Brassed off (Floral Dance)

[Krzyszczynski]

Bit cavalier with his trombone, that lad. No real bandsman would carry it around one-handed, without a case, and perched on a bike. No wonder he has trouble keeping it functioning later in the clip.

[MrT9alizee]

Underated film,bloody fantastic,very emotional,absoloutely superb,rest in peace pete postlethwaite

[gdgman9]

excellent film about the thatcher years and the murder by her of a sense of community,pride and honour in the darkest years of post war britain. I still feel for the miners and there families, Thatcher was a mass murder of a way of life!!!

[MrIntellijent]

3 people agree with the conductor...

[TopGearDog100]

''and what are you gonna do, FUCKING CHUCKLES!!" lmfao. made me laugh.

[jaw1024]

@TopGearDog100 I always thought it was "fuckin' juggle", lol shows what I know

[TopGearDog100]

@jaw1024 haha.

[unrealaldridgeguy]

I just landed the part of Jim in the stage version of this, I'm really looking forward to doing it.

[jimjamjpw1]

@unrealaldridgeguy

Saw a superb version of this on the stage several years ago at Theatre Clwyd in Mold, directed by Terry Hands, my son was in it. one of the best productions i have ever seen,

[jaw1024]

3 people are a bit clumsy with the dislike button

[1987yorkie]

Rip Pete brilliant role he played in brassed off

[TheSoulMan8]

bit clumsy with the crockery your Sandra

[twistandshout07]

just some clarification... he says 1881... not 1818

[adamtzsch]

I used to think music mattered!

[bmused55]

RIP Pete Postlethwaite (1946–2011)

This was one of his best performance.

[bengusandlex]

Still, there's always Mr Chuckles.

[cliftonbird]

love that throw away comment "bit clumsy with the crockery your Sandra " 

[robbie1ism]

brill film shows true spirit of the miners....

[OutlawAnglia123]

3 people are trombones

[PaganiniVariations]

@OutlawAnglia123 and 97 cornets

[t9alizee]

fantastic film........................

[MrWalker87]

CRAP!  that's what was, a load of bloody crap!

[skindrew]

@MrWalker87 its a film about the 1970s when coal pits were closing down rapidly..and they had a great brass band which is legendry to coal pit towns in the uk!..well we only have one coalpit in whole of uk now,,

[MrWalker87]

@skindrew thanks 4 telling me that but I've known wat this film is about since it came out lol and the comment was wat danny said at the end of 1 of the songs. Its better if the coal mines came bk cus 1 day we're all gonna run out of this stuff n then where will we look to for fuel then? just blame the daff twats that keep shutting em down!

[sawford1234]

fucking chuckles

[hostroute]

Who goes to band practice in their uniform? Its a good film though. Surprisingly true to the ethos of the band movement.

[CAL2177]

This is a great movie!

[thegodofhellfire999]

this is a great piece of music so why are we just slagging people off? (ok i hate gordon brown too), but seriously!

[1983youknowsit]

phur phur p p p phur pppppp p p phur, awesome

[yorkshiretractors]

we have the vote now to get rid of the fucking asshole BROWN THE CLOWN lets use it get fucking twat out he can take all is bent labour MPs with him

[yorkshiretractors]

why go on about Thatcher that is 20 years sin. WE cant do owt about her , but we can kick that FUCKING LYING TWAT BROWN THE CLOWN  - OUT -

[66budge]

dont blame thatcher scargill was the biggest twat who didnt care.thatcher did more than the bunch of idiots trying to run the country now. i think the music makes you feel that way out

[Chizzy941]

ha ha ha NO!! Although bad the labour government today pails in comparisson to the abhorece of Thatchers government.

thousands of people now arent being kicked out of their jobs, Thatcher more or less destroyed the north, and when EU contries offered money to help out the remaining companies Thatcher refused it!!!!

Oh, and in hospitals i dont see many people on trollies in corridors any more, or people dying of cancer before they can even see a specialist, let alone a surgeon DO YOU?

