American Reacts to The Band of HM Royal Marines - Pipe Dream! 

Remember that they are just as skilled with weapons as they are with musical instruments and can go from one to the other in a second. :-)

This was from the Mountbatten Festival of Music (MFM - 2019) from the Royal Albert Hall in London. Performed by the percussion players of the Royal Marines Band. The handy man is able to play out a surprisingly melodious ‘Rondo Alla Turca’ before the epic duet finale on Rossini’s ‘William Tell’, played alongside the lead percussionist.

Its interesting that at one point when growing up there was a wave of people who disliked brass and orchestra music as being old fashioned and pompous and boring. But bands had to become creative and change the performance to counter this. I was in a brass band when i was at school when it was less popular. But the Blue Danube Waltz and The William Tell overture both played here were favourites. The film "Brassed Off" helped a lot. And the two Ronnies brass band song was hilarious

It was part of the Mountbatten concert hosted at the Royal Albert Hall. Me and my dad go every year (not including Covid times). Every concert is slightly different to the other! This years concert that had a section dedicated to the music of Elton John. It’s a fantastic concert and never fails to impress

It’s at Royal Albert Hall in London I think, so it could be the BBC Proms but not 100% sure. I used to watch the proms with my Dad, but it just isn’t the same since we lost. The proms also do a movie night where they play John Williams themes he wrote. Glad you are enjoying the HM Royal Marines Band, they are awesome. 👍🏻👍🏻 Have a fab week Joel, take care of yourself. 👍🏻👍🏻🖖🏻🖖🏻

This is a segment from a weeks concert series they do every year at the Royal Albert Hall. It's called "The Mountain Festival of Music" it's in memory of Lord Louis Mountbatten, who was a member of the Royal Family, and was captain General of the Royal Marines. He was Murdered in August 1979 by the IRA, when they planted a bomb on his fishing boat and exploded, killing him and 3 others on the boat, including his 14 year grandson and and a 15 year local boy that looked after the boat. This concert series was started after his death. It also worth mentioning, that all these Musicians are combat trained and can be called upon to serve at anytime to fight on the line. As you have done a few reaction videos on the Royal Marines, which have done well with views on your channel, and your looking for another reaction video, try this. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-fsOkWUHQaCs.html It's a short documentary about the audition process to join the Royal Marines Band Service. Brings back memories, as I served in the Band Service and I auditioned here in 1997. And it is a good interesting video, as a lot of people don't realise there is a bit more to auditioning than just playing an instrument.

Absolutely brilliant, I loved it!!

Perhaps you would like to react to Charlie Drake`s 1812 Overture performed in the 1960`s. Charlie was a great U.K. slapstick Comedian in the 1960`s - `70`s. He was the first to come up with this idea for a performance, I believe.

It's hard to hear the William Tell Overture and not think of the Lone Ranger. Another good choice JP!

It’s The Mountbatten Festival of Music at The Royal Albert Hall in London. I have seen this before.

I think the Royal Albert hall is defiantly somewhere to stop off when you visit. It's just such a unique venue, nowhere in the world like it.

Lots of the musicians are paramedics. Excellent at both jobs

My Family and me always go to the Band of the Royal Marines Christmas concert; they are always fantastic

My father-in-law was a colour sergeant in the ‘Royals’ as he insisted HM Royal Marines should be called, and as a young man engaged to the youngest of his four daughters I would never have been brave enough to dispute this. My home town of Portsmouth was and is home for many Royals. Their bandsman in small groups can be found performing in local concerts and small venues like the Royal British Legion clubs playing adapted instruments such as a watering can for a bugle and a toilet pedestal as a tuba. They have a great sense of humour and,I might add, the ability to stay in tune even after downing 11 or 12 pints of beer having bought them myself the eleventh but not their last pint on one occasion. LOL

I'd never seen this before but it was amazing. And, as a young man, Joel, I'm glad you liked it too.

Making music FUN 😁 thanks for sharing 👍🤗

Joel the Military Bands play all sorts of venues from the Royal Albert Hall to Shopping Centres from the Cenotaph to Railway Stations there is no set place or time of year you can come across a Military Band playing music. You can either pay to go to a designated concert or literally be in a shopping centre or Railway Station and be in a surprise flash mob of Military Band musicians. I strolled into Waterloo Railway Station in London once and all of a sudden I was part of the audience of a Military Brass Band flash mob. The quality of the music just blew me away. The Band came in from different entrances in the Station and just started playing much to the traveling publics surprise

Joel, You should have a look at the Royal Marines doing Carol of the Bells. I know it's a Christmas song but it is still worth watching. It has "the plumber" from this video playing three three different parts.

I'd like to see a reaction to their version of 'Stairway to Heaven'.

The Royal Marines band played at my school, about a year before the very sad, Deal barracks bombing. That happened in 1982 and was an attack on the school of music building by the provisional IRA. Back in the 80s we frequently had bomb hoaxes called in at school as well as of course the real terror attacks within the UK.

Royal Marines are the best band in the world !!!

Loved it that was brilliant 👍

This is so reminiscent of Gerard Hoffnung that I was half expecting a vacuum cleaner to make an appearance.

Good music and good reaction Joel 💚

That was played at the Royal Albert Hall. 🇬🇧❤🇺🇸

Hi - I was in the RMB for 12 years and can tell you anything you want to know. I was at that concert and go every year and have tickets for the next MFM on 11th March 2023. Also played in 6 of them. The last on in March 2022 was the 50th consecutive anniversary of these concerts. Ask me if you want more info and I can direct you to video clips you might not have seen. Regards. Chris

not as rough and tough as THE ROYAL TOURNAMENT FIELD GUN COMPETITION 1999.the health and safety book thrown out of the window. 1 wrong move and someone could have been badly injured or killed.

Of all the things you might reasonably expect a couple of Royal Marines to be able to do....

Don't you recognise The Blue Danube by Strauss? Played to great effect in the film 2001. The William Tell overture by Rossini? Plus other bits of classical music that I can't remember the names of!

I believe that they were playing “The William Tell Overture” by Rossini.

OMG wonderful!!!!!

The music is the blue danube

👏👍

That was brilliant. 😁

😅😅😅😅😅😅 so funny and soooo good.

Wonderful.

you ok m8 ,you look knackered you been studying hard

You should check out the bands that play on the 12 of july parade in Northern Ireland 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

Idea stolen from, The Blue Man Group, performers. And probably inspired by Bill Bailey and his car horn performances (comedoian, former session musician, incorporates music into his comedy. Check out his car horn version of Metallica's, Enter Sandman, or Gary Numan's, Cars, which he also sings in French). Bill Bailey is very cool and very funny, for an old troll looking hippie.

Can you react to HM Royal Marines I vow to thee my country cause it's actually a really good song

Do taskmaster

😅 very nice, I like it

I'd love to see you react to this: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-lvHQ1gMi1mk.html A totally different feel to military bands.