Carousel - 1956 - If I loved you duet.

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  • Beautiful Duet with Gordon MacRae and Shirely Jones.
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  • @jimanderson5018
    @jimanderson5018 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1519

    Graduated from High School and saw this with the girl I fell in love with and have loved her for 60 more years now.

    • @Jesusissupremebeauty
      @Jesusissupremebeauty 4 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      Ahhh... Sounds like perfection. :)

    • @rubyspence7919
      @rubyspence7919 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      😍

    • @seppyq3672
      @seppyq3672 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Awe!

    • @hughwilson6088
      @hughwilson6088 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      That brings a tear to my eye. Very best wishes to you both.

    • @dannimartin1387
      @dannimartin1387 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      U know u aren't alone! My friend and faves of allwys: oliver twist ( who will buy) and sound of music (lonely goatherd)

  • @JackReynolds-w7g
    @JackReynolds-w7g ปีที่แล้ว +138

    Musicals are special, they're movies, but they're movies with so much more heart than ordinary films. I think.

    • @Laurel-ng4cy
      @Laurel-ng4cy 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      You must be right when we still come back here in 2024❤

    • @Mariacorazon-p7d
      @Mariacorazon-p7d 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Love those romantic musicals movies are my favorite like the Sound of Music,this Carousel, Oklahoma, West Side Story, Student Prince and Cinderella etc.

    • @Laurel-ng4cy
      @Laurel-ng4cy 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      @user-un8ij3rh7n Paul McCartney did a beautiful Til There Was You. I think he once said If I Loved you was one of the most beautiful he'd heard. He had a great ear lol.

    • @purplebec9112
      @purplebec9112 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Especially if you sing it. You feel more passion and other lovely emotions. ❤❤❤. I love singing this among the other old musicals. ❤

    • @michaelevans7582
      @michaelevans7582 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I absolutely agree. The Alfred Newman scoring and orchestrations for this and other Rodgers and Hammerstein movies added much and is still unsurpassed

  • @onwego1946
    @onwego1946 4 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    Carousel. The place where my love for musicals began.

  • @RAinteractive
    @RAinteractive ปีที่แล้ว +30

    My Mum aged 92 has dementia - it's one of the few things she responds to. "Oh, it's very sad isn't it".

    • @anneedge3627
      @anneedge3627 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      My mother has dementia, too, but I sing the old songs to her and she can sing them back beautifully, even though she doesn’t remember what she had for breakfast. She love these old musicals, and we used to watch them together.

    • @denisnicholson4605
      @denisnicholson4605 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Dementia is very sad 😢 my wife and my twin sister both have it 😢

    • @denisnicholson4605
      @denisnicholson4605 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      So so sad 😢

    • @TaxTheChurches.
      @TaxTheChurches. 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I used to play musicals for my dad who had dementia, especially South Pacific and Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. He would sing along quietly, sometimes he would tear up. He missed Mom who was musical, a dark haired beauty.

  • @janemenard9077
    @janemenard9077 5 ปีที่แล้ว +89

    This is not outdated. This music is forever.

  • @reader1956
    @reader1956 5 ปีที่แล้ว +222

    Every time I hear this song, I thank the music gods that Gordon MacRae sang this rather than Frank Sinatra.

    • @margiecarol2944
      @margiecarol2944 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      There is only one God, but I want to ask you what you think about the dude in "Paint Your Wagon", Harve Presnell, who sang " They Call The Wind Maria"---sigh...
      Also, he played Leadville Johnny
      both on Broadway, (entire run), of "Unsinkable Molly Brown", and the film version in 1964. I saw the movie with Debbie Reynolds.
      I guess they weren't making quality so much after that, so, those types of roles diminished
      for him, as far as movies go.
      I see where he played Daddy Warbucks in touring company; I saw it twice, once in Atlanta, so, I might have seen him.

    • @JPWBooth
      @JPWBooth 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      Was he supposed to be in it? That woulda doomed the film. Not that Frank isn't great. Just not his type of thing, innit?

    • @maryhughes7642
      @maryhughes7642 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      truth

  • @janemckay2325
    @janemckay2325 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +44

    This song always makes me cry. It means so much to me. I remember my mum telling me that my dad took her hand in a crowded pub and sang this song to her with everyone watching. I just wish someone had loved more this much.

  • @bonairediver5293
    @bonairediver5293 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +54

    My mom passed away in 2021 (not covid, her 88 year old heart just wore out). I recorded this song on her piano in her house the next day....and played that recording at her memorial service....with her earthly remains looking on. My arm trembled at the start and my little sister ran up and held me up and helped hold my arm up as I played the cell phone recording into the funeral home's microphone and sound system for all to hear. I know mom would have been beaming with joy to hear it. Wish I had told her more often that I loved her. If your mom is still alive, and she's a good mom.... tell her you love her....lots and lots!