[tez601]

this makes me realise how much i hate THATCHER

[flatleythebard]

Thatcher should have been assassinated long ago.

[yorkshiretractors]

@flatleythebard why go on about Thatcher that is 20 years sin. WE cant do owt about her , but we can kick that FUCKING LYING TWAT BROWN THE CLOWN - OUT -

[MissMarilyn11]

das is die melodie von der pommersche werbung :D

[rc84461]

schwupp ist der Papa mit der Hand wieder da

[daz70den]

pittoken.. bad times,yes but a community finds a way.. this film (shot in my village) gives us a sense of pride.. we are still here mate,20 years later,trying ro make ends meet.. never be defeated..

[pittoken]

THERE'S ALWAYS MR CHUCKLES ....

[tractorlad1]

hey up yorksmilkchurns your so right brown the clown and new labour are a load of twats  SO DONT VOTE FOR EM ps what part of yorkahire are you in we are in north yorkshire

[blackdyke]

I made a comment like this recently on another Brassed Off video, and I forgot the answer:

the seating

why are the baritones and euphs behind the horns? Typically, the alternative seating puts horns/flugal on the right hand side with baritones and euphs in the middle.

So what's this about?

[judithd66]

Merci pour ce film

Très touchant le passage du père et de son fils!

[Libau1234]

we all need to get our fingers out of our arse and stop fartarsing about. the government can't do it we have to do it ourselves. bit of old fashioned pride in what you do for a living (whatever it is) and let's get on with it.

[yorksmilkchurns]

DONT VOTE LABOUR THEY HATE THE WORKING CLASS ask them lads at vaxshall and leyland vans

[pittoken]

thatcher fucked this country ........

[yorksmilkchurns]

NO NEW LABOUR AS FUCKED THIS COUNTRY

[pittoken]

it was fucked by the tory scum before new labour AKA new tory got in

[yorksmilkchurns]

Yes your right of course . it is i just get so fed up with folk going on about thatcher . that is over 20 years ago . it is the cunts at new labour we need to keep at so DONT VOTE LABOUR TOMMORROW ALL BEST FROM the rep of yorkshire

[pittoken]

there is no other alternative to labour you would have to drag my dead hand before i would vote tory there should be a total no confidence vote in general for all political parties

[yorksmilkchurns]

you right again i am 50 now and up two 12 years ago allways voted labour . this time i dont know probally ukip or if english democrates are standing maybe them, socailist labour party arent standing in my area or it probally would of being them.

[pittoken]

im 38 and i can can remember is the miners strike and how since then all our comunities have gone down the pan nothing has improved where i live since so sho do we vote for ??????????

[yorksmilkchurns]

hi i no i dont no what to do but i no i will never vote for brown and is load of twats . it is a job noing what to do

[britishleylandcrap]

The real question is would you vote Conservative ? Think about it, you are questioning Labour policies, so that means you see a difference in the Labour party, which is a lot different from what it was. Much the same as The Conservatives, they are a lot different from what they were 20 years ago :)

[yorksmilkchurns]

all labour mps are twats all on the rob LOCK EM ALL UP

[yorksmilkchurns]

hey up all you twats who been defending brown the clown and new labour . i bet you have red faces now . you seen what a load of cunts they are . especially elliot morley and that Fayebeanl hamilton a leeds labour mp. just plain stealing from us, why does a labour mp have a name like fayebean you know he is a cunt with a name like that just a load of posh criminals .yorkshire say to labour FUCK OFF YOU THEIVING TWATS

[cazasaurusrex]

hey i have no idea what ur on about but how did it all start on this video?? please dont shout at me :(

[yorksmilkchurns]

i see your onl;y 17 so your a bit young to know about the hatred we had for thatcher which this film is about . but now must working class folk hate new labour a lot more esp the labour MPs

[yorksmilkchurns]

i see your onl;y 17 so your a bit young to know about the hatred we had for thatcher which this film is about . but now must working class folk hate new labour a lot more esp the labour MPs and brown the clown

[cazasaurusrex]

oh ok :( to me brassed off is all about a brass band i dnt get the whole mine thing :( thanks for answering me. are u a brass band person your self or not?

