Raymond Scott Quintette - Powerhouse - Hit Parade

[@SmerchBM]

there should be a law that states that this should be played in all factories

[@Missioneer]

LagG_ I agree.

[@MrPrincetrumpet]

LagG_ Yes!

[@grogmaninteractive]

+LagG_ haha jajajaja

[@ViddyOJames]

disregard i suck cocks

[@adolfometal2]

Hell yes!!!

[@toastedmonkee]

I worked in a bread factory once. When i first "viewed" the assembly line, this tune came immediately to mind. Insane, crazy shit. I no longer work at the bread factory.

[@putzo8]

One of the awesome things about Looney Tunes: they introduced me to the classics.

[@MegaOwnagemonkey]

1:28 is where tricky's theme came from

[@circusitch]

The drummer is Johnny Williams, John Williams dad.

[@thenashus4]

Well there you go!

[@moeskido]

"These blockbuster bombs don't go off unless you hit them juuuuuust right." "Yeah?" "Yeah."

[@TheBigMansini]

This is perhaps... The greatest song from any cartoon, of all time.

[@RushMikeYYZ]

Thank you Raymond Scott for making La Villa Strangiato awesome

[@jonroybal]

Finding this is like chancing upon your old childhood stuff in the attic as an adult and finding the most awesome toy you owned.

[@jackgrattan3144]

I see that a lot of people are giving totally WRONG information about how the oscilloscope effect was achieved. Firstly, these are LIVE TV cameras, not film (this is a kinescope). I will now quote out of a book by a TV engineer: "One of my jobs was switching the news. Before a newscast, we had the art department type on to cards the names of everyone who was going to be identified on-screen. The cards were black with white type and we'd put them on a big board in the studio, where a camera shot each name. I could then superimpose the shot of a person's name over the corresponding story." They are doing the exact same thing here, using a o-scope instead of letters. You're welcome.

[@VideosTimes2]

I was Portland last week and found a Raymond Scott figurine...he's playing his electronic music invention. What a surprise to find this gem.

[@evanhammerman616]

Raymond Scott went to my high school! Forty years before I did. Notice this quintette has six guys in it.

[@FrancisLaLonde]

I need this on a 10-hour continuous loop...!!!

[@dreamland923]

Right click on the video, and select "Loop". :)

[@projectRaMan]

The drummer looks ecstatic every time he gets to hit the suspended symbol.

[@cptlulz]

That ridiculous light show spazzing along with the music. I can't help but smile watching it.

[@talbothanley4421]

I've had this song stuck in my head since the 60s

[@richarddietl3760]

+Talbot Hanley Pass the mescalin!

[@talbothanley4421]

richard dietl back in the day it was windowpane

[@richarddietl3760]

It seems like a simpler time. Now we have Windows 10.

[@talbothanley4421]

richard dietl lol

[@PASCHDigiMedia]

I would consider this the Machine Age Anthem. The intro and closing parts suggests a diesel locomotive approaching and passing by with the arpeggios mimicking the sound of the wheels rolling over the joints in the rails.

[@TheTimon64]

Ahh the Cartoon Network's Powerhouse Era would not have been half as awesome without this amazingly wacky song and its many variations! Thank you very much Raymond Scott and company for helping to make Cartoon Network soooo fricken awesome back in the day! ^_^ (1992-2007) CN ftw!

[@coffeebotography]

Powerhouse was the soundtrack to my developmental years. I guess that made me a burnout in training.

[@lumpytwangage]

As Pat Mastelotto (drummer for King Crimson, XTC) once said (concerning the Raymond Scott Quintet)... "the first prog band?" Great schtuff!! Thanks for posting!

[@jschwind435]

Love the audio visualization effect...

[@hvq1914]

Si a mi también me gusta el efecto visual.

[@ohiovr]

a timeless master peice

[@orchidtender]

Scott was a huge influence on Carl Stalling, and some of Stalling's best known pieces are either out-and-out covers of Scott's work, or highly-derivative "homages". Both are great, but props are due to Scott for bringing it all to light.

[@sirop1960]

After hearing this wonderful music so many times over the years, it's so nice to see it performed by Scott and his very able musicians. I didn't know this existed. Thanks so much !

[@annierodriguez2490]

Just close your eyes and imagine this piece being played at a jazz club; timeless.

[@CriswellKOL]

If you count the players in the Raymond Scott Quintette, it's six, not five. Scott disliked calling it a sextet, so he didn't count himself, and he felt "Quintette" looked cooler than "Quintet".

