The Police RENEWED – Don’t Stand So Close To Me ’86 (Stewart on drums! – FYYC’s Remix & Special Vid)

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Those days are over..!?

I’ve liked the DSSCTM remake since 1986, except for that typical ’80s drum machine they had to use back then because of Stewart’s injury.

Here we are, almost 40 years later, and those annoying beats have been ripped out and completely replaced. Finally! Every beat you hear now is absolutely Stewart-struck! I also rearranged the rest of the song considerably, in an attempt to make the structure more subtle and to do better justice to Sting’s beautiful vocals and Andy’s guitar lines.
The video has been rearranged from snippets found here and there on the internet, but I’ve added and tweaked quite a bit to make it fit this extended mix. As always, I’m very curious to read what you think of “Don’t Stand So Close To Me 2024”. So please let me know!

Ultimately, this is all for a greater purpose. So if our protagonists will be watching and listening to this (and I know by now that Sting does sometimes): come on guys, the years are seriously starting to count, so surprise the world, break the myth of The Police as a closed legend, and do what many do not expect, but what many worldwide are really waiting for: rearrange a few recent songs, give each other some space, and there you have it: THAT DAMN SIXTH POLICE ALBUM!

With love, FYYC!