Rick Wakeman - I'm so straight I am a weirdo

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КОМЕНТАРІ • 322

  • @JosephFrancisBurton
    @JosephFrancisBurton 3 роки тому +230

    me in 1985 - “this sucks!”
    me in 2020 - “this is great!”

  • @drwugong
    @drwugong 3 роки тому

    Rick is packing those white trousers.

  • @2dan4me97
    @2dan4me97 3 роки тому +11

    this is Rick Wakeman's "Temporary Secretary"
    take that as you will

    • @alexno.335
      @alexno.335 3 роки тому

      Very well put

    • @jorgeindy
      @jorgeindy 3 роки тому +1

      hahahaha that's exactly what I thought !!!!!! hahahahahaa

  • @marcanglin7127
    @marcanglin7127 3 роки тому +63

    Rick, it looks like you are auditioning for "Upper Class Twit of the Year" for Monty Python !!!

    • @ronniefarnsworth6465
      @ronniefarnsworth6465 3 роки тому +2

      Lol Yes, all the Classic Prog bands of the Era LOVED Monty Python, ELP, Yes, Jethro Tull, Genesis especially !! : D

    • @otaku1524
      @otaku1524 3 роки тому +2

      My thoughts exactly. Lol.

    • @amerived3493
      @amerived3493 3 роки тому

      Umm what is that I’m only 16 😂

    • @danielhertz784
      @danielhertz784 3 роки тому

      @@amerived3493 only the greatest comedy troupe of all time

  • @suerobertson5132
    @suerobertson5132 3 роки тому

    I love you weirdo. Bahahahahahahah. 👍🇦🇺

  • @Ashworth-Media
    @Ashworth-Media 3 роки тому +45

    Rick that is just Weird, even by prog standards

    • @marinhrabric6162
      @marinhrabric6162 Рік тому +1

      No it isn't. Come on

    • @Ashworth-Media
      @Ashworth-Media Рік тому

      @@marinhrabric6162 knowing a Prog rock god song writer gives me an insight to what is considered Prog and what is considered comedic. Any song has to tell a story no matter the music genre. For example parts of olas of Sunhillow and it’s sequel are based on real world locations yet manage to tell a mythical story.

    • @malo66
      @malo66 10 місяців тому +1

      Not at all weird by 1980s music video standards. And great historic detail of south east English life.

    • @Ashworth-Media
      @Ashworth-Media 10 місяців тому

      @@malo66Prog was always left of centre and a bit Avant Garde, with lyrics at even AI struggles to come up with. Now Phil Colins should have joined YES when Jon asked him.

  • @Timbretwo
    @Timbretwo 3 роки тому +46

    Rick tells the story about his "The Six Wives of Henry the Eighth" Concert for the British royalty recently. All the 6 women walked-in dressed in fine Elizabethan dresses onto the stage. Then one of his sons yelled out from the balcony to Rick on-stage, "So which one's me Mum, Dad?" A true story Rick says.

    • @julieabraham3566
      @julieabraham3566 2 роки тому +1

      His kids definitely inherited his sense of humor!

    • @edmund184
      @edmund184 2 роки тому

      @@julieabraham3566 You're American. You've spelt "humour" wrong

  • @amerocker
    @amerocker 3 роки тому +6

    Never knew this existed! It sounds like The Buggles. ☺😀😁😂

  • @arturogarcia4722
    @arturogarcia4722 9 місяців тому +2

    No matter how Rick is dressing. He is always a genius.

  • @Darkfatheroftheuniverse
    @Darkfatheroftheuniverse 3 роки тому +3

    British humor at it's best

  • @crispyrobot77
    @crispyrobot77 3 роки тому +6

    Ha ha He's on his way to his job at the Ministry of Silly Walks.

  • @pinballmagician
    @pinballmagician 3 роки тому +63

    This makes my day to see this on the official RW channel.

