The tall one in Chevy Chase, yes. He’s not actually singing the song. He’s just lip syncing it. Paul Simon, the short guy, is the one who actually sings this song. In this video, he comically takes a backseat
This song is based on a funny story of Paul Simon's (the one on the left). Years ago he and his wife were invited to a party, and when they got there, the host forgot who they were, and introduced them as "Al and Betty" and they decided to just roll with it all night, lol.
About a year after this song came out, my sister got married and her in-laws were named Betty and Al...and yes, we played this at the reception. It was hysterical because they had never heard this song. 😂🤣
Paul Simon (who is actually the one singing) is EXTRAORDINARY. I remember listening to this with my mom, who is a huge Paul Simon/Simon and Garfunkel fan, when I was younger.
This clip became an instant classic because it was so hilarious. 6'4" Chevy Chase miming to 5'3" Paul Simon's voice and Paul sitting there like a pouting little boy. We were all in stitches when this song was a hit and couldn't wait to watch the clip over and over again. I think it was late mid or late 1980's.
That tiny flute is a piccolo! Did you see Chevy take a drink and then set it on the table next to him....but it's not a table and the glass falls right through and breaks on the floor?😂😂😂😂 I thought that part was HILARIOUS as a child!
The penny whistle is very popular in South African township music (kwela music) as it was a cheap musical instrument. Kwela is apparently the only music genre created around the sound of the tin whistle
I heard this first when i was 17 cooking at York Steak Hiouse in Dartmouth MA. The grill and cooking area was open so customers could watch and when this song came on us line cooks did the little dance part they did with the tongs as the instrument. And we'd all get drunk in the back of the parking lot on the weekends!! This brought back great memories!!!
The musicians on this album were South African, the music is theirs ~ black township music Even so Paul Simon got condemned by some because of the cultural boycott of apartheid South Africa at that time. The music has lasted longer than the condemnation, or apartheid.
It seems to me that giving the oppressed people opportunity would be praised. Peter Gabriel did the same thing during that era, and I'd assume that they both expressed their opposition to apartheid...
It was in 86, when it was first released on MTV. I was 11 yrs old, and I loved it because it's such a fun happy song. I sing it to my kids all the time. They have no clue what I'm singing 🤣
I saw Paul Simon do a live performance on TV before I saw this video back in the 80s. I can't remember when I first saw this video but I remember loving it and loving this entire album. Paul Simon is a musical genius. And yes Chevy Case isn't singing the song. That's the joke of the video.
I used to work in the mailroom of a mail order company and we were allowed to wear headsets. EVERY time this song came on someone would holler the station and we all turned. Perfect beat for sorting lol.
I was 16 when this came out. I remember being at the home I was babysitting for and the woman was folding clothes before she left for her date. This was playing on either VH1 it MTV. That’s when MTV was legit without all these stupid reality shows.
I do remember whenever this would come on the radio, you and whoever you were with would be singing it together! It was so damn catchy and the video was fun too. ❤🍀
Chevy Chase is lip sinking Paul Simon's voice...perfectly! I saw this when it first came out & laughed til I cried! When Chevy puts stuff on that "table" it has no top on it so it just falls on the floor! Paul is so serious & can play anything & Chevy is a total goofball!
Chevy is one of the greatest of all times, was with the class of Bulushi, Akaroyd,and the list goes on, funniest people on the planet, and Chevy did his own stunts back in the day, keep doing what you're doing Van 😄
This is sort of a comical video. It's Paul Simon's song, it's Paul Simon singing, Paul Simon wrote it. He sits down and all of a sudden Chevy Chase starts lip synching and takes over and upstages Paul Simon, and meanwhile Paul Simon just sits there like a shmuck twiddling his thumbs. Check it out at 6:43 when Chevy blows the horn directly into Paul's face and Paul Simon starts to laugh a little.
That would be a penny whistle at the beginning ! And you really need to check out the whole album, the back round singers are LADYSMITH BLACK MAMBOSO from Africa where they also did a concert which was also video taped. I got the tape for father's day and played it until it sounded like it was underwater. Really do appreciate your reaction to the music, keep up the good work, and have Jr. pop in from time to time. If you have time this whole album is wonderful !
