Thomas The Tank Engine Theme Song - Ragtime Piano Version

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  • Опубликовано: 1 окт 2024
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Комментарии • 131

  • @slackerlitgeek
    @slackerlitgeek 2 года назад +407

    You'd have a hard time convincing me that this song wasn't originally written as ragtime and adapted into the TV theme version.

    • @tparadox88
      @tparadox88 2 года назад +27

      I saw the title and thought "it wasn't already ragtime?"
      Though it was later adapted into the not-ragtime "Thomas Anthem".

    • @CarmenIHinze
      @CarmenIHinze 2 года назад +4

      Agreed!

    • @Allison-hg9vm
      @Allison-hg9vm Год назад +3

      Finally, got here !

    • @1201zj
      @1201zj Год назад +5

      Based on maple leaf rag.

    • @unclvinny
      @unclvinny 10 месяцев назад +3

      The bouncing bass line is a dead giveaway!

  • @backfromthedeadagain9401
    @backfromthedeadagain9401 2 года назад +242

    As long as the world still has 1 ragtime pianist left i think we will be ok

    • @Keeper1st
      @Keeper1st 2 года назад +9

      There are dozens, hence the existence of ragtime festivals.

    • @intheplums
      @intheplums Год назад +3

      We will be ok... ragtime is too epic there will always be ragtime pianists

    • @itsshivers6892
      @itsshivers6892 Год назад +8

      "As he sat at the piano, George sighed. He raised his fingers to the keys, and hesitated long enough to steady his nerves. With a great effort of will, he looked down at a moire of sun-bleached grey ebony and yellow-brown ivory. He tried to convince himself not to give in to despair. Somewhere, in this post-apocalyptic hell-scape, there must be a piano that still had all its strings. His hands struck down for a simple chord progression, and he winced at the pained thunk that shook the old wooden frame. Not this one. George closed the lid on the keyboard reverently, absent-mindedly brushing dust on his pant leg, and wistfully looked off in the distance, seeing only the past in the clouds."
      PS: Not meant as an insult, you just inspired me slightly XD

    • @P47HFIND3R
      @P47HFIND3R 9 месяцев назад +1

      @@Keeper1st There are dozens of us! Dozens!

    • @TotoDG
      @TotoDG 6 месяцев назад +1

      And if we ever run out… Time to start learning!

  • @roadchewerpe5759
    @roadchewerpe5759 2 года назад +128

    Yes! Glad you threw a bit of Take the A Train in there again!

    • @tcarnold6425
      @tcarnold6425 2 года назад +13

      Would have been rude not to! 😃

  • @MachoGoat
    @MachoGoat 2 года назад +75

    Thomas had never seen such talent before!

  • @MelodicQuest
    @MelodicQuest 2 года назад +27

    "Everything I know about people, I learned from Thomas The Tank Engine."

  • @sarac.3259
    @sarac.3259 Год назад +34

    Scott Joplin would have been very happy with this! 😊 Great fun!

    • @jeanwyotte8342
      @jeanwyotte8342 Год назад +1

      The ending of the original theme made me think it was by him haha

  • @amyvillanueva3442
    @amyvillanueva3442 2 года назад +33

    Since it was a British show it already sounded like it belonged in the early 1900s. Not exactly Ragtime but definitely from that era.

  • @governor_explosion
    @governor_explosion 2 года назад +109

    Even as a person who grew up on Thomas The Tank Engine, I can’t help but mentally insert the lyrics from the myriad Eminem and Biggie mashups whenever I hear this song.

    • @codylujan
      @codylujan 2 года назад +8

      C'MON M*********** C'MON

    • @mr.engineear0987
      @mr.engineear0987 Год назад

      Ever noticed the drum sound effect cover on the biggie smalls one? That’s why it sounds so good ay

  • @tcarnold6425
    @tcarnold6425 2 года назад +39

    Raised a MASSIVE smile at the end of a hard week! Nice one, sir!

  • @markfowlermusic
    @markfowlermusic 2 года назад +9

    Scott will there be any sheets for this? I'll buy them immediately. I thought your Mario piece was exceptional, but this is genius!

  • @XuiLeeEv
    @XuiLeeEv 2 года назад +11

    Wow, only up for an hour and my first time seeing this channel? RUclips algorithm on FIRE today, this cover is great!!!

  • @gabe_s_videos
    @gabe_s_videos 2 года назад +8

    I loved the insert of "Take the A Train"!
    (Thought it was "In The Mood" at first, but I was wrong)

  • @brianrunyon266
    @brianrunyon266 2 года назад +20

    Excellent adaptation. Hope you can adapt other themes used in the show when possible.

