Michael Buble is a really great singer and i hate to admit but there will never be another Frank Sinatra he's one of a kind. if you haven't noticed most of the great music is not being appreciated by the young kids and it's always nice to have cover artist trying to bring it back in other words Michael Buble is doing us a favor by keeping this music alive! by adding his own twist to keep up with this generation! :)
+Anita Zenobia I must completely disagree with you. For one, you don't sounds truly cultured in jazz/blues/bebop etc... for two, nobody with a respectable opinion says "This version sucks".
@montka666 Well this is an old video. He's laughing all the way to the bank these days! More successful than people who respond "he sucks" to pure talent!
Este cowboy canta só standards.canta bem mas é outro arrogante e vaidoso a razar a parvoice.se eu tivesse milhoes produzia 30 ou 40 iguaizinhos.mas atenção:sorte Bublé
Have you heard his recorded version of this? It's amazing- the younger him, I mean. I love him so much- and anybody who hates this version is delusional. He sings with soul and passion, and his voice is as smooth as coffee. Man, you must not have ears.
Oh comon tdtd don't hold back, tell us how you really feel! LOL......... I can't disagree with this recording,,,,,the band is too slow, the drummer is not driving the band they sound tired and it kills the song. Maybe his monitors were't working. Either way it's not good. I think I will use your words later this evening LOL!!!! Cheers Tambour
@fefiLUVSchocolate Of course it isn't too 'old fashioned'. This is music that never goes out. However, I prefer the Frank Sinatra and Louis Armstrong versions.
buble appreciates sinatra just as much as the next fan and is expressing his love for him here. hes a great singer and i'm glad theres still people singing/making this kind of music.
yes, it's true. i can listen to this kind of music all day. i love to see young artists in our generation to be inspired by this kind of classic stuff. Rat pack, vocal jazz, big band.
mack the knife was not written by Bobby Darin it was originally in a german musical called the three penny opera which opened in 1928. it was written by Bertolt Brecht
yOU make some mistakes . Kurt WEILL composed the music and.the original lyrics were German words from Bert. BRECHT .The english words are from Marc BLITZSTEIN .
@lawsonmahoney Michael Bublé wrote Haven't Met You Yet with his music Director Alan Chang and his Co-writer Amy Foster. As Far as I now Michael Bublé has written 9 songs, three of then not on an album, these songs include: Haven't Met You Yet, Lost , Everything, Hold On, Hollywood, Home, Dumb O'l Heart, Here's to Life and I've Never Been in Love Before. Even thought Michael has not written a lot of his songs his talent is still huge! :)
just wondering... how come when someone does a cover of a song, they get a ton of crap for being a "poser" or "fake" and are compared to other versions? it DEFINITELY couldn't just be that that artist likes the song and wants to sing it. it's ridiculous! saying that he's fake and trying to be frank sinatra or someone else is just ignorant; he's simply singing a good song and i really don't think he's trying to be anyone but himself. everyone needs to back off of him- he's an amazing singer.
Lets not be silly here. Though I stand to be corrected, I really don't think that Mr. Buble backstage had any pre - conceived Sweeny Todd - like plan other than his regular routine of woo - ing the ladies and selling records in the way he knows best and that is to spin around and shake his booty. The band did a great job but knowing the lyrics well I just found watching Mr. Buble odd. I don't often comment on videos and don't get me wrong I think Michael Buble is an all round fine performer !
@pariserm I am a sinatra fan, but i think that michael buble has more talent. Sinatra was always flat and he didnt write any of his songs, he was still fantastic. however buble is never flat and writes all the songs that arn't covers. How can you say that he lacks talent and has no appeal. You obviously dont know your music and your jellous because either your girlfriend or your boyfriend have a crush on him and you have your knickers in a twist about it so you want to lash out. Bubles wicked
@schweppes069 Sinatra appeared with the "Hoboken Four" on "Major Bowes Amateur hour", winning a talent contest as a foursome. HE alone made the big time afterward. Still, my point was that Sinatra was an original; a musical genious, who hired arrangers like Cole Porter to arrange music so that HE could phrase the lyrics around the melody of a song in his own unique, and inimitable style. Buble' is a cover singer who sings to arrangements that were made for Sinatra, imitating Sinatra's phrasing.
@schweppes069 I made a comment based on my opinion and preference, about this vid some 5 mos ago and people like u are compelled to comment on my comment. Buble is a talented singer, who won a talent contest and was able to parlay a musical career out of it. However he's still doing what he did back then; singing covers in the style of talented originals. Sinatra(like Darin) was an "Original"; a talented musical genious, whose persona and inimitable phrasing was, and still is, emulated by all.
