Actual Roadie analyzes lyrics to "Roadie" by Tenacious D
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- Опубліковано 16 лют 2022
- In this video, I use my experience as an actual roadie that has toured with many bands over the years to analyze the lyrical content of Tenacious D's song "Roadie", and let you know how accurate they actually are...
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Band: Tenacious D
From: Los Angeles, California, USA
Label: Columbia
Year Formed: 1994
Genre: Comedy Rock / Hard Rock / Metal
For Fans Of: Foo Fighters, Flight of the Conchords, Steel Panther, The Lonely Island
"Tenacious D - Roadie Lyrics"
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Years ago I was at a festival watching Subway to Sally. We arrived early to get in front and watched the Roadies set up the stage. When one Roadie checked the mic we startet chanting what he said: "One-Two-Three-Check-One-Two-Three-Check!" at the end he started leaving the stage, stopped, returned to the microphone and just said his name: "Uwe". And we all started chanting "U-WE! U-WE! U-WE!" Man, was that guy happy when he left the stage. :D
Months later I saw Subway to Sally playing in a small venue and when the supporting band finished their set and the Roadies starting to set up the stage for Subway I spotted Uwe setting up stuff. And I yelled "Hey, UWE!!". When he realized why someone on the crowd knows his name he had a beaming grin in his face!
Uwe was rather a joke at especially western concerts. My best friend at that time shouted "Uwe" at all roadies. One day with "Virginia Jetzt" she, the roadie and even the singer came into conversation over this.
The singer of "Virginia Jetzt" after they dissolved was sound technican for "Casper" few years later, saw me after a huge concert and asked how she was. HEr drunken self mad a lasting impression :D
This song forms part of one of my favourite rock memories. Back in 2011 Foo Fighters were touring Australia with Tenacious D supporting. While the roadies were setting up for The D I noticed this one older roadie with a huge, long biker beard. As I watched him work I thought "that man would have so many stories. He's probably worked every major band that's ever toured Australia over the past few decades." Later, Tenacious D performed Roadie for one of the first times ever. During the song, the camera came over Biker Roadie standing off the side of the stage watching the song, tears streaming down his face. When he appeared on the big screen, the entire stadium erupted into cheers. It was a simple moment, but incredibly magical.
That is amazing!
I saw The D in 2019 and before they played Roadie, Jack Black pretended to collapse on stage. A roadie came out to 'resurrect' him and they launched into the song. The Roadie was exactly like you described, he was an older guy with a huge biker beard. He's probably toured with The D for years. After the song JB brought him on stage and he bowed haha
I saw that concert on the Gold Coast!!
That would be Sean Cox. 🤪
That's an awesome memory!
Now you're also gonna have to do "Roadie's Song" from Saxon and "(We Are) The Road Crew" from Motörhead
100%
And Anthrax version of frigging inthe rigging
Queen - Show Must Go On
Long live göd
"When you do things right, people won't be sure you've done anything at all."
(Futurama)
The Pick of Destiny man....it´s the details that make your Content even better.
I bet you would love the game "Brutal Legend" ... where you play as the Roadie, Eddie Riggs (voiced by Jack Black).. meeting amongst others Guardian of Metal (voiced by Ozzy) and Kill Master (voiced by Lemmy)
Atrocious controls, awesome game.
The way Ormagöden intended.
And I thought I was the only one immediately thinking of that game xD
Yes! Killer sound track too. Maybe something to play on Twitch for the funzies! Although, probably on ancient consoles... I can't recall if there was a PC version. I think I might have played it on Xbox360?
@@solarwinds9363 was released for PC too, I have it.... on steam
I started playing Brütal Legend again and still find it pretty hilarious that they made Roadies the stealth units in the main story mode faction, but it's fitting. :D
Fun video idea here, was nice to watch and I can totally relate to pridefully tearing up when you see something just work and you had a big part in making that work. I've had that, different line of work (IT development and maintenance), but I've experienced stuff not ending up in total chaos because of things I had done without anybody noticing that something could have become a disaster.
