077: Stewart Copeland (The Police, Klark Kent, Animal Logic, Oysterhead)
The Trap Set with Joe Wong
Joe Wong
4.8 • 709 Ratings
🗓️ 29 June 2016
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
Joe is thrilled to welcome one of his favorite drummers, Stewart Copeland, to The Trap Set. A founding member of The Police, Stewart is one of the most admired and influential drummers of all time. He tells Joe about how drumming made him a man; his father's background as a CIA agent; why he was largely unhappy during The Police's massively successful reign; his film scoring approach; and his parenting philosophy.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey folks, it's Joe. Can't get enough Stuart Copeland? Check out our bonus episode, which was also posted today, featuring listener questions. |
| 0:09.5 | Stewart told me about going to group therapy with the police, Clark Kent, and more. |
| 0:14.9 | This episode of the trap set is brought to you, in part, by Collectiveo coffee, handmade coffee since 1993. Check them out online at |
| 0:23.9 | collectivo.com. |
| 0:25.6 | Oh! Wow! This is Joe Wong. Welcome to the Trapset, where each week we explore the lives of drummers. |
| 0:43.9 | I want to play something for you. |
| 0:45.9 | I am the hottest thing you ever will see. |
| 0:48.8 | You know I'm something it ain't easy to be. |
| 0:51.6 | I am the neatest thing that ever hit town. |
| 0:56.0 | There isn't anything that could be me down. Don't care if you really want to hang around. |
| 0:59.0 | Don't care because I am the neatest thing in town. |
| 1:02.0 | Don't care if you really want to stick around. |
| 1:05.0 | I don't care if you even want to put me down. |
| 1:08.0 | You're hearing Don't Care by Clark Kent, featuring guest Stuart Copeland on drums and well everything else. |
| 1:14.6 | Copeland's first taste of chart success was with this song, but he's best known as the drummer for the police, |
| 1:21.6 | a band which he formed in 1977. |
| 1:24.6 | The police are one of the most successful rock bands of all time, and Copeland's aesthetic |
| 1:30.2 | vision, which combined punk rock energy with reggae and Middle Eastern rhythms, was the foundation |
| 1:35.5 | of that success. |
| 1:38.0 | Sting might have received the lion's share of attention, but Copeland's crisp sound, unorthodox |
| 1:43.2 | ideas, and precise yet frenetic execution |
| 1:46.0 | make him one of the most admired and influential drummers of all time. |
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