I remember it well!The first band on was thrusk then Smoke stacksman provided the token jazz break then Colon then this lot! They ended the set with this and everyone went mental!!!!
Thank you so much for posting this, one of my absolute favourites from TFS. Popped into my head the other day and I wanted to see it again. Genius! Phillip Pope is the brains behind the music on TFS, did a superb job on this one.
Something that struck me after watching it many times only for the music and humour, is that the camerawork is pretty creative too, especially in such a short sketch.
@@misteral1083 Hey, I came up with a theory about washing up and being reminded of "Mr. Wells". "Mr. Wells" sounds a bit like "Some Might Say", which has the lyrics "The sink is full of fishes, she's got _dirty dishes_ on the brain." Maybe, maybe not! 😀
@@d2vmusic Hahaha! Not for me personally, because I wasn't into Oasis. But for some people, that might well hold up! I suspect there's some kind of trigger (for me) associated with "THAT'S the single!", which then kick starts the whole thing. Can't remember what led to me thinking that the other night, but I think that's the start of it. BTW, checked your channel - loved that piece you did on the 303. Very very cool. Straightforward and sparse, but with attention paid in all the right areas which makes it engaging. You should upload more! (don't bother checking my account, this is my secondary one with essentially no uploads! Music is on the other one!!!)
Good ol RUclips, thanks for uploading this Morris Minor, wasn't sure if anyone had stuck it on YTube. Every now and then i get a hankering for a specific sketch. .. gonna check out your other stuff now and see what you've got :-)
@@twitchygiraffe4636 It says a lot when a short parody song is considered more authentic than what's actually out there. It'll come around though, while there are still guitars lurking in second hand shops there is still chance that someone will pick it up, tune it and take it from there. "what could this strange device be? when it touch it it give forth a sound..." ruclips.net/video/AZm1_jtY1SQ/видео.htmlm12s
@Steve Smith I've always had trouble coming up with usernames and they end up a bit random, I just chose this because I thought it was cool that a car had a human name. No connection with your friend..
When I uploaded the clip, RUclips informed me that the BBC had claimed copyright and the clip became invisible to most people apart from me. Don't really know how it all works so I was surprised that someone here had seen it.
This protection of business and copyright from you tube happens in the UK ONLY! If someone in another european country wants to watch videos that are copyrighted and uploaded to youtube they are free to do so as they are not blocked over there. In this country if you want to watch anything your expected to buy it regardless, no one is allowed to get anything for free! Twats!
A particular song from an upcoming album would be released as a single, so there's a double joke here (pretty good for a three word phrase) - not only is the song an insult to him, but he wants to promote that very song.
Mr Wells is John Thomson and I see Paul Whitehouse and Simon Day but can't tell who the character is in the middle. Is it Charlie Higson does anyone know?
Out of all the songs on an upcoming album, one (or maybe more) would usually be released as a single in order to promote it. This worked for some styles of music more than others, and non-pop bands such as Pink Floyd for instance, would struggle - I recall 'Another Brick In The Wall' being a bit of a stretch, but it did quite well, other examples might be Hawkwind and Silver Machine, Black Sabbath and Paranoid, even Focus did quite well with Hocus Pocus. This sketch is very neat in that the 'punchline' is the _only_ line..
Record exec out of touch with the music, pushing it cos it sells but doesn't get it at all. In this sketch the music is overtly singling him out pejoratively and he still doesn't get it. Its like saying labels don't care about the music, they only care if it makes money.
@@jakell99 Also with a hint from Shed Shevens song ' Getting Better' i.e in this song the it has the line 'mr wells ur such a twat, a fat old twaaaaeaeeaeeaat (twat)' is similar to the bridge in Sheds Sevens song 'Getting better' which the bridge to the chorus goes 'its getting better all the tiiiieeiiieiieeiime (time)' both words dragged out in similar fashion, a song that came out 1995/96 the same time this series of fast show was recorded and came out which help influence this sketch along with the Oasis parody, Shed Seven being a weaker sounding Oasis. To be fair a lot of mainstream guitar bands in the u.k. charts in this period had this sound as it sold records at the time, its just oasis came out with it first and record companies wanted other bands to have the sound as it was the trend and sold cds but this song does sound a mix of supersonic meets shakermaker meets cigarettes and alcohol. Check out Brian Pern ( which is Simon Day's fictional character based on Peter Gabriel - the guy on the left of this video sketch) check out and watch 'Brian Pern sing Poundland Polly' on youtube . . . a parody of the Oasis performance on the word from 1994 - pretty funny.
