Ride of the Valkyries and Silver Machine - The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain - BBC Proms

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  • Get the full concert from www.ukuleleorchestra.com ! Ride of the Valkyries and Silver Machine, together at last. 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, which the Ukulele Orchestra has managed to get access to. The DVD is available only from www.ukuleleorchestra.com and has never been broadcast, signed, licenced or sold elsewhere.
    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)
    This DVD cover notes say it "is a complete record of the Ukulele Orchestras Proms debut, with footage of the full concert. Extras include interterviews and atmospheric scenes of impromptu music-making from ukulele-playing audience members, backstage footage of the Ukulele Orchestra prior to the concert, 5.1 Surround Sound and ukulele sheet music for the participation piece Ode to Joy."
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  • @UkuleleOrchestra
    @UkuleleOrchestra  3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    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

    • @NeillR
      @NeillR 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I absolutely love your music. Every time i'm feeling even vaguely down i come onto TH-cam and listen to a few songs and i'm instantly uplifted. The joy that you bring to your music is utterly contagious! Thank you.

    • @mattcooper9026
      @mattcooper9026 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Absolutely KILLER!!! 😉❤️🛸🚀👽♠️🕉🎛🎛

    • @benabidlotfi
      @benabidlotfi 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      You're amazing

  • @jeffnettleton3858
    @jeffnettleton3858 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Something right about David singing about flying through space and time, while looking like a Doctor Who regeneration!

  • @kurtisle
    @kurtisle 12 ปีที่แล้ว +69

    For those who seem to want to go negative always...it's called having fun with music...and they do, and most of us do with them.

    • @neuvocastezero1838
      @neuvocastezero1838 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Is there someone going negative on this?

    • @simonchesterfield7517
      @simonchesterfield7517 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Well said.

    • @dennis8196
      @dennis8196 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@neuvocastezero1838 doubtful. Impossible to be negative with this, Wagner & Hawkwind is a truly classic mix.

  • @QrtOpus1
    @QrtOpus1 10 ปีที่แล้ว +89

    I love the smell of ukulele in the morning!

    • @Trudy591
      @Trudy591 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You know your pop culture

    • @imjelo
      @imjelo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      🤣 You beat us to it!!!

    • @jagatorino5331
      @jagatorino5331 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      :D

    • @baskervillebee6097
      @baskervillebee6097 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Saw what you did!😄

  • @bb22602
    @bb22602 5 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    The amazing thing is that they play something that ukuleles are completely inappropriate for - and it WORKS!!

    • @oirudleahcim
      @oirudleahcim 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Like genius banjo player Bela Fleck tackling jazz/rock and classical. Who'da thunk that would work?

    • @G6JPG
      @G6JPG ปีที่แล้ว

      That's the wonderful thing about the UoGB: they don't admit/care/whatever that the instrument is completely unsuitable for many pieces. Find their Dambusters March (if you can: I can't, please share if you do!); there are sections of that I'd expect were marked "maestoso", which the uke _can't_ do. But the UoGB did it - and carried it off, too.

    • @bustedfender
      @bustedfender 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That’s very much the central conceit.

    • @sheg1969
      @sheg1969 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@bustedfenderexplain

  • @MarkDrinkwater
    @MarkDrinkwater 10 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    British eccentricity at its best

  • @geenova2015
    @geenova2015 4 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    my grandad was a die hard fan of hawkwind, he passed 2 days ago but I wish I could have shown him this

  • @monicapaquin9834
    @monicapaquin9834 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The technicalities involved in playing such a challenging piece worthy of KUDOS.

  • @markholmes6831
    @markholmes6831 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Amazing seeing how they play these pieces that are normally require a full orchestra!

  • @78lurch
    @78lurch 11 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    I was in the audience for this, and have been to see them a few times since. What a great night

    • @jonathanfranklin6985
      @jonathanfranklin6985 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I saw them in oxford, absolutely brilliant

    • @WhereWasItLastTime
      @WhereWasItLastTime 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I was in the audience and saw Hawkwind playing Silver Machine in 1972. What a great night :)
      Bloody hell - that means it's nearly 50yrs old!

  • @fusermonkey
    @fusermonkey 4 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    "Does humour belong in music?" (Frank Zappa).
    yes. yes it does

    • @R.M.MacFru
      @R.M.MacFru 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It's my favourite variety of humour.

