harmonica maddness

[j0hnk41]

@ 1:00 no... "not that! not happy birthday... NOT HAPPY BIRTHDAY!"

[whocares1694]

Wild!!!

[rwl1919]

What is this!? I don't even......

*hypnotized eye rolling*

[nifur1]

P E R F E K C J A ! ! !

[frepi]

The playing the biggest one looks like he's eating a metal corn cob

[MrRyanGC]

That guy on the right looks like a typewriter..

[14Bieberfeverforever]

Holy shit... That was breathtaking

And I feel stood up by a harmonica..

[sunburst47]

bravo

[sheepyloveanime]

! sparta?!

[TrempBoy2]

Lmao, what a crazy song. I've never heard anything like this before.

[nocysfinest4ever]

wow awsome!!!!

[deano12311]

I want to root these guys boots!!!

[SephCat74]

@fatxmosh Wasnt even 300 reference and all of u go ape shit lol.

[baboon6blackybutt]

utterly mad man!

[zbradley1990]

Later these guys would merge together to become John Popper and form Blues Traveller

[screaminone]

hate to be in the way when the guy on the end, at the end, let's go of that thing, lol!

[screaminone]

@screaminone ...he's gonna take out the conductor if he lets it go!

[ShadowSoldior]

MY BRAIN JUST MELTED OUT OF MY EYE SOCKETS FROM THE WIN!!!

[aaboelela]

this reminds me of honey i shrunk the kids

[ramonysuarmonica]

Very very good yu are extraordinari.

[harpingo]

drakahl comments that "It's almost sad, but good" Huh??? I wish people who have no idea about harmonica would refrain from passing judgement. Have an opimion but don't judge. The players in this clip were some of the best ever, including Charlie Leighton who just passssed away a short time ago (late 2009),,,and yes it's good, almost brilliant!

[kjensax1]

I rest my case! Acoustic instruments RULE!

[TinyFloyd]

A-ok

[ciclosonico]

Great!!!!

[Gehrkenstein]

This is what I dream of doing with my life.

[shocktower70]

Oi, such Silly Busness !!!

[Zero120DC]

what year is this?

[radcam69]

based on the composition date of 1937, I would guess this is 1937-1940.

[1077]

already in my favorites this is just epic :D

[rdangelo]

fucking-A

[reichmarshall]

The song is "Powerhouse" by Raymond Scott.

[pr0pagandane]

amazing ...

[brawldaniel]

HAHAHAH, check the guy on the right on 2:00

[MagnusFogg]

:o)))))))))))))))))))))))

[drauhx]

it's great but it's not "punk".

[vachief]

..amazing talent..

[Facekiller96]

this is.............AMAZING...I love that huge harmonica

[ElizabethGS]

the very long harmonica is a chord harmonica, the double (fatter) one beside him is a double bass..both are just what you would think by their names: - used for rhythm...and are both still very much in use today - in harmonica trios/duos/quartets. Even Jason Ricci, a brilliant Blues diatonic player is studying/learning chord harmonica because he loves the sound...

[Mognam]

I'm a metal head who has playing the guitar for over 20 years, always looking for new stuff I was luck enough for a friend to buy me a harmonica. Just started teaching myself. These guys are brilliant and I love the song. I do believe that some of this tune was used on the old merry melodies cartoons.

[daswaff]

The Tune is Raymond Scott's "Powerhouse"

Carl Stallings and WB bought the rights to use Scott's stuff for cartoons.

[sprechstimme]

You know, this is so amazing, I can't stop watching it. I watch it at least 10 times a day!

[drakahl]

Thats almost sad even though its good.

[pianoscantalk]

to answer a couple of questions posted -

* the group playing is the Philharmonicas

* the song is Powerhouse by Raymond Scott

* the big harmonica is a chord harmonica

hope that helps!

[PandaAbomination]

You know, I never thought that the fully diminished 7th chord could possibly be used in a comedic context until this video.

[LazyMegalonychidae]

Hahaha, hilarious! :D

[te908bd]

Creepy

[AFDex16]

this is soooooo goooooood

[APaclin]

amazing!

