Victoria Wood - Let's Do It - The Ballad of Barry & Freda - Original 1986 version

[@samcotton7321]

Not only has she written the music and lyrics single-handedly, she is playing the piano, leading an orchestra, singing, and on top of all that, working to different cameras in sequence... She was incredible

[@jamesrockybullin5250]

And don't forget, she's fighting with that god-damned microphone after every other verse!

[@annecook5215]

Pure genius.

[@quizmaster85]

Anyone who dislikes this video doesn't deserve to be beaten on the bottom with a Woman's Weekly.

[@matthewseller3711]

Your right. Victoria was a loss to the Comedy world she is hilarious. We can forgive er for acorn antiques

[@irenekent4196]

Ha ha well said

[@matthewseller3711]

Today I needed some to make chuckle and your comment had done the trick thankyou

[@matthewseller3711]

Your right. But then again I think they should have their arms ripped off and be flogged with the soggy end

[@davmar5648]

I think all those that dislike this need to be strung up by there short a curlies... or shot.. lol..

[@jasonward9429]

"C'mon and melt the buttons on my flame-proof nightie" Classic!!!! Thank you so much Victoria

[@G6JPG]

And only _half_ the tenors. It's very English - Gardeners' Question Time, the Hostess Trolley, the Woman's Weekly …

[@MsPrescient]

​@@G6JPGthe Spinners...so many references!

[@mads4it555]

She's fantastic. She had everything right in this. Not just the words, timing and voice, but the look of sheer pleasure, the attitude, character and comedic talent. She loved every moment of this including the audience reaction. She was a master at everything but this clip is pure perfection to sum up her unique talents... she is sorely missed in entertainment, but she won a whole nation's hearts. There's no-one like her. I love this, thank you for posting

[@codyofathens3397]

It's the facial expressions and subtle shifts in accent that really sell this for me. She was amazing, and how she kept up with everything at the same time blows my mind.

[@ImaginaryEvil]

The energy she had was something else

[@justinest3027]

Despite the fact this is over 30 years old it still makes me cry with laughter. So funny.

[@ellengibson486]

Same!!!

[@iancann5104]

genious with a capital J.

[@ellyclark1299]

Yep, I'm just here now cackling at it!

[@HedonismCentral]

I saw her do it live at the London Palladium all too many years ago. By the end, I was in agony with laughter. My partner, on my right, was chuckling away merrily (and we've just both guffawed over it again on a pre-loved vinyl copy I've just got), while a woman on my left never cracked a smile in the entire gig. I guess it takes all kinds, but Victoria Wood was an absolute comic genius.

[@Krzyszczynski]

Just been flicking through VW's biography by Jasper Rees. Hard to credit, but apparently director Geoff Posner wanted her to do another take!! Despite her having just laid down this unsurpassable effort. She complied, but predictably it just didn't have the fizz second time round, and audience reaction was more subdued too. Posner tacitly acknowledged his error by choosing to broadcast the first take (the one seen here) after all.

[@TheNick279]

"Bend me over backwards on the hostess trolley". Respect to Victoria Wood.

[@howardymitchell]

“Ah feel silly. It’s too chilly to go without ma thermal vest”😂😂😂

[@mistie710]

@@howardymitchell Heh. Beat me on the bottom with a Women's Weekly!

[@DeepGreenForest]

Wonderful song. The English have their own unique humor. She just burns right through- no bridge, no chorus. I feel exhausted and wrung out, much like Barry.

[@barryhardiman1135]

Definitely the best version. Superb backing band

[@Jay1980Ti]

Incredible lady, the world is a better place for her having been here

[@keithdavies1395]

What a loss.

[@Tyler_Mills26]

"I can handle half the tenors in a male voice choir" Christ that's awesome haha xxx

[@katebriscoe6103]

This still makes me laugh decades after my first time hearing it and this time I have been married for 23 years so now it’s even funnier

[@harpersneil]

I heard this song when I was 5 years old, and even at my ripe old age now, it still sporadically pops into my head. Today it did, so when I got home I decided to look it up... only to learn that Victoria Wood had passed away in 2016. I sometimes wish I could stop this train we're all on; it pains me to see all my childhood hero's pass away. RIP Victoria Wood, gone but not forgotten.

