THE FEARLESS FLYERS /// Kenni and the Jets

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  • Опубликовано: 22 ноя 2024

Комментарии • 803

  • @Seb2323
    @Seb2323 4 года назад +2524

    Why is Grace not wearing her Aviators!? Isn't that unsafe for flying at such funky altitudes?

    • @andie_pants
      @andie_pants 4 года назад +338

      She's a fearless flyer. :-P

    • @skiptomygroove7009
      @skiptomygroove7009 4 года назад +35

      didn't you see those Bari* White sexy eyes going on?

    • @FizzgigMcarthur
      @FizzgigMcarthur 4 года назад +108

      So we could get that eyebrow action at 0:22

    • @jackmiller4946
      @jackmiller4946 4 года назад +11

      Sometimes you got to let your funky flag fly.

    • @ArielBenichou
      @ArielBenichou 4 года назад +8

      Did someone said funktitude?

  • @RicanSamurai
    @RicanSamurai 4 года назад +1375

    I love the vulf tradition of naming their musicians after songs

    • @Jason-pd1nr
      @Jason-pd1nr 4 года назад +12

      Haha true but u do realize this is an Elton John song right?

    • @RicanSamurai
      @RicanSamurai 4 года назад +41

      @@Jason-pd1nr of course :p
      Joking cause of their track "cory wong"

    • @spentont
      @spentont 4 года назад +41

      Jason r/woosh

    • @willgaines5269
      @willgaines5269 4 года назад +10

      Jason woooooooosh

    • @willgaines5269
      @willgaines5269 4 года назад +34

      Jason you need binoculars just to see how far that joke flew over your head

  • @echosierra1790
    @echosierra1790 4 года назад +577

    Nate Smith, again proving his title as the undisputed king of crash-choke-crash.

    • @MalloryGrahamSlams
      @MalloryGrahamSlams 4 года назад +10

      Underrated tech

    • @thefunkosaurus
      @thefunkosaurus 4 года назад +28

      The secret to cymbals:
      Your smallest crash should be bigger than your largest tom.

    • @whitesebi
      @whitesebi 4 года назад +1

      Roger Taylor walked so he could run, in that regard, I would say

    • @DomSimpsonDrums
      @DomSimpsonDrums 4 года назад +12

      Crashing on beat 2 does things to my gentleman parts.

    • @sahasrahlamusic9068
      @sahasrahlamusic9068 4 года назад +1

      Underrated pocket and right foot.

  • @jonathanirwin9566
    @jonathanirwin9566 4 года назад +579

    Wow I can’t believe that the FF got Elton John to compose a song for them

    • @coltongerber9899
      @coltongerber9899 4 года назад +105

      I can’t believe Elton John got the opportunity to compose a song for FF

    • @timtheenchanter3563
      @timtheenchanter3563 4 года назад +51

      @@fabiancanedo the Vulf comment section is almost always 100% serious

    • @calinguga
      @calinguga 4 года назад +7

      @@timtheenchanter3563 can confirm

    • @leandropaz3228
      @leandropaz3228 4 года назад +6

      Some parts its like 'sick love' - elton john and Rhcp song

    • @SethPlaysBass
      @SethPlaysBass 2 года назад +1

      @@TheZguitarboy67 bro srsly

  • @aarongreen3100
    @aarongreen3100 4 года назад +305

    Grace smiling and grooving to Kenni’s solo cured my covid-19.

    • @stellerjob8045
      @stellerjob8045 4 года назад +5

      @Nixon E I'd say it was sick enough

    • @gustafsone
      @gustafsone 4 года назад +3

      It's just weird seeing her play the big sax instead of the small sax. I guess I've seen too many videos of her playing with Leo P.

    • @theChain120
      @theChain120 4 года назад

      3:09 is Prime Stank

  • @cordovlogs
    @cordovlogs 4 года назад +134

    Finally, a bass line that I can play.

