Bill Bailey's Remarkable Guide to the Orchestra

unclebob123 · 10 May 2009 at 00:26

Just a heads up for this hour long show. Quite enjoyable to see Bailey along side an orchestra.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00kj2r2/Bill_Baileys_Remarkable_Guide_to_the_Orchestra/

Simian · 10 May 2009 at 11:25

Ooooooo.... gonna watch this later...

I cought the bit with the 'Theremin' but wanted to watch CSI-NY (yeah I know!!)...

gillywibble · 10 May 2009 at 12:11

Thanks

titchard · 10 May 2009 at 18:29

Think i'll give this a watch on my nightshift! Thanks for the heads up.

Rich

Wicksta · 10 May 2009 at 19:21

I saw this live at the Albert Hall, a bit disappointing to be honest.

GhostlyPea · 10 May 2009 at 19:23

Very nice to hear a breakdown of the sections and understand how different scores (if that's the right word) are affected by the instruments. Shame Bill tried to be funny because he isn't...other than that I though he presented it very well

- Pea0n

xarr · 10 May 2009 at 21:45

Wicksta said:
I saw this live at the Albert Hall, a bit disappointing to be honest.

I'm just watching it now, its great. I like Bailey and love this type of thing (mashups, kind of), its cool to see what the orchestra can do.

What was disappointing about it?

Wicksta · 10 May 2009 at 21:50

xarr said:
I'm just watching it now, its great. I like Bailey and love this type of thing (mashups, kind of), its cool to see what the orchestra can do.

What was disappointing about it?

It was very samey to be honest and a bit pretentious I thought. I love his musical comedy in Part Troll and Tinselworm which I also saw live but this wasn't as inventive I didn't think. A lot of it was taken from his comedy shows and padded out a lot.

Squark · 10 May 2009 at 21:56

I found it entertaining

unclebob123 · 10 May 2009 at 21:56

I really liked it to be honest. Out of all his live shows I thoght tinselworm was the weakest. His best is probably bewilderness.

MikeHunt79 · 11 May 2009 at 07:48

doctor que

Maccy · 11 May 2009 at 15:38

Just watched this and found it brilliant, thanks for the link

Valo · 11 May 2009 at 20:45

I seen Bill Bailey live twice and I'll keep going back as he's excellent. I thought this was great, cockney influences on classical music was brilliant

MikeHunt79 · 11 May 2009 at 21:26

'ave a banana!

p4radox · 11 May 2009 at 21:39

Watched this last night and really enjoyed it. Loved the way he picked out common melodies in classical and modern pieces.

caff · 11 May 2009 at 22:32

Quite entertaining... worth a watch if you're into Bill Bailey, classical or both

Evolve · 12 May 2009 at 10:49

I think the unedited full version will be better, this was a bit poor I thought. It didn't flow, and after maybe 15 minutes about the orchestra he just went into his comedy routine.

MikeHunt79 · 12 May 2009 at 11:02

Evolve said:
I think the unedited full version will be better, this was a bit poor I thought. It didn't flow, and after maybe 15 minutes about the orchestra he just went into his comedy routine.

I say old chap, where can one view said unedited version?

Evolve · 12 May 2009 at 14:37

MikeHunt79 said:
I say old chap, where can one view said unedited version?

It's getting released on DVD, The bearded one mentioned it on Twitter. Not sure when, he did say but I can't remember.

I certainly think it will be better than the version the BBC showed, you could tell it had been hacked to pieces.

unclebob123 · 12 May 2009 at 16:47

MikeHunt79 said:
I say old chap, where can one view said unedited version?

To answer your question...

From Bill Bailey on Twitter

"The show on tonight was an hour edit, the full show will be on DVD in November, plus I'm planning a little tour with the orch. in the autumn"