  • @bettyvaughn5714
    @bettyvaughn5714 2 года назад +11

    FUN! 🎉 Absolutely LOVE the nod to ‘The Duke’! 😉😄 Makes me smile…Enjoyed 44 years as a ‘Railroad Wife’!👌 Well done, Mr. B! 👍💖🎶

  • @draco4569
    @draco4569 Год назад +1

    There's only one problem I have with your music, but it's a big one. You never release sheet music of your works!! IT DRIVES ME CRAZY!! FIX THAT, PLEASE!!!!

  • @Mark_Bollinger
    @Mark_Bollinger 2 года назад +8

    If Thomas the Tank was turned into a western

  • @Reeceline
    @Reeceline 2 года назад +15

    Wow that timing after 1:34 was majestic 🤯

  • @bryanhenderson8807
    @bryanhenderson8807 2 года назад +7

    Loved that arrangement, Scott, and enjoyed the A Train in the middle.

  • @awhatsname
    @awhatsname 2 года назад +10

    That was always such a bop and I am glad to have a ✨ sophisticated ✨ version to listen to 😂

  • @KentuckyGinger
    @KentuckyGinger 2 года назад +7

    Golly, it sure is fun watching that piano being played!! Thanks for an extra fun one, Scott!💚

  • @whochick07
    @whochick07 2 года назад +2

    Does anyone else besides me remember Shining Time Station?

  • @StorytimewithGrammaB
    @StorytimewithGrammaB 9 месяцев назад +5

    I love Ragtime style music!

  • @Stellatale
    @Stellatale 2 года назад +3

    I'm getting marry today and this channel's song and pmj is been be with me from my travel to another city for my first job. Now I'm in another country for getting marry and glad to see new video is uploaded before go to wedding. Thank you for great music.

  • @steinklotz69
    @steinklotz69 2 года назад

    I think the original was already ragtime lol

  • @GeneralLeeStudiosBrian
    @GeneralLeeStudiosBrian 7 месяцев назад

    can we get a ragtime version of The Dukes Of Hazzard Theme by Josh Turner/John Schneider?

  • @Lilly8Listens
    @Lilly8Listens 2 года назад +4

    I would love to see you do a duet with You Tuber Brendan Kavanagh, now that would be really worth watching. He's getting close to 2 million subscribers, but I don't think he could top your version of Wellerman.

    • @markfowlermusic
      @markfowlermusic 2 года назад

      Are you mad? He's only popular because of his click bait cheap videos, he's not on Scott's level, not even remotely. Who cares how many subscribers someone has, means nothing and certainly not a reliable indication of how skilled or talented someone is.

    • @Lilly8Listens
      @Lilly8Listens 2 года назад

      @@markfowlermusic I never said anything different, I think Brendan is talented, but Scott is more talented, which is why I think more people need to discover him. Say what you like about Brendan, and I think your comments are a bit unfair, but he sure knows how to gain an audience. One last thing, subscribers and views DO matter, and someone with Scott's fabulous talent deserves far more of both in my view.

    • @markfowlermusic
      @markfowlermusic 2 года назад

      @@Lilly8Listens the most talented and skilled musicians usually have low subscriber and view counts on RUclips or most social media platforms. Subscribers and views represent what is popular with audiences, to gain this you do not need to be remotely good at anything. A classical pianist could be very talented and just play unknown pieces no one is searching for online...this means they won't get any hits etc.. Now take a musician who is very average but only plays songs and music that are popular and people actively search for online and you see my point hopefully.. Most of the top musicians in the world probably don't even use youtube.

    • @Lilly8Listens
      @Lilly8Listens 2 года назад

      @@markfowlermusic No argument from me Mark.

    • @markfowlermusic
      @markfowlermusic 2 года назад

      @@Lilly8Listens Scott is a far more accomplished musician than that joker Dr K... I think you and me both agree it should be the other way round if life was fair to artists, Scott should be the one with 2 million subs that's all I'm saying. I think you agree with me anyway, sorry for being rude and abrupt, take care.

  • @jays1109
    @jays1109 6 месяцев назад

    I wonder if he's just foot tapping to keep rhythm or doing some cool pedal technique

  • @ob2kenobi388
    @ob2kenobi388 Месяц назад

    Now I have the image in my head of him playing this on top of a small rail car, just rolling down the track with no train as everyone watches in confusion lol

  • @maddalonefarms
    @maddalonefarms Год назад

    Are we allowed to use this?

