Nick The Lounge Singer Sings Star Wars Theme - SNL
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- Nick "Winters" (Bill Murray) sings the theme from “Star Wars” while entertaining skiiers in The Powder Room. [Season 3, 1978]
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"Those near and far wars." The man is a national treasure.
Damn right
Why national?
Yup. "Please let these star waaaars..." (pause and batting eyes) "....sta-a-a-a-a-yyy..." x-)
@@bobdavis4848 BEST PART!
@@MissLoriToYou And when he sings "please" before that, he is like grimacing in desperation. x-)
Everytime I hear the star wars theme I sing "star wars nothing but star wars" in my head.
Yes. These have become the words to the song.
I should have this as my new ring tone, I guess
Robert Parker sane here dude
Ha hah... It's been that way for me since 1978..;-)
Me too, now I remember why
May not seem like much to the younger folks, but this skit literally launched his career.
it's outstanding
That sketch where he apologizes for not being that funny was gold
I must be getting old because this is still comedy gold to me!
Best SNL sketch of the first years, until Eddie Murphy nobody reached this level again.
@@karissasanderson2087 lol please tell me which sketch that was
Everyone's raving about Nick's "Star Wars" closing out the set... but how about that opening theme from 20-0h-1?? What a killer start to the show!
Exactly my first thought!:-)
Very underrated. 👍
indeed. its "Also Sprach Zarathustra" by Richard Strauss (1896)
Topper
That 2001 made me per my pants. DAAAA! …..DAAAAA! ….. DAAAA! 😂
I was in a band called The Nick Winters Group once and it was possibly the most fun I've ever had in my life. No one ever got it, which made it twice as funny to me.
That's awesome.
Did you guys play the Star Wars main title?
Probably figured one of you was Edgar's cousin. LoL
That's awesome!
42 years later, I still sing "If they should baaaaaar wars, let Star Wars stayyyyyyyyyyy.
This tune has been etched into my conscious memory ever since I watched it on a ripped VHS tape to the SNL 15 year anniversary best of celebration (hard to find anymore tbh) it was so great, it had all the best bits (up to that time)
But this was when Hartman Carvey Myers Nealon Farley Sandler Spade Meadows days
@@ENigma-um8zw The 15th is findable online. I just watched it last week. I THINK I saw it on TV back then as it seemed very familiar. It was definitely a great showcase for the 1970s cast. Their stuff still looked very sharp and strong in those clips.
I'm 55 & some days when I wake up from a great sleep I'm singing the Bill Murray's song. STAR WARS song I don't know somehow it makes my day.
"Star wars, nothing but Star Wars, gimme some Star Wars, don't let it end!"
An omen of things to come. Can Bill Murray see into the future or what!
In singing voice “don’t let ryan Johnson direct Star Wars...he will kill it”
John Margaritaville - I call it FACTS. And fact is it is YOU who became 'triggered' Margaritaville.
I think Disney Plus heard this song and said "don't let it end... why that's a great idea".
@@thetruthchannel349 nou
These are dark times. On an up note, I've heard Disney will only be making sequels for the Pirates franchise up to number 27. At that point they will lose the rights to Depp's digital image.
Ever since I saw this skit when it was first aired I cannot hear the Star Wars theme without hearing those words in my head “gimme those Star Wars”. Damn you Bill Murray! DAMN YOU!
I sung the same today!! Crazy isn’t it!
From SNL to Meatballs, Caddyshack, Ghostbusters, Stripes, Scrooged,Groundhog Day, Lost in Translation, his interviews/ stunts ect, ect..Bill Murray has been a national treasure for more than 50 years. Thank you Mr. Murray.
Might be one of the best skits because Bills improve.
E everyone Likes him except the ppl that meet or work with him. Got a reputation as a real jerk. Go figure.
@@richdorak1547 got to had it to Bill. From Cubs fans to his crashing ordinary folks Weddings to public halarity on the golf course he only seems to piss off people in HOLLYWOOD. Boy I love him even more.
