Major-General's Song from The Pirates of Penzance - live and with lyrics!

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  • Опубликовано: 28 дек 2024

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  • @07calabria
    @07calabria 5 лет назад +3761

    “I’m very good at integral and differential calculus”
    God, I wish I was a modern major-general

    • @adamkurowski1934
      @adamkurowski1934 5 лет назад +131

      Well he's a model modern major-general, you could be a shit modern major-general :d

    • @bobjoe4888
      @bobjoe4888 5 лет назад +34

      You'll never guess what I'm doing while listening to that part of the song

    • @theultimatebro9278
      @theultimatebro9278 5 лет назад +26

      @@bobjoe4888 my mother

    • @allanrichardson1468
      @allanrichardson1468 4 года назад +14

      Give the job to a modern mainframe terminal!

    • @foxcraft5215
      @foxcraft5215 4 года назад +6

      u mean, u wish u were the very model of a modern major general

  • @bastionboi6552
    @bastionboi6552 5 лет назад +1274

    That actor when he has to sing this song:
    *Had to be me. Someone else might have gotten it wrong.*

    • @bru9383
      @bru9383 5 лет назад +27

      AGH! My heart!

    • @88larei
      @88larei 5 лет назад +21

      Bastion Boi
      I understood that reference :)

    • @johncarriere2911
      @johncarriere2911 3 года назад +12

      I have an urge to test seashells right now after listening to this..😭

    • @im13sandman
      @im13sandman 2 года назад +1

      666 likes ...yikea

    • @Ircy2012
      @Ircy2012 29 дней назад

      ​@@im13sandman it's just a number, you have to go past it to reach any number beyond it. Also in some versions it was 616 but modern churches like to ignore that detail

  • @fredo1070
    @fredo1070 7 лет назад +2431

    Major General is the Godfather of Rap.

    • @neonyeko
      @neonyeko 5 лет назад +54

      Sadly we lost the elegance in modern day.

    • @trucetruce335
      @trucetruce335 5 лет назад +71

      Chairman Neoneko!
      “ ÒwÓ Today’s music SUCKS. I *hate* my generation.
      I only listen to monkey oots and insect buzzing from 1000000000000000 years ago.
      I’m _SO_ much smarter and elegant than everyone else because I have a different music taste 😤 uwu”

    • @ritawing1064
      @ritawing1064 5 лет назад +9

      Oh well said! Good one!

    • @godspeedhxh1206
      @godspeedhxh1206 5 лет назад +42

      The major general walked so Eminem could run

    • @arielbemeliahu8619
      @arielbemeliahu8619 5 лет назад +15

      @@trucetruce335 what an old man you are. I listen to neanderthals banging rocks

  • @divinity1984
    @divinity1984 7 лет назад +3243

    I’m in my school musical, and we’re doing this play! I’m the modern major-general.
    *...god help me.*

    • @henryjiang9664
      @henryjiang9664 7 лет назад +286

      ComedyBits Good luck with being good with Integral Calculus and Differential Equations.

    • @chrisgbresciani
      @chrisgbresciani 6 лет назад +35

      Wow me right now

    • @rubenderegge8198
      @rubenderegge8198 6 лет назад +32

      Major-general

    • @elijahkelley7616
      @elijahkelley7616 5 лет назад +16

      How'd it go?

    • @boobiye
      @boobiye 5 лет назад +44

      Don't worry! Do what Peter did!
      I am the djwjejrughxbjsiehrhf General sjrutufbdbsjsjrhfbx dndbdjdnsbdjd mineral dbxjebgjdjsbrbfh historical fjdjejrnfjdn with the eggs on top

  • @Devonimp
    @Devonimp 3 года назад +190

    The patter is fantastically intricate and well delivered, and I love the jovial buffonishness of the Major-General.
    But what sells this scene to me is the pirate captains look of absolute 'WTF is going on right now.' through the entire song XD

  • @Paco0parla
    @Paco0parla 3 года назад +231

    I have seen some renditions of the part of mayor general by now in youtube, and I like very much how each one makes a different interpretation of the character. Some actors play it with seriousness and solemnity, other do it in a cocky way, and this one simply makes the character to play along the scene. It is so funny each new time.