  • @1chaka
    @1chaka 4 года назад +399

    The sound engineers don’t get nearly enough love, this band sounds so gd crispy, good stuff microphone men

    • @benjaminkenobi21
      @benjaminkenobi21 4 года назад +13

      The saxes are very well mic’d

    • @lidj16
      @lidj16 4 года назад +10

      Microphone men 😂😂😂

    • @KC9UDX
      @KC9UDX 4 года назад +13

      Vulf kompressor

    • @stineb
      @stineb 2 года назад +2

      perfection

  • @augustmills2365
    @augustmills2365 4 года назад +502

    Woody better watch his back. This Elton guy really sounds like he can compose.

    • @AidanXavier1
      @AidanXavier1 4 года назад +1

      Up until reading this comment it never occurred to me that Elton John is probably an influence for Woody's keyboard parts

    • @AidanXavier1
      @AidanXavier1 4 года назад +8

      Though really if anyone is doing an Elton John thing it's Joey Dosik

    • @theprovoloneman281
      @theprovoloneman281 4 года назад

      Aidan Xavier Elton John literally composed this

    • @dishwasherdetergent3366
      @dishwasherdetergent3366 4 года назад +2

      @@theprovoloneman281 he's not talking about the song, he's talking about woody's keyboard influences

    • @KC9UDX
      @KC9UDX 4 года назад +1

      You can't play funk piano and not be influenced by Elton John.

  • @stevoells
    @stevoells 4 года назад +628

    Grace's face whenever she's not playing just says it all

    • @FreeRadicalX
      @FreeRadicalX 4 года назад +11

      Best part of the (already great) video when I noticed that, honestly.

    • @vacharasakpechkul7690
      @vacharasakpechkul7690 4 года назад +23

      A What 's the relation between races and being groovy, are you a racist?

    • @mono4389
      @mono4389 4 года назад +8

      @A you're the one that looks ridiculous

    • @flocore
      @flocore 4 года назад +9

      @A Pretending? She owns it. Get lost!

    • @PleaseRemainStanding
      @PleaseRemainStanding 4 года назад +11

      @A And most conspicuous racism of year award goes to.....

  • @lukeleone615
    @lukeleone615 4 года назад +316

    Love how the cymbal crash shook the whole camera

    • @mkhud50n
      @mkhud50n 4 года назад +5

      Luke Leone i read this comment and looked up right when it happened.

    • @fisheye42
      @fisheye42 4 года назад +6

      Yes! Watch it again, at the 1:10 !

    • @jensharald9091
      @jensharald9091 4 года назад +7

      They bamboozle us with some *unexpected* cool effects!
      Kind of a less is more thing

    • @UnusGrunus
      @UnusGrunus 4 года назад

      subtle things just hit different

    • @gi8809
      @gi8809 4 года назад

      It's so satisfying!

  • @harveule6127
    @harveule6127 4 года назад +155

    I love how much everyone smiles when Kenni is playing

    • @gustafsone
      @gustafsone 4 года назад +7

      He is always such a joy to watch and if you haven't seen it already, go check out "Live From MLPS" on Cory Wong's channel. It''s a full concert recording and it's amazing! Kenni, and the rest of the Hornheads, is a beast and he even breaks out a Piccolo to taunt Cory right in his face which was hilarious and awesome.

    • @RetroPlus
      @RetroPlus 4 года назад +2

      He's incredible with that medium sax

  • @radgestudios
    @radgestudios 4 года назад +129

    I come for the music but I stay for the cable management.

  • @michaelplaysbass
    @michaelplaysbass 4 года назад +177

    I see Elton John can ghostwrite tunes for funk bands, in addition to owning a football club. What a talent.

