Christmas Special Intros Round | Bill Bailey & Rick Wakeman | Never Mind The Buzzcocks Series 6

[@Sheerwater909]

The world needs a Rick Wakeman and Bill Bailey concert tour. Both are great as individuals but just imagine the two together for an hour riffing off each other.

[@Jonathan-pm7vx]

I did ask Rick about them doing a gig together. He Said it was discussed at the time.

[@MrGiorgioud]

Aaaaahhh you are so right bro. The muso’s musos, ready to give us some time of unbridled, unabashed aural pleasure. They don’t make them like that anymore, more’s the pity....

[@muzmason3064]

Defo😂

[@S7EVE_P]

The Lamar era of Buzzcocks is my favourite. There is so much more to this show then than there is with the latest version. 10x the content of any version since.

[@JanJan66-v1s]

Anyone watching this in 2024? How I looked forward to this, so much content and humour in it. Oh I miss this and Mark Lamarr

[@leewhitham1635]

what a blast from the past - nothing like this on TV anymore.

[@MythicSuns]

This clip is a beautiful example of professional comedy combined with professional musicianship; you've got Bill and Rick improvising a song based solely around a joke Mark made, and at 8:34 you've got a perfect summary of that staple dynamic between Mark and Bill that shows up in the future episodes of Buzzcocks.

[@Outland9000]

8:34 "Mark... Would it help if we played it again?" "Not for me it wouldn't" Bill strikes back up again 😆 "NO" 😂 🤣

[@missesrobot8182]

Bill always reminds me of someone living in the woods in 1400AD. Friends with fairies and knows the local witches. Whenever I see him I feel he's an ageless creature whose lived through Britain's mythical legends.

[@geeksinlove225]

BananaMilkshake noel fielding as well

[@HauntFish]

Fielding would be the witch.

[@DJ_Damo_]

well he is part troll

[@thatguyfromthatthing2476]

This whole comment section🤣

[@josemiguelfernandezdemarti7799]

I think he is Tom Bombadil with musical skills!

[@sporkfindus4777]

Rick Wakeman - what a guy. I somehow doubt the current Buzzcocks personnel would be able to conjure up these kinds of musical references.

[@stephenremnant8151]

Now look at Bill killing it on Strictly the man has endless talent

[@ChloeG28]

Every time I feel sad I come back to watch this 😂🙈

[@timallbritton7329]

Wakeman is somebody I’d love to know, what a funny guy.

[@lawlini1979]

Never heard sunshine and Rudolph mash up before. Absolutely brilliant.

[@mrpointy123]

It's hard to believe how old this is and yet it's as funny as it was when I first saw it!!! Thank you for posting this!!!

[@blohmymind]

Wonder wot year this is from. Sean Hughes looks so young. Wot has happened to him lately? I used to love his tv show.

[@janeguest9201]

@@blohmymind ...Sean Hughes sadley passed away in October 2017.

[@steveforest8385]

The greatest Buzzcocks episode ever. Legendary.

[@HerHollyness]

I genuinely didn't realise that Bill Bailey had roles on the show prior to being a team captain! They were obviously grooming him for command haha!

[@kanyefuck7018]

HerHollyness there's a clip of Bill and Phil doing the intros together, minds will be blown.

[@RatelHBadger]

Hehe grooming

[@richardpaxford5792]

It was more of a captive breeding program but you're not far wrong OP 😂

[@FrancisMaxino]

Awesome two of the funniest musician/comedians playing together...their antics are the best laugh I've had in years.

[@enemiestoaster]

I come back here every sad to listen to the Save a Prayer cover. Gold.

[@aaronlegg1702]

The piano does it so much justice

[@tlm400]

I really enjoy that version of save a prayer. Rick Wakeman gives it a completely different feel. Also this is the best intros round I've ever seen...apart from when The Wurzels were on and Bad Manners.

[@ThoughtJuice]

On the last song, you can see Phil Jupitus knows something is going to happen and he's loving it.

[@dcbsmt]

This is the BEST intros round EVER!

[@dcbsmt]

Easily the greatest bit in all of Buzzcocks.

[@rikkifulton5055]

I miss this show soo much and Mark Lamarr please bring this back!!!

[@hwyelfrancis443]

It is great how you can see Mark wondering where the two were taking it at around the 6:30 mark and again at the 7:30 mark.

[@pseudonayme7717]

One of the greatest episodes of NMTB ever😎

[@hakanlindgren2591]

I LOOOVE how they get feeling after the Adams Family theme :D

[@dcbsmt]

Best intros round EVER.

[@gringochucha]

That's either the worst overall tone or the best black metal tone I've heard in my life.

[@BJWFenix]

Knowing bill he was probably aiming for that.

[@TheSKPwningEst1992]

I thought they were playing Burzum's Dunkelheit...

[@cofpaddy]

😂 So funny, the guitar tone, the costumes, Mark Lamarr was such a great host

[@YvonneWilson312]

More Bailey/Wakeman collabs would be awesome, wouldn't it?