    • @SevCaswell
      @SevCaswell 2 года назад +9

      It is interesting also to see how many lyrics get 'updated' to make current and more local references and jokes. As the song was originally full of digs and references to the current political and military leaders of the time.

    • @redpug5042
      @redpug5042 2 года назад +3

      gotta love theater

    • @cindydott452
      @cindydott452 2 года назад +6

      I love the version where the major general makes his entrance by swooping down a slide, while standing!

  • @Musicfan1020
    @Musicfan1020 4 года назад +1151

    I have seen a bunch of versions of this on RUclips, and while this guy is good, I think the best version is from a Canadian Festival in 1985 where the general enters coming down a slide (hidden behind rocks).

    • @Musicfan1020
      @Musicfan1020 4 года назад +37

      @riflemanusa YES! That's the one! Got to love it!

    • @reichtangle7734
      @reichtangle7734 4 года назад +42

      @@Musicfan1020 What happened to his reply? For those who didn’t see it, he said: when he says when he can tell a Mauser rifle from a javelin, he throws the flag like a javelin!

    • @Musicfan1020
      @Musicfan1020 4 года назад +3

      @@reichtangle7734 I don’t know. Maybe he deleted his profile?

    • @reichtangle7734
      @reichtangle7734 4 года назад +1

      @@Musicfan1020 Yeah probably.

    • @omnirhythm
      @omnirhythm 3 года назад +18

      It's this one, for those wondering: ruclips.net/video/hlTisI_HSgw/видео.html

  • @defox5019
    @defox5019 4 года назад +599

    So basically he knows everything except what he needs to know to be the very model of a modern Major General...
    I reccomend a promotion.

    • @chrisdaniels3929
      @chrisdaniels3929 4 года назад +12

      That'll shift him out of the way!

    • @BlackMonk66
      @BlackMonk66 4 года назад +19

      No. Most of what he claims to know is nonsense. For instance, just how do you hum a fugue?

    • @defox5019
      @defox5019 4 года назад +12

      @@BlackMonk66 science

    • @BlackMonk66
      @BlackMonk66 4 года назад +9

      @@defox5019 You mean by genetically modifying someone to have at least two mouths, so they'll be able to hum separate lines? Yeah, that could work.

    • @reichtangle7734
      @reichtangle7734 4 года назад +7

      @@BlackMonk66 Maybe he does have 2 mouths

  • @amadeusamwater
    @amadeusamwater 5 лет назад +462

    Heck, I can tell a Mauser from a javelin, but that calculus stuff is way outside my league.

    • @deeznoots6241
      @deeznoots6241 5 лет назад +57

      amadeusamwater that’s the point, he has barely a rudimentary knowledge of military matters despite being very knowledgable about everything else.

    • @allanrichardson1468
      @allanrichardson1468 4 года назад +11

      Eat lots of fig NEWTONS and you can understand calculus. Would I LEIBNITZ to you? Or move to Little Rock (that’s what “calculus” means).

    • @adicawidasuparman9144
      @adicawidasuparman9144 4 года назад +11

      @@deeznoots6241 so that's why he's only better in tactics than a novice in a nunnery

    • @royaldakat5833
      @royaldakat5833 3 года назад +1

      you ever tried integrals? quite the pain

  • @geoffreywilson7008
    @geoffreywilson7008 Год назад +71

    This man's preening prose and puffery is of enough significance to make pirates pause plundering and ponder puzzledly, and pushes me to produce a piece of whimsy guff packed full of the letter P... I ran out of wind and posted anyway for one more proficient to finish properly.

    • @slots1407
      @slots1407 6 месяцев назад +3

      Excellent, sir! (raises hat)

  • @HubrisInc
    @HubrisInc 5 лет назад +3136

    Why does the set look like the inside of an airport terminal

    • @darrenclements
      @darrenclements 5 лет назад +608

      Wait ... Got it !
      Ahough the Express rail fare is honestly quite criminal,
      Its marginally quicker and it gets you to the terminal,
      They say the tube is quicker but I haven't got an Oyster Card,
      I tried to find a ticket booth but actually it's rather hard;
      When you've gone through security and wound your way through duty free
      This is the modern paradigm of traveller anonymity.

