He didn't just play this song, he WROTE this song. This man is freaking amazing on the sax. Blows my mind everytime I watch him play. R.I.P. Boots Randolph.
Co-wrote with James Q Rich. His inspiration for Yakety Sax was the saxophone playing by King Curtis on the Coaster's 1958 song, Yakety Yak. Yakety Sax quotes two bars each of Entrance of the Gladiators and The Girl I Left Behind Me
People don't realize how hard this music is to play. Boots Randolph said that every time he had to play it, it almost killed him, due to the effort it took
+Rodrigo Goncalves Especially that glissando... He plays it on the sax like he plays the trombone for goodness sake. I am a tenor sax player myself, so I can say how difficult it is from the first hand.
I've been playing tenor sax for about nine years (senior in high school) and I can play the main lick pretty comfortably, probably with some grace notes omitted here and there, but I think it captures the essence pretty well. Playing the whole thing (the middle verses are the hard part) with the accuracy and dynamics that he does is what's freaking impossible.
I think he's forcing the tempo a little bit here, almost like he's trying to get it over and done with as fast as he can. The version on the Benny Hill show is a little slower and nicer imo.
I need this played at my funeral when they are wheeling my casket out of the church. Extra points if one of the pallbearer's pants falls down mid walk.
Your corpse slides out of the coffin, tumbling over the guests. An old woman screams as your head falls between her breasts, slaps you into a stand. The pall-bearers then try to bring you back into the coffin, but the pall-bearer whose pants are still down trips and you flip over the procession into someone ELSE'S open grave. The grave digger, pissed, throws you out and the pall-bearers catch you but are bowled over again. They try to hoist you, but grab you wrongly and you're upside down and dangling from your pants, to everyone's shock. Some helpful fellows rush over with the coffin and try to fit you back inside, and things look like they're going back to normal ... only for the bottom to give way and your corpse falls through the coffin as the pall-bearers march away, proud and ignorant.
As a young teenager, I learned to play "Yakety Sax" the way Boots did. It is deceptively difficult and it took me years to perfect There are small idiosyncrasies there that most players miss. I was fortunate to get to meet him, Chet Atkins and Floyd Cramer when they were in concert in the VA area where I lived. I got invited to his nightclub on Printers Alley in Nashville to play with him and it was a dream come true for me. Later in life, I learned that Boots had been a very well respected saxophonist in the jazz style. He was a fantastic jazz player and if you want to hear some of that, go listen to "Take Me Out To The Ballgame", which he performed on his final album. A really fine gentleman and great musician---Boots Randolph was my hero!!!
"it took me years to perfect" But you DID it. And that in my opinion is what makes a true artist someone who burns for the craft. Those who are willing to put however many years it takes to master their craft into it and doesn´t give up half way because its just too difficult and they don´t have the time or patientce to just sit down and keep practicing and practicing and PRACTICING, until they get to where they want to be.
If you're an amateur bass player of a certain age (like myself), your Holy Grail is Stanley Clarkes 'School Days', but Yakety Sax should be a Holy Grail of anyone who loves playing any instrument (as a hobby) - make the effort (I'm trying it on the keyboard now - it hurts!). FUN!
I fondly remember my beloved mother crying tears of joy as he played this Live at a county fair in Phoenix Arizona in 1972 or 73. This one goes out to you, Mom. I love you, and I miss you.
Next day at school: LH has an ... incident in school because Roz wouldn't permit him to hang out with H the previous night. Nailed one of his classmates in the head with a book. Down at the office. A huge ruckus. Chairs being thrown around. Chris Chris. Chris. Settle down. Bugged out eyes. It looks like they're going to have to send Chris away for ... a while. Cali's mind: tea time at 25 gossip with Barbie doll, snow white, little mermaid, and her GI H doll she stole
This has been used so much in comedy that I feel it is under appreciated. This is an absolutely slamming performance. Uses lots of tricks and techniques unique to the saxophone. It must be a massive challenge to play. Truly this deserves more respect than it gets.
