'The Young Ones' were awesome. Remember Neil in the bath when he pulls a bike out of the murky water. This song was really funny and love the 'B' side.
I expected Rick to come on stage ''Neil! What do you think you're doing on here!? The toilet needs unblocking. Vyvyan was trying to get to Australia and TWAPPED his head!''
A great classic from the one and oly "TRAFFIC"!!! One of the best albums of ALL time! Steve Winwood, Dave Mason, JIm Capaldi, and Chris Wood!!! 1968, baybeeeee!!!
This song brings back memories when I was a kid lol. The young ones really was ground breaking for its time. Looking back now it's easy to see why it was successful with the late rik mayall, ade edmondson and Ben elton,alexie sayle involved
He then came back on the Christmas special that year and started to sing "My White Bicycle" which was the follow-up, then realised what music was playing. I saw him in WWRY a few years ago and he does have a phenomenal singing voice.
I was brought up with this, I was born in 80 and my dad was a massive fan of The young ones and bombarded us with this and I still know it word for word 43 years later lol. Fluffy hair on a polar means more to me than lavatory, you can't go far in a motor car with my fro t door key🤣
I was born in 79 and remember watching them first time round and loving then fogetting about it until Bottom years later. There were 3 channels until there were 4
When this first came out I managed to persuade a friend of mine that the noise from one of my ZX81 games cassettes was the B-Side to this. Boomshanka, fellow nostalgics.
hahaha, loved this-used to sing it all the time, I did a great Neil impression when I was a kid :D 'I climbed onto the back of a giant anchovy. . . and everyone was having a great time, except me!' lol
I first came across Neil in 1986. I was a Canadian doing Spring Break in Florida. Neil was hosting MTV and did dour little monologues, showed clips, and sang "Hole In My Shoe." I had never heard of the Young Ones but became intrigued and sought them out on the CBC (I also have some VHS that no one will watch with me). North American needs The Young Ones.
you probably know this by now but in case anyone else didn't know, The Young Ones did air in North America in the Mid 80s on MTV and again in the mid 90s on Comedy Central. and it's readily available on DVD
Wow! Been over three decades since I last heard this song! The word "Fashist" can be heard about 1 minute 18 seconds into the video. "I'm painting myself white to deflect the blast."
Wow! Been over three decades since I last heard this song! You can't be British without knowing about leaky shoes :) You can't be British without knowing about leaky shoes :)
At the age of 9 I had this on vinyl and would play it on my battery powered Fisher Price turntable. I used to like the B side - Hurdy Gurdy Mushroom Man - side 'cos it had the word 'shit' in it. Now the kids have iPads... fucking iPads! Christ, I'm getting old :(
" Sorry shoes I have to stand on you again" "Everyone was having such a good time- except me* "All that I knew was the hole in my shoe it was letting in water" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I'm only 15, but my dad used to play this song for me when I was little and I just remembered about it, because I had a nightmare about it! Hahhaa. This thing is crazy! But the version that my dad used to play for me had him talking about corn flakes and eating cheese he found under the stove...? I can't find that version. But it was deffinitely this cover because it had the apology to his shoes for stepping on them. Lmao
i know what one you are talking about haha we had it on an old tape when i was a wee kid.. he starts talking about how he shouldn’t have ate that cheese under the cooker 🤣🤣🤣
Talk about novelty!!! When I first heard this song, I thought that Tom Bailey from The Thompson Twins had released a solo single!!! Then when I saw the video, it was Neil from "The Young Ones"!! A brilliant interpretation of the song originally made famous by the band Traffic in 1967. This got to number 2 in the UK singles chart as did the original. To tell you truth it does sound a bit Thompson Twinsesque.
yeah absolutely! ive wanted to hear that again for years-i havent heard it since i used o have my parents old vinal player-i wanna hear hurdy gurdy mushroom man again! that song was great! XD
its so wierd because when you listen to his normal voice (like he used on the discworld audio books and stuff) he sounds like myself-really posh and well spoken. he has a few different voices but he sounds like hes a pretty well educated guy :D
'and everyone was having a really good time...except me' LOL. Nigel did a really good playing Neil.