    • @michaelplaysbass
      @michaelplaysbass 4 года назад +3

      He is/was owner of Watford Football Club in England. Even has a grandstand named after him at their home ground

    • @metallsnubben
      @metallsnubben 4 года назад

      @kmden Rt (it's also a cover of one of his songs, Bennie and the Jets)

    • @benfulton8976
      @benfulton8976 4 года назад +1

      sirrrrr Elton John

  • @ansonjeng
    @ansonjeng 4 года назад +188

    heavy quarter note feel on the Vulf/Charles Jones “Baby I Don’t Know” always reminded me of this song.
    FF giving me so much life today

    • @tommydebourbon4192
      @tommydebourbon4192 4 года назад +4

      check out jealous guy by donny hathaway

    • @DsChelI
      @DsChelI 4 года назад +4

      One of my favorites, Charles Jones on baby I don’t. Crank it up every time and usually don’t open my eyes till it’s over

    • @Leah-jz6ud
      @Leah-jz6ud 4 года назад +2

      Coming back here to say I’ll never unhear this comparison

  • @EyeTripImages
    @EyeTripImages 4 года назад +20

    Love the multi-sax chord on "heard it in a mag-a-ZZINE!!" 🏄🏄🏄

  • @SBL-Unofficial
    @SBL-Unofficial 4 года назад +81

    Okay someone is making sure Elton John sees this, right? What a brilliant cover.

  • @jairocampo1992
    @jairocampo1992 2 года назад +7

    The baritone guitar part that Mark Lettieri is playing is so subtle and perfect that it sends me

  • @oldgoat381
    @oldgoat381 4 года назад +41

    As soon as Grace Kelly hit us with the bari sax I felt it *in my everything*

  • @JoshuaSurufka
    @JoshuaSurufka 4 года назад +112

    You could sublet the space between the kick and snare

    • @jwaj
      @jwaj 3 года назад +3

      $1500 dollars a month on a Craigslist ad

  • @under-._.-score
    @under-._.-score 4 года назад +11

    It’s been said before but cannot be said enough. Nate Smith’s crash on 2 is my religion.

  • @inventivestu
    @inventivestu 4 года назад +76

    "how to cover appropriately and still include your own remarkable sound"

  • @danablett
    @danablett 4 года назад +84

    that is the sound of a perfectly recorded crash cymbal

  • @DangerRifai
    @DangerRifai 4 года назад +155

    Even if you got Joe Dart to play a song at 40bpm, his head nods would still be as violent.

    • @brendanerskine4158
      @brendanerskine4158 4 года назад +9

      Yeah more head bobbing than notes played

    • @AidanXavier1
      @AidanXavier1 4 года назад +3

      If you pay attention, it's an inverse relationship. The fewer notes he plays, the more he headbobs

    • @briansmith3164
      @briansmith3164 4 года назад +5

      @@AidanXavier1 nature abhors a vacuum

    • @okuhleminyi8143
      @okuhleminyi8143 4 года назад +2

      @@briansmith3164 ahhh what a comment.

    • @SupaSlugga17
      @SupaSlugga17 3 года назад +1

      Most pros use some physical method to keep precise time. Some tap their feet, my drum teacher swishes spit through his teeth, and Joe and I do the diseased woodpecker, which unfortunately looks even goofier on the drums.

  • @XArcticxMirrorX
    @XArcticxMirrorX 4 года назад +17

    I vividly remember Grace Kelly coming to my high school and listening to her play and getting advice from her! It was honestly amazing! Soo cool to see her with one of my favorite bands!!!

  • @wilsmith481
    @wilsmith481 4 года назад +175

    Came for the outro, stayed for the whole thing

    • @laurabc0814
      @laurabc0814 4 года назад +2

      😂😂 actually

    • @vadim4252
      @vadim4252 4 года назад +1

      How does that work?

    • @redgit9905
      @redgit9905 9 месяцев назад

      @@vadim4252I think it’s just some kind of inversion of the joke “came for x, stayed for y”

  • @levigebhard7554
    @levigebhard7554 4 года назад +33

    I will never not be in love with the trading sax melody

  • @philippignato8176
    @philippignato8176 4 года назад +26

    I never knew that all I needed in life was a nice solo from Grace Kelly. I guess my life is complete now??????

