You know why i really like Mr. Crosby's version of this song? First, you can hear every word, and he enunciates them perfectly. Second, and most important for me… is his age. This song has really needed a singer who was older to sing it, and have it's real meaning come out. And he did that. Even his slight gestures drives the song home. Well done sir. I even teared up a bit every time i hear him sing this.
How in the world did he do that? Crosby, in his humble and unassuming way, brings full meaning to what the songwriter was trying to convey. Artistry of the highest order....Bravo!
Bing sung this song just as it was intended: Reflecting back and looking introspectively, with a touch of sadness or melancholy. The true sincerity comes across in his voice and demeanor. I guess that's why I love him so much as a balladeer-the Best!
The singer to whom all popular music singers owe their art and living to. When will we ever see his like? Rest in peace, Harry. Bless you for all the joy you have given countless generations.
What more can I say about Bing I. I am yet so happy to know that so many people still know how great a man he was and realize his talent knew no bounds. He is one of the things in this troubled day and age that America can be proud of
While I was growing up and listening to pop and rock my dad always told me Bing was the greatest and one day I would realize it...he said everybody says Sinatra is the one...nope...you'll see...it's Bing. I'm now in my late 50's and yeah...dad was right
Bing was the first singer to break our of the mould of the big bands. He was the first singer to be known by his own name; the first to recognise that the singer no longer needed to shout into the microphone (new invention, then). Bing invented crooning. All popular singers after Bing owe the very existence to him. Yes, even you, Beyonce, Shakira, Ol' Blue Eyes!!
Apart from the obviously relaxed attitude of Mr Crosby, he demonstrates his ability to show the meaning of the words, by a movement of the eye, or a nod of the head, or occasionally a wave of an arm, or both arms, or a shrug of the shoulders. A true artiste. I really love this video ! Very many thanks dentelTV2.
I came here already respecting Bing a great deal. But I thought he wouldn't be able to handle such, at that time, a contemporary song. But he flat out crushed it. I wish I could have heard him during rehearsals for this and other songs. He still comes of as entirely composed and seemingly doing an effortless job.
Brilliance personified--perfect timbre and pitch. Nothing rushed or hurried. The emphasis by the singer is on the lyric not on himself. Yet, with this approach, Bing brings a greater quality and gravitas, if you will, to his vocal prowess and capabilites--and his wonderful interpretive abilities. Have the newer singers ever heard of 'nuance'?
Of course new singers know nuance. They learned it from that uncouth jackass Elvis Presley. How to shake and thrust their hips, traipse around the stage as if it were their grandfather's yard, all while wearing sequins and glitter. All that 'nuance' can be forgiven if they just SANG, not screamed. And please not that one-track groaning country and stuttering rap. Why can't we have more classy singers like Celine Dion, The Corrs?
Dean 🌟Martin none of us would be singing if there was no Bing ⭐Crosby was a trailblazer for all singers🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼 Dean recorded a tribute song in 1950s to Bing its on youtbe once you hear it its so catchy you'll find yourself singing it song IF I could Sing like Bing📀
The Holy GHOST of the Almighty Holy Trinity was present the day Der Bingle recorded this GORGEOUS song at The Hollywood Bowl. Without. A. Doubt. Amen!!!!!
I don't know what it is about Bing Crosby, but he always makes the words of the song come out and grab you. His version may not be the best, but I didn't really understand the message of the song until I heard him.
He understood how to interpret a song, to convey the proper "feeling," and since he interpreted popular songs from the 20's until the 70's, he definitely was a master at it. According to a wonderful tribute after he passed in '77, ALL major stars who worked with him, beside him, said he never was "late," always respected the musicians scheduled, the arrangers, and very interestingly, everyone asked on this special, said, "Bing NEVER was off-key, or sung out of tune. THAT is hard to do.
I love your honesty. I have been fascinated by Bing's singing since I was 16. And although I have heard better renditions (say, of 'Ol' Man River') than Bing's, I have not yet heard a classier voice, style and on-stage demeanour than his.
I must confess that when I saw the video title "Bing Crosby sings 'Both Sides Noww,'" I was skeptical. Having heard it, I am now a believer. I have forgotten how good a singer Bing Crosby really was, but this song is a good reminder. For me, Bing's version is THE male version, just as for me, Judy Collins' version is THE female version.