Totally agree. I forget Neil is being played by someone at all.
Nigel is actually Neil
cheers for replying to a 15 year old comment lol@@patkelly8309
Wow! Been over three decades since I last heard this song!
Too bad Vyvyan never did an album -- I'd gladly mosh to that!
Neil is so adorable
"Do you dig graves?......yeah, I think theyre alright!"
'I think they're WONDERFUL!' *carries on pushing dead husband through the cemetery in a wheelbarrow*
Christopher Riley Neil's mother "did you make your bed?"....Neil "no I bought it".
Kills me every time.
Hoopspur guys I think it's time to get up ? it's 2 ocklock in the afternoon
How are you keeping that flowerpot up Neil
Neil, you have the intelligence of ant.
Love this. By brother (RIP) bought this for me for when I came back from America in 1984 as I was a massive young ones fan. And now my son is !!
'The Young Ones' were awesome. Remember Neil in the bath when he pulls a bike out of the murky water. This song was really funny and love the 'B' side.
"What are you planning to do, photosynthesize?"
@@marcb.9492 Best line ever!
May the fruits of your loin,be grateful in the belly of your woman
"Neil, what's keeping that flower pot up"
“Sticks and stones may brrreak my bones!”
“That is the smartest thing you’ve said all day!” *WHACK*
I expected Rick to come on stage ''Neil! What do you think you're doing on here!? The toilet needs unblocking. Vyvyan was trying to get to Australia and TWAPPED his head!''
Now THAT would have been good.
SuperNoX86 or Neil where's my risotto?
Vegetable rights and peace!
right?
Vegetable rice and peas lol
The 80s really was a different planet entirely
A much better one. Miss those days.
The song came out in the 60s ....
Way better than now. Way way better
When's the ship leaving, I need to be on it
The best times
I love the fact TOTP didn't even attempt to hide the fact everyone was miming.
"I'm painting myself white to deflect the blast."
You can't be British without knowing about leaky shoes :)
My dad was singing this just like Neil and I have to say I think we should get this trending... bloody brilliant 😂
Neil is so adorable
Roxanne .Kateri Aww he is
Favourite character in TYO
Too bad Vyvyan never did an album -- I'd gladly mosh to that!
But he did do bastard squad which is Rik vyvian and Neil singing their own lyrics to the who's my generation
And Bad News
of course Ade directed Squeeze's amazing for its time and still hella impressive video for "The Hourglass"
ruclips.net/video/7sa1TgAeZlQ/видео.html
Well Vivian was in Bad News, so yes he did an album LOL
They did as Bad News!
A great classic from the one and oly "TRAFFIC"!!! One of the best albums of ALL time! Steve Winwood, Dave Mason, JIm Capaldi, and Chris Wood!!! 1968, baybeeeee!!!
My dad just said I looked like Neil the hippy so I typed this up and saw the similarities 😂😂🤣
"um... thanks, Dad - I guess?"
I love this! I only just heard this while playing SongPop. How did I miss it back then? Oh the 80s were so awesome! Take me back please!! 😩
This song brings back memories when I was a kid lol. The young ones really was ground breaking for its time. Looking back now it's easy to see why it was successful with the late rik mayall, ade edmondson and Ben elton,alexie sayle involved
Great song, was watching Countdown (Aussie music show)re-runs the other night and Neil guest-hosted the show about 83 or 84
He then came back on the Christmas special that year and started to sing "My White Bicycle" which was the follow-up, then realised what music was playing. I saw him in WWRY a few years ago and he does have a phenomenal singing voice.