    • @rogerkearns8094
      @rogerkearns8094 4 года назад +440

      Yes, it is indeed a model of a modern major terminal.

    • @rogerkearns8094
      @rogerkearns8094 4 года назад +31

      @@chocolatesouljah
      Too kind, thank you. Now, get you back to work. ;)

    • @travistommy8864
      @travistommy8864 4 года назад +20

      @@darrenclements fucking hilarious

    • @Laceykat66
      @Laceykat66 4 года назад +7

      @@travistommy8864 Which is what SHE said last night.

  • @howardsmith9342
    @howardsmith9342 5 лет назад +108

    "That infernal nonsense Pinafore," great stuff!

  • @ironwolf56
    @ironwolf56 8 месяцев назад +16

    I like how the implication of this performance of this song is that their father does this so often that the daughters have an entire backup routine for it.

  • @ilovemuslimfood666
    @ilovemuslimfood666 4 года назад +319

    Operas used to diss each other back then??? That verse about that “nonsense from the Pinafore” made me do a double take.

    • @cameronscott9399
      @cameronscott9399 4 года назад +144

      Actually both are written by the same people lol

    • @wordforger
      @wordforger 3 года назад +77

      Gilbert taking a dig at himself there since he wrote the thing. :P

    • @chooseyourpoison5105
      @chooseyourpoison5105 2 года назад +46

      Gilbert didn't take himself too seriously and made a joke about his own operetta. Bit like how Disney took the piss in The Lion King when Zazu starts singing "It's a Small World" and Scar yells "No! ANYTHING but that!"

    • @cmlazar
      @cmlazar Год назад +10

      Both written by Gilbert and Sullivan

    • @BookshelfQBattler
      @BookshelfQBattler 7 месяцев назад +9

      Gilbert and Sullivan wrote Pinafore so they were doing self deprecating humor

  • @benoitdot3756
    @benoitdot3756 5 лет назад +345

    1:25 Did a character from a Gilbert and Sullivan musical just insult Gilbert and Sullivan?

    • @peter-william
      @peter-william 5 лет назад +20

      Yep

    • @peter-william
      @peter-william 5 лет назад +29

      4th wall break

    • @Finzun
      @Finzun 5 лет назад +8

      Sometimes people hate themselves

    • @RealHogweed
      @RealHogweed 5 лет назад +51

      Also happens in tge finale of mozart don giovanni, when leporello recognizes an aria from "the marriage of Figaro" and utters "i know this one, unfortunately"

    • @benoitpellet1657
      @benoitpellet1657 4 года назад +13

      Yep - and it was in the original lyrics, too. Gilbert knew how to make fun of himself.

  • @colinsmith6116
    @colinsmith6116 2 месяца назад +9

    That was great. How the Major General can remember the words, and sing them so quickly really amazes me.

    • @Leah-nx1rk
      @Leah-nx1rk 2 месяца назад

      he isn't the very model of a modern major general for nothing

  • @Dwamak
    @Dwamak 8 лет назад +327

    Best song to sing as your cirriculum vitae when you make a job application.

  • @samrizzardi2213
    @samrizzardi2213 8 лет назад +187

    The second daughter from the left is so hilariously enthusiastic

    • @Dan-ob7it
      @Dan-ob7it 8 лет назад +30

      Kinda cute, too...

    • @por22ito
      @por22ito 7 лет назад +2

      Who wouldn't be if you get to sing in this song :)

    • @Milordvega
      @Milordvega 5 лет назад +18

      Is she the one who draws the right triangle during the "square of the hypotenuse" line (0:42) ? So cute and plucky

    • @SaxandRelax
      @SaxandRelax 4 года назад +3

      she’s really good lmao

  • @CookingWithJackDaniels
    @CookingWithJackDaniels 4 года назад +10

    Have I heard this song many times?
    Yes
    Will I click it every time it shows up in my recommended?
    Absolutely!

