3 80s Songs you should NEVER play in Ragtime!!

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[McBooma]

The way he moves his hands when he plays in ragtime reminds me of how Flint Lockwood types on his computer in Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs.

[adammcardle]

Me: It's bedtime
YouTube: It's not though, is it? Here's Africa by Toto in ragtime.
Me: I will allow it

[billpaxson]

Here’s an idea: de-ragtime ragtime songs.

[ellep.]

This dude: * sits down at piano *
His hands: "Aw shitt, here we go again."

[ForbiddenFate]

Just a ragtime girl
Liv'n in an 1890's world
She took a midnight wagon






*And died of dysentery 2 months later before reaching her destination because it was the 1800's*

[Queer_Nerd_For_Human_Justice]

Dude, Ragtime Africa SLAPS
and you're right, ragtime is the happiest genre/style
It's so bouncy!

[joshhodge]

Africa with ragtime might be one of the coolest things I’ve ever heard.

[fakename]

Yeah, the word "NEVER" here is bullshit. I can easily imagine cowboys in a saloon punching each other to these songs. Nice work.

[eduardoavila]

Never? You should *aways* play these in ragtime!

[georginatoland]

WOW! Africa! The unique rhythm of that song could not have been easy to fit into the ragtime genre. I tip my hat to you sir! 🎩👍🏼

[saranhandersson]

“Ragtime: a poor person’s time-keeper”
people that aren’t reading the subtitles are missing out

[bogbert]

“Do you think I pee out ragtime?”
Living for these subtitles

[jamesanthony]

"Don't Stop Believing" was actually pretty damned cool in Ragtime. Just had that whole '20s Speakeasy feel to it =)

[darkstylerobot]

2:51 LOL.. started humming for a few seconds before I had the thought "Hey, thats not Africa" xD Thank you for this video.. was really uplifting

[UltimaAzN]

Whoever did the English captions... u are a treasure.

[sophiatalksmusic]

I got SO excited that I got featured like that...!
...And then I got Rickrolled.
But oh my god, you have no idea how much this means to me. "Africa" is a song that holds so much significance to me, and hearing you take up my request like this makes me happy beyond belief.

[tanukiman]

Now play “The Entertainer” as death metal...

[JonSSteiner]

Here’s the important thing: he looks like he’s having so much fun

[brentalfloss]

That “Africa” rendition blew my mind. Great job!

[malksc]

I could see all four of these being used in a parody of Red Dead Redemption. _Don't Stop Believin'_ was kinda hard to recognize, but the rest were pretty obvious.