The Scaffold - Thank you very much

[TheSandvich333]

i just heard these son on the radio. i had to find it. it made me laught

[kangaroe01]

andré van duin had a similar song . hartelijk bedankt voor het peper en zout stel:P

[Thetruthwillkillyou]

Aintree Iron....Jesus Christ..Liverpool fan..rod of iron ( odin )..psalm 110

UK government destruction of the family circle....killed the pint....£3 per pint...made many people fat on fast food.....napthan bomb.................british invention..piss take out of the Queen....in otherwords thanks for nothing as the clock ticks on to judgement day.

[xomittensloveox]

you may be very very very thankful but

your very very not welcome.

[talcy]

Thank you very much for the Cadbury's Roses...

[flaxonx3]

Always thought they sang 'THANK YOU FOR OUR GRACIOUS QUEEN'. One of the first lyrics I remember from being a small kid. It makes more sense than 'Our gracious team.' What team? Liverpool FC?

[ikd900]

Markos Seferlis

[bluehouselucy]

thank you very much you're welcome

[ripper13irc]

Seferlis!

[luffygeek96]

@ripper13irc dose

[definitedoll]

This song got some good airplay, i remember it well.

used to sound like they were singing "thank you very much for the angsty iron"... 

[hannah012112]

It was iron fencing that was sent off for the war effort

[pudseybear13]

Can someone please tell me a Southerner, what is the "Aintree Iron ". Is it the Black bull pub ? Or a turn table once used on the railways ?

[observer9670]

This was part of the British "comedy rock" scene of the 60's and early 70's that never caught on the U.S. The song is loaded with sarcasm. The most controversial was their line lifted from God Save The Queen (the UK national anthem). The line is supposed to be "God save our gracious Queen". They changed it to "Thank U very much for our gracious TEAM" - meaning the Liverpool football (soccer) club!

[jamesisoliviasdad]

i think paul is playing bass on this if i remember right. he thought aintree iron was a stupid title as well, until it was a hit lol

[Buzzcocks64]

Thank you very much for doing the dishes.....

Thank you very much just for being my Mrs...

Thank you very very very very very very very very very much..

[gandelf1967]

thank you very much for uploading this song. thank you very very vey much..lol

[anne3362]

Haha - this was given to me as a birthday present age 5!!

[hrdstylr]

hahahahaha!! reminds me of the commercial for the box of roses. (chocolates)

[ThereIsCake]

Stupid is as stupid does.

News of the Wortld dies , stupidity lives on.

[Apope12341]

cooooooooooooooooooooooool

[stroodle222]

Can someone tell me...is it "thank you very much" or "thank you so much", because all I hear these days the very affected sounding "so" much.

What's happened to thank you very much?

[SprigganLook]

I remember very well this song... we used to sing it during schooltime...!

[TheRingoDave]

Thank you very much for checking out this song!

[quizmaster85]

Thank you very much for posting this classic,

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, THANK YOU VERY VERY VERY MUCH.

Thank you very much for sharing the memories,

THANK YOU VERY VERY VERY MUCH.

[Kalaspinglan123]

13 ppl ain't thankful

[steknshake43v3r]

13 people prefer ur welcome :)

[MrDarwinsDog]

Loved this quaint ditty at age 10 and bought it as a 45 rpm record.... can't remember what label. It made it onto AM radio in the U.S., but what of the flip side? "I'd Be the First" Could someone upload that please? Thanks, Rebecca.

[flaxonx3]

The original Scouser Crucial three. Forget McCullough, Cope & Wylie.

[KyplayaZ4lyfe]

are you shitting me this blows?

[geoffcarrier]

Rebecca. The you very very much.

[GodivaGirl1]

Paul McCartney's brother, Peter McCartney, sang the lead vocal in this 1965 song.

[digitig]

@Sshelly: Yes, of course this was a joke. The Scaffold were essentially a comedy act -- and a wonderful one. Listen to Lily the Pink, their biggest hit (but not the "Wiggy" version, which jumbles the lines around).

[robertmugabe00]

This song was, incredibly, a favourite of the late Queen Mother.

