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  • Опубликовано: 7 фев 2025
  • Show devotion to the queen 🦗
    Shot by ‪@jakeylutsko‬
    Animation by Brielle Garcia
    Starring Eric Parham, Gordon Inman and Courtenay Cholovich
    Saxophones by Jon Elliott
    Mastered by Adam Brown
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Комментарии • 341

  • @Spooky_32
    @Spooky_32 Год назад +748

    One thing I love about Nick Lutsko is how relatable his music is

  • @courtenaycholovich.3418
    @courtenaycholovich.3418 Год назад +283

    this is the greatest villain role I’ve had the honor of portraying.

    • @realnicklutsko
      @realnicklutsko  Год назад +38

      👏🏼 👏🏼 👏🏼

    • @saganrak
      @saganrak Год назад +5

      You evil mayor, you!

    • @KB0OTY
      @KB0OTY Год назад

      I'm glad you feel that way because I am naked in your basement right now.

    • @terminalmode
      @terminalmode Год назад +11

      Villain? I thought the mayor's cricket catching regulations were intended to spare children at the county fair the inevitable plague of locusts and hunky man junk? Maybe I need to go back and read the book Crickets was based on so I can get back in touch with the source material.

    • @Xabungle
      @Xabungle Год назад +3

      So much villainy packed into a few moments. Hope to see you in more projects with Nick

  • @cheatsheet3325
    @cheatsheet3325 Год назад +70

    He discarded that hairpiece like it was an old exoskeleton.

  • @austinembry2809
    @austinembry2809 Год назад +95

    Has anyone else listened to this song 30+ times in the past 2 days? Just me?

    • @MaxGDesign
      @MaxGDesign Год назад +5

      Can't stop, won't stop

    • @Stahlvanten
      @Stahlvanten Год назад +1

      Think it; dream it; do it

    • @iceberg227
      @iceberg227 11 месяцев назад +1

      I can’t stop. It gets me every time he rips his wig off.

  • @DinosaurDemon
    @DinosaurDemon Год назад +154

    Really appreciate Nick’s commitment to exposing government corruption even at the local level

  • @DaermaeonBranKor
    @DaermaeonBranKor Год назад +174

    As someone who has met a mayor, I can admit that they don't know anything about catching crickets.

    • @patd0
      @patd0 Год назад +6

      This seems like a humblebrag and I’m here for it

    • @ZillMob
      @ZillMob Год назад +2

      I made a Wetzel pretzel for Oscar Goodman may of Las vegas

    • @patd0
      @patd0 Год назад +2

      @@ZillMob there’s no need to dunk on the rest of us like this

    • @ZillMob
      @ZillMob Год назад +2

      @patd0 made a Starbucks Frappuccino for the undertaker one time too :)

  • @arickle
    @arickle Год назад +93

    Cannot get Eric's perfect emotional performance of "She doesnt know the first thing about catching crickets!" out of my head

    • @terminalmode
      @terminalmode Год назад +8

      It is so good. Not being silly. So moving. My heart has never hurt so much for a man simply wanting to show devotion to the queen, while fully exposed.

    • @patd0
      @patd0 Год назад

      Yeah, my favorite part is the extra little something he gives on “crickets”. Just pitch perfect.

    • @Top_Weeb
      @Top_Weeb Год назад +5

      That gentleman has no hair!!!!

  • @biancaluedeker
    @biancaluedeker 4 месяца назад +5

    Nick harmonizing with Nick sounds so good!

  • @terryo4352
    @terryo4352 Год назад +28

    This may be the most curious I have ever been over a Lutsko song's origin.

  • @scrunchycrumbundles8013
    @scrunchycrumbundles8013 Год назад +30

    When he got to the basement and ripped off his clothes I thought for a second this was the origin of the men beneath the stairs in grandma’s basement.

    • @saganrak
      @saganrak Год назад +3

      What if it IS

    • @trolltracker
      @trolltracker Год назад +4

      Men Beneath the Stairs Multiverse

  • @slammerband2009
    @slammerband2009 Год назад +39

    The "Show devotion to the Queen" hook and the end is unexpected and amazing. You've accumulated a new fan.

    • @terenceokane
      @terenceokane Год назад +1

      normally id say "i wish i could experience his music and videos for the first time again" but with Lutsko they never fade. I could watch them 100 times and still burst out laughing. You have a HUGE catalogue of their music and comedy to browse through, I'm excited for you!

    • @raoulduke2924
      @raoulduke2924 Год назад

      His most popular is the Alex Jones Indie Folk song, its a good laugh.

