The Police - King Of Pain: Video

[repleron]

é impressão ou o sting está cantando junto com o playback?

[bobjames55555]

the lyrics is fucking great!!

[Flinh02]

the beginning of this song is mystic, i adore the sting expression and music of 3 musicians 0:19 to 0:46. The police best band of in all time with beatles and the who.

[EatinCactus]

There's a little black spot on the Sun today! It's the same old thing as yesterday....It's my Soul up there!

[Breal701]

I'd rather be the King of Spain...

[m6perezjr]

I believe the background track is being played because of the marimba (or piano) part which is needed for this song. Not sure why he chose to keep the vocal track though? Still one of my favorite bands and a great song!

[boomaga]

What a badly directed video and mediocre performance to choose to be the video for a great song. All tight close shots at angles, slow crossfades, no sense of setting - and this cycling through colors business ? Bushleague, Janet.

[fezzappa]

everyones a critic-

[sorrelplumb]

hahaaaa i like his brecht joke. So trueee.

[oyePhoker]

bludy fuking awesome .. 100 times better than the shit we get now a days ..

[Oxfordclassicjazz]

There's a black winged gull with a broken back...Christ, that's poetry!

[PCEntertainment]

man even they lipsynched back then too lol

at least he is lipsynching his own song and singing with his own vocals

[ozlotto76]

@PCEntertainment what are you talking about? of course he's singing it for real

[PCEntertainment]

no, re look at it, he is singing with his on backing vocal track which is then faded out

[rongravy]

that's my soul up/down there...

[glennwith2nns]

watching Sting here makes me think: street performer. get back in the studio!

[zedrein18]

You must be out of your fucking mind.

[stewartcopelandftw]

He was born in America and moved to lebanon...

[ozlotto76]

I just realised the king of bread joke refers to the fact that pain is the French word for bread, but in French it's pronounced like "pan" without an n on the end.

[ametryn]

Yeah, there's a bread place called Au Bon Pain hahaha

[capricious71]

This is probably my favourite Police song.

[sockhoper]

I love this band but is it me or is sting forgeting to sing into the micorphone, just a little? I still love them they r great!!

[ozlotto76]

A very beautiful and underrated song. I think this live performance is more powerful than the studio version, but that was awesome as well.

[aaacarson2009]

I agree with much of your comment ... they are all very good live - improvising as they go ... very good artists - I'm strcuk by the depth of the lyrics and how well the melody wraps itself around the intended sentiments ... I feel like what they sing of: my destiny to be the king of pain ... ;-(

[KristinaBrooker]

Rock and Roll the meaning:

1) REACT

2) MARRIAGE then COMFORT RANK

(pension/credit, laugh, prof kid, bit0h, 3000 days celibate)

ans:safe engineering (maple graphing)

[museken]

Copeland is with no doubt a unsung hero his input into modern movies is Copeland. When the Police broke up Stewart survived. Again you may not like each other. You may not like it, but if everyone else does why walk away. Because of pride. Pride is a U2 song. the Police and U2 in concert.. a massive opening of the ears and now eyes..

[Kobeownzu81]

maybe im a little biased because im a drummer, but stewart copeland is the most talented member of this band

[aaacarson2009]

I agree you are a bit biased because the others also have a lot of tzlent musically( they all play multiple insturments very well) & they have all written for other artists/singers/movies as well .... Yes ... even Sting! lol

[Giovani22]

These were there best days when they were more free spirited muscians and democratic with each other ,but that reunione did two years ago it was all about sting ,very mellowed out and there were 'nt in tune with each other

[merkules2001]

I saw a very different show with punky type old stuff. Very up tempo for the Tampa show, which was my favorite show of all time. So lonely, Next to You etc...

[Giovani22]

I thought about going to the tampa show the next day ,but then i said to my self naaaa ...why?? what for ...i wasn't impressed with the miami show ( i hate to say it but i got bored a few times )

[tracksuitjim]

king of bread lololol

[ozlotto76]

wtf?

[carodubresil]

jadooor cette chanson et lui aussi! sil avai encore cet age la :p

[museken]

I just saw U2 at Giants stadium...I saw the police "united" a year ago. My god ,could you picture these 2 groups in one concert....U2 and the Police... You would have to close the city...No Shit.....or build a new space ship....