For more along this line from Paul Simon do his Graceland album songs with LadySmith Black Mambaso, a Zulu a capella group - "Graceland,", "Diamonds on the soles of her shoes" Other South African African fusion bands include Johnny Clegg and Juluka/Savuka, Mango Groove, Freshleyground, PJ Powers/Thandeka Also listen to Miriam Makeba, Sipho "Hotstix" Mabuse, Hugh Masekela
This song makes me smile so hard 😁 Please check out Paul Simon's video Diamonds on The Soles of Her Shoes, it's such a great song, I think you'd really love it. 🎶🎵🔥🔥❤🤘
There is such a great story to this video. Best friends sober and actor, decided to say screw it, get stoned, and make a video ourselves. If you watch very closely, you can tell it was all supposed to be just a joke, but turned out funny as hell. And used it as the official video.
If my memory serves correctly, Paul Simon not only sung this song but actually played all of the instruments for it in the studio. And that's not a kazoo or flute of any kind. That's a piccolo
This song came out after Paul Simon made a trip to Africa. You can hear the African influence in this song. But you can hear the African influence even more strongly in his song "Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes". There's a video where he has about a half dozen African men singing backup.
Chevy Chase attended college with a couple guys; Donald Fagen and Walter Becker. They formed a band, Chevy played drums for a short time. The other two guys went on to become Steely Dan.
Van, check out Paul Simon singing "Diamonds on the Soles of her Shoes." The video I've seen features Ladysmith Black Mbasa, and is a really good video. I love Paul Simon -- I play him in the kitchen while I cook, all the time. : )
The small guy is Paul Simon. The tall guy is Chevy Chase the actor and comedian. YES he was in a lot of comedies back in the day. Christmas Vacation. National Lampoons Vacation. He was also a regular on Saturday Night Live at one time. Hilarious guy! I forgot he was in this video. I haven't heard this in many years. It was an attempt at a come back for Paul I believe. Everyone loved this song. It was played on the radio a lot but unfortunately, we didn't hear a lot from him after this. Paul is truly an amazing writer and artist.
Chevy Chase played in the "Christmas Vacation" movie as Clark Griswald, I think there were 2 more of those movies. He is also an alumni of Saturday Night Live
He went to Africa and came back with this music that he wrote. He is singing this song. I bought this tape. Diamonds in her shoes is another good song. We he performed this with the Africans, fun to watch.
that musical instrument is clled a penny whistle. Although Chevy Chase does not perform on the album or song, he can play the piano and drums (as evident from his very short lived late night talk show). Fun Fact: he used to play with Walter Becker and Donald Fagan in a college band. Walter and Donald would later go on to form Steely Dan.
Paul Simon is great! Chevy Chase is the tall guy, an actor, comedian. He did all the Vacation movies and was one of the Saturday Night Live greats. Check out Paul Simon’s Down by the School Yard. 👍🏻
1 of my absolute favorite episodes of the muppet show was the paul Simon episode and it was their first episode where every song was that of the cameo guest
The singer is Paul Simon. The song is based on South African township music (kwela music) and the "flute" Paul Simon is playing is called a pennywhistle, a cheap tin flute that is popular in SA township music. The conga drum doesn't quite fit in with kwela music, they tend to use cowskin drums (cowskins stretched over oil drums)
The tall one in Chevy Chase, yes. He’s not actually singing the song. He’s just lip syncing it. Paul Simon, the short guy, is the one who actually sings this song. In this video, he comically takes a backseat
This song is based on a funny story of Paul Simon's (the one on the left). Years ago he and his wife were invited to a party, and when they got there, the host forgot who they were, and introduced them as "Al and Betty" and they decided to just roll with it all night, lol.
About a year after this song came out, my sister got married and her in-laws were named Betty and Al...and yes, we played this at the reception. It was hysterical because they had never heard this song. 😂🤣
Love that
Too funny!
Paul Simon (who is actually the one singing) is EXTRAORDINARY. I remember listening to this with my mom, who is a huge Paul Simon/Simon and Garfunkel fan, when I was younger.
I have no idea how Paul kept a straight face during this.
LOL probably the blooper reel from this video would be long enough to make a full-length movie out of, that's how.
You can see his expression crack eventually towards the end.