  • @davedextermusic7129
    @davedextermusic7129 10 ปีที่แล้ว +217

    I like to imagine this is a squadron of giants playing normal-sized guitars.

    • @carolkuhns7047
      @carolkuhns7047 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      DaveDexterMusi

    • @secretsandra1
      @secretsandra1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      DaveDexterMusic hawkwind silver machine watchfield free festival Swindon uh uh very kew
      Lllllll😶🙂😇😍😎hàwk

    • @Ran-tan-tan
      @Ran-tan-tan 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I think the long haired singer imagined the same

    • @stimpack9
      @stimpack9 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      your imagination is.... brilliant

    • @jensvinthernrgaard9209
      @jensvinthernrgaard9209 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      They ARE giants... (independent of the size of their instruments).

  • @GhibliFan1
    @GhibliFan1 11 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Robert Calvert, the greatest poet musician who ever graced this planet called earth, is smiling upon you. Now please cover Hawkwind's Urban Guerilla... you KNOW you want to!

  • @wedgie42
    @wedgie42 9 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    Gotta be one of the best versions of silver machine ive heard - and im a diehard hawklord

  • @pljms
    @pljms 6 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    RIP Kitty Lux, co-founder of the orchestra.

    • @KaronteXVI
      @KaronteXVI 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Sorry to hear that. Didn't know she passed away. RIP

  • @damoon2631
    @damoon2631 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I love it! I pictured Elmer Fud in his golden helmet with spear in hand singing kill the wabbit, kill the wabbit! They are very talented and I appreciate having them to listen to and they always bring a smile to my face. I'll be laughing about this for the rest of my life. May God bless them always. ✌ ❤ 🎸

    • @HyarionCelenar
      @HyarionCelenar 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

      With his spear and magic helmet?

  • @Rabblewitz
    @Rabblewitz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I've not heard Silver Machine in a long time. This really made me smile!

    • @sheg1969
      @sheg1969 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Who did Silver Machine?

    • @Rabblewitz
      @Rabblewitz 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@sheg1969 Hawkwind. (th-cam.com/video/IfniG-AdSC4/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=Senlac1066)

    • @malekmo63
      @malekmo63 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@sheg1969 Hawkwind with Lemmy on vocals

  • @judithmaryhill4862
    @judithmaryhill4862 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I love the way you all contribute to the song with your individual strumming. I'm listening to this video in 2020. Thank for staying the course and sharing 💖💖💖

  • @Taller2A
    @Taller2A 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    This is... but this... wait this is... absolutely brilliant... I have no words...

  • @micaelcano8055
    @micaelcano8055 10 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    Who in the hell would dislike this ?

  • @subp123
    @subp123 7 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    I will play this when I will be rolling down the street on my 50ccm moped

  • @Spaceshiptechnician
    @Spaceshiptechnician 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I just love the guys imitating the audio generators and VCS 3 synth. Wonderful.

    • @crebegea
      @crebegea 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      When that thing began to do so surround on my audio system, I went from awe to floored.

  • @Frebazak
    @Frebazak 14 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Rock,... classical,... folk, pick the genre,... they do it all with incredible perfection. Wish they'd tour the States..... I will be watching for em....

    • @richardcogbill6791
      @richardcogbill6791 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They have. Came to Austin, Texas for a show in 2016.

  • @fraserfleming5723
    @fraserfleming5723 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Lemmy lives this is brilliant.

  • @brucejenkins8830
    @brucejenkins8830 8 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    simply outstanding! Makes one proud to say "yeah... I play the uke"!

  • @stewkulele
    @stewkulele 14 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    The UOGB are still (rather worryingly) one of my favourite groups/bands/collectives/orchestras of all time. I love it :)

  • @stephenpegum9776
    @stephenpegum9776 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    We saw the Ukes sing "Silver Machine" at Cropredy one year - it was simply brilliant !! 😎

  • @wgcd02
    @wgcd02 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    This is from the year 2010. At some angles if you do not see his bun Dave, on our far left, looks like the 1963 Doctor Who (William Hartnell). Whilst Jonty, on our far right, looks like the 2010 Master (John Simm).