Joni Mitchell's own definitive, original version is the BEST. She wrote the song & music, and sang it beautifully while accompanying herself on guitar. Original versions are typically, overwhelmingly, the best, imo.
Now after all these years.. I could understand why he was so popular in his days... Such an amazing warm and tender voice. "Bing" sings it like it should...One of the best.... a bit magic... (maybe , just maybe of that background chorus a tiny bit too "chrismas" ).. So do Roger Whittaker really like it should...Or Glen Cambell really exquisite. Today most of the performers bring it "too slow , too uneventful, too dull and too boring". And when not... then the risk of "overacting", of "hamming with too much of decoration" is everywhere. And of course there're the exceptionels... but...! This song is stunningly qua lyrics and it match as well as possibly with the melody.... So why don't do it the right way. Judy Collins her performance of 1987 that was her best ... She sings it so indescribable beautiful... crystal clear ... so haunting full of sad feelings ... But she knows how good her voice is and maybe...perhaps... These days I like the version of Joni herself (when she sings in that Album : Both Sides Now / 2000 (Wayne Shorter Saxophone. Chuck Berghofer Bass. Peter Erskine Drums. Mark Isham Trumpet. Herbie Hancock Piano..... Conducted by Vince Mendoza ).... such an amazing depth... and no doubt I like it because of the .. "heart-breaking" and so "lived through" But many years ago in the earlier seventies .. I was a youngster... There was a person not very known who brought this song with such an honestly feeling. The first time I heard this version.....I put some fragments of this tune on "band"... And by while through the years I was looking for that song...I didn't know who the performer was....I didn't' know the man's name...And I heard many great performers doing this song...But none of them could bring me that "thrill"... that enchanting feeling... Is it just because the lovely simplicity of this light-footed , nimble performing? Or is it because of the sadness in his soft warm voice combined with that little vibration... I don't know...but it' s worth it..to listen to Bernardo Euson(born in 1941).... I could be wrong.....Do not expect too much!...But if you would like to do a try?.. Because even stand still the effort really rewards... And it is therefore immense regretfull that there are complete young generations have by no means the existing of this old honestly tune. Euson - Both sides now (Live).mpg (Euson - Both Sides Now - HQ)
Bing Crosby - "Unchained Melody" (Vintage Parlor Echo Mix) When you hear him sing his version of that song ... Then you know what quality, the man had...he knows his craft, his profession! Of course there are more ..some are very talented, and so we get great renditions. Some of them are quite unknown: Sam Cooke - Unchained Melody Unchained Melody Neil Diamond Unchained Melody - Roy Orbison AL HIBBLER - UNCHAINED MELODY (I didn't know this man ....but what an expression, what a timing, what an intonation!) But Bing has it too...a bit magic and a good voice, straight ...no decorations..he prefers simple ways...and very restrained...he was really great!
In the album "Smithsonian Collection of the Great American Song Book" There are early recordings of Crosby singing in the style of Jolson. Crosby made the switchover from the stage tradition and the microphone. Among the first to do so I suppose.
12 Tone Rose Bing, as far as I know, was the first great singer to realise the potential of the microphone, and initiated 'crooning', singing to the mic as the object of the song's lyrics. All the others, Cole, Sinatra, Como, Martin followed.
I don't want to sound obstinate, maybe he did embrace the mic later on, but through most of his earlier career he hated being close to the mic. He insisted on standing way back from it with the band. I recall that he got into it with a producer who wanted him to move closer, and Bing told him, "I'll just sing louder."
Will Hackett that “I’ll get louder” thing was from the seventies when they were trying to put him in a booth to sing and he sand by the orchestra with the microphone there about a foot away, and even besides that he manages to over come the orchestra and still have his signature style. Most of his 70s recordings are like this
Both Sides Now. Moons and Junes and Ferris wheels The dizzy dancing way you feel when every fairy tale comes real I've looked at love that way But now it's just another show You leave 'em laughing when you go And if you care, don't let them know Don't give yourself away I've looked at love from both sides now From win and lose, and still somehow It's love's illusions I recall I really don't know love at all Tears and fears and feeling proud To say "I love you" right out loud Dreams and schemes and circus crowds I've looked at life that way But now old friends are acting strange They shake their heads, they say I've changed Well something's lost, but something's gained In living every day I've looked at life from both sides now From win and lose and still somehow It's life's illusions I recall I really don't know life at all I've looked at life from both sides now From up and dawn, and still somehow It's life's illusions I recall I really don't know life at all.
