Major-General's Song from The Pirates of Penzance

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Major-General's Song from The Pirates of Penzance - live and with lyrics!

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The tongue-twisting I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General, performed live during Gilbert and Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance, directed by Mike Leigh at English National Opera.
Andrew Shore plays Major General-Stanley, with Joshua Bloom as Pirate King and Claudia Boyle as Mabel in this ENO production by film director Mike Leigh.
About The Pirates of Penzance:
With sentimental pirates, blundering policeman, absurd adventures and improbable paradoxes, The Pirates of Penzance is Gilbert and Sullivan's most popular comic opera.
A swashbuckling farce of brilliant humour and razor-sharp wit, it's chock-full of memorable melodies, including the famous tongue-twisting patter song from the Major-General.
This production was directed by directed by BAFTA-award winner Mike Leigh, who makes his operatic debut.
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@07calabria 5 жыл бұрын

“I’m very good at integral and differential calculus” God, I wish I was a modern major-general

@adamkurowski1934 5 жыл бұрын

Well he's a model modern major-general, you could be a shit modern major-general :d

@bobjoe4888 4 жыл бұрын

You'll never guess what I'm doing while listening to that part of the song

@theultimatebro9278 4 жыл бұрын

@@bobjoe4888 my mother

@allanrichardson1468 4 жыл бұрын

Give the job to a modern mainframe terminal!

@foxcraft5215 4 жыл бұрын

u mean, u wish u were the very model of a modern major general

@fredo1070 7 жыл бұрын

Major General is the Godfather of Rap.

@neonyeko 5 жыл бұрын

Sadly we lost the elegance in modern day.

@trucetruce335 5 жыл бұрын

Chairman Neoneko! “ ÒwÓ Today’s music SUCKS. I *hate* my generation. I only listen to monkey oots and insect buzzing from 1000000000000000 years ago. I’m _SO_ much smarter and elegant than everyone else because I have a different music taste 😤 uwu”

@ritawing1064 5 жыл бұрын

Oh well said! Good one!

@godspeedhxh1206 4 жыл бұрын

The major general walked so Eminem could run

@arielbemeliahu8619 4 жыл бұрын

@@trucetruce335 what an old man you are. I listen to neanderthals banging rocks

@bastionboi6552 4 жыл бұрын

That actor when he has to sing this song: *Had to be me. Someone else might have gotten it wrong.*

@bru9383 4 жыл бұрын

AGH! My heart!

@88larei 4 жыл бұрын

Bastion Boi I understood that reference :)

@johncarriere2911 3 жыл бұрын

I have an urge to test seashells right now after listening to this..😭

@im13sandman 2 жыл бұрын

666 likes ...yikea

@divinity1984 6 жыл бұрын

I’m in my school musical, and we’re doing this play! I’m the modern major-general. *...god help me.*

@henryjiang9664 6 жыл бұрын

ComedyBits Good luck with being good with Integral Calculus and Differential Equations.

@chrisgbresciani 6 жыл бұрын

Wow me right now

@rubenderegge8198 5 жыл бұрын

Major-general

@elijahkelley7616 5 жыл бұрын

How'd it go?

@boobiye 5 жыл бұрын

Don't worry! Do what Peter did! I am the djwjejrughxbjsiehrhf General sjrutufbdbsjsjrhfbx dndbdjdnsbdjd mineral dbxjebgjdjsbrbfh historical fjdjejrnfjdn with the eggs on top

@Brok3nC4rrot 4 жыл бұрын

Why does the set look like the inside of an airport terminal

@darrenclements 4 жыл бұрын

Wait ... Got it ! Ahough the Express rail fare is honestly quite criminal, Its marginally quicker and it gets you to the terminal, They say the tube is quicker but I haven't got an Oyster Card, I tried to find a ticket booth but actually it's rather hard; When you've gone through security and wound your way through duty free This is the modern paradigm of traveller anonymity.