It's a style parody. Weird Al Yankovic does those too; for example, his song "Dare to be Stupid" is a parody of Devo, but is not actually based on any of their songs.
My first instinct is to provide these. I've noticed that on many music videos some commenters feel an urge to type them out. I can understand this if they are unclear but , to me at least, they seem pretty clear in this song. Additionally, it would feel to me like over-analysing comedy, which goes against the grain. If someone want to type them out then I reckon its a three-minute job maximum, I'll stick with "That's the single!" though..
Don't know, but I would think that many bands are on the outs with their managers at some point. Mr Wells doesn't strike me as a band manager though, but a music company executive, hence him being really out of touch..
If you mean why can't they be found on the usual 'tab' sites, it's probably because it's not regarded as a serious song. It sounds fairly simple though so I might have a go at working them out. I've got a bit lazy at this because I usually go to those tab sites too.
So far for the vocal part I've got: I don't want to be in your world, I don't want to be a E.................................................................................... Part of your world, Mr Wells you're a twat you're a fat old twat, Mr Wells you're such a D.................. A.......................................................................E..............F#min................... Twat you fat old Twa-a-a-a-a-t A..........................E................... The next part goes from E to A, but I haven't got any further yet. Hope this text formats ok for you..
I still regularly say "That's the Single" whenever I hear a good song for the first time...
Me too mate
In that exact voice?
Best thing I've heard for past 20 years . Whitehouse the master as usual .
Phillip Pope deserves the credit for this one I think
It is actually quite a banging tune tbh
They played it when they were supporting Colon on tour in 1997. Crowd lost their mind when Clam came out to play bass.
I remember it well!The first band on was thrusk then Smoke stacksman provided the token jazz break then Colon then this lot! They ended the set with this and everyone went mental!!!!
I've been jamming along to it myself on guitar. Great bit of music! :)
@@daverage4729 what chords do you play ? It sounds dissonant lol
They should have released this as a single, i'd have bought it!!
Can't believe this only has 28k views!
Better than 90% of the stuff in the charts
Thank you so much for posting this, one of my absolute favourites from TFS. Popped into my head the other day and I wanted to see it again.
Genius!
Phillip Pope is the brains behind the music on TFS, did a superb job on this one.
Quite a banging tune tbf
We don’t need oasis to reform while we have this from the fast show,.. genius la
I've been looking for this sketch for bloody ages and randomly stumbled upon it today! It's every bit as amazing as I remember 😁
Something that struck me after watching it many times only for the music and humour, is that the camerawork is pretty creative too, especially in such a short sketch.
I love this sketch. It has me in stitches.
This never gets old. Brilliant!!
Frankly Mr Shankly taken to its logical conclusion
I love the opening lyrics “I don’t want to be in your world”
I like how Charlie mouths to "Sad old bat" at 1:12.
Probably the best sketch they ever did!
Washing dishes tonight and for some reason this came into my mind. I haven't forgotten the lyrics, either. Thanks for uploading, it's a classic! 😊
Wow, that was me yesterday! Literally, washing dishes, no reason, popped in, still know it!!!
edit - next one for me now is Jeremy Kwee....
@@misteral1083 "I don't need no melted chocolate, on the seats of my Ferrari" 😊
@@d2vmusic Haha! Enjoyed it all over again today :)
@@misteral1083 Hey, I came up with a theory about washing up and being reminded of "Mr. Wells". "Mr. Wells" sounds a bit like "Some Might Say", which has the lyrics "The sink is full of fishes, she's got _dirty dishes_ on the brain." Maybe, maybe not! 😀
@@d2vmusic Hahaha! Not for me personally, because I wasn't into Oasis. But for some people, that might well hold up!
I suspect there's some kind of trigger (for me) associated with "THAT'S the single!", which then kick starts the whole thing. Can't remember what led to me thinking that the other night, but I think that's the start of it.
BTW, checked your channel - loved that piece you did on the 303. Very very cool. Straightforward and sparse, but with attention paid in all the right areas which makes it engaging. You should upload more!
(don't bother checking my account, this is my secondary one with essentially no uploads! Music is on the other one!!!)
I love how the camera panning builds up the scene in the first few seconds.
It's perfect. They captured the band and the eyes of the guys well. That's the single! I need to revive that
Genius! Never gets old!
Its perfect. Perfect and I love it.