[@notorioustampaton]

Definitely! Shame they'll never bring the show back. Even if they did I doubt it wouldn't have the same magic.

[@grobbler1]

Glorious.

[@BlameThande]

One of my favourite moments from all of NMTB. I love when they way too into doing In Dulci Jubilo and Mark tries ineffectually to stop them.

[@arkieda]

That famous Abba song, "Armageddon tell me what's wrong".

[@oliviertilanus]

Rick Wakeman is the best thing ever.

[@teanosuger]

This should be every year

[@antster1983]

Sadly, the double-A side single "Bender in a Ski Lift / Shave Your Back, Arse Face" is not available in the shops or on iTunes.

[@CosmiCat100]

What's the original to bender in a ski lift?

[@antster1983]

@@CosmiCat100 “Girlfriend in a Coma” by The Smiths.

[@____Ai____]

Where can I buy Bender In A Ski Lift/Shave Your Back Arseface?! Also, I love how worked up Mark always gets when the audience starts clapping along

[@Buzzcook]

Wish Rick and Bill would put out an album. I'd listen to it.

[@MidnightMelodie]

Bill Bailey and Rick Wakeman should dress like that all the time, it would very entertaining.

[@raspberrymojitogirldec]

RIP Sean Hughes rock on Rick and bill lol

[@kiskaloo6843]

The moment I fell in love with Bill Bailey.

[@Mike1GH]

Oh KZbin! Where's the Love button when you need it?

[@benphone7430]

bender in a ski lift, I want that as my ringtone

[@dcbsmt]

This is the greatest thing EVER!!!

[@nicholaswalker4791]

If Gandalf and Saruman just sat back and kept smoking weed...

[@Outland9000]

5:17 I thought they were doing The Cure - A Forrest.

[@scottferguson1020]

Seriously, the BBC needs to bring that show back. There’s next to nothing on the BBC apart from mock the week and have I got news for you that’s decent. Oh, forgot to say QI. But they seriously need to return this show to air. Preferably with Mark Lamaar as host.

[@ManenbergFilms]

Who would have guessed Sky would bring it back in 2021.

[@Bondek1996]

Oh, these were the days

[@N.I.R.A.T.I.A.S.]

Bender On A Ski Lift to the tune of Tiptoe Through The Tulips.

[@sisterofslaanesh666]

These two play on Top Gear, years later.

[@janeguest9201]

Brilliant 👍

[@dcbsmt]

Cream's my favourite intro of the bunch.

[@Supertimegamingify]

Classic Wakeman style.

[@davidjanson9900]

re bailey tone im sure it would not be funny if they played it correctley,this is an updated version of les dawsons piano gag

[@daidavies90]

Up the Kernow!

[@mossadon]

Truly legendary. Makes thee proud t' be from this great music making and piss taking country ! >Stands, removes hat....wipes tear from eye

[@alansturgess1324]

Takes talent to deliberately play badly - never realised that Bill was related to Les Dawson!

[@alucardfu2]

From epic to takin the piss out of mark xD

[@alexpenny9416]

that guitar tone is absolute shite. hillarious though

[@AJediSurvivor]

Yeah I think that was the idea lol

[@kiskaloo6843]

Everyone's a critic

[@lizb3139]

Bender in a Skilift 😂

[@notorioustampaton]

Anyone else hear the Batman Animated Series theme? Defo closer to that than The Clash.

[@AJediSurvivor]

What is the proper song name to bender in a ski lift?

[@MrPhil1503]

'Girlfriend in a Coma' by The Smiths

[@AJediSurvivor]

MrPhil1503 thanks! 😁

[@markdixon2594]

Have you got the full episode please

[@PantheonLincoln]

Music peaked with "Shave your back, arseface"

[@TERMINATIONBLISS08]

Chaotic neutral at its finest

[@Graegoyle]

Driving without an artistic license! [Joking]

[@a-certain-prettiness]

I AM RICK WAKEMAN AND MY GLASS IS DRY

[@harrymonk5880]

sod slade, this is christmas :D

[@notorioustampaton]

"Slade aren't just for Christmas, they're for life." - Jamie "Fucking" (Tear Up) Flanagan - 2019

[@FatNorthernBigot]

There aren't many musicians of Bill Bailey's stature. Oh, here comes Rick Wakeman, I'll shut up.

[@ericacroft13]

how many instruments does rick play?

[@liamkeegan432]

Mark loving life at 5:38

[@MrExEssex]

It disturbs me greatly that BB's cape pinnacle/crest/apex thingy is not on straight.

[@dcbsmt]

Does someone know what the clue was they played for Sean's team? I don't even know the song they played let alone what the clue was.