[TioMuffin]

LOL truly amazing it reminds me of old cartoon like Tom & Jerry and that stuff very good

[SamokhinTV]

super

[tutalind]

That bass harmonica is amazing! This is crazy, but really cool stuff.

[XerosXIII]

what the.. somebody else stole their finishing spotlight!!? XD

[XerosXIII]

zomg... HAX!! XD

[osborneddotcom]

awesome...from a day when music was music and tallent was tallent.

[Solis1112]

lol was totally not expecting the end

[boboa9]

1:02 is amazing

[haineux]

This tune was used in MANY MANY Loonie Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons from the Warner Brothers studios.

Raymond Scott (check wikipedia) was an early pioneer of music synthesizers, in addition to being enormously popular for his novelty songs on a national radio program. (If you've never heard of Spike Jones, check Wikipedia and YouTube for many clips.)

[milrone]

where do i get one of those huge harmonicas?

[wormbaby79]

Try a Suzuki 48 chord SCH48. They are huge but coast over a thousand dollars!

[ElizabethGS]

Hohner makes chords as well...they (and the suzukis) sometimes come up for sale on EBay. It's an entirely different learning process, but fascinating. There are people who will teach it.

[singletask]

Raymond Scott

[mjl549]

those harmonicas are fucking crazy

[shizohal]

Powerhouse!!!!!!

[daswaff]

I believe they are called "The Phil Harmonics", but I am not 100% certain

[varkensleder]

lol that is one big harmonica XD

[ColonelToffee]

What is the name of this harmonica band?

[wormbaby79]

They are indeed the Phil Harmonics performing Raymond Scott's "Powerhouse", from the 1939 short "The Dipsy Doodler" by Larry Clinton and His Orchestra.

[orny52]

pozytywnie pojebani

[TinyFloyd]

sweet

[an9ela91]

it rocks

[an9ela91]

harmonica is the best instrument ever!!

i play it and i loved it..

you can make everything

[CliffThe1st]

lol harmonica to the far right is epic. now i know where that tune in looney tunes comes from

[beanmontag]

Harmonicas cancel out every other instrument.

[Staunte]

AGREED

[bablazo]

The next day Joe brought a video in for me to look at. The minute that video starting my, I sat there with my mouth wide open bamboozled. He kept sayin he was the tall good lookin kid 4th one down to the right. He mentioned they were called the "Phil Harmonicas". I lost touch with Joe but I think about him time to time. I still have the video he gave me.

What an honor to have met him!

Hope your doin great Joe.

Anyone know anything about Joe?

[emgeemann]

i wish i did.. fascinating stuff! music has really changed

[bablazo]

I used to work in a music store in Ventura the mid 90's. I met this gentlemen who came to ask about our harmonicas. He was really picky but ended up being a real nice fellow. His name was Joe Jass. He said that when he was a kid, he was in a famous harmonica band. Of course I wanted to know more and asked him a million questions.

[MST3Kfanatic]

hey lafe5, sorry i didn't scroll down the comments before posting that this is a cover (well done!) of the raymond scott song powerhouse...good call on your part. cheers!

[Horace01]

Guy with huge harmonica is overcompensating.

[SamIamb]

That is very funny as a joke but come on. Dude on the far right is adorable. He looks just like a Keebler elf. Hence he does not need to compensate.

Am I wrong?

[SephCat74]

THIS IS MADNESSS!!

lol.

[Jontenn]

THIS IS SPARTA!

[SephCat74]

lol 300 has created one of the most fun parody ever!

[ShadowSoldior]

@SephCat74 No, THIS-IS-HARMONICAAAA!

[deadjerusalem]

wonder if they had to have those custom made.

[yuuwolf]

Now those are some musical bad asses. XD

I wish I could do that.

[lafe5]

Hmm... no one seems to have said anything about this song. It's an old Raymond Scott piece called "Powerhouse". It was used in a lot of old cartoons.

[BanditRingtail23]

I knew it was familiar, but never knew its name before. Thanks! =P Hope I can remember it now.

