His version was the first version I heard, so it’s what I’ve come to love. This stripped-down, driving, Jonny Cash style interpretation just gets me. Ironic, as Mr Lee himself would no doubt detest my lack of taste
Yeh, I was just thinking he should have teamed up with a song writer. I was thinking a step or two towards Nick Cave. Could see him doing something long and rambling and lyrical and sincere and angry and sad.
Steve Earle is better man. There’s no doubt. This is great though. Reminds me of doing open mic stand up in college. I should have done the musical open mic after.
So not only does he acknowledge and diffuse the cringe in the room, he weaponises it into a brilliant joke, he uses the power of that to slingshot into the song, totally smashes the song by doing it way better than anyone expects it to be, aaand.. it's also a fantasic joke. All while making a really important point about art, capitalism and selling out. Holy shit balls. He's utterly amazing.
Went in an Irish pub in Liverpool once for one pint. A band were setting up. Just as we were about to leave, he took a violin out of his case. We stayed the night.
Stewart Lee. You have the skill of a greatest dramatic actor and you can hold us in the palm of your hand. Then you sing so beautifully! Great stuff sir.
Wonderful. If he wanted to overwrite memories of cider ads with memories of an earnest and sensitive performance, he's done it. Only thing is... I heard this before Steve Earle's version, so I only like the slower, stripped-down version of this song. It doesn't sound right without mentioning "100 % pear....sssssssss". Steve Earle holds few thrills for me now, because I... have walked in space
This is just so wonderful...name me any other artist that could end and merge a comedy performance like this with a song by the great Steve Earle. Absolutely brilliant.
What I love about this is that he performs the song up to the second verse, better than the original. After having ranted about cider for 20 minutes and him saying this song is the end, and him doing the song so well, and so personally, its even funnier when he turns it back on the cider.
I often wonder if the ‘Iggy Pop wants to be your dog’ line was because at that time an Iggy Pop puppet had temporarily taken over the Churchill Insurance ads, usually fronted by Churchill the dog.
That's exactly why. His hero's have become puppet stooges without any life or integrity. That's the point. It's gutting. Your hero's become as corrupted and neutralised as the rest of the world. Truly disheartening
Here is my favorite quote from Stewart Lee: "He was one of those people who used words clearly to distract from the fact that what he was saying wasn't clear".
I may be watching a downloaded copy but it’s not even illegal now and I’m sure I bought this DVD in the past so this is all gravy to me. Sing this over and over forever Mr Lee as often as I bloody wish ❤ with moaning
As somebody who worked in Ireland's tourism industry for many years, I can't tell all of you how much I hate this song from the bottom of my heart. I love this though!!!
At the end of this I thought "Oh... he's stopped singing that now".
"I wonder what he's going to sing next."
His voice has not let itself go.
I unironically think he has a wonderful singing voice and this is a great performance.
His version was the first version I heard, so it’s what I’ve come to love. This stripped-down, driving, Jonny Cash style interpretation just gets me.
Ironic, as Mr Lee himself would no doubt detest my lack of taste
He did back then, but since then he's let himself go.
@@Freddybrown1984 Same. I've come to absolutely love the Steve Earle version too, but this was my entry point
Agreed the Eskimo faced lesbian did good
Yeh, I was just thinking he should have teamed up with a song writer. I was thinking a step or two towards Nick Cave. Could see him doing something long and rambling and lyrical and sincere and angry and sad.
He's fantastic. Ending with this song is tremendous. Making this song the best version ever is devastating as an achievement. True genius.
Steve Earle is better man. There’s no doubt. This is great though. Reminds me of doing open mic stand up in college. I should have done the musical open mic after.
That was a pretty nice song - I have to say that I did not expect that from the then unconvicted Ratko Mladic!
He did let himself go thou...
Times have been hard then for Ratko Mladic
So not only does he acknowledge and diffuse the cringe in the room, he weaponises it into a brilliant joke, he uses the power of that to slingshot into the song, totally smashes the song by doing it way better than anyone expects it to be, aaand.. it's also a fantasic joke. All while making a really important point about art, capitalism and selling out. Holy shit balls. He's utterly amazing.
Love this comment. And Stewart Lee. And Stewart Lee fans.