@rogerkearns8094 4 жыл бұрын

Yes, it is indeed a model of a modern major terminal.

@chocolatesouljah 4 жыл бұрын

@@rogerkearns8094 Here I am a children's playwright avoiding play "wrighting" by YouTubing and lucky me I see intelligent and witty KZfaq posts.

@rogerkearns8094 4 жыл бұрын

@@chocolatesouljah Too kind, thank you. Now, get you back to work. ;)

@travistommy8864 4 жыл бұрын

@@darrenclements fucking hilarious

@Musicfan1020 4 жыл бұрын

I have seen a bunch of versions of this on KZfaq, and while this guy is good, I think the best version is from a Canadian Festival in 1985 where the general enters coming down a slide (hidden behind rocks).

@Musicfan1020 3 жыл бұрын

@riflemanusa YES! That's the one! Got to love it!

@reichtangle7734 3 жыл бұрын

@@Musicfan1020 What happened to his reply? For those who didn’t see it, he said: when he says when he can tell a Mauser rifle from a javelin, he throws the flag like a javelin!

@Musicfan1020 3 жыл бұрын

@@reichtangle7734 I don’t know. Maybe he deleted his profile?

@reichtangle7734 3 жыл бұрын

@@Musicfan1020 Yeah probably.

@omnirhythm 3 жыл бұрын

It's this one, for those wondering: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ntKEnNZ6xK63l6s.html

@defox5019 4 жыл бұрын

So basically he knows everything except what he needs to know to be the very model of a modern Major General... I reccomend a promotion.

@chrisdaniels3929 4 жыл бұрын

That'll shift him out of the way!

@BlackMonk66 4 жыл бұрын

No. Most of what he claims to know is nonsense. For instance, just how do you hum a fugue?

@defox5019 4 жыл бұрын

@@BlackMonk66 science

@BlackMonk66 4 жыл бұрын

@@defox5019 You mean by genetically modifying someone to have at least two mouths, so they'll be able to hum separate lines? Yeah, that could work.

@reichtangle7734 3 жыл бұрын

@@BlackMonk66 Maybe he does have 2 mouths

@amadeusamwater 4 жыл бұрын

Heck, I can tell a Mauser from a javelin, but that calculus stuff is way outside my league.

@deeznoots6241 4 жыл бұрын

amadeusamwater that’s the point, he has barely a rudimentary knowledge of military matters despite being very knowledgable about everything else.

@allanrichardson1468 4 жыл бұрын

Eat lots of fig NEWTONS and you can understand calculus. Would I LEIBNITZ to you? Or move to Little Rock (that’s what “calculus” means).

@adicawidasuparman9144 4 жыл бұрын

@@deeznoots6241 so that's why he's only better in tactics than a novice in a nunnery

@royaldakat5833 3 жыл бұрын

you ever tried integrals? quite the pain

@ilovemuslimfood666 3 жыл бұрын

Operas used to diss each other back then??? That verse about that “nonsense from the Pinafore” made me do a double take.

@cameronscott9399 3 жыл бұрын

Actually both are written by the same people lol

@wordforger 3 жыл бұрын

Gilbert taking a dig at himself there since he wrote the thing. :P

@chooseyourpoison5105 2 жыл бұрын

Gilbert didn't take himself too seriously and made a joke about his own operetta. Bit like how Disney took the piss in The Lion King when Zazu starts singing "It's a Small World" and Scar yells "No! ANYTHING but that!"

@cmlazar 10 ай бұрын

Both written by Gilbert and Sullivan

@BookshelfQBattler 3 ай бұрын

Gilbert and Sullivan wrote Pinafore so they were doing self deprecating humor

@Devonimp 3 жыл бұрын

The patter is fantastically intricate and well delivered, and I love the jovial buffonishness of the Major-General. But what sells this scene to me is the pirate captains look of absolute 'WTF is going on right now.' through the entire song XD

@OmegaBlack2609 7 жыл бұрын

Basically a Modern Major General is a living encyclopedia?

