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  • 2:13 Niiiiiiiice Labotomy metaphor

  • Well, when you get Steve Martin to sing a song, what kind of results would you expect?

  • Eh, maybe others really like it, but I absolutely hate it...

  • Only Steve Martin could make a Beatles classic this wacky.

  • Jim Carrey of his time

  • LOL when he was doing the buzzing thing around 1:50 , he skipped one haha

  • i love you steve martin lol

  • I think Martin captures the carnalvellesque Beatles; bet yer John and George would have loved it; oh, not to mention Ringo and Paul

  • @David44763 They avoided this movie like the plague!

  • he sounds weird

  • I don't really understand all the negative comments. Yes the Beatles are a Classic. Yes Steve Martin's singing is atrocious. It's SUPPOSED to be. It's rather obviously an affectionate parody. The Beatles are famous, but, they're still just people. No need to get all bent out of shape.

  • I can't believe people thought this was funny.

  • Sometimes I just dont understand this damn gringos!

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  • So....that's what the 70s were like....

  • i dont care what anyone says steve martin did this better than the beatles at least he put inthusaim into it rather than the miserable bland beatles who sing like they just came form a funeral

  • @axeman341324 just.....just go home

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  • @LittleMissBrendy You must be very young lol This is Steve Martian from the movie "Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band" starring Peter Frampton and the Bee Gees in 1978

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  • @LittleMissBrendy I won't argue with you there! Steve Martin does go way over the top with weirdness the way he sings it. I'm a huge Beatles fan & have been since I was a little kid. As far as I'm concened they are the best band that ever existed & no group or person will ever be as great as they were.

  • One of the worst movies ever made. A major insult to the Beatles and an incredible waste of time, talent, and money. Maybe a couple of the movie segments (better done, though) might have been funny as short sketches on MAD TV or Saturday Night Live, but that's about it.

  • @danning1 when I first got into the Beatles in the mid '80s I went to our library and requested the Sgt Pepper album (the vinal record). What I got instead was the soundtrack record to this horrid film but was too young and naive to know at first. I was wondering why the songs didn't sound like my dads version of Sgt Pepper and why the album cover art wasn't the same.

  • So shitty.

  • FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU­UUUUUUUUU

  • I'll just say there are a couple good covers in this movie such as Peter Frampton's cover of The Long and Winding Road and Aerosmith's cover of Come Together but this is the worst cover of them all!!!!

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  • I am likely in the minority but I enjoyed this movie a lot more than across the universe

  • Wasn't very impressed.

  • I'm a huge fan of Steve Martin and the Beatles.. there is a reason I've never heard of this movie

  • This makes me want to rip my ears off.

  • okay, Lady Gaga and Justin bieber are NOT super Talented. If you grew up in the 80s, 70s 60's 50's or 40's. Then you have lived in a Talented Music Era. In the 90's Music Streamlined and died off, today's Music is pathetic and boring and has no real sense of what it is trying to be. Bring Back the Classics and Throw this New Age Garbage away!

  • My brain is crying right now.

  • Stupidass

  • Could have been worse could have been better, I guess

  • Stupid movie, but there were a few good songs. Not this one, though. This is just dumb.

  • Sucks

  • oww.

  • Yes he wasnt the best for it but they didnt do that bad. I quite enjoyed the movie and i love the songs original and not.

  • i like steve and the beatles but this is just insulting!!!:(

  • You know, I would be surprised by the... unusual level of quality in this song, if it didn't come from the Sgt Pepper film.

  • This number, and the entire remake of Sgt. Pepper's should have never happened. Bee Gee's?? Peter Frampton?? Steve Martin ????!!!!!!! YGBFKM!!

  • thanks for killing abbey road

  • They DO know this is about a serial killer, right?

  • @what0080 its not

  • @what0080 Yeah I mean Maxwell just killed that song, lol

  • wow this gave me chills oh not the performance... my sister opened the front door (YOOPER)

  • it's bang bang then clang clang not both bang bang.

    Retarded none the less.

    Killed it.

  • @BCMP92929 Wow get off your high horse, the people who like current pop also like the doors and all that, you're not better for liking classic rock because it's still very popular. And by the way, Justin Bieber and Lady Gaga just to name two, are super talented.

  • @BCMP92929 Please stop acting as though modern music is the top 40 pop charts. There are still plenty of great bands. It's your own fault if you can't be bothered looking for them.

