Teenage Dirtbag - The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain

Teenage Dirtbag - The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain - BBC Proms

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14 жыл бұрын

This is the Ukulele Orchestra's version of Wheatus' 'Teenage Dirtbag' (Trivial detail: they once performed this song with Wheetus themselves in Bangor, North Wales).
On Tuesday 18th August 2009, with every seat and all standing room occupied, the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain played to a sold-out Royal Albert Hall in London, with over 6000 audience members, and well over 1000 of them bringing ukuleles to join in with Beethoven's "Ode to Joy".
This clip is taken from their DVD "Prom Night", The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain Live at the Royal Albert Hall BBC Proms 2009, made from filming on the night.
The music played is:
Puffin Billy (Edmund White, Great British Light Music Classic)
Anarchy in the UK (The Sex Pistols)
Ride of the Valkyries (Richard Wagner)
Silver Machine (Hawkwind)
Life on Mars (David Bowie)
Thunderball (James Bond / John Barry)
Teenage Dirtbag (Wheatus)
Danse Macabre (Camille Saint-Saëns)
Jerusalem (William Blake and Hubert Parry)
Psycho Killer (Talking Heads)
Ode to Joy (A fragment of Beethoven arranged for 1008 ukuleles)
Pinball Wizard (The Who)
The Dambusters March (Eric Coates)
Melange (which reveals how all the key rock songs are variants of one theme)
Wuthering Heights (Kate Bush)
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@UkuleleOrchestra 3 жыл бұрын

This clip is taken from our DVD "Prom Night: Live at the Royal Albert Hall". The performance is now available in digital format, rent and stream the full performance here > www.ukuleleorchestra.com/world-service-episode-05

@CramerOG 5 ай бұрын

This is so good, can't believe I'm seeing it for the first time in 2024. Amazing!

@raymondallen7342 Жыл бұрын

Who is still watching this 12 years later?

@wolfgangschoonderwal5791 7 ай бұрын

Yes

@garethwatkins6347 7 ай бұрын

Me and I have just tickets to see them next year - WOOHOO

@Kirkcaldytiels 6 ай бұрын

Me..

@geoffmorris1769 6 ай бұрын

Me. It’s brilliant!😄

@timsan55 6 ай бұрын

Me ! Longer than 12 years !

@RyanEllisBoyd 11 жыл бұрын

you start listening to one song and then it's 2 hours. Love them!

@suziofftheplanet977 4 жыл бұрын

Haha I did the same. Lost a morning but worth it

@patrickboyle2567 Жыл бұрын

OMG....Ain't that the truth!!.....I love music!!

@keithharrison1453 Жыл бұрын

It's 2022, and past 3am, why am I still up? Oh, that's right, I just discovered this excellent Orchestra!

@timj4909 Жыл бұрын

Longer than that!

@JVSphone Жыл бұрын

One of the saving graces of the pandemic - finding this glorious band!

@frelnc 6 жыл бұрын

I have to listen to this at least once a week or I go into withdrawal.

@Deadbuck73 4 жыл бұрын

Mary Kay Thompson absolutely!

@mauricehigney4024 4 жыл бұрын

get it xx

@ChiquitaBabb 4 жыл бұрын

are you still doing it? :D

@andreasalvi312 3 жыл бұрын

I'm now up to once a day. And needing more.

@AngelicusImmortus 3 жыл бұрын

So True! Same here!!

@doublepick 4 жыл бұрын

Hester’s voice could have been heard in a tavern in seventeenth century England. It’s timeless...

@nickbeckwith6211 3 жыл бұрын

That is so spot on; absolutely!

@ThePorpoisepower 2 жыл бұрын

This video could be titled 'How I fell in love with Hester'

@fruitcake4t 2 жыл бұрын

its actually a seventeenth century English folk song i have you know😑

@charleschamberlain53 2 жыл бұрын

It was

@katec9893 2 жыл бұрын

The way she sings reminds me a bit of Maddy Prior.

@briancritchley498 10 жыл бұрын

I am addicted to this song, this chick has a great voice, the whole lot of this is terrific..

@nekcarccm2112 2 жыл бұрын

She's adorable What a nice voice! She seems like someone you'd just like to be around. Lovely take on a song.

