The great thing about this sketch is that it serves no other purpose than to demonstrate what it would have been like if Chairman Mao got off his sick bed to sing 'Virginia Plain'.
@stoolpigeon4285
Жыл бұрын
hilarious comment
@jemimallah2591
Жыл бұрын
its also a joke about how bryan ferrys singing voice sounds like a bad chinese accent
@gentlesoft6627
Жыл бұрын
the consolation of art
@njdarda
11 ай бұрын
this is useful information
@erikkennedy
2 ай бұрын
I think Mao would have liked the song, and this kind of makes it canon.
@nealmurdoch
3 жыл бұрын
Arthur Matthew's as a drummer on TOTP spotting himself in a monitor always gets me.
@mwright3471
2 жыл бұрын
Best bit haha
@nickperry45
2 жыл бұрын
Like every TOTP 70's performance. The drummers always seem to gurn for the camera close up. Genius
@bigguscurlyus
2 жыл бұрын
It's genuinely a brilliant act, really well observed
@timjnagle3146
2 жыл бұрын
I saw this on the show when it was first broadcast and have never forgotten it. I love how they make absolutely no attempt to explain the joke.
@CarolNance
15 жыл бұрын
The Eno imitation is freakin awesome and the fact that they have the girls dancing in the background is exactly like the original performance.
@daylightboy
17 жыл бұрын
When I saw this for the first time, I laughed so much, tea came out of my nose...
@mr.a8315
15 күн бұрын
I laughed too. 😂 But my nostrils were dry. 👍
@scriptulike
15 жыл бұрын
Worth noting that the start of the sketch when Julia Davis? says 'No... No.... No... Noooooo!' in response to Mao's flatlining she uses the same sinister intonation that Ferry uses on the same words in the opening uptempto section of 'Mother of Pearl' -- one for the anoraks I know, but kudos to the team as Big Train's attention to detail is spot on.
@mr.a8315
15 күн бұрын
Kevin Eldon as Chairman Mao doing Bryan Ferry. 🏆 Magnificent. ♥
@ian2909
17 жыл бұрын
How is it that someone pretending to be Chinese actually makes the lyrics easier to understand than someone from the north east of England?! I could never understand what Ferry was singing but somehow Chairman Mao makes sense!!
@Pikestnt
10 ай бұрын
16 years late but I totally agree. Never got more than 1 word in 5 from BF but a near dead Mao Tse Tung annunciates beautifully
@gosunkugi
18 жыл бұрын
Wasser name.. Virginia Pwaaaain? Utterly brilliant.
@Maccorcrain
2 жыл бұрын
The roxy music version was on BBC tonight, which obviously brought me straight here.
@ikempson
15 жыл бұрын
Im just wondering who came up with the idea of Chairman Mao coming back from the dead to sing Virginia Plane??? British pure gold comedy!
@russelwake5167
3 жыл бұрын
My guess is Arthur Matthews who’s playing the drummer. He co-wrote father ted and toast of London. I heard him speak recently of a sketch in a similar vein he wrote called Amish Bill Grundy
@jh9214
14 жыл бұрын
He missed the two hands wave at "we are flying down to Rio" from the original which was always funny anyway.
@elkiev71
17 жыл бұрын
Genius! : ) What a great Band - Kevin Eldon, Arthur Mathews, Mark Heap and Simon Pegg (Think the bassist is Julia Davis, hence the huge beard and shades)! Love how they captured the look of 70's Top Of The Pops. Arthur Mathews, as the drummer, reacting to the camera makes this. Fried Gold!
@larsjorgan7964
10 ай бұрын
I remember when Roxy first got famous, one of the music mags NME? described him as sounding like a "Pakistani Lou Reed". It`s a short hop over the mountains to the Chinese Lou Reed, I guess.
@hump3
15 жыл бұрын
I think it's just that Ferry sounds a bit like what Mao might sound like if he sang.
@LBjim
17 жыл бұрын
These guys are Hilarious!!! I never Heard of them. I am now a fan..
@kcgeil
17 жыл бұрын
Golden.