Yes, I want a Tank Let's Play of Brütal Legend!
@@BeOtterMyFriend Actually wouldn't be surprised to see him play it on a weekday stream some day. :D
I like that game, one of the best games nobody plays ...
I'd love to see your reaction to the starting sequence of the game Brutal Legend! I bet you'll love it!
This is why I love when you let credits roll and acknowledge bands that credit their crew and travel with a huge crew! Respect Tank! Keep it up.
I remember one time I was at a concert, and I feel so bad I don't remember which one it was, but the opening act had finished and the roadies were setting up for the main act, and the whole hall was full-belt cheering every time they set something up or did a mic check. It was a lot of fun.
I've had that happen on many occasions and it's always a blast for us.
As a German, who worked as a voluntary stagehand at a lot of conventions for about 20 years, I can confirm a lot of that lyrics, but what i can't confirm is the applause for the crew. The organizers made sure, that we volunteers were not only taken care of, but that the bands, theatre groups, comedians and cosplayers thanked us and made the crowd thank us, too.
Additionally, Germany has mandatory health insurance and (depending on the size of the event) emergency services onsite (i'm talking red cross tent with EMTs and a doc in the parking lot). If you are employed and not just volunteer or a rented roadie (subcontracted/selfemployed and paid by the hour), you also get unlimited paid sickleave (income drops by 30% after 6 weeks and is paid by the health insurance, not your employer), but if you are actually in a union and get injured at work (or on the way to and from), you can get even more benefits from the union (nice perks, like a private room in the hospital and shit, for free).
Edith found some typos
from my experience working as stagehand etc in germany, depending on the "sophistication of the job" most are self-employed and then all that stuff falls together.
You have the madatory healthcare and that does not come cheap and with no contracts, you're fucked, as in, not being able to pay bills, which can then get you things like 700 euros/month punitive healthcare charge
@@Neithan02 fair enough, but if you're self employed and can't make enough money to pay the bills, you really need to switch jobs. I tried hard to get into the job when i was younger, but the companies had bare minimum staff and booked self employed people as necessary. I did not want to go there, so i went into IT and did the Stagehand stuff as a hobby for years.
@@caligo7918 same here, went and did something else, though I did that self employed stuff for a few years and it was a hassle at times to get enough contracts during the festival season to last through the dryer spells.
@@Neithan02 i knew a guy with his own little basement studio. His income was so irregular, he had to get unemployment benefits for the dry months and at the end of the year, he had to do a calculation with the job center, to find out, who owed what to whom. His tech was decent and he knew his stuff, even worked with some bigger names over the years, still no guarantee that you can live on that alone...
@@caligo7918 I know, experienced the calculations with the jobcenter myself (and later worked for a while for the german version of the IRS, too, those have to deal with all that accounting on the receiving end)...
the point is, however, that if you are self-employed, healthcare is not cheap, unemployment stuff can be a hassle and on top of that retirement funding is also on yourself.
and many comapnies in the event business will try to scrape by with self employed people just to save on personnel costs.
Heck, I've known companies that did the events for Japan Tobacco International and pretty much nobody of their event crew has not self employed.
we're talking ~may to september 2-3 events per week (as in club evenings, festivals, lobbying events for political parties and so on) and they still had just had a list of self employed people on standby.
My favourite thing about this video is the pride you take in your work. I run a kitchen in a retirement village, exceptionally difficult, I have to know the personal, intricate details of 70 individual humans with individual needs and individual medical requirements in my head. But the pride I feel in my work is unsurpassed.
I feel that in this video.
So thank you, I don't know if I've ever been at a show you've been a roadie on, seems unlikely unless you've worked in New Zealand. But I appreciate all the hard work you have put in to ensure that we are entertained.
I have worked in New Zealand, but only twice. 🤘
@@TankTheTech
Perchance was it Green Day?
gotta love The D.
