Sky - Toccata (Video)
Вставка
- Опубліковано 31 бер 2010
- UK instrumental band SKY playing electric treatment of Bach's "Toccata and Fugue in D Minor". Group specialised in fusing a variety of musical styles including light rock, progressive rock, classical and jazz. Audio version appeared on the band's second album "Sky 2" released in 1980. The latter was released as a single (under the name of "Toccata") and reached number 6 in the national pop charts, giving the band the opportunity of performing on Top Of The Pops.
I just love watching the drummer have the time of his life.
That is Tristan Fry, absolutely fabulous drummer, hes in his early 80’s now…and still playing I heard 🤣
No flashy effects, no dramatic posing, just pure musicianship. Hardly surprising when the line up is one of the world's top classical guitarists plus four of the UK's top session musicians. I was lucky enough to see them live.
...... И НИКАКОГО ВПЕЧАТЛЕНИЯ ОТ ИХ ИСПОЛНЕНИЯ ..... СЕРОСТЬ ...... «лучшие и великие » ... ГОНЯТ ХАЛТУРУ 😕😠👉🙅🤕💀🤖👎
Me too: Preston Guild Hall 1984. Utterly superb
I saw them in Melbourne in '84 or '85. I thoroughly enjoyed their music. I went back a week later and enjoyed them all over again.
@@user-li8jk1et5p А вы имеете такой слух что слышите все фальшивые ноты?! Ну-ну, зависть, плохое чувство.
@@Marinacvetohek ..... МАРИНА ( извини , ЧТО называю тебя по РУССКИ)..... У МЕНЯ ЗА ПЛЕЧАМИ ВЫСШЕЕ КОНСЕРВАТОРСКОЕ ОБРАЗОВАНИЕ И , ЧТОБ тебе ПОНЯТЬ , АБСОЛЮТНЫЙ СЛУХ...... ПОЭТОМУ Я СЛЫШУ ТО , ЧТО СЛЫШУ...... ЧЕГО МНОГИЕ НЕ СЛЫШАТ . А МНОГИЕ - СЛЫШАТ....
НО НЕ ВСЕ ОБ ЭТОМ ГОВОРЯТ И ПИШУТ........ ПРИВЕТ - марина
Blew me away when it was first released 43 years ago and is still hanging in there.
I've been listening to this for over 40 years & never get tired of listening to it
me too, sky the original cd is never off in my car
Hi did they have a little that came out .with some more songs .I thought the group was called sky .but may be the song .just found it
One of the best classics ever!
@@susanlipscomb9206 نننننننننحننثننثنثنننثنننننحنثنننننننننننننثنننننثننننثحثحثنحنننثمننحننننحنننننثثنثثحثحثثحنننحنحثهثنننححثننثحنثثثننثننث3ث
G Y R U S S
I watched this clip for the first time in 1988. Today is 2024. I still watch this clip with the same enthusiasm.
The keyboarder Francis Monkman was in Curved Air before.
@@clannad99germany70he looks like a Ice Cream Vendor 🇦🇺👌
Can you believe that this is over 40 years old as of 24th February 2023. Still gets the feet tapping.
This is absolutely awesome now in 2022, majestic music, irreplaceable!!
Yes. That’s all I have to say. Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk on why Toccata is awesome. Yes.
Yup!
2022 don't change nothing.
No year does.
Nor does time.
Do you even know what time is?
I'm guessing, you have no idea - very few people do.
Not important.... just appreciate the music. Worry about the rest another day.
@@antonystringfellow5152 Time is the fourth dimension and its definition acc Wikipedia :Time is the continued sequence of existence and events that occurs in an apparently irreversible succession from the past, through the present, into the future.
This music can not be replicated by the INSECTILE, ANIMALISTIC noise which dominates today’s “music”.
Too right ✅️
Absolutely amazing musicianship. Sounds as fresh today in 2023 as it did 320 years ago!! 😂
Wow!! I see five musicians totally enjoying themselves playing a superb version of the Bach original. These are awesome real people--not marketing minions harassed by greedy managers, putting on a show for the sake of maximum profit, but playing a piece of music with a discernible melody (unlike today's lackluster tunes) and having fun doing it. Love the kid on drums--he's with it heart and soul. Go SKY!!