@cyberperson53
2 жыл бұрын
So no one else is gonna point out how Chairman Mao is singing "Jet" by Wings on his deathbed, then.
@tafmanlen
13 жыл бұрын
This is totally awesome
@gilwood7530
Жыл бұрын
I am so glad this popped up into my suggestions
@robertfelton1521
10 ай бұрын
Genius comedy
@kazzielm
15 жыл бұрын
Lovin Mark Heap as Eno
@andrewgardiner1968
9 ай бұрын
Hi who did the chinese music at the beginning regards andy
@barnaclefelching4079
Жыл бұрын
The actor Kevin Eldon, how ever was an revelation upon his birth upon earth back in an other time, since we admire his excellent sense of proportion and unusual temperament, we can be sure to to remember him the next time we wipe the tears from our mouths
@yellowpete79
17 жыл бұрын
Pity this clip is not from the start of the sketch, this was the funniest bit from big train for me
@darylcatpiss
3 жыл бұрын
Up..town...girl....
@yellowpete79
3 жыл бұрын
@@darylcatpiss wooo woooo che che che
@Pablo668
8 ай бұрын
I remember when I first saw this. It was just so random.
@evilrolo
16 жыл бұрын
i dunno about the bassist (i think it's graham linehan), but the drummer is arthur matthews, who wrote alot of big train with graham.
@jamespollard4866
Жыл бұрын
Documentary about Roxy Music on TV, so naturally I'm here
@wimpyburger
17 жыл бұрын
The full version has been uploaded by Scatterkeir, if you want to browse that users videos
@bowenajb
9 ай бұрын
Brilliant 😂
@MrWayout74
Жыл бұрын
Is this allowed today? Led here by watching Vic and Bob's P%$S funny effort. Totally forgot about this version. Nearly as good as Roxy...🤣🤣
@wimpyburger
17 жыл бұрын
Julia Davis, I believe
@wp6265
14 жыл бұрын
To Wobert e Lee I show it I hope and pway he dont blow it - its jonathan Ross singing! Brilliant stuff.
@stoolpigeon4285
Жыл бұрын
the bloke can sing
@pmeadows34
17 жыл бұрын
Do you remember that Reeves and Mortimer did it some years later,
@Mykaraokeseven
Жыл бұрын
Kevin Eldon playing Chairman Mao here.
@josemaria8177
9 ай бұрын
Funny that the most compassionate Julia Davis character was Madame Mao
@midnightexpressfan
11 жыл бұрын
no, it Arthur Matthews
@ianwyse4354
9 жыл бұрын
Lol !
@batroc79
17 жыл бұрын
is tamsin greig the girl at the begining?
@yolandajones4990
19 күн бұрын
Is that also a heavily disguised Linehan as the guitarist?
@feline1973
14 жыл бұрын
The thing is, if you then go and watch footage of the real Roxy Music doing the song, it's even MORE ahine!!!!! Ahine! :)
@ibanT
17 жыл бұрын
mao is a poor man...viva Roxy Music!
@twoone7877
Жыл бұрын
The lyrics please.
@grammargrub
17 жыл бұрын
Looks like Rat Scabies (The Damned) on drums!?
@LeshaAnn
5 жыл бұрын
Episode #, anyone?
@wimpyburger
5 жыл бұрын
Series One, Episode Six
@Hellwyck
7 ай бұрын
Better than Vic Reeves' abomination.
@boornish
2 жыл бұрын
hi lek
@edcturn
15 жыл бұрын
It's called being silly....
@randyrandelman1878
3 жыл бұрын
Why is this better than the real thing?
@kayprout3234
2 жыл бұрын
Better than the original (except for Eno)
@feline1973
2 ай бұрын
Well not even Eno's as good as Eno these days 💀
@EarlyLAPunk
12 жыл бұрын
Wat
@markc75
15 жыл бұрын
I don't think comedy needs to make sense!
@KattyEyelashes
4 жыл бұрын
This would be classed as cultural appropriation these days lol
@ecc84
2 жыл бұрын
Only by people who have had their sense of humour removed ;-)
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