@NotAValidUsername "Driven To Tears" was first featured on the "Zenyatta Mondatta" Long Playing (that was before the age of compact discs), by The Police, some time around 1980...
Not sure about one of the other posts written here but this IS in the same key as the original. This performance was in 1986, only 6 years after Driven To Tears was first released.
I think people confuse Kenny Kirkland's feel with that of Stewart and Sting, who are simply not playing a jazz feel here. When people hear some jazz chords on piano they all say "this is jazz".. it's not.
Not as good as they were back in the say. Notice its dropped tuning a few nots because Sting can't sing in the same key as he used to. Its still a great song, but just doesn't sound right. Go pop in the cd, and its like a different song.
Being a musician, I know sometimes you have to make adjustments, but somehow this song loses its lusture from the older live shows where they used to play it in the same tuning as the album.
the police threw different twists to some of their songs throughout the years. live versions of cant stand losing you, driven to tears, roxanne, message in a bottle, all evolved over the years. you gotta really each band members influences as well. sting and andy came from jazz, where stewarts introduced the reggae beats to sting. try to love all versions for what each one brings. we can really hear andys guitar this time, which other times u only hear the the chorus and solo well.
@NotAValidUsername "Driven To Tears" was first featured on the "Zenyatta Mondatta" Long Playing (that was before the age of compact discs), by The Police, some time around 1980...
acfiorentina 1 year ago
This is good the version performed on the last tour was AWESOME! It was in this key but the verses were in the original so they threw both in there!
RJW882 2 years ago
well done
stoberto06 4 years ago
wowee
back in the day tht is like 1986
theres nothin wrong with tht song
stoberto06 4 years ago
driven to tears
p0lal0ka 4 years ago
Not sure about one of the other posts written here but this IS in the same key as the original. This performance was in 1986, only 6 years after Driven To Tears was first released.
NotAValidUsername 4 years ago 2
I think people confuse Kenny Kirkland's feel with that of Stewart and Sting, who are simply not playing a jazz feel here. When people hear some jazz chords on piano they all say "this is jazz".. it's not.
larkydozer 4 years ago
Not as good as they were back in the say. Notice its dropped tuning a few nots because Sting can't sing in the same key as he used to. Its still a great song, but just doesn't sound right. Go pop in the cd, and its like a different song.
Being a musician, I know sometimes you have to make adjustments, but somehow this song loses its lusture from the older live shows where they used to play it in the same tuning as the album.
xxdigipiratexx 4 years ago
*RECOGNIZE each band members influences*
attitudecg 4 years ago
the police threw different twists to some of their songs throughout the years. live versions of cant stand losing you, driven to tears, roxanne, message in a bottle, all evolved over the years. you gotta really each band members influences as well. sting and andy came from jazz, where stewarts introduced the reggae beats to sting. try to love all versions for what each one brings. we can really hear andys guitar this time, which other times u only hear the the chorus and solo well.
attitudecg 4 years ago