[@daftsmell]

The clue was the theme tune to Black Beauty, the song was Black Betty by Ram Jam kzbin.info/www/bejne/apTRkKqlhdudh6s

[@dcbsmt]

Thanks. I got mixed up in the songs. I thought the clue was for that Hellraiser thing (which is the song I don't know. Black Betty I do know and like.) Not that that makes a diffrence when it cames to the clue. :)

[@saoirsedeltufo7436]

dcbsmt Hell Raiser by the Sweet

[@KermitFrogThe]

Please tell me I wasn't the only one who got Black Betty. In truth I got them all because I am a sad pathetic nerd.

[@danstevenson3262]

Is that the girl from Love Actually?

[@danielbeachey5787]

Yes

[@calumconkie8094]

3:20 Anyone else realize Bill Bailey came up with Threshold (From Scott Pilgrim) o___O Wouldn't surprise me if that some how got passed on to the composer considering Bill & Edgar Wright (The Director) know each other

[@willbeasy2898]

Beck wrote the music for Scott pilgrim

[@fingersTitan]

This should be titled - What Gandalf and Saurman did next..

[@MakeSomeNoisePlaylists]

music and comedy.....it doesnt get any better really 🤍🏆

[@Masterfighterx]

How the actualy fuck can it sound like a cheap 4 or 8 inch speaker combo?!?

[@muzmason3064]

Save a prayer with no sequencer ........ respect Mr Wakeman

[@aname2481]

RIP Les McKeown

[@aarondillon8544]

Unless nights out end up like this, I

[@3coldcapricorn227]

Rick Wakeman...is it bad I only know him from doing “The Burning” soundtrack 😂

[@Damush1]

Funny as fuck

[@DerEchteBold]

I'm usually quite bad at this but I found London Calling and Black Betty rather easy to recognize ...I mean, they sounded horrible, easy to recognize though.

[@exessex3522]

Wakeman weren't loud enough. Keith Emerson didn't want a loud, show-off lead guitar in ELP - you can see why. Brilliant idea, though, Wakeman & Bailey. They could've gone far - but didn't, or didn't want to. We know that BB can play anything but can Wakeman? Is he any good at guitar? Well, we'll never know how big Wakeman & Bailey would've been if they'd gone for it.

[@NMTBTV]

Watch more of the best bits from Never Mind The Buzzcocks; bit.ly/NMTBuzzcocks_KZbin If there's a clip we've missed comment below!

[@CAMZAB]

Everything you haven't posted please.

[@lilyl5643]

What happened 7:14-8:08??

[@GormlyKeep]

I miss Lamarr

[@jackhanson3333]

Man there’s some strange stuff on the internet

[@texaspete33]

Is he having a relapse?

[@antster1983]

Erm... this is from Series 6, not Series 1.

[@antster1983]

Sean Doherty It would be nice, yeah, but I think the cost of getting the rights for all the music and video clips would prove too prohibitive unfortunately 😞

[@CAMZAB]

The VHS Never Rewind the Buzzcocks was funny. They also had a book with a CD stuck on to play the quiz, it was a long hardback book. If these are on ebay I imagine they are cheap. Your thread is a year old, but just in case either are interested.

[@vascosantos9971]

a.k.a. - Black metal covers

[@TourmalineFilms]

haha love it but that's a pretty horrific guitar tone 😂

[@ExploreLearnEnglishWithGeorge]

I gave a like just because of the crude guitar sound BB is playing (the show is not for people like me)

[@chamele0nday]

100 gecs

[@LaMortDeLaMusique]

Not a fan of that guitar tone in all honesty. Too thin for me.

[@cmb2934]

Bill Bailey was an absolute legend. RIP sir

[@Pear_chan]

Whut

[@cmb2934]

@TeatherFilmLtd Productions yes....but one day he won't be and this comment will be there so we are prepared for the inevitable

[@KatherineOutten]

Shame about all the bender jokes tbh

[@jameseberhard7457]

That's it, you tell those professional comedians how to do comedy.

[@KatherineOutten]

@@jameseberhard7457 I will when it's straight men punching down and getting cheap laughs from saying a slur about gay people and taking the piss out of us.

[@martinreed5964]

@@KatherineOutten give it a rest...its funny

[@KatherineOutten]

@@martinreed5964 not when you're gay and you've had those slurs used against you, or like me you grew up hearing those slurs from friends and family constantly reminding you that you're other before you even fully know what that means

[@jeffcarroll6553]

Bender as in drunk or what?

[@guitarreilly]

I love bill bailey but that’s got to be the worst guitar tone I’ve ever heard

[@cloudfactory2000]

Marl lamar demonstrating his lack of comedy talent there.

[@GormlyKeep]

Bailey is such a bad guitarist

[@jamescopping2231]

Mike May he’s playing bad on purpose, Bill is actually an amazing guitarist in his live shows

[@GormlyKeep]

@@jamescopping2231 He's really not. I know he was hamming it up for comic effect but I've seen him live too and he is still an awful guitarist. You can tell that keys were his first instrument as 1. He thinks chromatically and 2. He has no variation in attack. Like the guy (like I said, I've paid to see him). BTW, the scale of evil was genius

[@simonhill591]

From the thumbnail genuinely thought Neil young was on nmtb!!!