  • @christinethornhill
    @christinethornhill 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    My cat just loves it when I whistle this !!! OK , so I'm a daft old cat woman , but whatever makes for happiness 💝👌🏼 Brilliant ' Ukes '

  • @joantaylor7117
    @joantaylor7117 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    How many likes can I tap...wowie zowie these tunes regenerate me...ole gal from the sixties💽🍷😷🎶will end my night again with Life On Mars sigh. 🤸🏼‍♀️💽🖖

  • @Slaughterbugs
    @Slaughterbugs 10 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I've never thought of Ride of the Valkyries as being "sparkling," but this has changed my mind. Very nice.

  • @888surfguy
    @888surfguy 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome stuff - lots more please.

  • @cogidubnus1953
    @cogidubnus1953 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    Simply glorious!

  • @Greenockianx
    @Greenockianx 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    LOVE it!

  • @taiphong218
    @taiphong218 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    wow!!!!! Awesome i love it

  • @brokedickjon
    @brokedickjon 9 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Absolutely fantastic!!

  • @wlmasters
    @wlmasters 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    Absolutely Brilliant

  • @shirleysettle7767
    @shirleysettle7767 7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    went to see them last night in concert absolutely fantastic I am hooked.

  • @TCMO99
    @TCMO99 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This is just all sorts of awesome!

  • @johnseawind9558
    @johnseawind9558 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This brings actual tears of joy to my eyes. I will never ever get tired of this!

  • @Wormtongue13
    @Wormtongue13 13 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This is the most wonderful thing I've been turned onto on youtube for a while. Thanks!!

  • @SuperWerner87
    @SuperWerner87 8 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Totally awesome

  • @PabloFrizan
    @PabloFrizan 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Blows my mind. This is great.

  • @twtnk9
    @twtnk9 9 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    absolutely entertaining ,love it.

  • @soumalyapyne5326
    @soumalyapyne5326 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great work guys... expecting a lot of these performances in future from you all..... excellent, keep it up !!

  • @2021ruber
    @2021ruber 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    magnificent

  • @johnsocoloski9862
    @johnsocoloski9862 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    Another wonderful performance

  • @aquahealer
    @aquahealer 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Well done...hope to see you folks in our neighborhood, must be a great concert.

  • @goblinking2012
    @goblinking2012 10 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Saw these guys in Norwich a little while back. One of the best live acts I've ever seen. IMO what music really is> Thank you UOGB!!! Keep on keeping on!

  • @groundhoglxi1
    @groundhoglxi1 10 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I saw them in Houston a few months back, amazing!!

  • @timholmes4331
    @timholmes4331 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    So Great ! I could listen all night . 👏👏👏👏

  • @georgesibet9034
    @georgesibet9034 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Outstanding

  • @cryionic
    @cryionic 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thank you so much for playing Silver Machine in Graz the other day. Loved it!

  • @alessandradeluca7879
    @alessandradeluca7879 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    MAGNIFICO!!!!

  • @AustraliaFare09
    @AustraliaFare09 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    I Love this and won't rest till I have the DVD!

  • @judleech4127
    @judleech4127 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wonderful music. Thank you very much.

  • @Frustratia
    @Frustratia 11 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Wow! Absolutely amazing! Back when I used to play in a metal band, I wrote a lot of my songs on accoustic guitar. One day we were noodling around in the basement and our bass player banged off a really nice ukelele solo for one of our original tunes. Sure wish I'd had some tape rolling, as it was 6 years between that session and me actually learning how to solo myself.

  • @CptHiker
    @CptHiker 10 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Something so simple turned into an orchestra.i am impressed.fantastic work!

  • @lesgill6204
    @lesgill6204 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    CANNOT GET ENOUGH.BRILLIANT.

  • @briancritchley498
    @briancritchley498 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Fucin wonderful music

  • @eltropodd
    @eltropodd 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Wow! Thats great!

  • @keithnelson4922
    @keithnelson4922 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Very clever very good very brilliant. Love it. More more more.

  • @grimmy5595
    @grimmy5595 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    These guys are cloudy awesome. J can't wait to see them live

  • @Clint45s
    @Clint45s 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Got to love Creativity and thinking outside the Box...its Glorious...!!!!