I just want to point out that John Williams is basically shredding on an acoustic guitar. Absolutely epic, the lot of them.
Is that that same John Williams who wrote the score for Starwars
@@britshop1 No relation.
@@britshop1 Sky's John Williams is Australian. 🇦🇺
@@britshop1 This John Williams wrote Cavatina for The Deer Hunter.
@@SupertzarMetal This John Williams performed Cavatina for The Deer Hunter but it was written by Stanley Myers
If anyone asks the meaning of a Supergroup.....this is the answer.
The ultimate masters on every instrument. Mindblowing.
they are great, but that has nothing to do with the word "supergroup"
Sky, some of the first records I bought many many years ago . Now transferred to cds it is still my go to music. Lightens the mood and brings back such good memories of my twenties.
I've still got the vinyl version, along with many others. A golden era of music.
Just pure performance and music. Another piece of music I'll never get tired of. :)
I still listen this in August 2023. A great display of talent.
Composed by Bach, performed by Sky. It doesn't get any better than that!
Surely that should be "Composed by Bach - PERFECTED by Sky"
Exception??
@@realist8977 G Y R U S S
Ya nailed it.
Superb. In the days when an instrumental could make an impact in the pop charts. We've lost that now.
we've lost everything, thank God i have my dogs
@@rickyjaworek1268And I have 6 cats, hoping to get 2 German Shepherd pups soon.😮
Back when this was in the charts, talent and ability still mattered.
What a band... Tristan Fry and Herbie Flowers... What a powerhouse rhythm section
The year is 1995. I'm in my first year at secondary school. The music teacher is an eccentric man named Mr Platts. He has a reputation for fiery outbursts, and at that point had been at the school 20+ years (He had taught my mother and aunt in the 70s). Every Tuesday we have a lesson with him and at the start he plays a song and we talk about it, to try broaden our musical horizons. One week it's Take Five by Dave Brubeck, but the only other one I can recall is this song. Mr Platts was a fan of Sky, specifically Tristan Fry (Telling us that he was Stephen Fry's brother lol). He also said "Just wait until you hear how fast he plays the drums in this".
Mr Platts suffered a heart attack and left teaching never to return a few months later. 26 years on I've never seen him again nor been able to find out what happened to him. Thanks for opening my eyes to some kickass music Sir!
Similar to me,we had a substitute teacher once when I was about 10 years old in the early 1980s who played Jeff Wayne’s War of the Worlds in its entirety and it just blew me away,loved music ever since......
Nearest I got was back to this was @1970 when a new music teacher (sorry, I've forgotten his name, was with us only one year so probably on 'work exp erience') played us a record of something he reckoned was deliberately written for stereo before anyone had even considered the concept of recording music let alone stereo.
And he was right. It is an undervalued classic charting the progress of a rather obscure early 19th century battle. You really ought to get a hold of a copy and listen to it.
The piece is "Wellington's Victory" by some chap called Beethoven and is not to be confused with a lesser-known number called the "1812".
The anthems of the 2 armies are not what you'd expect but the playoff between the 2 sides stand out with opening rifle vollies from opposing speakers; the progress reflected in the intensity of the national themes, and the battle-weary winding down leaving the victorious anthem.
As you can gather, for me to remember it so vividly half a century later....
Anyway, Sky's musical inventions and interpretations rank amongst the most evocative ever, possibly only the version of Ravel's Bolero that accompanied Torvil & Dean's performance on ice ; Thingummies version of Mussorski's "Pictures at an Exhibition"; and Whatchmacallem's Toccata and Fugue can compete. Edit: oops. This is it. Silly me! Still, great lyrics though!
So it's time to shut up and let you get back to the main event.
Yes,it truly uplifting.I must say.
I still have this on Vinyl! It's incredible!!! I bought it myself when I was young.