@bluesman608 10 ай бұрын

Love it when they all sing “dirtbag!” with English accents. Cracks me up every time. This is a wonderful cover of a great song. Props to all.

@dc-k4868 4 жыл бұрын

Ten years on and still as fresh as a daisy 💛

@jessicagibson8110 4 жыл бұрын

A man that worked at the hospital helped me through a really hard procedure by playing these guys to me! Thanks Jeff

@sungyultaylor1354 4 жыл бұрын

As an American who LOVED this song as a teenager, MAD RESPECT to these people. They got TONS OF TALENT and they deserve props. Hahahaha, I just never figured some older British people would know this song.

@ellieban 3 ай бұрын

It’s an older song nowadays 🤣

@grahamswindell4191 2 жыл бұрын

They can do anything. And they never do anything badly. Not even if they tried to. Thank the universe that there are committed musicians like these who actually bother to express their ability. Major thumbs up to them.

@englishman1960 4 жыл бұрын

To hear this version of Teenage Dirtbag shows what a great song it is. The Orchestra are paying respect to an all time classic. Great vocals.

@neilpemberton5523 2 жыл бұрын

A great cover can bring out something special that's not immediately obvious in a song

@dancrosby9991 10 жыл бұрын

Amazing.They take a clever grunge song and with ingenuity,balls (and a great voice) turn it into a medieval ballad with depth, emotion and class. I love these people!

@baskervillebee6097 6 жыл бұрын

Dan Crosby This is outstanding, but my heart belongs to Silver Machine.

@suzettewilliamson9830 3 жыл бұрын

Me too! ❤

@Jamie_Pritchard Жыл бұрын

@@baskervillebee6097 Silver Machine is pretty damn epic it has to be said.

@twallgren 8 ай бұрын

You do realise that only 1000 people have been watching this throughout the years, at about 3000 times each.

@alderneyfred 12 жыл бұрын

I was there ! And it was brilliant ! Shame on the BBC for not broadcasting this on the tv, only radio. We all waved our ukuleles in the air at the end of all playing our little piece of Bach together.

@BGP_yt 10 ай бұрын

Good thing BBC has no control over KZfaq!

@scottbrown7415 3 жыл бұрын

Just for all you non North American people. The reference to the boyfriend driving an IROC. That is a version of the the Chevrolet Camaro Z28. It was offered for a few years as the top line offering of that model. IROC was a racing series that placed top drivers from a wide variety of racing sanctioning bodies in a season of competition in identical Camaro race cars. The uke band is great!

@JamesJessenfedden 4 ай бұрын

IROC is an acronym.

@5amH45lam 4 ай бұрын

I knew that. I'm British. I'm also subscribed to the Curious Cars channel here on KZfaq. ;-)

@sakuramatsuriantiques5053 10 жыл бұрын

Listening to ukulele orchestra performing a cover from wheatus of a song talking about iron maiden is priceless!

@gggg-vw9mq 6 жыл бұрын

awesome

@richdavidson1737 5 жыл бұрын

Amazing

@patrickmclaughlin61 4 жыл бұрын

Her reddening face when she has to say dick and ass just adds to the whole.

@mikemolinaro5446 2 жыл бұрын

I love Hester❤️

@ALu-nq8rf 8 жыл бұрын

It's been years since I first listened to this cover and it's still one of the loveliest covers I've ever heard.

@craigelliott5406 8 жыл бұрын

Props for no cencor too :)

@zookeeper2872 7 жыл бұрын

It really is

@christopherdavies7213 7 жыл бұрын

Moves me to tears, it really does: incredibly touching and beautiful arrangement and performance.

@CaptainHightop 6 жыл бұрын

I know your comment is a year old, but I just found this cover, and you're right, it is really good. Another good one is on the Post Modern Jukebox channel, check it out you might really like that one too

@dougwheeler1220 3 жыл бұрын

I’m betting that Hester could sing the road map and it would be excellent.

@gregward4392 9 ай бұрын

How can you not love Hester.....and her voice, and the harmonies are just superb. And the ukules are also performing the drum rhythm. Just brilliant. 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

@colblimp 10 жыл бұрын

Hester - probably the most beautiful ukulele player in the world.