  • @Dolly_GirL_x
    @Dolly_GirL_x 2 роки тому +5

    I'm a lifelong Boy George fan... and I had no idea George was in this video, until now!

  • @PatrickSantos-sn8ox
    @PatrickSantos-sn8ox 11 місяців тому

    Ultimate English dynamic.....he played Moog on Sabbath bloody Sabbath......

  • @jimmorrison2369
    @jimmorrison2369 Рік тому +8

    Love it. Little bit of Sparks in there. This album needs to be rediscovered.

    • @FloweredUp-n4t
      @FloweredUp-n4t 26 днів тому

      Wasn't this recorded and released a good year before the LP and regarded on release as a standalone between albums single?

  • @PatrickSantos-sn8ox
    @PatrickSantos-sn8ox 11 місяців тому

    He was a cool looking Viking in Listomania movie.

  • @arturogarcia4722
    @arturogarcia4722 11 місяців тому

    This was not meant to be a masterpiece. He did it just for fun. But anyway it is very enjoyable, as everything Rick does.

  • @johnnynbk
    @johnnynbk 7 місяців тому +2

    kind of a relief 2 see 70s rick again halfway thru

  • @ksobo3112
    @ksobo3112 3 роки тому

    This is not the typical RW stuff // Funny Rick!

  • @joerich1629
    @joerich1629 3 роки тому +2

    Mydinner’swaitingonthetableeveningBasilhelloMabel. OHNO! 😂 we love you Rick 👍

  • @nellitaleva9709
    @nellitaleva9709 2 роки тому +4

    Lol.. Boy George!!

  • @XanAxDdu
    @XanAxDdu 3 роки тому

    great python weirdo !

  • @nigelnash698
    @nigelnash698 7 місяців тому +1

    This seems very modern......if your straight your seen as a weirdo 😂
    Great song by a musical genius

  • @SVanHutten
    @SVanHutten 3 роки тому +15

    We badly needed this in these times. Thank you Rick, you were a true prophet (pun intended) when crafted this 40 years ago.

  • @Jellybeantiger
    @Jellybeantiger 3 роки тому

    Oh Rick,you weirdo.

  • @curly437
    @curly437 3 роки тому

    Cool...looks like a CS-80 there

  • @jimmorrison2369
    @jimmorrison2369 Рік тому +1

    Do a search for the Monty Python sketch The Dull Life of a City Stockbroker and I think you'll see a spiritual predecessor to this video.

  • @mariof9242
    @mariof9242 Рік тому +3

    A gift 😂😂😂

  • @charlesnolan7602
    @charlesnolan7602 4 місяці тому

    He is sometimes weird;
    He is sometimes strange;
    I don't think he's so strange,
    He's a weird-O

  • @merlinidlehands3302
    @merlinidlehands3302 3 роки тому +1

    Ha Ha Ha you are a wiredo LOOL BUT also the BEST keyboard player on Earth !

  • @МихаилЕфремов-ю6п
    @МихаилЕфремов-ю6п 3 роки тому +12

    I adore albums of Rick Wakeman. I store all his albums. Of course the Yes group, too.
    With love from Russia!

  • @margaretbarnes4626
    @margaretbarnes4626 10 місяців тому +1

    Rick has a good sense of humor. I hope. WoW

  • @Emlizardo
    @Emlizardo 3 роки тому +6

    This is hugely entertaining and funny and all, but the last minute and fifteen seconds are also kind of sublime.

  • @cemegonuts
    @cemegonuts 3 роки тому +1

    RICK WAKEMAN 2020 !🤣😂🤣

  • @Gruntos
    @Gruntos 3 роки тому

    Oooo. A CS80. Can I have it ?

  • @SouthJerseyMatt
    @SouthJerseyMatt Рік тому +1

    This went to #1 didn’t it?

  • @77Chester77
    @77Chester77 3 роки тому +12

    Rick Wakeman, the man who made meme-music WAY before it was cool!