@@roblamb8327 I still have this on Vinyl! And as far as I remember, it is on the playlist, I opened...
Saw Sky live at Sheffield City Hall back in the 1980's. Absolutely amazing!! I never thought they received enough recognition for their music or performances!!😁😁🇬🇧
Same as E.L.O
I saw them there too. I was taken by my parents. I could only have been about 11 or 12. I remember this piece clearly. Also, Herbie flowers playing the Tuba. What a blast from the past 😄
Perhaps they were perceived as being middle aged and middle class. And yet, this is exactly the sort of music that Emerson Lake and Palmer were known for.
I do not think u rexeive enough recognition for just being u!! Not fair!!❤❤❤😂
43 years later, still up there with the all-time greats. I received the original vinyl as a present from a friend who is sadly no longer with us.
This rendition of Bach's Toccata and Fugue in Dm is firmly imprinted in my memory having listened to it 1000s of time through the late '70s early '80s studying music at high school. Genius musicians of the highest calibre!
Ditto mate - same time frame - 56 and lived the brilliance of SKY during high school years and its influence on my own musical endeavours was enormous, valued and so treasured - class musicians - brilliant era for us to cherish
Same 52, it was awesome
Superb, yes, but have a look at the version by Synfonity. Guitar work at its very best.
Very good interpretation indeed 🎉🎉❤❤
Fucking Epic. These guys were ahead of their time.
JS himself would have loved to listen to these guys...thank you.
Now that's worth listening to❤
This is nearly 40 years old and still sounds good today !
CLASSICAL .. go there
I am almost 65 and as good as new!!🤣🤣🤣
Just my opinion , but think they never had the apreciation they deserved.. great musicians
I agree. This is an extremely under rated video of some fantastic musicians.
Amazing musicians.
I stumbled on this recording in the 90‘s by coincidence and treasure that record ever since. Skilled musicians!
@@michaeld7409 wow. How old is it? I stumbled upon it about three years ago.
tony69em it was recorded in 1980, they were a progressive rock band. I was 10 back then.
A very uplifting piece of music
The drummer is having an absolute ball and thoroughly enjoying it
Was that Tom Cruise?
@@BabaBest2000 NO!!!
Tristan
Meant to be Stephen frys baby brother no idea if true but does look similar
@@markmitchell450 The guy on bass looks like frys brother, he was also bass player on war of the worlds
This song........ and played by these fantastic musicians........magical, even 40 years after its first rendition.
at college in 1980 when this band erupted. absolutely brilliant, the fabulous Tristan Fry on drums, Kev Peek on guitar, the wonderful John Williams maestro and legendary Herbie Flowers...whats not to like ! such a different sound then, and still listening 43 years later I still have the original albums. most of the band now sadly passed, but very fondly remembered.
Actually only Kevin Peek is dead (as of 2023). John Wiliams, Herbie Flowers and Tristan Fry are all in their 80's but still alive.
Francis Monkman (keyboards) passed away May 2023.
still makes the hairs on my neck stand up ....brilliant
I love how John Williams plays so effortlessly. They are all incredible musicians and this arrangement is stunning. I remember listening to this over and over when it came out.
I must think he laughs when he sees the posing and showmanship of so many of pop and rocks guitarists
Is that John Williams the movie composer?
@waskerbasket9601 No its a different John Williams. More performer than composer. He played the guitar in the Deer Hunter theme
@@waskerbasket9601 no. John Williams the world's no.1 classical guitarist, child prodigy and pupil of Segovia
Four session musician's and a classical guitar player, put them together and a superb musical journey is the result, what I call a super group.
These guys are so nerdy looking and sound like Gods! Perfect
The greatest instrumentalists ever and greatest drummer ever. Pure class
Brilliant , saw them at Hammersmith Apollo in the early 1980's . I was going to buy a ticket at the door but a lovely couple had a spare ticket and kindly gave it to me . Whoever you are , where ever you are , many thanks .
I have never heard such an awesome, distinguished, very talented drummer, along with your other distinguished, talented musicians! Fine, fine performance, God bless all of you very much!