[@tibodesmet4696]

This is one of the things that make me sad about life I'm 20 and I will see so much beautiful and inspiring celebs go 😢

[@pebblesthecat3625]

She was one of the funniest women England 🇬🇧, or rather "The North" as she called it, ever produced. Sadly taken far too soon, but her comedic whit and writing talent will live on for decades now she has passed. I seriously miss this funny, witty, unassuming, talented, genuinely nice, humble lady. RIP Victoria Wood.

[@Hhhhaaattt]

Still as funny today as it was all those years ago. 🤣 dome things are just classics. RIP xxx

[@laurencethefrog982]

Every time I hear this awesome song,I can picture Daisy & Onslo from Keeping Up Appearances!! 😂 Victoria was a talented genius..sorely missed ❤

[@mickyboy7586]

Absolute pure genius, so sadly missed. RIP Victoria 💖

[@Gelly46]

Outstanding writing! Amazing, I loved Victoria Wood, she had talent, she was genuine, what a loss.

[@irenekent4196]

Oh how I loved her brilliant woman

[@matthewseller3711]

Agreed

[@petersinclair8718]

The woman was and still is a genius with that Woman's Weekly and her pipes needed lagging. Superb song. She's an angel.

[@LilySaintSin]

She was the female Tom Leherer.

[@strawsonian]

@@LilySaintSin only better.

[@gillianwignall8223]

I've laughed at this for years but had to rewatch after seeing Strictly Come Dancing feature this as one of the dances music !!!

[@ForestKicks]

However much fun you had watching this I guarantee you Victoria had more fun doing it

[@7omly]

Utterly brilliant comedienne. Never bettered. Taken from us far too early.

[@JanMike9]

Anyone capable of bringing such joy and smiles to this world should live forever--Christ, she was great!

[@naanamora3282]

Can’t believe some people have clicked dislike for this funny clip. Some people are just miserable.

[@kc9602]

And have NO sense of humour!

[@markfox1545]

@@ericheaton8545 - people have different tastes; they had every right to mark it as disliked and I'm sure no disrespect was meant towards Victoria Wood. You, on the other hand, are displaying a lack of respect for other people thinking differently to you. I'm not one of the people who disliked the video, by the way; I loved Victoria Wood. Oh and you meant YOU'RE, the contraction of YOU ARE, not YOUR denoting posession of something when you replied to Bri C.

[@markfox1545]

@@ericheaton8545 - I was perfectly polite to you but you have repeatedly abused me. You're a very unpleasant aggressive individual. I hope you find a more peaceful self some day.

[@Spud773]

Ooh grammar police have arrived!

[@npbevo]

Prudes most likely

[@Richard-Bullock]

This never gets old. Classic comedy, such as this, will always be absolutely hilarious.

[@leofitzsimon8563]

If I thought I'd get away with it I'd have it played at my funeral... Absolutely love this brilliant, talented, wonderful rendition.. No one else could do it... God bless you VIc... sadly missed. xx

[@annied1827]

Go for it 😁 I knew someone who had as they went behind the curtain at the crematorium another one bites the dust playing !! It's your funeral do what you want and plan it as you want and threaten to haunt them if they do follow your wishes 😁

[@pamelabartholomew449]

My kids have been instructed to play The Stripper at my funeral. Go for it!

[@irenekent4196]

Oh what a laugh that would be at my funeral ha ha

[@vegetablearian_]

I expect you could get away with it at that point :)

[@slycoopervaultmaster1256]

Who's gonna argue with a dead person?

[@dianeharris4319]

I love this 😂. I miss her so much ❤.

[@sedwards2207]

VW was a wonderful talent.

[@philipblackburn3759]

Comic GENIUS, there will never be another like Victoria.