@@StephenKershaw1 lol, yeah Tootsie was good. If I'm not mistaken Bill asked not to have his name in the credits. This was not a Murray movie but a small part in Tootsie. He was memorable in it for sure. How can we forget when he calls Hoffman a slut. Classic line.
What about Bob? is the real Bill!
Bill Murray may have actually been the single most talented person from the 70's cast. He's just so great and only got better through the years.
The memory of seeing this when it was originally broadcast: Priceless.
Paul Schaeffer on keys looking like vintage Elton John with a tip jar
Yes! ✅
Thanks...I wondered (above) if that was Paul Schaeffer
Wow. All these years I'd forgotten about Paul Schaffer starting out with the Saturday Night Live Band and of course doing Don Kirschner impersonations in a couple of skits (which I am just now recalling as I type this) as he'd gotten completely associated with David Letterman for so long.
Paul Schaefer is an extremely talented musician.
SNL was so different back then.
Aykroyd and Murray were geniuses.
Gold then! Garbage now!
IMO, Ghostbusters was the best movie starring former SNL actors.
Don't forget Belushi.
@@rainymoon9848 Belushi was supposed to be Slimer, before he passed away. . .
And REMAIN geniuses all these years later!
Only Bill Murray was talented and brazen enough to write preposterous lyrics to the "Star Wars" theme and make it part of a lounge act. Excellent!
It's not a lounge act (thank God), but there are official lyrics to the Star Wars theme. They're about Wookie Christmas.
@@KonElKent I was 6 when they broadcast that Wookie Christmas thing. Almost killed myself.
Paul Shaffer wrote the lyrics i just learned!
@@seasonsofrenewal And in everyone's mind, Bill gets the credit. Poor Paul!
He's actually better than most lounge singers!
For real
That vibrato and Bill could hold a tune too. I don't think you can fake vibrato it's a learned skill singers need to practice.
@@dg-hughes Haha... his vibrato is AWESOME. He used to be a lead singer in a rock band and it shows. I've practiced the "Bill Lounge Warble" for years and still can't quite nail it. It's like Paul Kossoff or Peter Green doing vibrato on a guitar lead. A thing a nature.
if this guy was real and he played in a club near me, i would go see him EVERY NIGHT! bill murray is such a comic genius!
There were dozens of guys like that back then which was the point of the sketch, but naturally none of them were as funny as Bill! I used to see a band I really liked at the Best Western when I was young. I'd go with my grandparents. The lead singer was a little person with a glittery disco suit and a very macho beard. He'd do 'Short People' every evening!
Yes, I agree. Bill Murray is a comic genius - but Hollywood/LA has apparently cancelled Bill Murray - he did or said something that offended some "Woke" millennial actress, offended the Woke, not funny Hollywood community.
@@johnellis5687 He's in every Wes Anderson film. I'm sure he's doing what he wants.
John Belushi raising his hand,when bill said..who's a powder head here!! Lol
He was doing that weird dance too, funny man
Everybody raised their hand. Did you zero in on John cause he died of a drug overdose? Yup that IS hilarious.
R.I.P
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
XD
Im 49, HOW the hell have I never seen this until tonight!?? Man! This is gold! Cheers everyone!
Murray was the master ... his approach with such zeal and aggressive confidence.
He was never off time with his delivery, because he was the one setting the pace
for everyone else.
“Twenty-oh-one.” LMAO!
Bill Murray is one of a kind.
These were great comedy actors who made their glances at the cue cards so subtle you could barely note. I think they did a lot of adlibbing too.
It really is sad that we lost him during the last zombie uprising.
He got me
@Xeli Docilepoop It's true. His dying words when asked if he had any regrets was, "Garfield"
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Lol lol
Yes. The most dearing lost. Covid failed where the zombie apocalypse satisfies
'You know, they're actually hazel'! That line always cracks me up!
It's 43 years later and this is still hilarious! They could run this episode Saturday night and I would be happy. Please, run more early seasons in the 01:00 timeslot.
Bill Murray still cracking me up over 40 yrs. later.
This sketch always cracks me up. You gotta love Nick Winters ....
