Ralph McTell sings Streets of London...again! - Big Train - BBC comedy

[changtianbailang]

谢谢。Thank you by the way.

[changtianbailang]

唱完streets of london后他继续唱的哪首歌叫什么名字？what"s the song after he singing the streets of london?

[diiebane]

@changtianbailang He says that the song is called "The Highwayman", although I don't think it's the real title or even a real song, could not find anything in the web.

[changtianbailang]

很喜欢西蒙佩吉，但是bbc这部电视剧没有在中国推广，没办法看­，可惜了。

[McPrfctday]

"Free Bird!"

[Jez32uk]

bloody 'fans'

[AlexHalt100]

i like the british humor^^

[Oakleaf700]

Covers are maybe so popular as people like what they already know- and it takes no effort to listen to what you already know, as you can anticipate the bits you like-

This holds true of a musician's ''Classic'' songs- the public only ever want to hear the classics, and new material is greeted with horror!

Big Train definitely knocks spots off ''Little Britain''.

[dillis821]

love simon peggs face when drops his pint haha

[AnalogJ]

That's funny

[Grifiki]

"isn't it strange! Ask for crap like Jackojackson, or anyother north American Crap, and Youtube are always ready to Oblige. But when we in England ask for our favorites all swe get is Ab use from this shit!! Cut the crap youtube, and let real talent in."

[videogamenostalgia]

First time I saw this, I had no idea who Ralph McTell was. I thought it was a parody of Bob Dylan. The joke behind the sketch works for both, I think...

[cjwaywell]

Really funny as we went to see him last week and as Ralph tried to plug his new album by playing songs from it we're all sat there waiting for...you guessed it....Street of London....lol

[loopfreak]

@cjwaywell I experienced the samt some 20 yrs ago. Still the same? Oh fuck.

[zeldakitsch]

i played a gig at a bar recently, and we had to play sex on fire by kings of leon 3 times!!! i immediately thought of this sketch

[dunny0578]

Very funny and yes I was at the very same gig lol

[lisaj62]

It's Like Guthrie at Philly Folk fest - no City of New Orleans - no friendly crowd.

[SixEightySeven]

I think this is my favourite sketch of all time, Streets of london!

[TVsMrHappyTalk]

Ralph McTell is great - AND he comes from Croydon (as do I). In fact, I believe his original lyric was 'Streets Of Croydon', which makes sense when you listen to the words as I can certainly remember a time when this place was fairly rough. Believe me, Croydon has come a LONG way in the last 40 years.

As for Ralph? I hear the great man released a new record last week.

What a funny clip this is - it sums it all up perfectly!

[elltell1990]

@TVsMrHappyTalk He did. I bought it when I went to his concert in Derby last week. He signed it for me and I told him he was an inspiration to my guitar playing and his new album is a great example of how many people still know you are a great artist despite being labelled as a one-hit wonder by the mainstream.

Billy Connolly called him "one of Britain's greatest songwriters" so that was enough to get ME interested and i wasn't disappointed.

[Landulphcounter]

@TVsMrHappyTalk

I think the original title was to have been "Streets of Paris".

I saw Ralph last night, the first time for a few years; he still has the spark.

[MCantoneArt]

I found this SO funny. Being a recent convert to the works of Ralph McTell, and knowing of the undeserved "one-hit wonder" tag he's given due to "Streets of London", this is most defintiely a big "screw you" to the "fans" who only know Ralph for this song.

Incidentally, "Streets of London" is the one Ralph McTell song that I don't care too much for.

[msimpso99]

a song very popular during the folk revival. If you haven't heard it before, you can still get the "spirit" of the sketch by imagining it's Bob Dylan and "Blowing in the Wind"

[cornishhh]

I've seen Ralph McTell live and he introduces this song with the words"Now I'm going to play my greatest hits.Well,theres only one"

[nienorv2]

:D 1:14 isn't it the guy of shawn of the dead :D :D ?

[Suckerfly]

I don't think it's making fun of McTell at all. It's pointing the finger at people who refuse to listen to anything but the 1 song they know by an artist. The reaction of the crowd as he tries so hard to get them to listen to something he put as much feeling into ... says it all.

[FSMnoodle]

I shout this at every gig I go to!

[Gulftastic]

@FSMnoodle Me too!

[ranzig1]

WHAT IS THIS?!

[garrit666]

so funny

[dougfather]

Brilliant.

[MACHAWK123]

It's a good smile.

[antiochus66]

this is a disgrace an insult to ralf..

as a friend and a felow musicien ralf has conquered many areas.

no1 hit,tv hit jingles and many years as a folk heroe superstar.

if you watch telly who could forget,double diamond works wonder works wonders. you only geta an ooh in typhoo and lux lux Lux the soap that gets you clean.

and the award winning don amos the king of caravans,the price is right and the choice is yours.

so stop the nit picking fellas.

[oooookeeee]

awnsome =)

[norristerse]

well i'm annoyed. i type in "Rapl McTell" and instead i get a sketch about someone called "Ralph" McTell.

bloody youtube

[fuck0907]

then just don't watch it m8, use ur tiny brain m8

[norristerse]

Ooi ar yu tryen to tel me i'm am thick or someone

?