Nick Pinn's a phenomenal violinist; so much of what he does here is so fantastic
smashed it out of the ball park
Went in an Irish pub in Liverpool once for one pint. A band were setting up. Just as we were about to leave, he took a violin out of his case.
We stayed the night.
Yeah madness
I love the half-smile at the unexpected clapping. Fills me with happiness every time.
Jeez, I’ve just made this exact comment 5 years later. I hadn’t realised.
@@jamesrembrandt8738 hehe
James Rembrandt’s long term memory has let itself go
Stewart Lee. You have the skill of a greatest dramatic actor and you can hold us in the palm of your hand. Then you sing so beautifully! Great stuff sir.
There's something about the earnestness, vulnerability and sentiment behind this that makes it truly beautiful.
he’s thinking of his wife who is from that part of Ireland which helps - they also watched this song together and we’re both moved by it
The earnestness of a contrived piece of art lol it’s brilliant but calm down a touch
Wonderful. If he wanted to overwrite memories of cider ads with memories of an earnest and sensitive performance, he's done it. Only thing is... I heard this before Steve Earle's version, so I only like the slower, stripped-down version of this song. It doesn't sound right without mentioning "100 % pear....sssssssss". Steve Earle holds few thrills for me now, because I... have walked in space
Bugger off with your space walk shite. I've had sex with a pig!
I always come back to this just for the unexpected clap & the half-smile it caused. Brilliant.
Time stamp?
@@jessicakeir2446 What’s that a dance?
James Rembrandt yes.
@@jamesrembrandt8738 It's like the Time Warp for skinheads.
Well that came as a surprise. Remarkable rendition. Incredible violin too.
I watch the DVD every now and then but I watch this frequently. Beautiful and no need for any embarrassment.
Absolutely blown away by this... Never saw this before?! Didn't know he could sing that good wow
Stew getting in some practice for his inevitable carpool karaoke with James Corden.
This is just so wonderful...name me any other artist that could end and merge a comedy performance like this with a song by the great Steve Earle. Absolutely brilliant.
Ah Stewart, I loved you to pieces already, now I find out you sing that beautifully I'm 100% obsessed. You have my heart you genius punk clown.
Stewart has got some talent, I wish he'd do more singing, this was good.
What I love about this is that he performs the song up to the second verse, better than the original.
After having ranted about cider for 20 minutes and him saying this song is the end, and him doing the song so well, and so personally, its even funnier when he turns it back on the cider.
PURE GENIUS!!
Genius! His jokes are so brilliantly constructed, what an artist
absolutely in a league of his own
Bob Dylan has smartened himself up!
Ironically, this is like "the sad bit at the end" that makes you cry.
How can you not love this ❤️ So beautiful and funny at the same time 😊
I love the sound of the violin player. ...mesemeric
He may not be a musician but he is an artist
I think he's being very modest - it's clear he knows a great deal and plays very well.
Fantastic! Loved it! And OMG what a fiddler! 🎻 😲 😲 👏👏
If You Prefer A Milder Comedian is such a perfect show.
Absolutely! I watch it ever so often and it always manages to make me laught.
Did it not let itself go?
'If you want people to love you
make them laugh..
If you want them hate you
tell them the truth'..
Oscar Wllde..
Greetings from London...
I'll give it to you straight, like a pear cider made from 100% pear, I really enjoyed this.
PearS
That went a lot better than I expected, he was so right about the preconceptions
excellent. truly excellent
brilliantly done! love you Lee, lots of respect
Stewart is so good - but the violinist is totally amazing!
Wow. Great version. x
Proclaimers have let themselves go
Proclaimers have come together well
Didn't even know Terry Christian played guitar, but he has let himself go
I checked out Steve Earls version and actually prefer THIS. This is a gorgeous cover Stu.
Same! To be fair, it's quite a different mood in the original, hard to compete with the sentimentality and build-up here :)
It's weird that more artists haven't covered it. The Steve Earls version is just a bit too busy for me and jars with the content and tune of the song.
"Gorgeous"
Cringe
looking forward to this years gigs
That Richard Hammond's let himself go
Nicely done, god one :)
outstanding
I often wonder if the ‘Iggy Pop wants to be your dog’ line was because at that time an Iggy Pop puppet had temporarily taken over the Churchill Insurance ads, usually fronted by Churchill the dog.
