Excellent performance by the band and a brilliant new arrangement of "Spaceman" at 07:51

Wonderful, Wonderful . . .Tears tho' ❤👏🙏

Such fine musicianship! 🙏😊👍Here in USA no one listens and it’s a shame. What a treat this is ❣️

@MegaSickcat

Жыл бұрын

In the divided states of decay, the GOP is trying to ban everything! They are wanting to throw the country back into the dark ages.

Fantastic video! Thank you for posting! 😊

The Teeny, Tiny Trumpeters were belting it during "Don't stop me now . Respect !

This is what we need makes you proud well done lads

Drum Major WO2 Scott Fitzgerald, Coldstream Guards leading The Band of the Grenadier Guards. Under the Direction of Captain Ben Mason, Director of Music

@peterfradley7668

3 ай бұрын

both very good friends of mine

Beyond words...

This was amazing! Thanks for uploading this great event.

The band must have been having a wonderful time with the crowd singing along.

Great thing to realise how so many people are so enthusiastic about the band. Love it.

Great vid!

Great show and parade. Lovely music and performance 👍👌

Brilliant! Thanks for posting a great vid. It's great to see the Armed Forces supporting Pride and getting such a great reception, the DM was great, getting the crowd going. It was different in my time in the Army, you didn't dare tell anybody you were gay, quickest way of getting the sack.

this was the highlight for me yesterday

Brilliant as ever

In 13:40 the bass drum guy tripped on a road I think it’s a rock

So proud 👏 🥲

This was a very Proud Parade Celebrating 50yrs of Pride in London. Seeing #BandoftheGrenadierGuards leading the armed forces was an incredible honour, Thank You. Congratulations to the cameraman battling through the crowds and filming this memorable event.

@MrBaton74

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it, to be honest the worse part was trying to get through Piccadilly, that was a nightmare with so many people there.

@newblackdog7827

Ай бұрын

50 years of proud sexual perversion?

Not just the Grenadiers, a few Scots Guards Musicians in there too. Excellent job!

Great to see the military embracing pride show that we have come along way since the first London pride.

@jasondelaney6849

2 ай бұрын

😂😂😂, they shouldn't be at a gay pride parade

Amazing 😻

Brings a new meaning to parading for the Queens Guard!

wow! that was amazing. What an enthusiastic and boisterous crowd, and there's DM Scott Fitzgerald calmly marching on as always. And offering water to the musicians. Lovely video, MrBaton74; thanks for braving the crowd. Must be difficult to film with people moving around in all directions.

@MrBaton74

2 жыл бұрын

I'm pleased you enjoyed the video. Thank you. It was a great atmosphere though.

@susandreger-epps3676

2 жыл бұрын

@@MrBaton74 Clearly! I could feel their joy and exuberance from here.

@peterfradley7668

11 ай бұрын

scott is a very dear friend of mine and I'm taking over from him in august

@susandreger-epps3676

11 ай бұрын

@@peterfradley7668 So he's really retiring this time? :-) Scott Fitzgerald is the reason I developed such a passion for watching British Army's amazing marching bands on youtube. As someone whose health has been less than vibrant the past couple of years, I so appreciate the devotion of people like @MrBaton74 who kindly film in all conditions and the knowledge of people like Delvin Rodriguez & @semajbronson21 who fill in the blanks for the rest of us, Best of luck to your friend Scott in his next duties, and a hearty welcome to you!

This is awesome well done band for supporting such an event

Kia Ora From Auckland City New Zealand. Was Proud To See "The Royal Band Of The GrenadierGuards' Playing At The "50th Pride Parade"

Long live England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Elton John - I'm still standing!

Not just Grenadiers, noticed bandsmen from all the other Guards bands includind Scots and Irish.

@MrBaton74

2 жыл бұрын

That's correct, even a Coldstreamer as well I noticed, but that does happen a lot if the main band are short of some players. The Coldstream Guards band performing Changing the Guard yesterday morning has an Irish Guards player in it.

@YouTyranny

2 жыл бұрын

@@MrBaton74 MAybe some members refused to participate? I'd love to know.

@militaryevents107

2 жыл бұрын

@@YouTyranny I highly doubt this, you’d get in a lot of trouble, it wouldn’t be allowed. The army is a very accepting place. But I don’t know for certain.

@peteraschaffenburg1

5 ай бұрын

@@YouTyranny Why would they refuse to participate? It´s their job which they are paid to do. So their personal sensitivities play no role. We are not talking about „professional“ footballplayers here. Maybe you just wanted to let everyone know YOUR opinion on it?

👏😍

Drum Major Scott Fitzgerald seems to be an old hand at this, just looked back at a video I posted in 2017 when the Band of the Welsh Guards lead the Military Contingent in London pride and he was the Drum Major leading the band on that occasion. kzread.info/dash/bejne/m6ajxI-rYb3Nlrg.html they appear at about 10.40.

Coldstream drum major

@susandreger-epps3676

2 жыл бұрын

The very grounded and unflappable Drum Major Scott Fitzgerald.

Nice to hear such an enthusiastic crowd too, was in the guards in the 80’s and 90’s and am almost embarrassed to say this, but in them days we would of been mortified by this, thank fuck most of us have now evolved and realise Love is Love 🌈💚

Wonderful seeing so many involved in Pride London celebrating 50 years bigger brighter, keep safe peeps, love to all my Trans and intersex friends

Grenadier guards play music for the bandits . 🤔

What is the song?