" hey what about that nutty Star Wars bar "
you'd be surprised, I can be quite an a-hole at times
Walk down memory lane: I remember at work the next Monday after this was first broadcast everyone singing, "STAAAR WAAAAARS! Dadadada, STAAAR WAAARS!", and making up any kind of lyrics like he did.
I was just a kid but I still sing it because my dad used to sing it all the time lol
@@RossTrittipo Bwahahaha! Mine did too, brother! I feel your pain! It always cracked me up!! 😊
having flashbacks of my dad singing starwars in the shower..now i know where he got it from..lol!!
It's a bonafide classic. Part of our modern American comedy heritage! Thanks, Bill!
Back before 100 channels when everyone watched the top shows and could talk about them the next day.
"Nick Winters Greatest Hits" would be a helluva an album.
And this is the studio Paul shafer did Late Night with David Letterman after SNL moved to a bigger studio... Bill is, and will always be a gem..
Nick Winters really NAILED that set! He’s a top flight entertainer.
than you, thank you very much
Legendary
"Nothing but Star Wars"
Disney: Yes
But...they put out the Marvel movies...and the Disney movies. Oh I get it. Sorry.
“I clapped I clapped cuz I know what he is talking about!”
The minute Bill Murray walked onto the set, I knew I liked him and he cracked me up!!
Cheesebag lounge singers and skiing. Reminds me of Tahoe Stateline nights back in the 70s and 80s. Bill Murray nailed it.
Brought to you by: The SNL Cocaine Days.
Wilbur Jenkins Facts!!!
LOL.. beat me to it. The "Powder Room", indeed... :D
Don't think they're not still doing blow these days, they just don't care about being funny first.
"six inches of powder"
Like those days could be over, lol!
My nose says it's gonna snow. That's good shit
'I need a drink'. - Aykroyd's character. He say it everytime, they do this skit. Always funny.
Still funny these many years later, all of these Nick the lounge singer sketches are great. That ending has stuck with me all of those years, ' ..this is my seventh season up here - STAAAR WAAARRRRS!' Classic.
Bill Murray's love for karaoke has endured to this day.
"If they should bar wars, please let them stay". I still hear that in my head whenever I hear the Star Wars theme song.
One of the absolute best sketches ever on SNL
Classic, mother-f*ckin, Bill Murray!! I still sing Star Wars this way. Lounge and torch singers are awesome.
I never knew Bill Murray had such good pitch.
Oh , why can't life be as simple as it used to be. Love to the original snl cast
It was never that simple
Ask a leftist (Dem).
Singing the Star Wars soundtrack right after the original movie came out - before that melody was played to death as ringtones, game play music and what not. That's impressively inventive
I want this version as a ringtone.
Isn’t that Paul Shaffer of ‘Late Night w/David Letterman’ fame on keys? 😎 like his glasses.
@@HasinaiMan Holy crap! That's the same Paul Shaffer who's in The Blues Brothers! It all falls into place now!
@@tomread8748 The Paul Shaffer gig that I never knew about (until I saw an interview he gave) is his stint with The Weather Girls on the song, "It's Raining Men." Paul even got a co-songwriting credit on the song. lol
@@HasinaiMan It does sound like "Chevy's Girls."
I've been irritated that this hasn't been in every Star Wars film since the sketch.
Perhaps they'll listen. now!
They should have a scene with Nick in the Mos Eisley Cantina.
Hell yes they should!
Bummersky!
Agreed
“Tasty lick, Paul” BEST LINE
That’s a lot of cocaine references in 7 minutes!
“Who likes powder “ lmao
"I need a drink".
“Raise your hand if you’re a powder animal”
*everyones hand goes up*
This is literally the late '70s in a nutshell.
The way the pianist instantly improvised Darth Vader with ski goggles:-))) I died!
That is Paul Schaffer
@@aapold Thanks😍
The thing I noticed most with the original SNL cast is they didn't seem to rely on cue cards as much as the more recent casts do.
