Mannheim Steamroller Pat a Pan

[GenFrogGirl]

I was at that showing...



[GenFrogGirl]

I believe the live video part was recorded at a concert in Omaha too.

[MrMikeb1958]

4 people got hit in the head with a pan.

[ken76918]

Chip Davis was CW McCall from 1970's Convoy and Wolf Creek Pass fame. Quite a transformation, the sign of a truly great musician.

[QuentinWBuetow]

@ken76918 - No. You're wrong, unfortunately. "C.W. McCall" is the pseudonym of William Dale Fries, Jr., a musician, songwriter, and singer who worked WITH Chip Davis, Jr. and Mannheim Steamroller. =)

[QuentinWBuetow]

@ken76918 - William Dale Fries, Jr. sang and wrote the lyrics and Chip Davis, of Mannheim Steamroller, wrote the music ("Convoy", "Old Home Filler-Up an' Keep on a-Truckin' Café", "Wolf Creek Pass" and "Black Bear Road"). Just thought you'd appreciate knowing. =)

[littledevil8275]

ANYTHING Mannheim Steamroller touches turns to gold! AWESOME choice and thanks for sharing!

[Piptane]

Love this song! I saw this video years ago on Rush's TV show and so glad it's here to enjoy again. Thanks!!

Namarie, God bless, Piptane :)

[b6en]

Okay so - who doesn't like this?

[littlebirdmjfan]

@b6en Someone who's absolutely crazy.

[rowan729]

aww @ 3:09 he looks a lot like my cousin!

[pennynjoe1]

I was lucky enough to be in the audience when they were filming this for the dvd. What a show!!!

[TheClassicalflute]

This song is one of my favorites in the whole world. One can literally feel the rich texture of the music, the haunting medieval theme, and visualize the lords and ladies in the great feasting hall at Christmas......

This video, however, adds a new approach and is spectacular in depicting a man's life with it's joys and sorrows in a mere five minutes. Outstanding!

[xxVIKxx100]

@TheClassicalflute

Good description, thanks.

[chipandmelman5151]

just saw them last night :) there amazing..oh and i LOVE this song (:

[Supuhstar]

too quiet...

[DukeLeto1994]

My band is playing this for our Christmas concert. 1st trumpet part is a bitch to play because it goes above the staff, but the song is so awesome.

[blakabooify]

This actually dates historically as one of the oldest Christmas songs.

[rosten736]

@blakabooify Actually it is "only" about 300 yrs old. It was written by a French lawyer. There are many older songs. "Lo How a Rose E'er Blooming" by Michael Praetorius is at least a 100 yrs older.

[Writterssoul]

love this song... sad though... :)

[AyreXonix]

wow a lot of schools are playing this...

not that its' bad or anything! ^^;

My school is too though so I'm with you guys there xD

[TheWander44]

This song I have always loved from the first time I heard it , but the video leaves me sad. War and death are not to celebrated or maybe I just seen them to much and know to many friends that will never come home again. Personally I saw this song in my mind as the growth of the church from a small voice to large imposing all powerful creation but still based on that small voice calling in the wilderness or am I just to sentimental.

[morganxoxo102]

My school band is playing this song this year.

[morsplash]

@morganxoxo102 same

[PurpleZ3BRA]

@morganxoxo102 mine too :)

what instrumet do you play in it?

[theOranges25]

@morganxoxo102 me too

[thenerevarine13]

Best song ever.

[sarahcweraky]

what instrument is the chorus played by?

[madman987654]

@sarahcweraky it's a recorder

[capitaboarder87]

Still one of my favorite songs...

[TheOwllicker]

me and my choir sang this song at concert .. it was fun and fast

[brynn]

I used to dance to this song when i was like 5, I'm 20 now haha

[imachitterchatter]

can sum1 plz explain the vid to me..? lol.

[razorbackxr]

@imachitterchatter A young boy receives a drum for Christmas, and it becomes his favorite posession. He falls in love, impressing the girl with his drumming skill, then goes to war (WWI, I think) as a Brigade drummer. He dies, stepping on a mine, I think, and all that's recovered is his drum, which is brought back to his wife and newborn son. When the son is old enough, he receives the drum.

Pat-a-Pan actually means, literally, pound a drum. This is Chip Davis' explanation.

[imachitterchatter]

@razorbackxr i understand that part.. but y is he in the scene at the end??

[razorbackxr]

@imachitterchatter He's a ghost at the end, haunting his drum, and through it, his son.

[sbriscar]

best song ever.

[141fire]

i don't know if anyone can help but i am looking for the clip were the band interacts with the video i think that it is on this DVD i only saw it once and cant find it again if you could help just comment to this

[libraryjim59]

There was a VHS/DVD of 'Mannheim Steamroller in Concert', which incorporated the "Renaissance Christmas" video. At several points in that one, the "king" in the 'hall' called out requests for the band, and Chip responded.