"The song that makes everything funny no matter what the topic." Extremely challenging sheet music piece for a tenor saxophone. Amazing breath control.
Knowing next to nothing about playing music, this sounds anything but simple to me! The sax all by itself is doing so much that it sounds like multiple pieces playing together, and then the back-up brasses come in to make it even wilder. I'm picturing Dick Van Dyke in Mary Poppins when he's performing music in the street with all those different instruments attached to him and rigged up to play as he moves his body parts. Or watching Beck play the guitar and harmonica simultaneously, between singing or cracking jokes. It's impressive multi-tasking. People only think this is a simple or silly bit of music because it's linked so tightly with Benny Hill shenanigans. As viewers they are also mostly unaware of how demanding physical comedy is too.
I am his daughter, Linda, and yes, he had huge lungs. He had to take 2 xrays to see his lungs effectively. Upper lungs and lower lungs. Doctors were always amazed when he had xrays.
@@lindaoneal9139 You can see that by the size of his chest, I reckon he would be able to swim underwater for a week! Fantastic bit of music though, could listen all day, but it tires me out!
When I did my senior jazz tenor recital, I played my songs that I had passed my recital juries with (couple Trane, Shorter, Mingus, and Brubeck pieces), bowed, started my final piece, a surprise Yakety Sax. My sax professor was on the floor laughing.
Stop dairy and cereals products, even peas, if the first two are not enough after a month. Onion soup are great to help for the glu to get out. Take care.
I know the tune very well but was not aware who played it; Boots is an amazing player. I am looking for some footage of Red Prysock playing tenor, I have some of his albums. He is more R&B, not as fast/manic as this, but had a great powerful tone. See Charleston Twist on here.
I played tenor saxophone. Omg this piece is insanely difficult to play. 😂 Three bars in I gave up, I'm pretty sure this man had the mammalian diving reflex. I would not be surprised if he could hold his breath under water for ten minutes. He has to have dolphin or otter DNA or something. 😂
I saw him in concert once in the early 90's and man could he still rip it up on this song, played it just like he did on this video. One of the best sax players there ever was.
I saw Boots Randolph along with Chet Akins and Floyd Cramer also with the Nashville Brass at the Atlanta Civic Center in 1970 or 71. I was 10 years old at the time and I liked Boots. Even today I still play his CD and he was just amazing. I still remember that concert even tho I'm in my 60's now. Oh what memories with Mom and Dad at that time. Wish I could do again. May they all Rest in Peace.
I told my dad today who is 83 name a musician you really like he told me boots Randolph I'd never heard of him before he is on my list as one of my favorite musicians of all time
I played this song for my Dad. He was a real fan of this song, and he played that Boots Randolph 8 track tape in his 2 year old 1967 Lincoln headed south to Lake Seminole which was often. Both my mother and father are passed on and I miss them both. This ones for you Dad !!
Yeah. I'm British and my mother bloody HATES Benny Hill. I thought this would really get a reaction. We settled on "Lucy and Linus" (the classic Peanuts theme)... and we threw Jolly Ranchers at everyone in the cathedral before they threw rice at us. Brilliant fun.
God bless benny hill, boots Randolph and Alex Lester, bbc radio.....Alex made my night, I was working night shift driving trucks and Alex had a sax solo segment on his 2 am show, was driving near Milton Keynes, 15 years ago .....and it made my night. Slap my top. Sad end to such a good man ,benny hill.
When I first heard this on Benny Hill so many years ago I laughed and thought country music on English tv. And of course when hearing Boots wail out this number i had to think of Benny. Salute to two masters in their respective fields. Miss you both.
Brilliant; and it takes me back to my youth; his 1963 performance, which hit "the charts" was during my university years. But I have also listened again to his 1963 performance in immediate succession to this. Although I can see the temptation in a long performing career to "up" the tempo, I am not convinced that it actually adds to the music, and it possibly does the reverse. But in my own field, as a classically trained church organist, I find that I am sometimes tempted by the same impulse!
