'Start Me Up' as performed by The Folksmen (Sept. 2003)

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'Start Me Up' as performed by The Folksmen (Sept. 2003)

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They were a key part of the 2003 movie "A Mighty Wind" and here they are on NBC's "Late Night With Conan O'Brien" that September with their spin on a 1981 hit by some quasi-popular British band. (I claim no rights to this song, video or anything of that sort!)

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@dodger2829 Жыл бұрын

The brilliance of these three men is that this performance works as both satire AND real folk music. Incredible.

@TowGunner Жыл бұрын

Your comment has to be satire.

@freetomato Жыл бұрын

Brilliant court jesters! I bow down.

@Jason-qx1ce Жыл бұрын

Three men?

@keithmills778 Жыл бұрын

@@Jason-qx1ce Harry Shearer on bass, Michael McKean on guitar, and Christopher Guest on mandolin. Same three guys who were in "Spinal Tap."

@privatepenguin3137 Жыл бұрын

One of them is clearly a lovely woman.

@elijahFree2000 Жыл бұрын

The Stones have a cover version of this.

@bigwoogc Жыл бұрын

LOL😅

@YorkyOne 3 ай бұрын

It's rubbish though.

@schoenbc1 2 ай бұрын

😅

@Prikryl70 10 ай бұрын

I saw Spinal Tap in concert in NYC, and The Folksmen opened for them ❤

@SS-yw7vo 9 ай бұрын

Usually it's a puppet show

@lindsey6187 Жыл бұрын

Michael McKean is a genius

@ollieox9181 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely true: the guy has had an enviable career as a character actor. Lenny from Laverne & Shirley. David from Spinal Tap. Here as Jerry. Chuck from Better Call Saul. Talented guy.

@noahyes Жыл бұрын

but so are christopher guest and harry shearer!

@demonicsweaters 11 ай бұрын

One of the most brilliant performers of all time. The dude is an absolute legend.

@user-wj3ho9hf5e 10 ай бұрын

The thing that makes this so funny is that these guys are really good musicians. This is just brilliant.

@scottybeegood Жыл бұрын

Best cover of a rolling stone song ever!

@alexbowman7582 11 ай бұрын

Nope, Otis Redding’s Satifaction which had an influence on the Stones.

@ronaldbharvey 10 ай бұрын

With a little bit of Queen thrown in there

@canadianroot 10 ай бұрын

Tongue in cheek, I realize, but check out Canadian band Streetheart’s version of Under My Thumb. Just incredible.

@RoopDaddy86 10 ай бұрын

Funny. But seriously, Streetheart has the best Stones cover ever performed: It’s arguably much better than the original.

@canadianroot 10 ай бұрын

@@RoopDaddy86 Thank you. If they'd been American (the lament of many Canadian bands....to wit, Max Webster...Kim Mitchell's guitar tone was exquisite) they'd have made it much bigger. The extended instrumental in Streetheart's version is off the charts. Superlatives escape me.

@charlesandrews2360 Жыл бұрын

I'll never be able to listen to the original again without dying laughing

@jamesschaidt1096 11 ай бұрын

These fellas are GODS amongst men !

@jasonstegallco.960 10 ай бұрын

Actually, I was NEVER able to listen to the original without laughing (Mick & Keith could be brilliant satirists without realizing it sometimes). But still, this was awesome!

@Paul-zm1hb 9 ай бұрын

Me too!

@ClueSign Жыл бұрын

This is the weirdest phase of Spinal Tap's career, but I admire their committment.

@noahyes Жыл бұрын

imo the weirdest phase was the glam metal phase...;)

@butcherboy2008 Жыл бұрын

When Spinal Tap was a thing in the 1980s, they used to open for themselves as The Folksmen.

@ClueSign Жыл бұрын

@@butcherboy2008 Wish I could have seen that.

@tynebar Жыл бұрын

It's not Spinal Tap, though.

