Message In A Bottle. Please solve this mystery.

the guitar is slightly higher 1/4 to 1/2 step up. and of course the film speed could account for this. the soundtrack would be higher if the film was played faster

So cool to see such old footage of Sting playing this song. Of course his voice is amazing and he more than gets by on acoustic guitar. This is approximately 25 years old.

SterlingRe, your wrong about the age, this video is in the date 1981, so subtract that from 2009, and you will 28 years old! OMG!!! if it was 25 years, it would be in 2005!

I'm not sure what you're trying to calculate. I guessed the video was 25 years old, you said 28 so I'm off by 3 years old. All it means is that the performance would have been 1984 by my 25 year guess. More importantly Sting sounds awesome as those were special days for him and the Police.

That's what makes an artist great...the ability to perform without frills and gimmicks. Just hand the guy a guitar and he can make great music. AWESOME!

He is playing at concert pitch... concert pitch means that an A note would be at 440 Hz. He is just playing the song in a different key.

very great !

Noooooooo, the archetype of this song is the Synchro Tour version.

the recording and this version are the same key. exact same.

handy and stewart were ill so sting ha to do the show by himself, lol