"that's the single" hahaaah funny asf man
Whitehouse faces kills me . totally emotionless all the way thru. just sat smoking, not arsed. proper 90s liam
5 thumbs down from Mr Wells who still to this day says he has the rights and royalties for this song
Perfection!
Good ol RUclips, thanks for uploading this Morris Minor, wasn't sure if anyone had stuck it on YTube. Every now and then i get a hankering for a specific sketch. .. gonna check out your other stuff now and see what you've got :-)
Queen's Death On Two Legs is about their manager, reminds me of that in terms of pure anger..
Genius.
I would actually rather listen to this than the shit that occupies the charts these days
Brilliant!
Great stuff!
So well done and obviously studied. Lol. Paul and Charlie used to be in a band together.
The camerawork is really good too, something I didn't really notice at first..
@@jakell99 yes it's that whole Live Forever thing!
Absolute genius
Genius x
Hard to believe the flute player would later go on to reinvent himself as frontman of prog giants Thotch.
This Oasis pastiche is a masterpiece
0:00 - 1:25 "Mr. Wells" by Paul Whitehouse and Charlie Higson.
There's some interest in this lately. I wonder what's bringing folks here.
Class is permanent
The indie scene’s gone shit now! Everyone’s insipid and boring and earnest! No one rocks out like this anymore!!!!
@@twitchygiraffe4636 It says a lot when a short parody song is considered more authentic than what's actually out there.
It'll come around though, while there are still guitars lurking in second hand shops there is still chance that someone will pick it up, tune it and take it from there.
"what could this strange device be? when it touch it it give forth a sound..."
ruclips.net/video/AZm1_jtY1SQ/видео.htmlm12s
@Steve Smith I've always had trouble coming up with usernames and they end up a bit random, I just chose this because I thought it was cool that a car had a human name. No connection with your friend..
Thanks for posting ...the " sad wankers " keep copyright blocking this Fast Show gem !!
It’s Mr Wells who’s blocking it, he doesn’t want to be reminded of it!!!!
@@twitchygiraffe4636he seemed happy making it the single
Mmm.. nice!
If this gets taken down then it will probably Mr Wells himself who will claim copyright
Is it possible that John himself (Mr Wells herein) plays the drums on the recording?
Why have I never seen this before..... it's a chooooon
Nice
This will have been written by Philip Pope. He did the music for Proactive on Game On too, and a lot of the musical parodies on NTNOCN.
Always in the market for a new piece of trivia - thankyou..
Philip Pope is a comedy genius. His music parodies are spot on, especially his work on Radio Active.
@@simond7225 "Cwying!"
The Fury
ruclips.net/video/h5FvG410XZc/видео.htmlsi=Q9Y8nAg1TMEs12Yi
Oasis in a nutshell
Looks like the record label guy from Wayne’s world
The band Colon could have been 😁
Maybe even a little bigger..
@@jakell99 Megacolon!
Who'd you get the copyright notice from? Creation records!!
When I uploaded the clip, RUclips informed me that the BBC had claimed copyright and the clip became invisible to most people apart from me. Don't really know how it all works so I was surprised that someone here had seen it.
This protection of business and copyright from you tube happens in the UK ONLY! If someone in another european country wants to watch videos that are copyrighted and uploaded to youtube they are free to do so as they are not blocked over there. In this country if you want to watch anything your expected to buy it regardless, no one is allowed to get anything for free! Twats!
The lyrics ARE about the record company guy sitting at the desk, aren't they? The joke being that Mr Wells says, "THAT'S the single!"?
A particular song from an upcoming album would be released as a single, so there's a double joke here (pretty good for a three word phrase) - not only is the song an insult to him, but he wants to promote that very song.
Tape deck!
Mr Wells is John Thomson and I see Paul Whitehouse and Simon Day but can't tell who the character is in the middle. Is it Charlie Higson does anyone know?
You're right, it's not that obvious due to the sunglasses. I assumed that it's Higson and the shot at 0:35 looks a bit more like him.
Morris Minor thanks for your reply. I searched for this sketch this morning, so funny.
Definitely higson
It is Carlie Higson.
When hes saying hes clicking his fingers out of time hes actually in time.
Love this sketch, but to this day I’ve never never understood the “that’s the single!” punchline at the end from Mr Wells.