That's exactly why. His hero's have become puppet stooges without any life or integrity. That's the point. It's gutting. Your hero's become as corrupted and neutralised as the rest of the world. Truly disheartening
You often wonder that … no you absolutely do not
Here is my favorite quote from Stewart Lee: "He was one of those people who used words clearly to distract from the fact that what he was saying wasn't clear".
Hard to believe he can sing so well when he’s never focussed on it for the past 20
Years
So difficult to believe someone could sing in private for decades then blow your tiny mind by then being good at it in public
Ratko Mladic is looking surprisingly good
Billy Bragg's let himself go.
I may be watching a downloaded copy but it’s not even illegal now and I’m sure I bought this DVD in the past so this is all gravy to me.
Sing this over and over forever Mr Lee as often as I bloody wish ❤ with moaning
I like it more than the original
From Galway, can confirm the girls have let themselves go
In all sincerity can anyone recommend songs that's similar to the violin playing in this song? Thanks.
Hanging off your cloud by the Courteeners
This is so good that i wish he hadnt transitioned into a joke at the end
Bob Dylan's let himself go.
Kostya Tszyu has let himself go
Dylan Moran's let himself go
How good is that fiddle player? He makes that thing weep and moan and god knows what else...
It would have been better with a rap singer in the middle.
You've seen them, these rap singers,
at Top of the Pop or at the shopping mall...
He's singing that to the missus
Great violin playing though
+Okko Kooks Nick Pynn is great. he also does/ did a lot of work with Boothby Graffoe.
+Devil's Advocate yea I looked him up. He can play any instrument apparently.
Okko Kooks have you listened to Boothby?
+Devil's Advocate No
Okko Kooks he's good, funny too. 'nice bloke' is a cool song.
Oddly touching, nice Lydon, Ig and Dylan bits too.....
I hear the real Galway girl has let herself go.
James Corden is looking better than ever.
Heaven knows he's let himself go now
Good to see Tanita Tikaram making a comeback.
whats the name of the song thats played during the credits for this show. its not shown here, i know, but anyone remembers
Scuffle With Nature - The Takeovers
***** I'm not that guy who asked the question a year ago but, THANK YOU!
Steve Earle is a really good guy to boot
That bloke with an eskimos face from the 90s has let himself go!
Will he re-make the flake add?
“The Galway Girl”
Them: by Steve Earle
Also them: by Ed Sheeran
Me, an intellectual: *by Stewart Lee & Nick Pynn*
(The octopus of sound)
The irony that this song is now probably better known as an Ed Sheeran song
Same title, different song.
Great fun whenever people ask what your favourite song is and you have to say "the Galway Girl. No, Not that one"
Iv'e let myself go --- like a pigeon.
Is this tanika tikarum?
Kind of ironic, as this is an illegal version.. technically. Haha
starts at 3:20
I didn’t know KD Lang covered this
Lech Walesa has let himself go
He needs some Solidarity ;)
The kind of joke that would be the last drop in Michael McIntyre's warm diarrhea.
fucking genius
Give to them straight stew straight like 100% pear cider
Steve Earle is looking much better these days
Stewart Lee has let his clone learn the violin
Shane McGowan's looking well
He sounds like Billy Bragg to me.
The Eurythmics have let themselves go.
Tinita Tikkarum!
Usain Bolt's let himself go.
Andrea Corr's sister on the violin has let herself go.
Morrissey has really mellowed, and let himself go.
As somebody who worked in Ireland's tourism industry for many years, I can't tell all of you how much I hate this song from the bottom of my heart. I love this though!!!
Ed Sheeran's let himself go
Him from the Pogues has let himself go.
Shane MacGowan?
@@TheLastAngryMan01 yes
ufoools Stewy has a rather healthier complement of teeth than the Shanester 😄
HE IS MARRIED TO AN IRISH WOman , shame really cos i really luv him
she's violent drunk religious bigot
crissie rose His imaginary wife is a black man though
Billy Bragg’s let himself go.
Billy Bragg has let himself go!!
Bruce Springsteen has really let himself go
KD Lang has let herself go
Billy Braggs really let himself go
I thought it was great. He gave it to us straight like .........
Poor bastard must be livid about the Ed Sheeran song then
[Insert video-relevant comment] has really let itself go.