@jimdevlin2138 4 жыл бұрын

NO,. Definitely the most beautiful

@edwardkazala825 4 жыл бұрын

They are all beautiful.

@Chiungalla79 3 жыл бұрын

At least the most beautiful voice. Most beautiful most certainly goes to hawaii... Taimane or Honoko.

@nomad7412 5 жыл бұрын

What a fantastic voice this lady has. ....And singer

@SevdaDenizKarali 3 жыл бұрын

I remember a time during pandemic (because it feels like it's been going on for ages) that I would wake up and even before opening my eyes properly, I would open this (and the mash-ups) on my phone, and my goodness, they would really fill me up with energy, with joy, and I could get up a happy, hopeful person. Since we're basically back to where we were back in March, I'm back here as well. Thank you for existing, The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain!

@ThePsho 5 жыл бұрын

Man, that ascending scale in the pre-chorus is just flat out perfect

@debussy69 6 ай бұрын

Agreed, it’s just beautiful

@elisabetht9216 2 жыл бұрын

I saw them in concert today in Vienna! Fabulous! Funny, versatile, very british in a good way and most important great and dedicated musicians!! ❤❤❤

@UkuleleOrchestra 14 жыл бұрын

A little pedantic, but yes, some seats at the Albert Hall are never for sale. It remains true that all available seats and standing room was occupied. There was not a ticket left for sale and people were (unfortunately) turned away at the door.

@darrenmarquis8487 3 жыл бұрын

A lot of seats at albert Hall are held by debenture holders from those old 'english' families who funded the building and have free tickets forever, for every single concert/event at venue. My old employer was lucky enough to be donated 4 box tickets on the death of a debenture holder for us to use for charitable purposes

@comradecatu6603 2 жыл бұрын

@@darrenmarquis8487 ah, I was wondering why some seats were empty, that's really interesting, thanks for sharing

@cornishphilosopher 8 жыл бұрын

This is just plain beautiful!

@Mmv441 5 ай бұрын

You made this song even more nostalgic, which was hard to imagine

@shenleynye774 7 жыл бұрын

Many is the shite day at work that I've had lately, but today plumbed new depths. Then I had an alcoholic beverage or several, and then I listened to this. I won't begin to suggest that it solved anything, but I do now feel much better.

@nathanstoneman1185 7 жыл бұрын

I listen to this too. It helps sooth the internal beast.

@BuddhaSunn 5 жыл бұрын

I’m with you bro

@UltimoWorm 5 жыл бұрын

I just read this and thought I already commented 🤣👌🏼

@robajohnson 5 жыл бұрын

Feeling better is essential as well!

@ewanfarrell4026 5 жыл бұрын

Life can be so beautiful when something so simplistic as this video(certainly not suggesting that what the musicians done was simplistic) can shift your mood. Hope you're beating those demons, my friend

@claypigeon001 4 жыл бұрын

It's a darn shame you can't "like" this more than once 😉👍❤️

@jimmycove2592 Жыл бұрын

Seen the Ukes so many times since listening to them at a Folk club in Walthamstow over 20 years ago, still my favourite live act, and this track one of the best, they are always brilliant, never disapoint Terry Cove

@terencehughes611 5 жыл бұрын

Upon discovering offerings from Ukelele Orchestra, the world feels a better place !!

@Singapom888 11 жыл бұрын

Moves me to tears - I'm a big softie, but in my defence this is a lovely arrangement and performance.

@esarempee 3 жыл бұрын

Same here. I'm a grown man, what's wrong with me???

@Dominik-jv5vm 3 жыл бұрын

@@esarempee same. because we are old (43 here) and once were young.

@Singapom888 7 ай бұрын

@@Dominik-jv5vm We absolutely were. And we still remember.

@jimwarren8422 2 жыл бұрын

I'm across the BIG POND!! These instrumentals and currently vocals are just great!

@stellajayne 11 жыл бұрын

On the contrary Jack - it will strike a chord with many a teenager. It's in the teenage years self doubt, insecurity and even self loathing are only ever a short distance away. Also, bear in mind it it's also a song about the redemptive power of love, of acceptance - our hero is at the prom, lonely, dispirited, feeling 'like mould' when the object of his longing and affection approaches and lo and behold, she is just like him, he's found someone who accepts him for what he is. It's uplifting!