[irish00104]

The Police....two Brits and an American, beautiful!

[mangostenmaster]

Actually, the American was born in Lebanon... or Israel; I forget, but he is ethnically American.

[yamile535]

the police es lo mejor, todas las canciones son muy buenas....... me gustaria saber que opinan las personas de arriba que mal no saber ingles, jajajaja

[Mrpapito88]

Le estan echando pestes a Sting,por q prefirio el dinero a la musica

[drewper73]

It's too bad these guys couldn't get along in the '80's. If they had gotten along they might have released more than five studio albums. They did reunite however a couple of years ago for one big tour.

[bittenof]

they all do that when the money starts to run out although in stings case that may not be true.;

[MrLuke1776]

I saw them on that world tour!

[noodzXmakeXmeXsmile]

so beautiful

brings a tear to the eye

[WhiteWolfDief]

PURE POETRY here!!!

[Boogers4dinner]

My favorite rock group of all time! Always will be! Die hard Police fan for life baby!

[carrousel73]

What a good old and hot man is Sting!

[foalcon9024]

theres a little brown spot on his underwear...

[erik7x57]

hahahah...."..that's my balls down there..." don't get me wrong, I luv the Police, but that's HY-larious.

[CaramelCamel]

I like this performance a lot! It's fun how Sting sand the "That's my soul up there" part in the first verse, he didn't do that in the Atlanta show.

I'm also enjoying Andy's little booty shake at 4:32. :]

Aannndddd usually Stewarts drum skins read "Fuck Off You Cunt", but if you look at the drums it appears that "fuck" and "cunt" have been blurred out, probably for family viewers.

Great vid!

[TomBunzel]

What a Playback

[trimsolguy06]

Stewart is the drummer :)

[speakker]

Yeah I had a brainfart there.

[FFXGuitar]

lol hes not exactly lip synching, he's doubling the vocals, using a pre-recorded track as a "background singer", while he sung lead vocals. due to this extra track, and his unfortunate mis-timing, it appeared he was lip synching.

[Nirad007]

i also heard from his dvd that if sting doesn't play as he is singing he will mess up. and also he can't sing with out playing

[mountainboy604]

wow great sound. Andy sounds great.

[butthefollowing]

yeah The King of Pain... and yet...  I Feel So Lonely...

Google this:.. "Looking"+"barrel"+"armalite"

[NCLFcrew]

I like it when Sting slightly messes up in the beggining

[ks4467]

ahh, the metaphysics of it all, kind of like you and I circling 'round the moon!!

[leeshaoran12]

es lo mejor cansion q e hoido

[jbassman666]

the police kick ass!!

[CuuijqyMuruqdte]

wtf O_O doesn't this song have an official VIDEO?  I swear I remember from back in the days.

[mdlman583]

You werent there,I would have seen you

[CuuijqyMuruqdte]

I believe this song is from the NINETEEN eighties, not the EIGHTEEN eighties. =\

[amorexa]

love this song! great band

[skisnomobile4ev]

this song introduced me to the police...in my music class, a friend chose this song as the one we would do for a concert. once i had listened to this, i listened to the other music. That was March, 2009. July 22, 2009 i'm still watching their videos and listening to them on my iPod. this is my all time favorite band, and this song pulled me through a tough time in my life. <3 king of pain

[Gadelong]

great! love it!

[bdub24j]

Whether it be album or live versions, the Police never seem to fail in sounding good to me. Love the band!

[PrinceApocalypse]

The Police put out some of the best albums of the 80's.....I'll always be a police fan...

[TexasLonghornFan63]

I dont get it !! I have ben looking at some of the commets and i was just thinking, if people hate this band so much, why do they watch it on you tube??

[howen77]

With such vivid imagery, I always wished the Police had made a real video of this song back in 1983. There music is as close to timeless as any I have ever heard.

[lishawn2]

the true meaning of "Life's a BITCH"!!

[retiredtrucker50]

This is a good live video best ive heard in awhile

[kaibiti]

MANGAI TAMAM

[kaibiti]

YOU ARE FUK UP KID, MANGAI TAMAM

[OppPaul]

It's my soul up there

[qvrnc565]

i think sting would find it sad that the last 100 comments were the bickerings of a bunch of cybertards. can this shit stop?