  • @gregdolecki8530
    @gregdolecki8530 10 месяцев назад +1

    Stellar horn section and arrangement. The harmonies.......

  • @cjay216
    @cjay216 4 года назад +12

    I love this style lmao - the outfits, the aviators, the film grain, and all captured in one shot; so funky

  • @MickySarge
    @MickySarge 4 года назад +2

    I can't stop coming back to this one.

  • @Texas_Flood_L8Gr8SRV
    @Texas_Flood_L8Gr8SRV 4 года назад +1

    Grace’s face just makes me smile- for that, I thank you, Grace. God only knows I/we can use all of the smiling, love, laughter, etc. during these crazy days in this mad, mad world in which we live. Peace & Love, Whit

  • @santiago.drrrumzzz
    @santiago.drrrumzzz 4 года назад +1

    This speaks so loud without a single word

  • @bobmckoolky5346
    @bobmckoolky5346 4 года назад +17

    ADORATION. Dude seriously I'm recovering from surgery right now and this is exactly what I needed to stay positive.

  • @sketchhannen
    @sketchhannen 4 года назад +3

    I swear, I never thought the bari had potential as a solo instrument until this song. Groove so hard!

    • @kalamahina7157
      @kalamahina7157 4 года назад

      Check out Squib Cakes by Tower of Power. 🎷

  • @preciousangel8721
    @preciousangel8721 4 года назад +92

    The groove was so strong she had to take off her shades

  • @girrrd
    @girrrd 4 года назад +28

    Didn’t think it was possible for Dart to play that slow - was waiting for him to explode

  • @micahbartlett5341
    @micahbartlett5341 4 года назад

    The fearless flyers... the saviors of our country via the sonic landscape they allow is to partake in.

  • @matt82654
    @matt82654 4 года назад +3

    Grace is so enjoyable to watch! She really enjoys this!!!

  • @NolieRavioli
    @NolieRavioli 4 года назад +44

    WHEN I SAW THIS WAS GONNA GET RELEASED FROM THE VULFPACK I THOUGHT IT WAS A MEME POST. I guess I can survive an extra day again.

  • @jeffspicoli2643
    @jeffspicoli2643 4 года назад

    There is nothing better in the world right now than The fearless Flyers. Nothing!

  • @IndigoBass
    @IndigoBass 4 года назад +48

    ANOTHER PERSON NAMED AFTER A VULFPECK SONG?!! THIS IS THE REAL EPIDEMIC!

  • @samner9215
    @samner9215 Год назад +1

    What a lineup of musicians!

  • @OrchMC
    @OrchMC 3 года назад +1

    this is so so so so so so so so so good
    i can't

  • @edsharp2676
    @edsharp2676 4 года назад +7

    I swear it brings so much joy watching people really groove with music

  • @Texas_Flood_L8Gr8SRV
    @Texas_Flood_L8Gr8SRV 4 года назад

    Grace’s face just makes me smile- for that, I thank you, Grace. God only knows I/we can use all of the smiling, love, laughter, etc. during these crazy days in this mad, mad world in which we live.

  • @LeonardoPadroni
    @LeonardoPadroni 4 года назад +1

    Happiness is seeing Grace smiling while listening to others playing

  • @simon_patterson
    @simon_patterson 4 года назад +2

    Nice of you guys to pause from your work at painting buildings to play a song for us!

  • @taylorjohnson5148
    @taylorjohnson5148 4 года назад

    Fearless flyers have kept me going the past few months

  • @wizkid915
    @wizkid915 4 года назад +2

    Now THIS is the Grace Kelly Big Sax I needed in my life

  • @irenechang1195
    @irenechang1195 4 года назад +2

    Love Grace's bari sound and phrasing and her expressions!!!