Awesome review Tank! Btw the pick of destiny censor is a nice little touch 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Im vulenteer at the Roskilde festival been for many years cus the crew have that mindset and thats such a pleasure to ve a part of 😁 keep on rocking 🤘
I used to be a regular volunteer festival steward/marshal (name depending on the festival and the role within it) and even met my wife of 35 years (at the end of this month) through doing so at her first festival volunteering, and I was her shift leader and owing to severe weather took her home by motorcycle as her ride was mired in a field, but the closest I got to any instrument tech work was when I was stage security and Barry Mcguire's guitar went out of tune mid-set and he couldn't tune it so I did - and got a cheer, and an acknowledgement from Barry at the end of the show. The funny thing is - I have never played the guitar, but I'm a violinist, and while I was still in practice, had perfect pitch (no frets to help you on the violin). I just had to ask which note to tune each string to (yeah, that really is how little I knew about the guitar). I've no idea why he didn't have his own tech to do that, especially as he freely confessed to being unable to tune it by ear - no electronic tuners back then, so maybe he used pitch pipes and had left them in his hotel room?
My perfect pitch also came in handy when I was singing in Male Voice Choirs, as on occasion we'd arrive at a venue to find the piano out of tune, so I learned to deal with that for our accompanist. The worst example was a gig at the large social hall of a Rugby Club that had borrowed a piano (actually from the local mental asylum, where one of the committee members there worked - so Pythonesque you couldn't make it up!) for the occasion, but moved it themselves in a van and neglected to tune it at all - it sounded as if someone had thrown it downstairs. It took the combined efforts of our musical director and me just over an hour to get it playable, but the gig went off alright, if belatedly.
That was the evening gig on the way back from recording during the day at the BBCs Maida Vale Studios for national broadcast, so a pretty wild contrast in one day!
Also the day I found out how unusually deep my voice was back then, as the BBC techs struggled to find a mic for me - I gather the one they found was generally used for some of the larger drums.
Awesome choice man! This song make me tearing up everytime I hear it. It's not the greatest song in the world, it's just a tribute (to all Roadies out there)! Let me say something to all Roadies: You guys (and leadies) are awsome, totally f'ckin awsome! You make the Concerts and Festivals what they are. Nothing would happen without you! THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK!!!
As a musician myself, even tho im not popular or play super big concerts, it's super important to me to show some Love for all the Roadies, Techs, security, catering, basically everyone who helps me bring a smile to the faces in the audience is just as important as any of my band members.
It is natural for me to give a shout out to them at the end of a concert and thank each single one of them personally, even if its just a small pat on the Shoulder, a nod or a "Nice Work Buddy".
If you show respect you get it back and it seems like sadly quite some people dont do this at all. Atleast from what i heard talking with techs and by the slightly suprised reaction i get when doing so.
Sooo thank you very much for doing this video and give people some awareness how important the people behind the stage are. They all deserve much more love :)
Yes!!! :) I was thinking you will never do the video so happy hehe. :)
I believe the 3pm line ties in with the "My muscles flex, my F*cking sweat will save the day". I take it as the gear showed up late so the crew had to crank to get everything ready in time to save the show.
Hey Tank! I know it probably has been done by others, but a small explanation about how guitars work would be awesome. You talk so much about pickups, bridges, etc, a quick rundown would be nice.
While I never was a roadie, this brings me back to setting up stages and doing security. Definitely some long days put in, but I always had a blast doing it.
Well. Now you have to buy and play "Brutal Legend". The most metal game ever made =)
As you've done this, it'll only be fitting to do an lyrical analysis of "We Are The Roadcrew" - by Motorhead.
Love Tenacious D. Great choice!
This stuff is oversighted by many and it is cool that this side of events is put on light, even a little bit. Always love hearing these stories, from logistics of Rammstein-size tour to small clubs where bands and roadies love go to even though narrow stairs and stage size of a post stamp as atmosphere is something unique.