@mr.silbergleit5724 6 жыл бұрын

Dubem Ogwulumba actually not true if you'd listen to it all

@ashleydaniel6467 6 жыл бұрын

During the 19th century officers in the British army would often buy their commissions. So they were well educated but not always intelligent or good officers. The plucky and adventurous bit for example could refer to the poorly thought out cavalry charges that were common at the time. Men chasing glory would ride with sabers drawn straight into the bayonets of French farmers. You pretty much have hit the nail on the head though.

@namingisdifficult408 6 жыл бұрын

Han5 Wermhat he also says that his military knowledge “has only been brought down to the beginning of the century “

@charleslawrenceperkins9808 6 жыл бұрын

That's right! Our Man M-M-G was Wikipedia before there was Wikipedia.

@bobbywimsy6741 5 жыл бұрын

OmegaBlack2609 Try thinking of it as a Trump with brains and articulate speech.

@DoomFinger511 5 жыл бұрын

That was the weirdest version of The Pirates of the Caribbean I ever watched.

@clivegoodman16 5 жыл бұрын

It is "The Pirates of Penzance".

@artemreinhart747 5 жыл бұрын

Clive Goodman oh wow I didn’t know that... it isn’t like the *title* says it.

@danielgelber4494 5 жыл бұрын

So it would seem.

@3dPrint_and_chill 5 жыл бұрын

@@clivegoodman16 woooooosh

@davidabowen 4 жыл бұрын

Clive Goodman i think its a joke... jesus.

@Paco0parla 3 жыл бұрын

I have seen some renditions of the part of mayor general by now in youtube, and I like very much how each one makes a different interpretation of the character. Some actors play it with seriousness and solemnity, other do it in a cocky way, and this one simply makes the character to play along the scene. It is so funny each new time.

@SevCaswell Жыл бұрын

It is interesting also to see how many lyrics get 'updated' to make current and more local references and jokes. As the song was originally full of digs and references to the current political and military leaders of the time.

@redpug5042 Жыл бұрын

gotta love theater

@cindydott452 Жыл бұрын

I love the version where the major general makes his entrance by swooping down a slide, while standing!

@howardsmith9342 5 жыл бұрын

"That infernal nonsense Pinafore," great stuff!

@Dwamak 8 жыл бұрын

Best song to sing as your cirriculum vitae when you make a job application.

@shanaynayokeil6553 7 жыл бұрын

LOOOOL

@Insipidont 7 жыл бұрын

Post video.

@samrizzardi2213 7 жыл бұрын

The second daughter from the left is so hilariously enthusiastic

@Dan-ob7it 7 жыл бұрын

Kinda cute, too...

@por22ito 7 жыл бұрын

Who wouldn't be if you get to sing in this song :)

@Milordvega 5 жыл бұрын

Is she the one who draws the right triangle during the "square of the hypotenuse" line (0:42) ? So cute and plucky

@SaxandRelax 4 жыл бұрын

she’s really good lmao

@cdrocrossdiscovery 9 ай бұрын

I've lost count how many times I've attempted this song and ended up a babbling mess. Any performer that can get through this song without getting mush-mouthed is my hero!

@HighCrystal 4 жыл бұрын

He is the very model of a man who drives a Cavalier He’d like to have a Griffin but he found that it was much too dear He would have had a Jaguar, it really is a lovely car But in the end he settled for a light blue Vauxhall Cavalier Wrote that for a friend of mine who sadly is now dead. RIP Peter

@jamessuselessfacts5736 3 жыл бұрын

My FrIeNd iS dEaD gIvE Me LiKeS

@xjayy1613 2 жыл бұрын

@@jamessuselessfacts5736 What is wrong with you? You make me hate people like yourself basement bottom feeder.