[enogael]

omg the one on the right... I can't stop laughing

[landztranz]

@enogael There isn't really much comedy in this. Just great playing. The guy on the right is simply playing fast; I don't think he's trying to be funny. Great performance!

[HoppiTeam]

best harmonica video ever

[DennisMindreci]

wow

[homefry62]

they look like sandwiches

[Bob65001]

i can play the harmonica.....im fair.....but ill never be that good

wow...

[shuckslbj]

un-be-freakin'-lievable.

[flaviolima91]

cool!

this guys are totally on drugs, but anyway...

[cjstone1992]

that is slightly sinister throughout.

they play like mothers though. So good!

[Well108]

OH HEEEEELLLLLLLLLLL YES

[Hyper1ink]

Don't they have anything else to muffdive? :p

[ftballer57]

hahaha for some reason i cant stop laughin

[elbratzo]

i love the end, when it turns into a real smooth jazz. so badass.

[Smosikas2]

nice

[Thatfatboii]

cool

[junior00bacon00chee]

this tune is from ren and stimpy!

[funstuff2006]

This tune was in the old Looney Toons loooong before Ren and Stimpy had even been dreamed of.

[alberthinkl]

and it was composed by raymond scott in 1937

[SteveHaynie]

The tune is called Powerhouse.

[asilagy]

whats the one on the far right called

[LiquorMeUp]

A bigass harmonica?

Actually, it sounds like they're all playing a chromatic harmonica. Thing is, chromatic harmonica's nowadays have this little button that switches between different reeds, allowing more practicality and easier to handle. I'm guessing this is what an old chromatic harmonica looks like - without the technology to switch between reeds?

Please correct me if I'm wrong.

[noniddie]

it's a chord harmonica

[Well108]

I thought it was a bass harmonica on the right. It might as well just be a freaking huge chromatic. x)

[louswire]

the one on the right is cords and rhythm ... the guy to his right is on bass... the rest seem to be playing chromatics.

[HelenAndreaMartinez]

i remember this song from cartoons!

i am so happy to see the musicians.

xoxoxo!

[krebdj]

scary kinda

[robertbaldwinxu]

where does this come from!

[jazu40]

1;07, cool progress for metal song.

[lancerwolf]

Shut the fuck up, that's been used too much already.

When Linkin park does it... It's a good signal to stop using it.

[Widmerpool99]

The chap on the right has an immense organ in his mouth.

[lancerwolf]

Lol, I concur.

[Draxius]

I hope he doesn't suck that (mouth)organ to much.

[TL250Rider]

Thank you fro the info about the Tom Turkey Cartoon.

[Mommy12008]

I love this. What is the name of the group?

[frepi]

Bugs Bunny!!!

[markushka141]

My body was moving by the rithm of that 2 songs... really amazing... :)

[railertoros]

Yeah, definetly punk!

[arale345]

its sounds like an old mikey mouse cartoon!!

:D

[DaDrumBum1]

Yeah this is amazing, not punk though, but someone could do a punk cover of it. POWERHOUSE!

[mediavirus]

Foetus did a cover on his Steroid Maximus album. Powerhouse never gets old!

[dipzrot]

This is Raymond Scott's music.

[brunofelix20]

Great! .. hail Raymond Scott! :D

[lazysmurf420]

As much as I would love to believe that they put that orchestra there just for the one note, I am guessing that probably isn't the case.

[Dndd8686]

Wow.

[checkeredgeek]

oh... my... god...

powerhouse... on harmonica... i love these people...

[yaksox]

Madness has one D.

Powerhouse.

[Nogli]

This was in a cartoon that I JUST watched! Duck Dodgers In The 24 and a 1/2th Century. How odd! Seriously only 10 minutes ago.

[KOVA1]

hey can you give the link to the episode! it was the theme at 1:02?

[poojaloobaCow]

As the camera pans over to the orchestra for the last note, you can see the guys playing harmonica start to pass out from hyperventilation.

PSYCHE! You can't really, but I bet that's what they did anyway. That's madness. You'd have to be breathing in and out so stinking fast to play that...

[marcogian15]

im gay

[Warkid1993]

What a shame.

[JuniorGT]

crazy!!!!!!!