  • @nickpease1597
    @nickpease1597 Год назад +13

    A classic tale of mayoral overreach

  • @Ocean_Man
    @Ocean_Man Год назад +34

    Fore some reasone ive come back to this a lot. The beginning and the "she doesnt know the first thing about catching crickets" part (aswell as the later iteration on that line) are just earworming theyr way trough my mind. But the whole thing is insane, the production value and acting are great and its intresting to see Nick take on more of a director and less of a lead actor role. I love Nicks acting dont get me wrong but this is for shure a fascinating new level of dedication to a bit this random. At the very least it feels like it, cant wait to see what Big Nick does next

    • @saganrak
      @saganrak Год назад +2

      It felt like we got a preview of this type of thing in "Ceviche Man," where Nick was only a secondary character!

    • @terminalmode
      @terminalmode Год назад +4

      When I first watched this, I sort of discounted the entire thing other than the stellar acting --- Greezy is soooo good and I love Nick's smile when he shows Greezy the video...
      But Nick knows song writing...so much so that the chords and progressions in this one are amazingly compelling and addictive.
      No matter how strange this one is, Nick manages to subconsciously hook the listener in from the outset with the simple subdued and completely ridiculous melody of "I sell crickets of the county fair..." From there it only gets better. The tonal shift once Greezy gets in the basement is absolutely perfect from both a visual and an auditory standpoint.

    • @terenceokane
      @terenceokane Год назад +2

      its never just funny or just catchy or just well mastered or just well produced. Its ALWAYS all 4 of those things. Its just a revolving door of Lutsko earworms ever since I first heard him.

    • @Top_Weeb
      @Top_Weeb Год назад +3

      SHE DOESN'T EVEN KNOW THE FIRST THING ABOUT CATCHIN CRICKETS

    • @Indi5459
      @Indi5459 Год назад +1

      You aren't alone. That exact same line is ear wormed in my head right now. Found this video & artist 2 days ago and that line has not left since. I've already told my wife she doesn't know the first thing about catching crickets. She was confused, but agreed.

  • @kalercarpenter4215
    @kalercarpenter4215 Год назад +19

    Puts a whole new twist on "Hail to the queen it's Spirit Halloween."

    • @MeeraReads
      @MeeraReads Год назад +1

      Duuuuuude I didn’t even put that together

  • @JoylessPumpkin
    @JoylessPumpkin 3 месяца назад +2

    I think I can just listen to this on repeat for the rest of my life and I'll be good.

  • @pstarr9
    @pstarr9 9 месяцев назад +3

    MISS YOU NICK

  • @terminalmode
    @terminalmode Год назад +28

    I for one welcome our new cricket overlady.

  • @Subgenrelol
    @Subgenrelol Год назад +5

    It’s almost funnier to see Nick playing the straight-man for once

  • @bcgm3
    @bcgm3 Год назад +38

    Man, this one was a rollercoaster ride. More than usual, even. You're on another level.

    • @keeleon
      @keeleon Год назад +3

      I think it was a Ferris Wheel actually.

  • @Top_Weeb
    @Top_Weeb 11 месяцев назад +3

    This song is no longer the first result on RUclips for "crickets". This is an outrage.

  • @philipfrank6444
    @philipfrank6444 Год назад +10

    Similar thing happened in my town with our cricket salesman.

  • @Dirk_Strider
    @Dirk_Strider Год назад +11

    Amazing. The only artist bringing us information like this.

  • @TheTrillaTron
    @TheTrillaTron Год назад +10

    Well that got fucking dark

  • @juliaannie
    @juliaannie Год назад +7

    I just have this on repeat. I can’t stop.

  • @puertoriconnect4611
    @puertoriconnect4611 Год назад +5

    My man went real dark on this one.

  • @MeeraReads
    @MeeraReads Год назад +20

    Absolutely incredible. Nick Lutsko doesn’t miss. That mayor was way out of line

    • @CooleyakaBastion
      @CooleyakaBastion Год назад

      The Mayor is a dumb.

    • @waltonvelvet
      @waltonvelvet Год назад +4

      Elected officials have a responsibility to understand the cricket business. Disgraceful.

  • @KerryOverby-me3db
    @KerryOverby-me3db 16 дней назад

    Nick Lutsko, pride of Chattanooga, TN hoots another banger out into the world. Sacrificing his own foot for his art like a modern day Van Gogh, it's clear there is more than Cat Piss running through his veins. Everytime he opens his mouth you can be sure that either true poetry or regurgitated beans pour forth unabated

  • @Fox_on_the_wall
    @Fox_on_the_wall Год назад +1

    Eric Parham acted the shit outta this! so good!

