Rupert Holmes at Rockers On Broadway talks about & plays Escape (The Piña Colada Song) 10-15-12
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- Опубликовано: 24 авг 2024
- Rupert Holmes tells his own intimate behind the music story about the writing and recording of Escape (The Piña Colada Song) followed by a performance of the song. Recorded at the 2012 Rockers On Broadway benefit at The Cutting Room in New York City on October 15, 2012. Available in HD quality. Select 720p or 1080p.
He went from looking like an 8th-grade math teacher to someone's awesome uncle.
reminds me of charles emerson winchester
From the 70s to 80s
He kinda look like professor of money heist back then
David Koresh!!!!
Bad example I know but that is who he reminded me of!!
😅😅😅
It's great that he can still have fun with this song after all these years.
Kind of a hard song to get sick of
Rupert Holmes is a brilliant singer, songwriter and performer. A truly unique talent and long may he continue.
Fuck all the negative comments.
@@logicalnetwork1611 where are the negative comments
He still looking like a math teacher
He's still got the voice, talented guy.
A lot of artists can barely sing after 50 years old. He's very much still got it! Really nice to hear. And the sense of humor and not taking yourself so seriously. Really great performance!
i had no idea he was such a comedian :-) thx
Comes through in the song!
I really can't imagine how he feels looking at the smiles of the people while listening something you created. Sure one of the best feelings on this planet!
Rupert Holmes is a brilliant artist who has not been given his due. One only has only to read his books, or short stories, or plays, or to listen to his Widescreen, Pursuit of Happinesss, or Singles ( or any!) of his albums, or read the wit and humanity of any of his interviews, to know and receive the great mind and spirit of this man. Rupert is a man to be celebrated! He is 65 now. I only hope the world will recognize and toast him before he is gone.
This is just one of those songs that takes you back! Will forever be a classic-thanks Rupert!
This man is such an underrated genius..
I urge you to listen to the entire partners in crime album!
Lunch hour & answering machine are such bangers!!
My heart is crying 😭 I love this song!
I can’t stop smiling!
He still sounds phenomenal! Any time I'm flipping thru the stations in the car and this song is on, it stays on.
He still got it on 2012 :-D
And in 2022 he is still here and drinking Pina Coladas.
I love the song, the singer, everything. Love, love, love it!!!!
The story in the song seems to be a bummer, but when the hubby and wife re-discover each other, it has an awesome ending! I always thought that this was some party song about drinking (hence the reference to Pina Coladas), and it wasn't until around 2007 (when my Dad and I were having a random conversation about the song), that I was told that it was a husband, getting ready to leave with his new flame, that ended up being his wife. AWESOME! A 1979 song, STILL having an impact in 2007!!
I 'got' it already back in 1979. being all of fifteen years old. It's probably an IQ thing.
oh good god, such a good burn call the UN and Red Cross we need major magical powers to heal it.
LOL Yeah, I was 15 as well when the song came out, and I got it back then, too. The lyrics were pretty clear. I didn't need anyone to explain them to me.
most people only know the song for the chorus.
I was barely 8 years old when it hit #1. All I knew back then was it had a catchy chorus & neat guitar fills. It wasn't until many years later that I actually listened to the lyrics in the verses & realized the song is even more special. Great memories attached to this song!
He sounds great ...his voice held up!!!
Pretty much the best story behind a song ever !
He came to my school today and talked to us i was absolutely scared and amazed.
I remember seeing him on VH-1's "Where Are They Now?" or one of those shows years ago. He said that because of this song, darn near every time he was at a bar, someone would buy him a pina colada. Problem is he actually can't stand pina coladas, but everyone assumes that since he wrote the song that's his favorite drink.
Always loved this song!
Why do i have a tear every time i hear this. Great song and a great little story.
Rupert Holmes = Talent !
A VERY underrated musician! His songs are works of art!
This is awesome! Great story and song Rupert! :) What a sense of humour Rupert has.
Spotify needs more Rupert!
