Bill Bailey - How Deep is Your Love - Remarkable Guide to the Orchestra

How Deep is Your Love clip from Remarkable Guide to the Orchestra DVD. Filmed at the Royal Albert Hall, London in 2008.

[@TheDjackso1]

Bill bailey should be a music teacher. Imagine how inspiring he would be to our children

[@paulineodonnell3163]

TheDjackso1 first thought that came to me too. How good a teacher would he be.

[@davidrendall2461]

He is! what are we watching now, and why aren't we showing it to our kids?

[@edgehaineproductions]

Yeh exchange a BBC comedians salary for 20k a year... Wonderful

[@thatbharris]

This show was set as homework during my music GCSE haha

[@carpmma5132]

Left school three years ago and in year eight would’ve definitely took music

[@nottiification]

Bill Bailey is one of the greatest music scholars of our time.

[@andreaseriksson8803]

He's a multi talent 😊

[@johnoh1667]

Bill bailey creates and is not afraid to do it. He observes and is not afraid to expose it. He is not introverted like many artists and lets it all hang out . I love this man!

[@Yeahraftin]

Much love to all the Bassoonists out there, speaking on behalf of my fellow Euphonists in the world. Both absolutely lovely instruments that nobody typically gets to hear.

[@michellegordon456]

Both fantastic instruments always been jeaulous i couldnt play them a clarinetist😊 much love and respect

[@deldridg]

Typically my neighbours get to hear the euphonium - quite regularly as it turns out! :-)

[@nyancs7098]

@@deldridg lol I play bassoon and euphonium so my neighbours are blessed with both!

[@xrayblaster4874]

After watching Sound! Euphonium, I've been wanting to learn how to play the Euphonium

[@nyancs7098]

@Jack Moly same with bassoon, oh well

[@a3s1r1986]

I can never unhear this. Every John Williams movie theme is just the Bee Gees now.

[@MythicSuns]

Which just leaves me with a mental image of Barry Gibb singing the theme tune to Superman.

[@ElvarMasson]

"Unhear"?

[@a3s1r1986]

@@ElvarMasson To reverse the process of hearing, so that (a sound, etc.) was never heard. The wrong words kept getting added to the dictionary.

[@Turboy65]

I've always preferred hard rock to anything by the Bee Gees, because they were "disco" and of course, to a rocker, that means they sucked. But the truth is that "How Deep Is Your Love" is one of the most beautiful songs written in the 20th century, at the very least. It is fully worthy of any number of full orchestral arrangements. It's a song that touches the heart and it is a gloriously beautiful composition.

[@dodolord]

Same😂 I’m a grunge fan but man oh man, How deep is your love is a hauntingly beautiful poem in music format

[@brusselssprouts560]

He is more than a comic, because he is a total genius.

[@nybbleme]

He's one of my top five I want to see on taskmaster

[@kashgarinn]

I love that after hearing their part, going back you can pick out that they are indeed playing it with the rest.

[@TheTrapOfficial]

@gbushimprov As a Bassoonist, I am naturally incredibly bitter about the fact that the untrained ear can only hear the melody. But I take comfort in knowing that orchestras would not sound the same (mainly due to a lack of beegees) without us :D

[@BadWebDiver]

And the fact you are the bass voice for the woodwinds. ;)

[@Secret_Agent_Mark]

@tradie 4theladies The bigger the instrument..... :D

[@millomweb]

I'd love to play with an orchestra. Figure out just how many musicians are really redundant ! I guess there also must be an optimum number of any particular instrument in an orchestra - I could hazard a guess at 4 per channel.

[@woah6958]

Melody is overrated 😄 Where would they be without the rhythm section?!

[@Orion3741]

TheTrapOfficial : very interesting. According to what I have found and read on the internet, the bassoon as woodwind instrument is said to be the most versatile. The first instrument called a "bassoon" was used way back in the mid-17th century. So before Mozart, Beethoven, and Verdi's time, I believe...

[@matthewbertram3304]

that orchestral version of how deep is your love with all the layers stripped down is fucking beautiful

[@Kj_Gamer2614]

Yeah I wish they made a full version of the song with the stripped back layers

[@joehellno9097]

Saw this performed live onstage right after viewing a showing of Fantasia while actually on acid. Felt the most exuberant joyful gratitude for those wonderful Rockette Soldiers!!! Just had a soul salving flashback watching it again just now. Not a jot less delightfully marvelous!!! Thank you for your service, Tin Soldiers! Distinguished service medals for all!