This clip became an instant classic because it was so hilarious. 6'4" Chevy Chase miming to 5'3" Paul Simon's voice and Paul sitting there like a pouting little boy. We were all in stitches when this song was a hit and couldn't wait to watch the clip over and over again. I think it was late mid or late 1980's.
That tiny flute is a piccolo!
Did you see Chevy take a drink and then set it on the table next to him....but it's not a table and the glass falls right through and breaks on the floor?😂😂😂😂
I thought that part was HILARIOUS as a child!
It's not a piccolo; it's a tin whistle, or "pennywhistle".
@@philpennington826 oh shit!
It is!?!?
Cool I learned something new!
@@kylaarmstrong-benjamin8066 - A piccolo is played to the side just a flute. It is actually just a smaller flute.
He also dropped the flute through the drum stand.
The penny whistle is very popular in South African township music (kwela music) as it was a cheap musical instrument. Kwela is apparently the only music genre created around the sound of the tin whistle
This is one of those songs that you can't skip when it comes on! Always makes me wanna dance and lifts my spirits!
One of the best songs EVER to make ya feel good!!!!!
Yes!!!
If I ever meet Chevy Chase I’m going to excitedly call him Paul Simon and ask for his autograph.
He’d probably get mad lol
I heard this first when i was 17 cooking at York Steak Hiouse in Dartmouth MA. The grill and cooking area was open so customers could watch and when this song came on us line cooks did the little dance part they did with the tongs as the instrument. And we'd all get drunk in the back of the parking lot on the weekends!! This brought back great memories!!!
These lyrics are pure poetry!
The musicians on this album were South African, the music is theirs ~ black township music
Even so Paul Simon got condemned by some because of the cultural boycott of apartheid South Africa at that time. The music has lasted longer than the condemnation, or apartheid.
Brilliant album, 'Graceland'.
The live concert in Zimbabwe was. Freaking. Epic. Hugh Masakela SLAPS!
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
It seems to me that giving the oppressed people opportunity would be praised.
Peter Gabriel did the same thing during that era, and I'd assume that they both expressed their opposition to apartheid...
Chevy cracks me up doing nothing! Fletch movies are the sugar honey iced tea!!!
The fletch movies and modern problems are my favorites.
I love the Fletch movies! They’re hilarious 😂
It was in 86, when it was first released on MTV. I was 11 yrs old, and I loved it because it's such a fun happy song. I sing it to my kids all the time. They have no clue what I'm singing 🤣
Great songwriter and performer. Love Paul Simon
Just one of the funnest little song and video combinations around...always cheers me up to watch it.
I saw Paul Simon do a live performance on TV before I saw this video back in the 80s. I can't remember when I first saw this video but I remember loving it and loving this entire album. Paul Simon is a musical genius. And yes Chevy Case isn't singing the song. That's the joke of the video.
Paul Simon singing and he is one of the greats. Chevy lip syncing. LOL! I love this.
Graceland is full of amazing tracks. Diamonds on the souls of her shoes and Boy in the Bubble rock.
The instrument Chevy Chase is "playing" is called a penny whistle. It's used in Irish folk music
I used to work in the mailroom of a mail order company and we were allowed to wear headsets. EVERY time this song came on someone would holler the station and we all turned. Perfect beat for sorting lol.
Paul Simon is a great musician. I really liked the "Under African Skies" documentary that he did showing the musicians he worked with in Africa.
I was a young teen, maybe 13 or so and saw it in MTV, loved it. I already knew Paul Simon and I knew the great Chevy Chase from movies.
This song always puts me in a good mood and is in constant rotation in my favorites playlist! 💞😊
Paul Simon is doing all the singing.
This is our family song and we dance to it at every wedding - i love that you reviewed it!!
I was 16 when this came out. I remember being at the home I was babysitting for and the woman was folding clothes before she left for her date. This was playing on either VH1 it MTV. That’s when MTV was legit without all these stupid reality shows.
Paul Simon's album Rhythm of the saints is just BEAUTIFUL!
I do remember whenever this would come on the radio, you and whoever you were with would be singing it together! It was so damn catchy and the video was fun too. ❤🍀
Paul Simon is hilarious.