At 2:10, I'm sure he sings "The dew on the grass, had soaked through my arse", but "clothes" has been overdubbed :-)
TheShaggyDA hi
Oh yeah he deffo shouts “arse”!
Have a look for the Countdown performance 1985 👍
I was brought up with this, I was born in 80 and my dad was a massive fan of The young ones and bombarded us with this and I still know it word for word 43 years later lol. Fluffy hair on a polar means more to me than lavatory, you can't go far in a motor car with my fro t door key🤣
I was born in 79 and remember watching them first time round and loving then fogetting about it until Bottom years later. There were 3 channels until there were 4
When this first came out I managed to persuade a friend of mine that the noise from one of my ZX81 games cassettes was the B-Side to this.
Boomshanka, fellow nostalgics.
Hurdy Gurdy Mushroom Man was the B side. Brilliant.
oh my god.. i never heard this before, this is frickin' hilarious....
I used to have this on vinyl :)
Classic.
I had it on 7" Neil's face all green and weird with the obvious Magic Bus styyle titl;e
I've got a copy of this on my 'Hit's' album, which was a rival compilation to the 'Now that's what I call music' albums.
I had this on my MP3 player when I was a kid haha i can't believe myself sometimes 🤣
Neil is so funny! :)
I love the expressions on his face.
Bring Back The 1980's. Flower Power Man. Merseyside England UK
this is CLASSIC! love the young ones...which i was actually around when the young ones were big!
I love Neil. He's so Groovy.
Happy 70th Birthday, Nigel Planer (Neil).
My dad brought me this record so I listened to it *my head* holy sh*t what is this it is amazing
remember this on top of the pops. love it
Aww,poor Neil bless him 😍 Don't worry about it Neil my friend.Funnily enough my shoes have holes in them too mate.😂😉☺️
hahaha, loved this-used to sing it all the time, I did a great Neil impression when I was a kid :D 'I climbed onto the back of a giant anchovy. . . and everyone was having a great time, except me!' lol
I first came across Neil in 1986. I was a Canadian doing Spring Break in Florida. Neil was hosting MTV and did dour little monologues, showed clips, and sang "Hole In My Shoe." I had never heard of the Young Ones but became intrigued and sought them out on the CBC (I also have some VHS that no one will watch with me).
North American needs The Young Ones.
you probably know this by now but in case anyone else didn't know, The Young Ones did air in North America in the Mid 80s on MTV and again in the mid 90s on Comedy Central. and it's readily available on DVD
Wow! Been over three decades since I last heard this song!
The word "Fashist" can be heard about 1 minute 18 seconds into the video.
"I'm painting myself white to deflect the blast."
Loved it. Hurdy gurdy mushroom man also 😂😂
The young ones are absolutely brilliant!!! 👍👍👍
Loved this when I was younger 😂
Just watched it for 25 years I miss this shit
Most beautiful song I've ever heard
For some reason this was the closing track on the first edition of the first real competition to the NOW series, The Hits Album.
First time I've heard of Nigel. Amazing.
Wow! Been over three decades since I last heard this song!
You can't be British without knowing about leaky shoes :)
You can't be British without knowing about leaky shoes :)
At the age of 9 I had this on vinyl and would play it on my battery powered Fisher Price turntable. I used to like the B side - Hurdy Gurdy Mushroom Man - side 'cos it had the word 'shit' in it. Now the kids have iPads... fucking iPads! Christ, I'm getting old :(
" Sorry shoes I have to stand on you again"
"Everyone was having such a good time- except me*
"All that I knew was the hole in my shoe it was letting in water" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
the coolest thing about this song is that it turned me onto Traffic with out realizing it years later
The end of the song sounded like Strawberry Fields Forever by the Beatles
Haha, forgot about this little gem! 😂
I'm only 15, but my dad used to play this song for me when I was little and I just remembered about it, because I had a nightmare about it! Hahhaa. This thing is crazy! But the version that my dad used to play for me had him talking about corn flakes and eating cheese he found under the stove...? I can't find that version. But it was deffinitely this cover because it had the apology to his shoes for stepping on them. Lmao
i know what one you are talking about haha we had it on an old tape when i was a wee kid.. he starts talking about how he shouldn’t have ate that cheese under the cooker 🤣🤣🤣
@@glenross9467 Me too. Maybe it was a version just for us
Introduced by a very youthful John Peel. He's a total hero too!