Pure musician
All you needed was one song back then and you were good you had a gig forever.
There's always one song that sets them up for life.
While working on a suitable cover of this song, I happily came upon this version with the explanation on the song's evolution. Perfect! As someone who is growing into songwriting, I'm developing my own technique and style, and part of it is knowing what's good in your first effort, and what should be discarded. Spot on Rupert! No matter how you got there, the point is, you arrived. Thanks for posting this video.
I so soooo Love this song,it makes me feel happy!
he is so funny...makes me like the song more now lol
I can't let this song be ... Although i widened the range of musical genres over the years, some songs just stick acoustically, as well as emotionally. I do not get what it is exactly; Maybe the kind of humour that i grew familiar with, or just the fact that it is one of those songs that seemingly sound simple, but is actually packed with a ton of little details; if it is the picking, the shuffle, the beat, the bass, the timings of each and every part included. - This is for sure one of the greatest songs of all time out of any genre, simply because it is so human. It is an ode to the failures, resemblings and neat and witty ways humans find to, in the end, find ways to just do it and stay together for a while longer.
Thanks for sharing.
P.s.: I was just going (again) through the covers of 'Escape' up on RUclips and found one that, i think, is very true to the original, but none the less unique in its own way:
Double Play - Escape (by Rupert Holmes)
: ruclips.net/video/qA7CNv4jR0w/видео.html
still a fantastic piece of music. a real gem.
This is one of those throwaway songs that was never meant to be the hit, but became his legacy. It's not that the rest of his catalog is any better. Just 100x deeper. Check out "So Beautiful it Hurts" or "Wide Screen".
I will
" Him " is a major groover...bass driven.
OK… discovering new music for me thanks to you.
This song I heard when I was quite young in movies, here and there and I never really paid attention but I thought the tune was in my head , I've only now properly listened to it and its such a nice groove song with a kinda story in it.
I learnt this song 2 days ago, funny I stumbled upon this today while watching Poison clips trying to find Don't Give Up An Inch Girl. I have always liked this song. so real how people simply give up. Relationships are a series of work and compromise.Rupert your awesome
Now I hear the song repeating I didn't hear it before!!
He’s amazing
Him is beautiful!!
One of my favorite songs
That was fantastic! They all sounded amazing!
"Hooray".....Rupert is back...performing for all of us......I Love his Music....I remember this song when I was 11 yrs old, when it first came out back in 1978 .and still love it.......I think Rupert Holmes should be Inducted into the " ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME " ........that is......unless he already is.......
and yes he is a Great Musical Screen Play Writer also , so have read.....
this reads like a lost sailor's note found in a 13 1/2 year old bottle
It came out in 1979 actually. I know. I was 11 in 1979.
Great story -- and even greater song. Every one in a while a song comes along that simply rivets your attention from the first note to the last because you connect with it emotionally.
Thanks for the memories 1970s ❤
From this old radio on air voice ? I played this song so many times that I can't count the times I played this from back when we had vinyl 45 rpms. Records then ? And then on the CDs ... But ? I have to admit it's still a great and timeless song as well as ? Classic. Thank you Rupert for helping this old on air radio announcer? Fill time on the air with? Your song's. Salute.!!
Thank you Rupert!! Great musick
This song came out when I was in high school and still brings back memories.
Avacarho ditto for me!! Grade 9 fall of 79
It was much harder to edit and loop the same four bars back then. Reel to reel editing was a real skill. I interned at a recording studio when they still had that method (hip hop was just getting big-even met Biz Markie in the studio)
Yess i like pinacolada!😅♥️
I heard him in an interview about this song and he didn’t think it was a hit. He thought his song “Him” was the hit on the record. Well when he recorded vocals for Escape the first time, well that’s the one he used. He didn’t think he had the same excitement in his voice while trying to do later takes. Just a little fun facts and well he looks like he’s still having fun singing the song that just fell together. The slow parts he’s singing in this video have a little similarity to how William Shatner covers song lol. But the rest still sounds great. Just him having fun. 👍
this guy took care about his voice, he sounds exactly like early 80s
Actually late 70s.