[Seltonas]

Κορίτσια ο Μάρκουλης :-)

[M0D3R8A]

@Seltonas Καιρό το έψαχνα. Ψάχνω κ κανα δυο άλλα από το Μάρκουλη. Τι γαμάτη εκπομπή!

[Iloveorliandwicked]

They have the awesomest songs

[Feisty1967]

Wasn't Paul McCartney's brother in this band? I think his name is Mike McGear. Why has he got a different surname to Paul McCartney? Did his father re-marry after the death of his mother Mary?

[liuzhou]

@Feisty1967 No. He used a pseudonym to get away from the connection with Paul. He has now reverted to his real name, Michael McCartney and concentrates on his photographic career rather than music..

[observer9670]

@Feisty1967 Mike McCartney didn't want to use his give surname professionally because he was afraid he'd just be seen as Paul McCartney's kid brother. So he made up the name "McGear" ("Gear" was Liverpool slang for "fabulous"). When Mike "retired" from music in 1980 and started publishing books of his photographs, he did so under his given name. And Jim McCartney did remarry and adopted his 2nd wife's daughter, who is Paul and Mike's step-sister.

[Sshelly34213]

I don't mean to be a hater...but this song is either a joke or it sucks. I mean this made the top of the list in the 60s? No wonder people have blocked this stuff out and only remember it for Jimi Hendrix and Bob Dylan.

[RevolverAnthology]

@Sshelly34213 it's a bit of innocent fun...and quite a good song IMO

[Sshelly34213]

@RevolverAnthology I guess it was like your Macarena or something.

[SamHouldsworthMusic]

Michael McCartney looks more like Ringo than Paul lol

[SEVFEST]

This song peaked at #69 (5 weeks here on the US Charts) released on Bell Records I bought the single and it was titled "Thank U Very Much" with the letter "U" and NOT the word "You". I Love this tune thanx for the memories man.......

[TheSophera]

Who remembers that this tune was used in Cadbury's Roses adverts back in the day?

[leoretrosi]

sweeeeeeeeeeeeeet! so 1967 thank you !!!!!!

[geoffreydlang]

This song was released in England on the Pye label.

(I can't believe I remembered that...I'm not even FROM there.)

Random thought: What if John had met MICHAEL McCartney at that Quarrymen gig in July '57.

This would be a very different world.

And John would still be alive.

Oh, well...Happy Holidays, just the same.

[GingaLegendWeed]

...first time I heard it, I thought it was "thank you very much for the empty lion", instead of Aintree Iron.

[bucky468]

Is this a tribute to Elvis? Haww thank you very much!

[elvis316]

@bucky468 everything in rock/popular music is a tribute to elvis. by definition. ;)

[bucky468]

@elvis316 How'd you find me (lol)?

[elvis316]

@bucky468 on comments to this awesome song. can you read sarcasm here?

[bucky468]

@elvis316 No. I meant how'd you know about this song? It wasn't that big of a hit here in America. Or are you Elvis Costello?

[elvis316]

@bucky468 just a happy accident. an happy? just stumbled here by chance. I think they could use this at guantanamo.

[ThreePipeProblems]

Awesome song! =D

[quillandpen]

Love this! I was told the Aintree Iron was that triangle of land starting at The Black Bull with Long Lane and Warbreck Moor

[iw32]

Can this novelty song be more stupid? I don't think so.

[bebles03]

Thank you very much as well. Looking forward to seeing Roger at Warwick Arts Centre on 5 November. Scouse night out.

[dimmube]

thank you very much for posting this

[scrumsie]

First part :yes ,second part :Are you serious ?

[vampyros1]

The guy on the left at :14 sure looks like Noel Harrison. Good tune-

[Vehilwen]

ez van a Bëlga koncertek végén :D

[eddietheturdburglar]

POOP

[Larzabeth]

LOL! I love it! And thank YOU "A" very, very much!

[marniedrew]

This was very very cool. Thank you very very very very very much!!!

[rebecca241290]

@marniedrew

You are very very very...welcome. :D

peace!

[iordanis11]

@rebecca241290 And i am very very very very HAPPY! XD

[JaneFokster]

Thank U Very Much for playing this record, rebecca241290!

