Bill Bailey on Kraftwerk

[thewayne]

Bill is, in my ever so humble opinion, one of the most brilliant musical comedians. I'd rate him up there with Tom Lehrer and Eric Idle and above them in many ways (Peter Schickele is still #1 for me). If you ever want to have a lot of fun, just cruise YouTube for Bill Bailey videos and you should have a good time.

In this one, he pays tribute to one of his favorite bands, one of the first techno bands, Kraftwerk.

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Comments

[cathrowan]

That is hilarious! Thanks for linking; this artist is new to me.

[thewayne]

He's been around for a while, and he's just brilliant at mixing music and comedy.

[disneydream06]

That is a riot. LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
He looks really familiar.
Hugs, Jon

[thewayne]

The great thing about comedians, and British film and TV stars, is they don't have to be perfect-looking glamor models like what is required in the USA. He's not a terribly handsome man, but damn is he funny!

[disneydream06]

So agree. :)
Benny Hill is a good example. :)
LOVED that man and his show. :)

[thewayne]

He was pretty funny, I watched him a lot when I was younger.

[disneydream06]

We had a station that ran a couple of episodes every Saturday night. :)
Now I have the dvds. LOL.....

[kaishin108]

That is so different than anything I every watch but so fun! Thanks for sharing. :)

[thewayne]

His comedy pieces around music are brilliant.

[silveradept]

Bill Bailey is a very funny man, but I didn't know his comedy extended into musical matters as well. An excellent Kraftwerk parody. I'm used to seeing him as someone who shows up on panel shows, and as a regular on QI, so he knows a fair few things as well, especially when the questions happen to wander into something that is within his wheelhouse. (It's always interesting when QI happens to have someone who does know the answers and can give competent explanations for them right off the jump. It's often funny when Alan Davies is the one who's doing it.)

[thewayne]

I've never gotten to see as much QI as I would have liked, haven't seen any since Sandy took over the helm.

[silveradept]

It exists if you know where to look, including both Stephen and Sandi's runs. All kinds of interesting and strange things.