[@sam-you-el]

After the reveal you can hear it throughout the first 2 pieces if you listen close enough. Beautifully

[@leenewman4344]

Bill you are a musical alchemist, I learn so much about music from these little videos from your shows!

[@samuelholmes3696]

Fun fact: Bill Bailey wrote a song for Eurovision last year, AND submitted it. The BBC rejected it because it was "too silly". Too silly. At a show where Norway's performance was titled "Give that wolf a banana" and featured blokes dancing around on stage while wearing cardboard wolf masks...

[@frankhovis]

and not forgetting Little Big - Uno.

[@leedsmanc]

Indeed there are many Cockney motifs to be found in Eurovision songs through the years

[@yakobsoulstorm5187]

Which begs the question: were the BBC being ridiculous here, or did Bill Bailey put in something truly and genuinely absurd.

[@MichelleGordon-p9r]

@@leedsmanc and the bee gees lol, best wishes

[@thomaseriksen6885]

Eurovision is a full blown shtshow

[@azzameentv]

What I love is that if you go back through and listen, you can hear the bassoons playing How Deep is Your Love within the Orchestra.

[@gibsondanny]

+Aaron Brudenell that is the whole point

[@briankelly8697]

+ Aaron Ya, you can. I doubt his last claim about bassoons putting Bee Gees melodies, probably quite the reverse

[@jamesflowers1686]

Dude , thats the joke....

[@gummel82]

That's the joke you idiot

[@grimTales1]

What did Billy Joel or Barry rip off? I know there are some famous tracks that sample classical pieces (eg 'All Together Now' by The Farm is based on Pachelbel's Canon in D Major), there was the theme to Ski Sunday too.

[@ispanteleev]

I regret for beening unable to give this video thumbs up one more time

[@SilverMustang920]

The talent this man has, his KZbin channel deserves millions and millions of subscribers.

[@myuphrid]

Agents of musical chaos, weaving their beloved Beegees into the very fabric of music, pervading every corner of the art... look at 'em up there, homaging the late 70s and receiving their well-deserved applause!

[@markusavrilius5316]

You are a genius!

[@Jobrill]

I come back sometimes just to listen to the initial "Typical Baroque Trumpet Music." It's such a cool melody. Need more Baroque Trumpet like that in my life

[@EvgeneXI]

Le Roi Danse has plenty! Also, “Trumpet Tune”.

[@Wokkelwokkel]

Was it actually an existing piece of music or was this written for this show?

[@Jobrill]

How Deep Is Your Love is a Beegees song, but the Baroque Trumpet music played over it is, as far as I know, unique to this production.

[@hjt091]

2:22 I learned to play the bassoon when I was younger, and can confirm this is 100% accurate

[@MsOgr1]

Just shows what great tunes the Bee Gees write 🙂

[@massimookissed1023]

Or they just lifted bits from classical.

[@Axl240200]

This is one of my favourite bits of comedy of all time

[@Hairyskinback]

Your bar is set very low.

[@giovanniacuto2688]

I thought the orchestra was actually playing baroque music until it dawned on me that we were listening to a sort of Baroque style arrangement of "How deep is your love". Very clever

[@markusavrilius5316]

You are simply a genius ❤️

[@schmidtpearson2917]

I never appreciated the truly beautiful sound of the bassoon until I heard it giving life to my most favorite song.

[@drdestructodome]

Found the bassoonist

[@Tentin.Quarantino]

found the baroque enthusiast

[@VickersDoorter]

Your favourite song being Smoke on the Water, perchance?

[@MrChrissy1r]

Never realise dtill reently just what a brilliant musician Bill Bailey is, I thought he was a comedic joker of the country style,, but WoW he really is a blooming genius!

[@dielaughing73]

He's an entertaining, empathetic person who also happens to be a musical genius.

[@reaneya]

I didn't want that to stop.

[@666Crenado]

Bill Bailey is a Musical Genius.

[@phildirt3]

One of the most clever comedians ever

[@bk1147]

I learnt more about music today than in 5years at school

[@gerarddonovan8678]

Bill is very talented and he has a very pleasing voice

[@dickiedollop]

Bill your musical prowess and knowledge must earn the respect of top musicians around the world as seeing you live really hit home how multi talented and consummately professional you are. And thank you for bringing to the publics attention the forgotten major influence of Alfred Russell Wallace who once inhabited the town I now live in another talent and interest you’ve shared and appreciated by folks like me 👍🏻

[@deldridg]

You sir, have a mighty enviable name!