This country may have its faults but we're getting there.

To those who disapprove, please realise that the armed forces are now inclusive. Not so in past World Wars and other conflicts when service men and women were forced to hide their sexuality, or be thrown out, or even worse jailed for what is now known and proven to be an accident of birth. Their contribution to society is no less than your own. It is no accident that due to their continued contribution of service over many generations that you and your families live in a safe and inclusive environment. Not so those living under more extreme regimes.

All good fun 🥰👫👭🧑‍🤝‍🧑

Its a great video! But why is no one talking about how sad it is that they have to share one water bottle for the whole band?

Shame that you didn’t show the contingents at least once to give some context to whom they were leading

@MrBaton74

Жыл бұрын

You did see them a couple of times, although I was interested in the band. You could clearly make them out at 31:06 and at the end 37:10

This is actually the coldstream gds I believe.

@MrBaton74

Жыл бұрын

Sorry, it was the Band of the Grenadier Guards, the drum major was Coldstream Guards and there were several players from other bands, but the band was the Grenadier Guards and Director of Music was from the Grenadier Guards.

@gustloffshizukayamamoto4689

Жыл бұрын

@@MrBaton74 What is the music at 23:53?

What is the name of song at 0:29?

@MrBaton74

Жыл бұрын

It’s Elton John’s song, I’m Still Standing.

@fabiodery

Жыл бұрын

@@MrBaton74 Thank you!🤩🤩🤩

What is the music at 23:53?

@videobay9575

Жыл бұрын

regimentskinder marsch

What's the march at 32:10?

@CityGuideEC1

5 ай бұрын

'General Mitchell' by Robert Browne Hall

@averagejoe8358

5 ай бұрын

​@@CityGuideEC1Legend 👏

What is the name of the music from 7:53 to 11:26 ?

@MrBaton74

6 ай бұрын

It’s called Space Man, it was the UK’s entry in the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest.

@SanKc-re6nz

6 ай бұрын

@@MrBaton74 Thanks a lot.

@SanKc-re6nz

6 ай бұрын

I checked about it. Somehow, I prefer the verison performed by the Grenadiers than the original one. Thank you for fliming this. I keep looping that part from the video for a whole day. Appreciate that, bro.

Wonder if that's the gay band of the Grenadier's ?

Are you kidding me? Why use the military for a non-governmental special interest event?

@sidpheasant7585

Жыл бұрын

So the Bands - which represent all of us (and as necessary will join efforts to defend and protect all of us) can win the praise and plaudits of this audience... which they SURELY did!

@Ishaanbiniwale

4 ай бұрын

Noooooo

@rickardnyberg4899

3 ай бұрын

I think the military can decide for themselves what they want to be a part of…….

@newblackdog7827

Ай бұрын

Because the U.K. is woke and properly fcuked!

@newblackdog7827

Ай бұрын

@@sidpheasant7585 Not me.

✈Transfer to London pride🚎

Beautiful! Amazing! This shows the integration of an event with government institutions!!! Congratulations!!!

Why involve the military in this ??

@DerryPope

Жыл бұрын

Darling, they spent their lives defending the biggest and best queen of all. Where else would they be?

where are all the snowflake claiming to be triggered by a military band.

Bet some of those men loved the fleshy flute or even got a rusty trombone when they got home

@ 7:40 Where was the Met escort ? That "photo op" was inappropriate. It's stuff like that which can be cause for HM Armed Forces bands to no longer participate in activities such as this. The U.S. Armed Forces would not participate in ANY special interest parade or event. As a veteran I support that position. Regardless of the feelings or ideals of individual members of the armed forces, the military as a whole, for the purpose of proper military discipline, must be non partisan, non supportive of any special interest group or organization.

@sugarbertie1143

2 жыл бұрын

My dad was in the army , I don't know what he would have thought to this! Other than official ceremonial parades and displays, and things like the Lord Mayors Show, I've never seen a military band marching in a parade for something like this which doesn't come into any of those categories at all. 🤔🤯

@MrBaton74

2 жыл бұрын

I respect your views, but just a cursory google search bought up the fact that the 313th Army band took part in the 2022 Mardi Gras parade this year, I personally haven't been to a Mardi Gras parade, but I assume it's very similar type of event to this.

@MrBaton74

2 жыл бұрын

@@sugarbertie1143 Hi, military bands have been taking part in London pride since 2017. Welsh Guards in 2017, Band of HM Royal Marines in 2018 and The Central Band of the RAF in 2019. Military bands also are part in other events that are not ceremonial parades like country shows etc.

@sugarbertie1143

2 жыл бұрын

@@MrBaton74 Thanks for clarifying. Just seems an odd thing to be accompanied by a military band !!

@MilitaryBandsEverywhere

2 жыл бұрын

@@MrBaton74 They are leading the armed forces contingents who choose to march as they are part of the pride community and it promotes the army in a good light with community engagement taking part in events such as these. Having a band can provide an extra sense of pride for the marching tri service troops behind and a sense of spectacle for all others involved and watching on the streets!!

Dude's britain's all are LGBTQ fans😭 Lesbian, G@y Bisexual transgender and queer x🏳️‍🌈"

Total mystery why the British army has a recruitment crisis!? 🤷🏻‍♂️

Such a shame that they've been reduced to this.

And here I thought the military wasn't supposed to be political...fucking hell eh? what has the armed forces come to...

thought the GG had standards, we were all wrong. 😡😡

That is absolutely terrible