That is a perfect summation of him!

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@@hollyandersonsmusic3226 Nice

@@ProjectFlashlight612 OK, I stole it from QI.

Just wanted to comment about it, but here you are. :D

So funny.

I thought it was wierd comparing the two. I mean he is a great musician, but he ain't no Bill Bailey.

That's not really what he said.

I mean, he's not wrong

Who could pay attention to the lesson?? He's too captivating.

His music teacher was the same as mine (there for 20+ years!)

@@zyxibule That's awesome! But were they always going on about "this other" student of theirs? With perfect pitch, an amazing sense of humor, and moving "with the silky precision of a crab"? Because that is a hard act to follow

I would pay so much money to have Bill as my music teacher

Tim Moore - yes, he was called Ian Phipps and was at King Edwards Bath

thank you for the awesome words, love & recognition, I am captivated🙂. Where are you watching from❤?

Tommy Kelly if he was my music teacher I’d never miss a lesson

You need to watch "Bill Bailey's Guide to the Orchestra"

Watch his DVD " Remarkable Guide to the Orchestra " its basically this for 90 minutes.

And like 50 ads?

@@mikeb3172 you need to find a better way to watch stuff man

same here man, I loled so hard my daughter upstairs woke up

yeah he just slipped that in quickly and I died.

I was literally swallowing coffee at that point. It wasn't pretty.

Best thread in the whole internet :) :)

Oh Christ!! Nearly pissed myself laughing...

You could just watch it on repeat. Doesn't need to be longer.

I mean if you love his comedy you'd already be aware of his musical prowess.

@VVoOꟻF No sir. I've seen him on TV doing other stuff like 8 out of 10 cats does countdown, black books and QI. He's hilarious. Then I discovered the musical stuff.

The like me like me like me I’m the major key hahah

And it's so much louder than the rest of the video, too!

I was thinking lower germany Bavaria but drinking songs...

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This guy is hilarious :)

i just read that last sentence in major key as well... dafuq is this sorcery.

@@Elrumel it Bill, he is clearly a modern day musical druid

Hugo Luc 😂😂

His biggest fan(stalker)

🤣

Hi Rachel.

She so pretteh

And he's a really, really nice guy!

I couldn't disagree more. Because you are right.

Turns out he can dance a bit too.

Best compliment I could imagine! :)

I'm ok with that usually I would say he's stealing his act,but I think he pulls it of well

I like Bill, but surely that title belongs to Tim Minchin.

@@RikardPeterson No, Bill is actually funny.

@@RikardPeterson That comparison makes no sense whatsoever. As much as I love Tim; 1) He is a songwriter. VB was not. 2) He does not riff off other people's music. VB did. 3) He is not a (spoken) comedian. VB was. 4) He is Australian. VB wasn't. Bill, however, has all the traits VB had. And before you say he's not Australian, Bill is soooo talented, he can be from anywhere he chooses to be, IMO.

If you haven't managed it since you posted this five months ago, find his stand up shows! Part Troll is the most famous one.

I can watch that whole thing with the spoons with him inside the piano over and over, laugh like a drain every time

John Johnson true genius would be to conquer death for everyone either fears it or wishes to avoid or postpone it. They plan everything around it - before it strikes them. But then it would not be genius but rather hidden knowledge. Being a Genius doesn’t get you anywhere. Thinking ON death CAN. Be like Jesus

I'm not sure what you are trying to say, because all you've written is incoherent babbling. Either stop taking the medicine you're on, or increase the dosage because you clearly need to get better.

John Johnson are you an atheist to say ‘take your meds’ in a negative sense as contrasted with a cancer patient that is required to take meds? You may not be bright enough to understand what i said - that is a possibility. The other you can’t handle the truth of my comment. Is Beethoven a genius? Do you even define it correctly?

Not sure how you are connecting medications to atheism, but that just proves you are in need of help. As does your original statement that the only merit for one to be called a genious would be if they were able to live forever. Judging by your pathetic videos, you are clearly a jealous piano player wannabe (clearly, that'll never happen for you), with a truly stupid expression and huge manboobs. And you're aging horribly. I know it must be tough to face the fact that you're still a virgin at your ripe age of 43, but you have to let it go. Or just go and fuck a local hooker already, though with the way you look they'll probably ask you to pay a little extra. And don't try to get a discount using the excuse you have Asperger's. And yes, I am an atheist, same as all other rational people on the planet. You must be very grateful to your god for having created you with a retardation. It's always like that - the biggest morons on the planet are always the first ones to buy into the religious crap. Do you also believe in Father Christmas and the tooth fairy? Don't forget to take your pills tonight. :) You must have some left stashed somewhere in that pathetic dingy basement room of yours.

John Johnson you are so insecure, you have a lot of hate. The emperor in star wars would have made a great student of you. Where Luke failed, you succeeded. Oh, btw, your response was misguided. I did not ‘try’ to connect medications with atheism. Your rejection of my mentioning ‘Jesus’ DID this. Someone who rejects Christ HATES Christ. Anti-Christ. If I have manboobs, my FOCUS can remove them. If you know me personally, you know I like exercise. I believe I WILL change the approach of pianists and musicians in general. I have sight-read 8500 videos. I have the LARGEST repertoire by any musician including Richter or John Ogdon. They were sight-readers. You are not a pianist for you would have realised that my position i was sitting at was wrong in my earlier videos and I had not played any exercises. my recent videos shows this. All i need to improve on is tempo.