This is how you do a cover. Brilliant music tuned by brilliant musicians.
Had the pleasure of watching these guys live, and believe me they are just as good as in this video
Me too! 😊😊😊
@@kerryfoster1 Me three...Sydney Opera House...
I remember buying this on vinyl when it first came out. Brilliant then - even better now. Lucky enough to see them in concert too.
Same here..
Absolutely fantastic drummer!
Yes, his name is Tristan Fry. He has played on many many albums for other artists.
He was also a percussionist for the London Philharmonic!
He looks like he's really enjoying himself!
Isn't he just, Tristan Fry
Tristan Fry rocks it out at max….. and makes it look easy and effortless. Absolutely amazing!!
How many times can you listen to this? For me? Never enough!!!
Andrew Wilson I agree completely!
Andrew Wilson definitely agree, it's one of my favourite pieces of music for when i want to chill :)
+Terry Fry Any relation to the drummer?
+Andrew Wilson ...ditto on that
5 times in a row:)
Smug prog rock heaven. That drummer is excellent.
Not even top quartile imo going by his contributions to sky 2. He can keep time and get around the kit but I don't hear groove, sensitivity, taste... Though the last is subjective and somewhat up for grabs as soon as classical guitar, synth, harpsichord and electric bass are on the table
Absolutely love this! Brilliant musicians!
Don’t think I’ve ever seen a drummer have so much fun! ❤️
I have never been a musician. Whoever the drummer was. F…g amazing!!!
who is the drummer? Just a kid, amazing
Tristan Fry a percussion genius played more than drums
Whatever, how many times you listen... it's awesome as ever!!
Magnificent
It still amazes me that people can cooperate enough to make music this good. Outstanding
This Is Pure GOLD!!!! To ALL the
Dislikes......YOU HAVE NO IDEA!!!!!!
used to love watching this on tv before going to school or maybe it was saturday morning, I can't remember
hahahaha
It's Bubbles!
Someone dislikes that !?, maby they need to move planet !.
tocata in funge
I first heard this when I was a kid in 1980s. Back then there were no videos or any way to record what we saw on TV and I couldn't afford records. So I saw this amazing piece of music on the box only once and a couple of times on the radio. After that, I never saw it again until now!! It still sounds great!!
Absolute class ! That bass line is amazing !
How this brings back memories. I saw Sky when they played a concert at Birmingham in the early 80's - they basically played the whole of the Sky-2 album live. I can still remember the standing ovation when Tocatta finished. Even now, 35 years later, it still sends a siver down my spine.
Scarborough, just after the single charted late 70s. Amazing show.
One of the great instrumentals of all time..a monster of the early 80s that led to acceptance of this in the mainstream industry.
Sky is eternal, I listen to them for like 40 years now, their original compositions are super top notch too, cannonball, westway, the dance... They are beyond legendary for music connoisseurs
Love the tune and have done since being a kid in the 80s, this version is bloody excellent.
Saw Sky in Glasgow,1982,16 yrs old,still remember the buzz listening to this live,SUBLIME
I was a teenager when this came out, I lapped it up, had all their albums on both vinyl and cassette ( the latter for my new dangled Walkman that ate double A batteries but I did not care for at last my music traveled with me) to this day their music stands the test of time and I still love listening to it.
Me too!!! Especially on Vinyl!!!
Incredible musicianship....but of all of them,drummer is the man,U can see someone who.just LOVES what he does....and does it fantastically well
This musicpiece will never get old, the performance is masterclass. Awesome!
Back in 1980 I received "Sky" and "Sky 2" as cassettes for Christmas. I was so keen to listen to them that I would unwrap them before Christmas, listen to them and then rewrap them. My Mom and Dad never knew!
Til now .... this is your father speaking, you're grounded son :(
Mr Moo
you tell him dad !
I would disown him and write him out of the will...
You are awesome. :-D :-)
GASP GASP, I am your Father...