  • @BCMP92929 How dare you even put Justin SOB Bieber in the same comment as The Beatles.

  • @BCMP92929 i agree wiht uuu!!! music right noww sucks!!!

    

  • @BCMP92929 you stole this shit

  • @BCMP92929 i say SHUT UP!!

  • @BCMP92929

    All of the bands on the right are good, and most of the artists/bands on the left are bad, but don't include Lady Gaga along with Justin Bieber and *gag* Taylor Swift. Lady Gaga's music is actually good. I agree that a lot of today's music is crap, but so is the music of most eras. It's just a few good bands from each era that get remembered; the crap from each generation gets forgotten. Don't automatically class music as bad just because it isn't old.

  • its from a movie you dotes...its a character.

  • Martin is playing a Dr who was manipulated by the power of the horn and it corrupted his views on what was good and bad.

  • Ow, my ears.

  • LOL at people taking Beatles music this seriously. Recognize that this song isn't the only one butchered in this movie, it's an overall terrible film but I can't help but love it.

  • @go30tigers7 This is yo movie on druuuugs!

  • a small note, Im sure Steve didnt mean2butcher the song quite he way that he did, u see this is part of a movie where each of the sub villains r introduced as this or that, he was playing the part of some crazy doctor so hes trying2 convey getting a perverted kick out of doing what he is in the scene AND singing a upbeat happy song about a med student that murders his gf teacher + judge. Plz pardon Martin, he is a wonderfully funny man, he was only trying 2do the best with what he was given

  • This is classic Steve Martin---Great remake!!!

  • This song will never get old, this version or the original. It's just, awesome.

  • "so he waits behuuhgnd" hahaha

  • Whatever is below terrible, this is that. 

  • this sounds soo gay =.= wdf is he high or something

  • @emoelmoXP i think he is high

  • As a huge Betales fan, this really pisses me off. Now I know why Steve Martin is not one of my favorites

  • who on earth would have thought this a good idea? dearie me

  • He should have sang a duet with William Shatner.

  • EPIC!!!! FAIL!!!!

  • John Lennon would be rolling in his grave.

  • @Betspanker wtf

    john was alive when this came out

    dont know what he thought of it though

  • @Burromovie someone somewhere on the web claimed that John Lennon saw this on a plane as the in-flight movie and said "it was hell on earth" to sit through. I've never heard that story before from anywhere else but I believe it. Paul was allegedly asked to play Sgt Pepper but turned it down so they gave it to Billy Preston.

  • @Betspanker If you would think before you typed... You would know this was made in the late 70's John Lennon was alive when they made this... John Lennon died in 1981... This was a broadway film... Most of the people who made this had beatles connections... Newyork times said it was The Gone of the Wind of its gen...

  • @ShroomMasta I was referring to the video, not the film. I highly doubt the video was uploaded when John was alive. I haven't seen the film, so i don't know if it is "The Gone {WITH} the Wind of its gen" but i do know that this video makes it out to be terrible.

  • @Betspanker Well maybe you should do your homework alittle bit more because the film came out in 1976 like I said.

  • @ShroomMasta What has that got to do with my reference to the video? And you didn't say 1976, you said late 70's.

  • @ShroomMasta actualy john died december 8th 1980

  • this is so bizarre

  • Lol. This part of the movie was really cheesy. But Steve mad the song really catchy.. I enjoyed it....

  • I like the original. I looked at the comment on the original and it seems im the only one who likes it. Steves version sucks. lol

  • lol omg this is good

  • i love the beatles but maxwells silver hammer was a lame song steve martin makes it good

  • This movie confirmed my belief that there is no hope for mankind.

  • Steve Martin and The Beatles are the Best at what they do, but this song/movie woke me up one night, and I did think it was kind of catchy, but my god this scene is so dam cheesy. I could not believe I continued to watch it. WEIRD.

  • i loved this 

  • Why Maxwell's silver hammer? It had nothing to do with what they were doing...

  • Not as good as the Steve Martin's dentist song or the original version, but I still enjoy this.

  • dear god i think i am going to die .

  • i love this song

  • ...Oh I have to see this movie now lol, I love the Beatles but have yet to see it, I know, I should feel ashamed... ; ).

  • @cisamichanne Don't get your hopes up, it's a legendarily awful movie

  • OMG, It's a JOKE people. It's funny! Don't be so critical!