Next to Mitchell's own, Bing's performance of her great song is the best. I could do without the syrupy choir. Even so, I can't hear this without getting tears in my eyes.
I'm in Bing's Fan Club, and have virtually everything he's done, read all the books, collected all the materials on his life, etc. According to those in the know, Bing hated the "Hey Jude, Hey Bing" album. From what I gather, the chorus/orchestration was done in London, I believe, and once it was completed, flown to studios in California, for Bing to record while listening to the tape. He didn't like this method, but he liked to stay current and sing the "modern" songs..."Hey Jude," etc.
Bing performed this at approximately 65 years old; Sinatra was I believe about 12-13 yrs. younger than Bing....so you can't compare the points in their respective careers in which they tackled this tune, or the venue. You can't compare a studio recording of Sinatra with full orchestra, when this video was from a TV Show--The Hollywood Palace, with no full blown orchestra (likely singing to canned instrumentals) and he had time constraints from the Network....you can't compare evenly the two.
The most moving version of "Both Sides Now" that I've heard is Mitchell's original recording. The second most moving is Bing's. Can't hear it without tearing up.
This is a very nice rendition. He sits down and mostly moves with his arms. But that's enough. His version appeared on the infamous Hey Bing album. Thank producer Jimmy Bowen for him doing those songs. The Hollywood Palace was originally the El Captain Theatre. Many TV shows, including Nixon's Checkers speech, were done there. ABC bought it for Jerry Lewis' ill-fated variety show. The time slot and theatre got renamed. At some point the original theatre name was restored.
@defundthewar Bing was influenced greatly by Al Jolson, whom he heard live as a teenager. You here it more in Bing's early recording. Where do you think he got the whistling from?
I would love to know how Bing felt about this song. It takes a lot of commitment to sing it, and so many famous versions have disappointingly given it the surface treatment. Not Bing. He invested himself in every word, every inflection. I don't know if that's just the kind of pro he was or if he really connected with this, but I lean towards the latter.
What dignity, distinguished persona, proper, and utmost character this man had. Compared to male singers of today, it is a darn pity how they have sunk to the bottom in terms of appearance, words, dress, and mannerisms. What a laughing stock America now appears to the world. Others say "where did the shining light of America go that we all looked up too"? "How did their society degrade so much"? I tell them, you can thank the public schools, Gov., and Hollywood, for the source of all the ills.
Surtout pour la mélodie.. A tds 168 ?? Drôle le ryctus très texan sur le CL de clouds.. Bouche de travers !!! Coucou Donald R... Pas d'insultes !!!!!!!
@defundthewar He saw him and that's what made him want to sing, like Frank Sinatra did with Bing. If you don't hear it, you probably haven't heard much early Jolson.
After 100 times listening to Judy sing it with the big white piano , the meaning of the words , and it's instrumental , sorry folks it is not a song that a man should sing , somethings just don't belong , "an elevator in an out house" and " Bing singing Both Sides Now " !
Bing Crosby was a confusing sort -- hated rock and roll... But he complimented Elvis Presley's vocals before any of the others in the music business. Hated rock and roll but sang beautifully a Christmas song with David Bowie on Bing's own program. Hated rock and roll and sang Joni Mitchell's incredible song poignantly and wonderfully. Bing was a bit of a mystery but no one can deny he was indeed a great singer. Oh yeah, and Bing was like Elvis, Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, Ella Fitzgerald, Johnny Mathis and Billie Holiday -- they didn't write their own songs. They were song interpreters. And they were all true, masterful artists.
I always liked the Hey Jude Hey Bing LP. Gave it a spin yesterday and I have certainly heard worse and yes 'Thoroughly Modern Bing' was a real bummer of an LP
![Joni Mitchell - Both Sides Now (Live at the Newport Folk Festival 2022) [Official Video]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/jxiluPSmAF8/mqdefault.jpg)
This guy was a freakin MASTER. He just couldn’t help but to do it only the way that HE could. There are many lessons for us to learn in his wake.
You know why i really like Mr. Crosby's version of this song? First, you can hear every word, and he enunciates them perfectly. Second, and most important for me… is his age. This song has really needed a singer who was older to sing it, and have it's real meaning come out. And he did that. Even his slight gestures drives the song home. Well done sir. I even teared up a bit every time i hear him sing this.