[@tapper1477]

One of the greatest compositions I've ever heard! Raymond Scott was amazing.

[@baggedyman]

THANK GOD! Finally found this. I've always heard this song in like a factory setting.

[@Chavezstinks]

I don't understand why people are referring to Rush's 'version'. They didn't make a version of this great standard. They used an excerpt as an homage. In any case, both this and La Villa Strangiato are great musical masterpieces which have transcended time.

[@philipdanziger5081]

Came here to see if the rumor about Rush's La Villa Strangiato was true... and this is hilarious XD

[@tookmynick]

The inspiration for one of the greatest rock instrumentals of all time! Rush's La Villa Strangiato from the album Hemispheres! Thanks for sharing this wonderful piece!

[@MST3Kfanatic]

hey kick, one RUSH fan to another, i'll check that reference, you may be right but for sure the mid section (1:25-2:07) has been used in warner cartoons & adverts when they want to convey a mid 20th century industrial vibe...that being said, Powerhouse is a stand alone incredible piece of music, no matter how you hear it . i also love that Ray, by calling the group a quintette, was confident that his fans would infer that there were 6 guys on the band...

[@allanegleston13]

this song is part of my youth and early manhood from watching classic loony tunes cartoons after school and work.

[@kuriosity89]

Mr. Scott...you mad genius, you!

[@Chlysm]

My dad used to listen to Big Band music and for years and years I always thought that part in La Villa Strangiato sounded familiar!.....

[@tsntana]

Just came from Google Answers. Now I finally hear what this originally sounded like. Funny reading though Comments and what different generations associate the song with. Now I'd like to know how they produced those superimposed patterns that went so well with the music.

[@alicemudgarden123]

Quintet with 6 people! I love it! Raymond Scott is the best!!!

[@spooky74]

One of the all time greats

[@ILZ31989]

i love this tune!!!!!!!! i remember hearing this tune in an episode of Ren and Stimpy!!!!

[@michaelinpaly]

Halfway through this is such a memory hit for me and Peter Kendall (my best friend at Purissima)

[@rleary1]

1:27 I love this song. I can envision Bugs or Sylvester on construction scaffolding or the two chipmunks Mac & Tosh being stuck in a canning factory! Carl Stalling used this song over 300 times in Warner Bros. cartoons. I didn't know the songs title (Power house) until today :D

[@firegrr1]

That song is the soundtrack to my work day.

[@meatmotor]

There's so much talented genius crammed into that little sextet... Raymond Scott is an unsung hero!

[@jazzsaxophone]

I have died and gone to loony tunes heaven!....Thanks for posting.

[@UFBMusic]

Up until right now, I just thought of this as 'The Pointless Industry Song'!

[@byLoncho30]

so this is where RUsh made a tribute in La Villa Strangiato :)

[@borbetomagus]

Per wikipedia: It was a six-piece group, but the puckish Scott thought Quintette (his spelling) sounded "crisper"; he also told a reporter that he feared "calling it a 'sextet' might get your mind off music."

[@hebneh]

When I was a kid in the 1960s, I'd play a 1940s recording of this which had belonged to my parents when they were young. On the other side of the record (a 78, for those who know what that means) was a song called "Huckleberry Duck". I was very pleased to recognize both songs from the Warner Bros. cartoons which I sometimes was lucky enough to see on TV then.

[@RatPfink66]

Faaaantastic! Thank you. In case you're wondering what a "Richard Hudnut Extra" was, that was the sponsor (a cosmetics company). Back in the day when Lucky Strike had the Hit Parade these were "Lucky Strike Extras." Back then Ray's brother, Mark Warnow, led the orchestra, and Ray and the 5tet were often the "extra."

[@kimberlystevenson5399]

Thank you band teacher, this song is so boss

[@ii_r_ftw]

having two layers of film and by shining a light at a curved mirror into the film

[@KuroJoggaNut]

OMFGoodness!!! I've finally found this music!!...Thank you so much.

[@TreadwellJay]

The superimposed patterns are pretty cool; a neat example of early TV experimentation.

[@hiltz171jim7]

Absolutely love the sax parts at 0:43 and 1:57. Been trying to get them down on guitar; those are not simple lines to play on guitar lol.

[@polakoff]

me too! it has driven me crazy for YEARS

[@seikano]

pfffffff I no have words to explain this, only great

[@Karlfalcon]

Raymond Scott brought me here.