    • @ChrisStech-m9j
      @ChrisStech-m9j 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      My mom wasn't a good mom. She didn't love me. Except when she was abusing me. Or whipping n g me or kicking me or punching me.😢

    • @geoJetson2208
      @geoJetson2208 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@ChrisStech-m9jI'm so sorry. 😢❤

  • @thomasvaughanjones5912
    @thomasvaughanjones5912 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1095

    I first saw this as a stage play in 1953. Now I'm 81 and blubbering like a baby.

    • @GianMarcoTavazzani
      @GianMarcoTavazzani 7 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      It shows you to become wiser and more sensitive as you age... and I with you! :-)

    • @OldglenSea-cw4ps
      @OldglenSea-cw4ps 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Me too!

    • @OldglenSea-cw4ps
      @OldglenSea-cw4ps 7 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I'm not quite as old as you, but I'm blubbering too!

    • @karlasonaa
      @karlasonaa 7 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      I saw the stage play too when I was young.

    • @darkangel-go5qf
      @darkangel-go5qf 7 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Thomas Vaughan Jones I'm 41 and blubbering like a baby!! Beautiful, classic

  • @kathleenmckeithen118
    @kathleenmckeithen118 ปีที่แล้ว +91

    I had forgotten what a beautiful voice Shirley Jones had and want a stunning beauty she was. Gordon MacRae's voice with Shirley Jones' voice was the perfect combination for this and other wonderful songs written by Rogers and Hammerstein back when very gifted people wrote music and lyrics. I am so glad to have lived through that period.

    • @vindicari
      @vindicari ปีที่แล้ว

      shirley jones mimed to mary martin the best unknown movie singer google mary martin

    • @wolfwind1
      @wolfwind1 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I didn’t realize this. Shirley Jones had a beautiful voice. Why would they dub Mary Martin?

    • @kathleenmckeithen118
      @kathleenmckeithen118 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      @@wolfwind1 I don't believe Mary Martin's voice was dubbed in. Mary Martin didn't sing nearly as well as Shirely.

    • @JPWBooth
      @JPWBooth 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Mrs Partridge be da bomb!
      "I Think I Love You"
      with Kieth, Danny, and Laurie...
      It doesn't get too much bettah than dat!

    • @JPWBooth
      @JPWBooth 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Sounds NOTHING like Mary Martin! Dat's a lotta BS!

  • @vpo2g2
    @vpo2g2 14 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    Possibly one of the most perfect duets ever written and ...sung....perfectly

  • @lisavandeman6386
    @lisavandeman6386 4 ปีที่แล้ว +519

    This is the most beautiful song ever written for a musical. I can’t listen without crying. The music just goes straight to your heart.

    • @devydu
      @devydu 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      No one can ever replicate the genius, talent, magic, joy & happiness of the words & music of Rodgers & Hammerstein!

    • @MaddieBien
      @MaddieBien 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      I'm finding I have the same problem (in tears).

    • @kathleenlouise783
      @kathleenlouise783 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Such wonderful memories R H movies were the best I'm 75 and still get excited to hear them ❣️❣️❣️

    • @leighnilsen4090
      @leighnilsen4090 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      It is very beautiful, you are right

    • @rogermacauley806
      @rogermacauley806 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      My heart too. Viet nam Marine. Music like this, the lyrics, helped me get through the hell...thanks.

  • @peasblossom1973
    @peasblossom1973 13 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    People today have no idea of the talent that the stars of the old days had, and how much we loved our old motion pictures.

    • @nbenefiel
      @nbenefiel 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Back in the fifties, when you went to a “grown up” movie like a musical with mom and dad, you got dressed up.

    • @m.a.packer5450
      @m.a.packer5450 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      In a day where digital assistant software makes even tone deaf performers like Dwayne Johnson carry a tune, and instant gratification permeates society, true talent is going extinct

    • @nbenefiel
      @nbenefiel 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@m.a.packer5450 My nephews are extremely talented traditional Irish musicians, no machines. On Wednesdays and Sundays there are sessions at Irish American pubs, musicians come from all over. The craic is great.

    • @AndthenthereisCencorship-xc6yi
      @AndthenthereisCencorship-xc6yi 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Amen. I heard these songs on hi-fi stereo as a kid. My parents played these records over and over. I'm in my 60's now and I can remember each tune.

    • @milaalt1141
      @milaalt1141 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Oh I do, and I miss the talent. I grew up with My Fair Lady and other musicals.

  • @lynnyoga
    @lynnyoga 11 ปีที่แล้ว +551

    Richard Rogers said the music from Carousel was the most beautiful he had written in his lifetime

    • @annehajdu8654
      @annehajdu8654 7 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      lynnyoga, he was right.

    • @affectivity
      @affectivity 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Oh, he was right.

    • @nicolaperren9493
      @nicolaperren9493 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      He wasnt wrong, beautiful❤

    • @coreycox2345
      @coreycox2345 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@nicolaperren9493I don't think I have seen this before.

    • @meredith218461
      @meredith218461 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Indeed the lovely ''If I loved you'' is truly inspirational writing.