@mandolinic 3 жыл бұрын

Except in the band's official video, the whole part about the prom and Noelle asking him to an Iron Maiden concert is just a dream and our poor hero doesn't get the girl. :-(

@NotKyleChicago Жыл бұрын

@@mandolinic From what I recall, the song's writer was sent to an all-boys school after a murder in his home town in the mid-1980s, so he didn't get to have a "normal" high school experience and was in his late 20s when this was first recorded.

@mandolinic Жыл бұрын

@@NotKyleChicago Thanks for the additional info.

@gabrielegarcia6205 10 жыл бұрын

Obsessed with this song

@helzhathnofury7363 Жыл бұрын

You are an absolute joy , thank you

@86razrose 2 жыл бұрын

Utterly brilliant, you always leave their concerts with a huge smile on your face.-

@deejaydoubleyou1966 7 жыл бұрын

Pure class, makes me smile every time! Hope the band Wheatus have seen it.

@lecturer1960 7 жыл бұрын

If you read the notes under the video, your question's answered :) ".....This is the Ukulele Orchestra's version of Wheatus' 'Teenage Dirtbag' (Trivial detail: they once performed this song with Wheetus themselves in Bangor, North Wales).... "

@GeaVox 8 жыл бұрын

Love the UKOOGB, Love the singer, Love the song...

@radagascar1 12 жыл бұрын

LOVE her voice! She does the chorus well!

@bryanmve1491 8 жыл бұрын

one of the most original covers i've ever heard!

@bensdadfrank 9 жыл бұрын

Music is music, and this is as good as it gets!

@BigPaddyFan 10 жыл бұрын

What a beautiful woman and what a great voice and what a wonderful orchestra. And did I mentioned what a wunderful women?

@AE747373 9 ай бұрын

2023 this Fking brilliant

@mackemmedia5452 9 жыл бұрын

These guys are incredible. Being playing the ukulele since I was 8 or 9, and these are the people I look up to.

@LazySummerTrio 11 жыл бұрын

I agree, I love her voice. I wish I could see this live.

@marcel911 10 жыл бұрын

I love their take on the songs they play. Always makes me smile.

@ZacBLive 2 жыл бұрын

Thee most British spectacle ever.

@brentwhite3890 4 жыл бұрын

I love that song

@margaretgilbert2966 4 жыл бұрын

Your music is now an essential to each day,it fills me with joy and makes me laugh and smile and occasionally shed a tear. All in a good way.

@SpringFire1994 4 жыл бұрын

See these guys live last night and they played this! Still as good as ever!

@RonWylie-gk5lc 7 жыл бұрын

Every time they do something new I can't believe how great they achieve it, who would have thought they would do Teenage Dirtbag, wonderful

@briancritchley498 9 жыл бұрын

Beautiful, lovely, fantastic, makes my eyes moist..

@pinkclouds5192 4 жыл бұрын

Me: (sreaming)CUZ IMM JUST A TEEEEENGAGE DIRT BAG BABY her: (calmly) becase I am just a teenage dirtbag baby 2 like that's biggest I've ever had thanks

@rjewles 8 жыл бұрын

Yes, I keep coming back to this time and time again - it's so endearing. Rosie, Walthamstow

@jesterstudiokj 3 жыл бұрын

Can't stop listening to this performanc.

@deleted_why 2 жыл бұрын

Timeless lyric, proven so by transposing from the key of young grunge into the key of old uke.

@roberthugh100 9 жыл бұрын

Never thought this song could move me almost to tears - I'm in love!

@ashleyscout4848 5 жыл бұрын

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/acl_m7GV0bHbn5c.html this version might!

@Walterwhiterocks 5 жыл бұрын

Same here, Hester is soooo talented.

@taxus750 4 жыл бұрын

Hester has that effect on people (not that I'm at all affected by her charms myself, oh no)

@stagboiwo5517 2 жыл бұрын

Wheatus to the way being classic )))

@zanite8650 8 ай бұрын

I think about this version constantly.

@ing0o 10 жыл бұрын

I've got three words: This is awesome!