Out of all the songs on an upcoming album, one (or maybe more) would usually be released as a single in order to promote it. This worked for some styles of music more than others, and non-pop bands such as Pink Floyd for instance, would struggle - I recall 'Another Brick In The Wall' being a bit of a stretch, but it did quite well, other examples might be Hawkwind and Silver Machine, Black Sabbath and Paranoid, even Focus did quite well with Hocus Pocus.
This sketch is very neat in that the 'punchline' is the _only_ line..
@@jakell99 perfectly answered, cheers 👍
Record exec out of touch with the music, pushing it cos it sells but doesn't get it at all. In this sketch the music is overtly singling him out pejoratively and he still doesn't get it. Its like saying labels don't care about the music, they only care if it makes money.
He's like 'that's the single' and it's like, 'did you even listen to the song mate?'
So is this a parody of Oasis as I always thought, or Stone Roses? Or a mixture? 🤔
I always thought Oasis, but it could be said to be leaning into that scene in general.
Oasis is easy to do
I'm surprised anyone saw this, I got a copyright notice for it and assumed it had been blocked.
They were pretty much a parody of themselves.
Oasis should've done this one about alan mcgee!!
This sounds a bit like a combination of The Wonder Stuff, Oasis and The Beatles haha.
Anyone know the original
I don't think there is an original, I think it's just a generic 'Oasis- sounding' song.
Morris Minor oh well, woulda been nice if it was a parody of a song, I just like the beat n stuff. Thanks for posting anyway though
@@jakell99 Also with a hint from Shed Shevens song ' Getting Better' i.e in this song the it has the line 'mr wells ur such a twat, a fat old twaaaaeaeeaeeaat (twat)' is similar to the bridge in Sheds Sevens song 'Getting better' which the bridge to the chorus goes 'its getting better all the tiiiieeiiieiieeiime (time)' both words dragged out in similar fashion, a song that came out 1995/96 the same time this series of fast show was recorded and came out which help influence this sketch along with the Oasis parody, Shed Seven being a weaker sounding Oasis. To be fair a lot of mainstream guitar bands in the u.k. charts in this period had this sound as it sold records at the time, its just oasis came out with it first and record companies wanted other bands to have the sound as it was the trend and sold cds but this song does sound a mix of supersonic meets shakermaker meets cigarettes and alcohol. Check out Brian Pern ( which is Simon Day's fictional character based on Peter Gabriel - the guy on the left of this video sketch) check out and watch 'Brian Pern sing Poundland Polly' on youtube . . . a parody of the Oasis performance on the word from 1994 - pretty funny.
It's a style parody. Weird Al Yankovic does those too; for example, his song "Dare to be Stupid" is a parody of Devo, but is not actually based on any of their songs.
Originally by the Beatles 😜
Lyrics anyone? 😁
My first instinct is to provide these. I've noticed that on many music videos some commenters feel an urge to type them out. I can understand this if they are unclear but , to me at least, they seem pretty clear in this song.
Additionally, it would feel to me like over-analysing comedy, which goes against the grain.
If someone want to type them out then I reckon its a three-minute job maximum, I'll stick with "That's the single!" though..
Anyone else think think this is inspired by the Stone Roses? They had a that for a manager and they hated him.
Don't know, but I would think that many bands are on the outs with their managers at some point. Mr Wells doesn't strike me as a band manager though, but a music company executive, hence him being really out of touch..
I think it's probably more like Oasis given the time of the scetch.
@@alderaanic1042 Yeah, definitely Oasis, I think the casual 'fuck you' attitude of the members here is based on Noel and Liam's public appearances.
@@jakell99 spot on exactly what I thought. Hair cuts and cloths give it away too. Deffo not The Stone Roses.
Frankly, Mr Shankly was my guess. Morrissey at his cruelest. Good tune though.
Why aren’t there chords to this 💀
If you mean why can't they be found on the usual 'tab' sites, it's probably because it's not regarded as a serious song.
It sounds fairly simple though so I might have a go at working them out. I've got a bit lazy at this because I usually go to those tab sites too.
@@jakell99 yeah would love to perform this aha
So far for the vocal part I've got:
I don't want to be in your world, I don't want to be a
E....................................................................................
Part of your world, Mr Wells you're a twat you're a fat old twat, Mr Wells you're such a
D.................. A.......................................................................E..............F#min...................
Twat you fat old Twa-a-a-a-a-t
A..........................E...................
The next part goes from E to A, but I haven't got any further yet. Hope this text formats ok for you..
@@jakell99 ur a legend
They're good, but they are no Colon.