[@christopherwelford8401]

You're dearly missed. I loved this at just 10 years old and dudnt understand hardly any of it when it came out but always remembered the woman's weekly line. Genius.

[@JamesSmith-lq1se]

one of the funniest songs ive ever heard.remeber when it was first aired on tv.i roared laughing at the classic last line of the song! the next day i was with my mother in our local newsagents when youve guessed it! i saw the front cover of a womans weekly mag! got all sorts of visions in my head and nearly had a massive giggling fit in the middle of the shop! ever since hearing those immortal words beat me on the bottom with a womans weekly, for some strange reason ive never been able to look at a womans weekly in the same way ever since! probably my favourite line of any song! rip and thanks for making myself and millions of people laugh for all these years.just beat me on the bottom with a womans weekly! pure genious!

[@angelabradfield832]

James Smith I'm the same with looking at an avacado....

[@JamesSmith-lq1se]

Angela Bradfield i bet i can imagine what you would do with it!

[@fonepixie]

Indeed, i remember watching this too when i was young, so damn funny... was the ' melt the buttons on my flame proof nighty' that got me . She was amazing!

[@lynnsummerfield5928]

lmao

[@anonymouspeacefulperson6199]

James Smith so funny! Lol reminds me of R.E.M. that song.... 😂

[@finmcnicol3854]

The funniest song every by a British comic? One of the finest performances by a British comic ever? Quite possibly. Happy Birthday, Victoria. Much missed, but what a legacy...

[@jasonhudson4209]

This is quite spectacular. It combines 100% energy, subtlety, musical dexterity, lyrical complexity, total clarity of the pace and orchestra, oh and sheer genius. There’ll never be another VW. Times have changed so much that it couldn’t happen.

[@redsquirrel1086]

This is exceptionally clever.

[@michelleresistance]

I love how Victoria pulls a face when it gets to Barry’s part and the way she gets lively towards the end 😂

[@dressinggownsessions7296]

What I most admire about this performance is her ability to smile without giving in to the temptation to just crack up with laughter. I recently watched Catherine Tate's performance of this song, and while I would never call it disrespectful of the original, she was concentrating so hard on remembering the words and keeping a straight face that she failed to convey the real meaning of it. Victoria Wood knows exactly what the story is, who the characters are, and conveys it in her facial expressions as much as the does with the words themselves.

[@jamesanderson8851]

She had to keep jumping to keep air in her lungs best comedian ever

[@yamyam_1978]

Michael Ball said that 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@SALTOWNPRODUCTIONS2]

I've certainly never heard a comedy song better than this one. Sheer genius, in both writing and performance.

[@Rhyull]

So brilliant. So sad she's gone

[@andypeterson3070]

Yeah 63 is too young. RIP Victoria.

[@realitysvt]

Her facial expressions with that haircut loll, this is the best vid of them all.

[@kc9602]

Never. Going. To. Get. Old!!!! We really miss you, Ms Wood. RIP 😏

[@irenekent4196]

What a great Loss

[@kjb8321]

An absolute genius, very sadly missed and gone much top soon. The star that burns twice as bright....

[@NettyBoBetty]

This is hilarious, the lyrics, the facial expressions, bend me over backwards on my hostess trolley bwaaaaahahahaha you can't listen to this just once.

[@debbiehollis5711]

Pure genius. Thankyou so much Victoria lets hope you're keeping heaven entertained.

[@deborahwatson5159]

God Bless You Victoria Wood, Really Miss Your Humour, May You Rest in Peace, a Favourite of Mine, Too, can I just say, Stay Safe Everyone in 2020 and act Responsibly, to Help Us All Survive This Pandemic, XX

[@ELLmBEE]

Will never forget how much I laughed at this, the woman was an absolute genius!

[@GlasgowGallus]

Breaks my wee black heart she does...Gawd bless ya love, and thank you for all the laughs n smiles...

[@theredprawngamer4593]

I would reply, but I've never got on well with Scottish accents 😂

[@annietaylor6023]

Fantastic! Such clever and funny lyrics, how Victoria remembered it and managed to breathe through to the end is impressive. Just brilliant. Well done Victoria, sadly missed.

