@@ian_b Hi - yeah, I'm really the keyboard player from All The King's Men. I do like all the comments, good, bad, and 'ugly'! A couple of weeks ago, I was contacted by a documentary filmmaker who is planning to make a series about public access TV, and might do one segment solely on Stairway To Stardom - so that's pretty cool. Otherwise, I'm in touch with all guys in the band - everyone is doing well. Not sure what else to say, other than it is amazing to all of us that Stairway... has a life all these decades later!
@@benstiefel3482 Thanks for replying! Sometimes we think everyone in old videos just vanished kind of thing so it's great to know you're doing well.Videos like this are part of folk history.
this is, beyond any shadow of a doubt, the BEST cover version of neil diamond's "america" i have EVER seen. (i should probably state for the record that it's also the only cover version of neil diamond's "america" i've ever seen.)
I mean, compared to some of the train wrecks on this show, these guys do a good job. It's not terrible. It's hard to believe from their clothes that it's 1984 and not 74.
@Shirley Bailey Thanks for commenting...I had completely forgotten about this YT gem (not sure how that is possible), but I was just able to jam out again to All the King's Men. THANK YOU🤣
@@LisaMitchellGD i have to admit these guys are by far the best act i’ve seen on stairway to stardom. Granted that’s a low bar but they are actually pretty decent
The only problem with this performance is the audio quality. Properly miked and mixed, this is solid stuff! Good job guys. I hope your lives have been blessed since 1984!
I now play this song everyday to get my workday started and other office mates love it when I play it!!! It's the absolut Ish!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Would love to meet this guy and ask so many questions about his career. His voice was great!! Should have been given a deal!!!!!Amerika!!!!
Cheap NYC and Tri-state-area weddings throughout the late 1980s must have been exceedingly blessed. (On a serious note, the guy’s moves may have been spaztastic but he actually had a good singing voice. There’s talent there.)
You don't "pay" for the jewfro. You are BORN with the jewfro. It's like talent. You either got it or you don't. All The King's Men? Not so much talent. BUT a lot of jewfrro.
Even though they’re stuck in the 70’s living in the 80’s and were probably seen as uncool at the time. As a person from the future living in 2022 I think they look cool. They got style. I wish I had those sharp pointy collars that they’re wearing!!! That look is so badass 👍👍👍👍👍 ❤️
Not sure what is more stunning - the spot-on Neil Diamond vocal, the complete lack of rhythm, the outfit, or the hair. All together it’s bizarrely memorizing.
As the keyboard player from 'All The King's Men', I think all your comments are spot on!
Ben Stiefel wait, you’re actually the keyboard player, aren’t you?! Please tell us where are they now?
If you really are, please tell us more!
@@ian_b Hi - yeah, I'm really the keyboard player from All The King's Men. I do like all the comments, good, bad, and 'ugly'! A couple of weeks ago, I was contacted by a documentary filmmaker who is planning to make a series about public access TV, and might do one segment solely on Stairway To Stardom - so that's pretty cool. Otherwise, I'm in touch with all guys in the band - everyone is doing well. Not sure what else to say, other than it is amazing to all of us that Stairway... has a life all these decades later!
@@benstiefel3482 Thanks for replying! Sometimes we think everyone in old videos just vanished kind of thing so it's great to know you're doing well.Videos like this are part of folk history.
What keyboard/synth were you using here?
Someone should really make a documentary about all the performers today, visit their homes and see how they live. I'd love to watch that.
@Greg Brown naw, the keyboard player is actively commenting on these posts and is in contact with the rest of the band.
@@quaaludecowboy692 True!
Son of Sam on Vocals and Jeffrey Dammer on guitar.
Ted Bundy on Drums
Tony HorrorShow and al pacino on keyboards
@@crixxxxxxxxx
That drummer is kind of sexy...does anyone know him?
Thanks, everyone, we are The Serial Killers!
😂😂😂
👍🏼432 people know what it was like to have been travelin’ fah!
this is, beyond any shadow of a doubt, the BEST cover version of neil diamond's "america" i have EVER seen. (i should probably state for the record that it's also the only cover version of neil diamond's "america" i've ever seen.)
He's got a good voice. Lots of mean comments.He can't help he's trapped in 1984 forever on the internet.
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4400 likes on instagram too
So this is what a bar mitzvah is like.
This entire show.
@@TheObsoletist33 It's what you get if a venue has an Italian wedding reception and a bar mitzvah double booked.