  • @OmegaBlack2609
    @OmegaBlack2609 7 лет назад +575

    Basically a Modern Major General is a living encyclopedia?

    •  7 лет назад +10

      Yes, the joke is that he knows everything _but_ that which a general should know

    • @mr.silbergleit5724
      @mr.silbergleit5724 6 лет назад +12

      Dubem Ogwulumba actually not true if you'd listen to it all

    • @ashleydaniel6467
      @ashleydaniel6467 6 лет назад +101

      During the 19th century officers in the British army would often buy their commissions. So they were well educated but not always intelligent or good officers. The plucky and adventurous bit for example could refer to the poorly thought out cavalry charges that were common at the time. Men chasing glory would ride with sabers drawn straight into the bayonets of French farmers. You pretty much have hit the nail on the head though.

    • @namingisdifficult408
      @namingisdifficult408 6 лет назад +40

      Han5 Wermhat he also says that his military knowledge “has only been brought down to the beginning of the century “

    • @charleslawrenceperkins9808
      @charleslawrenceperkins9808 6 лет назад +8

      That's right! Our Man M-M-G was Wikipedia before there was Wikipedia.

  • @DoomFinger511
    @DoomFinger511 5 лет назад +722

    That was the weirdest version of The Pirates of the Caribbean I ever watched.

    • @clivegoodman16
      @clivegoodman16 5 лет назад +19

      It is "The Pirates of Penzance".

    • @artemreinhart747
      @artemreinhart747 5 лет назад +23

      Clive Goodman oh wow I didn’t know that... it isn’t like the *title* says it.

    • @danielgelber4494
      @danielgelber4494 5 лет назад +8

      So it would seem.

    • @3dPrint_and_chill
      @3dPrint_and_chill 5 лет назад +13

      @@clivegoodman16 woooooosh

    • @davidabowen
      @davidabowen 5 лет назад +5

      Clive Goodman i think its a joke... jesus.

  • @JustineWittich
    @JustineWittich 6 месяцев назад +4

    He made it to the end, and never missed a syllable of Gilbert's insane lyrics. Fantastic!

  • @HighCrystal
    @HighCrystal 4 года назад +133

    He is the very model of a man who drives a Cavalier
    He’d like to have a Griffin but he found that it was much too dear
    He would have had a Jaguar, it really is a lovely car
    But in the end he settled for a light blue Vauxhall Cavalier
    Wrote that for a friend of mine who sadly is now dead. RIP Peter

    • @jamessuselessfacts5736
      @jamessuselessfacts5736 3 года назад

      My FrIeNd iS dEaD gIvE Me LiKeS

    • @xjayy1613
      @xjayy1613 3 года назад

      @@jamessuselessfacts5736 What is wrong with you? You make me hate people like yourself basement bottom feeder.

    • @reseballisho1587
      @reseballisho1587 2 года назад +1

      Hehehehehe hey lois I died before my friend could write this song too me

    • @NiennaFan1
      @NiennaFan1 15 дней назад

      I'm sorry you lost your friend nd your friend never got a cooler car but I like the lyrics!

  • @marypagones6073
    @marypagones6073 3 года назад +60

    The girls' reactions are pitch-perfect! They really make the song.

    • @Ryan-wx8of
      @Ryan-wx8of 7 месяцев назад

      Those backup singers were so badly out of sync and hard to understand, I wouldn't be surprised if they had never practiced once.

  • @cdrocrossdiscovery
    @cdrocrossdiscovery Год назад +20

    I've lost count how many times I've attempted this song and ended up a babbling mess. Any performer that can get through this song without getting mush-mouthed is my hero!

  • @Danirider12
    @Danirider12 5 лет назад +197

    I am the very model of a scientist salarian, I've studied species turian, asari, and batarian.
    I'm quite good at genetics (as a subset of biology) because i am an expert (which i know is a tautology).
    My xenoscience studies range from urban to agrarian, I am the very model of a scientist salarian.

    • @jorenvanderark3567
      @jorenvanderark3567 4 года назад +1

      WTF?

    • @Brainwashed101
      @Brainwashed101 4 года назад +6

      @@jorenvanderark3567 Mass Effect 2 reference!

