Anyone still watching in 2023?

@haraldisdead

4 ай бұрын

2024

@user-yn7yo1co3k

3 ай бұрын

March 2024 ● Hello there. 👋

@davidsthubbins176

3 ай бұрын

It’s 2024, and I’m loving the Folksmen as much as ever!

@haraldisdead

3 ай бұрын

@@davidsthubbins176 same. And mitch and mickey. The New main Street singers can go to hell lol

@MikeBeatty-xt3kn

2 ай бұрын

yes

I would argue that this is real folk music. These guys may have done this whole act as a gag, but they put a lot of heart into it.

@tpitman

6 жыл бұрын

It's frightening how good they are.

@zak-a-roo264

4 жыл бұрын

II was raised in the 70s folk scene ,it's the weirdest thing , if you try to fake folk music , you just end up with folk music , it is it's own spoof.

@assmane999

4 жыл бұрын

Just like with Spinal Tap, they are a legit band

@DashCat9

4 жыл бұрын

Everything they do together is amazing. They're legends. Whether the characters in the band are fictional or not, the music is real.

@anonb4632

3 жыл бұрын

Most American "folk music" is nothing such.

I love the way they teased the folk scene, which was completely ridiculous in many respects - but NEVER did this movie mock or ridicule the music. Fantastic.

These three guys, individually and together are phenomenally talented.

the thing about "A Mighty Wind" --- these guys coulda gone through a time warp to 1961 and appeared at Folk City and no one would have blinked. The song and the singing are both top notch.

@louistracy6964

2 жыл бұрын

Naa. They would have been too freaked by neing passed through a time warp.

@user-wi9hv2pb2q

Жыл бұрын

I think it helped most of them lived it themselves. they just had to remember.

@hellomcflyy

11 ай бұрын

but they would have their Spinal Tap outfits on .....and they would be like.......crap....we need to do a quick wardrobe change......heh heh

@muopos

9 ай бұрын

Old 97 went in the wrong hole… sure…

"don't let it happen to you"gets me everytime

I don't think people appreciate how brilliantly close to real folk these songs are.

I showed A Mighty Wind to my elderly parents (who had brought me up on just this sort of music), and they got the joke IMMEDIATELY and loved the film, even listening to the songs in the closing credits, one of which was nominated for an Oscar.

@mikeb1039

7 ай бұрын

closing song was written by Annette O'Toole and husband Michael McKean

@erinfilbert9462

2 ай бұрын

I watch this every year instead of The Oscars, and that was the first time I'd heard the song. It was so good, so perfect, and so perfectly explained the movie. Everything a "Best Song" should be, and not a tack-on mood piece for a Lord of the Rings movie.

Not only hilarious, but amazingly good musicians.

@peacefuljeffrey

2 жыл бұрын

These guys are each FILLED with amazing talent.

@pfightingpolish

Жыл бұрын

The progression of this video is really very cool. First off, during the intro and whatnot, everyone realizes how lucky they are to get to see what appears to be the newest incarnation of Spinal Tap. They're probably expecting to see something really funny, and the intro mostly delivers. But after one verse, specifically when the clapping drops out, you get the feeling folks are actually being pulled in. And by the end, after you've heard the harmonies, the guitar train horn, the crescendos, the smooth ending, you realize ... this was actually a really good musical performance and these guys really nailed it in yet another genre. I keep coming back to this video every so often. Just like Spinal Tap, The Folksmen so delicately walked the line between "it's a gag" and "it's a real group" that you sometimes can't decide if they're one or the other. And, really, they are both.

Saw them live, spoke with all of them after the show, got all their signatures on my mighty wind dvd. I'll never forget it.

@NathanHassall

5 жыл бұрын

I saw them live too and then we hung out after the show (got signatures) and then I was invited to a barbecue the next day! We still regularly speak and hang out when we are all in the same city. Did you get the bbq and friends for life too?

@brendansutton5030

5 жыл бұрын

@@NathanHassall LOL way to one up the dude. Geeeeez

@johncmiles1

5 жыл бұрын

@@brendansutton5030 I once shot pool with some guy and,well I guess that has nothing to do with this,but hey,at least it really happened.

@redwatch.

5 жыл бұрын

I once shared a yogurt with Jamie Lee Curtis.

@thexalon

4 жыл бұрын

Did they also sign Smell the Glove for you?

