What Makes This Song Great? "Walking on the Moon" The Police

A good example of what Rick has always reminded viewers: "Before there were pro tools, there were pros." The Police were pros.

It's great that Rick has interviewed all the Police, and not the other way around. 🤣

Rick, The Police are the biggest music influence of my life. I decided to become a musician at 16 because of them and the Beatles. Twenty years on, I pay my morgage and my bills by singing opera, far away from home, where I started in my bedroom, listening to The Police and dreaming someday of jumping on the stage with my bass. God bless them, they motivated me all the way through my ups and downs. When I was listening to their music I could feel the energy of a rock band choesion, of art through adversity, of an immortal force that will live on, to quote Andy Summers, "long after the three Police members are all long gone". Sting came to one of my performances last year at the Salzburg Festival where I was singing right in front of him ... and Stewart liked and said "bravo" to my Acustic rendition of Walking on the Moon on Instagram. Not bad, for me, the little Italian who couldn't hold a note for dear life. Life is great, and music lasts a lifetime. Ciao from Austria!

I'm a guitar player, but when I listen to these guys I can't keep my ears off the drums. The drumming is mesmerising.

Modern songwriters could learn a lot by just studying what ISN'T in this track. The use of space is so refreshing in contrast to today's mixes.

That whole record is pure gold.

I don’t believe in perfection, but the Police’s music is perfect.

After all of these years, the music of the police still sound like magic

Yeah, we need this series to never end.

He finally brought back the series with one of the best bands ever Respect 🙏🙏

Rick teaches me how to listen to songs I’ve heard hundreds of times before.

In 1978/79 we saw the Police live at Bruce Stadium in Canberra. It was a warm spring evening, we were 'enhanced' and had superb sight and sound. Easilly 10,000+ in audience. They kicked off with Walking On The Moon. The whole place went deadset frikkin nuts. Two hours of bliss. One of the most joyous concerts I ever attended.

What makes this "what makes this song great" video even greater than others, is the fact that Rick has interviewed the three members of the band and has exclusive insights into the creation, recording and production. No one else can do this!

The atmosphere in this song is still unmatched.

I'm 75 years old and it's one of my favourite songs. Have all police CDs.

I like it when he says " did you hear that?" , then he singles out the track and I say " now I do" . then that part stands out more than anything else

Rick Beato belongs in the hall of Fame

Living in rural Denmark without music stores in the nearest village and Danish State Radio as the only source (on rare occasions) to listen to new music, at 14 years of age I spent some of the first money I earned working at a local car repair shop to buy a transistor radio. And when everyone else on the farm was sleeping, I'd lie i bed, tuning in to Radio Luxembourg. "Walking on the Moon" was one of the first things I heard. It was a revelation. Never heard anything like it. This wasn't your typical 3 or 4-chord pop or rock song. This was... Sophisticated!... Mysterious!... Same for Randy Crawford and the Crusaders playing "Street Life". All these new sounds I had never imagined. "Don't stop til you get enough" by Michael Jackson, "Cars" by Gary Numan, "Is she really going out with him?" by Joe Jackson and the for RL somewhat prophetic "Video Killed the Radio Star" by Buggles. All within the first few weeks of owning that Blaupunkt transistor radio. I've never smoked anything stronger than tobacco. But those few weeks to months, I was high as a kite!

The Police were ahead of their time. So grateful each member sat with Rick Beato to talk music and song writing. Other bands would be wise to follow The Police, again.

I remember standing in front of a stereo at Sears as an eight year old in 1979 listening to this for the first time and being totally confused and mesmerized.