[fuck0907]

aye, deffo

[norristerse]

right das it, i dont' haf to stay hear an get insulted.

i'l go round me mums

[fuck0907]

u eff-off big twat

[norristerse]

shut up i punch yuo

[fuck0907]

yeah I will. sorry mate

[norristerse]

no my fualt i startid it

[fuck0907]

hey, don't be like that.

u r really a good man, mate.

[norristerse]

ah rats mice of yuo!

yuo are one to

[sleepypoodle]

Well if your literacy skills are anything to go by...

[sleepypoodle]

Well you were lucky to get even this if you typed in "Rapl Mc Tell" : )

[norristerse]

it sayed "rapl" wen i first seed it but hes changede it now.

so yu cant blam my listerine skils.

my speling is vary gud sometim

[eninetyx]

ha ha ha! great!!!!!

[bzM2bH]

lol mark heap quality reactions

[Funloverdude]

Lol "Stop it"

[eezysqueezy]

STREETS OF LONDON!!!!!!!!!!

[AshtonArcher]

Big Train was very underrated - certainly better than that shit Little Britain.

[Miteour17]

@AshtonArcher because little britain lis over played you faggit

[diederdickehundshow]

funniest sketch ever! :D

[serilopr]

Ralph McTell is so funny!!we dont get this show in america! DARNIT!!

[serilopr]

nice car

[burgues92]

HAHAHAHA

'WHAT IS THIS!!!' simon pegg is a genius

[Oody61]

lol xlent, but you seen it coming.

[iglooworkshop]

Same thing happend to Bob D.

[sleepypoodle]

At least Bob is more than a one hit wonder though...I do feel a bit sorry for Ralph, although he probably set himself up for life with that song which is quite astonishing really.

[kayjay83]

Free Bird

[powderfinger71]

''Stop it''

[kingcroak]

You say 'again' as though you didn't know what it was when you clicked on the link.

[IceBear08]

funny thing xD

just recognise the small diffence between a parody and homage ;-)

[klimpuh]

Hilarious funny!!!!! ROTFLOL

[tarffboy]

the joke isn't about ralph mctell, it's about people who go to gigs because they like one song.

if anything this joke is at the expense of shallow music fans

[sleepypoodle]

That's not entirely true, it's pretty obvious that 'Streets Of London' was his only true success and although he's continued to grace the folk circuit and does workshops at festivals etc. your average Joe would be hard pressed to name even one other song of Ralph's - which is a bit sad really.

This sketch is about the fact that he is a 'one hit wonder'....better than no hits I suppose but it is a bit embarrassing for the poor ol' fella.

[Viimane]

This is not funny.

[sleepypoodle]

I think it's hilarious, because it's absolutely true.

[longroadoutofeden2]

not funny...even the canned laughter only has three people sniggerring...

[DanthemanCTU24]

STREETS OF LONDON!!!

[ofek10]

It's just hillarious! Ralph McTell is superb, also when he doesn't sing "STREETS OF LONDON". :-)

[SimonJ32]

0.30 :)

[rachoDV]

Beautiful :-)

[banjo1968]

STREETS OF LONDON

[oldfart4751]

When did ElvenDane have the personality by-pass operation? get a sense of humour then you might get a life, feel sorry for you, it's so sad!

[christschinwon]

lots of arguing here! I thought the sketch was about how there aren't many chords used in mainstream folk therefore if you swop a couple of them around you get a whole different song. Sorry if that offends!

[banjo1968]

STREETS OF LONDON!!!!!!

[QFIhawkman]

I love Simon Pegg at 1:06... "WHAT IS THIS?".  And Mark Heap's horrified look throughout!

[bendinit]

:'( I cried when he stopped playing streets of London

[fuze1994]

i dint get it, what is funny about this

[ElvenDane]

Nothing - these people just want to believe that he is a sad one hit wonder. They have no clue that he withdrew from that section of the music scene ("pop") by his own choice ;-)

[burgues92]

dude u dont get the freaking joke.

its not taking the piss out of mc tell. theyre taking the piss out of the people who go to gigs and only want one song. if anything the video is supporting your arguement. ur clearly just too retarded to get that.

[illhead69]

did you ever consider they were taking the piss out of ignorant small minded twats like you :-)

[sweetappletits]

lols are people this afraid of change lools?? this reminds me of britains got talent wen the audience start to boo or shout OFF at first when they dnt like sumfin then start cheering after!! bludy manters lools..^ ^

[ElvenDane]

No, they are NOT - it's just braindead sketchwriters who haven't got a clue :-)

[PompeyLegend2009]

You're a fucking idiot ElvenDane

[DAYZER08]

the girl at the front is donna of two pints of lager and a packet of crisps

[windandrainsiscold]

No it isn't mate, it's Tracy-Ann Oberman from Eastenders, Doctor Who, Bob Martin etc...

[asloem]

i've seen ralph a few times, the first two times i saw him he didn't play streets of london. i'm glad to say there wasn't a reaction like this one!