I had the pleasure of meeting Mike McCartney twice in the late 80s and he's a very, very nice man. And very funny too. He tells great stories about growing up in Liverpool and The Beatles' Cavern days.

All the best to you, Mike!

[scrumsie]

Imagine if he had joined the Beatles..?

[eeveefan212]

@scrumsie like the mixture of lennon and paul wasent amazing enought imagine two pauls the sound would just blow u away

[pulpmiction]

Sounds a little like a first Pink Floyd L.p.

[lracuda76]

Thank you very much for feeding William.

[takis223]

mparmpagiannis :P :P :P

[lambadalasse]

thanks for sharing that one....over 40 years since I heard that last...

[janomill]

thank you for this song, I remember it very well. I'm also lloking for this old english drinking song of them"10 whisky bottles" Anyone who has this?

[MrSirMrSirMr]

Thank you very much for the napalm bomb, apparently.

[mattpeee]

Aintree is a racecoursein England, near Liverpool.

Occasionally, whilst training, a horse would lose a "shoe"

Horse shoes are considered lucky

. . .. . U

So to find one ( an Aintree iron )

Is to have good luck

[sandybarefeet]

@mattpeee Thank You Very Much (Of Course) for clearing up the Aintree Iron. I just looked up the lyrics and thought it was incorrect. For 30+ years I've been wondering what the lyrics said. Now I know, and I know what it means.

Love this song still.

[shonazadog]

@sandybarefeet No, you don't really know! Mike has kept it secret for 40 years!

[RevolverAnthology]

@mattpeee The Aintree Iron is Brain Epstein (iron hoof = poof) ....fact!!!

[miserableliar]

what is the aintree iron?

[miserableliar]

what is the aintree iron?

[mattpeee]

Thanks rebecca !

I've often listened to The Scaffold online ( no other way these days )

I can remember they fronted the tv campaign ushering in : "deci-mal-is-ation deci-malise"

and I still can't forget "sixpence is two and a half new pence"

Happy memories !

[mattpeee]

Thanks rebecca !

I've often listened to The Scaffold online ( no other way these days )

I can remember they fronted the tv campaign ushering in : "deci-mal-is-ation deci-malise"

and I still can't forget "sixpence is two and a half new pence"

Happy memories !

[rebecca241290]

Thank you very much. lol

[siboobooboo]

@rebecca241290 lol

[pantiesism]

"Charity Bubbles" is also another great Scaffold song.

[PTSD2008]

I listened to this as a child, and always wondered if anyone else knew of the Scaffold, thought I was the only one who remembered this great song...love the clock ticking, thanks for posting...

[happylmc]

is it a clock? Or is it a metranome?

[Rheinmetall1974]

I love the Liverpool accent.

[summerdaez]

thank you very much

[chelseamrb65]

Nothing sophisticated about liverpool everyone that can leaves.

[KopiteP250505]

Liverpool = the greatest city on the planet, most talented people, end of la!!! SCOUSE AND PROUD, RED TILL DEAD!

[filmfann]

Elton John is on keyboards here. He was unknown at the time.

[wildenfree]

Thats interesting, I know he used to play on the early Top of the Pops albums, didn't know he was on this though.

[chelseamrb65]

These were like a scouse version of madness the scaffold were brilliant i remember them from when i was a kid. Life was more basic back then compared to today but at least kids were allowed to actually have a proper childhood and were happier and more free.

[priapus56]

@chelseamrb65 Madness!!??? Don't talk tripe, lad! These guys were a covey of poets and satirists...What the f--- did Madness have to with such matters of sophistication??

[HonkyCat90]

I think Mike should leave songwriting to his brother.

[stafylides]

I just realised that this song is featured in some advert on tv here in Greece!

[Xeilas93]

ston sefrli koritsia o markoulis einai

[tga18680]

Lustiges lied und ein sehr junger Paul Mc Cartney einer der es verstnden hat und nicht rumgeprotzt hat.

[kim10800]

Thank you very much

[kim10800]

It is really Peter McCartney. Peter Michael McCartney is Mike McCartneys birth name.

