This performance was around 40 years after the movie (43 precisely), and now is around 40 years after this performance (38 precisely). Well, instead of saying the traditional "time is flying" I would say instead that this music has definitely stood the test of time.
I saw him perform live a couple of times and know several people who worked with him. He was every bit what you see, a gentle guy and a consummate performer.
@@hobbygamer6220 I deeply wish I were. My dad could sight-read Gershwin at the piano and my kids both play multiple instruments, but the talent genes took one look at me and ran the other way. In any case it's never stopped me from loving classical music, jazz, early rock, etc. etc.
This reunion had to be bitter sweet .. GLEN as stolen from us way too soon. Tex was soooooooo fine in his younger days, he was perfect, real dreamy omg
I get the impression that great musicians must never age internally. Benny Goodman was still practicing his clarinet on the day he passed away. And I was supremely honored to know AAF arranger and assistant conductor Norm Leyden during the last few years of his life. I saw him perform at *92*, and aside from a tiny bit of shakiness the years just didn't matter. Amazing!
We sang this song in high school for a swing choir competition. I was the soloist. My teacher referenced Tex and Marion but until now, I had only recognized their voices. Great song. Great memories.
this makes me so nostalgic. And I'm 50! My dad loved glenn miller, I took him to will saldens band before my dad passed, I wish I'd found my love for big bands earlier. Now I'm playing my dads records and crying at home.
My dad looked like Glenn. Same glasses and Army uniform. The picture was on a Glenn Miller 33/1/3 record when I noticed the resemblance. Loved this music from my youth. And still do.
I was there except I was just a kid. My father was a trumpet player during the time, and all these tunes were beautiful. I used to sleep as a kid in the back of the orchestra. I remember so well.
Still fantastic after all these years. Timeless music. Check out the Glenn Miller bar/WWII museum in the Thistle Hotel on Oxford St in London. Fantastic.
RU-vid is awesome, you can see the same singers perform the same song 40+ years apart and notice the similarities and little changes that would have taken massive effort to see back in the day. Tex is a little slower with his phrasing, his voice a little deeper - but the style is still there. Love Marion getting up there and doing it, too.
I have this original VHS tape! It should be on RU-vid in its entirety! Hosted by Van Johnson! Tex plays his sax on "In the Mood"! Also with Johnny Desmond (from Miller's AAF band)! Marion sings "The St. Louie Blues March" words written by her husband Vic Schoen (who is also seen in the background with their grown daughter)! Taped at Glen Island Casino! 👍
Wonderful performers, even years later! These folks should be models for "America's Got Talent" or "The Voice" who's contestants generally can't sing in tune if their lives depended on it. So inferior to this!
INCRÍVEL!!! TEX AOS 70 ANOS E MARION COM 65! MESMO VIGOR E EMPOLGAÇÃO COMO EM 1942. O MESTRE GLENN MILLER SE ESTIVESSE AÍ ESTARIA COM 80 ANOS E PODERIA ESTAR DIRIGINDO UMA NOVA ORQUESTRA RIVALIZANDO COM RAY CONNIFF!!! MUITO TRISTE TER NOS DEIXADO TÃO JOVEM AINDA E DE MANEIRA TRÁGICA!!!
Awesome! Though it's a pity though they slowed it down. The tempo in this performance is 128 beats per minute. In the classic version from Sun Valley Serenade it's a more lively 138 bpm. And on the record its 148 bpm.
The tempo is certainly not where Glenn left it, and neither is the ensemble. The vocal quintet is downright sloppy compared to the movie, Marion excepted of course.
I'm sure the quintet would have preferred to drive the tempo as the GM Orchestra did in the early 1940's. But as you age, practically everything slows down. Remember, in this performance, Tex is about 70. He could hardly be expected to maintain the 148 bpm that he managed when he was 30.
R. Crompton I don't think so. The piece isn't technically demanding at the original tempo. It's not exactly Flight of the Bumble-bee, and the tempo comes from the rhythm section, as dictated by the band leader. Not the vocal quintet.
Quad Maestro You raise a good point. But "...technically demanding..." would be subjective -- depending on age and what lung power a person had. When I was younger I sang quite a bit at parties but my past smoking habit left its mark so that now as I approach 70, I can't sing with same the pace and the range that I once did. Beneke was from the generation previous to my own when smoking was the norm. If he was smoker, it's quite likely that over the ensuing years (and by 1984), he would have lost considerable vocal power. If that was the situation, then the band might have needed to slow it down.
1:26 Woah! that's that guy w/ that pimped-out baseball hat from the 40's Chattanooga Choo choo lol 3:13 I'm surprised Marion can still do her neck-swivel dance moves at this age!
I'm a secular sort, familiar with the latest theoretical physics. That theorising seems to imply we came from nothing and that nothingness is our destiny. However; I am hoping for a holographic universe where all these brilliant beautiful people still exist, singing and dancing together. It's just wrong for all this brilliance, love, and happiness to disappear into oblivion. I'm holding out for a better deal. Even with all the alcoholism, the war, the racism, the confusion, and the pain , there was still happiness. Despite all the bad stuff these beautiful people were just like you and me, full of hope, and flawed, and human.