  • i love this thanx so much for posting anything by steve martin is good in my book.

    and for you hasters f off.

  • THIS MAKES NO SENSE AT ALL!!!!!!!

  • Why the fuck do I watch parodys?

    Like I want a laugh at how horrible they are but in the end they just piss me off.

  • I usually am in favor of using acid or mushrooms; but man, some visions should

    be kept to whoever had 'em. I don't need this haunting my dreams. And yet, it will. Thank you once again, Life, for taking a great thing (the song) and fu*&ing it in the arse.

  • Ok, ìm almost sure that something here is VERY wrong. Someone can tell me WHAT THE HECK WAS THAT? John and George are crying in Heaver (or hell, I don´t know yet) .

  • It's not that bad. Steve did his Boris Karloff impression. Boris makes everything better.

    I've seen worse, and this version was at least original. Well, different, anyway...

    Okay, it was strange...But the character is supposed to be insane and it fits right in with that.

    That's my story and I'm sticking to it...

  • All I have to say is: WTF?

  • @trunpetmaster5505 i agree its anoyying

  • its ok

  • this made me cry

  • the reason why its bad is because he is supposed to be crazy and the movie is understandable and im 13 and i understand it why doesnt everyone else????

  • @bree140221 Aja thats the reason. But it's still bad, the reason do not justify it.

  • @PapushoProducciones yeah well it does it was the point i dont think you could sing well or dance well if you were crazy

  • @bree140221 That's right! So it's still bad, it may be act by Justin Beber and singed and danced the same way, but the song it's goingo to be bad.

  • the whole was movie was....odd so this fits in..lol..but i really like this..its very funny

  • i like the beatles better, but i like this. still, i'd rather listen to the beatles.

  • wtf is this shit?

  • this is hilarius. so funny

  • this is horrible

  • In the desc. it says sgt. peppers, but rlly on abbey road

  • I love Steve & Beatles but this is TERRIBLE

  • @trumpetmaster5505 You have to watch the whole movie.... Its just a skit the guy is passed out or something and this is what is going on in his head .... I like it personally ... have to remember its the late 70's too

  • @ShroomMasta yea, everyone hates this but i think the movie and this scene is great, its interesting...i just think ppl are dumbed down nowadays and dont understand it really, thanks for showing me a glimmer of intelligence in this shoddy generation

  • @trumpetmaster5505 LMAO HAHAHAHAHAAH

    If I ever heard this as the original, I would've said WTF is this!

    This sounds like an American Idol audition

  • I like steve martin about this time he was still very funny and you can see he had his toungue firmly in his cheek when he did this.

  • just watched this movie over the weekend pretty weirdly awesome

  • THIS SUCKS

  • THIS IS AWFUL!!!!!!! the beatles are by far the best

  • wtf is this shit

  • OH!!!! Poor John and George, ther'e probably rolling in their graves because of this video..."

  • probably John and Geroge were rolling in their...whatever, 6 feet above grave, because this is a 70s movie

  • Awkaward!

  • Uncle Ernie from Tommy Or Maxwell?

  • This is so frecken stupid! You should see the cartoon it is soo much better than this.

  • u ppl are so immature, u just understand the song, the movie, or his brilliance in this scene, ur probably the ppl who thnk twilight is well written directed and shot, its a shame tht cuz of ppl like u we wont see anymore great movies like this

  • @Lightofsparda

    "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" was a terrible movie, as was "Twilight" and (on an unrelated note) "The Ugly Truth" (just saying).

    But at least Twilight is cheesier and shorter.

    The brilliance of this scene? Explain to me the brilliance of a man using a hammer to turn people into Boy Scouts that love to do jumping jacks! It's a FUNNY scene (and a tad creepy), but it most definitely is not BRILLIANT. Have you ever even actually seen the whole film?

  • Wow this is fucking awful omg seconds of my life wasted

  • Ummm... no.

    Steve Martin, you were GREAT singing "dentist" as the dentist in the movie version of LSOH...

    But I can't even begin to describe how awful this is... your singing here, the song's treatment, the whole concept...