Also my favorite note, but a4

sony intro

I noticed that, I was trying to remember examples. Not the exact note but: Force Awakens, Infinity War, Endgame, Midway

Well noticed. I'll never be able to hear this in a trailer again without thinking about Bill.

Oh yea! I knew it was familiar from somewhere

His first TV was 'Is It Bill Bailey?' for the Beeb decades ago, then he had a small part in 'Spaced' s Simon Pegg's boss at the comic shop. Cosmic Jam was his first stand-up release followed by others and he's turned-up on QI quite a lot.

I new Bills stuff before Black Books so when the show came up with the piano in it I new it would be hilarious.....and it was!

Watch one of his live standup DVDs, my fave is Tinselworm. The man is a comedic genuis

Part Troll is really good too.

All I can say is; 'Enjoy!!!!'

Agreed, it absolutely killed me with the surprise and his expression...and it pops in my head about once a week

And the SPOONS

What do you mean? He's a musician first and a comedian and actor second.

I disagree - this is exactly why we admire him, and the reason he became famous to begin with. His wildlife shows on the other hand... meh. Check out his early stuff, mate. ;) His appearance on Des O'Connor was quality - so stoned he could barely open his eyes. 😁

Tbh I knew he was into his music but I never knew to this extent. You can see how much he loves playing and talking about music here without the pressure to also make jokes at the same time.

Gumpy 49 is a superb guitarist, bassist, plays the glockenspiel, and the bells, piano, organ, with pedals, and violin and banjo.

tomroberts101 you say meh.. but he is a dedicated environmentalist, and loves wildlife. He's also a brilliantly gifted historian, and makes documentaries. Have you seen his documentary on Alfred Russel Wallace and the the history of Evolution? It was brilliant. So I think he's a gifted documentary maker and wildlife lover. I admire him for that.

Why would ANYONE wait to have anything to do with Highly Suspect Banking Criminals? HSBC are liars, thieves and fraudsters.

Bill banks at HSBC. haha.

Plekhanov to be honest when I clicked on the video that's what I was hoping for haha

Of course it's not random. Asked for the sound of 1985 he said "Take on Me." Next he was asked for Tchaikovsky's version of "Take on Me." No. Not random at all.

"Is it easier being French?"

Sadly, I think random has become one of those overused words

i feel like he would have answered those questions expertly tbh.

Gets my vote! 😉

I'd love to see him as Speaker shouting "Order! Order!" at everyone.

@@DennisMoore664 Hopefully he'd do it death metal style! 😆

No ! Court jester to Her Majesty !

He'd be better than Boris Fucking Johnson

So fecking good

french accent: uhuh... taeke ohnmyeee, teakeon meh, taekemyeeeee uoooooohn.

Who?

Yes, Tchaikovsky, the famous Frenchman.

yes it was quite shit. Not prepared like the other q's.

@@AlexWDay wasn't French the lingua franca? Sic.

The best hold music I heard was not a piece of music at all, it was actually an audioplay recorded specifically for the theatre I was calling. So you called them and you would hear: "But professor, the corpse was found in the middle of the empty pool, how could the victim have ended up there?" - "Well, the pool could have been filled at the time he dropped into it." - "But wouldn't he have drowned rather than have died from a crushed skull if that was the case?" - "Maybe, but it could be that the pool was filled with something else instead, for example with honey, in that case he would be..." - "Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg, what can I do for you today?" - ".......what the hell was that?" - "Oh, you mean the hold recording? That was an audioplay we commissioned. Want me to switch you back to it?" - "No, but... that's a GREAT idea..." - "Yeah, we know. Our records show that people call at 3am just to be able to listen to the rest..."

@@CalmCaterpillar now I want to hear the rest

He has the soul of a poet and he's been squeezing it to make it squeak for years.

Saw him in Cardiff years ago. During the first act he got distracted when he looked-up, "Is that a Pipe Organ?" He started the second act on it like The Phantom of the Opera, brilliant!

Now they have really freaky shreiking sounds they use, not the ping lol. They use spectrum sweeps. Look up the movie Wolfs Cry or whatever its called, Cry of the Wolf. Its a french submarine movie, super messed up sound they use.

@@texasfossilguy Thanks I did not know that. Will looking into that.

The way he repeated it made it impossible for me to think anything other than "this is the start of Echoes by Pink Floyd!"

The most annoying thing, is guys like Bill (and I've been fortunate enough to know a couple in my time) also make playing the guitar, banjo, flute, bass etc etc effortless! It's infuriating.

Don't quote part of a sentence. That's completely pointless.

Well- Wolfgang Amadeus hadn't the Talent, that Nannerl had. But then again, he's got the BDE.

clearly this would be a British Bit, which is rather larger than other bits. Such that -40 temperatures are "A bit Chilly"

Me too! As soon as he said "it's a bit of a cliche" it popped into my head as a great standalone melody

Brilliant selection. His analysis of it is excellent.

Yep, also classical Bill Bailey. :-)