I hadn't heard this masterpiece before the Benny Hill show made it known worldwide. I found this music so wonderful that I've searched for the original version since years and voila, I have just found it. Excellent performance Mr. Boots Randolph!
So late Saturday night I'm at the Elks Lodge and I put this song on the jukebox. Maybe 20 people are in there, everyone looks up and someones yells out "Benny Hill Theme." The BEST part was when one of the elderly barmaids gets up and dances with the elderly hall manager right in front of everybody, just having a good ole' time! I will never forget that!
King of Sax. My husband plays Yakety Sax on his sax. We heard BOOTS in concert once in Grand Rapids, Mi. (De Vos Hall). A memorable & once in a lifetime experience. K Bergman
Amazing. Legit amazing. I've always adored this song but never saw a live performance of it by the master himself. Watching this is like watching the Dueling Banjos scene in Deliverance for the first time.
What a great rendition of a fantastic self composed delivery of the original music. Benny Hill robbed it for his show , but Boots Randolph was the unmistakable original, Thanks for posting .
Its funny cause this song is supposed to be like a serious exhibition of expert playing by a saxaphone master but Benny Hill took it and used it for his show and now everyone thinks of it as just some zainy theme song to an old comedy TV show.
Why can't it be BOTH as everything is perceived differently by everyone? Let's just enjoy it for whatever it is and yet I can appreciate it from BOTH SIDES.. hence the reason I said both.
Legend :') Not only the intro to Benny Hill and the background music of every funny home video throughout the 90's-2k', but also iconic to carnivals and stuff like that. Always wondered what the full song was like and finally found someone that knew the answer today.
Suddenly, I’m 8 years old again and laying in front of the TV, washed and dressed and Yackety Sax meant 3 things, The Benny Hill show was about to end, it was 8:30pm and it was my bedtime! The 1970’s Happy days!
Beautiful. All I can think about when listening this is all the skill and effort that must have went into creating this wonderful piece. Well, that and tig 'ol bitties.
Super.....yo veía una sería...jejeje de noches y a escondidas....(ya saben cuál) pero escuchar este rolón era super.....ya me verán bailando .....uno no quiere hacer ruido jejejeje y le ponen este intro.....imposible no subirle a la tv
Eu adoraria ter conhecido ele antes, que músico fantástico, o som dele é agradável e incomparável, que bom ter esta referência, Dear Zernebock, thank you for your video, it's the best!! Best regards, Wilson-Brazil
This performance of Yakety Sax,finaly proved that this man is The God Of The Saxsophone!!!! His playing was like a kind of magic. He is my sax idol! Bravooo!
This never gets old. Boots didn't care to talk about this song because it took so much out of him to play but yet he kept increasing the tempo over the years (I think he was trying to challenge himself)and the song made him some bank thanks to Benny Hill so he probably liked it a little more than he let on :-) Some performers are "elite" level talents and he was surely one.
Boots Randolph gave life to this song and Benny Hill made sure it would never die.
Well said!
I only knew this from Benny hill show as a kid. I've now been enlightened!
He also played on the Elvis song Reconsider Baby
SoCoolScience, hiciste un gran comentario. Es totalmente cierto.
Un abrazo desde Argentina 🇦🇷
The Benny Hill version did not have the difficult turnaround I have mentioned. It was someone else's version, not Boots.
He didn't just play this song, he WROTE this song. This man is freaking amazing on the sax. Blows my mind everytime I watch him play. R.I.P. Boots Randolph.
Taking some cues from Coasters' Yakety Yak
He did use a part from entry of the gladiators
Co-wrote with James Q Rich. His inspiration for Yakety Sax was the saxophone playing by King Curtis on the Coaster's 1958 song, Yakety Yak.