I liked this new type of video! Also was very nice to hear about the stuff you did as a roadie!
you can also see that Backstage work in the Intro of the Videogame "Brütal Legend" one of the best Games i´ve ever Played. Soundtrackwise and the story is super fun. If you didn´t check it out yet, you really should. Playing Jack Black as roadie in an Fantasy-world with a headbanging moshpitting army, is just Awesome xD
after your blue bridge video
i had to watch this reaction again
and it never gets old :)
I used to be a Roadie for a little shitty Punkrockband. It was so much fun, i brought two guitars from the Van to the Stage and then I started drinking beer... and when the Show was done, I was done too... I miss the German Punkscene from the 2000s.
Tank, this is a highly underviewed video!
love this song.. and i’m not even a roadie 😏
I was House crew in four different venues for 8 years at different venues for everything from high school graduations , Broadway shows that were touring and also Rock shows. I was also a follow spot operator. I dig what you said about the sense of pride and the greatest compliment I ever got was to be invited to join a touring crew from a Broadway show. I love the work and maybe you can relate that the only reason I gave it up was that I was always in the background working when everyone else was having their fun.
Cheers, man! Thank you for your work in the industry as well!
When I was young I worked on local supporting crews for Phil Collins, Bruce Springsteen, The Hooters, Die Ärzte and some Festivals. It felt great and some musicians were really kind to us. Tim Capello (Keys and Sax for Tina Turner) for example. I know Devin Townsend sees crew as part of the whole (which they are of cause, but not always treated like it). Tenacious D are great (not only because of this song)! May live music and all enabling it be praised forever✊🎶🖖!
From what I remember being told, 'One, Two Three Four' is generally used for mic checking because with those four words you're actually covering the vast majority of sounds you are likely to make during the show. Not sure if that's true or not, but it does make some sense.
Its also possible that the words themselves dont matter, but its a bit like a tuning fork, you recognize what those words should sound like coming from a properly setup mic whereas coming out and saying random things wouldnt be as obvious for clarity sake. So everyone sticks to check one two three four or some combination out of familiarity.
Never been a roadie, but have worked in backstage in professional theatre in a variety of rolls, including set builder, mechanist, audio and sparky/lx tech, so can relate to that feeling of pride that comes with the audience enjoying the fruits of your labour. In theatre, however, the "talent" don't know how to do much of anything but act/sing, so as the old saying goes, "without the back stage crew, all an actor can do is stand naked on a dark bare stage and emote to an empty auditorium".
Thanks for the insights Tank, always fun hearing the stories!
Tank you so much for sharing one day of your work. 🤘❤️🤘
Great video. I can in fact confirm that The D bring out their roadies after the song, so the crowd sees who "makes the rock go". Thanks to this song usually the roadies are cheered at even before the concert starts. Experienced it two days ago at the D concert in Berlin, and the "roadie, roadie" chants made your colleague grin. 😉
Exactly the kind of reaction I hoped for when I suggested this (yes, I was one of them). Thanks Tank :)
That was a great reaction video Tank.... Enjoy your channel so so much thank you for your hard work and enjoy your retirement
Bro! Tank I have so much respect for the work y'all do to make a show happen 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Finally! I can't wait this reaction :D
Absolutely true!! I can't agree more with you my friend!! Thanks a lot for these video. 🤘🤘
you should totally do a reaction to the game Brutal Legend. Its about a roadie. If you don't have the time to play it, you could react to the intro
Beautiful touch using The Pick of Destiny as your censor bar.
I try. Haha
No friend. You Succeed.
Great reaction!!
Man, you're making me miss life on the road as a roadie. I toured for years before stepping away to have kids. Funny enough, had I stayed at it, we would have met on the Nickelback tour as I was supposed to work for them as a guitar tech on the same tour you worked.
Thanks for all the shows! even though I know I haven't been on any of the shows you were a part of...
Tenacious D is so great at being offbeat and spot-on at the same time.
