One great thing about Jack Black is that he always sings like he’s having a great time.

I love Jack Black 's singing and acting! And this performance with Kyle Gass is so beautiful! Thanks, Fil for this treat!

The high nasal sound has a long tradition in Appalachian folk music - so it triggers that feeling of genuineness, particularly with American audiences.

Wow. Beautiful guitar work. And the vocal - just imagine if this was the first time you'd heard this song. You'd be blown away. Its only secondary because Chris Isaak's voice is so divine nothing can top it. Such an amazing song. I really enjoyed this one a LOT, thanks Fil. 😊

I was living in rural South West France when a friend visited her mother near where I lived resulting in us meeting, she gave me a copy of Tenacious D and I was blown away by the comic and technical capabilities of these two. A muso friend and bassist visited me just after and had never heard it and was amazed he found it in the Midi Pyrénées

Jack Black has been my favourite singer for a long time now. Name one singer that can "skibidi mm fugudabada debbe di ski da" like he can. And Kyle is a massively underrated guitarist IMO, his licks are effing tasty.

I love Kyle Gass. He's such a fun guy and he's perfectly happy to let Jack be the center of attention. He's secure, ya know? I love his guitar playing. Jack is fantastic as always.

I’ve been stunned in amazement from hearing Jack Black sing in different styles and genres. His voice is heavenly. 🙏❤️ Fil

Jack is fascinating to listen to as a singer myself, because he does things that are "vocally correct" with technique but he exaggerates everything and makes what he's doing very obvious. And that exaggerated nature is just Jack's whole thing so it fits as well as is technique wise, spot on. He's the man

Wicked Game is one of those songs every single musician wishes they wrote it , simplistic genius at its best , Jack is one talented man

I first saw Jack Black in High Fidelity. Being a music collector, it was a very entertaining movie for me. Towards the end of the movie Jack sings. I was quite impressed.

Thanks for this. Give me a perfectly imperfect performance over pitch correction all day long.

Fil!! Great video. Jack Black astonishes me. His acting is superb (The Holiday is one of my very favorite movies) and I never knew he was a musician until School of Rock came out. This is a superb performance. Just magical. Thanks so much, Fil!! Love from Vermont!!!

Rich deep toned resonant eloquence, his style of expression was clear and elegant. Abounding in happy turns and striking antithesis. Beautiful job by both men. I really loved Jack Blacks acting and thoroughly enjoyed "School Of Rock ". I thought his voice was beautiful . They both did a beautiful job on this song.

Just as you've taught me to appreciate the talents of Jim Stafford, Glen Campbell, and Roy Clark, I've always liked Jack Black, but now I understand why.

I love comedy + music,(Steve Martin another great example). Wayy back in the 60s, The Smothers Brothers were a talented comedy/ musical act. The story behind their show is a must watch for fans of the genre

Roy Clark was kind of like that. Just goofing off and not really taking his playing seriously and sometimes pretending to mess up. Then BAM! Leaves you grinning.

I am not familiar with them, but, wow the guitars! Their vocals show a gritty emotion. Thanks for your informative analysis!

I have never heard of them, but they are awesome! The guitar playing was beautiful!

I have seen Jack Black in some movies but did not know about Tenacious D. I enjoyed this analysis and always learn something new from watching your channel. 😊🎸🎵

I admit I have never heard them before. Beautiful guitar work and clear vocals . Your analysis was instructional as usual. Thank you.

This was fun. I'm a California lady, & loved hearing you actually sound like an American when you sang those lines!! So unexpected because I love your accent. So hearing you sound like us was kind of attention grabbing!!

Your eclectic videos are always a surprise and a treat. Love them all.

He has really good pitch, you can really tell from the pitch analyzing software that he hits the important notes really spot on. With his vibrato and often trailing phraseology he'll use a glissando to end or begin phrases but the tone-center is "on the line". Damn I really hate discussing vocal pitch being on the line, we've gotten to used to it.. it's vibrating around the right pitch.. ..better ;D

Can't break the rules unless you know them! These guys are great. Thanks for your explanation, and it's impressive that you can make a 17 minute video out of a 1:55 song! :)

Dude, you ROCK thank you so much for all the awesome, ass kickin' content!❤❤❤

Nice - was surprised how good they did with this serious song; I consider them the modern day Smothers Brothers;)

Thanks Fil, ...I guess... Spent the next 4 hours looking and listening at them!!!

Have been fans of The D for YEARS ❤

A lot of his vocal techniques he has used in parody. He has done so much of that, he has figured out which tropes/motifs sound good and where, and he can do it seriously.

