"Roxanne" unplugged cover

[Jean Pierre]

yes, I know, it's a bit rich to want to cover "Roxane" by Sting...I had to lower the key of 5 half tones!...and it's still too high for me!

but hey ...a challenge

acoustic version with the participation (via Band in a Box  )  of Avery Bright and Matt Nelson on violin and cello
I'm doing myself two takes of acoustic guitar (nylon string) and bass

[Zoltan]

I had to lower the key of 5 half tones!...and it's still too high for me!

Which means that now Sting has trouble singing it

A great Green Sleeves -type of sounding version of the classic Police tune. Perhaps this band could be called as the Park Rangers!

[thetworegs]

A beautiful representation of this classic..excellent backer and then your vocal with the accent really adds to the song

[Pete C]

Quelle belle reprise d'un chanson que j'adore ! Tout à fait génial !

Pete

[Frank53]

What a great interpretation. Gives it whole different feel, in a good way. Love the strings.
Nice performance. You hit the notes well.

[TPB]

Prend des balles pour couvrir Sting. Excellent travail sur le chant et j'adore le jeu et les annonces de cordes
bravo frère

Takes balls to cover Sting. Great job on the vocals and I love the playing and string adds
Bravo brother
Tim

[Blooby]

As much as I enjoy the original, I think this version captures the mood of the lyrics better. I think it being at the edge of your vocal range adds a poignancy to the message. Cool strings as well.

Blooby

[Jean Pierre]

Merci les gars pour vos gentils commentaires

By doing this cover 2 tones lower than Sting's version, I have already made a big effort with my voice!

Zoltan disait

Which means that now Sting has trouble singing it

...and indeed, I came across a verse this morning that he made in Lyon, where he tells the story of this song as when he was touring with the Police at the beginning of his career, he was in Paris in a rotten hotel where there were many prostitutes. .he made this song on this theme and there was in the hall of the hotel a poster of "Cyrano de Bergerac", the play of Edmond Rostant and the darling of Cyrano de Bergerac was called Roxane, so he decided to keep this name for his song

This Live of Sting was in Lyon, my native city, but unfortunately I did not see it...but I found the video on YT (note that Sting speaks very well French)


and indeed he sings it here ... an octave lower
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-3tkmfwMoI

étonnant, non?

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[StephenM]

C'était la première chanson de Police que j'ai entendue en 1979 et elle a été martelée dans nos têtes... comme si elle était jouée encore et encore et encore à la radio... alors bien sûr, ça a secoué...
mais votre version a une belle douce tristesse... et le jeu des instruments sonne si bien...
bravo JP


This was the first Police song I heard back into 1979 and it was drummed right into our heads... as in played over and over and over on the radio...so of course it rocked...
but your version has a lovely sweet sadness to it... and the playing of the instruments sounds so good...
bravo JP

[kenny mac]

Excellent version,that vocal is a hard job so well done on that.
The vibe from the instrumentation sets a great scene.
Your a talented guy JP