  • @GreatWarriorHercule
    @GreatWarriorHercule 3 месяца назад +2

    The recent news about teen trans activists releasing 6,000 crickets at a transphobe conference brought me back to this song.

  • @scamsandwich
    @scamsandwich Год назад +5

    Brendon Walsh sent me here and my mind is thoroughly blown. Incredibly original art.

    • @terenceokane
      @terenceokane Год назад

      No way! I know BW from the prank phone call show Not Even A Show made by a crazy Canuck - Chris James. Their call with a candidate about the supply chain and inflation effecting Brendon's gay porn career due to the constant lack of lube and subsequent "dry anal" is one of the few times I've seen Chris completely break character and be forced to end the call. ruclips.net/video/atEvxdZ3MBo/видео.html

  • @hannahvayda5799
    @hannahvayda5799 Год назад +48

    I can always count on nick for absolute bangers. Me and my crickets love this song. So relatable.

    • @CooleyakaBastion
      @CooleyakaBastion Год назад +1

      "Me and my crickets love this song," 😂😂😂 Are you on the Discord? If not, you should be. You'd fit right in.

    • @terenceokane
      @terenceokane Год назад

      Not just funny, not just decent music... but without-fail hilarious and beautifully produced music. Hes such a gem (the band as well, and Desmond, and everyone else) I'm so glad I found him. I'm not on the patreon or anything but ive caught some of the live streams and the summer concert they did was so great. Saw him live Halloween 2022 and cannot wait to see them all again. 2hrs of nonstop great music, laughs, lore, everything.

  • @iancasleton6356
    @iancasleton6356 Год назад +4

    God the way he rips his hair off- the best.

  • @AXT922
    @AXT922 3 месяца назад +1

    Honestly, this is the best thing I’ve seen on RUclips in years! It really brings back the vibe of the old days when everything was just real and fun. It’s refreshing to see something so genuine, and it had me laughing the whole way through. Fair play to you for making such a brilliant video!

  • @chefjeff1366
    @chefjeff1366 Год назад +4

    right up there with some of Weird Al's great original songs... gotta get these guys together!

  • @ronniemcneil5604
    @ronniemcneil5604 Год назад +37

    Love the song Big Nick, but what in gremlin hell did I just watch????

  • @LukeMcGuireoides
    @LukeMcGuireoides Год назад +15

    This man is a Dylan-tier lyricist. What a banger

  • @codyrhodes2473
    @codyrhodes2473 Год назад +3

    I keep coming back to it, there's something so captivating about it...

  • @LoneGRoEnt
    @LoneGRoEnt 4 месяца назад +1

    I will never be the same after watching this.

  • @Whisky_4_1
    @Whisky_4_1 Год назад +8

    show devotion to the queen!

  • @DopeonaRope
    @DopeonaRope Год назад +2

    from ceviche to crickets this guy doesnt miss

  • @Electriophile
    @Electriophile 8 месяцев назад +4

    We really need to see a collab with Nick and Tom Cardy

  • @MasochistNinja
    @MasochistNinja 10 месяцев назад +1

    I need this in spotify!!!

  • @phillee5294
    @phillee5294 Год назад +3

    It's a tale as old as time

  • @DocBree13
    @DocBree13 11 месяцев назад +1

    I’m addicted to this song and this video - can’t get enough of it. Simply amazing 🦗 🦗 🦗 ❤

  • @comradefrooty
    @comradefrooty Год назад +2

    This is gold! I want a movie, and a show, whole damn NLCU.

  • @alextiedt4481
    @alextiedt4481 10 месяцев назад +1

    This is truly a work of art, bravo sir 👏

  • @Copernicus31
    @Copernicus31 Год назад +1

    The shot of him ripping the wig off is amazing. LMAO

  • @BusinessMuscles
    @BusinessMuscles Год назад +3

    unbelievably underrated

  • @Fox_on_the_wall
    @Fox_on_the_wall Год назад +1

    Eric Parham was so good im commenting twice!

  • @BEANSNOHELPME
    @BEANSNOHELPME Год назад +2

    My brood-mate suggested this, our whole hive is abuzz. Best cricket-music for years!

  • @wombatcountry
    @wombatcountry Год назад +18

    If and when you release this year's halloween songs as an EP, it'll be one of my all-time favorite EPs. These songs are hilarious and the musicianship is incredible!

    • @CapucineSky
      @CapucineSky Год назад +1

      EP out tomorrow

    • @autismcenteral7306
      @autismcenteral7306 Год назад +1

      What does ep stand for?