Here's an opinion with a theory: The current shows are tighter than the early ones (although the original team may have had funnier and more original material). The writing team now is also huge by comparison. I reckon that the original show may not have refined, switched and culled sketches as strenuously as they do now. It's possible that the sketches were rehearsed pretty much as performed, rather than being rewritten all the way up to 11:30.
@@NewhamMatt that makes perfectly good sense to me. I just get put off a bit when the cast and guests overly rely on the cue cards.
@@NewhamMatt yup also the sketches used to be longer which allowed more time to draw things out.
You can still see them looking off-screen as if they are reading from a card in this sketch.
Because they had fucking talent
Shows you how old I am. I remember watching this routine live!
Lol. Me too, watching with my Dad.
Me too...😞😞😞😁😁😁
I was born in 1969. And I would totally stay up to watch these instant classics Live!
During the 40th anniversary show, Bill Murray sort of paid tribute to this character by "singing" the theme to "Jaws". Still sounded alright singing it, as did Paul Shaffer with playing on the piano.
I have some serious trouble wrapping my head around Bill Murray being ten years younger in this vid than I am now.
Lol everybody looked over 40 in the 70s. Between the coke and the Dubonnay and the Pall Malls people aged fast.
@@nicky2coats There wasn't an obsession with trying to make money off youth then. Now every TV and movie casting director tries to cast young-looking people. By the mid-80s you had 30-year-olds playing teenagers. Hollywood self-selects for people who look younger than they are.
This cast could make anything funny. Incredible talents and writers. The early years of SNL were brilliant.
THE BEST
There were TONS of duds in the early seasons, too. It’s just selective memory that we only recall the funnier sketches.
@@YouCantUnhearThisfor sure, but my opinion still stands.
"The Powder Room" is right... This is the best SNL comedy that cocaine can buy.
Bill by all accounts was much more a boozer than a druggie.
Ah man I remember this from back in '78. Loved it then and still love it now.
❤️❤️❤️ Bill Murray was a genius!
Just heard the Star Wars disco version on the radio. Next thing I know I’m singing along with this scene in my head. And now I’m here watching this again some 40 + years later. Thanks Bill for a lifetime memory.
The Lounge Singer, my favorite continuous character on SNL.
"And hey, how about that nutty star wars bar."
Whenever I hear the star wars theme this song pops in my head.
unfortunatly i sing it, many are too young to get it
Having heard only 4 seconds of this before, I still sing,
"Star Waaaars,
Nothing but Star Waaaars!
Nothing but Star Waaaars!
All through the Niiiiight!"
Ah Star Wars, nothing but Star Wars, gimme more Star Wars, don't let them end!
Ah, Star Wars! If they should bar wars, please let these Star Wars stay.
And hey, how about that nutty Star Wars bar? Can you forgett all the creatures in there? And hey, Darth Vader in that black and evil mask - Did he scare you as much as he scared me? Star Wars, Those near and far wars, Star Wars!
OMG, this was when SNL was the absolute best! It didn't matter where you were, at 10pm SNL came on and everybody watched. What a great time. This was the best cast, nothing will ever come close.
Actually, if you watched it live in eastern time zone of the U.S., it started at 11:30 pm after local news.
You know there are thousands of people like this character, playing in the local hotel and bowling alley bars.
“My seventh winter up here!”
Classic.Bill Murray is on another wave-length.
A real mogul of a singer. Really gave me a lift. From the Powder room indeed.
Bill Murray was so good replacing Chevy Chase he made me forget about missing Chevy Chase. In fact Bill Murray was such a very refreshing addition to SNL I personally admit the Season 3 and 4 years of SNL the last two with John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd were the peak best ones. You had Father Guido Sarducci introduced. You also had Al Frankin and Tom Davis. Mr. Bill. Essentially the best seasons of cast members were together 1977-1978 and 1978-1979.
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Nobody laughed at "put it with some of the other cards" and that was one of my favorite lines
Mine too! Lol! A kindred spirit of humour
They were probably all traveling salesmen who thought that their cards would help them do big business on the wall.