@annanutherthing4373 Жыл бұрын

@@tynebar … but it is Spinal Tap guys - Christopher Guest and others

@adamkane4217 Жыл бұрын

This is the greatest moment in the history of television.

@SourceOfWill Жыл бұрын

It's good but this is the greatest moment in the history of TV: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qqqod7x6trKafpc.html However it is 2023-08-18 and the Fulton, Georgia Trials have not yet aired. History is still in the offing.

@MrJoeybabe25 Жыл бұрын

I guess you've never seen Hee-Haw.

@thatthingthatisaid65 10 ай бұрын

Fk Neil Armstrong. This is a giant leap for musical integrity.

@micheller6804 8 ай бұрын

@@MrJoeybabe25Or the moon landing....

@monkeytennis7477 11 ай бұрын

That mandolin tho 🔥🔥🔥❤️‍🔥🥰

@alvarhanso6310 4 ай бұрын

He really takes it to 11.

@HailAnts 11 ай бұрын

Having Harry Shearer 'transitioning' during this time was hilarious! Still is!

@monkeytennis7477 11 ай бұрын

He/she looks like Carol Channing 😂🎉

@stephentaylor8339 11 ай бұрын

@@monkeytennis7477 OMG! YES!!!!

@garryrc 10 ай бұрын

I remember listening to Harry on KSAN. His short show was "The Last Heterosexual". Which would close with "I might not be gay, but I'm happy!"

@ReadingRambo152 11 ай бұрын

A Mighty Wind is such an underrated film

@petermorris9818 10 ай бұрын

As is Best in Show.

@eezyclsmooth9035 Жыл бұрын

These guys are so immensely Talented in ; writing , producing, playing AND Singing, comedy, acting....

@TowGunner Жыл бұрын

…………….. and cringe.

@cisium1184 10 ай бұрын

They're poor singers. Genius comedians though.

@buckhorncortez Жыл бұрын

I never thought Nigel Tufnel could do anything without an amplifier turned up to 11...

@debraarnold3703 10 ай бұрын

Hysterical. Longing for another film by Christopher Guest.

@roderickantony7770 11 ай бұрын

The most underrated folk band of the time and ahead of their time having the first trans bass player, i believe.

@adrianrust3229 10 ай бұрын

Wait a second... Marta Shubb isn't a woman?!?! 🤔😁

@garethwilliams5809 Жыл бұрын

When I first saw this I thought that the only song I know called Start Me Up was by The Rolling Stones, had to check the lyrics to confirm that that was what they were singing, such is their genius. Who else can't keep their eyes off of Harry's character

@theborg4143 Жыл бұрын

M m mm mm mm mm mm mm mmm

@HalinPhilly Жыл бұрын

It's that Karen wig that gets me.

@samman188 Жыл бұрын

"make a dead man cum" was a nod to Shave Em Dry by Lucille Bogan where she sings that, that is.... er.... not the most graphic line in her tune

@mightymartianca Жыл бұрын

As much as anything it's the folk phrasing, it renders it almost unrecognizable.

@cautionTosser 11 ай бұрын

nice gams

@johnbastille5483 Жыл бұрын

One of my favorite groups from the 60s...I remember their inimitable style on "Hootenanny."

@mypalfootfoot9591 Жыл бұрын

Back in the day, my friends and I would hang out in my room, get high smoking banana peels and listen to the Folksmen for hours. My parents thought they were commies but we didn't care, we were wild and free with moonbeams to spare!

@TheWingus 11 ай бұрын

I noticed that their later albums were different though, by the time “Wishin’” came out I had to punch my own hole on the record!!

@matthewwelch4305 11 ай бұрын

@@TheWingus Well that was more of a production issue with that cheap record company - they made the records all right, but they didn't punch that hole in them. It may have saved a bit of money, but very few consequently heard those records. Even though the material on the records themselves were quite good...

@garysuarez9614 11 ай бұрын

I liked "Saying Something." I know it was a departure from their format but true genius will be expressed, no matter its popularity.