[@tonycarpenter-Makzimia]

Sheer genius mate :).

[@adrianc9784]

Thank you for sharing this 👏🌸🎻

[@moose6676]

Bill Bailey, he’s brilliant 👍🏻👍🏻

[@casey6556]

Maybe it’s because of the title and the fact that I’ve performed it with an a Cappella choir, but I picked up that the orchestra was playing around How Deep Is Your Love right away.

[@azrulamir88]

Somebody please give this man a netflix show

[@paulmakinson1965]

That was brilliant!

[@iansouthward7991]

I saw a clip like this of this program and I had to get the dvd. Its become one of my all time favourite, its a work of genius.

[@lilliankeane5731]

Genius, I love him and I though the sound of a bassoon was beautiful. Learning all the time....ya.? ✌️

[@molimolinana]

I used to play the bassoon, such a fun instrument to play in the orchestra :)

[@paulbexfield2821]

As someone has already stated Bill should have been a music teacher to enthuse youngsters 👍👍

[@friktionrc]

and “oldies”….way too many pretentiousness amongst some music folks (rock/classical/ rythm and blues etc etc)

[@liamkelly8834]

This man is beyond brilliant!

[@theflamingredone]

oh man, that bassoon sounds beautiful.

[@carringtonlefayette8644]

Beyond fabulous. Bill you are an absolute love. You are a clever clogs. Australia 1.49 am

[@virtualatheist]

Once heard, *NEVER* unheard.

[@tonycavanagh1929]

i love how the audience slowly realise what the music is,

[@dougalmcdougal8682]

All playing instruments and reading the note at the same time …. Luxury ….

[@LeDoppelganger]

Bill Bailey is so talented it fills my veins w/ jealousy (aside from the blood an all).

[@kiwiviking175]

Utter genius! Brilliant!

[@elbecko7969]

I figured out How Deep Is Your Love on the guitar last night. Tonight I listened to the Magnum pi theme, which led me to The Professionals theme, which led me to The Sweeney background music composed and recorded as library music, which led me to a guy playing the Snooker theme, which led me to Bill Bailey demonstrating the Grandstand and Ski Sunday themes, which led me back to How Deep Is Your Love by bassoons in this. What are the chances?!?

[@Sheza58]

Snooker theme? Drag Racer is absolutely class!

[@haamishmcgarry]

Wow I never realised how good that song is

[@ShredderBenjamin]

That was absolutely brilliant

[@stumbling]

Bassoonophonists are highly under-appreciated.

[@PlayItAgainTubeSam]

My first encounter with a bassoon was listening to Prokofiev - Peter And The Wolf. No notion of BG's :D

[@peterkoning21]

Excellent !!

[@martadeyanova]

totally love this man!!

[@bikerbisht110]

I can thoroughly recommend everyone watch the full program at sometime, it's great

[@neurofire]

I wanna learn to play the bassoon! Bill Bailey is brilliant - and so too the muso's. GREAT CLIP!

[@irishelk3]

Wow, the Albert Hall looks absolutely amazing.

[@spamvoid78758]

I heard it's full of holes.

[@MrWhitegold13]

Shame we can never go again unless football person is there then covid will not know

[@user-ky6vw5up9m]

Seats can be a bit claustrophobic.

[@phildirt3]

Remarkable human being

[@WalterLiddy]

Man I wish I could have seen this live.

[@jameshoxey4562]

Cids

[@CrissCross407]

exact experience here! I love QI and other panel shows for showing me many awesome brits to explore

[@Whiteythereaper]

Ahh the Bassoon, fulfilling the Bass role in woodwind and being just as underappreciated as Bass Guitar in the mix to the normies

[@gromett]

Whenever I hear the Bassoon or the Oboe my ears perk up... And I am not a woodwind person... That aside. This was hilarious.

[@terencebarrett2897]

Absolutely wonderful beautiful adorable talented man, children and adults listen and learn through people like this man or woman,can you now imagine how our, " country's, city's towns,and government's, are filled with people, not suited,capable, able, to do the job they appointed,or made for,but only got it through ,, "" fitting criteria of PC fashion"

[@CaptainEO27]

Brilliant!

[@bikerbisht110]

I love the whole show, it was a great idea by Bill

[@EzraELL77]

Maaann Bill Bailey IS a musical genius ... 😃👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@cocteaufan]

I think this man redefines Genius

[@PaulusCaesar]

I think you meant Bee Genius

[@DaveInBridport]

I envy those that can get into music like this.