  • @CN-dv9nj
    @CN-dv9nj 3 роки тому

    keys make for weirdo something about ya. study practicing isolation early. RW fan since 1971.

  • @damonramirez
    @damonramirez 3 роки тому

    Oh' Snap!!! Post punk Rick!!?? Never seen this!! Well done lad!! What was the big blackish synth on the back left side of you at the end of the video!!??

  • @blakethomas5637
    @blakethomas5637 Рік тому +1

    Total Boards of Canada vibes in that outro

  • @LiberLotus
    @LiberLotus 3 роки тому +25

    Hilarious! I had no idea this existed

  • @canecreek00
    @canecreek00 2 роки тому +1

    Boy George @00:30

  • @peter_aka_hamamass
    @peter_aka_hamamass 3 роки тому +3

    Love it ❤️
    Still 1000% better than anything in any Top 40 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

  • @davidm3569
    @davidm3569 3 роки тому +45

    WOT.......... NO SILLY WALK????
    Come on Rick, that outfit was crying out for it!!!!!! 😂

    • @4TheRecord
      @4TheRecord 3 роки тому +1

      Or going on and on and on until foaming from the mouth :)

  • @gatesof
    @gatesof 8 місяців тому +1

    2:28 is classic Rick Wakeman in his prime.

  • @josephkrizauskas1052
    @josephkrizauskas1052 3 роки тому +32

    When I watch this, I get flashbacks of Monty Python and John Cleese for some reason.

  • @adamalvespin
    @adamalvespin 3 роки тому +8

    One of the best prog goes new wave I've ever seen!

  • @Rafa1990d
    @Rafa1990d 3 роки тому +2

    MAESTROOO

  • @muciergalo
    @muciergalo 3 роки тому +1

    Excellent! 😃👏👏👏🤓👏👏😄🤗

  • @PhilUKNet
    @PhilUKNet 3 роки тому +6

    Monty Python with a touch of Kenny Everett thrown in!

  • @dagsouleyedblue407
    @dagsouleyedblue407 3 роки тому +1

    This song will definitely haunt me for eternity

  • @lucasholmgrenmusic
    @lucasholmgrenmusic 7 місяців тому +1

    Now we know where Radiohead stole Creep

  • @TopOfTheMorning-jp1iy
    @TopOfTheMorning-jp1iy 10 днів тому

    Headdaball

  • @applemask
    @applemask 3 роки тому +1

    HELLO MABEL

  • @brunovallesmunoz4757
    @brunovallesmunoz4757 3 роки тому

    This sucks so hard that is GOOD!!

  • @mariof9242
    @mariof9242 Рік тому +1

    The best

  • @luisalbertovila7584
    @luisalbertovila7584 3 роки тому +6

    I love that song! Oh my God! Tell me you have more songs like this! I met you in Venezuela, the two times you were in my country! I keep that memory with a lot of love and emotion!

  • @MrGTO-ze7vb
    @MrGTO-ze7vb 3 роки тому +2

    Monty Pythons skits.. LOL .. Rick, you are a funny Weirdo..!!

  • @vectorhold6489
    @vectorhold6489 3 роки тому +4

    This was a treat waking up this morning to see this posted. Thanks, Rick!

  • @slidetek
    @slidetek 3 роки тому +18

    I always thought Rock N' Roll Prophet was Rick's little tongue-in-cheek jab at the _Buggles/Yes_ collab, since it was written but not released in the same timeframe.
    He'd just done Rhapsodies and 1984 around the same period, 2 outstanding albums. This one is nothing like anything else in his catalog.

  • @WooBino.
    @WooBino. 3 роки тому +1

    As usual Rick saved his best work for himself.

  • @daastin1
    @daastin1 3 роки тому +1

    One of the few tracks where we get to luxuriate in Rick's vocals.

  • @dudestep
    @dudestep 3 роки тому +2

    Just discovered this song for myself a few weeks ago, it's great to see an official upload!