@kroschfoenigin 13 жыл бұрын

However shit my day might have been, these guys invariably put a smile on my face... Thank you for your existence!

@Greenockianx 4 жыл бұрын

Turns the song right round and into something very special. Wonderful. Clever.

@MizTree 9 ай бұрын

I got chills :)

@1Greystalk Ай бұрын

They're multiplying

@danielwoolcock7267 3 жыл бұрын

Why has this just appeared in my feed after 10yrs. One of my favourite songs, made me smile and it was done brilliantly. 👏

@timsan55 8 жыл бұрын

Brilliant. Especially the control in delivery. Thanks for posting

@hedydd2 2 жыл бұрын

This never gets old. Great! This and Smells like Teen Spirit are my favourites.

@michaelmcdowell4357 Жыл бұрын

thats what you call Class

@mikemolinaro5446 3 жыл бұрын

I think I am in love💕

@gnolivad 8 жыл бұрын

We are so lucky ,music & words ,enough to make you smile and this does it ,in boatloads ,thank you ,you clever people

@everyonesxwife 9 жыл бұрын

My dad got a ukulele back in the 1950's and when I was a little kid he used to play silly little tunes on it and I thought it was a toy. I have officially been SCHOOLED!

@conboyle5592 Жыл бұрын

Superb

@chatchat102 12 жыл бұрын

This is... absolutely hilarious. Not in a bad way, mind you. It's just really funny to see all of these classy, sophisticated-looking adults play one of the most inane teenager anthems ever written. And it is glorious.

@gabitamiravideos 3 жыл бұрын

After listening to the lyrics and finally understanding them (I love how the UOGB accomplishes that with so many songs) I would dispute the “inane” part. But yeah, heartily agree on the rest.

@neuvocastezero1838 3 жыл бұрын

@@gabitamiravideos Yeah, I think they might have been looking for "whimsical".

@swampwitch6133 3 жыл бұрын

I agree the Ukuleles make an this song just make it too funny especially with how the lyrics don't match what they playing

@34zakk 3 жыл бұрын

Everyone's been a teenager once. Chances are they've also related to it lol.

@AngelicusImmortus 3 жыл бұрын

To be fair, the song was written for a film and I feel sorry for the band, they had a film studio pissing around with what they were and weren’t allowed to put in the song. Movie studio folk can be total dicks!

@nigelhills9287 4 жыл бұрын

2019 and I am still loving this.

@itsdavidlo 8 жыл бұрын

This is pure gold!

@RichardRoy2 9 жыл бұрын

Wow! Wow! Just....Wow!

@swingseeker 4 жыл бұрын

Just to let you know that we are still out here loving your top class music. This is earth-shattering stuff. Thank you, especially Hester in this case, I am a forever fan. Yours, Dirtbag, baby.

@scousemouse69 3 жыл бұрын

Its so wrong yet so right. I love it

@babybri9887 10 жыл бұрын

Her: So... This is for all the teenage ukulele players out there Me: OH MY GOSH! SHOUT OUT! HOLLAAA

@davebond7380 9 ай бұрын

Still love it

@Squirrelconga 3 жыл бұрын

Brilliant!!!!

@Floop1977 7 жыл бұрын

I love this band, and I *particularly* love this version of Teenage Dirtbag, which I think is better than the original! Well done to the people who wrote it, and well done to the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain for being awesome, I have been to see you three times and hope to keep doing so forever!

@tomcline5631 4 жыл бұрын

Hey bigblockofcheese search for Post Modern jukebox for their version of teenage dirtbag ,covered by Jax. Soooo cooool!!

@Floop1977 4 жыл бұрын

@@tomcline5631 That is cool - thanks! I saw PMJ in London in 2015 at the Shepherds Bush Empire, they were fantastic.

@NotKyleChicago Жыл бұрын

I've only recently discovered this song via Reb Day's cover in a stairwell. I like the versions that aren't "screamo" for the chorus portion.

@RatJan 5 ай бұрын

I discovered this song through the Ukulele Orchestra, so I went and listened to the official versions, and I like this one best!

@borjastick 10 жыл бұрын

This is quite possibly their best piece ever, though it's a tough choice... I emailed them today asking if they can pleeeeaaasee come and play in Limoges, France next year. Love them to bits.