Based on the acclaimed memoir by renowned guitarist Andy Summers, Can’t Stand Losing You: Surviving The Police follows Summers’ journey from his early days in the psychedelic ‘60s music scene, when he played with The Animals, to chance encounters with drummer Stewart Copeland and bassist Sting, which led to the formation of a new wave trio, The Police. The band’s phenomenal rise and its highly publicized dissolution at the height of their fame in the early ’80s captured by Summers’ camera. Utilizing rare archival footage, Summers’ photos, and insights from the guitarist’s side of the stage, Can’t Stand Losing You brings together past and present as the band members prepare to reunite for the first time in two decades later for a global reunion tour in 2007.

music documentary film

Punk, New Wave, Reggae and Techno bands from Europe and the US recorded live in several locations in 1980. The biggest names on the bill are the Police and UB 40 but every performance is a jewel, a time capsule of the influenced and the influential in rock music right up to today.
Soundtracks:
"Driven to Tears"
Police
"Dance"
Toyah Wilcox
"Back in Flesh"
Wall of Voodoo
"Enola Gay"
Orchestral Manoeuvers in the Dark
"Ain't this Life"
Oingo Boingo
"The Puppet"
Echo and the Bunnymen
"Foolish I Know"
Jools Holland
"Respectable Street"
XTC
"Total Eclipse of the Sun"
Klaus Nomi
"Where's Captain Kirk?"
Athletico Spizz 80
"We've Got the Beat"
Go-Gos
"Ku-Klux-Klan"
Steel Pulse
"Down in the Park"
Gary Neuman
"I Don't Give A Damn About My Bad Reputation"
Joan Jett and The Blackhearts
"Model Worker"
Magazine
"Offshore Banking Business"
Members
"Come Again"
AuPairs
"Tear it Up"
The Cramps
"Valium"
Invisible Sex
"Birdies"
Pere Ubu
"Uncontrollable Urge"
Devo
"Nothing Means Nothing Anymore"
Alley Cats
"Cheryl's Going Home"
John Ottway
"He'd Send In the Army"
Gang of Four
"Homicide"
999
"Shadow Line"
The Fleshtones
"Beyond and Back"
X
"Sign of the Cross"
Skafish
"Roxanne"
Police
"Bleed For Me"
Dead Kennedys
The 94 minute theatrical version widely released in America by Filmways Pictures omits 10 songs and artists that appear in the 124 minute version released to U.S. home video. The selections missing from most theatrical prints are:
John Cooper Clarke - "Health Fanatic"
Chelsea - "I'm on Fire"
Athletico Spizz 80 - "Where's Captain Kirk?"
Magazine - "Model Worker"
The Members - "Offshore Banking Business"
Invisible Sex - "Valium"
Pere Ubu - "Birdies"
John Otway - "Cheryl's Going Home"
Skafish - "Sign of the Cross"
Splodgeness Abounds - "Two Little Boys"