Van, please react to: Paul Simon - SNL “Still Crazy After All These Years”
Chevy Chase is lip sinking Paul Simon's voice...perfectly! I saw this when it first came out & laughed til I cried! When Chevy puts stuff on that "table" it has no top on it so it just falls on the floor! Paul is so serious & can play anything & Chevy is a total goofball!
You nailed it darling! It’s the other guys voice. That’s Paul Simon, formally half of the duel Simon and Garfunkel.
I first watched this awesome video on MTV, over and over! They played it a lot, and I loved it!!
Chevy is one of the greatest of all times, was with the class of Bulushi, Akaroyd,and the list goes on, funniest people on the planet, and Chevy did his own stunts back in the day, keep doing what you're doing Van 😄
It’s Chevy Chase!!! Christmas Vacation movies:)
They both admitted to being coked out of their minds when the shot this. 🤣😂
Great musical song. Love Chevy Chase lip-singing.
This is sort of a comical video. It's Paul Simon's song, it's Paul Simon singing, Paul Simon wrote it. He sits down and all of a sudden Chevy Chase starts lip synching and takes over and upstages Paul Simon, and meanwhile Paul Simon just sits there like a shmuck twiddling his thumbs. Check it out at 6:43 when Chevy blows the horn directly into Paul's face and Paul Simon starts to laugh a little.
Paul Simon's song 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover is another great tune
One of my all time feel good songs! Love it!
That would be a penny whistle at the beginning ! And you really need to check out the whole album, the back round singers are LADYSMITH BLACK MAMBOSO from Africa where they also did a concert which was also video taped. I got the tape for father's day and played it until it sounded like it was underwater. Really do appreciate your reaction to the music, keep up the good work, and have Jr. pop in from time to time. If you have time this whole album is wonderful !
For more along this line from Paul Simon do his Graceland album songs with LadySmith Black Mambaso, a Zulu a capella group - "Graceland,", "Diamonds on the soles of her shoes"
Other South African African fusion bands include Johnny Clegg and Juluka/Savuka, Mango Groove, Freshleyground, PJ Powers/Thandeka
Also listen to Miriam Makeba, Sipho "Hotstix" Mabuse, Hugh Masekela
Although Chevy Chase doesn't sing the song, he's actually known for having perfect pitch. He has a good voice.
This song makes me smile so hard 😁
Please check out Paul Simon's video Diamonds on The Soles of Her Shoes, it's such a great song, I think you'd really love it. 🎶🎵🔥🔥❤🤘
I love Chevy Chase his movies were really popular in the 80s and 90s! The video you are watching is very funny and they do a great job.
One of the ultimate, cheer you up, make you feel good songs!
Yeah I grew up watching chevy chase, love the 80s
Love this song. Said he was at a party and the host kept calling him AL. Said it bothered him so he wrote this.
Such a classic! 😄
There is such a great story to this video. Best friends sober and actor, decided to say screw it, get stoned, and make a video ourselves. If you watch very closely, you can tell it was all supposed to be just a joke, but turned out funny as hell. And used it as the official video.
One of my favorite videos back in the day. This one and Phil Collins Easy Lover I would stop everything just to watch them.
This video never fails to improve my mood. It's such a feel-good song.
Im glad you are older and appreciate and know who Chevy and Paul are!
This ones some great fun and they def look like they had fun making it. Funky with a touch Island sound. Thanx for a great reaction, Peace
If my memory serves correctly, Paul Simon not only sung this song but actually played all of the instruments for it in the studio. And that's not a kazoo or flute of any kind. That's a piccolo
no its a tinwhistle
As a music fanatic I was to young to remember first time hearing it but it always brings me back to my true young innocent self
Paul Simon was a pretty regular guest star on SNL (when it was good) when Chevy Chase was still on it.
When I first saw this. I knew who Paul Simon was and I knew who Chevy Chase was. Such a fun song!
I loooove this song!!!
Love this song. You should check out the video Me and Julio down by the schoolyard by Paul
Paul Simon is the short guy and of course he sings this song in reality. :-)
This song came out after Paul Simon made a trip to Africa. You can hear the African influence in this song. But you can hear the African influence even more strongly in his song "Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes". There's a video where he has about a half dozen African men singing backup.
Chevy Chase attended college with a couple guys; Donald Fagen and Walter Becker. They formed a band, Chevy played drums for a short time. The other two guys went on to become Steely Dan.