    • @scotchrobbins
      @scotchrobbins 4 года назад +15

      IN SHORT IN STUDIES RANGING FROM THE URBAN TO AGRARIAN, HE IS THE VERY MODEL OF A SCIENTIST SALARIAN.

    • @varric
      @varric 4 года назад +2

      I knew that someone was going to quote Mordin Solus LMAO

    • @varric
      @varric 4 года назад +1

      @@jorenvanderark3567 ruclips.net/video/umN7YOsmGl4/видео.html

  • @metallicarchaea1820
    @metallicarchaea1820 11 месяцев назад +19

    Eminem has been real quiet when this dropped

  • @pauls7056
    @pauls7056 6 лет назад +16

    I love this song. This chap does it best of all - with his acting. Every time I watch it I giggle. Great job. G&S would think this is the best. I'm sure.

  • @Rick_King
    @Rick_King 3 месяца назад +2

    "Have you ever known what it is to be an orphan?"
    "Often!"
    I love this play, and was lucky to see it twice in Los Angeles in 1980, with Barry Bostwick, Andy Gibb and Pam Dawber!

  • @hi-im-lugh9570
    @hi-im-lugh9570 7 лет назад +62

    A girl in my drama class has been sentenced to preform this song in monologue form, I wish her the best of luck

  • @sedwards2207
    @sedwards2207 3 месяца назад +5

    Just a shout out for the costumes which are absolutely beautiful! ❤

  • @poly_hexamethyl
    @poly_hexamethyl 4 года назад +18

    Old guy must be pretty fit to have the breath to sing such long phrases right after jumping around like that.

  • @GroundhogRoy
    @GroundhogRoy 2 года назад +7

    Love the 19th century backdrop.

  • @allanrichardson1468
    @allanrichardson1468 4 года назад +65

    Tom Lehrer did a hilarious takeoff on the tune of this song around 1960, naming the chemical elements in no particular order, through nobelium (atomic number 102), closing with “There may be many others but they haven’t been discahvered,” pronounced to rhyme with “Hahvahd.”

    • @zr3755
      @zr3755 Год назад

      These are the only ones of which the news has come to Harvard

    • @GhostLink92
      @GhostLink92 Год назад

      Mass Effect also did a take on this with "Scientist Salarian".

  • @cthulhufhtagn2483
    @cthulhufhtagn2483 4 года назад +27

    "In conics I can floor peculiarities parabolous."
    Wow. Just...wow. Learning that line must take as much work as that feat.

  • @jaxhoffalot2812
    @jaxhoffalot2812 3 года назад +6

    This is at or near the pinnacle of our culture.

  • @kimber1066
    @kimber1066 7 лет назад +5

    The chorus here is a lot of fun to watch, especially at the Pinafore and sat as he parts.

  • @timothymccormick5208
    @timothymccormick5208 3 года назад +21

    This song changes EVERY time I hear it... how many variations are there? (and I would absoLUTELY love to have a copy of the movie with Angela Lansbury).

  • @carolvogelman5261
    @carolvogelman5261 5 лет назад +7

    Trying to learn Gilbert and Sullivan lyrics is so much more fun than word puzzles! I should think would keep one's mind pretty sharp!

  • @jamesevaggelou5889
    @jamesevaggelou5889 4 года назад +6

    Absolutely marvelous!!! I want to go to the theatre only for the major general.

  • @robertshorthill6836
    @robertshorthill6836 Год назад +3

    I had a Patrick Sky record album from the '60s, with guest Mississippi John Hurt singing Gibert and Sullivan! The lyrics were, "Gilbert and Sullivan". Everybody laughed, a great song. Then I discovered this one. Just as good.

  • @richardduployen6429
    @richardduployen6429 3 года назад +5

    The performer directed me decades ago in a London opera group called Opera Viva. He underplays it & doesn't gabble it. Personally I always do the military accent.

  • @jaspergregorio9774
    @jaspergregorio9774 5 лет назад +83

    "Had to be me. Anyone else might've gotten it wrong."