@@TheObsoletist33 🤣🤣🤣
I love the guitar player’s cheat sheets taped to his mic stand!
It's a sound procedure
Move over Neal Diamond. Ladies & Gentlemen ... I give you Schlameal Diamond!
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LOL I am going through Stairway to Stardom all day today, because it is comment after comment of PURE F**KING GOLD.
He's Italian
Neil Cubic Zirconia
I’m angry this has been on the internet for 13 years and I just stumbled upon it now. WOW.
These Stairway to Heaven videos should have like a million views plus each. They are so good. So good.
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I always read it as Stairway to Heaven too lol
I start every day off dancing like that in front of a mirror, such a confidence booster
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One of the better acts I've seen on this show. Honestly.
They aren't bad!
He really nails that gritty timbre of Neil Diamond... Well done!
I mean, compared to some of the train wrecks on this show, these guys do a good job. It's not terrible. It's hard to believe from their clothes that it's 1984 and not 74.
😂😂
the keyboard player has a unibrow and the singer has a unitard...amazing
I sense a theme here.
They're in UNIson. Ba dum tssss 🥁
@@LisaMitchellGD yikes😅
@@AroundIndiana I'm here all week folks....
This guy rocks, he's got the spirit!
I love this Singer. He can sing and his dance moves are so cute! Bless his heart
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I like how the guitar is the same orange as the back wall. That attention to detail is what propels a band to stardom.
It was 1984, most things in life were that shade of orange
He gets really into his dancing ..that shimmy was fantastic
@Dingus Starwalker whatever it was it blew my mind. Was not expecting that level of enthusiasm 😂
@Dingus Starwalker and it reminds us to be free spirited and have fun in life 🕺💃
@Dingus Starwalker Yes Sir 😊
@Dingus Starwalker Your cops were like brutal morons during the plandemic.
If this isn't a wedding band, then I don't know what is.
Kevbo Obvek No, it’s the band that plays when the divorce is finalized...
@Shirley Bailey Thanks for commenting...I had completely forgotten about this YT gem (not sure how that is possible), but I was just able to jam out again to All the King's Men. THANK YOU🤣
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I am obsessed with this.
Me too
I want to see more of this band's performances. Lead singer just going all out. Cheers to whoever he is.
His name is Steve Luiisi and he's still got it !
@@LisaMitchellGD i have to admit these guys are by far the best act i’ve seen on stairway to stardom. Granted that’s a low bar but they are actually pretty decent
@@edx21x I'm blown away by the dancing ..they actually are a good band !
Good ol Stevie Luisi of Brooklyn NY.He doesn't look the same though.
@@paullord196Who does. Lol
The only problem with this performance is the audio quality. Properly miked and mixed, this is solid stuff! Good job guys. I hope your lives have been blessed since 1984!
Wow!! He really tapped into that Diamond of a song... well done. 👏👏👏
Surprisingly, even after this performance, they were still available to book for bar mitzvahs.
I walk into work doing that dance and singing that song every morning. I am currently unemployed now.
This is a caliber above the usual acts on STS. Legit and well done!
My front man sold out here. Left it on the stage 💪
Awesome.
Without irony, this is good. Especially the group vocal section. Wow.
Finally a chance to use my "MR MICROPHONE"
"hey we'll be back to pick you up later!"
@@danwohlslagel1277 What did you say? I can't understand you with all that distortion.
Now I know where the Carlton Dance came from!!! LMAO!!!
I now play this song everyday to get my workday started and other office mates love it when I play it!!! It's the absolut Ish!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Would love to meet this guy and ask so many questions about his career. His voice was great!! Should have been given a deal!!!!!Amerika!!!!
He actually has a great voice!
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Cheap NYC and Tri-state-area weddings throughout the late 1980s must have been exceedingly blessed.
(On a serious note, the guy’s moves may have been spaztastic but he actually had a good singing voice. There’s talent there.)
Yeah he's pretty good, the song is bad though.
Where have these platinum videos been hiding!? Please bring this back! Glamour shots by Deb 100%
I just discovered this time capsule today. I'm going to binge watch this show
He gives me that birthday-clown-for-hire vibe. But he's actually pretty good!! This is a great performance for STS
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I love the singer's ski outfit.
This song and Hairdresser are the best songs from this show in 1984. Hit makers! 😂
Lucille Cataldo
They came to America, heard this, got back on the boat and went back home.
I think you just won youtube with that comment :)
Comment 4 years ago and still valid....