I love the music of Sky absolutely brilliant
Just brilliant well done fantastic.👌👌🎸🎸🎸
Saw them live in Southampton during the Cadmium tour, I was 11 and the tickets were a birthday present. Fabulous band that Is still listen to.
wish they did more classical pieces like this for this is quite simply bloody brilliant
They did, they had like 15 albums
Love classical music, love modern music, love this John Williams and Sky!!
This was the staple song to play at our roller skating rink when it was time for Speed Skating. Slow intro to get out on the floor and limber up - then full tilt when the tempo changes up. Ahhh the memories.
Heard it a million times, never seen it performed till now, thank you for posting..
They don't play instruments like this anymore PURE CLASS
theo kounias you just don’t look in the right places
Says who? There are loads of bands out there who can play like this, so stop listening to the radio and cool it with the boomer bullshit.
@@osciegaming hey bro I listen to a different array of music all genres are great I was only referring to the excellent musicianship which is not shown as much by mainstream radio bands these days it's all sampling and electronica so I just appreciate seeing great musicians play a great song
@@nebularain3338 hey KNOBula rain I just like seeing great musicians play a great song wtf took the jam out of your donut you peanut
Growing up I actually liked JS Bach's music so when SKY came along I added their album to my collection. Brings back good memories of a better time and place...
what did you think of Tuba Smarties?? ~grin~
The drummer is playing with his soul, a happy soul.
As close to musical perfection as you're likely to ever hear.
Ice cream vendor on keys
They are masters of their instruments but that drummer was exceptional.
Tristan Fry. Looked like a nerd, played like Keith Moon.
@@rickydumas9994 yep and he bashes them skins like a boss..
Classical trained drummer and played with the london philharmonic orchestra at one point and what a drummer he is😎👍
My first approach to classic music. I was fascinated by this when i was a child, and i am still thrilled by it! It was a masterpiece 40 years ago and it still is!!!
I agree in 2022.Saw them twice live in Liverpool in late 70's early 80's.Absolutely brilliant.
Still sounds great in 2019 who agrees ?
Still sounds great in 2020
Gregor Steinhardt :- Ha!! You beat me to it!!
Still listening to this in 2020... and you know what? It still sounds absolutely awesome!!
I concur
and still sounds wicked in 2020
Listening to it here in 2020!
One of my fave records of all time. no musical groups like this anymore
Still sounds as fresh in 2020 as it did 30 years ago.
312 yrs ago
Absolutely. This is SKY.
2021 as well :)
You must be around my age Noel. Decades are passing us by now. It was actually 40 years ago!
@@nebularK my comment was in relation to my first experience of their music ,but yes I guess it is 40 years since release.
They do look like a bunch of Dads having a jam session down at the local school ... but they have an undeniably captivating sound and are clearly skilled musicians.
AT the time the drummer ... I think was still in London's High School system, and I think he may have been just awarded a contract with London Philharmonic Orchestra (fulltime?) as their Drummer (Yes, at 16 years of age; see his smile)! So they are not all dads. Not sure if he is still on contract with L.P.O.
@@peterkelley6344 I don't think so Pete - that's Tristan Fry (born 25 October 1946, London). He was in his 30s.
@@robertstallard7836 I guess I sit corrected.
@@peterkelley6344 I have to say, he doesn't look that old in the video, though, does he?
@@robertstallard7836 The image I see is someone that is younger than the others. As far as I can tell there was/is no date on the recording (did I miss something). I when I was a t was a teen people thought I was older than what I was.
If I am in error my apologies to Mr.Tristan Fry.
I LOVE THIS!!! Honestly it's amazing they made such a masterpiece from Bach's classical Toccata and Fugue (even though the Fugue wasn't included). And what I found extremely funny is the beginning. Because I can actually imagine Bach playing his piece on the organ, but then the drums bust in and turn the piece into something different. But other than that it's amazing!
I can imagine Bach getting stuck in with the (more) modern version
Wow, fantastic rendition of Bach! Brilliant!!! 🤗🤗
This was a piece of creativity that was never to be topped SKY were the best.