  • @marcelovolcato8892
    @marcelovolcato8892 3 роки тому

    Oh, dear!

  • @dms5154
    @dms5154 3 роки тому +3

    I never realized Rick was also so funny until I saw him perform last year on Grumpy Old Man tour...aside from his outstanding comedy performance at Rock Hall of Fame appearance of course! His show was incredibly musically great AND had us laughing all throughout. Thanks so much Rick. Even my wife, who thinks he is Rick "Wakefield" completely enjoyed the show!

  • @ChibiBoxing
    @ChibiBoxing 3 роки тому +2

    Hahah I love this.
    My father introduced your music to me, and I plan to do the same with my child in the future, thanks for everything!

  • @JohnLloydDavis
    @JohnLloydDavis 3 роки тому +4

    I bought this single because I liked the title of the song. The b-side “Do You believe in Faeries” is just as oddball as well!

  • @captainspock6221
    @captainspock6221 3 роки тому

    unbelievable god of the keyboards

  • @Scotlanz
    @Scotlanz 3 роки тому

    Wot? No cape?

  • @rogerpitcher6540
    @rogerpitcher6540 3 роки тому +17

    At 0:31, young lad looking through train car window looks a lot like a young Boy George

    • @CasperHulshof
      @CasperHulshof 3 роки тому +5

      Well spotted. I looked it up: it actually _is_ Boy George! He tweeted about the video way back in 2010, too. twitter.com/boygeorge/status/22081010734

    • @ottonormalverbrauch3794
      @ottonormalverbrauch3794 3 роки тому +2

      Veeery well done!!

    • @PaulSnuggs
      @PaulSnuggs 3 роки тому +1

      What a contrast to the recent Piano tours!

    • @MrJonno85
      @MrJonno85 3 роки тому

      And the guy in the centre at 2:07 looks a bit like Simon Le Bon.

  • @ottonormalverbrauch3794
    @ottonormalverbrauch3794 3 роки тому +8

    A very amusing weirdo for that.
    And all the contemporary arpeggios, that were usually done by programmed arpeggiators, probably played by hand.

  • @Ichthus61
    @Ichthus61 3 роки тому +1

    Love that sense of humour! 🤣

  • @ColeGaskins
    @ColeGaskins 3 роки тому +2

    This is really relevant in 2020

  • @j.b.2893
    @j.b.2893 3 роки тому +1

    Thanks for this Rick, delightful.

  • @ilovemusic955
    @ilovemusic955 3 роки тому +3

    This is hilarious!!! And the music is of a high quality. Rick, you're always fantastic!

  • @Gizathecat2
    @Gizathecat2 7 місяців тому

    I love this comedy bit by Rick. Great one!

  • @paulwomack5866
    @paulwomack5866 3 роки тому

    Rock and Roll. Not "great", but "great fun" !

  • @lemonink3685
    @lemonink3685 3 роки тому +4

    im so gay im normal

  • @rohan_of_arc9895
    @rohan_of_arc9895 3 роки тому +1

    I have always loved this track! So good to see the video in decent quality too for the first time in my life...

  • @jessesteinbar
    @jessesteinbar 3 роки тому +2

    All my life I was waiting for a music to define myself, now I can say, I'm "a Rick Wakeman"!

  • @vOCesUGa1
    @vOCesUGa1 3 роки тому +2

    What in the BUGGLES is this?!!

  • @TheEssexCat
    @TheEssexCat 3 роки тому

    Blimey, forgotten all about this, great to hear it again

  • @oliviertilanus
    @oliviertilanus 3 роки тому +3

    Absolute Hero that you are. I was afraid that we would never see a high quality version of this fantastic video clip.

  • @StephenCaudillPhoto
    @StephenCaudillPhoto 3 роки тому

    Rock 'n' Roll Prophet is EPIC. Fight me.

  • @bobreed250
    @bobreed250 3 роки тому

    The joys of UA-cam !