You played Wintersun in the outro! And now I have to listen to Time again! (and be frustrated about how we're still waiting for Time 2 at the same time)
I have literally just watched the video of this song recorded in June 2022 and yes Jack calls the guys out to take a bow to cheers and applause
Tank, my guy. Seeing you tear up while listening to this song and breaking it down, as well as your knowledge you share with us, even when it comes to obscure instruments that bands like Saltatio Mortis use, this all shows me that Electric Callboy could not have a better man helping them on their upcoming tour. I really respect the work you and your colleagues do, and some of my fondest memories would not have been the same without you guys.🤘
Also, reading these comments down here is so wholesome, damn.
i was waiting for this moment, my man
You know, I've only been to one concert EVER so far.
But my first thought when it was over was that I wished the whole crew came out onstage and took a bow so we could cheer for them, too.
This song is fantastic
Lol well done using the pick of censory
What i find fascinating and really nice is that Tenacious D did this homage to roadies. And to my knowledge they are the only ones who ever did something like this. Thats one of many reasons im a hard Tenacious D fan. ;)
There's a few bands that have done fantastic tributes to their roadies in the form of a song.
The fact that you reference the All Blacks made this video for me
Fun Fact: I was in Auckland in 2015 when the All Blacks beat Australia for the Rugby World Cup, and it was insane. Bought an All Blacks jersey to take home.
@TankTheTech as a fellow American I am completely jealous of that, I had to stay up until like 3 am to watch the game live and was butchered for work the next day
As a roadie, does it mean a lot when an artist takes the time to shout out the crew? As a fan, I have always thought it showed some good character on the part of the artist and I always applaud and cheer accordingly, but haven't thought about what those moments mean to the roadies/crews.
I'm a roadie and stagehand/audio engineer. I can tell you from my audio engineering prospective when I get a shout out from the band it means a lot. I put a lot of hard hours loading in the show and then usually with limited time especially when I'm working for a new band I work really hard and really fast to create the best sound I can for them and trying at the same time to be as true to their sound as possible, with sometimes minutes to go until the doors open. So to hear a kind word and respect from the band about the feat you just pulled off to make that artist have the best show they can and the crowd to have the best experience gives a great sense of pride.
Also for those that don't know some days we will be hard at work for 20 hours or sometimes more, even going as far as to be eating food while continuing to work because of a time crunch.
So there's definitely a great sense of pride to build and entire show and take it down in a day, and the acknowledgement of your hard work is a great feeling.
I had a show specifically where I got an on stage shoutout as a monitor engineer from the artist who said my audio was pristine, and I'll always remember that.
That was absolutely awesome & classic 👌
Makes you eager to want to be back out on the road I'm sure...
Great reaction, thanks man 🤘🖤
I'm not dissappointed! - A comment for my comment on another video hoping to see this reaction on this channel!
Hahahaha. This one is pretty recent, too!
It's a great song and roadys are the heart and soul of a concert, without you guys, nothing would happen, sooo Thnks :D
I've been lucky enough to see Tenacious D perform right before the Covid shit show, and you're right- they did bring out some of the roadies on the stage for this song :D
as I have spent almost my entire life as a random laborer.. I feel weird trying to hang out with artists and would feel far more comfortable with the guys that set up the equipment. In terms of just hanging out that is.
I've seen Tenacious D at Blizzcon a few years back, I can't recall them bringing the crew on stage, but then again it was at a gaming convention and I was all the way in the back so I might have missed it.
The song has a great video, the roadie is awesome, thanks for making the rock all you roadies!
I’d be a ready in a heartbeat
Hearing this for the first time, and it's a great song, even though I'm not remotely a Roadie. Enjoying your commentary on it.
Shout out to all the roadies, y'all need more love, yall are some tough mother truckers, you and the family have a great day
I'm gonna suggest Slackjaw mean it, but of course you do you till next time.👍☺️👍
I remember music festival I went to in 2012 with bands like In Flames and Nightwish in lineup (probably one of the best days in my life lol). Before one of the gigs, I don't remember which one, some roadies got on stage to set up lights (I think?). One guy climbed on the stage scaffold, almost fell and when he finally did what he had to do, the whole crowd was cheering and clapping 😅
I just wanna say that I appreciate your work, Tank and I'm impressed with your knowledge, probably because I know nothing about instruments and I feel like I'm learning from your videos 🤗 So thank you for what you do!