  • this is just wrong

  • This makes no sense at all..... It made me hate Steve Martin even more than i already did.. and for those who say "if you don't like it fuck off".. then don't worry... im already leaving this incredibly sucky video.. please do not make me return to it

  • Tee hee. I watched Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club movie with my mom last summer. Sooo weird. But also awesome. :D

  • the whole movie is pretty fucked up

  • you know what if you dont like it FUCK OFF

  • Steve MArtin was not meant to sing

  • Beatles do it better :P RIP John Lennon<3

  • I think it's funny

  • you make one of my favorite beatles songs look bad what the hell man what the hell

  • @lennon508 Oh, I bet Paul and his kids laughed their asses off when they saw this. Steve Martin is a comedian, not a singer. Incidentally, Ringo hated this song; said Paul was always coming up with "fruity" songs like this one. The funny thing is, the subject matter sounds more like John and his macabre side but I guess by then the two of them were saying "eat shit and die" in place "of goodmorning/evening" so it's unlikely they were collaborating again.

  • @MsLogjam

    John tried to keep this off the album.

  • nooooooooooooooooooooooooo

  • this sucks

  • If you really know your Beatles history... you would know that they originally wanted the Beatles for this movie... but they could not get them back together... so that is why there are so many famous celebs in the whole movie doing little bits like this

  • I'm not quite sure that even The Beatles themselves could've saved this film (unless they were allowed to talk, that is. Then their surely witty ad-libs could've helped make the film a bit more bearable.)

    Strangely enough, though, they were able to get George Matin and Geoff Emerick for the production of the music...

  • beatles verzoin is wayy beter

  • i wonder if they realized it was so suppose to be bang bang maxwells silver hammer came down upon her/his head clang clang maxwells silver hammer made sure that she/he was dead

  • Apparently, Maxwell's Silver Hammer transforms people into Boy Scouts who love to do calisthenics (sp?).

  • I really need to watch this movie to get some context...though somehow I suspect it won't help much.

    Hey, at least we've got wild-and-ccrazy Steve Martin, right? If there's anyone who can pull off a hammer-crazy psycho, it's him.

    I like this rendition of the song, if for no other reason than that it makes me wonder where Steve left his meds the day of filming this scene.

  • Just finished watching the movie. It makes SOME sense in context, but very little. Apparently, Maxwell's an EVIL plastic surgeon...y'know what? I'm not even going to explain it, because it's stupid to begin with. You never see him in the movie again after this part.

    I do love that narm-ful scream he does at the end of the song there, though.

  • I dont know. I kinda like it.

  • I like this better than the original...it's more fun sounding. The origanal sounds kind if dull and flat. But that's just my opinian.

  • @TheEnd795

    I agree completely, it's so cool sounding with his funny vocals

  • PLEASE... tell me they KILLED the producers and director of this abomination. There is no excuse for such wretchedness.

  • i know right? if they r gonna do it right they should of done it like Across the Universe which made the songs sound good. he killed it

  • Thank you, Steve Martin, for ruining my favorite Beatle song.

  • John Lehman? What the hell? No, that's /Tom Lehrer/. And actually, McCartney revealed in an interview that 'Maxwell's Silver Hammer' is a metaphor for the things in life that come out of nowhere and make things quite miserable.

  • I love this. So much. :3

    It's like the best part of the movie.

  • awful...

  • WoW, What the fuck did I just watch? It was complete garbage. If they wanted to do a proper send up to this song, it should have been a narrator singing as the events depicted in the song play out, then connect near the end. Steve martin is usually funny and over the top, but jesus this is too much. Either way this song was written as a tribute to comedy singer John Lehman who wrote songs like "Poisoning Pigeons in the park"

  • I can sorta understand why I have never seen this as an adult, and why I had nightmares about this movie after seeing it the theater as a small child...

  • Especially if you know how hilarious Steve Martin can be, this is just nothing. Not funny, not original, just odd.

    But very odd things can get funny again...

  • Oh, and by gay and fruity you mean like you, right??

  • Genau.

  • "Sometimes Paul would make us do these really fruity songs. I mean, my god, 'Maxwell's Silver Hammer' was so fruity.(...)But Paul's really writing for a 14-year-old audience now anyhow."

  • I get it. A George Harrison quote. And I couldn't agree more. It is nice to know that the other Beatles also thought this song sucked. And by "this song" I mean the original. Not everything they did turned to gold.

  • @plnester

    you have to have a dark scense of humor to appreciate this demented little ditty. i think it's cute, funny, and totally twisted. can't get enough of it...not this version the original

  • jajajajaja this is a great joke!!.... it's a joke right?... tell me it is or I will shot myself....