[chanceopinion]

LOL those guys at the ending really have a shitty job

[kristmist]

loved the ending where they had to put together a small 'orchestra' for the sake of one note!

[DontStopTheBeat1090]

the second guy on the right looks like he's eating corn on the cob, or solving a harmonica shaped rubik's cube.

[MrUnidyne]

It's Raymond Scott's composition "Powerhouse", which has been used in Lord knows how many cartoons!

[capricen69]

hahaha i love this video

[willhalt01]

Greatest Harmonica Sextet the world has ever known

[MysteriousFeet]

The guy on the far right must be compensating for something.

[elkriverharmonicas]

Compensating for the fact he rules...

[geezerbill]

>>The guy on the far right must be

>>compensating for something.

By that logic, anybody who plays the grand piano is a eunuch.

[elledeegee]

I have a slightly better copy of this in my photobucket acct I managed to copy off TCM. I was like OMG it's harmonicas! LOL Especially those two guys on the right... major overhaul there with the long and flip over harmonicas. :D

[cristianveloza]

esta un sabor jaja...!!!!!!GRACIAS SINESTER805

[ZPants]

what show or movie is this clip from?

[harddivej]

cartoon network!

[mobile513]

Dozens, including over 40 Warner Brother cartoons, Ren and Stimpy, The Simpsons, Animaniacs, a recent Visa commercial, and was appropriated, without credit, in Honey I Shrunk the Kids (which resulted in a successful lawsuit).

Anyway, this is freaking awesome.

[garyemiller]

the song is called "Powerhouse" and it was written by Raymond Scott

[outsidelinebacker69]

isiint that song in like beetlejuice or somethhin at the beggining? :P

[PayoFyah]

is a song from cartoons(obviously is an antique song,but i'm talnking about this kinda music,is now used in cartoons,you know,swing,bop,all that),the one in the middle of the vid,is great

[JacobSpoobs]

that could get you laid back then

[wilo65]

AWESOME JOB!!! but.... why older times always seem to be crazier,funnier,cooler and I don't what else better than these ones???

Lucky them !!

[MISANTHR0PIST]

crazy crazy crazy video!!! the one on the right loooks like he holding an old printing machine!!! really freat video!

[trueNBAballa]

jesus fucking christ

[1kenyans]

holy fuck balls

[laudypapa1]

for some reason, the harmonicas have a fuller sound than the orchestral version

[Akira625]

Great-googily-moogily! That dude on the right has got the biggest freakin' harmonica I've done ever seen. The other guys were wise to steer clear of him when they played, lest they get bashed upside their heads with that thing. :)

[JeanDagba]

Great !!♪♫♪♫♪♥♥♥♪♫♪♫♪

[PaintballOwnager]

anyone know where to get the tabs?

[PewpewRasmus]

awesome (Y) ^^

[jimmyshitbags]

holy shit, at 1:13!! that is WICKED

[jimmyshitbags]

hahahaha this music is mental!!! i could imagine people chasing weasels and stuff around trying to catch them to this music

[kerme]

whats the name of the song at 1:04 ?

[khreatura]

it's...IT'S...I HEARD IT IN POPEYE!!!!!

[morailfan]

I believe the song is by Raymond Scott and is called "Powerhouse"

[dodecafono]

Yep, Powerhouse by Raymond Scott

[luangu]

It is Raymond Scott and it is two songs usually played together. It is prevalent in many Looney Tunes...The songs are "Powerhouse" and "Wardance for Wooden Indians"

[luangu]

Sorry, my research is flawed...it is on song, Powerhouse....but check out other R. Scott tunes!

[1xxxtylerxxx1]

that is talent

[sarahwaffle]

lmfao love it

[soyvuestrohamster]

Raymond Scott rules!!!!!

[Akira625]

I would have loved to see these guys perform live, they kick serious ass on those harmonicas.

[swdqwed]

was up, with the orcehstra at the end???XDXD

very funny

[zebopper]

What happened to our modern World? Ahh for the good ol days of harmonica sextets. Dig the bass cat with the doo, at the end he looks like he's power-chewing a cob of corn. Great posting, thanks!