  • @LeotheTiger1234
    @LeotheTiger1234 2 года назад +5

    I hope the original composer or composers hear this. They'd love it.

    • @Tadfafty
      @Tadfafty 2 года назад +1

      I thought they were both dead.

    • @atadbitahistory9660
      @atadbitahistory9660 2 года назад +1

      ​@@Tadfafty Eh... minor details...

    • @LeotheTiger1234
      @LeotheTiger1234 2 года назад +6

      @@Tadfafty I think Mike O'Donnell is still alive, because he actually left a comment on a video by user insaneintherainmusic, complimenting him on his arrangement of the same song. (If you haven't heard that one, by the way, please listen to it; it's just as fabulous.)

    • @tobbs5410
      @tobbs5410 2 года назад +2

      @@Tadfafty Mike O'Donnel is definitely still alive and has a RUclips and Twitter account :)

  • @firedoc5
    @firedoc5 2 года назад +2

    The theme for "Pinky and the Brain" is still the best.

  • @tonybarde2572
    @tonybarde2572 8 месяцев назад

    Reminds me of those early 1900s Ice Cream Parlors

  • @hunterhalo2
    @hunterhalo2 4 месяца назад

    This is incredible, yet I feel the original is pretty close to ragtime already.

  • @ofkhod3638
    @ofkhod3638 2 месяца назад

    You play so very nicely and with your hands so flat, and it looks so weird to me lol

  • @venderstrat
    @venderstrat Год назад

    The Fat Controller (me) likes this. Luckily no one was hurt.

  • @paulsoluri6773
    @paulsoluri6773 8 месяцев назад

    Did I hear "The A Train" improvised into that great performance?

  • @jacquelinecarty8579
    @jacquelinecarty8579 6 месяцев назад

    Would have Sir Tohpham Hatt dancing!

  • @kaitlynhudson3659
    @kaitlynhudson3659 11 месяцев назад +1

    Wonderful arrangement! It doesn't look like the sheet music is out yet? Any idea when it will be released?

  • @LeonardoMaster2006
    @LeonardoMaster2006 Год назад

    Sounds a little jazzie... Hmm...

  • @ClearTrackSpeed
    @ClearTrackSpeed Год назад

    Thomas but it’s set in 1930s Chicago

  • @NSSignalGuy
    @NSSignalGuy Год назад +2

    Someone make a player piano roll of the Thomas theme

  • @XxSupermodder22xX
    @XxSupermodder22xX 5 месяцев назад

    So today found out i like ragtime music lmao

  • @tigergooner7214
    @tigergooner7214 8 дней назад

    Can you please do the Sting theme 🙏 ❤

  • @michaelhalsall5684
    @michaelhalsall5684 Год назад

    Thomas The Tank Engine theme for grown ups!

  • @bethanynicole871
    @bethanynicole871 2 года назад +2

    This deserves millions and millions of views

  • @jean-paulMeulyser
    @jean-paulMeulyser 7 месяцев назад +1

    🎉🎉❤😊

  • @zaydabbas1609
    @zaydabbas1609 6 месяцев назад

    Does anyone else feel the prince of bel air theme in here as well

  • @jonathanmather4773
    @jonathanmather4773 Год назад

    Who gave you the Confidence

  • @darthdadt
    @darthdadt 2 года назад +1

    0:08 sounds like super mario 2?

  • @scholberger
    @scholberger Месяц назад

    now that's some piani

  • @gabe_s_videos
    @gabe_s_videos Год назад

    This is the kind of music I imagine playing under a wacky chase scene in a silent comedy film.

  • @joshgellis3292
    @joshgellis3292 Год назад +3

    Wow... I'm American, but this has me feeling like I'm in some kind of British pub in 1921 or something. Really nice, pretty innocent tune that DOES make wanna dance fast with someone.

  • @jewel9246
    @jewel9246 Месяц назад

    I aspire to be like you

  • @Belznis
    @Belznis 2 года назад +1

    Ha ha, said to my self I want to listen to music today and then I see this :D But it does sound nice.

  • @tomwhite71
    @tomwhite71 Год назад +1

    Love it Scott. Any plans to release the sheet music for this one?

  • @mkozlinski
    @mkozlinski Год назад

    Do you know that Tom Lehrer gave away all his songs to Public Domain? I would wrestle in mud with my own aunt for a record "Scott Bradlee plays Tom Lehrer" :)

  • @VolkerundWallyMusic
    @VolkerundWallyMusic 2 года назад +1

    Very good Performance, great Video and Sound

  • @Mescherje
    @Mescherje Год назад +4

    I love the tuning and tone of that piano. Fits perfectly for ragtime.