@reseballisho1587 Жыл бұрын

Hehehehehe hey lois I died before my friend could write this song too me

@Danirider12 4 жыл бұрын

I am the very model of a scientist salarian, I've studied species turian, asari, and batarian. I'm quite good at genetics (as a subset of biology) because i am an expert (which i know is a tautology). My xenoscience studies range from urban to agrarian, I am the very model of a scientist salarian.

@jorenvanderark3567 4 жыл бұрын

WTF?

@Brainwashed101 4 жыл бұрын

@@jorenvanderark3567 Mass Effect 2 reference!

@scotchrobbins 4 жыл бұрын

IN SHORT IN STUDIES RANGING FROM THE URBAN TO AGRARIAN, HE IS THE VERY MODEL OF A SCIENTIST SALARIAN.

@varric 4 жыл бұрын

I knew that someone was going to quote Mordin Solus LMAO

@varric 4 жыл бұрын

@@jorenvanderark3567 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/q9N-aryA2NOrnGg.html

@allanrichardson1468 4 жыл бұрын

Tom Lehrer did a hilarious takeoff on the tune of this song around 1960, naming the chemical elements in no particular order, through nobelium (atomic number 102), closing with “There may be many others but they haven’t been discahvered,” pronounced to rhyme with “Hahvahd.”

@zr3755 Жыл бұрын

These are the only ones of which the news has come to Harvard

@GhostLink92 11 ай бұрын

Mass Effect also did a take on this with "Scientist Salarian".

@marypagones6073 3 жыл бұрын

The girls' reactions are pitch-perfect! They really make the song.

@Ryan-wx8of 3 ай бұрын

Those backup singers were so badly out of sync and hard to understand, I wouldn't be surprised if they had never practiced once.

@poly_hexamethyl 4 жыл бұрын

Old guy must be pretty fit to have the breath to sing such long phrases right after jumping around like that.

@geoffreywilson7008 11 ай бұрын

This man's preening prose and puffery is of enough significance to make pirates pause plundering and ponder puzzledly, and pushes me to produce a piece of whimsy guff packed full of the letter P... I ran out of wind and posted anyway for one more proficient to finish properly.

@slots1407 2 ай бұрын

Excellent, sir! (raises hat)

@hi-im-lugh9570 6 жыл бұрын

A girl in my drama class has been sentenced to preform this song in monologue form, I wish her the best of luck

@cthulhufhtagn2483 4 жыл бұрын

"In conics I can floor peculiarities parabolous." Wow. Just...wow. Learning that line must take as much work as that feat.

@CookingWithJackDaniels 4 жыл бұрын

Have I heard this song many times? Yes Will I click it every time it shows up in my recommended? Absolutely!

@jaspergregorio9774 4 жыл бұрын

"Had to be me. Anyone else might've gotten it wrong."

@PURPLECATDUDE7734 4 жыл бұрын

“Genophage cured. Krogan free. New beginning, for all of us”

@varric 4 жыл бұрын

@@PURPLECATDUDE7734 If you makes him sing in ME2, Mordin begun to sing instead of saying that.

@GroundhogRoy 2 жыл бұрын

Love the 19th century backdrop.

@jaxhoffalot2812 3 жыл бұрын

This is at or near the pinnacle of our culture.

@user-sm7dr9bk5u 2 ай бұрын

He made it to the end, and never missed a syllable of Gilbert's insane lyrics. Fantastic!

@benoitdot3756 5 жыл бұрын

1:25 Did a character from a Gilbert and Sullivan musical just insult Gilbert and Sullivan?

@peter-william 4 жыл бұрын

Yep

@peter-william 4 жыл бұрын

4th wall break

@Finzun 4 жыл бұрын

Sometimes people hate themselves

@RealHogweed 4 жыл бұрын

Also happens in tge finale of mozart don giovanni, when leporello recognizes an aria from "the marriage of Figaro" and utters "i know this one, unfortunately"

@benoitpellet1657 4 жыл бұрын

Yep - and it was in the original lyrics, too. Gilbert knew how to make fun of himself.