They once opened for themselves and got booed of the stage.

@danalexander2149

4 жыл бұрын

Aaecus - No shit?

@the-chillian

4 жыл бұрын

@@danalexander2149 Opening for themselves as Spinal Tap, yeah.

@butcherboy2008

4 жыл бұрын

They opened as The Folksmen for Spinal Tap. People came to see Spinal Tap.

@anonb4632

3 жыл бұрын

@@butcherboy2008 I prefer Tap TBH, much funnier. I am actually a bit of a folkie, but this doesn't do much for me

@johnsurrey7426

3 жыл бұрын

I think it was at the Royal Albert Hall. But it’s true - no one realised that The Folksmen are closely related to Spinal Tap...

I know its supposed to be a joke, but the songs and musicianship are top notch.

Just came across this years later, but it was still fun to watch. Whether they're the Folksmen or Derek Smalls, David St Hubbins and Nigel Tufnel in Spinal Tap, these guys are talented musicians as well as funny men.

@juliaranz4349

Жыл бұрын

In agreeing I inadvertently took your likes to 11.

Awesome actors, singers, songwritters, musicians. Wow, those guys are awesome.

I replayed this more times than I will ever confess to.

These three are nothing short of absolute geniuses.

Spinal Tap still rocking it.

I love how Michael McKean's LENNY AND THE SQUIGTONES come up in the related videos who actually were a real music duo performing under that name prior to starring in those roles on the TV show LAVERNE & SHIRLEY (1979 - 1984). Harry Shearer played with the group prior to the show and Christopher Guest played on the 1979 album LENNY AND THE SQUIGTONES credited as Nigel Tufnel, the character Guest would play in THIS IS SPINAL TAP in 1984.

Michael McKean is killing it on this song. Such a beast.

@assmane999

4 жыл бұрын

Amazing musician and comedian

@HumansFreshlyBorn

3 жыл бұрын

Mans a great comedian, great musician and fantastic dramatic actor in Better Call Saul

@SingularlyNaked

10 ай бұрын

@@HumansFreshlyBorn I first realized his acting range when he guest starred as an evil brain-clown on Star Trek: Voyager.

I CAN'T WATCH THE FOLKSMEN WITHOUT SMILING THE WHOLE TIME. TALENTED, FUNNY...GEEZ!!

I dunno, as an old folk music enthusiast, this is a pretty good parody. Additionally, Mark Twain would have adored it. He loved bad poetry about disasters.

"Combines the three into one fast moving diddy", LOL that's so funny, I love their work, both as Spinal Tap and as The Folksmen, they're brilliant.

@davidallen5535

Жыл бұрын

The Folksmen once opened for Spinal Tap and got booed off the stage. The audience didn't realize it was them.

I think the closest approximation is the Kingston Trio--I think that group was the main inspiration for this group in 'A Mighty Wind'. What a great movie!

@AlanCanon2222

4 жыл бұрын

Kingston Trio and Peter Paul and Mary (Alan Barrows = Peter Yarrow)

I don't even care that this is one big innuendo. This is a great song.

@stourleykracklite7663

Жыл бұрын

Come again? Did you just say " in yer end-o?"

Great musicians and actors !

I went to a couple folk music conferences in the past- their act is so accurate it’s almost hard to tell it’s satire.

Heard this on the car radio ages ago, and it game me chills. Remembered the lyrics "i'll stop that iron horse" out of the blue today and googled it, so glad to finally know the name of the song and the band.

there comedians and still can play their instruments , half the modern music industry fake their live shows , shows the madness we live in

Hard to believe that bassist Harry Shearer turns 80 in December 2023. His acting credits as a child start in 1956. Appeared on "Leave It To Beaver" when he was just 13.

I always imagined Johnny Cash covering this song if he were alive then.

@HADJEE

4 жыл бұрын

At a slower tempo.

@tortron

10 ай бұрын

You could run it through AI now and get cash to sing it

These guys and Spinal Tap should go back on tour

@echowit

11 ай бұрын

Two years gone by no joint tour - given the rumors of intense rivalry there never will be.

@theevilascotcompany9255

10 ай бұрын

@@echowit I heard this all started when they found out that Alan Barrows and Nigel Tufnel accidentally married the same woman. That's some twisted business there, only in the music industry I guess.

