PLEASURE MAD - Original Prague Syncopated Orchestra

[@baryvary707]

Thank you Pavel Klikar for having created such a good band !

[@JDlupin]

WOW they actually got it right I’m pretty impressed . That’s amazing. 10/10

[@paulj0557tonehead]

Hey, I'm American born and raised in the sticks of Ohio and I love 1920's and 30's music, movies...everything! I play the organ and believe it or not these tunes sound great on the home electronic organs of the 60's and 70's. I play a Wurlitzer 4500 which was produced in 1964'...I was produced in 1965.

[@JanKowalski-nc4ez]

Hey Paul: -))))

[@FredrikTers]

There's a lot of band doing good recreations of the music of the late 1920s, but this is one of the very few examples I have seen/heard of a band doing a truly good modern performance in the style of 1922/23. Good show!

[@roybo1930]

GOD! I WISH I WAS THERE PLAYING WITH THEM!!

[@gordonbailey1934]

This music has the energy and joy of the late 1920,s! Thanks Lindy

[@VictrolaJazz]

Absolutely beyond comprehension! Dare I say it: they're better than the originals!

[@FredrikTers]

Wow! There are several contemporary bands that do a good emulation of the hot dance music of the late 1920s, but this is by far the best re-creation I've seen of an early 1920s hot dance band. And Havelka's antics behind the drums are absolutely wonderful!

[@banjonoises]

Heh -just enjoy the music...they certainly do!!!! Great hot dance music from the 20's played in exactly the right manner.

[@ClarasBeau]

I would climb mountains to see (and hear) this group!.... As one might say, "Gee they're swell!" (Actually...they're WAY beyond swell... Thanks for the upload!)

[@michaeljayklein500]

Outstanding to the Max. I love Mr. Havelka--such a great character!

[@baryvary707]

I am not so sure

[@stefanwalker3810]

Awesome I so wish they were still going in this form today!

[@Tereza9502]

They are, actually. Saw them perform last Thursday - Ondrej Havelka and Melody Makers.

[@mainaccount131]

Super excellent with very good interesting photos

[@janettewalker3991]

That is really something! Love, love it, gotta smile.

[@petertaylor3600]

And is that drummer ever having a good time! If I held the stick between my teeth like that I'd be in a mess. The chin on the face of the saxophone player is awesome. All you see of the sousaphone is the instrument. Somebody is hiding in there.

[@bhsisthebest]

Pavel Klikar = genius of the 1920's music.

[@jazzguy1927]

He sure is and what makes me mad is that I am an American and no band I have ever heard here even comes close to the authenticity of this band playing 1920’s jazz. Why is it a band from Czechoslovakia can play better more authentic American jazz of the 1920’s than any band here?

[@Tannwald]

Mistr Havelka je sekáč, to se musí nechat!

[@baryvary707]

ano, byl, dokud byl pod kontrolou Pavla Klikara

[@oldtimejazzfan]

Composed by Sidney Bechet. He recorded it 1938 under the titel VIPER MAD.

[@SemperPhonographCo]

Charlie Creath and Sidney Bechet would be proud!!!

[@lindyhoppers]

This was a ssuper super band!

[@casparpolitman]

***** perche was? si sono sciolti?

[@lindyhoppers]

caspar politman almeno 15 anni fa -- ora c'è una banda con lo stesso nome ma differenti musicisti, cerca su youtube...

[@casparpolitman]

***** grazie, non lo sapevo, si ora ho trovato, ma non sono piu come prima

[@petertaylor3600]

Oh, WOWW! All this and being Czech, too!

[@michaelmills7198]

Possibly the tallest violin player anywhere!

[@MattMurdockCZ]

Great job, thanks for upload :-)

[@1ensa]

brilliant

[@MrRezillo]

Actually a reefer song with the words cleaned up. Original by Sidney Bechet: "I'm Viper Mad".

[@petertaylor3600]

Move over Max Raabe! This beats the drum....

[@lindyhoppers]

@MattMurdockCZ Jazz is verboten in Italy too!

[@MattMurdockCZ]

I really don't understand why foreginers are uploading these videos. I've never seen here, in their home country, a single concert or just a piece in our television. I'm indignant!!!!!!!

[@lindyhoppers]

this video is f20 years old, the band broke up awhile ago, unfortunately...

[@petrk1717]

@ClarasBeau Not that complicated - visit Prague! :)

[@hudlifuk]

Ondrej Havelka and Melody Makers are followers of OPSO

[@baryvary707]

Nejsou...

[@BardCoennius]

@lindyhoppers Ironic ain't it that America's great artistic and cultural contribution to the world finds its biggest fans in Europe and Japan...you SHOULD be indignant. I used to play this kind of music myself, can barely find anyone in my own country who appreciates it...

[@skajmi]

@Tannwald a na PANA kapelníka a trumpetistu Pavla Klikara by nic nezbylo?? Alespoň trochu pozornosti.! Děkuji

[@musicscaper]

✔✔✔

[@lindyhoppers]

are you related to Charles Creath, composer of ths tune?

[@musicscaper]

Creath was my grandfather.

[@lindyhoppers]

What an honor! Do you any have photos of his band, or any of his instruments? "Pleasure Mad" was his first recording for OKeh in 1924 as you may probably know.

[@bobbobato]

While the OPSO is sometimes too corny for my taste its the only modern band that convincingly recreates the original sounds of the 1920s. This isn't very different from Charlie Creath's "Pleasure Mad.