  • @stephenbrown1622
    @stephenbrown1622 3 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    They don’t make films like this anymore beautiful

  • @RealQueenvon
    @RealQueenvon 2 ปีที่แล้ว +79

    Rodgers & Hammerstein were absolutely perfect genius together. They gave us so very many gorgeous songs....it just doesn't happen anymore, sadly.
    *sigh* from Carousel to Oklahoma, The Music Man, The King and I (Anna & the King of Siam), South Pacific, The Sound of Music....so much of the American Soundtrack from 50s to the 70s was by these 2 gentlemen & some wonderful actors who could actually sing! Definitely part of the fabric of lives from that era.

    • @MorrisHillmanProductions
      @MorrisHillmanProductions ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Except they didn't write 'The Music Man'. That was penned by Meredith Wilson.

    • @nbenefiel
      @nbenefiel 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      They were amazing. Having the guts to include songs like Ole man River and You’ve got to taught is incredulous. Some towns banned Show Boat and South Pacific for these songs.

  • @acorn215
    @acorn215 15 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    There is absolutely no one, no one who could sing a duet of this song the way Shirley Jones and Gordon MacRae sang it. No one even comes close. I cry every time I hear the song and watch the video.

    • @chriskoerner1767
      @chriskoerner1767 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I cry too her voice is so beautiful like an angel

    • @MrDaiseymay
      @MrDaiseymay 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ABSOLUTELY

  • @Shannonsusanx
    @Shannonsusanx 13 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    been watching this film after my mom introduced it to me when i was 7, im now 16, and i think that more of my generation should have the same love and respect i have for films like this..

  • @petersmith1027
    @petersmith1027 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    If this dosent bring a tear to your eye your hearts stopped beating.Memories of a magical youth when age was a long way off .

  • @sitbone3
    @sitbone3 4 ปีที่แล้ว +179

    Her face, her hair, that voice, that dress. Could there be anything more perfect.

    • @steveegallo3384
      @steveegallo3384 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      mysterioso 100 -- 'Twas The Golden Age....BRAVI from San Agustinillo, Oaxaca !

    • @Kiarinadia
      @Kiarinadia 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      In those time people learned how to sing. Not like in the musical right now.

    • @steveegallo3384
      @steveegallo3384 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@Kiarinadia -- We live in very different, inferior, times...but we value the Past's obsession with Quality.

    • @alvexok5523
      @alvexok5523 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Nothing that's better. But many other women stars from the Golden Age who've been a very close tie: Ginger Rogers, Ruby Keeler, Janette Mcdonald, Judy Garland, Eleanor Powell, Deanna Durbin, Doris Day, Cyd Cherise, Esther Williams, Jean Harlow, Thelma Todd, Carol Lombard, and many others. I've seen many films from the era in the past few years with each of the above mentioned stars, films I didn't really know much about until a few years ago, I'm certainly glad that I've discovered them

    • @margiecarol2944
      @margiecarol2944 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      No, probably not.

  • @audreyharrison2426
    @audreyharrison2426 2 ปีที่แล้ว +168

    This song meant so very much to us, my husband use to sing it to me. Unfortunately he passed away many years ago but I still sing it myself and the tears start. It is the most beautiful, sad, heart rending song I have heard and Gordon MacRae and Shirley Jones put so much feeling into it that you can,t help but cry. It will last forever, and sung when Ipass away.

    • @georgeorwell5596
      @georgeorwell5596 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      A lovely song, sad one, but I try to remember good things,

    • @audreyharrison2426
      @audreyharrison2426 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@georgeorwell5596 YES George, I have never heard such a beautiful song sung so perfectly. It still makes me cry. Audrey Harrison

    • @k8nyonyoutube487
      @k8nyonyoutube487 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      When I read your words it touched my heart. I am a guy who grew up in the 50's from Brooklyn, NY. I can remember my aunt & uncle. who lived in the apartment house across the street singing many, many songs from Rodgers & Hammerstein musicals, this one in particular. That has stayed with me for the past 60 years or so. Anyway, when I hear this song now I think of them and my mom & dad. All the adults of my generation back then are gone now, its just my wife & me. My wife is suffering with stage 4 cancer and at times my heart is soothed by this song.
      I trust in God for everything and thank Him for giving me a wife for the past 56 years.
      God bless you Audrey and may the Lord comfort you always and it's ok to shed some tears over your wonderful memories.
      Bob

    • @audreyharrison2426
      @audreyharrison2426 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@k8nyonyoutube487

    • @andyfield7397
      @andyfield7397 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      To be honest, Audrey - you made me well up just reading your comment, bless you for sharing a little piece of your heart.

  • @cynthiamadrid1430
    @cynthiamadrid1430 2 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    My parents took me to see this on Broadway in New York 1956. I was 5. So enchanted.