    • @PURPLECATDUDE7734
      @PURPLECATDUDE7734 4 года назад +4

      “Genophage cured. Krogan free. New beginning, for all of us”

    • @varric
      @varric 4 года назад +1

      @@PURPLECATDUDE7734 If you makes him sing in ME2, Mordin begun to sing instead of saying that.

  • @ronnig4009
    @ronnig4009 7 лет назад +7

    His voice is AWESOME!

  • @kimberlysmith579
    @kimberlysmith579 3 года назад +6

    I remember listening to this song (entire album) back in 68/69. I played it on my mini HiFi over and over.
    I’m now 63 years old and I’m still listen to this day.❤️🎶

  • @allreligionismidcontroll
    @allreligionismidcontroll Год назад +5

    He really is, in matters vegetable, animal and mineral, the very model of a modern major-general

  • @farche2
    @farche2 9 лет назад +231

    Was it my imagination, or did the ladies chorus sound all out of sync with each other and the orchestra

    • @mikehammer8334
      @mikehammer8334 7 лет назад +20

      Frank Ch. Eigler Whenever I try singing this it comes out completely fucked

    • @lindsayolh
      @lindsayolh 5 лет назад +6

      Agreed. Slightly better later.

    • @PoseidonRM
      @PoseidonRM 5 лет назад +2

      Yeah, not great.

    • @anniespencer7879
      @anniespencer7879 4 года назад +4

      And they squeal and giggle too much.

    • @dizzyology7514
      @dizzyology7514 4 года назад +1

      My thought exactly. I had thought that this would serve as a nice tribute to Sir Peter Jonas, who was General Director of the English National Opera from 1985-1993 and who died on April 22, 2020. But the scrappy chorus singing does the production little credit. (I then discovered that the show dates from June 2015 and was posted at that time, so we can absolve Jonas from any association with this one.) R.I.P anyway, Sir Peter.

  • @lesliesheppard2503
    @lesliesheppard2503 3 месяца назад

    Gilbert and Sullivan operas are simply wonderful.

  • @stopmessingwithyt
    @stopmessingwithyt Год назад +5

    "Then I can hum a fugue of which I've heard the music's din afore,
    And whistle all the airs from that infernal nonsense Pinafore."
    O Gilbert and Sullivan, you sly lads. :)

    • @TotalDramaHarold
      @TotalDramaHarold Год назад +2

      I love how they call their own play infernal nonsense

  • @grahampearson5670
    @grahampearson5670 2 года назад +4

    I've read about WS Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan. This song is the most notable in the Gilbert & Sullivan opera The Pirates of Penzance.

  • @みつあん-q8c
    @みつあん-q8c 8 месяцев назад

    Hello from Japan.
    I am using a translator.
    I listened to Tom Lehrer's "The elements song" translated into Japanese when I was in elementary school.
    I recently found out that the original song is "Major-General's Song" and came here to listen to it.
    It's a very good song with an addictive quality that makes me listen to it over and over again.
    Thank you for the opportunity to meet this song.
    I also like "Major-General's Song" sung by Minion(*ˊ˘ˋ*)♡

  • @strugglingcollegestudent
    @strugglingcollegestudent 3 года назад +8

    I’ve memorized about half of it. Just got the Babylonic cuneiform and Caracas’s uniform stanza down. I already feel so accomplished.

    • @HDilk
      @HDilk 3 года назад

      agreed

  • @robertmmm7
    @robertmmm7 3 месяца назад +1

    Hell yeah! That was awesome!

  • @princessraban2al
    @princessraban2al 5 лет назад +4

    My friend was the main character as the General and he did great on the fast songs! 😊

  • @Themaxxrad99
    @Themaxxrad99 3 года назад +3

    This man fucking killed it, that salute at the end you can feel the "FUCK YEAH!" coming off it. Absolutely love it.

  • @johnmarlin7269
    @johnmarlin7269 Год назад +1

    One of the most fun roles in the theatre.

  • @rickoc6435
    @rickoc6435 5 лет назад +1

    About ten years ago I saw this performed in Tombstone AZ at the Bird Cage Theater. It was great, anyone in the neighborhood should stop by.