  • @Nicholasjurica
    @Nicholasjurica 2 года назад +2

    Classic

  • @catedoge3206
    @catedoge3206 Год назад

    yuh

  • @WMSR_734
    @WMSR_734 2 года назад

    Dis popped up on my recommends and im already loving this (also Great Job Man!!!)

  • @AndreasIsenegger
    @AndreasIsenegger 2 года назад +1

    Thank you Scott, just wonderful.

  • @Phystininmalarghol
    @Phystininmalarghol 11 месяцев назад

    I could never play this but quite frankly this just sounds sloppy. I have never heard of rag time before but hi just sounds like cramped, sloppy fast piano. You can’t ever hear the original piano version in this until her gets to the chorus. Just my opinion. You’d get better reactions playing the original version than this in public. It’s almost unrecognizable 🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️

  • @sketx5
    @sketx5 2 года назад +1

    God I love ragtime

  • @Spintown
    @Spintown 2 года назад +1

    It makes a good ragtime tune.

  • @ScottKraft
    @ScottKraft 10 месяцев назад

    This is great! Would you please do a ragtime version of Maneater?

  • @LitteratureMaPassion
    @LitteratureMaPassion 8 месяцев назад

    WHAT BEAUTIFUL ADAPTATION 🤯SCOTT BRADLEE 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

  • @LoveAllCreations
    @LoveAllCreations 2 года назад +1

    Wow! That was awesome! 😀🤩

  • @catherineweaver8676
    @catherineweaver8676 2 года назад +1

    I really enjoyed this!

  • @madmack7501
    @madmack7501 2 года назад +1

    An great adaptation, hope to see more

  • @owenmaleski2203
    @owenmaleski2203 2 года назад

    Honestly, this doesn't sound too different from the original version

  • @alexeyv.sokolov78
    @alexeyv.sokolov78 2 года назад +1

    Scott, 𝄆 bravo 𝄇

  • @weegie3343
    @weegie3343 Год назад

    I always knew it was ragtime right from the bat

  • @ИгорьС-т7ч
    @ИгорьС-т7ч 2 года назад

    Accidently found your channel, please, play more!

  • @elitemation
    @elitemation 2 года назад +1

    I love your covers man

  • @JakeHawken
    @JakeHawken 7 месяцев назад

    Nice weaving in of Take the A Train!

  • @animatorireenie8319
    @animatorireenie8319 2 года назад +1

    Sounds great!

  • @mahnamahna4001
    @mahnamahna4001 2 года назад

    A nod to Black and White Rag, Scott?

  • @pringlesjames
    @pringlesjames Год назад

    YOOOOOOOO THIS IS FIRE 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @cziffrathegreat666
    @cziffrathegreat666 Год назад

    I see some horowitz technique there ;)

  • @islandmaster5064
    @islandmaster5064 2 года назад +1

    Love the tune

  • @powerphone99
    @powerphone99 Год назад

    Holy fuck this is banging

  • @sharkh20
    @sharkh20 2 года назад

    The original is almost ragtime.

  • @MewGirlZ
    @MewGirlZ 2 года назад

    Oh, this is fantastic to wake up to!

  • @pauletheridge2412
    @pauletheridge2412 8 месяцев назад

    That piano was in heaven.

  • @76vetten
    @76vetten 9 месяцев назад

    God that was good.

  • @petew22
    @petew22 7 месяцев назад

    Fantastic skill!

  • @xjoy1163
    @xjoy1163 2 года назад

    This was wonderful

  • @animesis
    @animesis 2 года назад

    we need a score of this.

  • @Meuw858
    @Meuw858 2 года назад

    Awesome :-D

  • @-______-______-
    @-______-______- Год назад

    Super!

  • @zacharymiele9927
    @zacharymiele9927 2 года назад

    Wonderful 👍🏻

  • @CHUNGAandNANOOK
    @CHUNGAandNANOOK Год назад

    This guys on some crazy stuff

    • @CHUNGAandNANOOK
      @CHUNGAandNANOOK Год назад

      I feel like the schizophrenia meds kick in at ~1:20 😂

  • @shhh3281
    @shhh3281 2 года назад

    Wonderful!

  • @mahnamahna4001
    @mahnamahna4001 2 года назад

    It had to be done! 👏

  • @deeznutz3712
    @deeznutz3712 2 года назад

    What a freakin Thomas. 👏