Totally agree!
why is this making me cry 😢
Because the words are true and the older we get the less time you have to correct your life. 63 and fully don’t know life at all
How in the world did he do that? Crosby, in his humble and unassuming way, brings full meaning to what the songwriter was trying to convey. Artistry of the highest order....Bravo!
You said EXACTLY what I tried a couple times to explain.....absolutely the truth waldcast.
@@BigBingFan never duplicated
Well said.
Bing sung this song just as it was intended: Reflecting back and looking introspectively, with a touch of sadness or melancholy. The true sincerity comes across in his voice and demeanor. I guess that's why I love him so much as a balladeer-the Best!
BINGO BINGO BINGO!!
Totally agree!
Sure does…
I just found this and love it... Bing brought so much feeling to this beautiful song...
christmas has never quite been the same without the master.
Bing the 👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑of song 📀📀📀📀📀📀📀📀📀📀
Bing in the twilight years still great voice!
He never lost his voice.
The singer to whom all popular music singers owe their art and living to. When will we ever see his like? Rest in peace, Harry. Bless you for all the joy you have given countless generations.
Wonderful! His voice was still magnificent. He sings a song just as it was written and with all the emotion and pathos intact. Bing's the best!
AT his age then . Still the best.
What more can I say about Bing I. I am yet so happy to know that so many people still know how great a man he was and realize his talent knew no bounds. He is one of the things in this troubled day and age that America can be proud of
Crosby nails it . Bing is Bing , might be the greatest voice ever.
While I was growing up and listening to pop and rock my dad always told me Bing was the greatest and one day I would realize it...he said everybody says Sinatra is the one...nope...you'll see...it's Bing. I'm now in my late 50's and yeah...dad was right
His careful phrasing of the lyrics, makes the song more meaningful. Bravo Bing !!!
A beautiful performance. Bing's the King!
Bing was the first singer to break our of the mould of the big bands. He was the first singer to be known by his own name; the first to recognise that the singer no longer needed to shout into the microphone (new invention, then). Bing invented crooning. All popular singers after Bing owe the very existence to him. Yes, even you, Beyonce, Shakira, Ol' Blue Eyes!!
Brillance personified--perfect timbre and pitch. What a reading!!
Apart from the obviously relaxed attitude of Mr Crosby, he demonstrates his ability to show the meaning of the words, by a movement of the eye, or a nod of the head, or occasionally a wave of an arm, or both arms, or a shrug of the shoulders. A true artiste. I really love this video ! Very many thanks dentelTV2.
CROSBY NAILS IT
I came here already respecting Bing a great deal. But I thought he wouldn't be able to handle such, at that time, a contemporary song. But he flat out crushed it. I wish I could have heard him during rehearsals for this and other songs. He still comes of as entirely composed and seemingly doing an effortless job.
i could listen to Bing all day.
Bing's performance is so poignant, he makes me cry.
Crosby was also an absolute master of understatement. He could convey so much with so little --
Bing is everything a popular song ever wanted
Beautiful Bing!! Too late in life I learned to appreciate You. See ya N the World of TOMORROW!
Pure perfection.
Brilliance personified--perfect timbre and pitch. Nothing rushed or hurried. The emphasis by the singer is on the lyric not on himself. Yet, with this approach, Bing brings a greater quality and gravitas, if you will, to his vocal prowess and capabilites--and his wonderful interpretive abilities. Have the newer singers ever heard of 'nuance'?
Of course new singers know nuance. They learned it from that uncouth jackass Elvis Presley. How to shake and thrust their hips, traipse around the stage as if it were their grandfather's yard, all while wearing sequins and glitter. All that 'nuance' can be forgiven if they just SANG, not screamed. And please not that one-track groaning country and stuttering rap. Why can't we have more classy singers like Celine Dion, The Corrs?
Dean 🌟Martin none of us would be singing if there was no Bing ⭐Crosby was a trailblazer for all singers🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼
Dean recorded a tribute song in 1950s to Bing its on youtbe once you hear it its so catchy you'll find yourself singing it
song IF I could Sing like Bing📀
I didn't know he covered this. Wow!! Very unique take. I'm born in 1995, wish music was like this
Sencillament FABULOSA
The Holy GHOST of the Almighty Holy Trinity was present the day Der Bingle recorded this GORGEOUS song at The Hollywood Bowl.