Yakety Sax quotes two bars each of Entrance of the Gladiators and The Girl I Left Behind Me
Phenomenal. He’s on my special, cherry picked list 👍
Exactly!r
People don't realize how hard this music is to play. Boots Randolph said that every time he had to play it, it almost killed him, due to the effort it took
+Rodrigo Goncalves
He kept upping the tempo so he was always on the limit of what he could do. Early versions are slower, depending how old they are!
+Rodrigo Goncalves This is not difficult to play with a sax. Is practically imposible to do. But I can really really do the bass lines! Oh Yeah man!
+Rodrigo Goncalves Especially that glissando... He plays it on the sax like he plays the trombone for goodness sake. I am a tenor sax player myself, so I can say how difficult it is from the first hand.
I've been playing tenor sax for about nine years (senior in high school) and I can play the main lick pretty comfortably, probably with some grace notes omitted here and there, but I think it captures the essence pretty well. Playing the whole thing (the middle verses are the hard part) with the accuracy and dynamics that he does is what's freaking impossible.
I think he's forcing the tempo a little bit here, almost like he's trying to get it over and done with as fast as he can. The version on the Benny Hill show is a little slower and nicer imo.
I need this played at my funeral when they are wheeling my casket out of the church. Extra points if one of the pallbearer's pants falls down mid walk.
🤣 awesome idea!!!! Might steal it away!!!
Your corpse slides out of the coffin, tumbling over the guests. An old woman screams as your head falls between her breasts, slaps you into a stand. The pall-bearers then try to bring you back into the coffin, but the pall-bearer whose pants are still down trips and you flip over the procession into someone ELSE'S open grave. The grave digger, pissed, throws you out and the pall-bearers catch you but are bowled over again. They try to hoist you, but grab you wrongly and you're upside down and dangling from your pants, to everyone's shock. Some helpful fellows rush over with the coffin and try to fit you back inside, and things look like they're going back to normal ... only for the bottom to give way and your corpse falls through the coffin as the pall-bearers march away, proud and ignorant.
😂😂😂😂
Need to add scantily clad ladies into the mix.
I love that idea.
As a young teenager, I learned to play "Yakety Sax" the way Boots did. It is deceptively difficult and it took me years to perfect There are small idiosyncrasies there that most players miss. I was fortunate to get to meet him, Chet Atkins and Floyd Cramer when they were in concert in the VA area where I lived. I got invited to his nightclub on Printers Alley in Nashville to play with him and it was a dream come true for me. Later in life, I learned that Boots had been a very well respected saxophonist in the jazz style. He was a fantastic jazz player and if you want to hear some of that, go listen to "Take Me Out To The Ballgame", which he performed on his final album. A really fine gentleman and great musician---Boots Randolph was my hero!!!
Thanks for your story and that track recommendation, I enjoyed it.
"it took me years to perfect" But you DID it.
And that in my opinion is what makes a true artist someone who burns for the craft.
Those who are willing to put however many years it takes to master their craft into it and doesn´t give up half way because its just too difficult and they don´t have the time or patientce to just sit down and keep practicing and practicing and PRACTICING, until they get to where they want to be.
If you're an amateur bass player of a certain age (like myself), your Holy Grail is Stanley Clarkes 'School Days', but Yakety Sax should be a Holy Grail of anyone who loves playing any instrument (as a hobby) - make the effort (I'm trying it on the keyboard now - it hurts!). FUN!
I really want to start playing sax, did you ever perfect the breathing technique?
Like the one were you can technically just play forever?
Am a jazz fan but old cats like Boots had a huge and special sound which younger cats don't have or less. Jmho
I fondly remember my beloved mother crying tears of joy as he played this Live at a county fair in Phoenix Arizona in 1972 or 73.
This one goes out to you, Mom. I love you, and I miss you.
God bless you and ur family ❤
I'm sorry for your loss. :(
Next day at school: LH has an ... incident in school because Roz wouldn't permit him to hang out with H the previous night. Nailed one of his classmates in the head with a book.
Down at the office. A huge ruckus. Chairs being thrown around. Chris Chris. Chris. Settle down. Bugged out eyes. It looks like they're going to have to send Chris away for ... a while.