Love how Jack sings "witchu" instead of "with you". 😂🤘

A phenomenal view Fil. Cheers! A great song. ✌🏼💫

They are absolutely AMAZING!!!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

Enjoyed this! I had never heard of them ! Thank you ,Fil, for introducing us to artists we may have never found without you ! Great analysis, as always ❤❤

Hi Fil, The entertainments of Comedy and Music often intertwine. Just a few examples off the top of my head: Sonny & Cher The Monkees The Brady Bunch (The "Silver Platters" episode) The Smothers Brothers The Partridge Family Arlo Guthrie Steve Martin The Blues Brothers & Tiny Tim Thats enough for now...Rock On! 😎 Some more came to mind: Hee Haw (Roy Clark & Buck Owens) Dr. Demento Steve Dahl (Chicago radio personality and Master of Parody songs "Weird" Al Yankovic Bernadette Peters & Johnny Ray (I don't know if the comedy was intentional with these two (2,) but I remember, as a child, busting a gut whenever either of these folks came on television to sing. They ALWAYS ended EVERY song with tears streaming down their faces. 😭 On Roger McGuinn's (The Byrds) album, "Live from Mars," he tells many tales from his long career in the music business. He begins by discussing how his love of music began: as a child, he would ride his bicycle around Chicagoland while listening to The Beatles on his portable transistor radio. He then talks about one of the first music gigs he landed, while still a teenager: "Playing with The Chad Mitchell Trio, while making funny faces for the audience!" 🤪

It is really pleasant when beauty like this shines from somewhere I didn't expect to find it.

Wow, what a surprise Fil and thanks a lot for this inspiring video! These dudes are killer!

I agree that they are more musically talented than people give them credit for. Thank you for explaining what Kyle was doing with the guitar neck at the beginning because I did not understand that. I think you meant Jim Stafford at the end, not Jo Stafford, although both had comedic acts, Jo is a she.

I watch "School of Rock" every time it's on....genius!

OH, THIS IS GREAT! LOVE IT! THE VIDEO IS EVEN BETTER, IT ADDS TO THIS FANTASTIC SONG!! RUNNING ON THE BEACH IN TEENY BIKINIS HOLDING HANDS!! IT'S WONDERFUL!!! JACK HAS A HUGE SMILE ON HIS FACE AS HE RUNS TOWARDS THE CAMERA IN THE END!! LOVE, LOVE, LOVE IT!!! ❤❤❤❤❤

Roy Clark comes to mind about comedies/musicians.

This is fantastic! I love Jack Black and Kyle Gass! ❤

The best national anthem at a sporting event was Jack doing the star spangled banner...so pure and powerfull.

My wife loves you, Fil (big surprise) and I love your analysis which is always spot on. Being a trained musician yourself, you know how to separate the real music from the flood of CG bullshit that makes up most of the current music scene. Rock on!

I love your analysis videos! My son is a musician and we are always sending your links back and forth to each other. I would LOVE to hear you breakdown all the crazy stuff going on with Andrew Gold's Lonely Boy.

Absolutely love this! Saw Tenacious D in concert years ago and they were amazing! Great video, Fil!

Now that was the emotion I was hoping for in the Chris Isaac video. They Have It, as well as the beautiful guitar playing. Definitely music to my ears & connection to the heart too! I'll be looking up more of their performances for sure.

Jack is great, i love tenacious D. i love that he can sound like DIO too.

These two guys look like they could be brothers. 😝

School of rock one of the greatest cinema moments

Love Jack Black ! Loved the movie Tenacious D and the Pick of destiny? Thank you for doing this ! ❤

One person that comes to mind when it comes to comedians who are also good musicians is Victor Borge. He was a concert pianist before he begun his comedy shows. He was a great pianist, but also hilariously funny. Worth checking out on youtube for those who aren't familiar with him.

We had the pleasure of seeing Tenacious D at Leeds Festival a few years ago, best of the day without a doubt.

I used to love Jim Stafford...amazing. of course, love Jack Black

Fabulous

So happy you covered them! The last several years I pretty much stopped listening to music like I use to. I found music again or maybe music found me?!

Wow Fil, thank you! And I appreciate your voice very much too. I guess in the 1930s and 40s and maybe even the early 50s in Hollywood a person used to have to be able to sing and dance, and act. So Jack Black in away is a throwback to the earlier days of Hollywood! Blessings!!

Jack Black is reminding me of Burl Ives singing. Sounds very close at times.

Love me some Jack Black and Tenacious D! 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

Hi Fil, That is some clean playing by Kyle on the intro to this song. And the attention and detail in how he chooses the notes is just beautiful. You can tell right away his skill set is amazing. Jack’s vocals are very unique and give it an interesting interpretation and feel. I believe they call the nasal singing as singing in the mask. These guys did a great job on this song. Love the guitar techniques Kyle used and Jack’s voice has a raw emotion that is perfect for this performance. And I agree, this is what I consider a live performance! Job well done on tonight’s analysis! Looking forward to tomorrow’s LS.. You Are The Best! Debbie ☮️

This was great to listen to and it was also great to see you happy about authentic performance and not annoyed by over-pitch corrected robotics ;)

Very surprising to see so many people in the comments who haven't heard of them!