Without. A. Doubt. Amen!!!!!
Yes It was,,,,,
a legend...all I can say.
Oh man, nicely done by Bing. Miss that voice
Perfection in simplicity.
Bing is Bing
Bing effortlessly 'sails' through another one.
I remember watching this TV performance when I was a kid. Thanks
Bing the Godfather of American singers . got us through the Depression and WW2.
Grandfather. He was Irish; only Italians can be Godfather.
The gentle master at work... Thank you Bing.
I don't know what it is about Bing Crosby, but he always makes the words of the song come out and grab you. His version may not be the best, but I didn't really understand the message of the song until I heard him.
He understood how to interpret a song, to convey the proper "feeling," and since he interpreted popular songs from the 20's until the 70's, he definitely was a master at it. According to a wonderful tribute after he passed in '77, ALL major stars who worked with him, beside him, said he never was "late," always respected the musicians scheduled, the arrangers, and very interestingly, everyone asked on this special, said, "Bing NEVER was off-key, or sung out of tune. THAT is hard to do.
Best version of that song by far!
One of the Great talents of yesterday. He survived the changing times. What a nice voice.
I love your honesty. I have been fascinated by Bing's singing since I was 16. And although I have heard better renditions (say, of 'Ol' Man River') than Bing's, I have not yet heard a classier voice, style and on-stage demeanour than his.
I must confess that when I saw the video title "Bing Crosby sings 'Both Sides Noww,'" I was skeptical. Having heard it, I am now a believer. I have forgotten how good a singer Bing Crosby really was, but this song is a good reminder. For me, Bing's version is THE male version, just as for me, Judy Collins' version is THE female version.
Joni Mitchell's own definitive, original version is the BEST. She wrote the song & music, and sang it beautifully while accompanying herself on guitar. Original versions are typically, overwhelmingly, the best, imo.
@@d.dedrick7991 Susan Boyle's version is pretty good too. Both her voice and style as well as the accompaniment.
Joni preferred Dave Van Ronk's version to most others. It's truly a miraculous cover of a classic song....
my Late grandfather sings exactly the same....!!! amazing...!! smooth low voice.... nice Love it...!!
2:53 😍😍😍
Bing has finished this game in his own way. Very calmly, with a slight trembling in his voice. It was his style. IT IS BEAUTIFUL !
My Late Father [DaveDennis]Loved This Song and Use To Sing It Often Around the Social Clubs Here In the Uk! Thanx For Putting It On!
Bing is Bing , the best.
So wonderful!
Superb. Thanks so much for sharing this amazing clip! 5 stars, and favourited :)
A mais bela música na melhor versão. Wonderful!
I like this video very much, great to see Bing singing this song !
Very nice. I can't imagine Bing not being good in anything he sings.
The godfather ! Such a voice ! Such a friendly sound,
Now after all these years.. I could understand why he was so popular in his days... Such an amazing warm and tender voice.
"Bing" sings it like it should...One of the best.... a bit magic... (maybe , just maybe of that background chorus a tiny bit too "chrismas" ).. So do Roger Whittaker really like it should...Or Glen Cambell really exquisite.
Today most of the performers bring it "too slow , too uneventful, too dull and too boring". And when not... then the risk of "overacting", of "hamming with too much of decoration" is everywhere. And of course there're the exceptionels... but...!
This song is stunningly qua lyrics and it match as well as possibly with the melody.... So why don't do it the right way.
Judy Collins her performance of 1987 that was her best ... She sings it so indescribable beautiful... crystal clear ... so haunting full of sad feelings ... But she knows how good her voice is and maybe...perhaps...
These days I like the version of Joni herself (when she sings in that Album : Both Sides Now / 2000 (Wayne Shorter Saxophone. Chuck Berghofer Bass. Peter Erskine Drums. Mark Isham Trumpet. Herbie Hancock Piano..... Conducted by Vince Mendoza ).... such an amazing depth... and no doubt I like it because of the .. "heart-breaking" and so "lived through"
But many years ago in the earlier seventies .. I was a youngster... There was a person not very known who brought this song with such an honestly feeling.