@pauls7056 6 жыл бұрын

I love this song. This chap does it best of all - with his acting. Every time I watch it I giggle. Great job. G&S would think this is the best. I'm sure.

@metallicarchaea1820 6 ай бұрын

Eminem has been real quiet when this dropped

@kimberlysmith579 3 жыл бұрын

I remember listening to this song (entire album) back in 68/69. I played it on my mini HiFi over and over. I’m now 63 years old and I’m still listen to this day.❤️🎶

@Harkness78 2 жыл бұрын

OK, go and listen to it some more....

@kimberlysmith579 2 жыл бұрын

@@Harkness78 Why Not!!

@allreligionismidcontroll 11 ай бұрын

He really is, in matters vegetable, animal and mineral, the very model of a modern major-general

@ronnig4009 6 жыл бұрын

His voice is AWESOME!

@nodisalsi Жыл бұрын

The medals the Maj-General wears look real. They are (from top down and left to right): Sutlej Medal (1846) Punjab Medal (1849) Army of India Medal (1851) (possibly) South Africa Medal (1853) (possibly) Baltic Medal (1856) Empress of India Medal (1877) Indian Mutiny Medal (1858) India General Service Medal (1854) Crimean War Medal (1854)

@kimber1066 6 жыл бұрын

The chorus here is a lot of fun to watch, especially at the Pinafore and sat as he parts.

@strugglingcollegestudent 3 жыл бұрын

I’ve memorized about half of it. Just got the Babylonic cuneiform and Caracas’s uniform stanza down. I already feel so accomplished.

@HDilk 3 жыл бұрын

agreed

@ironwolf56 4 ай бұрын

I like how the implication of this performance of this song is that their father does this so often that the daughters have an entire backup routine for it.

@jamesevaggelou5889 3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely marvelous!!! I want to go to the theatre only for the major general.

@Mnnvint 4 жыл бұрын

You kind of see where Monthy Python got a lot of their style from.

@farche2 8 жыл бұрын

Was it my imagination, or did the ladies chorus sound all out of sync with each other and the orchestra

@mikehammer8334 6 жыл бұрын

Frank Ch. Eigler Whenever I try singing this it comes out completely fucked

@lindsayolh 5 жыл бұрын

Agreed. Slightly better later.

@PoseidonRM 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, not great.

@anniespencer7879 4 жыл бұрын

And they squeal and giggle too much.

@dizzyology7514 4 жыл бұрын

My thought exactly. I had thought that this would serve as a nice tribute to Sir Peter Jonas, who was General Director of the English National Opera from 1985-1993 and who died on April 22, 2020. But the scrappy chorus singing does the production little credit. (I then discovered that the show dates from June 2015 and was posted at that time, so we can absolve Jonas from any association with this one.) R.I.P anyway, Sir Peter.

@rosiemackenzie5976 3 жыл бұрын

What a genius to remember all those words, and to be able to say them so fast. Wow we are so poor and bereft in our modern English vocabulary. So many words lost. We are all the poorer for that.

@Juliett-A 4 жыл бұрын

Those ladies are just have having so much fun.

@richardduployen6429 2 жыл бұрын

The performer directed me decades ago in a London opera group called Opera Viva. He underplays it & doesn't gabble it. Personally I always do the military accent.

@timothymccormick5208 3 жыл бұрын

This song changes EVERY time I hear it... how many variations are there? (and I would absoLUTELY love to have a copy of the movie with Angela Lansbury).

@princessraban2al 4 жыл бұрын

My friend was the main character as the General and he did great on the fast songs! 😊

@davidstedeford387 4 жыл бұрын

This is a patter song the name patter derives from Pater Noster (Our Father) and refers to the speed at which the Lord's Prayer was sometimes recited. This mustbe the best-known of all G&S's patter songs (nothing to do with rap) and how anyone can get through it without losing the words is beyond me!