    • @mikegalvin9801
      @mikegalvin9801 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      So wonderful. Every October my dad would take mom from Chicago to NY on one of his business trips. He would do his work stuff and she would shop in the days. At night they would go to the Met and "take in the shows." (This was before you needed a second mortgage for Broadway tix.) One year they finally took me and my brother and sister and we saw The Music Man. Decades past. Dad and Joey gone, my sister working in Tokyo. Mom was 100 and living with me. We watched The Music Man on TCM one night. The next morning she didn't wake up but I thought "Well, she went out on a good night."

    • @Sheila-z6g
      @Sheila-z6g หลายเดือนก่อน

      I have loved this film since I saw it 65 years ago

  • @robertlisternicholls
    @robertlisternicholls 4 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    Who says men don't cry? This song is so emotional it always makes my eyes well up with tears.

  • @christinemulligan9998
    @christinemulligan9998 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    First saw this on black and white TV in the sixties...I was only 12 and was totally mesmerized by the whole thing...still gets to me at 70...

  • @jackiemcmeekin6551
    @jackiemcmeekin6551 6 ปีที่แล้ว +136

    Yes, Rogers and Hammerstein were geniuses! Shirley Jones and Gordon MacRae were just marvelous in “Carousel”. Their voices are for all time and all generations!

  • @TinkerTailor4303
    @TinkerTailor4303 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    This duo had such beautiful voices together.

  • @billybigelow411
    @billybigelow411 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Simply Beautiful.

  • @jamesholt3758
    @jamesholt3758 7 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    ... but afraid and shy is the saddest phrase in the song. We always regret what was not said, rather than what was spoken.

    • @OmarLopez-ub3qg
      @OmarLopez-ub3qg 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Vi esta película cuando era un jovencito junto a mi madre. Era realmemte inolvidable. Años después vi el musical. Estraordinario! Me emocionaron mucho las escenas finales cuando él desciende del cielo a ver a su amada esposa y su hija. Mi madre esa vez no me acompañó. Había fallecido.

  • @56beverley
    @56beverley 5 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    Shirley Jones was very underated as a singer. I had forgotten how good she was.

  • @Zeppolino100
    @Zeppolino100 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    I didn't see this film until I was in my twenties, but musicals such as this firmly founded my ideas of what love would be like. My parents story of meeting could have been made into one. And both of them sang beautifully. My brothers were in the orchestras of several musicals (including this one) when I was a young teen. Tragically, my mother would pass away agonizingly close to their 25th wedding anniversary. I worried that something like that might happen to me. My wife, every bit as beautiful and enchanting as Shirley Jones is here, didn't pass away . But 17 years later she chose to leave me. There has been a huge hole in my heart ever since. That was 27 years ago now. SO here I sit, alone for all those years, yet still believing in this kind of magically intense love, quietly crying real tears, thinking of the loss my poor Father had to endure fror24 years, and now his son, an even longer time. I must look and sound pathetic, but there is no one here to see. And I will never stop believing. And at least my Father and I had a lot longer than poor Billy Bigelow. tp experience transformative love, the kind I expect to feel again in Heaven.

    • @magpie92766
      @magpie92766 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      🥺💔

    • @annamelanie5151
      @annamelanie5151 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      I am touched by your comment. Unlike the more popular and uplifting stories of finding love after loss, the darker and quiet reality is that many people never find their special someone-either again, or just never at all. It’s why many of “us” need to escape to an idealized masterpiece of young love such as this song

    • @barich3353
      @barich3353 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      Absolutely heart rendering. Not a fool at all..Thank you for sharing and God Bless

    • @cassie3734
      @cassie3734 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Heaven is my home too.

    • @ronseaberg2262
      @ronseaberg2262 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@cassie3734 Yes, and Wife if also, in Heaven, will be even Stronger... Blessings and Cheers

  • @TheBorzoilover
    @TheBorzoilover ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Gordon Mcrae what a voice it could crack glass he has a voice like no other .

    • @grammaesterlovely9532
      @grammaesterlovely9532 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      He was so underrated. Personally, I don’t think any singer of his time or since had the same combo of technical skill and feeling.

  • @danmenefee5437
    @danmenefee5437 7 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    There will never be anyone who will create as wonderful music as Rogers & Hammerstien.

    • @manuelorozco7760
      @manuelorozco7760 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Dan Menefee You Just never know but you maybe right. With soaring musical arrangements and playful lyrics, tough to find it in today’s theatre climate.

    • @michaelverbakel7632
      @michaelverbakel7632 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Hollywood or Broadway does not even produce musicians, composers and songwriters today who have the caliber and quality of people like Rodgers and Hammerstein or Lerner and Leowe(Alan Jay Lerner) who were the creators of shows like An American in Paris and My Fair Lady.

    • @cassie3734
      @cassie3734 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Unfortunately.
      A better n kinder life then.

  • @nikkimattern9255
    @nikkimattern9255 9 ปีที่แล้ว +403

    Nobody will ever be able to sing this duet the way these two can

    •  7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      You're exactly right.

    • @carowells1607
      @carowells1607 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Nope, but if you ever get a chance, listen to Patrick Wilson singing a brief version of this song for the patrons in a little piano bar in NYC. Just charming. It's on TH-cam.