[@MsPrescient]

Read about her death on a train journey - felt profoundly depressed.

[@joshuanursaw1739]

Go Native And Creative Livin In The Living Room. 🤣🤣 What a wonderful Comedian there ain't anyone like her anymore absolute Legend

[@WorldOfKnowledgeTH]

Shame I wasn't alive when this was aired. Its brilliant and hilarious

[@karlthomas3374]

Love love love this song and this comedienne! She brought so much happiness and laughter to my home from my childhood to present day. Now that my mother is suffering with memory issues, we can still sit together and watch Victoria Wood and I hear my Mum laugh, like she used to when I was a kid. Thank you, Victoria. We all wish that that you were still here! xxx

[@Hannah-cf4ev]

You and your mum have excellent taste! Sorry to hear she has memory issues, you're doing the right thing sharing the happy things she does remember - comedy, music, anything that gets her going and makes her happy (and you!) is precious, take care 🙂

[@JohnnyStanwyck]

I've got nothing but love for Victoria Wood. She is missed.

[@nigelkthomas9501]

Fantastic! How she managed to remember all those words I’ll never know.

[@StarWarsJay]

The “beat me on the bottom with a woman’s weekly” line has stuck with me since I see this at 16. None of the other lines have, just that for some reason. Crops up in my head for no reason sometimes, like five minutes ago and it lead me here. Must be the first time its popped up since the internet became mainstream. The human brain is a strange thing haha.

[@chloeleighhardy3435]

I get ya. It’s just really amusing and random and witty I think that’s why the line “my mother sent a note to say you must excuse me” sticks with me and brings me here lmao.

[@StarWarsJay]

@@chloeleighhardy3435 haha the poor harassed husband. You could only ever find a man like that here in Britain.

[@shieldaigbencher]

Who doesn’t love Victoria Wood? Genius. Brilliant.

[@standZ4]

Me

[@katyp.2495]

I remember the first time I heard this song, I laughed so much I couldn't catch my breath, and my sis had to slap me on the back, then I got hiccups 😳. I've seen it so many times since then....and have never looked at the Woman's Weekly in the same way again 😁!

[@katiekatconway1880]

Could listen to this repeatedly. Another superb talent gone too young.

[@annething5046]

This is on my facebook and I still watch it every now and then to cheer me up. She was a comedy goddess. The writing, the facial expressions the delivery- gold. thankyou dear lady. I also used to watch her do standup on TV and the tv show she wrote- The Dinner Ladies. Bless her. She was wonderful. Vale xx

[@nolansfans3881]