  • @Speedyspots
    @Speedyspots 14 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    These people are amazing, can't wait to see them live again this summer at the Cambridge Folk Festival!

  • @beckyshull5461
    @beckyshull5461 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This orchestra is so inspiring. This wonderful little instrument!

  • @sofieonecrow
    @sofieonecrow 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    My ears have died and gone to heaven! Thank you; oh, thank you!

  • @maggiemacha5552
    @maggiemacha5552 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    could not love this Ukulele Orchestra more

  • @juanjosehernansaizbeltri175
    @juanjosehernansaizbeltri175 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    grandes artistas y locos simpaticos

  • @angebrowne1730
    @angebrowne1730 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you. Amazingly wonderful on a ukelele.

  • @patricialeclerc8716
    @patricialeclerc8716 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    love this band, they are a hoot besides playing well!

  • @Socratease1
    @Socratease1 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Brilliant!

  • @PhilippeTardy
    @PhilippeTardy 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Génial.

  • @sitjar
    @sitjar 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    huge smile...i have got to see these people perform

  • @acevedo42
    @acevedo42 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    MARAVILLOSO...LOS AMOOOOO........

  • @bigoldinosaur
    @bigoldinosaur 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Impressive...most impressive.

  • @bluegrassfan23
    @bluegrassfan23 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Amazing!

  • @bluetopguitar1104
    @bluetopguitar1104 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    So cool!!

  • @Bubba1960.
    @Bubba1960. 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks to that brilliant inspiration I am now playing Silver Machine on my acoustic ;)

  • @williamhughes9559
    @williamhughes9559 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My Mother-n-Law introduced me to these guys a few years ago. A pure joy to listen to.

  • @medici123100
    @medici123100 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love it

  • @baskervillebee6097
    @baskervillebee6097 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love the Silver Machine!

  • @karendoherty4604
    @karendoherty4604 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Classic line up from when I was first introduced to The Ukes x

  • @luistrekkie306
    @luistrekkie306 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    ESTO ES INCREIBLE CON TODAS LAS LETRAS NO SE PUEDE CREER FANTASTICO FORMIDABLE

  • @oestors
    @oestors 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great!!!!

  • @acevedo42
    @acevedo42 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    MAGNIFICOSSSSS....SALUDOS DESDE ARGENTINA....

  • @jackcrompton
    @jackcrompton 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Seeing them live is on my bucket list!

    • @johnlambert9760
      @johnlambert9760 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Jack Crompton Seen them loads of times they never disappoint always brilliant concerts. Make the effort they 're always touring

    • @AVeryRandomMegan
      @AVeryRandomMegan 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Jack Crompton and they're also incredibly funny in between songs...kind of like getting a stand up thrown in for your money!

  • @1958wvpicker
    @1958wvpicker 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    verry coooooooooooooool
    thanks for posting

  • @stevevegetable
    @stevevegetable 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    how can you not love that

  • @LittleHotels
    @LittleHotels 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    These people bring a whole new meaning to "musical comedy".

  • @SirPeter6464
    @SirPeter6464 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    A hell of a lot of thought has gone in to this.

  • @BirminghamBear
    @BirminghamBear 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I think they are awesome.

  • @anshugupta20
    @anshugupta20 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome

  • @duttonbrian9
    @duttonbrian9 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    brill love it

  • @chriswharton9092
    @chriswharton9092 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I’ve watched this about a gazilion times. I’m a massive fan of the Ukulele Orchestra , bit this one just peps me up incredibly.

  • @nextlifearotti
    @nextlifearotti 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    @junkers290 thanks so much... yep that's it. I just love the look on Kitty's face!! I wonder how long they had to practise to get that down right. thanks again!!

  • @gffloyd
    @gffloyd 13 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Gotta love the smell of ukuleles by the morning

  • @DAVESPOTNICK
    @DAVESPOTNICK 11 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    when I drive my 23 year old merc listening to this the rev counter goes straight in to red .superb .

  • @lesliepalmer8776
    @lesliepalmer8776 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    Theres only one word BRILLIANT.

  • @ingorichter649
    @ingorichter649 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow, you catch the big wave of this big piece of music. OK - Ukulele - Hawaii - Polynesiaen life style -big wave - perfect play - no problem, simply Aloha !