  • @Lolawestie
    @Lolawestie 4 года назад +7

    After nearly 10 minutes after hearing the McDonald's menu song from the 80's and recognizing the tune from my music history class, I have finally found the original song the McDonald's menu song was based off of lmao

  • @davidstedeford387
    @davidstedeford387 4 года назад +6

    This is a patter song the name patter derives from Pater Noster (Our Father) and refers to the speed at which the Lord's Prayer was sometimes recited. This mustbe the best-known of all G&S's patter songs (nothing to do with rap) and how anyone can get through it without losing the words is beyond me!

  • @lauratang6550
    @lauratang6550 9 лет назад +18

    This makes me laugh every time. Great job!

    • @jameslong672
      @jameslong672 7 лет назад

      Laura Tang cos of family guy haha

  • @PointyTailofSatan
    @PointyTailofSatan 3 месяца назад +2

    For an old guy, he's got a good set of lungs.

  • @alanshadastrokeanddiedinho2897
    @alanshadastrokeanddiedinho2897 5 лет назад +37

    Gilbert and Sullivan making fun of their on operetta
    That infernal nonsense Pinafore.

  • @thatguyinelnorte
    @thatguyinelnorte 2 месяца назад +1

    Well done that man!

  • @PhilipJackson03
    @PhilipJackson03 5 лет назад +4

    If you fully remember this I must give you my 100% respect.

  • @pheenix42
    @pheenix42 6 лет назад +91

    ♪I am the very model of a scientist Salarian!♪

    • @briegookin2112
      @briegookin2112 5 лет назад +14

      Someone else might have gotten it wrong. ;)

    • @alexanderjones84
      @alexanderjones84 4 года назад +2

      When matters come back tactical, and physics theoretical, I am the very model of a modern major general!

    • @varric
      @varric 4 года назад +1

      I broke Omega's one rule... In more ways than one.

  • @bronwynecg
    @bronwynecg 3 месяца назад

    Aaaahhhhh memories with Mordin Solus… ☺️😜👍🏽

  • @amhunter7556
    @amhunter7556 Год назад +2

    My very favourite of all G&S - and it's a hard choice! But let's face it, Pirates is absolute superior pantomime at it's very best!

  • @nodisalsi
    @nodisalsi 2 года назад +3

    The medals the Maj-General wears look real. They are (from top down and left to right):
    Sutlej Medal (1846) Punjab Medal (1849) Army of India Medal (1851)
    (possibly) South Africa Medal (1853) (possibly) Baltic Medal (1856) Empress of India Medal (1877)
    Indian Mutiny Medal (1858) India General Service Medal (1854) Crimean War Medal (1854)

  • @lukacunningham342
    @lukacunningham342 Год назад +4

    This guy may need some water afterwards

  • @Mnnvint
    @Mnnvint 4 года назад +18

    You kind of see where Monthy Python got a lot of their style from.

  • @SophStevenson
    @SophStevenson 6 лет назад +15

    Can’t stop singing the elements song instead of the real lyrics 😂

  • @MarissaBrigitte
    @MarissaBrigitte 4 года назад +3

    I’m in this show rn! It’s sm fun 💖

  • @hugh0221
    @hugh0221 9 лет назад +11

    Wish I could hear David SUCHET singing this - although we won't be hearing "Poirot's the very model of a modern major detective~" anymore.

    • @KimmyQueen
      @KimmyQueen 8 лет назад +2

      He did this at one point as poirot for a lark?

  • @saturnalia9220
    @saturnalia9220 6 лет назад +60

    THE ORIGINAL RAP GOD.

  • @bpvadm
    @bpvadm 4 года назад +2

    excellent, and with this "tongue breaking" text

  • @TheGuy-kb5mh
    @TheGuy-kb5mh 4 года назад +4

    My dude can tell a Mauser rifle from a javelin. Truly a learned man.

  • @ogaoms8985
    @ogaoms8985 11 месяцев назад +2

    This is what school thinks we're like, when we graduate 😂😂😂

  • @Matthew-li7we
    @Matthew-li7we 4 года назад

    I watched ONE video about this.. this THING, and now I get them all over my recommendations! I have no idea what the hell is going on in the UK, but I like this.