[yorksmilkchurns]

no i have nowt to with brass bands but the town i live in does have one . but i am working class in a working class town in west yorkshire about 20 miles from the pits all the best from yorkshire

[MOONST0MP]

In fact is there any one in the whole film what has a real yorkshire accent? This clip makes us sound like fuckin retards!

[2329250]

i dont know what you lot keep going on about, Thatcher was a cunt but she hasnt been in power for 15 year, but brown and new labour have and no body says owt about them, yet they have fucked the job up alot more. so stop shoutin at someone who cant do nowt about it and start shoutin at them who can, like brown and his bunch of dickhead mates in new labour, just a load of lying and theiving twats. all the best from Yorkshire.

[apprentice22]

can i ask what any of these comments of the credit crunch have to do with the floral dance ?

[toothbrushcleaner]

i have a dance rutein to this...sad? yes but very funny!.one of my favorite peices.

[hartleymartin]

I've always enjoyed that scene where he rides with his bike, son on the back down to band practice, busy mouth-trumpeting the tune. I regularly do the same on my bicycle, although these days I usually whistle so as not to confuse other cyclists and pedestrians.

[chrisallen169]

How soon we forget you moron. At least Brown hasnt had people beaten up by coppers!

[2329250]

Tony blaire did on the diesel disputes i was one of the drivers that saw it at teesside SO FUCK OFF NEW LABOUR LOVER . PS . who helped us but you all got cheaper fuel at the time

[chrisallen169]

1 I was a picket at Orgreave in 84 (on leave from the Merchant Navy-no doubt you will call me a FAGGOT C**T now) I haven't seen anything that resembles 1% of what happened in 84.I'm not saying it didnt happen at Teeside,just that I havent seen it-if I ever do I will condemn Blair as much as Thatcher

2 I do not support any political party I just try to support right rather than wrong.

3 You would add more credibility to your comments if you could spell the name of our former Prime Minister!

[2329250]

ok clever cunt i cant spell right well that is why i drive trucks and what the fuck dose it matter i i can spell or not the point is brown and the banks are fucking the country up not thatcher . and i dont suport any parrty i just no brown is a cunt and my truck as not worked all week caus of him

[yorksmilkchurns]

you said to232950 i per sent of what happened in 1984 . what about london last week brown is using the london police as is own personal army i know you did not know this at the time you replied to 2329250 but it is true now

[Maxikingallright90]

7 times the woman said bloody^^

[Eileenjoan]

really terrific!

[DanielTheBrave]

pete posslethwaite is a genius

[GeorgesBarras]

Someone should get the whole film on here.

[nitake974]

love that song

[jsauly23]

i love stephen tomlinsons face as soon as he's said bout mr chuckles, he realises he shudnt, shits one and leaves, priceless

[2329250]

new labour and brown can go fuck off

[britishleylandcrap]

I used to play tenor horn and the brass band I was in regularly had this piece on the bill. When the four of us on those E - Flat horns opened up the sound was brilliant..if I may say so myself :P

[vonhelshnic]

The arranger of the brass band version of the floral dance, played here, is by derek broadbent, very very high in the brass band world, hes adudicated(soz bout spelling) all the big cot, and ive had the pleasure 2 play wiv him :D

[andymanscar]

Anybody know what instrument Ewan McGregor plays in this movie?

[blackdyke]

tenor horn

[andyhfromleeds1]

Does anybody know which housing estate was this segment filmed on?

[dixiemouse1006]

yep.. some of it at "White City" and also Manor Cresent, "Red City"

[lndageorgina]

watched this being filmed used my parents house, 10 plates later lol,

[shaowpow]

I just found it hilarious Ewan McGregor doing my accent.

[Majocu]

You can't beat a bit of brass band - full volume!