@Anaconda43VR If ur a teen u should know that; A)This isindeed Darin's arrangement & he sings many of Franks songs in FS's arrangements(4ur info,they do/must have subtle differences/keys in order to be legal,unless Buble' has bought the rights to them,however they R otherwise identical & can be ID'ed as Darin's/Sinatra's).B) I'm aware that he writes,but the tunes,thus far, have been bubble gum quality. And for UR info, I have been singing these songs w/my own band longer than uhave been alive
@FuzzyRat13 Louis Armstrong is a legendary icon. He originally earned fame as a cornet and trumpet player and was also a singer with a unique style and voice. If you like his voice, you like it. But I don't personally think his voice was particularly of great quality. He is not a singer in the order of Nat Cole, Sinatra, or Tony Bennet. I personally prefer Darin's reading of this song, as I believe his voice, timing, and phrasing were superior to Armstrong's here.
@AllthatJazz62 I am 51.U like Buble' because he is currently alive & is probably the first person you heard doing this number. So to u, he is the original. However he is basically singing in the style of Darin in this song. He's using his phrasing and his arrangement here. Buble' is a good singer, however an individual in an earlier post characterized Buble' as a cover singer. This is basially true, he sings songs that have been made famous by others, mostly using their arrangements as well.
@InternallyOptimistic In tempo only. The arrangements are different, & Darin put his own signature on the song; in his own unique style. Buble is singing with Darin's arrangement,& in the style of Darin.The lyrics;"down by the river, don't you know",came from Darin,not Armstrong. Buble also sings"Under my skin",in the style of Sinatra.What ur doing is like saying "actually Virginia Bruce did it this way first, when everyone knows Sinatra, like Darin (inthissong), put a definitive stamp on it.
@4ctup Agree with everything you said...except that Darin wrote it, he didn't. "The Ballad of Mack the Knife", originally "Die Moritat von Mackie Messer", is a song composed by Kurt Weill with lyrics by Bertolt Brecht for their music drama Die Dreigroschenoper, or, as it is known in English, The Threepenny Opera. Marc Blitzstein wrote the best known english translation for his 1954 "Three Penny Opera", and Louis Armstrong actually recorded it in 1956, 3 years before Darin recorded his version.
@caloscalante1518 If that were the case, then I wonder why everyone; including Buble, here, would choose to sing it in Darin's style/phrasing, and not in Armstrong's? Louis Armstrong was a great musician and an American Icon, but he chose to sing the song rather straight. Darin put his his own signature, feeling, and swing into it. You find Armstrong's version more to your liking, but IMO Darin's version has become the standard for this song.
There are 3 classic versions of this song. Louis Armstrong, Frank Sinatra & the late great Bobby Darin. Darin's version was a great example of how to swing a standard. Buble does a reasonable version of this timeless song & has brought it to a modern audience. We need more talented young singers to re-work songs of this quality. Don't knock singers like Buble .....they are links in a chain & pay homage to an age when quality songs & lyrics, really mattered.
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Mrzamani1000, So you dont look bad, you should probably stop judging talent. You are not good at it. Michael Buble has one of the best voices around and his interpretation of music is incredible. If you ever hear him in concert, it sounds like a record. And by the way, this song should be sung with some pizazz.
@mrtautriadelta That's a persuasive point, until in my mind I put an X factor winner next to Sinatra, or perhaps Paul Rodgers of Free. If I didn't immediately believe that the X factor guy is vastly inferior, I might as well give up listening to music. Though obviously your point works better with established top singers.
Darin, Bublé , these guys are light weights. Loius Armstrong does it so much better and he doesn't need any key change gimmicks . The of course if you want to know what it's all about listen to kurt Weil who wrote the thing. And of course Sinatra, well where would he have been if he didn;t have friends in the Mafia
This song, in its original and best version, from "The Threepenny Opera", is about such things as underage rape, child murder, prostitute slashing and murder for profit ... this bland-out from La Buble proves once again that he, like so many others, has no understanding of this song at all ... it's a horror story, people.
its amazing how people always downsize the current generation of musicians with talent because they cover songs made by the legends. if you people just kept an open mind you'll find that we have very talented musicians here and now carrying on the music made long ago instead of letting it drown in the, talentless, soulless music that crowd the mainstream today.
Before you start bashing him, you've got to remember that artists like Buble are bringing back the great old classics and showing them to younger audiences. Sure, he's not Sinatra, but I'd rather listen to him blasting from my classmates' Ipods during bio than the crap "music" we teens are expected to enjoy. Freaking apple bottom jeans. What are those, anyway?!
Yeah, I don't like him. Some tasteless ornaments, and some self-involved and uninspired dancing around... meh. Shame on him. Also, what's with him getting the audience to clap along on the beats, instead of on the off-beats? I have never really heard him until now, but this makes me firmly believe he's far far overrated.