Brilliant musians in peak top form a band that never got the recognition they deserved
What a classic this was! Still sounds awesome even today. Made No.5 in April 1980. To all that auto tuning, lip syncing talentless crap we listen to today, this is what real talent sounds like!
WELL SAID SON 👏
Just think, this version of Toccata and Fugue in D minor is SO good and SO popular at the time of release that it influenced Japanese game developers to include a version in a game's sounds track
ua-cam.com/video/804eyXBWojY/v-deo.html&authuser=0
You'll agree that it's Sky's version you hear here, not Bach's!
stop
@James Hodson Starting in 1980, I was ‘roadying’ for a top local North East England, UK, band that literally travelled all over the NE of England, to mainly (what was known then as ) Workingmens Clubs! I remember that they started their first half with Toccata! They performed all the recent hits! The second half opened with Music, by John Miles! Ahh! Memories from 40+ years ago!
Wander how hip-hop version would sound!!😂😂😂😂
i absolutely loved this band as a kid. my mate had all their lp's.
Still watching 2024 watched them twice they were brilliant
Greatest band ever. This my favourite. Will never see a mob of talent like this again.
erm... There is a lot of them.
snarky puppy, kamasi washington, the funky knuckles etc...
JSB wrote this in 1703, it was now music then. I'm listening in 2019 = it is now music for all ages!
John Schaffner and 21 august 2020 still great
Strange story but Bach didn't actually write Bach's toccata and fugue in d minor, I don't remember who did but there is a long standing argument that due to the labeling of works during the silent film era and Bach's two students he didn't write it
This recording was one of the first I listened to on my first cassette tape Sharp in 1980 and it was wonderful
The Masters at play!
Don't think ever going to get tired of listening and watching,one of the greatest ever?
Epic... 2 years later!
I well remember the first time I heard this, it made the hair on the back of my neck stand up, each one of these are renowned classical or session musicians in their own right and only came together on rare occasions to do stuff like this, John Williams considered in top 2 of classical guitarists, Tristran Fry on drums, percussionist with Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Kevin Peak , lead guitar War of the worlds album and every major British hit record of the sixties. etc etc etc,
Amazing! I keep on coming back to this song because of how it makes me feel! HAPPY!!!!!!
My favourite piece of music in my lifetime and i am 72. Folloed Sky and have their albums.
Whoever says classical music is boring has obviously never listened to Sky. This piece demonstrates their skill of bringing music alive. Look at the passion and pleasure derived from such an outstanding instrumental piece. Simply out of this world. Thank you Sky.
They also need to forget their prejudices and actually listen to some classical music.
Can’t believe this is nearly forty years old it still sounds so fresh and exciting.
And I still have this on Vinyl, since I bought it in my youth...
I remember this being played in music in 1981 or 2 at school... Loved it ever since! The drummer is feeling it!
Absolutely outstanding. Never tire of listening to this
One of my favorite pieces and versions ever!
Sky was amazing and much underrated ...
Sky's great prog rock version of Bach's masterpiece, I didn't know that as a 15 year old...This musical version (May1980?) brings back memories of a cadets weekend in Royden Park / Thurstaston Common, the Wirral.
So effortless and so perfect! This is what real talent looks like.
What memories. I was fortunate enough as a teenager to be mentored by Francis…to go to his house and play the very latest Synclavier as a lad and for him to say ‘you can use my harpsichord at a gig if you want’ was heartfelt. Would meet the band after concerts (they were concerts not gigs😁)….they were all so generous. Francis arranged for us to record at Abbey Road. We were only 15 I think. Happy days. So sad that Kevin and Francis have passed away…..the music though to hear and play made a huge impact. The Albert Hall gigs in London were the very best. Very grateful and very very humbled to have known them….
In 1980 I was 20yrs old an my father and I were driving to one of his shows, And he said to me listen to these guys play tocatta, He put the tape in, And said Especially listen to the drummer, I was blown away, Really these guys should if had a lot more recognition for there music, They were awesome.👍🥁😎
If you want to listen to it on Vinyl, you can visit me in my house!!!
Excellent musicians. Left an impression on me since my naval times. Took me through long cruises.