[ryanwebb28]

it's a great song, just enjoy it

[liquidjonnie]

to all 33 comment's ... shut the fuck up and watch the video . then go out and try to get some kind of life. good luck

[Fiddmiester]

kING OF PAIN... this song described perfectly my life experience @ 12.

Don't give a shit? Fucking go ELSEWHERE where you might find some shallow bullshit that suits your shallow assed life. If you have nothing better to do than critisize, you are a waste of plasma. Fuck you.

[elder4241995]

theres a skeliton chokeing on a crust of bred

[croonboy00]

Eat a bag of dicks.

[tokiotellinaxsempre]

☺

/||\

/ \ Este chico tiene cancer, pasad la cadena a 5 videos o el morira.

[nsmar4211]

That's a backing harmony track.......

[edenmaze]

NSMAR commented:

"That's a backing harmony track"

EM replied:

I mean no disrespect, but it is NOT a "HARMONY" track

It IS a "backing track" but it is not HARMONY.

It is whats known as a "UNISON" backing track.

UNISON vocals are the EXACT SAME pitches and timings. It is the SAME ROOT NOTES that are "layered" over each other to produce a

"GLOSSY SOUND"

It's like AIRBRUSHED makeup for a model. She's still good looking without it, but she's NOT cover girl material without it

[mortane1234]

dude who cares?

[mortane1234]

where is the logic in that? all i meant was who gives fuck whether it's a harmony track or a unison back track and frankly i don't even know the difference and neither does the rest who's reading this. Al nsmar meant was that's it's a good fucking song and it's feels harmonieus to him so shut up stop being and don't be a fucking nerd with your pwns owns and ~slam~

[mortane1234]

hey remember when i said who cares? well i'll say it again who cares? but this time it's about your username profile channel bullshit oh and no i didn't look at it i dont care about what you listen or look. all i want to read are you arguments and i can read em right here.

[edenmaze]

At 0:15 Sting TOTALY misses the 1st vocal line and his LIP SYNCING / AUTOMATIC VOCAL ENHANCEMENT BACKGROUND TRACK is fully revealed.

Don't get me wrong I LOVE the POLICE and I always will. I also love the way STING reacts and yells out, "WHAT?"

It's as if some people in the crowd picked up on it & they getstured something that made him understand that they NOTICED......

His reply is CLASSIC~

I still give it 5 STARS~

Congratulations to UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP for NOT editing it out.

[takncareofbidnes]

astute. good eye. but how can you tell if it's synching or there's not someone else singing with him?

[edenmaze]

TAKEN CARE replied to EM~

"astute. good eye. but how can you tell if it's synching or there's not someone else singing with him?"

EM replied:

Heres how.... "listen" VERY intently on the "quality and tone and timbre" of the "EXTRA" vocal........

It is EXACTLY like STINGS voice~ It simpy IS Stings pre-recorded voice.

I can't be 100% sure, but I would BET real money that the EXTRA voice is HIS being "TRIGGERED / SEQUENCED" along with a "main volume muted, Drummer only, click track"

[Canaboy12]

NemuAsakuraX,Z( i'll try to follow your lead.)..

[NemuAsakuraX]

Love this song I heard Mudvaynes cover first for this song and loved it if I'm in the mood for heavy stuff I can listen to Mudvaynes cover and if I feel like listening to softer stuff I'll listen to The Police =]

[Kaless134]

King of Pain is a timeless classic.......awesome!

[worm082]

love the part at 2:53

[evolution390]

There's a little black spot in the sun today AMAZING SONG!!

[ThaRealAmErpSyCHO]

I was thinking the same thing.

[bigdsears]

What's your damage, little boy? You've got a sick and twisted world perspective. The Police make Mudvayne look like Nelson

[BeatleMonkeegirl15]

<3 them :)

[NCLFcrew]

Love this song

[cutiepie101201]

ok huge police fan....but overlaying vocals is a little disappointing. Sting is very talanted no question but this cant be overlooked as a fan

[kidtangles]

Absolutely agree with this comment after reading all the others, Stings vocal stands up alone, using a unison track or whatever you call it isn't live. That's what the other band members are for.

[1993a2000]

great song, also great band fuul of talent, and creativiti. great

[IBOII5150I]

absolutely agree^^