Sting - Fortress Around Your Heart - 1985 (from the movie Bring On The Night)

When Sting embarked on his solo career, he didn't throw his tenure with the Police out the window; on this live double album from his Dream of the Blue Turtles tour, he reworks some odd selections from his old band's catalog in the expansive, jazz-inflected style of his new crew (which included saxophonist Branford Marsalis). These performances emphasize showmanship (solos, backup singers, and all) and they've got lots of crowd-pleasing moments, like the overwhelming swell of "I Burn for You" and a Caribbean clap-along on a medley of "One World" and "Love Is the Seventh Wave." But Sting's raw-steak voice has been affected by his band, too, and his phrasing on the quieter torch songs draws cleverly on jazz traditions.

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• Sting
• Fortress
• Around
• Your
• Heart

[WxHeel]

this is Blu-ray?

[gordonmatthewsumner]

@WxHeel I think no ...

[mytube543210]

hey thanks a million trillion..I've danced my heart this eve

[gordonmatthewsumner]

@mytube543210 thats what this is for :-))

[1hotdilf]

Is that Omar Hakim on the kit? I know he did the original. Man he is smooth on the kit!

[gordonmatthewsumner]

@1hotdilf yes he is ... the grandmaster of drums !!!

[MURFDASURFF]

@1hotdilf Watch Omar at 1:10 quickly swing his mic around behind him,so it is out of the way just before he lets loose..

[acfiorentina]

Thank you for posting this.

[lwwatterson]

Id really Like to see a Performance from this bands"Bring On the Night" Paris Movie of "Low Life" doesnt seem to be one yet on the "tube" any chances?

[carstenneugebauer]

whenever i see videos of this era of sting's career, i can't help to be torn between the greatness of the music on one hand, and the tragedy regarding kenny kirklandon the other. man, he was such a great musician, probably one of the best of his time (or any, for that matter), and vastly underrecognized, even with all the praise that he did get (rightfully so). it's a shame what drugs will do even to the best of the best if you're not strong enough to resist...

[dobbysta2]

@Sisyfos1000 hehe yes saw that too

[WxHeel]

@gordonmatthewsumner but this high quality?

[Sisyfos1000]

Signs of flirting at 1:29. Gordon, you naughty boy!

[shidatatomoyami]

oh Kenny..... R.I.P.

[brianallancobb]

@mstephens44

Thanks, never knew the background. Remember reading about Sting in divorce court in, perhaps 1982, trying to keep from paying out big bucks in alimony (I think there were no kids).

[mstephens44]

@brianallancobb It after his first marriage broke up.