    • @stephencowley3661
      @stephencowley3661 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      My Favourites also the original stage stars from 1945 John Raitt and Jan Clayton sing this wonderfully too

    • @musicinmymind623
      @musicinmymind623 6 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      You should definitely listen to Jessie Mueller and Joshua Henry in the 2018 revival cast. While they may not top this, their voices are angelic and the magic in this scene was incredible live.

    • @jackiemcmeekin6551
      @jackiemcmeekin6551 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I agree wholeheartedly! These two vocalists and actors are iconic. 🥰

  • @kristine7524
    @kristine7524 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Gordon MacRae was outstanding; a gorgeous, masculine voice - perfect.

  • @acorn215
    @acorn215 15 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    There is absolutely no one, no one like Sirley Jones and Gordon MacRae who can sing this duet as well as they did. I cry everytime I hear this and watching the video.

    • @vindicari
      @vindicari ปีที่แล้ว

      mary martin was the singer shirley jones mimed

    • @waterlily6543
      @waterlily6543 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      There is no one but Gordon macrae who can sing this and any other beautiful music

  • @tarey05
    @tarey05 3 ปีที่แล้ว +214

    The minor keys throughout and the stunning lyrics of this piece make it one of the most beautiful and heart wrenching love songs ever written. Nobody could do it better than Gordon MacRae and Shirley Jones! Thank you, Mr Rodgers and Mr. Hammerstein!

    • @Peaceshiet812
      @Peaceshiet812 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Absolutely heartstopping, it’s timeless❤

    • @mikevallen999
      @mikevallen999 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Agreed ❤❤❤.

    • @MikeyParks
      @MikeyParks ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I'd love to hear Howard Keel and Kathryn Grayson take a crack at this song.

  • @Grapesforbananas
    @Grapesforbananas ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Imagine loving someone and they don’t love you back.

    • @juniper5905
      @juniper5905 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Yeah, just imagine 😢

    • @JPWBooth
      @JPWBooth 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Unfortunately, I've never had to "imagine."

    • @debraolson7553
      @debraolson7553 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Been there, 66 never been loved.

    • @jimieljoseph2322
      @jimieljoseph2322 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I'm sure many have😢

    • @ronseaberg2262
      @ronseaberg2262 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@jimieljoseph2322 Yes,... so Sad, ... Statistics, do prove You Right...

  • @Lurker1979
    @Lurker1979 6 ปีที่แล้ว +90

    Gordon MacRae and Shirely Jones had such great chemistry. Both in this and in Oklahoma.

    • @ritapacitti9599
      @ritapacitti9599 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I agree. You said it better thankyou

  • @13notejazz
    @13notejazz 14 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    One of the most beautiful tunes.

  • @emilyhelmore1497
    @emilyhelmore1497 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    So beautiful a piece.

  • @windstorm1000
    @windstorm1000 13 ปีที่แล้ว +194

    Gordon MacRae--one of Hollywood's best voices--and a hunk and a half. Those puppy dog brown eyes, boyish grin, and sturdy physique makes me melt. Sigh.

    • @TellyWatcher1997
      @TellyWatcher1997 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      windstorm1000 - Me too! He looks good on a horse as well - Oklahoma!

    • @kellymcphaul2793
      @kellymcphaul2793 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      windstorm1000 One of the best-looking and talented men ever.

    • @jackojackson9082
      @jackojackson9082 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Agreed. GMR is gorge 💕

  • @andyframpton5134
    @andyframpton5134 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    This era of musicals is timeless, never to be repeated
    Carousel, South Pacific, west side story.

  • @cooperdogable
    @cooperdogable 13 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    it does not get any better than this!!!!

  • @heathtuttle1
    @heathtuttle1 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Still moved by this passion-sixty-five years later (and still delighted to be married and to be a father and grandfather).

  • @SIZERRULE
    @SIZERRULE 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    My mum and I used to watch this when I was a kid. Lost my mum to dementia last November. Watching this with tears but also a smile xxx

  • @debbyharrison9198
    @debbyharrison9198 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    So so perfect..most beautiful song ever written

  • @19rebel57
    @19rebel57 6 ปีที่แล้ว +122

    A beautiful tear-jerker. Love Gordon and Shirley together.

    • @jumperstartful
      @jumperstartful 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I'm 76 and it stills brings tears to my eyes and heart.

    • @allenjones3130
      @allenjones3130 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      A classic musical-theatre duet penned by the legendary Rodgers and Hammerstein and brought to life by the iconic Shirley Jones and Gordon Macrae.

    • @suchabadkitty1293
      @suchabadkitty1293 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@allenjones3130 Wow, thanks for that recap🙄

  • @susanrigby1250
    @susanrigby1250 7 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    i love this part of the film. it's so magical.

  • @juliaread2003
    @juliaread2003 6 ปีที่แล้ว +127

    Nobody will ever be able to sing this as good as Gordon. He was just pure magic.