Idk when the heard this for the first time but it was on all the time when I was a little kid in the 80s.
Yes thats Chevy Chase major actor and very well known and Paul Simon amazing voice letting Chevy pretending to sing. Neat Video
Van, check out Paul Simon singing "Diamonds on the Soles of her Shoes." The video I've seen features Ladysmith Black Mbasa, and is a really good video. I love Paul Simon -- I play him in the kitchen while I cook, all the time. : )
The small guy is Paul Simon. The tall guy is Chevy Chase the actor and comedian. YES he was in a lot of comedies back in the day. Christmas Vacation. National Lampoons Vacation. He was also a regular on Saturday Night Live at one time. Hilarious guy! I forgot he was in this video. I haven't heard this in many years. It was an attempt at a come back for Paul I believe. Everyone loved this song. It was played on the radio a lot but unfortunately, we didn't hear a lot from him after this.
Paul is truly an amazing writer and artist.
Chevy Chase played in the "Christmas Vacation" movie as Clark Griswald, I think there were 2 more of those movies. He is also an alumni of Saturday Night Live
I'm Chevy Chase, and you're not.
Must be a record because it is Paul Simon singing.
If you haven't seen his video for "Me and Julio Down By the Schoolyard" you should react to it. It's a funny one too.
Great song. Can't remember the first time I heard it but I was a teenager. Always liked it because it's a catchy tune
Ohhh I would share my age when I first heard this.... But I always love it and laugh every time. 💜
VAN - This is from Paul Simon's GRACELAND album. EXCELLENT ALBUM!!!
Love the reaction van!
He went to Africa and came back with this music that he wrote. He is singing this song. I bought this tape. Diamonds in her shoes is another good song. We he performed this with the Africans, fun to watch.
Oh, so I was 11 in 5th grade or so when this came out. But my memories of this song is hearing it on the bus to/from JR High/High School. Good song! 😁
I memorized the lyrics to this whole song when I was kid and would sing a long when they played it on MTV back in the day
Love the look of joy on your face watching this great fun video of this great song. watch it for yourself and you'll see that big smile.
FUN!! thanks for sharing ….and for being You….Hope the cough goes away real soon 🥴
One of the greatest videos of all time.
that musical instrument is clled a penny whistle.
Although Chevy Chase does not perform on the album or song, he can play the piano and drums (as evident from his very short lived late night talk show).
Fun Fact: he used to play with Walter Becker and Donald Fagan in a college band. Walter and Donald would later go on to form Steely Dan.
This song just makes me happy
Paul Simon is great! Chevy Chase is the tall guy, an actor, comedian. He did all the Vacation movies and was one of the Saturday Night Live greats. Check out Paul Simon’s Down by the School Yard. 👍🏻
Paul Simon is the short guy and that is his voice.
The background singers on this album, Graceland, is a choir from South Africa.
😂 my mom still listens to this almost every day
Is her name Betty? ..... Or Al?
1 of my absolute favorite episodes of the muppet show was the paul Simon episode and it was their first episode where every song was that of the cameo guest
That is him singing. Paul Simon of Simon and Garfunkel. He writes the music. His African album. African background singers.
I discovered this song right around the beginning of the pandemic in 2020. 😷
What are you talking about. Paul Simon is a great singer and writes great song with Art Garfunkle. I've been listening to them since the 1960's.
You're right, that's Paul Simon singing
This video was sheer genius.
I totally forgot this song, love the video.
Every time I hear this I instantly think of the Jensen and Daneel Ackels video 😂
It’s hilarious
Lol 😂 singing is the short one- Paul Simon from Simon & Garfunkel
late in the evening from the one trick pony album is a banger.
My Favorite Paul Simon song is Me and Julio down by the Schoolyard- it’s just so durn catchy!
The singer is Paul Simon. The song is based on South African township music (kwela music) and the "flute" Paul Simon is playing is called a pennywhistle, a cheap tin flute that is popular in SA township music. The conga drum doesn't quite fit in with kwela music, they tend to use cowskin drums (cowskins stretched over oil drums)
Chevy Chase was also a member of Crosby Stills Nash and Young. Prior to their making it big . VH 1 pop up video is my source for this info