Ive heard this song my whole life but never actually paid attention to the lyrics, looked them up today and wow ! It Makes me like the song so much more. Such a good clever song
As already said - he goes from a Maths teacher whose brought his School teacher mates band to jam kinda understatedly.... To a rock Star.
The kind of thing where you think your Uncle is going to embarass you in front of everyone (as he tells the story.) You get to 3:24, more worried than ever Until he counts in, hits the first chord and cocks his head as if he knows a few things you don't...then absolutely owns the place.
Brilliant, and SOOOO smoth with it as well.
Me gusta la versión en éste concierto 👏👏👏👏👏👏
I like this song and pina colada's too!
These older musicians, performing the same song over and over decade after decade, I wonder if it gets old.
I just appreciate the fact we wouldn’t be here if this was the Humphrey Bogart Song 😅💗
I used to use that alert tone heard at 6:20 for my texts back in 2012. 😆 Still a classic song.
Glad to here the story behind the story song=one more time Rupert!
Here is some trivia about the song: It was the last number one hit of the 1970s! Also from the same album, Partners In Crime, the song Him, is as good as "Escape (The Piña Colada Song).
I like how he still sounds the same after all these years!
I'm watching and I'm smiling ☺!!
So good!
Gardians Of The Galaxy
This guy is great he didn't do like all the big bands did but this song is one of the greatest memorable songs that we will die living this song in our brain
Dubbing 4 mins of 16 bars that was a hard thing back then ...it was done on tape and editing on itself splicing the tape is the editing
love that song
What a delightful person, great intro a great, tired song :-P
He’s so cute!
Love the story
He is amazing
That 3rd verse was hilarious! I'm so glad I wasn't eating at the time. LOL!!!
Such an epic brilliant song and he is the coolest cat CHEERS 🍹🥂🍹
Didn't know Art Garfunkel plays flute..
Gilbert Gottfried brought me here. Fantastic interview he just did with Rupert. Hats off to both Franks on that show too. Santopadre for being his great moderator/researcher self,...and Verderosa for adding "Studio Musician" at the end of it. Great artistic choice.
I was like "when he preps why does he keep fucking with the sax reed" but then he played that shit and owned it in a matter of seconds. Musicians still exist 2016
The "If you like Humphrey Bogart" explanation is completely new to me. I've always heard that it was originally written as "If you like Coca Cola". To me this is a true Mandela Effect.
Classic song!
Last #1 hit of the 70s and first #1 song of the 80s.
LOL Will Ferrel look alike, the flute player in the background.
I WILL REIGN not even close
Kole Dupe sorry. It was a late night. My eyes may have been tired to see.
I WILL REIGN yes!!! I thought the same the player looks like him just 5 years oldee
Looks more like Kevin Kronin from REO
Art Garfunkel more like! Why the flute? Out of place in this. Guitarist (that we couldn't see!!) was the only musician true to the original song here.
El mejor cantante de la historia
Amo esta canción thanks ❤️❤️❤️❤️
This song reinforces how great it was against today’s music
Excellent!!!!
Music always stays the same age 🌤
This is a great quote I'm going to remember for life. Thanks
Good song very widely recognised and used.
The movie “grown ups” will ensure that this song never ever dies
His looks haven't changed much over the past 30+.
I Love this canción
Prince RUPERT
Awesome !
Ranks up there with Copacaba as one of the top songs that tells a real story that could be converted into a novella. Having said that I find Widescreen more inspiring.
An anti-popstar wrote and performed two of the best pop songs of the late 70's...
chettee
No doubt one of them is HIM (arguably the best song in the history of mankind), but if you think Escape is the other, I'd say Rupert wrote about a dozen other better songs.
So true!
fantastic entertainer
I like 'Him' too......
Such a cool dude. ⭐️🥸👍🏾
I wish Rupert would come to the UK.
He was actually born there. Mother is English.
What a cool guy!!!🤗👌🙏