Some was, if not most of it. But at least we had ideals to aspire to. And those ideals helped make the world a better place, slowly. But now we've regressed some with nihilistic, cultural marxism. But fortunately that seems to be fading away as people get tired of seeing the world as bleak all the time. We naturally want hope, ideals, beauty, peace.
@@ΣπυρίδωνΔούκαςYouth is wasted on the young. Whatever you’re into, death metal, house, Taylor Swift shrieking like a banshee, your grandkids will dismiss it as crap Grandpa likes.
So sorry to hear that i invite you to Kristyn Getty to make new memories that surpasses any memories. :) I also have much lost in memories and much grief and listening to the Getty bring new meaning to what life is all about. 😫😫😫
Same here, when I was a kid an my dad would put on Welk I thought it was a squarest thing there was. Now I realize he had really good musicians in his band.
That accordion player and dancing pair are just tearing it up! Say what you will about the squareness of it all, Lawrence Welk brought on some serious musicians and talent. Like most here, fond memories of watching this on a big old CRT TV at my grandparents house. Such a by-gone era, but this stuff stands the test of time.
The "dancing pair" is Bobby Burgess and Cissy King. Bobby Burgess is one of the original Mousketeers from the 1950s Mickey Mouse Club, started by Walt Disney. Walt Disney and Lawrence Welk were born in 1903, and became very good friends through show business.
At my cousin's wedding reception in 1980 (in Pennsylvania, where else) there was a live polka band and if you've never seen 200-250 people dance the polka around a room, fair warning, it will take years off your life. I could only stay out of the way and marvel.
And that couple that broke out and did their own thing - wow! I've been to a fair amount of polka events, but 200 - 250 people polka dancing at once would be quite a sight.
Look. If mom and dad wanted to watch it, that's just the way it was. ☝️ ANNDDD we knew it. Remember u had to sit on the floor in front of that wooden floor model TV so u could change the channel for em? 😆🤣😭😁.
Wife's retiring next year (?) and I told her that retirement means polka lessons for us. I was always too stuffy to polka when I was younger but now that I'm retired, you betcha' it's polka
WHAT ARE PEOPLES PROBLEM ON THIS?! it’s just a song, get a life and learn to enjoy it. If you just come here to say bad things about people or the music, leave and stay out! I’m tired of all the negativity. That’s partially why times were much better then, people weren’t as negative, and learned to enjoy life, even if it was unfair or not fun. People with terrible lives turned themselves happy then, now spoiled brats that have everything they want are complaining Over a video meant to bring people joy. I’ve lost faith in today’s society.
Phil - "Uh, Mrs. Lancaster, uh, was anybody looking for me here this morning? Perhaps a state official? Maybe a blue hat, gun, nightstick?" Mrs. Lancaster - "Oh, no, no one like that. Will there be?" Phil - "Apparently not."
Amazing memories as a kid watching with my family. Then later in life when my brother married his Polish wife, they had this played at the reception with the video and all on a big screen.... One of the greatest times ever. Thank you, Mr. Welk & Co.
It's just not played enough. I am a die hard Zep Head (since 1970) but before that my parents spun the likes of Glenn Miller, Dorsey, James, Basie, and more... Welk was on quite often in our house. My first instrument was harmonica (marine bland a blues harps), then drums, and since '70 guitar. Over the years I've added many harmonicas to my collection and most recently got the "echo Harp" which sounds like an accordion.
I wonder how many miles Bobby Burgess has danced in his lifetime? Between this show, the Mickey Mouse club, and everything in between he’s probably danced the circumference of the earth.
Southeastern Pennsylvania here. Both sides of my family moved east from Pittsburgh to make steel in a new steel mill on the Delaware River in Falls Township, PA, in the early-1950s. The plant was the Fairless Works run by US Steel. The communities that sprung up from the farmland were Fairless Hills and Levittown, Pennsylvania. I'm still situated in the area. I mentioned in another comment that 'wandering troubadours' would visit my maternal grandparents home at times, typically weekends, and the musicians would play polkas in the living room to an assembled group of people including yours truly. As a youngster I didn't know what to make of it but I went with the flow and thinking back on it now it was nothing short of wonderful. My parents met on the street where my mother's parents lived near the baseball field at the end of a winding drive. The homes were all brand, spanking new and it seemed the everyone knew each other. My grandfather's cronies moved out of Pittsburgh, Sharpsburg, Etna, Blawnox and Monessen to come east too. Many of the 'old home' neighbors lived on the same street as my grandparents. They'd all visit each other. Put on big family barbecues and so forth. Some of the adults and youngsters brought their accordions to the various functions and music filled the air. I took this for granted back then and all that is left is the memories.
Literally every wedding I'm at this song plays and I'm only 14 but I realized that I was the actual only child dancing to the polka a lot of my family members were shocked a bit lol
@@dalehuggard4732 How could you be excited that that Globalist Thug won? Trump had many problems, and didn't keep his wonderful promises, in fact Trump turned out badly, but Biden is far worse. He want's a national mask mandate and lockdowns, while China has no masks and pool parties with 20k people. It's a plan to destroy the economy then use the chaos to introduce TOTAL TECHNOCRACY and TRANSHUMANISM. Biden will bring that into fruition. Biden also wants to shill the Global Warming-CO2 HOAX, which is part of the new Agenda 2030./Great Reset the Liberal Pilgrim Society is pushing. Trump had problems, he has Zionist links, but Biden is worse, and he's also run by ZIo's difference is he wants you to eat bugs, live in pods, and implant chips in your brain, as Klaus Schwab wrote in his book, and he is running Biden's Build Back Better Agenda.