The first time I heard this version.....I put some fragments of this tune on "band"... And by while through the years I was looking for that song...I didn't know who the performer was....I didn't' know the man's name...And I heard many great performers doing this song...But none of them could bring me that "thrill"... that enchanting feeling...
Is it just because the lovely simplicity of this light-footed , nimble performing? Or is it because of the sadness in his soft warm voice combined with that little vibration... I don't know...but it' s worth it..to listen to Bernardo Euson(born in 1941).... I could be wrong.....Do not expect too much!...But if you would like to do a try?.. Because even stand still the effort really rewards...
And it is therefore immense regretfull that there are complete young generations have by no means the existing of this old honestly tune.
Euson - Both sides now (Live).mpg
(Euson - Both Sides Now - HQ)
Bing Crosby - "Unchained Melody" (Vintage Parlor Echo Mix)
When you hear him sing his version of that song ... Then you know what quality, the man had...he knows his craft, his profession!
Of course there are more ..some are very talented, and so we get great renditions. Some of them are quite unknown:
Sam Cooke - Unchained Melody
Unchained Melody Neil Diamond
Unchained Melody - Roy Orbison
AL HIBBLER - UNCHAINED MELODY (I didn't know this man ....but what an expression, what a timing, what an intonation!)
But Bing has it too...a bit magic and a good voice, straight ...no decorations..he prefers simple ways...and very restrained...he was really great!
WOW! Love It. 🙏🏻
Jack Jones, Dean Martin, Nat King Cole, Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, and BING CROSBY. That is genuinely FIRST CLASS!
Perfect in every way
what a great version bing crosby does here, its up there with the judy collins cover i'd say .
wow magical
WOW!!!
So natural!
He featured this song on his Hey Bing album. Yes, it included Hey Jude too!
I thought the title said "Bill Cosby" and got excited ... but this is really beautiful :)
ただただ素晴らしい
In the album "Smithsonian Collection of the Great American Song Book" There are early recordings of Crosby singing in the style of Jolson. Crosby made the switchover from the stage tradition and the microphone. Among the first to do so I suppose.
12 Tone Rose Bing, as far as I know, was the first great singer to realise the potential of the microphone, and initiated 'crooning', singing to the mic as the object of the song's lyrics. All the others, Cole, Sinatra, Como, Martin followed.
I don't want to sound obstinate, maybe he did embrace the mic later on, but through most of his earlier career he hated being close to the mic. He insisted on standing way back from it with the band. I recall that he got into it with a producer who wanted him to move closer, and Bing told him, "I'll just sing louder."
He was the first, as far as I know, to croon: sing to the mic and not to the last benches.
12 Tone Rose _
Will Hackett that “I’ll get louder” thing was from the seventies when they were trying to put him in a booth to sing and he sand by the orchestra with the microphone there about a foot away, and even besides that he manages to over come the orchestra and still have his signature style. Most of his 70s recordings are like this
Offense? Hardly. In the immortal words of Oscar Levant: "What the world needs is more geniuses with humility, there are so few of us left."
Both Sides Now.
Moons and Junes and Ferris wheels
The dizzy dancing way you feel
when every fairy tale comes real
I've looked at love that way
But now it's just another show
You leave 'em laughing when you go
And if you care, don't let them know
Don't give yourself away
I've looked at love from both sides now
From win and lose, and still somehow
It's love's illusions I recall
I really don't know love at all
Tears and fears and feeling proud
To say "I love you" right out loud
Dreams and schemes and circus crowds
I've looked at life that way
But now old friends are acting strange
They shake their heads, they say I've changed
Well something's lost, but something's gained
In living every day
I've looked at life from both sides now
From win and lose and still somehow
It's life's illusions I recall
I really don't know life at all
I've looked at life from both sides now
From up and dawn, and still somehow
It's life's illusions I recall
I really don't know life at all.
Next to Mitchell's own, Bing's performance of her great song is the best.
I could do without the syrupy choir. Even so, I can't hear this without getting tears in my eyes.
Judy Collins is the definitive. Nobody would even know this song if it weren't for her. Joni's is a dirge.
B ING later years still had the voice .
@Narciso Duran did not know that
Man what a nice surprise.