[ElvenDane]

You are right, but some stupid and ignorant people just love to think that it is this way, because they may have heard some drunk person shout it a couple of times in their local club or similar.

In later years he has often managed to avoid playing that song, and almost no one has been unhappy about it, because he has so many other great songs along with an amazing voice and his virtuoso performing of difficult ragtime stuff and country blues to make up for it.

[alex22watts]

HAHAHA fucking great

[pascalsimons]

totally sad how that man is being forced to be a 'one hit wonder' :D

[ElvenDane]

Ha, but that is SO wrong - so many other wonderful Ralph songs that the stupid and ignorant DJs and presenters unfortunately don't know or don't want to hear.

Their loss ;-)

[starrynightuk]

'Streets Of London!!'

[ElvenDane]

:-)

And some people never become wiser ...

[starrynightuk]

lol you are a legend of youtube! You bested the other video host, it is now you vs the BBC!

[ElvenDane]

Ah, really? I had no idea, haha.

So what?! It's still talentless and brainless, not to mention ignorant and mean. But how would the BBC people be able to spot that - it's exactly the same type of selfgood, no-brains PC-idiots who work in the rest of the organisation. Seems it has seen its best days - no idea why we pay for the crap anymore.

No, I did not - he turned off comments long after I had stopped commenting there, because they became more and more insane and hateful. Nice try.

[ElvenDane]

Anyway it was you who dragged me back in here. You wanted me to react again, so of course I didn't want to disappoint you.

I just feel sorry for you - you have absolutely no clue what you are talking about.

[starrynightuk]

I remain confounded by your responses. This sketch essentially supports you- the tragedy, the burden of a 'signature' song.

[ElvenDane]

Good ! - hopefully that will keep you occupied for a while then. Did maybe you consider the possibilty that I was being sarcastic? Behaving like they do? Not that I think these people will ever read this - these actor and comedy people are usually so above the rest of us.

But it helps telling "them", what I think of their poor and mean writing skills ;-)

BBC used to be great quality - now it's mostly trash and PC-idiots (they have admitted this (PC) themselves recently).

[stopcicles]

You're a dumb cunt who doesn't understand satire. Way to suck all the funny out of the room you blackhole of humor.

[ElvenDane]

Btw. some of his songs have become hits with other artists - eg.

"From Clare to Here" (Nancy Griffith and several Irish performers ),

"The Hiring Fair" & "Red and Gold" (Fairport Convention),

"An Irish Blessing" (Many Irish artists),

"The Setting" (Show of Hands).

[qwertyuiopdan1]

why are you arguing over youtube? you are so pathetic it is unreal if you dont watch a video dont fucking watch it you cunt.

[ElvenDane]

I am not arguing ;-) I was just commenting on this lousy, very mean and unfair sketch - and how talentless the writers must be, if they have to stoop this low.

So why do you argue on YT ? ;-)

Nice language btw. - really impressed here - not to mention the total lack of logic. Think I can guess what you meant though.

It doesn't say anywhere that you are not allowed to make critical remarks - you on the other hand do NOT have to read them, if you don't like them, do you ?

[starrynightuk]

stop that captain! This sketch is PRO- Ralph McTell!

[pa20002000]

McTell himself has been reported as saying that the "Streets of London' had been a two-edged sword earlier in his career - and detracted from his other work - So this is just parodying (and exaggerating of course ) McTell's own opinion. So I don't think you need to be so defensive - Ralph McTell can fight his own fights - if he feels the need,

[ElvenDane]

I know he can, and that he doesn't have to

defend anything. He has written tons of wonderful songs that people unfortunately don't know (in general).

I am NOT - I am just saying that it's really

poor writing and very mean. Then I get attacked for saying this, because people simply want to believe it's like this and have no clue what the truth is. As you can see from the reactions, many people take it for face value, since they don't know this.

[ElvenDane]

Why not have a go at stupid presenters and DJs who ALWAYS play the same 1-2 songs with the same 100-200 artists instead ?

[Jcahalane]

Down with Thatcher! Down with evil corporations! And the charts, because the bands I like don't ever make them!

[hoss1962]

The fact that McTell has written tons of wonderful songs that people "in general" don't know - is not missed by the authors of this sketch. That is the whole point - as someone said above - this is taking the mickey out of so called "fans" whose real knowledge is very shallow. This sketch is pro McTell. If you got off your high-horse for a few seconds you would see that it is not trying to be mean to Ralph at all. Step back from the trees and see the wood...

[ranzig1]

@hoss1962

chill up its comedy!!

[armandin2048]

@hoss1962 ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ­ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ !

[Bjovolf]

And what on earth gave you that idea ? :-)

It's only in your head, and in the heads of these talentless sketchwriters.

He broke away from the pop scene by his own free will, and decided to stay with his roots. He could have had lots of hits, IF he had wanted to be a part of that part of the music industry, but he didn't feel comportable with it.

So you see - no one has forced anyone actually :-)

[Bjovolf]

comfortable, that is ;o)

[starrynightuk]

You have a very similar writing style to Bjovolf, magic!

[christokane]

ha ha ha buckin billant