[eltrompeta333]

Banda simfònica is much better

[Tromboniwr]

I must disagree I'm afraid.

[cliforo]

yup i loved playing along side my grandad at brass band *Sigh* those were the good ol days

[euphfellowship]

Know what you mean. I used to have both my grandfather annnnd father in the brass band with me. Grandfather retired, and dad quit...I'm sadly alone now...

[bagOFcrap]

this is a class film

[audgiepoo1805]

could you by chance post a clip where the girl first shows up to practice?

[sokki88]

Well,it is here,When she begins to play Rodrigos Concerto de Aranjuez

[alanhudsonesq]

Pete Postlethwait and the others are fantastic in this film. This whole film is so real, it makes you feel like you are there - I know it's only a film , but.... matey's wife scalding him for Mr Chuckles, reminds me of home sweet home LOL.

[titbitz]

fab fab wat else can i say love it

[blackdyke]

even seeing the film for a third or fourth time, the "Grimley" colliery dont even sit like a brass band, why are baritones and euphs behind horns?

[euphfellowship]

it's a different variation on the brass band set up, and it is correct. this set up or the other set up that you are familiar with are both equally used just as much. my band plays in that set up as well, however as a euphonium player, i wouldn't mind if we got to sit on the end instead of being hidden away!

[Natmir]

i thought they sat like this in the movie, because, then they could get all the actors to sit together, if you notice the basses, they sit like 1 BBb 2 EEb and then the 2 actors.. same with the trombone group, they are sitting 2. Bass 1. with "Phil" playing 2. well my thoughts anyhoo... Cheers!

[xwilmutx]

This formation is almost the same as the 'Broadasting Seating' devised by Denis Wright back in the 1950s. He came to the conclusion after many experiments that this formation sounded better when broadcast on the radio than the traditional one. Details are in the 'Complete Bandmaster' Dr. D. Wright. He was of the opinion that the traditional arrangement was done that way to show off the 4 corner men ie Top Cornet, 1st Euph, 1st Trom and to a lesser extent the Solo Horn.

[TDR0032]

This movie is great!!

the best one in his kind :)

like the brassband

[sokki88]

The band is thier selves,but when he says history goes back to 1818 thats wrong....So the movie contains some false facts about Grimethorpe

[MrMercuryKingOfQueen]

@sokki88 Grimethorpe were the band used in the film but the actual in-film band is Grimley (no idea if that's spelt correctly) Colliery Band, a fictional band for the purpose of the film.

[skindrew]

@sokki88 I think he means the band has been in going that long,,since the 1818..not with the same guys,,but its a coal board/pit brass band,,thats used to be one of our heritages in the uk,,now we have only one mine open in all of the uk!..thats when the itial band started in 1818 when the coal pit opened

[1alexmthemurraynator]

I don't play tuba, i play cornet - easier to carry :P, still love this tune tune though. I think it's strange how Grimey chosen to play B&R's theme tune.

[brassfan1]

I think you will find that B+R's signature (theme) tune is a march called West Ridings. Not the Floral Dance

[Dementedhighlander]

This is an excellent scene from a brill film. Thanks very much sokki. Just love pete postlhwaite conducting.

[sokki88]

In england they call it: EEb tuba in europe and everywere else: Eb :) I shal try to get some records of me with my Eb tuba soon :D

[cp1714]

@sokki88 we call it Eb Bass actually

[dragonash1993]

what about searching for Eflat bass, its the same as tuba but thats what they call it in orchestras, Eflat bass and tuba are the same instrument

[sokki88]

Well i can try to get some tuba clips if i find someone :)

[dragonash1993]

i play in a brass band and we played this tune last year, its easy to play

[Phaedrax2]

I love the tuba! Not enough tuba clips :-(

[numberonejette]

I love this movie.Must have seen it 10 times by now.

Thanks for uploading the clip

[sokki88]

you're welcome :) I want some more comment about this comedy.Its sofun...I play tuba so i like this movie very much :D