Sting
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Sep 15, 2026
Kyle BrandtGUEST
Yep.
Bill SimmonsHOST
June 1985, Sting, first solo album post-Police, releases his song The Russians.
Bill SimmonsHOST
Or it's called-
Kyle BrandtGUEST
Mm-hmm
Bill SimmonsHOST
...
Bill SimmonsHOST
Russians, but it's about the Russians, do they love their children too? It's like, oh, Sting, getting poetic about the Cold War.
Kyle BrandtGUEST
Mm-hmm.
Bill SimmonsHOST
November '85, Rocky IV, and then everything peaks December 30th, 1985.
Jonathan LeemanHOST
So when you hear stories of different musicians...
Jonathan LeemanHOST
Like, I remember when I was a kid, I loved The Police, right? And I remember some story, Sting woke up one night, and Every Breath You Take was, like, in his head or something.
Jonathan LeemanHOST
Like, does that happen?
Matt BoswellGUEST
No.
RichardHOST
You know a good thing about editors? They come from Birmingham.
RichardHOST
Sting.
RichardHOST
That's Newcastle, but they don't get it.
RichardHOST
Anyway, yeah, sorry.
MikeHOST
one of the tracks on one of the albums we got it's called Geordie isn't it from one of the tracks we have to review shortly yes yeah and that is yeah and I wrote that down and it's called Geordie why would I say Sting what an idiot it's too
RichardHOST
early it's too early oh wow go on I'm intrigued
MikeHOST
so yes this was released on the 12th of October 2009 and I had a random thought when I wrote that down And I've done no research on it.
19 MINS LATER
MikeHOST
The
Elvis DuranHOST
Okay, give us, first of all, who are these people? All right,
GandhiPANELIST
so it was, first it was Sting, then Liam Neeson, then Lin-Manuel Miranda, and then Sheryl Crow.
GandhiPANELIST
So Sting was a teacher for two years at St. Paul's First School in Northumberland.
GandhiPANELIST
He was also a soccer coach before he became famous.
GandhiPANELIST
Just imagine.
Elvis DuranHOST
[laughs]
JasonAUDIENCE
So it was, first it was Sting, then Liam Neeson, then Lin-Manuel Miranda, and then Sheryl Crow.
JasonAUDIENCE
So Sting was a teacher for two years at St. Paul's First School in North Cumberland.
JasonAUDIENCE
He was also a soccer coach before he became famous.
JasonAUDIENCE
Ha.
speaker_0HOST
In 1979, the film adaptation of The Who's rock opera Quadrophenia premiered at the Toronto Film Festival.
speaker_0HOST
Directed by Franc Roddam, the movie focused on the dramatic rivalry between British mods and rockers, and famously featured the musician Sting in a prominent acting role.
speaker_0HOST
In 1995, the handwritten lyrics for the Beatles song Getting Better, scribbled down by Paul McCartney, were sold at a Sotheby's auction in London, England for $249,000.
speaker_0HOST
The original draft gave fans a unique look at his writing process, including crossed-out words.
Dotman211HOST
SOS?
NKB420HOST
Son of Sting.
NKB420HOST
[laughs]
Dotman211HOST
Oh, ah, look.
Dotman211HOST
Do you have it? I, I won't step on your toes if you have it in your, uh, in your notes.
NKB420HOST
What?
Dotman211HOST
The whole Tony Schiavone, instead of saying, "It's Sting," he said, "It's Steve."
NKB420HOST
Ven.
JoshHOST
...
JoshHOST
Sting.
JoshHOST
[laughs]
Metro StephonGUEST
Ooh.
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JoshHOST
Old school.
JoshHOST
You know, I should call him an icon.
JoshHOST
He's not Sting.
JoshHOST
[laughs]
Tom StewartGUEST
We can't do it anymore.
Stuart MulrainHOST
It's like being a Sting fan.
Stuart MulrainHOST
It was hard enough anyway at times, but then he picked up a lute.
Stuart MulrainHOST
I'm going to
Michael LockettGUEST
And then eventually it was Prince.
Michael LockettGUEST
Eventually it was Sting.
Michael LockettGUEST
Yeah, Michael Jackson, obviously
Joe KelleyHOST
That's a great foundation, yeah.
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