@SophStevenson 6 жыл бұрын

Can’t stop singing the elements song instead of the real lyrics 😂

@PhilipJackson03 5 жыл бұрын

If you fully remember this I must give you my 100% respect.

@Lolawestie 3 жыл бұрын

After nearly 10 minutes after hearing the McDonald's menu song from the 80's and recognizing the tune from my music history class, I have finally found the original song the McDonald's menu song was based off of lmao

@johnmarlin7269 8 ай бұрын

One of the most fun roles in the theatre.

@saturnalia9220 6 жыл бұрын

THE ORIGINAL RAP GOD.

@carolvogelman5261 5 жыл бұрын

Trying to learn Gilbert and Sullivan lyrics is so much more fun than word puzzles! I should think would keep one's mind pretty sharp!

@pheenix42 6 жыл бұрын

♪I am the very model of a scientist Salarian!♪

@briemac4780 5 жыл бұрын

Someone else might have gotten it wrong. ;)

@alexanderjones84 4 жыл бұрын

When matters come back tactical, and physics theoretical, I am the very model of a modern major general!

@varric 4 жыл бұрын

I broke Omega's one rule... In more ways than one.

@queercomputer 3 жыл бұрын

I am the perfect medium for modern intellectuals. Comedians, celebrities, and the political.

@alanshadastrokeanddiedinho2897 5 жыл бұрын

Gilbert and Sullivan making fun of their on operetta That infernal nonsense Pinafore.

@grahampearson5670 2 жыл бұрын

I've read about WS Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan. This song is the most notable in the Gilbert & Sullivan opera The Pirates of Penzance.

@amhunter7556 10 ай бұрын

My very favourite of all G&S - and it's a hard choice! But let's face it, Pirates is absolute superior pantomime at it's very best!

@stopmessingwithyt Жыл бұрын

"Then I can hum a fugue of which I've heard the music's din afore, And whistle all the airs from that infernal nonsense Pinafore." O Gilbert and Sullivan, you sly lads. :)

@TotalDramaHarold Жыл бұрын

I love how they call their own play infernal nonsense

@hugh0221 8 жыл бұрын

Wish I could hear David SUCHET singing this - although we won't be hearing "Poirot's the very model of a modern major detective~" anymore.

@KimmyQueen 8 жыл бұрын

He did this at one point as poirot for a lark?

@ogaoms8985 6 ай бұрын

This is what school thinks we're like, when we graduate 😂😂😂

@sifridbassoon 4 жыл бұрын

Didn't anyone tell these people that if they watched the conductor, she would keep them all together?

@bassoprimo 4 жыл бұрын

... and if the conductor followed the soloist in the first place then it might just about work!

@BingBingsHobbies 3 ай бұрын

Anyone here because of the amazing digital circus plush video?! 🎪

@raulparrado1547 Жыл бұрын

The song that makes Mass Effect players cry xd

@Fummy007 4 жыл бұрын

"Sat a gee" means "rode a horse"

@rickoc6435 4 жыл бұрын

About ten years ago I saw this performed in Tombstone AZ at the Bird Cage Theater. It was great, anyone in the neighborhood should stop by.

@donaldcallard227 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely love G and S. Grew up with it in the 1950’s and know most of the words from several of their operettas. While the music is incredible, don’t overlook the meaning of the lyrics making fun of the Kings and Queens of England at that time, particularly the “Monarch of the Sea “in HMS Pinafore (I thought so little that they reward me by making me the Ruler of the Queens navy “.)

@jimmyyu2184 4 жыл бұрын

That is freakin' great when all the ladies sang the line "Commisary-ate" (watch all their reaction, that is great, also!!) and surprised the heck out of him... If one does not know, that is his line, not the chorus' line. =)))

@lukacunningham342 Жыл бұрын

This guy may need some water afterwards

@monarchist1838 6 жыл бұрын

With the eggs on top!