  • @ExtraFancy96
    @ExtraFancy96 4 года назад +4

    Grace's reaction throughout the whole song is how I feel I look watching the video

  • @morningthunder
    @morningthunder 4 года назад +21

    When I get that feeling,
    I want saxual healing

  • @captainkirk1001
    @captainkirk1001 4 года назад +28

    1:12 love that crash effect

  • @harmlesscreationsofthegree1248
    @harmlesscreationsofthegree1248 4 года назад +1

    😻awesome

  • @colemorrison1998
    @colemorrison1998 4 года назад +2

    My absolute favorite song of all time as a Vulf cover. My life is absolutely complete

  • @strawberryjam3670
    @strawberryjam3670 4 года назад +8

    Can't wait for them to add more and more sections later, for them to become a full symphonic funk orchestra.

  • @henryhanssen7563
    @henryhanssen7563 3 года назад +1

    I am in fact, in love with Grace Kelly

  • @LouBanga47
    @LouBanga47 4 года назад +4

    I can’t watch these videos without a smile on my face.

    • @coryleman7438
      @coryleman7438 4 года назад +1

      I grin like an idiot through every single one.

  • @samaBR333
    @samaBR333 4 года назад +3

    2:01 - i love how Grace reacts to Kenni's solo

  • @aaronplace7923
    @aaronplace7923 4 года назад +7

    When the alto solo is played by the tenor. Love it.

  • @totchsuzuki
    @totchsuzuki 4 года назад +17

    めちゃくちゃタイトやんけ(tight af man)
    thank me later for translating when you watch Vulfpeck's tweet.
    also huge love from Japan! hope you guys stay healthy and sound!

  • @jeffsimard8846
    @jeffsimard8846 3 года назад

    This made me cry tears of joy and appreciation for life

  • @joshwarren3667
    @joshwarren3667 4 года назад +3

    Grace Kelly is so underrated. Such an incredible musician with such a huge sound🥴😩

  • @kennyangel9552
    @kennyangel9552 4 года назад +2

    Standing ovation!!! Bravo my friends!

  • @sttommore
    @sttommore 2 года назад

    I love the music. I just can't help but see the horns as Ghostbusters. It's awesome!

  • @samaBR333
    @samaBR333 4 года назад +1

    2:39 - yup! we're loving it too Grace!

  • @MrDukeSilverr
    @MrDukeSilverr 3 года назад +2

    HOW DO I ONLY FIND OUT ABOUT THIS NOW

  • @kellenboersma6156
    @kellenboersma6156 4 года назад +1

    RESPECT to Michael Nelson on a dynamically funky and not intrusive horn arrangement! fee kin dyn O mite!

  • @TheDanification
    @TheDanification 4 года назад

    Those last 20 seconds are gold

  • @AlbertoMenezesMusic
    @AlbertoMenezesMusic 4 года назад +1

    The best part of 2020 so far are all these Fearless Flyers videos, HANDS DOWN

  • @omarcopol
    @omarcopol 4 года назад

    It's like butter melting on a freshly baked top notch bread

  • @consciousobserver629
    @consciousobserver629 3 года назад +6

    Damn that tenor sax has some seriously nice tone.

  • @garysmith3173
    @garysmith3173 4 года назад +1

    Absolutely stunning.😘🥁🌻

  • @stokesaphone
    @stokesaphone 4 года назад +1

    My favorite Elton John song tastefully funkified by the masters in action!!! That tenor sax solo is saxy.

  • @joecritch
    @joecritch 4 года назад +5

    The horn arrangements are so good man

  • @Marlock2199
    @Marlock2199 Год назад

    can we be honest, that is the best intro to a song yet?

  • @ErokLobotomist
    @ErokLobotomist Месяц назад

    Just freaking resplendent.

  • @christopherivey8439
    @christopherivey8439 4 года назад

    Good Lord, that drummer is a machine!

  • @charliesolazzo8029
    @charliesolazzo8029 4 года назад

    OMG LOVE THIS SONG LOVE THE BARI SOLO BY GRACE

  • @teddybrow
    @teddybrow 10 месяцев назад

    Don't mind me, just here for my monthly rewatch of this absolute banger

  • @jessiwang857
    @jessiwang857 4 года назад

    I’m in big love with big sax Grace

  • @eeddingt
    @eeddingt 4 года назад

    Flows like melted butter - and just as tasty!