I'm in Bing's Fan Club, and have virtually everything he's done, read all the books, collected all the materials on his life, etc. According to those in the know, Bing hated the "Hey Jude, Hey Bing" album. From what I gather, the chorus/orchestration was done in London, I believe, and once it was completed, flown to studios in California, for Bing to record while listening to the tape. He didn't like this method, but he liked to stay current and sing the "modern" songs..."Hey Jude," etc.
Bing performed this at approximately 65 years old; Sinatra was I believe about 12-13 yrs. younger than Bing....so you can't compare the points in their respective careers in which they tackled this tune, or the venue. You can't compare a studio recording of Sinatra with full orchestra, when this video was from a TV Show--The Hollywood Palace, with no full blown orchestra (likely singing to canned instrumentals) and he had time constraints from the Network....you can't compare evenly the two.
Cantar é isso.
I like it when a guy from another generation grooves with the current one.
.Respekt!...-coole S...!...:-)
Artie Shaw called Crosby the hippest white man alive...and I agree.
The most moving version of "Both Sides Now" that I've heard is Mitchell's original recording. The second most moving is Bing's. Can't hear it without tearing up.
Judy Collins sings it much better than Joni. Thank God Judy gave Joni a career
And what body language.
This is a very nice rendition. He sits down and mostly moves with his arms. But that's enough. His version appeared on the infamous Hey Bing album. Thank producer Jimmy Bowen for him doing those songs. The Hollywood Palace was originally the El Captain Theatre. Many TV shows, including Nixon's Checkers speech, were done there. ABC bought it for Jerry Lewis' ill-fated variety show. The time slot and theatre got renamed. At some point the original theatre name was restored.
Effortless mastery. A conversation. If only the awful accompaniment could be stripped away
HOOT!
Bows and flows of angel hair
And ice cream castles in the ermagherd....
OMG
@defundthewar Bing was influenced greatly by Al Jolson, whom he heard live as a teenager. You here it more in Bing's early recording. Where do you think he got the whistling from?
Do you have the clip of bing crosby singing ‘war pigs’
I would love to know how Bing felt about this song. It takes a lot of commitment to sing it, and so many famous versions have disappointingly given it the surface treatment. Not Bing. He invested himself in every word, every inflection. I don't know if that's just the kind of pro he was or if he really connected with this, but I lean towards the latter.
What dignity, distinguished persona, proper, and utmost character this man had. Compared to male singers of today, it is a darn pity how they have sunk to the bottom in terms of appearance, words, dress, and mannerisms. What a laughing stock America now appears to the world. Others say "where did the shining light of America go that we all looked up too"? "How did their society degrade so much"?
I tell them, you can thank the public schools, Gov., and Hollywood, for the source of all the ills.
i looked at life from b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-both sides now.
i love watching this guy sing its hilarious (wasnt he in white christmas?!? lol)
Bing. Who else
Surtout pour la mélodie.. A tds 168 ?? Drôle le ryctus très texan sur le CL de clouds.. Bouche de travers !!! Coucou Donald R... Pas d'insultes !!!!!!!
The Rock-and-Roll Generation / British Invason / Hippie Generation.
holy shit! my chickens just laid about 4,000 eggs!
What show was this?
@defundthewar He saw him and that's what made him want to sing, like Frank Sinatra did with Bing. If you don't hear it, you probably haven't heard much early Jolson.
Joni's is definitely the best
After 100 times listening to Judy sing it with the big white piano , the meaning of the words , and it's instrumental , sorry folks it is not a song that a man should sing , somethings just don't belong , "an elevator in an out house" and " Bing singing Both Sides Now " !
Bing Crosby was a confusing sort -- hated rock and roll...
But he complimented Elvis Presley's vocals before any of the others in the music business. Hated rock and roll but sang beautifully a Christmas song with David Bowie on Bing's own program. Hated rock and roll and sang Joni Mitchell's incredible song poignantly and wonderfully. Bing was a bit of a mystery but no one can deny he was indeed a great singer.
Oh yeah, and Bing was like Elvis, Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, Ella Fitzgerald, Johnny Mathis and Billie Holiday -- they didn't write their own songs. They were song interpreters. And they were all true, masterful artists.
I always liked the Hey Jude Hey Bing LP. Gave it a spin yesterday and I have certainly heard worse and yes 'Thoroughly Modern Bing' was a real bummer of an LP
holy shit, my hens just laid like 5,000 eggs!
why?
@@tryarunm it's from a bing crosby cartoon.