@whocaniturnto This version is Ella Fitzgerald influenced, if you find Ella's version you'll see. But you are right, Bobby owns this song...but I have to disagree in your saying this one is embarrassing, he is very good, this version is just different but I do like it. But not as much as Bobby's!
No, it's not too old-fashioned to enjoy good, entertaining songs. I first heard this song when I was about 13-14 and thought it was cool. My favorite Bobby Darin song is Clementine though simply because of all the vocal sound effects that he uses. It would be cool if Michael did that song as well.
@TheRealCritique You couldn't be further from the truth. His career became so successful due to songs such as, 'call me irresponsible', 'everything', 'lost' etc etc! Those songs were the real fame/money earners! Also what's so bad taking people down nostalgia lane? He sing's brilliantly.
@nubetuber51 I would say Bobby Darin did the best version. I think this song needs a smoother voice. Louis certainly didn't have it, and I think even Michael's voice is slightly too rough for it. And, for the time of this song, I would say Michael's version simply doesn't have enough swing to it.
@MrStoneburger Bobby Darin had everything to do with this song. Millions would have never heard it had he not done his BEST version of it. This little baby country has put out more music, listened to by billions around the world, than any country in history. Don't sell America short.
@yaloolah42 I have a feeling it has to do with the genre that made it popular. It seems that Jazz is the only genre that can take a song like this and make it, lack for better words, extremely enjoyable to listen to. But yeah, it's pretty amusing, that the it's become so popular.
haha that guy totally stopped conducting and just watched Michael Buble! I think that Michael's band that he has is really good, but in way they don't need a conductor cuz he is one! and even if there was how would they be expected to pay attention to him instead of MB? I Wouldn't! that's for sure!
Better than DARIN? What are you smoking? I've heard karaoke singers do Mack better then Buble. He has the soul of a lof of Winder Bread. He even got the lyrics wrong (as he comes out singing 'Oh the shark had pearly teeth dear, and he shows them pearly white.')
What the fuck!?!?! He's a good singer, ill give him that but he fucked up the lyrics so much. He obviously hasn't listened to the song much at all. He changes has such teeth,dear to has pearly teeth, dear. At 1:21 he even dares to say Mike Heath instead of old MacHeath.
after reading all the comments in here I guess i no nothing at all about music, because I don't think he was so f*ckn bad as all of you say...he did it his way and i like he's voice anyway, so get it..not everything is about singing but what the artists makes the audience feel like
Of course he's no Sinatra and Darin. Those guys are LEGENDS. He's very good though, at least he gives some old songs credits, much better than new 'artists'. But again, anyone who thinks he is better than Sinatra, Elvis, Dean Martin, Darin is just kidding themselves.
i like it, i think he does a great job. its not easy to sing in front of people AND a camera, no matter how much you do it. pinosworld and tdtd98 just can't appreciate the fact that he sings better than either of them...get up an try that kids.
@jonytsunami, Personally speaking I think Buble is a great singer, and he really does justice (almost sounding like Darin in my opinion) to this song. Between Darin and Buble, these are really the two best versions I've ever heard.
@flalondon hmmm...thats interesting. I do not see your video response. Im a vocalist as well, and I'm considering learning this song in order to perform it. I would love to hear your rendition so i can learn more about possible interpretations. Thanks :)
Two pieces of advice: If you're going to tackle a classic, make sure you're up to the challenge. This guy wasn't. Secondly, learn the lyrics. This guy didn't. He crapped all over a great song and embarrassed himself in the process.
Bobby Darrin was the best and the epitome of this song. Louis Armstrong took a jazzy take on it. Michael Buble is mediocre, that is, he could not equal the great Darrin. But he's good too, for those who like his swingy flair on it.
Mack The Knife is originally written by Berthold Brecht, a german author, and he wrote "Die Morität von Mackie Messer" (original german title) for his piece of theatre " Dreigroschenoper".... And it was translated by Marc Blitzstein in 1928...
I love michael buble and have seen him several times. However I do agree that the original by Bobby Darin is the best and I also agree that Its worth checking out the film 'Beyond the Sea' . Its great, especially if you like this type of music.
honestly... obviously you have no musical ear whatsoever... No one replaces Sinatra, but saying that Buble cant sing is ridiculous... And saying that Sinatra was the greatest entertainer of all time is way off the mark as well... better luck next time
well, and I prefer Buble's versions of classics. For example "Oh Marie".. ahh, I love it! Of course you will always treat people like Sinatra as eternal legends but, come on, this is the history, we have to create our own future legends of our times..