[stafylides]

Fun and catchy ! Great song...

Does anyone know what happened to these guys? Thank u very much!!

[natorama52]

@stafylides mike mccartney is a successful rock photographer now, idk about the other guys.

[stafylides]

Thank you for the info.

Cathy

[hippymaff]

I saw one(John Gorman) at the Oxton Christmas light switch on in Birkenhead the other night.

[stafylides]

Did he sing there?

[korpx1]

tyvm

[kim10800]

They should've !!!

[Alice555foxylady]

I love the melody since 0.34- lovely sound!!!

[kim10800]

Mike McCartney did not want to cash in on his Brothers fame so he created a stage name. McGear which Gear means fab in Liverpool. I hope I could help. i like the name McGear.

[lewko1]

Are you sure McCartney and the Beatles didn't want to cash in on McGear's fame?

[theannoyingpublicist]

David Wisdom played this song on Nightlines once upon a time - haven't heard it for ten years, but it gets stuck in my head at least twice a month anyway. Never in a million years did I expect to find it here.

[plubtdr]

I sang this in front of my infant class, when I was 4 years old, and got all the words wrong. I sang "Thank you very much for two packets of beans!" No one noticed...

[kim10800]

Mike McGear and the rest u all rock!!!!! I would luv 2 see more Mike McGear/ Scaffold. Please put more on.

[Forestamtul]

If Mike McGear was Paul McCartney's brother how come they had different surnames do you have any idea. thanks.

[BlackDragon96453]

i like this song =D

[arcturusaf52]

I heard this once on WABC 41 years ago, and never again until I came across it 15 minutes ago.

[christinalouiseholt]

ditto - def a blast from the past ------ wonderful ----- thank-you

[mockviewer]

New Zealand used this, although done somewhat differently, for the popular Telethon's which ran from 1976 to 1990.

[Forestamtul]

I just spotted the videos in the last few days that was why I looked this up the original version. Im begiinning to like this song again. I heard it a lot as a child.

[Elzrulz123]

i know wat is aintree iron

[Elzrulz123]

AMAZING!!

[zodiiioo]

The Aintree Iron in the song was Brian Epstein . Iron Hoof is rhyming slang for pouf and Epstein had a home in the Aintree district.. It was just a disguised way of announcing Epstein's sexuality. Tommy Smith was not in any way an 'Iron Hoof''.

[BadNews88]

Love this song, m8's..I first heard it on a "Kiddie Hour" on a radio station back home in Chicago back in the day..don't ask me how that ended up gettin' airplay there!

An UBER-MEGA-ULTRA-RAVE-FAVE o'mine..

What's Paul's brother doin' these days?

Thank you very, very, very much! :)

[Beestroker]

Tommy Smith is the Anfiled Iron. The Aintree Iron is at the top of our road where The Black Bull is. Now go the shops and get me a CurlyWurly.

[BiddulphFC]

Brilliant! I was looking for anything re: John Gorman and the Scaffold, those songs take me back, he's still alive and kicking, in the community entertaining on the Wirral.

[BlueAura2]

Just bought the "Very Best Of" CD. What a treat.

So many differant styles of muic from the 1960s with some excellent witty Lyrics. They were ahead of their time. "Commercial Break" and "Jelly Covered Cloud" are my favourates.

Buy the Best Of CD TODAY!, I promise you won't be disappointed.

Roger McGough rules as a poet. He should have made poet laureate rather than Carol, Ann Duffy.

[debramster123]

its so english i love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ItsNora]

01:31 - 01:33 omg, that's like the sweetest voice/tone ever

[frikinjoe]

I DIDN'T KNOW MIKE WAS A MUSICIAN

[tiasarahellielorna]

wtf is an aintree iron?

[carloswigan]

Former Liverpool player Tommy Smith was the 'aintree iron'

[chingmei2000]

haha, it sounds so singlish !

[ballynafeighbluedog]

Thank you very much for the sunday joint.Yea ,until they brought in drink and drugs testing at work.

[lordofthelefthand777]

Who ever uploaded this Thank you very much. Up mike mcgear!