@Themaxxrad99 3 жыл бұрын

This man fucking killed it, that salute at the end you can feel the "FUCK YEAH!" coming off it. Absolutely love it.

@user-db9sk8pi5u 4 ай бұрын

Hello from Japan. I am using a translator. I listened to Tom Lehrer's "The elements song" translated into Japanese when I was in elementary school. I recently found out that the original song is "Major-General's Song" and came here to listen to it. It's a very good song with an addictive quality that makes me listen to it over and over again. Thank you for the opportunity to meet this song. I also like "Major-General's Song" sung by Minion(*ˊ˘ˋ*)♡

@robertshorthill6836 8 ай бұрын

I had a Patrick Sky record album from the '60s, with guest Mississippi John Hurt singing Gibert and Sullivan! The lyrics were, "Gilbert and Sullivan". Everybody laughed, a great song. Then I discovered this one. Just as good.

@jakeryker546 5 жыл бұрын

I wish Eminem would try being a modern major general xD

@bpvadm 4 жыл бұрын

excellent, and with this "tongue breaking" text

@HonkeyKongLive Жыл бұрын

I like this one more than most because it has the "harrumph" the character needs. He has to be stuffy and full of himself, not flouncy.

@robbinshome100 4 жыл бұрын

Stan Farrow (G&S pianist) Serenata Singers Toronto: The double chorus "When the Foeman Bares His Steel" from the movie version on KZfaq of "The Pirates of Penzance". The lyrics are printed on the screen to follow along. The men's chorus are the Keystone Kops-type policemen and the women's chorus are the wards of the Major General, encouraging the police to be brave while scaring them out of their wits by sending them to glory and death! Sullivan was at his best meshing the two melodies together in the second half, even if the movie presentation isn't perhaps the most accurately musical. It can provide some much-needed humour for us singers. (Stan)

@lauratang6550 9 жыл бұрын

This makes me laugh every time. Great job!

@jameslong672 7 жыл бұрын

Laura Tang cos of family guy haha

@iankinney439 Жыл бұрын

I just showed this video to a modern Major-General. Lol 😂

@km6qxe776 Жыл бұрын

I so want to hear Daveed Digs perform this.

@oonaghreid9569 2 жыл бұрын

That must be the most hardest songs to do.

@sgtgiggles Жыл бұрын

This stage looks like an aquarium hahahaha

@mensamoo 8 жыл бұрын

I see what they say about the Ikea set....

@TheGuy-kb5mh 4 жыл бұрын

My dude can tell a Mauser rifle from a javelin. Truly a learned man.

@Oscarin9910 3 жыл бұрын

Everyone with me: *I AM THE VERY MODEL OF A SCIENTIST SALARIAN*

@ElizabethAftons_Fan Жыл бұрын

We’re learning this at a musical theatre club and I had to study it due to the test we have so this helped! :)

@piehound 4 жыл бұрын

BRAVO !!!!!!!!!!!!

@snozzlehead92 5 жыл бұрын

I'd like to see Eminem do this!

@dotandgrahamxxxx4487 4 жыл бұрын

Love this. Opera.

@anneprocter 6 жыл бұрын

I'm suppossed to be doing geography homework. WHY. WHY MUST I RETURN TO YOU

@FilmPA1986 4 жыл бұрын

The first Rap song ever

@mencken8 10 ай бұрын

“There’s antimony, arsenic, aluminum, selenium-“

@DrAndyShick Жыл бұрын

When I first heard that rap originated in the 70s, I didn't think they meant the 1870s

@Trisbeee 7 жыл бұрын

I love how he dances with the girlies. XD

@tr9809 6 жыл бұрын

I saw this at the National Theatre, it was superb!

@Matthew-li7we 4 жыл бұрын

I watched ONE video about this.. this THING, and now I get them all over my recommendations! I have no idea what the hell is going on in the UK, but I like this.