Thanks a ton!
But have you seen the movie Roadie? It had Ron Eldard and Jill Hennesey. Ron was a roadie for Blue Oyster Cult. Or was supposed to be.
Think of it like a wedding planner. You can call the places to book them yourself, you can make sure the day of your wedding goes great yourself, but having a professional whose dedicated to making everything perfect for you can literally make or break your big day.
Seriously. When I got married, I told my wife afterwards that having a wedding planner was the greatest thing ever. It was like having a personal tour manager for the day. Haha
I saw the flamming lips once and all their crew were dressed as superheroes which was awesome as it was so different
That's amazing. The only time I've been on a tour where we all dressed up was with Faith No More. They had as all wear super loose fitting and baggy white outfits that made us look like we were in a cult. Haha
So fun to watch! You should urgently take a look at: "Dr. Hook and the medicine show" : "Roland the roadie and Gertrud, the groupie". Take my word: you're gonna laugh your ass off!
Legendary: the played a show in Roskilde, Denmark. And when some girls in the audience flashed 'em, they stripped naked on stage. (Dunno if there is a documentary of that.)
Plus I once came about the "said to be" mantra of the roadies: Ever heard about such a thing? ( I have to admit: it's painting a pretty poor picture of the life of a roadie.)
I'll tell you on your answer ;-)
Stay safe!
If you are the electrician you’re stuck there all day.
While that is true, most tours don't have a dedicated electrician position, and that's a house thing.
Im new here and that was an awesome video man The D forever
haha loved this my fellow roadie!!
Yes my dude! Thank you!
13:24 Holy sheet 😳
And now.....'We Are The Road Crew' by Motörhead.....
From my experience during my short career as a roadie.....this song is spot on
Nice Review Bro. You bring it to the next level. Cool guy and cool stuff. Okay news from Germany: the band "Die Apokalyptischen Reiter" have new Music Video out now and a new LP. You have fun with Feuerschwanz and co. Than is this Band a good spot to listen it. Check it out and than give it to your croud. Have fun Bro. 🤘🏻
You just got to love the "bleep" using the plek of destiny :D
"the show must go on"
its the same for chefs. im at work unless im physicaly unable to. no one else can do what i do, so if im not there, theres little to no food going out.
To funny...almost forgot these legends existed lol
and the check one two three, any sound can be used but that one is easy and simple. Saying one excites low frequency Saying two does high, Saying three does pinched sounds and the check is good for attack or explosive sound, so by using that simple phrase they can adjust the mics on all levels to work out if certain noises are going to make it feedback or have mic pop, and other tinny weird shit that is unpleasant for the earballs.
Ah, Tenacious D is so good! Have you played Brutal Legend? JB did the voice for the main character who happens to be a roadie. I don't think the game was inspired by this song, but I'm sure it helped him land the job!
I think the main character was always supposed to be him.
@@Imurai maybe? I dunno, I don't remember all the details. I also haven't played it in years, I randomly remembered about it a few months ago and found it on steam, but work has been too crazy for me to jump back in again.
@@dalbertyn It's the first ever game I bought legally :D Still haven't finished it though, the last part is just stage battles (shitty RTS with shitty controls for consoles) and I just gave up. First half is pretty awesome though.
I played it a bit a LONG time ago. Might need to again.
Tha 'D'!! 🤘😁🤘
Interesting tattoo in the mike check scene bro, I suspect it cant all be seen, and that there's a 'vav' further up? And thanks for the All Blacks reference. I concur with another commenter, Motorhead, road crew, ya gotta do it. I met Lemmy backstage in Wellington New Zealand in 84 as one of the bro's was bass/lead vox in Strikemaster the support band. The roadies loved meeting some Kiwi 'gardeners'...
You're correct on the tattoo! And man, I love rugby. I was in Auckland in 2015 when the cup was happening, and I think you know what happened that year. It was INSANE.