  • @sifridbassoon
    @sifridbassoon 5 лет назад +10

    Didn't anyone tell these people that if they watched the conductor, she would keep them all together?

    • @bassoprimo
      @bassoprimo 5 лет назад

      ... and if the conductor followed the soloist in the first place then it might just about work!

  • @jimmyyu2184
    @jimmyyu2184 4 года назад +11

    That is freakin' great when all the ladies sang the line "Commisary-ate" (watch all their reaction, that is great, also!!) and surprised the heck out of him... If one does not know, that is his line, not the chorus' line. =)))

  • @tr9809
    @tr9809 6 лет назад

    I saw this at the National Theatre, it was superb!

  • @dotandgrahamxxxx4487
    @dotandgrahamxxxx4487 4 года назад

    Love this. Opera.

  • @ElizabethAftons_Fan
    @ElizabethAftons_Fan Год назад +1

    We’re learning this at a musical theatre club and I had to study it due to the test we have so this helped! :)

  • @km6qxe776
    @km6qxe776 2 года назад +2

    I so want to hear Daveed Digs perform this.

  • @monarchist1838
    @monarchist1838 7 лет назад +14

    With the eggs on top!

  • @betty5064
    @betty5064 2 месяца назад +1

    Very clever stage design.

  • @robbinshome100
    @robbinshome100 4 года назад +1

    Stan Farrow (G&S pianist) Serenata Singers Toronto: The double chorus "When the Foeman Bares His Steel" from the movie version on RUclips of "The Pirates of Penzance". The lyrics are printed on the screen to follow along. The men's chorus are the Keystone Kops-type policemen and the women's chorus are the wards of the Major General, encouraging the police to be brave while scaring them out of their wits by sending them to glory and death! Sullivan was at his best meshing the two melodies together in the second half, even if the movie presentation isn't perhaps the most accurately musical. It can provide some much-needed humour for us singers. (Stan)

  • @iankinney439
    @iankinney439 Год назад +1

    I just showed this video to a modern Major-General. Lol 😂

  • @jakeryker546
    @jakeryker546 5 лет назад +22

    I wish Eminem would try being a modern major general xD

  • @Char1iBr0wn
    @Char1iBr0wn 2 года назад

    Bravo! That could not be easy to remember!

  • @donaldcallard227
    @donaldcallard227 2 года назад +9

    Absolutely love G and S. Grew up with it in the 1950’s and know most of the words from several of their operettas. While the music is incredible, don’t overlook the meaning of the lyrics making fun of the Kings and Queens of England at that time, particularly the “Monarch of the Sea “in HMS Pinafore (I thought so little that they reward me by making me the Ruler of the Queens navy “.)

  • @kushalpaul2405
    @kushalpaul2405 2 года назад +3

    Papa Mama Loca Pipa

  • @sakkikoyumikishi
    @sakkikoyumikishi 10 месяцев назад

    My choir is putting The Pirates of Penzances on with the local opera house in July and now I'm watching this (and occasionally the xkcd version when I need something to unwind) on repeat.
    Pros: I definitely know all of the lyrics by heart now.
    Cons: I definitely know *all* of the lyrics by heart now. Including those of the soloist and also the alternative xkcd lyrics. Oh well 😂

  • @mencken8
    @mencken8 Год назад +1

    “There’s antimony, arsenic, aluminum, selenium-“

  • @nigelmorgan3449
    @nigelmorgan3449 5 лет назад

    Great on the stage

  • @mensamoo
    @mensamoo 8 лет назад +21

    I see what they say about the Ikea set....

  • @Juliett-A
    @Juliett-A 4 года назад +2

    Those ladies are just have having so much fun.

  • @raulparrado1547
    @raulparrado1547 2 года назад +4

    The song that makes Mass Effect players cry xd

  • @SafetyMentalst
    @SafetyMentalst 4 года назад +2

    Thanks to @DarrellMunn for the Share ..

  • @Fummy007
    @Fummy007 4 года назад +11

    "Sat a gee" means "rode a horse"