@@SpaceCattttt yes, that was the intended joke. The dude thought it would help his business but turns out everybody does the same thing at the show
I laughed at that , that was funny
Bill Murray’s the BEST😆
“Don’t let them end.” Disney heard you.
Hysterical! I remember seeing this for the first time on Saturday night live. And it still hilarious. And yes every time I hear the theme from Star wars I can hear him singing it. So great
I saw this live when Bill first did this skit and laughed for a week. Such a great character and based on real lounge singers. I know it’s true. I’ve played with some of them. The 2001 theme thing is so Vegas. Elvis did it in his later shows. Hilarious.
Elvis actually used Also Sprach Zarathustra as the opening to his stage entrance 5 years BEFORE this sketch. Elvis died 3 months AFTER Star Wars premiered.
How was it?!😊
Definitely, imo one of the top 10 skits ever on SNL! His 7th winter up here! lol!
Every cast member was so talented; Gilda, Lorraine were perfect here as well
As Belushi and Akroyd
So many comic geniuses. RIP Glida Radner, John Belushi. So grateful the rest are still with us. ❤
I remember when this aired and I'm laughing just as hard now!! 😂😂😂
bill murray singing also sprach zarathustra is not something i thought id ever see
Thanks for knowing the name. Whenever I hear it, I say it out loud in a pronounced German accent. good for annoying the children!
Well there was the Deodato version from the film, Being There".
Phish needs to bring "Nick the lounge singer" out on stage to do "2001" together
The audience's appreciation of him makes it even funnier!
He starts by Disco 2001 which was a real album in the 70'S !
I must say the "Star Wars", theme song that Bill Murry sings always brings a tear to my eye. Great job Murr.
You called him Murr, lol!!
The Star Wars theme starts at 5:55
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The greatest moment in Bill Murray's life.
His life is so great I bet this ranks in the 400s
Anyone out there remember Paul Shaffer's imitation of Don Kirshner? The Powder Rooms piano player back for Nick! Murray was so rocking on spot as always
My dad always sings this version of the star wars theme to me. The lounge singer is his spirit animal. I swear.
My friend Danny's dad sings this version, too!!
@@YuukiTakemoto1996 ayyyy
the next Star Wars movie should play this song during the opening text scroll
"Star Wars.... n0tHiNg bUt sTaR wArS!!!
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This should have a million views
Every now and then this will come into my head and I just belt it out. Kooku nutty Star Wars!!!!
“Must have been some sabotage by disgruntled skiers, it happens”
I live by Bill Murray's teachings. Finally they posted this gem.
This may be me favorite SNL sketch of all time...... Bills outfit just kills me,...... stretch pants with no pantie lines and a shorty jacket with no shirt and the gold medallion.. Bill at his genius best...I remember " Jimmy Joe Redsky" 45 years later...
I'm from Britain, where SNL wasn't shown, but somehow I saw this as a kid in the mid-80s on a blurry VHS video at my aunt's, I think while my US aunt was visiting, and this version of the song has been ingrained in my brain ever since. I missed the snow and powder jokes as a kid, but it all makes more sense now. Thanks TH-cam for partially explaining and reminding me of my childhood!
Oh all the hidden innuendo's. The powder room, Dan nose telling him there would be good powder tomorrow.....cocaine is a hell of a drug lol. My absolute favorite SNL character.
I have been wanting to see this sketch again in its entirety for decades. Thank you SNL!!!
Me too!
Yep! I remember when it first aired. I saw anything that remotely dealt with Star Wars. If only I could get the Christmas Special out of my mind though.
I go back to this each time I'm sad or in a bad mood. This is so epic.
I knew them all...our Beatles in the 70s...years...of effin joy !
“Who’s this crazy dude? Your old man?” 😂🤣
I decided I'm stealing the term "bummerski"..It's mine now..
This Saturday Night Live skit was featured in Star Wars Spoofs from the 2011 Blu-ray Bonus Disc of Star Wars: 6-Movie Collection box set.
No words necessary, just filled with laughter and joy
King of the lounge singers,ladies and gentlemen,Bill Murray.