"i'll stop that iron harse" love it

@whitelotus1991

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!!!!!

Song absolutely slaps.

I work at a Railroad Museum, and it can be hard to remember it's not a mining museum, the two are so intertwined.

This is almost as good as a Gordon Lightfoot song.

@stourleykracklite7663

Жыл бұрын

Or vice versa.

“Old 97 got in the wrong hole” ... priceless.

What makes this work, and I mean the whole Spinal Tap and Mighty Wind bit is that they actually care about, and like the music. They might be playing characters, but the music isn't an act. They know how it works. That makes all the difference.

Brilliant.

Good, old-time, rabble-rousing, pinko, labor song.

The Folksmen or Spinal Tap? Either way comedy genius aided by wonderfully skilful and intelligently composed music with sharp, whitty lyrics. FANTASTIC.

Perfect send-up. Amazing that these are are songs written for the film by Guest-McKean-Shearer, et al. Brilliant, whether you love or despise folk music.

Michael McKean is amazing

Original and fresh...even after 20+ years since 'Tap

Man I saw these guys at Woodstock, if it wasn't for the beige acid I took I'd remember if they were good or not.

OMG Chuck, that electric guitar, and the mic...

@ddruxman3579

4 жыл бұрын

Yup, they amped it up to 11.

Masterpiece of songwriting and performance.

At the end, Mark Shubb advises, "Blood on the coal... don't let it happen to you."

Fantastic! I have been looking for this song all over the Internet ever since seeing it on MAD TV. Thank you.

I love how they lead into their performance with a sense of lighthearted, almost nerdy irony, and then end up performing an intensely somber folk melody. The audience is transformed from a mental state of petty bathos to respectful state of introspective contemplation. Shakespeare was right, "life is a stage."

@The_Kirk_Lazarus

4 жыл бұрын

The song is about sodomy.

@MitchellMaichak-ze7mr

11 ай бұрын

And ALL the people are ( baked ) hams !!!

I will never understand how that happened... each group rocks so much...

Great use of double entendre :). when ole' 97 went in the wrong hole, that pretty much gave it away.

It would stand to reason that he would, since he IS the voice of Principal Skinner

Lol, this is like every tragic Nova Scotian folk song combined into one.

@robertarisz8464

4 жыл бұрын

Goddamn them all!

I had no idea people of this caliber would also be doing something like this... so cool.

a mile below the surface in the warm kentucky sun! hahaha

im a true fan

They're almost unrecognizable when their in character!

@The_Kirk_Lazarus

4 жыл бұрын

*They're

A terrible time, indeed! Talk about understatement

It's good to see Spinal Tap's softer side. ; )

3:41 He was really feeling that "good Kentucky coal" line. I cant blame him, it goes fairly hard.

Harry Shearer has such a cool voice

@sethkallin2932

10 ай бұрын

You can almost hear him doing Principal Skinner in the beginning.

The happy clapping subsided as they got drawn into the story

that's him alright. Harry Shearer..man of a 1000 voices.. does a lot of voice on Simpsons besides Skinner.

"...and it crushed him dead, of course." ☠️☠️☠️

I love that the "men" busted out the deep cuts!

These guys were true musical geniuses. Forget Hendrix, Page,Van Halen, Jeff Beck, Mickey Dolenze.......these guys are the real deal. Spinal Tap and the Folksmen should be in the Rock n Roll hof.....posthumously.....so to speak. 4:16

Dm (d minor) the sadist of all keys...ha

@gregorybrown3529

4 жыл бұрын

That's It!

@jondunmore4268

4 жыл бұрын

The "saddest," unless you want to torture someone with it...

@mickdeleon5072

3 жыл бұрын

Lick My Love Pump". Part Mozart, part Bach. Sorta Mach.

The bassist IS infact Harry Shearer, right?

@morvorify

4 жыл бұрын

Nah, it's Seymour Skinner

@tek6423

4 жыл бұрын

No, it’s Harold Balczak.

@davemis40

4 жыл бұрын

I thought it was Jefferson “Hairy” Sprouts

@ababbas

4 жыл бұрын

Dereck Smalls

@GMANKOOL23

3 жыл бұрын

Yezzir

They filmed a cut scene for A Mighty Wind outside my apartment building in the West Village in 2002; I got all their autographs on a Mojo magazine (wish I could find it).