And Tommy Vance on the outro - doesn’t get better than that
"listen to the lyrics Paul Weller!"
the second funniest young one...
I love big dumb Neil. He's hilarious.
I know I'm young but my mum makes me watch this Young Ones
Kiera Gibson I’m 17 and love the young ones, I’ve been watching since I was 10 as well!
OMG I lived in Scotland briefly-and actually seen this show-too freakin funny! thanks for posting it!
3 Legends John Peel, Neil & Tommy Vance
i love classics like this they don't make comedy like this
The 60s in the 80s psychedelic man!!
He's amazing and I love him. That's all there is to it.
great album too who can forget the late great Cozey Powell on drums on a track called lentil nightmare!
He’s actually a decent actor. :)
I LOOOVED this decade,BEST ERA EVER.
Happy 71 st birthday 🎂 Neil
Gosh !
This guy is just amazing ! :-D
I would of loved to seen Neol & Vyvyan do a duet together. That would of been a guaranteed number one.
Jeez this takes me back lol
I loved this as a child now as an adult i'm disturbed at my younger self
Have'nt played this in years. Actually had hole in shoe walking Woolworths to my the 12" version
My name, as you can see, is Neil, peace man 🙏
40 years ago!!❤
'listen to the lyrics Paul Weller' lol
i had the vinyl too, one of the first records i ever bought. the b-side was a bit depressing
Urdy gurdy mushroom man?
Gavin Paisley I still have the vinyl
Gavin Paisley listen to the lyrics Paul weller
young ones was/is the funniest program ever imo
The best cover ever!
I love this song! I have the single on an L.P. but not an L.P. lol. GO NEIL! GO THE YOUNG ONES!
Brilliant. Always remember the 'Listen to the lyrics Paul Weller!...' 😅
I've got the album - it's because he's talking about 100 tin soldiers - and neil's background voice shouts 'FACISTS!'
I love it !!!!!!!!❤
i woah
imagine
❤love this
Happy 71st Birthday hippy! ❤
Two legendary DJs in that clip..
Talk about novelty!!! When I first heard this song, I thought that Tom Bailey from The Thompson Twins had released a solo single!!! Then when I saw the video, it was Neil from "The Young Ones"!! A brilliant interpretation of the song originally made famous by the band Traffic in 1967. This got to number 2 in the UK singles chart as did the original.
To tell you truth it does sound a bit Thompson Twinsesque.
John Peel, Nigel Planer, great song, 'job done'! I was really disappointed that it didn't get to Number One!
I have the Young Ones on DVD. The middle part is associated with Churchill Road in Doncaster Town Centre.
Brilliant remember so well
Must have been all that Cheese I ate under the cooker
yeah absolutely! ive wanted to hear that again for years-i havent heard it since i used o have my parents old vinal player-i wanna hear hurdy gurdy mushroom man again! that song was great! XD
LOVE THE DANCING :D
i climbed on the back of a giant anchovy!
its so wierd because when you listen to his normal voice (like he used on the discworld audio books and stuff) he sounds like myself-really posh and well spoken. he has a few different voices but he sounds like hes a pretty well educated guy :D
Great song Classic
Heavy, man! Heavy!
Love ❤️ this xx
omg! nigel planer! what a cool guy! XD
Oh noo I never knew I wore a wig
This takes me back
i love how he moves! lol oh god i so love this song GO NIGEL!!
Sweet :)
lovely song
I remember seeing this on top of the pops lol