True sentiment.. but thank god we have uneducated teenagers with their pants down to their knees who can make records with no notes.. that sound like an auction with drums. Has to just warm your heart! I really miss music like this - that feeds the human spirit, rather than seeks to destroy it.
Lawrence Welk worked hard to give musicians and dancers a good gig, one that allowed them a stable life, raising families, and not killing them at age 28 like the pop music producers seemed to have a knack for doing.
I started watching with my parents in the 1950s. Bobby Burgess started out as a Mouseketeer on the Mickey Mouse Club in 1955. Years later while working for Lawrence Welk he married Myron Floren's daughter.
Keep dreaming! The streets at the time were rampant with heroin and the coke epidemic is soon underway then followed by crack. When this show aired it was time to lock up the house and your car for the night. Junkies were stealing everything they can.....
In Pennsylvania, Groundhog Day, will they play this kind of music? I ask because I am not from the United States, but a couple of days ago I saw the groundhog day and then the doubt was born.
In 1990 Scranton I watched this every week as a goof. Than in '91 it was ritual. In '92 it was culture. I'm not long for this world. But folk dance and polka music has kept me here longer than I thought. Tell you what, my wife died in 2011 and she danced like an angel. Your dad can mark his card.
@@dnjj1845 Same for me, when my grandma babysat she loved this & I watched it with her. I grew up to be a metalhead/classic rock gal but these video clips & the good music mean a lot to me, reminding me of my lovely grandma.
Man, I used to watch this show when I was a kid! Granted, they were re-runs on the PBS channel, but regardless! I am still on the look out for Lawrence Welk records and shows!
Antonio Montana I'm white you putz. I don't like gang rap but polka sounds worse. Anyways Itaians like you are also of negroid descent don't forget that.
Hey, kids. Those of you who were born after 1990: This is what entertainment looked like before Rock 'n' Roll. Grandpa Fersomling of Kutztown 6 July 2015
@@Mambrinito dude I was born in 1992 and love AC/DC. Also, Lawrence Welk show is for people waiting to be put in the morgue nowadays, just like people that watch Leave it to Beaver, Perry Mason and Matlock. My mom watches the first two every morning and I look at her like she’s a dumb ass like when she made us watch the Love Boat and the Brady Bunch on Nick at Nite back in the early 2000’s because she didn’t want us to watch South Park or the Man Show. People that watch these shows or TCM all the time have a lack of imagination and are buzz killers.
I just live trapped a groundhog that took up residence under my porch. Been trying to catch him for over a year. I took him out to nice state park and released him. Had this song in my head all the way home.
HAHAHA so true so true and I do love Soul Train These really were amazingly talented people..... Apparently it's more fun to listen to wannabees crashing their way through songs on American Idol. *sigh*
AHAHA! These people were really extraordinarily talented - they sang, danced, played different instruments....... Now no one does these things...... But history can be surprising....
I do agree with you on the fact that just because it's only 1 race shown doesn't mean that the creators are racist. It's only because many racists use that in their defense when asked questions about why they only hired 1 race.
How many blacks know how to polka dance? Especially at that time. That's like saying soul train was racist because it only had blacks on the show. Music should be enjoyed by all regardless of race.
this brings back a lot of memories, I can,t even understand what they call music today, and they don,t have shows like this anymore, today we don,t have decent tv you can watch with your family
This makes me miss pap. I learned how to be a man by following his example. Stable, dependable, caring, responsible, chivalrous, charitable, tough....This generation was such a special generation.
I'll bet I've watched this video 20 times, but, it wasn't until this 21st time that I noticed something really dam funny!! While Bobby Burgess is twirling Cissy around, she's holding her skirt down with 1 hand! I'll bet ol LW said "don't show too much leg, this is a family show!" LOL!!
Trent Reznor came from near Scranton Pennsylvania. I like to think Closer is a result of a warped childhood of listening to nothing but wholesome, folk music.
My grandfather made me sit through Lawrence Welk. I didn't think much of it at the time, but now it brings back fond memories. People in general were much kinder in those days.
Yes and no. People may have been kinder in some ways, but in terms of racial equality, marriage equality, gender equality, and many other things regarding civil rights and human rights, they were not as kind as they needed to be
@@danielrbsutton which means they were more normal back then. There was no trans guy replacing Norma Zimmer. So they were more for REAL women's rights back then as opposed to the freak scene of today.
My great grandmother's favorite show! She loved Lawrence Welk and watched everyday. God I miss those simple days of being a kid and watching this show.
Saturday evening, 6:00 PM, Lawrence Welk was on TV. Then Dad had a car stereo shop during the mid-1960’s. We couldn’t keep Lawrence Welk tapes in stock. Today, we can watch the reruns on public television…Saturday evening, 6:00 PM. Ah, Wunnerful, Wunnerful.
When I was a kid I believed that wandering troubadours would come to your house and serenade everyone with accordion music. My maternal grandparents knew a number of families where at least one of the children was proficient on the accordion. It wasn't uncommon, for maybe a decade or so, to have one or two accordion players standing in my grandparents' living room and entertaining an assembled group of fifteen or twenty, some twirling around in their space, to lively polkas. It's surreal to think of it now, for once it ended, that 'faucet' was shut-off for good. Where did all of those accordion players go?
@@TralfazConstruction Reading this brought back good memories. My grandfather used to play the accordion and we'd all dance in the living room- waltzes and polkas! I eventually learned the accordion too, but I daresay I'm not very good. Thank you for bringing these memories back to my mind! ❤️