[@TheSpartan42]

I was literally about to click away when the video hit 1:25. Suddenly, nostalgia! nostalgia everywhere!

[@microwiz]

I love the so-clearly-made-by-hand titles and light effects. Now THAT'S analog!

[@distanceexpert]

Also used in several Warner Brothers Cartoons

[@BrainComm487]

I'm mesmerised by the dancing... lights? Stuff like that is all over music videos and whatnot nowadays, but I'm intrigued by the technique used here.

[@tuxicle]

Heh, I had no idea that part of Rush's La Villa Strangiato was based on the middle part (1:37 onwards)! Thanks for posting this!

[@pathdaly]

Wow! I had no idea there wa any Raymond Scott on film, thanks a bunch for this. I bought one of the Soothing Sounds For Baby CDs a few years ago and have been addicted ever since. No great surprise to find a lot of the ambient/synth people I listen to were influenced by him.

[@brunomilcos]

Fantastic!!!

[@dejarathoris1343]

This (and other Ray Scott compositions) makes the best hold music.

[@artlowrider666]

Well, I thing my preference for this music start when I saw my first cartoons on tv. Great music. Thanks to my childhood.

[@warddrennan3426]

One of my favorites from Warner Bros. Looney tunes

[@RossLlewallyn]

Thanks, NED.

[@baudilus]

Nice, thanks for posting.

[@nitehawk86]

Today on How it's Made...

[@jimjamd]

Those titles and light tricks are wicked cool!

[@REPUBLICADECHICLE]

!!!! GREAT JOB

[@benjaminthefox]

I remember hearing this music in cartoons as a kid, and having no way to find out what it was called. It used to drive me crazy. I didn't find out until college.

[@wurch5]

Me encanta esta melodía de los looney toons

[@ninawillams]

ive had this in my head for so long not knowin wer iy came from,thanks 4 de upload

[@wazmo100]

Much happy to my heart. Thank you. !

[@DantaineRemastered]

You're here for 1:25 admit it

[@seanm241]

no

[@Slayer821]

I am

[@stomprocket597]

Actually I like the first part more :/

[@seanm241]

Maik_Zebraz same

[@nicolasarroyo2959]

Let me guess... Fall out 4? xD

[@Bjonem]

sooo great powerhouse!

[@SuperAJC10]

Awesome!

[@LymanGreen]

I love this. Absolutely fantastic version. TYVM!!!

[@Ogaitnas900]

Oh my god. seriously great, thanks for that.

[@Bloatedsack]

This is so f'n awesome! Thank you for posting

[@LebannersHook]

In these days a piano quintet was a pianist and a quintet. Artists also started listing their name like "Raymond Scott Quintet" to mean Raymond Scott and his Quintet as they did with other instruments in front of a quintet.

[@Stinkaroth]

AAAaaaah. Oh my god. I love it. This. This made my early-morning hours.

[@violatione]

I've only just learned the name of this composition yesterday! It should be law that when great music is played, somewhere on the screen the title should be listed.

[@NoobOfLore]

I find it hilarious that that was once the peak of special effects, in the same way that the future will probably think that everything I enjoy is hilariously simplistic.

[@rhymeswithgabriel]

This is actualy so incredible and forward thinking

[@mario21128]

yea i just picked up hemisheres by rush and heard this in one of the songs! that was awesome to hear in a rock song.

[@MargueriteMontes]

It all makes sense now! Love these guys....My childhood comes flooding back...thanks for posting this!

[@warddrennan3426]

Fantabulous!

[@brunomilcos]

Amazing!

[@thetkmaster]

My band needs to play this

[@SteveCentra]

amazing special effects!

[@maitecares]

I love the brass and piano combination with the drums!!

[@daedalusomega]

Raymond Scott was a genius!

[@liljohnreplogle]

Nice! Awesome orchestration too!!!!!!!

[@mubbymubby]

Great video!

[@likenem]

I didn't realize that Raymond Scott was so revolutionary he helped break the color barrier.

[@606flicks]

Holy crap, me too! It's been hell trying to describe it as the "Rube Goldberg song."

[@AudioTech50]

@frotz661 They are using an early video mixer to overlay various images and oscilloscope-generated Lissajous figures. In addition, something is being used to variably warp (and sometimes multiply) the overlaid images. I would NOT be surprised if the added graphics were Scott's idea. I would also NOT be surprised if Scott himself had created some of the electronics used to do the effects--it would certainly be consistent with what I have seen of his research methods.