    • @godfreygilmour8497
      @godfreygilmour8497 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I first heard this when l was young, l was struck by it's beauty. I am now turt 79 soon, it still is magical to my ears. I recently lost my wife of 50 years, it reminds me of when we first met, years ago.

    • @suchabadkitty1293
      @suchabadkitty1293 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ​@@godfreygilmour8497 Im sorry about your wife❤

    • @vincentjaime181
      @vincentjaime181 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Dick Haymes I believe has the best rendition. i heard it before I saw this video, So I may be biased!

    • @PhilAlumb
      @PhilAlumb ปีที่แล้ว +4

      ​​@@vincentjaime181...I went to listen to Haymes' version and..I CAN'T agree with you.🤷

  • @donaldhelton9308
    @donaldhelton9308 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Watching these clips from these clips give me tears and chills.They were so beautiful.The music the people.

  • @janethartwig774
    @janethartwig774 5 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    Shirley Jones had such an angelic face while Gordon MacRae was rakishly handsome, both with the most beautiful voices ever. Together, they were magic.

  • @carrie-lougray8203
    @carrie-lougray8203 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    This musical was my father’s favorite. His favorite song was You’ll Never Walk Alone

  • @robsimpson9282
    @robsimpson9282 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Wow Wee. Two beautiful people with beautiful voices captured in time for us to see. Just sublime.

  • @susanyork5089
    @susanyork5089 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    Utter perfection , two beautiful people singing one of the best songs ever written

  • @Tom1948
    @Tom1948 15 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Always called this: "10 minutes of Hollywood magic."
    Wonderful.

  • @SassyAndFree
    @SassyAndFree 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    My favorite film. I also had a crush on Gordon. He's still so handsome many years later. Beautiful singing and so much feeling from Shirley as well. Thank you for this beautiful movie!

    • @ruthdeguzman4766
      @ruthdeguzman4766 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I'm about to sing this song and found this video🥰,but it will be sang on high notes, what a voice🥰

    • @kurtgarmaker3719
      @kurtgarmaker3719 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I met him years ago

  • @rickmanley767
    @rickmanley767 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    So very beautiful and talented. I wish Hollywood would make movies like this again.

  • @JohnHMarsden
    @JohnHMarsden 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    O my goodness this song brings me to tears and moves me so much...Billy you both loved one another so much!

  • @lcs1956
    @lcs1956 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    The sweetness of Shirley Jones' face and singing voice has never been equaled.

  • @robrobson8704
    @robrobson8704 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Beautiful! Reminds me of my grandparents who loved music like this. I loved R and H from a very small child. It makes me remember the good old days.👍

  • @RobertDeMartin
    @RobertDeMartin ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Oh well, the youth of today will never understand what music should sound like. There is someone around today who sings with an ear for the 50's, 60's, etc., and I strong suggest you give her a listen. I'll let you figure out why. Her name is Angelina Jordan. Give her a listen. (And then listen to her more. And more.)

  • @adriannalypeckyj2513
    @adriannalypeckyj2513 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Shirley and Gordon were perfect in their roles as Julie and Billy. This scene is incredible. I could watch it over and over. Rogers and Hammerstein were brilliant composers. "If I Loved You" is such a beautiful song. It's so touching. Amazing performance by two seasoned professionals, Gordon MacRae and Shirley Jones. The ever talented Shirley Jones mentioned in an interview that Frank Sinatra was supposed to portray the role of Billy Bigielow and then bowed out. One of the producers asked Shirley to get a hold of Gordon MacRae so he could take over the role of Billy and the rest is history. CAROUSEL was an amazing movie with a superb cast. I've been singing "If I Loved You" a lot lately. Can't help myself. ♥♥♥♥Love this song so much!!!!

  • @MrSkylark1
    @MrSkylark1 13 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    There was charm and beauty and first-rate singing by Gordon MacRae who was America's finest Baritone in Musicals while Shirley Jones added sweetness to
    an era when this country recognized quality in more ways than one.

  • @damredub
    @damredub 2 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    Absolute magic. These two can never be replaced, they ARE Billy and Julie.

  • @NewBoleros
    @NewBoleros 12 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    As a songwriter I consider this one of the most beautiful songs and song ideas ever conceived. And the singers are right up there too.

  • @marklemon75
    @marklemon75 9 ปีที่แล้ว +404

    Achingly beautiful...almost too beautiful to listen to. Tears come... for both the beauty of the music, and the astounding talent of these singers

    • @jamesholt3758
      @jamesholt3758 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Reminds me of a girl I met in a geography class and have loved her since

    • @Alaneberhard
      @Alaneberhard 7 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Exactly what I feel whenever I hear this. Almost too beautiful to stand.

    • @lsawyer6144
      @lsawyer6144 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I realize that you posted your comment 3 years ago, but I am just discovering this amazing artist and I couldn't agree with you more...
      "achingly beautiful"

    • @Marylmac
      @Marylmac 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Same here, tearing up. Such wonderful movies and actors back then. Sigh...movies were a wonderful adventure, a social activity the entire town would turn up to each Friday or Saturday night.