Debi Rotmil yep !!! You won a trophy for that !!! 😂 🌟🌟🌟
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"Yes, it's All The King's Men, ladies and gentlemen! Playing for perms since 1981!"
You don't "pay" for the jewfro. You are BORN with the jewfro. It's like talent. You either got it or you don't. All The King's Men? Not so much talent. BUT a lot of jewfrro.
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He loves that song, they still play together!
Do they have a website?
A+ for the effort, A++ for the absolute perfect execution of the best Neil Diamond song!!
I wasn’t expecting this to be so good! What a great cover!
THIS....IS.....AWESOME!
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What a great voice. The band is good as well. His version is actually pretty good!!!
Sal playing three years on drums.... and the synth... life changing
This is why we have increased security measures for people coming to America
Wow, the talent shines right through...awesome! 👍😊
Dance moves = Amazing
Now he can look back and say, "I was fucking awesome!"
feeling this big time
Coming to America? This makes me want to move to Canada.
Lol
The guitarist has the music taped to his microphone... Also, this is the best video i've seen on here, non ironic.
Good eye I didnt even notice that! I was focused on the Singer's fabulous dance moves
That is so he knows exactly where he is at all times...he won't be the one to ride this hit machine off the rails. No sir.
Even though they’re stuck in the 70’s living in the 80’s and were probably seen as uncool at the time. As a person from the future living in 2022 I think they look cool. They got style. I wish I had those sharp pointy collars that they’re wearing!!! That look is so badass 👍👍👍👍👍 ❤️
Best starway act
Steve and band rocks the Stairway!
I would give my left arm to find footage of my Father like this. I don't know how the band isn't absolutely cracking up. Oh my god.
.........gotta hire this cat for muh funeral
LOL! Ohhhh that dance!
Is that Carmine Ragusa from Laverne & Shirley?
yep!
Mixtures of the Big Ragu and David Berkowitz
The mike hand switch. He's like a juggler. Better singer than me.
Number one in the wedding band circuit in their heyday🤘
I've watched this 6 times and it blows my mind how good it is! From a fellow musician 'Hats off' gentlemen! That guy Steve has some powerful pipes!!
This makes me nostalgic for growing up in … Brooklyn? This So Cal beach kid is missing a place she’s never been🥹
Dance moves are perfect
That was awesome!!!
Fantastic..
A celebration of the millions who came to America so someday their descendants could go on TV and wobble.
This is actually a great version. What cracks me up is his soft-sounding introduction. So petite. And then he cranks it out.
The way they play this song reminds me of the 1986 Jackson Browne album "Lives in the Balance" - the way it's so melodic and talks about America.
But I don't wanna be a pirate!
Brilliant!!!
holy christ. is that a unitard?
If i were of age when these lads were pumping out these hits, 💯% chance i would have had that lead singers babies! 👶 😂
This had to be the inspiration for Saving Silverman.
Bless his heart...
Is that Greg Brady - AKA Johnny Bravo?
The singer looks like the Son of Sam.
Chad S. inbreeding in new york. you would shudder to know how many of them look like that.
I was just about to type the same thing until I saw your comment.
I thought it was carmine raguso
That fashion was out of date, even in 1984. It looks more like 1974.
David Berkowitz
got those moves down
Andrew dice killing it
This says this is from 1984 but the clothings and hair styles are from the 70s......
Most people don't wear clothing that's in fashion at exactly that moment. That was still the standard collar and suit cut.
This is 🔥
"Saving Silverman." Buy it. Live it.
He sound good
1984 come back to us
this actually rocks
The St. Pauli Girl wants her outfit back.
❤
Giving it100%, gotta respect that.
well a diamond in the ruff no pun intended.
How many bands on here are called All The King'S Men. There's a couple of more videos with that name but they're all different people.
I dance like that nude every morning in front of a mirror, except I throw in a few finger guns and winks
A great confidence booster 👌🏻
I’ve seen better moves from bodies floating in the Hudson
Fantastic!
Yeah let’s see you boogie
TODAAAAAAAAAAYY!!!!
Not sure what is more stunning - the spot-on Neil Diamond vocal, the complete lack of rhythm, the outfit, or the hair. All together it’s bizarrely memorizing.
He sure can move. I burned 600 calories watching him. Sound system is excellent too.
😃😃😃😃
I love the serial killer playing guitar.
Oh God 🤣
This slaps!
If Barry Manilow had a cold and covered Neil Diamond, you'd have All The King's Men.