Cali's mind: tea time at 25 gossip with Barbie doll, snow white, little mermaid, and her GI H doll she stole
What a dear memory of your beloved mom! What a joy seeing him play this must have been for her! ❤️
@@dco2006 What are you talking about?
This has been used so much in comedy that I feel it is under appreciated. This is an absolutely slamming performance. Uses lots of tricks and techniques unique to the saxophone. It must be a massive challenge to play. Truly this deserves more respect than it gets.
Totally appreciated here
"The song that makes everything funny no matter what the topic."
Extremely challenging sheet music piece for a tenor saxophone.
Amazing breath control.
My father edited a video of 2 of his pitbulls killing a street dog and put this song in the background lmao, psychopatic xD
Knowing next to nothing about playing music, this sounds anything but simple to me! The sax all by itself is doing so much that it sounds like multiple pieces playing together, and then the back-up brasses come in to make it even wilder. I'm picturing Dick Van Dyke in Mary Poppins when he's performing music in the street with all those different instruments attached to him and rigged up to play as he moves his body parts. Or watching Beck play the guitar and harmonica simultaneously, between singing or cracking jokes. It's impressive multi-tasking. People only think this is a simple or silly bit of music because it's linked so tightly with Benny Hill shenanigans. As viewers they are also mostly unaware of how demanding physical comedy is too.
They're placing this track over Ukraine war videos where Russians are being blown up by grenades.
That is just pure talent, I can't imagine the size of that guy's lungs.
That was absolutely astounding.
I am his daughter, Linda, and yes, he had huge lungs. He had to take 2 xrays to see his lungs effectively. Upper lungs and lower lungs. Doctors were always amazed when he had xrays.
@@lindaoneal9139 You can see that by the size of his chest, I reckon
he would be able to swim underwater for a week!
Fantastic bit of music though, could listen all day, but it tires me out!
My Uncle took me to see Boots Randolph in Decatur Illinois back in the 60,s. I was a teenager and I realy enjoyed his performance !
He was a master showman. People don't really know that but if you saw him in person, you saw a true master of show and of sax.
When I did my senior jazz tenor recital, I played my songs that I had passed my recital juries with (couple Trane, Shorter, Mingus, and Brubeck pieces), bowed, started my final piece, a surprise Yakety Sax. My sax professor was on the floor laughing.
Great! Did you pass out from lack of oxygen when you were done?
+aaronaaronjarvis - And I'd wager that it was the most difficult piece to learn out of all of your recital songs, too!
I have to play this for my 7th grade sprig band concert wish me luck
@Bill Brennan we did good but we had to slow it down a lot so it didn't sound the same but it still sounded nice
@Bill Brennan thanks. it isn't as hard as it looks. but then again I have a good teacher
LUNGS OF STEEL
he breathes through his ass apperantly
Steel is not flexible so lungs of steel are bad lungs
Well it's really fast, and mostly eighteenth/sixteenth notes, so it wouldn't be all that difficult, but still really friggin' impressive!
*whispering... just roll with the script.
Penis of gold
I love Boots Randolph AND Benny Hill!
I have asthma-just watching this stellar performance has me gasping for air!
Stop dairy and cereals products, even peas, if the first two are not enough after a month.
Onion soup are great to help for the glu to get out.
Take care.
I don't have asthma and this performance has me gasping!!! 🥵
As a fellow Tenor Sax player I am blown away………..what an amazing performance !!!
I know the tune very well but was not aware who played it; Boots is an amazing player. I am looking for some footage of Red Prysock playing tenor, I have some of his albums. He is more R&B, not as fast/manic as this, but had a great powerful tone. See Charleston Twist on here.
The soundtrack of my youth!
R.I.P. Boots Randolph & Benny Hill
One of a kind.
They don't make them like that anymore.
He's fantastic.
R.i.p. boots.