    • @wombatcountry
      @wombatcountry Год назад

      @@autismcenteral7306 extended play. It's like an album, but it only has 4-6 songs on it

    • @Fordham1969
      @Fordham1969 Год назад

      @@autismcenteral7306 extended play record, more songs than a single, fewer than an album.

    • @CapucineSky
      @CapucineSky Год назад

      @@autismcenteral7306 Extended play, it's from the vinyl record days.

  • @DerekWrites
    @DerekWrites Год назад +13

    Anybody else want a full prog-rock album from Nick now after that tasty crunchy outro?

  • @e.h.buchmann23
    @e.h.buchmann23 Год назад +2

    Catchiest nightmare fuel ever

  • @beganny
    @beganny Год назад +3

    1:32 OW!

  • @michaelgironda8956
    @michaelgironda8956 Год назад +2

    Nick, I just found your music through this song and I can’t tell you how much i love it. To convey so much emotion through comedic lyrics is such a gift. Hope you keep doing this and loving this for a long time.

  • @tobidavis8613
    @tobidavis8613 Год назад +1

    I have as of now watched this 15-20 times in less than 24hours.

  • @MasochistNinja
    @MasochistNinja 11 месяцев назад +1

    my new favorite song

  • @jedi098765
    @jedi098765 Год назад +2

    This is life changing

  • @Callirgos1
    @Callirgos1 11 месяцев назад +1

    Good 90s, Wallflower Type, vibe. A bit more edge and crescendo, soild. It turns into a Monster Magnet song at the end.

  • @LordKlektar
    @LordKlektar Год назад

    It’s a story as old as time. Well done, Nick!

  • @patrickryan4933
    @patrickryan4933 Год назад

    I cant stop watching this. The crickets talk to me in my sleep

  • @seansimpkins668
    @seansimpkins668 Год назад

    Why is him summoning the queen and the song turning more rock and roll so good

  • @terminalmode
    @terminalmode Год назад +18

    Had to revisit just to add how amazingly good Greezy's acting was in this one (I think that's him? please correct me if I am wrong). I'm being 100% serious even though it's a strange role in which a man has fully committed to being a naked, bald hunk of a human who rides a giant cricket. In any case Nick is super lucky to have him playing bass because he could have just as easily be an incredibly compelling actor in film. I would watch anything he was in.

    • @pppmbteaching
      @pppmbteaching Год назад +5

      I think that's Ceviche Man

    • @terminalmode
      @terminalmode Год назад +4

      @@pppmbteaching Well, whoever he is, he's absolutely fantastic. I will feel a little sorry for Nick when loses him to the next big Marvel Movie.

    • @CapucineSky
      @CapucineSky Год назад +1

      Nick is very lucky to have a human chameleon in his band!

    • @Xabungle
      @Xabungle Год назад +2

      ​​@@pppmbteachingI thought Ceviche Man was also played by Greezy's actor. Playboy Pete from the Celebration of Country too. Gotta go back and watch them all to see

    • @praxibetelix1664
      @praxibetelix1664 Год назад +2

      ​@@XabungleAs far as I know those are all Eric Parham. He's also Alf, the People of the Forest, and the little boy from Pumpkin Man!

  • @poppe076
    @poppe076 11 месяцев назад +1

    Hail to the queen, this is Spirit Halloween!

  • @Seligsuper
    @Seligsuper Год назад +4

    This is the best one of these so far!

  • @jarathen1625
    @jarathen1625 Год назад +1

    The return of the Cellarverse!

  • @dyonstadd7852
    @dyonstadd7852 Год назад +3

    I just really want to know where in the world the idea came from this. Its a masterpiece...but I have to know...

  • @nickfranklin717
    @nickfranklin717 Год назад +2

    The gentleman has no hair!
    The mayor has no say how I run my business !!!! 💿🗽🕺

  • @flipgroove
    @flipgroove Год назад +1

    This song is my cricket swarm.

  • @jasonshepherd5750
    @jasonshepherd5750 4 месяца назад

    This may be the most metal thing ever invited

  • @BattleBoots
    @BattleBoots Год назад +3

    Relatable song tbh

  • @TheBigChoomah
    @TheBigChoomah Год назад

    That was the most beautiful thing I've ever seen. Reckon I'm about to binge all your videos in order. Have a like and a sub homie.