    • @suzannequinson8439
      @suzannequinson8439 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Sooo true.

  • @voicegirl555
    @voicegirl555 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    Happy Happy 100th Birthday Gordon MacRae! What a voice you had! You were a good actor too in this film, Oklahoma and all those you did with Doris Day. Thank you for leaving them behind.

    • @waterlily6543
      @waterlily6543 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes I agree love Gordon macrae beautiful voice and handsome man

  • @jamesmiller6244
    @jamesmiller6244 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Very beautiful those were great days in the musical s

  • @maureenreeder4861
    @maureenreeder4861 7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I remember going to see this film and loved this song. There was something so special about this song.

  • @annemariethomas1739
    @annemariethomas1739 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    This is ultimately my favorite musical ever and my favorite song by two beautiful Singers Gordon MacCrea and Shirley Jones! God given voices ❤❤

  • @bjsteinhoff9810
    @bjsteinhoff9810 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    Rodgers & Hammerstein forever. ❤

  • @richardturner6981
    @richardturner6981 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    This is a beautiful scene from Carousel.

  • @jimfling2128
    @jimfling2128 6 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    Rogers and Hammerstein Were American treasures and I am so thankful Hollywood made these wonderful musicals so we will have them always. Did you notice that a lot of their songs are in waltz time. Shirley's voice was at it's peak in this movie but always perfect.

  • @WendyHein
    @WendyHein หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Such a beautiful song and sung magnificently. Also, unlike modern day singers, you can actually hear the lyrics clearly.

  • @grantfisher3190
    @grantfisher3190 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I saw this movie when it first came out in 1956. I was nine years old. This music has been with me ever since.

  • @Caskchap
    @Caskchap 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    I watched this and it brought tears to my eyes that sentiments could be expressed so beautifully in words and music.

  • @JohnPower-qm6sn
    @JohnPower-qm6sn 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    For some reason I have had this song in my head all day so I had to find it and play it. Everything was so much better years ago, the music, the people, I wish I could go back in time to a better world.

    • @ronseaberg2262
      @ronseaberg2262 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      My thoughts exactly - Too late to go Back, But can go forward to the Millennium ( same physical world but with perfect Justice and Righteousness and then for forever... Cheers

  • @Pheebs77
    @Pheebs77 7 ปีที่แล้ว +276

    Nobody can sing this like Gordon. I can't go to any theatre versions of Carousel because all I hear is Gordon's voice and nobody else will ever be as good.

    • @gailwilliams2678
      @gailwilliams2678 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      There's a sweetness and, in Billy, a roguishness, in the performances of Jan Clayton and John Raitt that MacRae and Jones don't capture for me. This is lovely, but I prefer Raitt and Clayton.

    • @DanyLove48
      @DanyLove48 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Completely agree

    • @MrDanamp
      @MrDanamp 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@gailwilliams2678 Were Jan Clayton and John Raitt ever filmed?? How do we see their performances?

    • @gailwilliams2678
      @gailwilliams2678 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@MrDanamp They recreated the scene accurately and beautifully in 1954 (both were 37) for a TV special honoring Rogers and Hammerstein. Look for it under their names and "If I Loved You."

    • @tonyparrott9147
      @tonyparrott9147 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      perfectly correct

  • @waynegregory2337
    @waynegregory2337 10 ปีที่แล้ว +119

    They certainly don't make musicals like this any more. Such a beautiful song.

    • @manuelorozco7760
      @manuelorozco7760 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The last big screen musical I saw was Greatest Showman. Loved it

    • @dollyrocksubliminals9702
      @dollyrocksubliminals9702 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      yes your right, they really don't make musicals quite so sexist anymore :)
      joking btw, i love carousel, despite its outdated flaws

    • @suchabadkitty1293
      @suchabadkitty1293 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@@dollyrocksubliminals9702 Outdated flaws? So... then the so-called "flaws" are acceptable now?
      Speaking of flaws, it's *you're.

    • @evergreen9927
      @evergreen9927 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@suchabadkitty1293 jesus, no need to be so pedantic. firstly, the youre was probably my spellcheck bc im not stupid i just can't be bothered to type properly. secondly,, yes, it has flaws, its flaws being outdated morals.
      why the heck are you so pressed about my comment? I literally said I love the film,,

  • @Alanari
    @Alanari 13 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    There's a reason this is considered the golden age of film.

  • @davidwatson8873
    @davidwatson8873 2 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    This was my mum’s favourite musical. This and ‘You’ll never walk alone’ were her most favourite. Even in the last stages of her dementure, bedridden, she still remembered the songs and tried to sing them. RIP mum. X

    • @Peaceshiet812
      @Peaceshiet812 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Shed a tear, for your Dear Mum ❤

    • @barbaras2669
      @barbaras2669 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I bought the collection of Rodgers & Hammerstein musicals to listen to them with my mother, who also suffered from dementia. Appreciation of music is one of the last memories to be lost.