  • @poindextertunes
    @poindextertunes 3 года назад

    The phrasing on that medium sax...Sounds like its laughing in the solo. Damn that guys good

  • @johnnywlittle
    @johnnywlittle 4 года назад +2

    Man that guy in the midrange sax just kills it!

    • @dielaughing73
      @dielaughing73 4 года назад +1

      That would be the titular Kenni

    • @bruhmomenthdr7575
      @bruhmomenthdr7575 Год назад

      My guy just called a tenor sax a "midrange sax" 😭

    • @johnnywlittle
      @johnnywlittle Год назад

      @@bruhmomenthdr7575 Music police. Hope you feel better now.

    • @bruhmomenthdr7575
      @bruhmomenthdr7575 Год назад

      @@johnnywlittle No one calls it "midrange", that's just you bro

    • @johnnywlittle
      @johnnywlittle Год назад

      @@bruhmomenthdr7575 Guess you’re the authority

  • @shmanielshmlane2359
    @shmanielshmlane2359 4 года назад

    My favorite band playing my favorite song

  • @JoeFoeRevolution
    @JoeFoeRevolution 4 года назад

    the levels of cool in this video are off the charts

  • @danfango1333
    @danfango1333 4 года назад

    The best Elton John song. By far 🎯

  • @kingmezs23
    @kingmezs23 4 года назад

    Grace is everywhere these days, and I ain't mad about it. Her work with leo is killer too.

  • @Yelbomsirhc1
    @Yelbomsirhc1 4 года назад +2

    Wonderful horn arrangement! Love the harmony!

  • @benfulton8976
    @benfulton8976 4 года назад +1

    Very nice

  • @waynewaring
    @waynewaring 4 года назад +1

    This is brilliant guys!

  • @Texas_Flood_L8Gr8SRV
    @Texas_Flood_L8Gr8SRV 4 года назад

    I can’t stop watching/listening to this. It’s...it’s...it’s just so f%#*ing excellent!!!

  • @mm-xt2yt
    @mm-xt2yt 4 года назад +9

    Play at 2x speed to hear the grooviest game show theme every

  • @fattdamon5342
    @fattdamon5342 4 года назад +90

    Well, I wasn't expecting to get pregnant this morning, but here we are. I shall name him Kenni Vulf Damon.

    • @noahmay7708
      @noahmay7708 3 года назад

      what?

    • @fattdamon5342
      @fattdamon5342 3 года назад

      @@noahmay7708 joke
      /jōk/
      noun
      a thing that someone says to cause amusement or laughter, especially a story with a funny punchline.

    • @jwaj
      @jwaj 3 года назад +1

      Congrats

    • @fattdamon5342
      @fattdamon5342 3 года назад

      @@jwaj thank you! I can't believe here we are and little Kenni Vulf Damon is already a month old and learning his first bass lines on his signature Joe Dart Jr bass. I'm so proud of him ☺️

    • @jwaj
      @jwaj 3 года назад

      @@fattdamon5342 But is he versatile?

  • @tdrenker
    @tdrenker 4 года назад

    Awesome....
    Just.....
    Awesome.....

  • @80thtasties85
    @80thtasties85 4 года назад

    Huu - you got soul, fire and even da fonk, great (big) performance - thanx to you all & grz from Germany!

  • @christiansmyth1466
    @christiansmyth1466 4 года назад

    So awesome. Almost broke my neck nodding along.

  • @cdbrown30
    @cdbrown30 4 года назад

    Closed my eyes and just listened to the horns and it’s incredible.. ☺️

  • @colinmartini67ify
    @colinmartini67ify 4 года назад

    Music that makes me smile!! Another great FF release!!

  • @mashman010
    @mashman010 4 года назад +94

    Vulfpeck: posts a video
    Me: immediately heads to the comment section