Freda and Barry sat one night The sky was clear, the stars were bright The wind was soft, the moon was up Freda drained her cocoa cup. She licked her lips she felt sublime! She switched off Gardener's Question Time Barry Cringed in fear and dread As Freda Grabbed his tie and said: Let's do it, let's do it, do it while the mood is right! I'm feeling, appealing, I've really got an appetite. I'm on fire With desire- I could handle half the tennors in a male voice choir. Let's do it, let's do it tonight! But he said: I can't do it, I can't do it, I don't believe in too much sex This fashion For passion Turns us into nervous wrecks. No derision, My decision: I'd rather watch the Spinners on the television. I can't do it, I can't do it tonight. So she said Let's do it, let's do it, do it till our hearts go boom Go native, Creative, Living in the living room. This folly For jolly; Bend me backwards on me hostess trolley! Let's do it, let's do it tonight. But he said I can't do it, I can't do it, my heavy-breathing days are gone. I'm older, feel colder; It's other things that turn me on. I'm inploring- I'm boring- Let me read this catalogue on vinyl flooring! I can't do it, I can't do it tonight. Then she said Let's do it, let's do it, have a crazy night of love! I'll strip bare, I'll just wear Stilettos and an oven glove! Don't starve a girl of a palaver, Dangle from the wardrope in your balaclava. Let's do it, let's do it tonight! But he said I can't do it, I can't do it, I know ill only get it wrong. Don't angle For me to dangle, My arms have never been that strong; Stop pouting! Stop shouting- You know I pulled a muscle when I did that grouting. I can't do it, I can't do it tonight. Let's do it, let's do it, share a night of wild romance! Frenetic, Poetic, this could be your last big chance! To quote Milton, To eat stilton, To roll with gay abandon on the tufted wilton! Let's do it, let's do it tonight! I can't do it, I can't do it, I've got other little jobs on hand. Don't grouse Around the house I've got a busyt evening planned. Stop nagging! I'm flagging; You know as well as i do that the pipes want lagging. I can't do it, I can't do it tonight. Let's do it, let's do it, while I'm really in The mood... Three cheers! It's years Since I caught you even semi-nude. Get drasitic, Gymnastic- Wear your baggy Y-fronts with the loose elastic but Let's do it, Let's do it tonight! I can't do it, I can't do it, I must refuse to get undressed I feel silly. It's to chilly To go with out my thermal vest. Don't choose me, Don't use me My mother sent a note to say you must excuse me. I can't do it, I can't do it tonight. Let's do it, let's do it, I really apsolutly must. I won't exempt you, Want to temp you, Want to drive you mad with lust. No contortions: Smear an avocardo on my lower portions! Let's do it, let's do it tonight! I can't do it, I can't do it, It's really not my cup of tea; I'm harassed, Embarrassed; I wish you hadn't picked on me. No barter - A non-starter; I feel about as sensuous as Jimmy Carter I can't do it, can't do it tonight. Let's do it, let's do it, I really want to run amock! Let's wriggle! Let's jiggle! Let's really make the rafters rock! Be mighty, Be flighty come and melt the buttons on my flame-proof nightie! Let's do it, let's do it tonight! Let's do it, let's do it, I really want to rant and rave! Let's go, Cos i know just Just how you want to behave: Not bleakly, Not meekly- Beat me on the bottom with the Woman's weekly- Let's do it, let's do it tonight!

[@patrickambrose5372]

I sang those lyrics!😁

[@Mishima505]

Possibly the greatest song ever written. RIP Vic, you’re still keeping them laughing up there.

[@blueluny]

I remember I had this on video and spent ages watching and rewinding so I could write down the the lyrics. My mother thought I must have been a very strange. I was only 11.

[@thomassmith2227]

The single greatest comedy performance of all time.

[@glynperrisgp]

Rip. We will always miss you Victoria and the laughs. Funniest woman ever IMHO.

[@markbruce3524]

Fucking genius that woman was a star as you look back her work looks so much better as time goes by rip to a true star 👍🥰

[@GeneralJumbo69]

God she was one of a kind. Sorely missed.

[@maureenchallis2093]

This one creases me up. It is a good cure for the blues!

[@howard1707]

I am watching this with a smile on my face and tears in my eyes

[@andrewdavison1273]

That sums it up.

[@CBeaumontHIGTFY]

Brilliant work from the Band at the back! Really great counter melody lines - and tuned percussion as well! Wonder if Victoria Wood arranged the parts as well, she certainly had the talent to do that if she wanted - Victoria Wood is of course superb, what a talent!

[@robertdarby1039]

I don't know how anyone could down vote this. It is utterly brilliant.

[@mickyboy7586]

Simply because genius is way above some people's heads.

[@standZ4]

@@mickyboy7586 Not everyone's taste.

[@robertlittle5678]

Victoria wood had an amazing talent she was a comedy genius

[@Shane-Flanagan]

Love this, never tire of hearing it. So clever, well thought out and hilarious. Gosh Victoria had some energy!

[@colinhall3882]

A class act that will be sadly missed,

[@maryphelps7381]

She really seemed to be having a great time here . Lovely woman with so much talent . R.I.P. Dear Heart .

[@gillsmith3382]

She was a genius, this is just brilliant . Such a tragic loss. RIP Victoria x

[@jsybaz100]

Bruce Forsyth was in a league of his own when it came to being an all-round entertainer, but I think that Victoria is the closest that a post-variety entertainer is likely to get. She was also a trail-blazer if you look at the list of comedy performers when she first burst on the scene, they were mostly men. I think that the current crop of comediennes have a lot to thank her for.