[NymphadoraLives]

This makes me cry. In the best way possible.

[SAYZALOT2U]

AWESOME! Thank You For Posting This Video. Long Time Fan.

[Lordcrazy12]

Plus we have the Omaha concert on DVD its awesome..

[Lordcrazy12]

i wish i could go... just my dad is working out of twon until we sell our house so that means no concert for me. D:

[lark005]

I'm going on Dec 11th in L.A. It's been years since I saw one of their concerts. Always amazing!

[rubyjking]

The music needs to be louder. I can barely hear it. I'm going to see Mannheim in Fresno Dec 10th and can't wait. They better play this song - it's my favorite!

[technicolorfantasies]

Cool stuff. I'm in the holiday mood already.

[ElfHolder]

My family listens to MannHeim SteamRoller and other Christmas cds we have while we are doing the tree. I just love their cds a lot and I mean oh my gosh this just gets me in the mood for Christmas right now.

[smbjr2001]

We always put the tree up on Thanks Giving Day while we're watching the Macy's Parade and the turkey is roasting in the oven.

[Travlnman68122]

This is my favorite video from mannheim!!

[knox1950]

my family and i listen to this every Christmas:)

[brandonsgirl095]

i love it!

[Fersommling]

Dess Gschichtl war arrig drauerich, awwer es Lied iss arrig schää.

Un der Bu gemoynd mich an mei juchendzeit.

[blutwilight]

Another fantastic song by Mannheim and such a sad video. And they're from Nebraska where I live! Yahhhh

[mannyman189]

we played this at our xmas concert it was AWESOME... all of the sections were spread out all over the auditorium... and we had a light show during the whole thing...

[Zoraura]

Lol so did my school. I played the maraccas!

[thackket]

Lol were playing this version for our x-mas concert it reminds me off pixies or something haha :]

[SweetBEPeas]

I love this song! We had to play it for a band concert, and I had the flute solo ;]

[roguagent71]

whose the guy looking into the fire at the end? i thought he died in the war?

[GHSsoccer26]

hah. were playing this song at our christmas concert this year, its pretty sweet

[ultimavara]

So does he die and she's just imagining him being there at the end? And if not, why would his uniform and drum be on the wagon but not his body? Unless he was driving the wagon...I don't know...

[silicon212]

The story goes that he died in war, and his drum came back.

[dryadmama]

look closely at end of video,he is sitting in chair next to the fireplace..

[parrothead2581]

Yes, it appears he survived (had he not that would be a might sad Christmas video). But the explosion at 4:05 and rolling of the drum combined with the drum being brought home on the cart, certainly makes it seem he died in the war.

[lovedarli]

to me it seems like he actually died, as of the rolling drum and then the cart being rolled home with the tattered uniform, but also because of the clocks that come. I know the clocks are rolling forward, but that could have been an editting error or just the thought process. It looked like a reflection back in time... other than the last, unclear scene of this video, I LOVED it. The music never had a bad part, it was so clean....

[shewolf84]

i had to sing this song when i was about 8 yrs old for a Christmas pagent

[KatherineXIX]

This is one of my favorite Mannheim Steamroller pieces. I just love the flute and violin harmony.

[Akitahanyou]

Hah, we had just played this song yesterday at our concert.

[spamofthenation]

Haha every band has a different version of this song.

[Midnastwin]

This is my favorite song by MS! Thank you for putting this up! I love it!

[Fersommling]

Mannheimer Steamroller is de nam von de grupp un patapan is de nam vom lied.

[Ivyandstone]

I'd never heard of this song before Mannheim Steamroller, and now it's one of my Christmas favorites.

[watersblossom]

Sorry! Mannheim Steamroller is not the name of the song. Pat a Pan is.

[Ivyandstone]

I wasn't very clear -- I meant, I'd never heard of the song "Pat A Pan" before Mannheim Steamroller played it. Their new CD, Christmas Song, is *excellent*, by the way.

[razorbackxr]

@watersblossom They were saying that they'd never heard of Pat-a-Pan before they heard Mannheim Steamroller play it.

[Ryand0523]

@watersblossom

I think they mean as in they never herd of Pat-a-Pan before this version done by Mannheim Steamroller

[razorbackxr]

@watersblossom What they meant was they'd never heard of Pat-a-Pan before they heard Mannheim Steamroller play it.

[vanmoody]

@Ivyandstone Bing Crosby did a version of this song, I believe back in the 70's. This one is more beautiful because of all the instruments.

[titansfangrl]

my teacher played this song constantly, but i never knew what it was! thanks for posting it!!