[@phildirt3]

He s such a genius!

[@Tmanaz480]

Peter Schikele level stuff! Bravo!

[@TheLordMango]

The conductor is like Bill's reflection.

[@upuliedivisekera6779]

a genius

[@professorpopkiss]

Amazing

[@MLB9000]

So the title of the video gives away the punchline to the joke? Good work.

[@hetzz]

That doesn't change the fact that it indeed spoil the joke

[@PastPresented]

It's a variant of a technique that worked well for nearly 70 episodes of "Columbo".

[@Delta-ei7im]

Tbh its still pretty unexpected

[@GNRule123]

PastPresented Brilliant!

[@zapkvr]

What friggin joke you big cry baby? Jesus you need to lighten the f!@# up.

[@annejeppesen160]

I went to a concert yesterday (Videogames In Symphony - awesome concert!) and this demonstration came back to me. Sitting on the balcony (first floor?) we had an excellent view of the orchestra and which instruments played at any time. I started to wonder - does harp players have a similar situation. I couldn’t really hear it in between the other instruments 🤔 Second how would the music sound without either the harp or the bassoon (or both) 🧐

[@SocksWithSandals]

Fascinating

[@michaeltalbot8242]

Just seen bill in Swindon excellent night out

[@nigelstansfield1644]

It's designed to be a live concert,which it is.None of it would be possible without the fabulous Anne Dudley.

[@MM-wd4hq]

Love love

[@advancelast1740]

Brilliant

[@ukip2001]

I would like more of this ,so i can know what sounds the various instruments make

[@myuphrid]

Survived by their friends and loved ones, their many fans, and a legion of subversive bassoon players.

[@tommyers]

I would love to see the clip of the orchestra playing "Stayin' Alive."

[@moramento22]

"Stayin' Alive" hidden in a clever way in Beethoven's 5th Symphony

[@Bishka100]

It's hidden in Klaus Nomi's - Death - Dido's Lament

[@Bishka100]

@@graziacavasino8884 It is in the harpsichord, how did you know? Thought they mounted the microphone up the wrong way when they recorded it, so you have to play it backwards whilst standing on your head to hear it. :-)

[@Bishka100]

@@graziacavasino8884 I should think not, you sound like a very intelligent person. I, too, hate being treated like an idiot. Once someone told me that if you listen to Marilyn Manson's Antichrist Super Star backwards you can hear demonic chants!! Everybody knows that is a lie... It's Waterloo by ABbba, or was it Puppy Love by Donny Osmond? I forget now.

[@MegaBanne]

Even better would have been to love somebody lol.

[@1035pm]

How deep is your love? Balls deep I hope.

[@Peppermint0M]

Oh lordy, my mind is filled with thoughts of subversive bassoonists... How splendid!

[@KristineMaitland]

Peppermint0M My friend, Jeff Burke, is a subversive bassoonist. He's been known to play Metallica songs on his bassoon. I think he has a vid up of him playing it.

[@maguritegeist6231]

Love ❤️ You!!!

[@darrenpyper9689]

would love to see a further guide to the orchestra tour

[@TheAznative101]

The video of him on Conan finally told me his background. He is a really good to great musician. Found out he was a session player. In a way he is Britain's Victor Borge.

[@Hellwyck]

Bill's pitch perfect

[@TheAznative101]

@@Hellwyck I have seen him on QI mainly. Had no idea of his other talent...

[@calza1990]

Those sneaky bassoonists! 😲

[@MegaBanne]

My first encounter was a performance of the main theme from Mack the Knife. The main two solo instruments where Bassoon and Trombone. I play trombone today :D

[@photoallergic]

Curious fact: The name of the instrument "Bassoon" is different in German and English. In German, it's "Fagott". They chose a different name for those fluent in the english tongue. For reasons. de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fagott

[@BanquetNZ]

bundle of sticks

[@Mar-up7db]

I'm addicted...

[@sureshot8399]

It's Saturday night and I got a fever......and the only cure is more bassoon.

[@Hylaeosaurus]

If you watch this again you can hear they are actually playing it behind the other music.

[@RS250Squid]

Who else watched this in November 2020 and had a mini crisis when the camnera panned to an auditorium jammed with people?!

[@importantname]

imagine hearing this whilst brooms were chasing you!

[@rvallenduuk]

First encounter with the bassoon was Prokofiev, Peter and the Wolf.