Boots was my second cousin through his maternal Skaggs line. I met him a couple of times. One of the great saxophone players of all time.
I can't help but start laughing when I hear this song. I loved the Benny Hill Show when I was a kid.
Yeah. The chases were hilarious 😂😂
Me too!!! An the ending line of people chasing him 😂
This guy not only composed but also played one of the most difficult sax tunes. The song itself is a masterpiece of music
Damn, this sounds like a fun piece to play on the sax only 2 problems:
1. I don't own a sax
2. I don't own 15 pairs of lungs
I'll try it on my Bass Trombone!
@@bobboscarato1313 How'd it go? Do your chops still exist?
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I played tenor saxophone. Omg this piece is insanely difficult to play. 😂
Three bars in I gave up, I'm pretty sure this man had the mammalian diving reflex. I would not be surprised if he could hold his breath under water for ten minutes. He has to have dolphin or otter DNA or something. 😂
Лучшее исполнение, браво!!!!! Восхищён звучанием саксофона и манерой исполнения !!!
dude has some maaad saxophone skills
IIIRobIII lol true
He was a true "Studio Giant". Check out some of the many hits he was a studio musician on.
IIIRobIII the dude's a legend in the sax community ;)
SO TRUE ROB LOL
He's a saxomaniac ! LOL
his face at the end of the performance says everything. big respect!
to play this song at this speed with such flawless technique is a minor miracle! Boots is a beast!
This truly timeless. My emotions overload EVERY single time I watch his performance!
This dude really tears this sax apart......Best YAKATY YAK i have ever heard... thanks
I saw him in concert once in the early 90's and man could he still rip it up on this song, played it just like he did on this video. One of the best sax players there ever was.
There's just something about seeing this song actually be performed that makes it all the more satisfying
Uno de los mejores saxofonistas del mundo. Esta canción es única y nunca se ha superado.
I saw Boots Randolph along with Chet Akins and Floyd Cramer also with the Nashville Brass at the Atlanta Civic Center in 1970 or 71. I was 10 years old at the time and I liked Boots. Even today I still play his CD and he was just amazing. I still remember that concert even tho I'm in my 60's now. Oh what memories with Mom and Dad at that time. Wish I could do again. May they all Rest in Peace.
I told my dad today who is 83 name a musician you really like he told me boots Randolph I'd never heard of him before he is on my list as one of my favorite musicians of all time
This is the guy and song that inspired me to play saxopgones in Jr., High School and Army band.
I would play this record over and over on the record player in our living room when I was a kid. It drove my parents crazy. Good times.
This man is a legend and forever will be
I played this song for my Dad. He was a real fan of this song, and he played that Boots Randolph 8 track tape in his 2 year old 1967 Lincoln headed south to Lake Seminole which was often. Both my mother and father are passed on and I miss them both. This ones for you Dad !!
Wow! He makes that sax SING! This song makes us smile!
Holy smoke! Absolutely FLAWLESS performance to a most wonderful and talented man in American entertainment history. Bravo! RIP Boots!
I wanted to use this piece at the end of my wedding when we were walking down the aisle to exit the church, but I was vetoed.
Genius!!
Yeah. I'm British and my mother bloody HATES Benny Hill. I thought this would really get a reaction. We settled on "Lucy and Linus" (the classic Peanuts theme)... and we threw Jolly Ranchers at everyone in the cathedral before they threw rice at us. Brilliant fun.
We used it at the end of our ceremony 10 yrs. ago. 😁
At my wedding I was able to use the Liberty Bell March, which Monty Python made famous.
#myhero
God bless benny hill, boots Randolph and Alex Lester, bbc radio.....Alex made my night, I was working night shift driving trucks and Alex had a sax solo segment on his 2 am show, was driving near Milton Keynes, 15 years ago .....and it made my night.
Slap my top.
Sad end to such a good man ,benny hill.
This man created a legendary song so much hard work put into it
I think it's a law of nature that if a guy's named Boots Randolph, he's gonna kick ass with the sax.