  • @TimeandMonotony
    @TimeandMonotony 11 ปีที่แล้ว +393

    One of the most beautiful love songs I've ever heard.

    • @Clara-iy4vt
      @Clara-iy4vt 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I agree....I cry, each time I listen to it. Oh, superbly sung by both. Love them....x

    • @ianbentley7276
      @ianbentley7276 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Kayden Lionel lol

    • @alvexok5523
      @alvexok5523 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@Clara-iy4vt I love them too. Beautiful singing. love musicals from the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s. Those years are called the Golden Age for a reason. I've seen many of them in the past few years, an era I didn't know too much about until a few years ago, and til then didn't realize how much I was missing

    • @MrTrackman100
      @MrTrackman100 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@alvexok5523 Yes, those are the true "Golden Decades" for American musicals.

    • @shimmeringfairydust3275
      @shimmeringfairydust3275 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I weep every time!

  • @tomterreri6364
    @tomterreri6364 7 ปีที่แล้ว +198

    I was never a huge fan of Carousel, however, this is my absolutely favorite piece of all musicals. Only geniuses could write music like this!!!

    • @manuelorozco7760
      @manuelorozco7760 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I never actually seen Carousel but I do like this song and You'll Never Walk Alone

    • @davidallen508
      @davidallen508 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Tom , I absolutely agree with you.Without ‘If I Loved You’ I would never watch this movie again.The plot makes me feel nauseated.

    • @Arkelk2010
      @Arkelk2010 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I don't like the plot that much, but the music is wonderful.

    • @wallacecallow2255
      @wallacecallow2255 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I enjoyed the movie immensely. Along with Brigadoon, my favorite musicals. There was a magical feeling in both films. The other scene I liked the most in this was the 'June is busting out all over' scene. The dancing and choreography were unbelievable!

    • @goerizal1
      @goerizal1 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Tom Terreri - you are probably right in a way but i do not think i would like to listen to einstein or newton doing this.

  • @majorbarbara1
    @majorbarbara1 10 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    Did Shirley Jones know how lucky she was when she got this part and got to sing one of the most beautiful love songs in Musical theatre? Billy Bigelow, a complicated character, so well played and sung by Gordon MaCrae. What a voice! Good direction too!

    • @dontheshark
      @dontheshark 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Shirley auditioned for Rodgers and Hammerstein, and was chosen by them at 18 years of age.

  • @Concetta20
    @Concetta20 11 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    One of the most beautiful songs of R&H, in my opinion.

  • @bobcollins5564
    @bobcollins5564 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    When music was music and when singers could really sing. Simply THE BEST.

  • @ayliea3974
    @ayliea3974 5 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    Gordon's singing is amazing! He handles every move, note to note , with legendary art and athleticism.

  • @richardscally694
    @richardscally694 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    What a beautiful song & voice.

  • @kirsteni.russell5903
    @kirsteni.russell5903 6 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    What glorious voices those two had. Perfect for this musical. And for OKLAHOMA, too!

  • @suzannebenz8928
    @suzannebenz8928 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I was thrilled by this song, as a teen and still am!!!!!! I was smitten with Gordon McRae

  • @iduefoscari
    @iduefoscari 14 ปีที่แล้ว +79

    Richard Rogers wrote some of the finest songs for the musical stage and this probably the best.

    • @miltonmoore5294
      @miltonmoore5294 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      He did not write the songs, he composed the music, and Oscar Hammerstein II
      supplied the lyrics.

    • @johnareiter73
      @johnareiter73 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The lyrics were written by Oscar Hammerstein Jr and Rogers wrote the music.

  • @lynnrose7562
    @lynnrose7562 5 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    In a word: Magnificent!

  • @richklvq
    @richklvq 14 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    There's something about Shirley's voice that appeals to me more than most of the musical stars of the day. McRae was great too.

  • @johnrobertson1786
    @johnrobertson1786 12 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    one of the most beautiful songs of all time

  • @SleepyDogTelevision
    @SleepyDogTelevision 4 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    Their voices complement each other so perfectly. The reprise when Billy returns makes this performance even more meaningful.

  • @jodacious46
    @jodacious46 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I was 10 years old when this beautiful movie premiered...

  • @nhmooytis7058
    @nhmooytis7058 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Shirley Jones was beautiful and so talented! Loved her in The Music Man too!

  • @m.joanhay522
    @m.joanhay522 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I learned the words of this song when ever so young & now 70 yrs or so later I still remember them. 🎼

  • @albertcooper
    @albertcooper 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Too beautiful I am in tears

  • @alastairblair4655
    @alastairblair4655 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Off you would go in the mist of day ...😢 one of the most beautiful songs ever written

    • @ericgrosch8073
      @ericgrosch8073 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      midst of day.

    • @SueProv
      @SueProv ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@ericgrosch8073 Mist of day....I thought is correct. I Googled the lyrics to be sure. You are wrong.