@hbwhitmore878 11 ай бұрын

Went through 7 records before I got that hole centered. It was worth it though, oh yes, it was worth it.

@namcat53 11 ай бұрын

The Spinal Tap brilliance expands far beyond its origins. We are so lucky to have seen these guys. They're up there with Firesign Theatre and Monty Python.

@pillettadoinswartsh4974 10 ай бұрын

The whole song just waiting for the line "make a dead man come." Then they sang it eight times.

@bostonaudi 11 ай бұрын

Having seen Spinal Tap live - twice - I can attest that these guys can actually play!

@mitchell9110 11 ай бұрын

I somehow missed seeing it but there was a tour where The Folksmen opened for Spinal Tap.

@chrisshugart6189 10 ай бұрын

"A Mighty Wind" is what started it. They ruined folk forever. You can't listen to any of that genre without thinking of these guys. Pure genius.

@setadriftonfishandchips 10 ай бұрын

They did this as an SNL sketch in the 1980s. Long before A Mighty Wind

@shoveldr 10 ай бұрын

They would have the Folksman open for Spinal Tap on tour, people wouldn't realize it was the same people and boo them off stage.

@paulcolbourne9112 9 ай бұрын

Comedy is often best when played straight and serious. I love that these guys sat down and worked 'Start Me Up' out as a folk song. Not as easy as it seems. This little joke took time and energy. It delivers for the entire song.

@noahyes 11 ай бұрын

how did i not know this existed? what a great way to promote that film.

@roughcutguitars 11 ай бұрын

"EVERYBODY!" :-D Immeasurable level of genius. Every moment tops the one before it.

@wayneanderson8034 Жыл бұрын

I can never listen to this song again. It gets stuck in my head & I can't get it out.

@JasonNation72 10 ай бұрын

Happy 20th Anniversary to this genius rendition!

@SidewaysSurfDrinksHQ 10 ай бұрын

Genius level off the chart here. As usual with these guys…..👏

@kensellar 10 ай бұрын

A world away from Spinal Tap, these guys are funny because they play it straight. Being really good musicians adds to the humor. I'd love to see them do Angry today!

@johnsmith6586 11 ай бұрын

I heard that these guys once opened for Spinal Tap and got booed off stage. Now that's hilarious.

@joebobgrizzler9963 11 ай бұрын

I was lucky enough to be there.. on that riverboat dinner tour.. in Cincinnati.. on the Ohio.. when the Folksmen covered "Givin' the Dog a Bone". The richness of their harmony was breathtaking.

@mitchgawlik1175 Жыл бұрын

Conan should have brought out Spinal Top next. Shearer, McKean and Guest, what a comedy trio.

@FlamingoKicker Жыл бұрын

Kind of ahead of their time. Starting out as a parody of the Kingston Trio and then transitioning (literally and figuratively) into Peter, Paul and Mary.

@monkeytennis7477 11 ай бұрын

Burn 🔥🔥😂

@rabbiboazmarmon7723 11 ай бұрын

Christopher Guest can only play that mandolin solo because he’s got six fingers…

@adrianrust3229 10 ай бұрын

Your comment is brilliant!

@annepoitrineau5650 Жыл бұрын

Peter Paul and Mary drank the kool aid and became satirical. Love it.

@TonysMusic1974 Жыл бұрын

His mandolin goes up to 11!

@MISTERASMODEUS 10 ай бұрын

Omg this is hysterical. Such brilliant satire of a folk genre

@pommie5093 Жыл бұрын

Simply brilliant.

@the_g9456 Жыл бұрын

what genius did I just watch? lol.

@jonathanhadden7157 7 ай бұрын

I saw them perform this LIVE! What was *SO* hysterical was that *THEY* were the opening act for SPINAL TAP at Carnegie Hall! They even shared their bewilderment at the selection making no sense to them, but they couldn’t pass up a chance to play Carnegie Hall! 🤪 (For those that didn’t get the joke, they are ALSO Spinal Tap)!

