I agree 100%, but this video is a trifecta of sheer excellence. The song written by Irving Berlin is poetry in its purest sense. And Fred Astaire... My goodness... just watch his feet... its pure magic!
oMg I lOvE tHe OlD dAyS tHeY wErE bEtTeR tHaN tOdAy No they're weren't, shut up. There was more sexism, violence, racism and a lot of other issues in this time period that you do not want to live trough.
@@sonicpopcorn1066 Where the hell did I say everything about the past was perfect? I was talking about the class and style of yesterday's Hollywood performers, NOT about "all facets of society in general". Sheesh!
Fred Astaire was a truly brilliant choreographer and his entire intention was that whoever he danced with should look as good as he did. He was a simply unparalled dancer, just as Nat was a wonderful singer with a heavenly voice. The combination is a complete joy, and watching and listening is a pleasure and a privilege
Love Nat King Cole. My mom shared a story about my dad a man of few words didn't know how to express to my mom how he felt about her so he bought the record "unforgettable" to tell her what she meant to him. Dad's way of proposing. They're both with Jesus now. My dad in 1989 from cancer and my mom in 2020 at the age of 96. I miss them both but I'm so grateful for the memories. And all the stories my mom told me about her childhood and being a young adult. ❤❤
And a few of them can. Talent didn't stop just because we got old. Those people were incredibly talented, but so are some of our current performers. Joe Bonamassa (musician), Beth Hart (singer), and Maddie Ziegler (dancer) come to mind.
y’all don’t know how happy i am that advertisements are starting to use this type of music in their commercials, i get so much joy listening to even just a 30 second clip of this.
There's just no words to describe how smooth he sounds and how cool this clip is. Interesting how advertisers are going back to the 1950s for music to add to their commercials these days.
I cant believe what I just heard and saw on my screen,Fred dancing with some great dances,and Nat Cole singing to a great arrangement by Billy May.Quite outstanding.
I heard my granddaughters arguing and went in changed to Amazon. Put on some Nat King Cole, and guess what? They got quiet 🤫 and listened to His music for an hour before falling asleep & taking a nap 😴. They were so pleasant When they woke I couldn’t believe it. This is why they Love ❤️ Me Grandma To this DAY. TRY IT. DO NOT SAY ANYTHING JUST DO IT!
This is just superlative in every way. It doesn't get better than Nat Cole singing a great arrangement of a Berlin masterpiece. Fred Astaire once owned that his favourite dance partner was Rita Hayworth, born Margarita Cansino from a family of great dancers. This video just explodes with talent! God, I miss the days when we were offered talent and art instead of flash and hype.
Oh my God, listening and watching this video has made me realize that what we have for entertainment today is a whole lot of crap. Long live the Golden days of musicals and Westerns
Astaire and Hayworth (with cameos by E. Powell and G. Rogers) dancing to a soundtrack sung by Nat Cole, on the swinging musical bed of Billy May's arrangement of my all-time favorite Irving Berlin tune. Sometimes, I'm simply proud to be a member of the same species that can produce talents like these. (All compliments to whomever put this montage together, and synched it so perfectly with the music.)
Even though this song was before my time. It was truly a masterpiece beautifully written & the Allstate commercial brought me here thanks to mr nat king cole for this beautiful song.
Nat King Cole was the best, real talent that song real music. 🎶 The music that Frank S, Tony B, Dean M, Mel T, Sammy D, Andy W,, Perry C, Vic M, Brook B, Billy E, and more were all real singer and will never be forgotten.
+watchbywatch You familiar with Louie Prima? If not, you gotta check him out! Search for these songs, "When your Smilin'", "Angelina" & "Hey Boy, Hey Girl"...to start. You'll be, as they say, "cutting a rug"!!
Huge admirer of this song ah the good ole times (that’s not to say they didn’t have their fair burden of problems) but well, no technology just people in tune with their senses enjoying living away from screens!!! That’s memories to truly re live over and over and over and over
If I ever get impatient with my country, America, When I am tired of being American, Whenever I am weary with trying to hold her to her own standards, I watch this to remind me of the greatness that we can aspire to. We produced this, this great singer, these great dancers, this great movie and music. MADE IN AMERICA. Don't forget to honor our fallen military heroes today, Memorial Day.
I don't remember seeing Rita Hayworth dancing before,she was terrific. All the female dance partners of Fred Astair were fantastic, but no one could ever move like like Fred; he seemed so loose and seemed to move with out effort . He was really born to dance. Those dance routines must have been exhausting ,especially for the ladies to have to keep up with him. I am going to try recording this song on harmonica.
The orchestration that backs Nat Cole's singing here is similar to the many different ways I'd heard this song sung most of my life from the fifties until now - and I did not realize until I saw it performed as it was originally intended in a 1936 film, "Follow the Fleet," with Astaire and Rogers, how dark and tragic Irving Berlin originally intended it. It precedes a dance performance in which Astaire and Rogers portray two people who meet quite by accident on the roof of a gambling joint. Both are up there because they intend to commit suicide - he, by gunshot and she by hurling herself from the roof. Fred is about to put a gun to his head, when he spies Ginger about to jump. He instinctively runs over and catches her just in time. At first, he tries to cheer her up, ruefully showing her his gun, that he'd been thinking about cashing his chips in, too. She reaches for the gun, but he tosses it from the roof, and she retreats inside herself again. He shows her his wallet and that it is empty. He's lost all of his money and with it all of his so-called friends, who have abandoned him and won't even speak to him, now. She ignores him. Seeing how lost she is in despair, he sings to her. When you hear those lyrics in this context, and the melancholia in Astaire's voice as he delivers them and the original meter of the song, I feel the dance that follows takes on an even deeper emotional context. It is a dance in which two people live out their final moments to the fullest and it builds to one of the grandest finales in movie dance history. Over the years the original intent and perhaps power of the song has been lost. Today, we just think of it as a great jazz song. But, oh, it was so much more.
As a longtime fan of Mr Nat King Cole and Frank Sinatra, I never heard the song before until the Amazon commercial. As soon as I heard it, I went looking for it. I'm embarrassed that it took a commercial to bring me hear. I love all versions, and especially this one.
beautiful music--nat king cole sang everything wonderful! love, love, love it! old school hollywood at its absolute finest! i loove nat king cole and his daughter too.
i also was brought here by the commercial. Fred and Rita are absolutely mesmerizing, and I agree Nat has the smoothest voice ever..love to hear him sing.
I needed something to lift my spirits - saturation point with UK and US politics. I've always liked Nat King Cole AND I used to go to Latin and Modern classes - Quick Stepping in my mind here. FYI Nat was firstly an accomplished jazz pianist but couldn't make the money that singing brought in.
Irving Berlin, un músico muy importante en la historia de la música popular, pilar de grandes Comedias Musicales, aquí cantado por Nat Cole , una versión clásica de "Escuchemos la música y bailemos" (Let´s face the music and dance), uno de los temas más famosos de Berlin.
There may be trouble ahead But while there's moonlight and music And love and romance Let's face the music and dance Before the fiddlers have fled Before they ask us to pay the bill And while we still have a chance Let's face the music and dance Soon, we'll be without the moon Humming a different tune and then There may be teardrops to shed So while there's moonlight and music And love and romance Let's face the music and dance, dance Let's face the music and dance There may be teardrops to shed So while there's moonlight and music And love and romance Let's face the music and dance, dance Let's face the music and dance So while there's moonlight and music And love and romance Let's face the music and dance
A groovy, savvy romantic tune from the great Nat King Cole. Only discovered today that Torvill & Dean did a dance to this tune in one of their many competitive skating exhibitions. Amazing!
