwill54]

great document and 1996 version!!

[themorbidmartian2]

This is a joke compared to the original version.

[stretch54]

Why are so many of these videos out of sync? They lack impact when the audio and video don't agree with each other. I dig this version of this tune.

[doctone]

yes...

Totally I agree with you.

so I won't post any videos anymore.

[stretch54]

Sorry Doctone..that wasn't meant to be a knock on you. It's just frustrating that so many good videos on YT seem to be out of sync. I appreciate what you bring to the site.

[amya1980]

only thing that's the same is the lyrics??

[famlaya]

BIG TUNE

[Brooke24S]

How can ANYONE give someone sh*t with a voice like that!

[JesusChrist5000]

What puzzles me is this:  Why is there so much hating on Sting?

[therainsong1]

i like the original version with the police better

[richie616799]

Saw this live on the telly one friday night. Whole place was hopping, big fan, thanks a lot. Also, surely Sting has reached the point where he is entitled to do whatever he pleases with his music.......

[Epilogue01]

It's better than most people seem to suggest. I like it.

[paulo101]

Only good thing about this is Vinnie I'm afraid.

[ampcba]

but thats nice too :)

[ampcba]

the original is 10000x better than this :(

[cosine303]

I agree. people go on about their better known stuff, but this is good as well =)

[sunhouse1]

This is so wack. He thinks he's being artsy and clever, when really he is just tainting a great song with his crappy, watered down interpretation. I agree with tgwnn, the original is 100x better. Check the actual video for this song, slightly different from the original but super dope.

[tgwnn]

the original is 100x better than this :(

[delijica]

Good old Colaihootah..Bravo,Doctone!

[doctone]

Yeah!

I'm also a big Vinnie's fan!

Wanna shake hand with you!!!

[carlosveloce]

vinnie is dancing!

[weedkiller10]

great version the bass seems almost better in this one

[NewJeruGyrl]

Ranking Roger rocks!!

[saga55]

great document and 1996 version!! thanks

[doctone]

You're welcome!

Enjoy!

[cokelalo]

luego escucharemos esto con !!!!the police!!!!