He was so funny too - anyone else pick up on the line "its very easy to slip of, and play in the cracks" giving a wink at the camera. Wish I had known about him in 83, when he was here. Rest in peace.
One thing I've noticed in all these vids is that he is (constantly) smiling so much he can hardly talk. Truly an outstanding musician and pianist (an understatement), what he puts into it (his whole heart, constantly, and with the greatest of fun) is what earned him the title 'showman'. Most people are one or the other. For example, I find Victor Borge very entertaining and an enjoyable, talented musician, but Liberace is so captivating, you can't take your eyes off him. I think if (somehow) someone had said, "We can't pay you," he wouldn't have changed a thing. He clearly liked playing the piano and entertaining equally as much.
I think the skit would have been more impressive had the little girl 'lit into a firestorm' at the very end, after which Liberace would look directly into the camera and say, "See? I did a good job, didn't I?"
I like him too I listen to him and watch him nearly all the time been a fan of his for 64 years now today's music is crap compared to him god bless u and keep u well.love olive from Epsom Surrey England x
As a life long Lee fan, I am so enjoying your vids. Where the heck have you gotten this stuff from?!!? You are WONDERFUL. OMG. "Play in the cracks." Lee was always poking fun at others...and himself. And managed to slip it under the radar.
At :49 or so, Liberace must have been absentmindedly pressing the damper pedal while he was speaking because you can see the dampers come up off the strings and then fall back down onto the strings a few seconds later. LOL
The subject of his playing needs to be cleared up. From a technical standpoint, he was a virtuoso. But from the viewpoint of taste, that is another matter altogether. Liberace's approach and style was very flamboyant and colorful and he would not play classical music the way a true classical musician plays. His style was too gaudy and glamorous for classical music and was really just to impress the audience with his virtuosity and only to serve himself and patronize an audience that did not understand classical music. It was all for show to sell an image for his own purposes.
@@Kat-ct4il "It's very easy to slip off and play in the cracks." Notice he winks a the camera right after he says that, lol. Even the little girl laughed.