When I first heard this on Benny Hill so many years ago I laughed and thought country music on English tv. And of course when hearing Boots wail out this number i had to think of Benny. Salute to two masters in their respective fields. Miss you both.
Brilliant; and it takes me back to my youth; his 1963 performance, which hit "the charts" was during my university years.
But I have also listened again to his 1963 performance in immediate succession to this. Although I can see the temptation in a long performing career to "up" the tempo, I am not convinced that it actually adds to the music, and it possibly does the reverse. But in my own field, as a classically trained church organist, I find that I am sometimes tempted by the same impulse!
After so many years, through thousand of Darude-Sandstorm comments. I'm here.
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I hadn't heard this masterpiece before the Benny Hill show made it known worldwide. I found this music so wonderful that I've searched for the original version since years and voila, I have just found it. Excellent performance Mr. Boots Randolph!
Esto me dio mas años de vida.
Se agradece.
Those glissandos are huge and clean. This is a seriously hard piece to perform well and Boots Randolph totally killed it.
The song that accompanies every embarrassing sports play.
Yeah... the bloopers & blunders
Also, the Brexit vote.
Benny Hill
also America.
And every high speed tv sitcom chase.
So late Saturday night I'm at the Elks Lodge and I put this song on the jukebox. Maybe 20 people are in there, everyone looks up and someones yells out "Benny Hill Theme." The BEST part was when one of the elderly barmaids gets up and dances with the elderly hall manager right in front of everybody, just having a good ole' time! I will never forget that!
King of Sax. My husband plays Yakety Sax on his sax. We heard BOOTS in concert once in Grand Rapids, Mi. (De Vos Hall). A memorable & once in a lifetime experience. K Bergman
Thank you Mr. SAX! Thanks to you I began to play a saxophone in 20 years and became the professional musician!
Amazing. Legit amazing. I've always adored this song but never saw a live performance of it by the master himself. Watching this is like watching the Dueling Banjos scene in Deliverance for the first time.
Wow! Amazing performance. As written, this is a very difficult piece to play. He took it up several levels.
What a great rendition of a fantastic self composed delivery of the original music. Benny Hill robbed it for his show , but Boots Randolph was the unmistakable original, Thanks for posting .
This music is so good I forgot to smile, was just listening to it. Lovely music. Well played too. Thank you very much.
This song cheers me up. I might request it at my funeral.
If they don't play this at my funeral I don't want to go.
Never heard this version. It's very up-tempo and lively. It goes faster than my brain can listen.
Its funny cause this song is supposed to be like a serious exhibition of expert playing by a saxaphone master but Benny Hill took it and used it for his show and now everyone thinks of it as just some zainy theme song to an old comedy TV show.
Some of us can see past it being used by Benny Hill, who would have had to pay Boots for it's usage.
Yeah, how would you do that growl!?
Was also used as the "Lorenzo Stomp" in a 1960's kids TV show.
Why can't it be BOTH as everything is perceived differently by everyone?
Let's just enjoy it for whatever it is and yet I can appreciate it from BOTH SIDES.. hence the reason I said both.
So that's why TH-cam allows Music Companies to claim whatever they like
Boots Randolph, didn't only play the Sax he made it talk. This man was amazing
Legend :') Not only the intro to Benny Hill and the background music of every funny home video throughout the 90's-2k', but also iconic to carnivals and stuff like that. Always wondered what the full song was like and finally found someone that knew the answer today.
A lifetime of dedication and work towards his art displayed right there
Исполняет автор. Что тут еще сказать. Брависсимо, маэстро!
And, after this performance, Mr. Randolph was only able to say one word:
"OXYGEN!!!"
This is the best Yakety Sax I have ever heard!!
Well done, my man!!
Genio..desde buenos aires argentina
Fantastic! NOBODY could keep still while watching this! What terrific fun!
Suddenly, I’m 8 years old again and laying in front of the TV, washed and dressed and Yackety Sax meant 3 things, The Benny Hill show was about to end, it was 8:30pm and it was my bedtime! The 1970’s Happy days!