@johngore7744 Жыл бұрын

That was great. I’ve been a Stones fan since 1967 and Start me Up was never one of my faves. Now it is. Lol. How about Happy.

@creamnsugar6771 11 ай бұрын

The song “Happy” is in my top 3 Stones tunes!!

@aaronhazelwood6489 Жыл бұрын

Fun fact: this band is also Spinal Tap. I wonder if that mandolin goes to eleven?

@davidappleby7214 Жыл бұрын

Nigel may have modified it to infinity

@glenbard657 Жыл бұрын

And two of them were in Lenny & the Squigtones before that.

@aaronhazelwood6489 Жыл бұрын

@@glenbard657 Right!

@jakesmet9426 Жыл бұрын

Christopher Guest is and does everything that well, hes such a gift, and Im honored we share a bday exactly 40 years apart, and have even come across the same amazing Collings F5 Mandolin, rumored to be the first choice for the infamous STONE HEDGE gag, but opted for a F4 with an oval soundhole. So the F5 Collings made its way to recently deceased Memphis virtuso Tommy Burroughs, which Ive been lucky enough to play music with, and at gigs he'd ALWAYS let me play that INCREDIBLE mandolin!!

@submandave1125 Жыл бұрын

Going even further back, Nigel Tufnell played lead guitar for Lenny and the Squigtones, too.

@VenusSantaCruz 10 ай бұрын

Listen to what the Flower People say. I love both versions of this song 🤣🤣🤣

@joefelice5062 Жыл бұрын

Talk about finishing!

@2cupojoe136 Жыл бұрын

😂

@BigAli81 10 ай бұрын

It’s pretty spectacular in fairness 😊

@StephenS-2024 Жыл бұрын

Come.....by yahhhhhhhh. Beautiful.

@GeorgiaGrowGuy Жыл бұрын

i was watching shearer doing an interview on the beat farmers last night. He is a music lover.

@jurgostuff 6 ай бұрын

Marta's hair was just beautiful.

@randycox3522 10 ай бұрын

Would love to hear the Schmenge (sp?) brothers version.

@thePronto Жыл бұрын

I never knew Ronnie Wood played the double bass!

@faeryglamer Жыл бұрын

Count rugen playing the mandolin like an angel..

@donl9571 Жыл бұрын

Advantage with the 6 fingers

@faeryglamer Жыл бұрын

@@donl9571 oh well done lol

@georgegeysen6499 Жыл бұрын

Hilarious ... and brilliant.

@sstace69 Жыл бұрын

It's funny but also good at the same time 😂

@RoryLynott Жыл бұрын

Knocks me on my ass each and every listen.

@Tractorsandnonsense 11 ай бұрын

That arrangement at 1:14-1:25 is amazing

@markhayward7400 11 ай бұрын

I like this better than the Rolling Stones original!

@RoshChodesh13 11 ай бұрын

MASTERPIECE!!!!!!!!!!!!! Bravo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@barnabascee1889 10 ай бұрын

I'm a huge fan of the Stones BEFORE the album with Start Me Up. I never liked anything they did after the '70s. UNTIL NOW! I like this version BETTER than the original!

@brettharlow7010 Жыл бұрын

Genius.

@JTSunriseMusic Жыл бұрын

Their drummer exploded and they went folk

@mitchgawlik1175 Жыл бұрын

Spontaneously combusted is the proper term. Wasn't the drummer Stumpy Joe?

@JTSunriseMusic Жыл бұрын

@@mitchgawlik1175choked on vomit, they are not sure who’s

@richstex4736 Жыл бұрын

@@mitchgawlik1175 I was always fond of the Fishing Musicians' saying, "he blowed up real good".

@csmith1298 11 ай бұрын

Well, to be fair, you can't exactly dust for vomit.