  • @RodM.Peters
    @RodM.Peters 3 роки тому

    Hah! Not only extremely funny guy and best keyboard player ever, but also a decent comedic actor.

  • @MMCEnsemble
    @MMCEnsemble 3 роки тому +1

    Wow!!! This is just splendid!

    • @MMCEnsemble
      @MMCEnsemble 3 роки тому +1

      Also that bass part is just rocking! 💕 it!

  • @enriquedagraca3286
    @enriquedagraca3286 3 роки тому +1

    Un genio como wakeman este tocando esa porquería necesita dinero

  • @Nilarko
    @Nilarko 3 роки тому

    One of the few vinyl records I have kept over the years. THANK YOU!

  • @taskeshou2567
    @taskeshou2567 3 роки тому +1

    Just what I needed. This is brilliant.

  • @colchiccoduvapassa
    @colchiccoduvapassa 3 роки тому +2

    I love incredibly this song and the whole album. It's so full of humor! When I heard it the first time was on the radio. The dj said: 'in questa giornata pazzescamente piena di sole: Rick Wakeman!' it was the first time I heard a Rick's song on the radio, it was not easy to be his fan in Italy: no concerts, no radio, no television, long researches to find the records. In fact I found Rock' n'roll prophet only 6 month later when I was in Holland.

  • @davidedwards570
    @davidedwards570 3 роки тому

    2020 makes sense now...bless you

  • @shurikenmiasma
    @shurikenmiasma 3 роки тому +1

    @2:34 A less commonly known fact about the late '70s and early '80s is that people used to literally glow. This was due to the lack of regulations regarding EMF shielding on household devices and industry-related equipment.

  • @scousesonata
    @scousesonata 3 роки тому

    Always been a fan of Rick. I remember buying this in 1980, with pic sleeve. Never knew he'd done a video of it. BRILL!

  • @elbravovierde8010
    @elbravovierde8010 3 роки тому +1

    It is actually impossible to spread hatred towards Rick really! You know why? Because he his trully A nice guy!! I've watched about lots of interviews and his coments about the things in music and his to nice with everyone! Damm he even make records alongside his own son! How nice of a Dad is he? See his interviews in Old Grey Whistle Test and also the documentary Trailblazers of Prog Rock! He has great messages !! God bless him!!!

  • @arthurvasey
    @arthurvasey 11 місяців тому

    Adrian Juste used to play this on his radio programme on a Saturday lunchtime!

  • @CaseyVan
    @CaseyVan 3 роки тому +1

    This is the first Wakeman record I ever bought. It was made in Spain. It didn't stop me from buying more Wakeman records including Rock'n'Roll Prophet. That's because I'm so straight I'm a weirdo too.

  • @karlsarkozi3626
    @karlsarkozi3626 3 роки тому +17

    I always smile when I hear this song. One of the rare times Rick is on vocals. First time I've seen the whole video. Thanks for sharing!

    • @livemusicisbetter2
      @livemusicisbetter2 3 роки тому +3

      I've never heard any Rick vocals! Are there any others?

    • @soggytom
      @soggytom 3 роки тому

      @@livemusicisbetter2 ua-cam.com/video/zuavVBnUrCk/v-deo.html Rick doing the broadcast

    • @karlsarkozi3626
      @karlsarkozi3626 3 роки тому +3

      @@livemusicisbetter2 "Money" from the Yesyears box set or Tormato deluxe edition. He is doing the background speaking.

    • @scrambaba
      @scrambaba 3 роки тому +3

      Pedra da Gavea from Rhapsodies. Same time period.

    • @karlsarkozi3626
      @karlsarkozi3626 3 роки тому

      @@scrambaba you're right- forgot about that one.

  • @lukabakhtadze3987
    @lukabakhtadze3987 2 роки тому +1

    Please can anyone tell me lyrics???

  • @markd5146
    @markd5146 3 роки тому

    I don't understand how he is weird. But then, I'm not straight.