You should do a reaction to "Opening Band" by Paul & Storm! They're a comedic musical duo and I think it'd be pretty fun to see you break down the lyrics in that song!
Well, I didn't work as a roadie, but I was a production manager. And I Never (!) got to see that moment when "the crowd roars" because I was backstage, managing a bunch of last minute questions. I guess that was one of the most frustrating things for me - never get to see the show. And it doesn't matter, how well prepared you are, there's always a "disappeared beer" problem, or flights rescheduling, or something like that. Those flights reschedulings! It seemed, the tighter the band's schedule was, the more avia companies moved the flights, arrrrh!
And then after the show the bands were like: it was so great, thank you so much, let's go to the afterparty! And I was like: give me some sleep!
I loved the TV series Roadies because they showed all of us so well! With the managers, from the first hotel scene, that's so true, our workday easily could start a couple hours after we went to sleep XD
And I was really glad to find your channel! I guess, you can never leave it completely behind ;-D
Thanks for all the videos and just for opening the discussion))
Yup... Tour Management, Production Management, Production Assistants, Runners, Catering, Dressing Room Coordinators... All unsung heroes. While the show itself gets physically put together by the roadies, we wouldn't know what the fuck to do without a day sheet from production. 😂
I really enjoy when you talk about your experience as a roadie.
Have you watched any of Sabatons Vlogs? I find them really funny and I think you would too.
Keep up the good work.
Been there! Get it!
Hey Tank. This is funny bro. My real name is Roady, listening to a roadie reviewing a song called roadie.
Hahahaha. Nice!
i'm a bit late to this video and idk if anyone already asked it, but have you thought of reacting to The Load-Out by Jackson Browne. that's a perfect touring song as well. your take would be perfect for it.
nice detail with the POD as your censor icon
Crewish - Unemployed Blacksmiths
Late to the party, but had to throw this in...
Well over a decade ago, I recall going to a metal show that was Gojira, Machine Head and Lamb of God headlining. I don't remember much about the show itself, but I still recall... and my friends and I still reference it to this day... the guy who was checking the mics before Machine Head went onstage shouting funny/ridiculous stuff into the mic to check them like "Smoke weed!!!" or "Eat pussy!!". Which, of course, got everyone in the crowd waiting to cheer along with whatever he was saying.
Bruh, you’re successful because you’re the buddy that all of us middle-aged, old school-grunge dudes wish we had. Just please, please, don’t sell out… like Ghost, Metallica, Volbeat… don’t sell your soul to the corporate dollar. Keep up the good work man, it is actually helping us live life 🤙
The "check the mic"-bit reminded me of a live I went to many years ago as a teenager. I can't remember which band it was but we were all standing around waiting for the show to get started when one of the roadies came on stage to check the mic. He started out with the usual "checking one, two". The audience shouted "f*ck you" right back at him to which he responded "Yeah, f*ck you guys too, one, two". It kept going back and forth until in the end the roadie and the audience were just shouting "f*ck you" at each other, until he got the "all clear" to go and do something else. It was all done in gest from both sides and resulted in laughs from both roadies and audience. A silly and dumb thing, but still a memory that I laugh about even all these years later.
I had no idea about the all black-thing. I guess it makes sense though now that I think about it.
I have always dreamed about being a roadie! Instead I have always ended up being the performer, but still, I'd love to be a tech seeing as I am a wicked rig nerd
That forklift story sounds familiar. Dude I know got hit by a forklift while doing take down for the Stones. (He was our driver…)
Different guy. This was on a Luke Bryan tour. But still shitty. Haha
@@TankTheTech Yeah I figured it’d be a different guy. 😂
You might know and got it as a comment in stream a million times before, but have you watched BangerTvs "Heavy Metal Hitchhiker"? You might very well relate to the "roadyness" and being a music nerd ;)
one year in Wacken, we saw a stage roadie get in trouble for having a bit too much fun while doing the guitar soundcheck.
8:10 i was waiting for him to say "thats how i met my wife"
Hahahahaha. Nope. Met my wife at the gym. 😂