@gregm766 11 ай бұрын

This is way, way funnier than it should be.🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@roblane66 10 ай бұрын

This is brilliant!!!

@maestromecanico597 11 ай бұрын

It’s simple but at the same time only this trio could have pulled it off.

@ponyboygarfunkel1675 Жыл бұрын

That performance makes me laugh and laugh.

@jackzaccardi1896 10 ай бұрын

This pure brilliance !

@markd1810 10 ай бұрын

That was fantastic! I had no idea.

@cosimomichaelocchipinti2511 10 ай бұрын

Spinal Tap hootanany. Great spoof on a popular Rollijng Stones tune. Didn't recognize the Tune at first.

@EricJurkovich-js9kc Жыл бұрын

Badass those 3 men badass

@topologyrob Жыл бұрын

That's just brilliant

@PhantomDrums917 Жыл бұрын

Harry Shearer looks so good in drag....lol!

@monkeytennis7477 11 ай бұрын

He does have nice legs😂🎉

@gtfblade 10 ай бұрын

Are you telling me that a stone just happens to roll like that? No! *He* orchestrated it! Mick!

@johnshilljejr3799 11 ай бұрын

How great was that!

@joshuaweston6531 11 ай бұрын

This was funnier than I expected 😄

@mc3067 10 ай бұрын

It would be great to hear their renditions of some tunes from "Red, White & Blaine."

@TopJimmyWinn 8 ай бұрын

Thats amazing, im gonna have to learn a version of this on my geetar

@robertmilne4304 10 ай бұрын

Outstanding.

@bobtausworthe2671 11 ай бұрын

Okay I can only hear the song in my mind this way now! earworm! Damn You!

@gtrdoc911 Жыл бұрын

Did they finish with " you make a dead man kum ba yah"? LOL.

@bobdavis4848 Жыл бұрын

Yah! LOL

@joshDammmit 11 ай бұрын

THIS IS SPINAL TAP

@fredparker1734 Жыл бұрын

Spectacular,in it's genius.

@camillawybrants5757 11 ай бұрын

100 % better than the original version 💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞

@pittiedaddy-j8s 9 ай бұрын

Sheer genius!

@paulnolan4971 10 ай бұрын

Comedic Musical Genius on show, again.

@DavidFobare 10 ай бұрын

They used to have a drummer, but he spontaneously combusted in a gardening accident.

@phillypressboxradio4971 Жыл бұрын

Epic!

@VAPIDISM Жыл бұрын

Superb, I turned it up to eleven.

@henryzhao4622 Жыл бұрын

If Chuck McGill had a healthy family life with his mom and Jimmy

@frippertonics6421 Жыл бұрын

A pre-law Chuck McGill sighting...

@Gustav1353 3 ай бұрын

This is a better version than the Stones song!!!

@christianmarler2253 Жыл бұрын

Now, I want to hear The Folksmen do "Monkey Man."

@kmlgraph 8 ай бұрын

They should be the opening act for Rolling Stones.

@VinceHiggins-OTW Жыл бұрын

OMG. the bass player is Harry Sherer in drag :)))))

@richstex4736 Жыл бұрын

He'd be arrested in several states these days.

@RataStuey 10 ай бұрын

I saw Spinal Tap in London in 2009 and didn’t realise that the Folksmen were the same guys.. they played their own support band

@anstef1485 10 ай бұрын

This is clearly the better version!

@stevehughes1510 Жыл бұрын

Just the greatest...........lol

@cdchantler 10 ай бұрын

Harry shearer- bit of a legend.

@m444ss 11 ай бұрын

Brilliant.

@Lockemeister Жыл бұрын

one of the funniest things I have ever seen and heard plus total brilliance.

@hpblack1953 Жыл бұрын

I need a joint.

@monkeytennis7477 11 ай бұрын

Mee too 😵😂

@redneckrasputin 11 ай бұрын

I remember when these guys went electric so Pete Seeger cut Bob Dylan's toes off with an axe. Or something like that.