[rebecca241290]

You are welcome! ;)

[thetoonraider]

I have this single from when I was a weeun....thanks for the upload

[Suzito]

Thankyou that was great!

[mizkellcat]

What a handsome group. Beards and bees?

[firstladylynn96]

Mike McGear was my first pinup as a teenager and still love him very much. Thanks for sharing. What memories.

[dragoonsk]

Do u know that he is a brother of Paul Mc. Cartney ?

[firstladylynn96]

i did know, thanks

[mobydog197]

The Aintree Iron, was the Aintree Institute a building that stood behind the Black Bull until recently. It was a club with snooker etc etc that kept kids off the streets i the 60's

[PetratheGreat]

What is the Aintree Iron?

[davgeobet]

brian epstien...iron hoof.....poof

[dreaddkidwa]

thank you very much kochanie za to że jestes:* Kocham cie nad zycie i niech caly swiat to wie :* :*

[HumanBozoBoy]

pauls brother sucks as a musician...lousy..real cheese...crap...

not a bad photographer...

[PCMusic75]

Don't you have the sense of humour? I think Mike Macca didn't take himself too seriously and that's probably why he performed under various nicknames...

[rustypops1]

thankyou very much for this song!

[davidswubc]

The Queen Mum loved this song!

[ou53uea]

Yes, and while I was at school I helped John Gorman and Adrain Henri create a silly little definition: "A straight lie is the shortest distance between two politicians." It came from the mathematical deinition of a 'straight line'.

[pgh45rpms]

While I was in school, I wrote to a penfriend that lived in Londonderry (Northern Ireland). She sent me this record as a gift. [A belated thank-u-very-much to Betty Thompson.]

[Verdiez]

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR POSTING!!!

:)

[nnwahler]

You know, it's ironic that our British cousins should give us Americans the best "Thanksgiving song" ever!

[ellboy10101]

im posting ide be the first

[icanwaitanotherday]

Mary and Michelle I miss you so much!

This song is great!

[davidroot8]

i love this

[tiddleepom]

brilliant ! A great scouse song !

[britfun67]

OMG I looooooved this song growing up!!!!

[dinastein44]

Thank u very much rebecca! Ich hab mich immer königlich amüsiert mit den songs von "scaffold" und meine eltern vor mir auch! Lily the pink ist auch klasse. Haste zufällig ihren song "i'd be the first"?

[rebecca241290]

You are welcome! :-) "I'd be the first" habe ich leider nicht. ;-(

Freut mich, dass dir auch die Lieder von "The Scaffold" gefallen, da diese Band ja eher unbekannt war - schade eigentlich.

[kreuzfeld]

ich danke auch für die Vögel und die lustigen Bienen, die immer den schönen Honig machen. Vielleicht hätte man den 3 Prinzessinen hier nicht ganz so stark mit dem Knüppel auf den Kopf hauen sollen...

[rebecca241290]

Hätte mich auch gewundert, wenn du was sinnvolles geschrieben hättest...

[Barry7777777]

This song (and their general style) is more suggestive of many Irish folk songs than anything recorded by the Beatles. However, the bridges sound very Beatlesque. I had heard this song once in my life before visiting YouTube, and it really stays with you! Shame that the writer won't reveal the meaning of "Aintree Iron" though.

[Vison2008]

Paul's the one that inspired the song lol. He had to go and buy that camera for Mike. Anyway, thanks for posting I love it.

[grantzx]

Thank you very much for Posting :)

[Viznel137]

Youre welcome!Rebecca!

[kinkkinda]

super song. lange nicht mehr gehört, danke

aber Lily the pink ist noch besser.

trotzdem 5 punkte

[rebecca241290]

"Lily the pink" finde ich auch klasse, allerdings finde ich "Thank you very much" lustiger.

[HoneyLilac]

lol Liverpool accent is prominent here. :D You can definately tell its Paulie's brother. I bet they had a very similar sense of humour, listening to this song. XD Seriously, this is good. It reminds me of one of Paul's songs.

[rebecca241290]

I like this accent too. It sounds a kind of funny. Which of Paul's songs does it remind you?