Unique, short cover for analysis. Helpful explainer from you of technique used in this 'offbeat' performance.

Indeed a cool video. I always new they were good, but I never sit down to really listening. Thank you!

Yes!! I’m so glad you covered their version! Love this!!

Thanks for introduction us to these subtleties.. Fil.👍💌 The. se are very Moving.. catching..I like this song.🧚🎸.!,

very emotional. impressive. and they look like they know what they feel and how to communicate. good work.

Oh, what a great performance!

Fil, have you a band from the 60s USA called millenium .The leader worked with Brian Wilson. 7 singer/songwriters. There forst album was the most expensive up till then. I came across them on utube and collected all there stuff since. Well worth a listen. I love your analytic analysis mate👍

I can't believe someone finally did a video about the talent of Tenacious D! I've been a fan of Jack Black since High Fidelity. He played a supporting character, but he stole the show, IMHO. Thanks for this gem, Fil!

I love Tenacious D (& the pick of destiny!) Jack Black really can do it all... act, sing, twerk🤭, I mean, dance & play guitar. 🤘🎸

Excellent video, you've done an amazing job as always! I love JB & KG, and I've been a fan of their music since the early days, but that being said... I can't quite shake the feeling that something has been done to the pitch of that high note in their *studio* recording of this cover - the way its "snaps" into place sounds quite artificial to my ear (but maybe I'm just severely underestimating Jack's vocal prowess). I'd be curious to hear your thoughts!

Wow! Really good. Hes got a great voice.

I loved Jack Black in School of Rock but then lost track. This was great! Thanks.

These two are amazing! Great guitar work. I love that haunting, open sound.

You should hear Jack Black sing The Immigrant Song. The holler/scream . He has parodied so many and for so long he is a sort of a Rich Little singer. And a helluva performer .

damn. i love this cover!

Thanks Fil for the analysis JB&KG are a match made in heaven or should that be hell 😂 But i think you know what i mean 😉 I have loved everything JB has done for years. And when he did the pick of destiny with KG I thought what a perfect pair absolutely brilliant 👍🏻🤘

Fil, your channel really is The School of Rock! Rock!

Thx. I never saw that one before. I was surprised.

Loving this so much! Thanks Phil. :)

Really enjoyed this. Thank you.

Excellent! Thank Fi.

Whatta nice surprise!!! Thank you Fil!!🤙

When I saw you did Wicked Game the first thing that came to mind was the Tenacious D cover. The video is somewhat jarring, but musically, KG and JB are superb.

What a fantastic channel you have! Watching you, I learn many things or am given ideas to think about. When music is put together in brilliant ways it is magic. You certainly have me appreciating the talents involved even more. I wish all high schools would offer courses like this. When I was in high school in (cough) 1975, I remember a schoolmate running into class to tell us about a British band that had just put out a amazing song that sounded like an opera. This was in rural Georgia, too. His excitement got me to listening to all kinds of music more and kindled a love of great work. Thanks for pointing out songs out like my friend did in school. Keep up the good work!

Kyle G is a master player. And to do the thing they do is just fantastic. I absolutly love them guys. If we´re discussing modern music and AI voiced pop derivates that "they" think we would like...? This is the contradiction. It is just two guys playing music. Two Guitars....? Do you think theese guys would go anywhere if Jack Black wasn`t a celebrity? Probably not. Thanks Fil !!!! You could make an hour long video about Tenacious D. 👍

How come you never do Mike Patton or Faith no More? The guy has an 8 octave range. I thought you'd have done at least a couple by now.

Now this is why I subscribe! Well done, Fil!!!!’

Fil I'm so glad you analysed this cover. I heard it first in June this year and by ear I was pretty sure it had not been engineered. That's why I mentioned Tenacious D's cover on Chris Isaaks recent pitch corrected stream. When Jack starts to move his right leg, it made me giggle for some strange reason. Good post, thanks Fil 🤟

They are just the greatest!

Fil - you should listen to Bobby Waters' (Bobby Bass) cover of The Sound of Silence. He has an astounding range.

I love tenacious D ❤️this analysis made me happy

Just a beautiful song

I love this...thank you

Fil, fabulous comparison! I remember, damn, long ago now, when Jack Black did the Immigrant song,(after a LOT of begging I guess!) being shock at his versatility! Though I, for comedy loved Tim Minchin. 👍💙💙💙🥰✌

Jack has a great voice!

Very cool!

Black has such a unique tone. Almost like a joking tone, but it works musically.

Kyle's intro was awesome.