  • @Guns522
    @Guns522 11 месяцев назад

    I didnt think this was going to be this awesome

  • @goodnightbeautiful
    @goodnightbeautiful Год назад +6

    Another great song Big Nick

  • @MachineGamer728
    @MachineGamer728 Год назад +1

    he sings it at multiple octaves doesnt he.
    I was wondering how it sounded so good

  • @bobbyjarvis9594
    @bobbyjarvis9594 Год назад +4

    Very big cricket. Thanks, Big Nick!

  • @meats7854
    @meats7854 Год назад +3

    amazing topper to a fantastic season

  • @alvarogutierrez9906
    @alvarogutierrez9906 Год назад +3

    Playboy Pete looking good...honestly i love this song

  • @elyer.8981
    @elyer.8981 Год назад +2

    Just happened to type in crickets and found this. Best coincidence ever.

    • @CooleyakaBastion
      @CooleyakaBastion Год назад

      Please tell me you're not kidding! 😂😂😂😂

    • @saganrak
      @saganrak Год назад

      Welcome to the party, friend! *SHOW DEVOTION TO THE QUEEN* 😤

  • @dabootvv
    @dabootvv Год назад +2

    ey algorithm push that stuff to more people, nick is the best!

  • @howlpro8453
    @howlpro8453 Год назад +1

    It's surreal that this time nick one of the sane ones

  • @Firebolt4
    @Firebolt4 Год назад +2

    Happy Halloween my love

  • @RollingExistence
    @RollingExistence Год назад +1

    I am devoted to the queen.

  • @playmobilcanadacollector5933
    @playmobilcanadacollector5933 Год назад

    "The gentleman has no hair"
    Well done. Love it.

  • @GroupSoliloquy
    @GroupSoliloquy Год назад +1

    Co worker: What kind of music do you like?
    Me: Um...

  • @Top_Weeb
    @Top_Weeb Год назад

    I can't believe the mayor doesn't even know a single thing about catchin crickets.

  • @dee5778
    @dee5778 Год назад +3

    Well that was fucking weird and had great production value. Subscribed.

  • @peppereaterlivestream4357
    @peppereaterlivestream4357 Год назад +1

    This is literally incredible

  • @nootmcscairy
    @nootmcscairy Год назад

    Brilliant. I can't get it out of my head. The song and the concept are gold!

  • @simondalton3726
    @simondalton3726 Год назад +1

    I don’t know whether to laugh or be very very scared

  • @ThrillDaWill
    @ThrillDaWill Год назад

    This is underrated af

  • @Stodgy_Sloth
    @Stodgy_Sloth Год назад +1

    show devotion to the queen

  • @Elfinlocksable
    @Elfinlocksable Год назад +2

    now this man knows the plight of your average american

  • @bigsmiles768
    @bigsmiles768 Год назад +1

    Hello to your whole creative team of rascals. Please continue your work. Thanks :)

  • @jqker9593
    @jqker9593 Год назад

    I cant stop playing this song in my head on repeat why is this so damn catchy and fire 🔥 more i need MORE

  • @jessereeks8520
    @jessereeks8520 Год назад

    Found this masterpiece through World Record Podcast and can’t stop watching. Criminally under-viewed

  • @JuiceGlasses
    @JuiceGlasses Год назад

    I saw the first episode of the 90s The Outer Limits the other day which I think helped prepare me for this experience

  • @KA0SS0UL
    @KA0SS0UL Год назад +1

    Lyrics:
    I sell crickets at the county fair
    The seventh generation to hold a chair
    But now suddenly they're tellin me
    That I'm no longer welcome there
    They say they caught me on camera
    At the mayor's house
    Naked with my belly pressed to the ground
    Sniffin at her cellar like a basset hound
    Diggin my way down
    But the mayor has no say
    In how I run my business
    She doesn't know the first thing
    About catchin crickets
    And anyone can see
    That wasn't me who did this
    That gentleman has no hair
    So I'm banished from the county fair
    The crickets are insistent it's warfare
    They whisper while I sleep
    "Show devotion to the queen"
    "No mortal shall be spared"
    So now I'm drivin down the highway
    To the mayor's house
    I've got a hundred-fifty crickets
    Hidden in my mouth
    And when she opens up the door
    I'm gonna spit them out
    I'mma teach her a thing or two about
    How a mayor can't dictate a family tradition
    She doesn't know the first thing
    Of my sacred mission
    The queen is calling me
    Outside her jurisdiction
    To the cellar beneath the stairs
    Show devotion to the queen (x4)

  • @Maffmatix
    @Maffmatix Год назад

    well played sir

  • @guaxican316
    @guaxican316 Год назад

    By far the most fire bars I heard in my entire existence