Nobody, nobody, can play this like the king of sax! Kick ass Boots!
Gratuluji, to je perfektní, virtuózní hra. Poslouchám a nemohu přestat. Díky, díky, díky!!! Anna
Beautiful. All I can think about when listening this is all the skill and effort that must have went into creating this wonderful piece. Well, that and tig 'ol bitties.
I have this song in my anti-suicidal playlist, works every time!😂
True, I think it’s actually psychologically impossible to take yourself seriously enough to end it all while this is playing
@@LAK_770 its basically impossible to take anything seriously with this in the background
Hope you're still alive and well. Yakety-yak.
Mind you sharing it?
Add Spanish Flea to that list 🎉
I can't even whistle this, holy hell!
Mad respect to this guy!
Very cool! I have always loved this song because of watching the Benny Hill Show. :)
Brilliant song! Thank you Boots et al! (RIP Benny... who was my pathway to this fantastic song.)
I couldn't take my eyes off of his fingers. I was out of breath just listening to him play.
The greatest piece of sax music ever.
This would take years to perfect. Absolutely incredible talent.
Ole Boots could play that sax like a mad genius............
Super.....yo veía una sería...jejeje de noches y a escondidas....(ya saben cuál) pero escuchar este rolón era super.....ya me verán bailando .....uno no quiere hacer ruido jejejeje y le ponen este intro.....imposible no subirle a la tv
I as a young man i remember putting his album on and listening fro.begining to end I loved his talent he truly had a gift!
Inredible performance...i just started to play Saxo at 63...beyond imagination that this is possible
Eu adoraria ter conhecido ele antes, que músico fantástico, o som dele é agradável e incomparável, que bom ter esta referência, Dear Zernebock, thank you for your video, it's the best!! Best regards, Wilson-Brazil
as a tenor sax player in middle school, this really wants me to pick it up again. Fuck, that dude shreds on the ol woodwind!
Bloody brilliant,
Reminds me of my dad laughing at benny hill when I was a kid !
Both now gone,
Love you dad.
The Legend, The Greatest Instrumental, well recorded and on video.
It's The Benny Hill Show!!!
Such a great performance by Boots.
God bless youtube. This Guy is a pure legend. God bless him. So huge performance. Maniac in the way. If you play like he plays youre a legend. Def.
I feel like the past week has been like this. Time to enjoy the weekend and C A L M down....and relax.
I might sit back and relax doing some coding. Erm...
Walks in the sunshine today!
This performance of Yakety Sax,finaly proved that this man is The God Of The Saxsophone!!!! His playing was like a kind of magic. He is my sax idol! Bravooo!
Dont say that
This has to be the Saxophone Olympic Champion of all time :) this was a sport more than music :))
It’s like heavy metal, just unplugged, and on saxophone 🤟👍
You're awesome man! We need more good music like this! Respect!
I'm out of breath just watching this!
There are some great musicians around but there’s nothing like the original. RIP Boots
This will forever be known as “The Benny Hill Theme”. I’m impressed at the talent involved to play this difficult song.
they cut out the end where he has a heart attack
This never gets old. Boots didn't care to talk about this song because it took so much out of him to play but yet he kept increasing the tempo over the years (I think he was trying to challenge himself)and the song made him some bank thanks to Benny Hill so he probably liked it a little more than he let on :-) Some performers are "elite" level talents and he was surely one.
This is what Talent looks like. Whatever is going on this decade so far has nothing to do with talent as far as I can tell lol
your here
You can't tell much it seems.
@@noliivann1590 yop hes here xd
You have a Link profile picture and are complaining about our generation being worse lol
yA I feel you i have talent but am not on this level music's fun though it's cool
A grand master virtuoso playing music is the pinnacle of human existence!
I tried to keep a straight face but a huge smile crossed my face at the key change. Just can’t help but smile when I hear this song😄