[@djpheeze]

Sure, Victoria was like Bruce, except that she did characters, could act, could carry a show on her own, and was funny.

[@redsquirrel1086]

If Victoria Wood had been male she would have been rated far higher than Bruce Forsyth.

[@1234poppycat]

@@redsquirrel1086 This male rates her far higher than Bruce.

[@tomgreenslade6798]

A total legend in comedy. A true performer and a master of her trade! God Bless her! Greatly missed! Xx

[@corymackenzie-gray4870]

The first time I heard this was on the radio when I was 10. I heard the line about unspeakable acts with the woman’s weekly, and immediately found it on KZbin and learnt every word. Absolutely brilliant.

[@isabellabiggins986]

Sorely missed, a great loss.

[@mackybmx]

She was a Comical Genius!! :) "Beat me on the bottom with a Women's Weekly" ... One of the funniest lines ever!! 😂

[@grahamboffey457]

macky how about, wear your y fronts with the loose elastic?

[@jenniferh6813]

@@grahamboffey457 That line was very funny, too. :-) But I think the perfect rhythm of the Woman's Weekly line, in addition to the image, is what raises it to genius level.

[@adamsy788]

The last of the true great Northern Comediannes.

[@daenitarthtag6409]

She was simply the best! I love how much she physically puts into this song, her feet bouncing is brilliant. What a superstar. Such a loss to comedy ♥️♥️

[@fionaduval6764]

Fantastic, I have never seen this before! So so funny x

[@oldTimer-x3r]

Pure class.

[@pauldickinson3809]

Brings lots of smiles to my face . Dinner ladies must be one of the best comedy's to grace the the television of this country. R I P you funny and great lady.

[@matthewseller3711]

I loved all of Victoria Wood's work bar Acron antiques. But loved Dinner ladies. Victoria Wood was a terrible loss to the world of Geat comics. She was a legend

[@gordontaylor5373]

I agree, Paul. I loved Dinnerladies. It's very fitting that Victoria wrote her best friend Julie Walters into the show.

[@johnthegodfatherslack]

Still, absolutely amazing to this day. Miss u Victoria, so sad to lose you ❤

[@MayaCulper]

She was amazing

[@christophervincent4678]

Every now and again I pop in here for a listen and without fail it makes me laugh with a tear in my eye.

[@shellyj70]

Absolute comedy genius i loved Victoria Wood

[@theblackpearl3880]

Comedian, writer,, singer/musician, all in one beautiful woman! My generation of fame ain't got nothin

[@EvaMoon-t6c]

I hear this for first time in my life I must have done something right if this is karma.This is impossible perfect .

[@Thisistrulyoddtv_Mark]

So sad she’s gone comedy will never be the same again

[@philipbrooks402]

What a talent. She knew more about DIY than most blokes. A great lady. RIP.

[@shaystarz1]

How is it this cheers me up so much when I’m in a shitty mood

[@Hannah-cf4ev]

Same, works every time!

[@adamsy788]

I remember sitting on the rug when I was 7 and this came on and tried to sing along. Very good memories xx

[@keithrich8373]

A star went out when this amazingly talented lady died. A huge loss to comedy and I doubt you will ever see her equal. RIP VICTORIA❤️❤️😅

[@1943L]

Sad loss when she past, her talent is missed.

[@annething5046]

Here I am again. God this is still gold.

[@user-wc2ky8ss2o]

She was amazing, loving and one of a kind. Missed by so many. Thank you Victoria for giving us joy from this awful world

[@archibaldbagge1235]

Pure genius. A terrible loss.

[@karenhopwood7269]

What a legend .my fondest memorie of this song .was playing at .my friends house .and her mum came in .and couldnt stop laughing when .she smear an avavcordo .on my lower portions .just .beyond .perfection .miss .you .thanks for so many happy memories .xx