Stop the comparisons with other musicians! Here Buble only in the beginning of the career! Better if you're look at obviously positive reaction of musicians in an orchestra, they are glad of his singing ! ... me too )))
@poissonCHA1 It's Bobby Darin who made this song recognizable worldwide. Just listened to Sinatra, Ella and Louis and Bobby far surpasses theirs and I guess that's why he made the song famous. Because he does it best.
@yaloolah42 - And it dates from 1928....you should check out "Lost in the Stars: The Music of Kurt Weill", where Sting covers this tune. Kurt Weill also wrote a tune The Doors did, popularly known as "Whiskey Bar"
Darin, Bublé , these guys are light weights. Loius Armstrong does it so much better and he doesn't need any key change gimmicks . The of course if you want to know what it's all about listen to kurt Weil who wrote the thing
What a terrible performance...though I really like the sound of michael, but this song he really fucked it up. Sinatra did it the best, Robbie did a really nice version of the song too... this really is crappy!
SHAME, SHAME, SHAME; He didnt even know the words....... you dont operate if you dont know how and where to make the incision. He should of refunded the ticket money. Otherwise a good/GREAT singer. NOT TODAY!!!
I don't do this song as well as him, but he doesn't do it half as good as Bobby Darin.. the difference is, i don't put myself up there to compete... He does have a nice voice, but he has no phrasing... Mikey xx
lol okayy im sorry but isnt when your young supposed to be when ur at ur peak? lol im not saying ur wrong cocker =] not taking away the fact that he has a brilliant voice lol just not a very good version of a great song :)
Nope hes not gay, a guy i know who won the X factor was invited by Michael Buble(his idol) to duet with him at one of his concerts in london and he met his family and girlfriend backstage. In December past
This is boring to me. I listened to Ella's, Louis' and Sinatra and the only one is BOBBY DARIN! I would have never known this song existed without the Bobby Darin version, which is the best version.
Why do you guys all compare buble with sinatra or darin or other singers - buble just sings how he likes the music, and that is great and not comparable with sinatra which is completely different -
Um... He messes up the lyrics in the beginning, saying 'pearly' twice. He also left out the EEK! A little weird, definitely not my first choice in terms of the many variations. Too slow paced.
yeah i didnt wanna say it b'cuz i like Buble,BUT he did fuck up this song with his fake swagger and improv...maybe this is earlier stuff,like a talent search or sumpin,oh well we have memories
Ahem... David Forster..Composer check out his list of credits... Home No1 song ppl liked it say no more...Frank Awesome.. Michael Awesome.. at least technically.. is someone here jealous???
Hi Sergioaltieri, Just listened to Mina doing this song; she is very good and has a great voice. However, she changes the tempo too much and this takes away the impact of the song. What do you think?
@wire4paladin Yes, I am 15, I am also a Jazz fanatic. I'm not saying that I'm an expert on Jazz ,that was just my opinion. I am more mature than you think I am. And how old are you?
It's classic how he starts clapping the offbeats, and all the people just disregard and come in on one and three. Further evidence that Canadians are even whiter than we are.
DEFINITELY HE HAS NO STYLE TO SING THIS SONG ONLY FEW GUYS CAN PREFORM THIS SONG SOME OF THEM ARE FRANK SINATRA BOBY DARIN , THE MUCHAEL BUBLE 'S VOICE IS SO SMOOTH FOR THIS SONG
his voice is ok, but he makes some kind of show for teenies from Jazz;/ and it sucks, I like nothing bout him, except some songs, but surly not this 1, completly bad feelings put into it
Ooooh this is realy good But i hate when it stops before the end. But I like to see the rest of the song too. Please if you have it but it on youtube or tell me where i can find it .
@liverpoolishgirl - Sinatra also sang this song. Four notable names have: Bobby Darin, Frank Sinatra, Michael Bublé, and Robbie Williams. All amazing voices and performers.
tried to make it his own and FAILED. he has a good voice but here he is trying to hard and it doesn't work. Robbie Williams did the best "new" cover of this song IMH.
I love Buble but this is still where he is trying to mimic others, over the last 10 years he has definately changed and found his own style. Great clip. for all Buble fans :)
I have to agree...this version is not very good...Sadly course Michael Bublé allways seems to be doing a great job keeping the old swing crooning music alive.
i love michael buble, but with this song i don´t know why i don´t like, i think the band wasn´t good enough, without swing . Westlife did a better version
Robbie Williams is very talented pop musician though, not comparable with this, but fine in his genre. Personaly I like the Louis Armstrong version most
hmmm don't think you could do better tdtd98!!! i'm a Jazz musician too! a and hmmm yea he's the best Jazz vocalist since Sinatra and Ray Charles in my opinion...
Oh, I don't really like this version... the original is so much better... and I heard it from a German Idol-Winner, who was simply great with this song...