Don't let it happen to You.

This song is a great companion piece to “The Ballad of Harry Warden.”

A very good live version.

Awesome song!

Watched the movie again last week and can't seem to get their songs out of my head ever since. I just can't possibly think this is a parody band.

@earldarnell5221

6 жыл бұрын

Mohammad Elayan I rented the movie ONLY because of them.

@bellakatherman1477

5 жыл бұрын

I’ve had Old Joe’s Place stuck in my head all afternoon

@TheFrugalVideoGamer

5 жыл бұрын

The best parody bands are indistinguishable from the real thing.

@multi-florum

5 жыл бұрын

Just keep in mind this song is actually about doing it in the butt until your anus bleeds.

It's 2024 Rupert Murdock is still alive and so is Mad TV

Shows how much the audience appreciated these guys... not a peep during the song

@theothertroll

5 жыл бұрын

they were horrified ~

@TimothySharma

4 жыл бұрын

three improv giants walk into an improv show and the audience is impressed.

@ronschaffer5959

4 жыл бұрын

Shannon....is that you?

@alextirrellRI

3 жыл бұрын

I noticed there came a point from where they were clapping along at the beginning to actually listen to the lyrics and story.

Awesome.

The Folksmen - Blood on the Coal Lyrics Artist: The Folksmen Album: A Mighty Wind Heyo! SONGLYRICS just got interactive. Highlight. Review: RIFF-it. RIFF-it good. It was April 27 in the year of 91 Bout a mile below the surface and the warm kentucky sun The late shift was ending and the early shift was late. The foreman ate his dinner on a dirty tin plate (Chorus:) Blood on the tracks, blood in the mine, Brothers and sisters what a terrible time. Ole 97 went in the wrong hole, Now my number 60 has blood on the coal, Blood on the coal, blood on the coal. The slag pits were steamin' it was 7: 25, Every miner worked the coal face, Every one of them alive The train came round the corner, You could hear the tressel groan, But the switcher wasn't listnin' so he left the switch alone! (Chorus) The walls began to tremble and the men began to yell, You could hear that lonesome whistle like an echo out... well They dropped their picks and shovels and to safety they did run, For to stay among the living in the year of 91! (Chorus) An Irishman named Murphy said "I'll stop that iron horse!" And he stood to thrwart it's passage, And it crushed him dead of course. And I hope he hears the irony when e're this tale is told, The train that took his life was burning good Kentucky coal, Hey! (Chorus) Unfortunately we're not authorized to show these lyrics.

@davidpage3893

6 ай бұрын

But…you did.

love this song!

Outstanding -

The Folksmen rock!

Fricking awesome.

Folk music is broad enough to include satires of itself. Yes, the Folksmen are singing folk music, and doing it well! The Folksmen are hardly the first people to use folk music to parody folk music, especially many of the overly serious, self-important "protest" songs of that 1960s.. Back in the '60s, Tom Lehrer wrote and sang a number of satirical songs about folk music that are now classics.

yes. and in spinal tap as well.

Awesome

Guest is the best!

The Original Mockumentary "This is Spinal Tap" still tracks today. 🤘

Folk Spinal Tap. Wild.

The Folksmen kick ass.

"Don't let it happen to you."

Actors...they're not disconnected from the working-class at all.

My fave is their cover of The Stones`s Start Me Up.

They're kind of derivative of the early folk work of Spinal Tap.

@terrorseed Peter, Paul, & Mary and The Kingston trio are a couple of my favs.

It's the head-shake at 2:15 which does it for me. They mean it, maaan.

"Let's get the Six-Fingered Man from the Princess Bride, Lenny from Laverne and Shirley, and Mr. Burns from the Simpsons together in a folk band! It's gold, baby!"

"Old 97 got in the wrong hole." Yeah, there's usually a bit of trouble when that happens.

@ceciliafreeburn7560

4 жыл бұрын

Oh dear god no

@gtbones

4 жыл бұрын

....now there's blood on the coal......

@waltonsimons12

4 жыл бұрын

@@gtbones ...blood on the coal...

7-5-22 CLASSIC!

One thing I find endlessly amusing about the Folksmen on MADtv, is that in the mid 80s, Spinal Tap was the musical guest on an episode of Saturday Night Live.

My dad died in that coal mining accident. RIP father