Brother Can You Spare A Dime ? - Bing Crosby

[Sharpster7]

1932 meet 2012.



[artiasn1]

cool song 

[Klaaaan1]

t doesn't seem that long ago when I was a little kid and Bing was was the musical giant of that time. The Christmas songs he performed will be timeless.

[Starburst1442]

@Teph87 this song was originally performed in the musical "Americana" in October of 1932. The melody was written by Jae Gorney and the lyrics by Yip Harburg. It is a masterpiece and was redone by numerous artists throughout the 1930s and '4

[TheSigston]

Where is his hand coming from...

[markaged]

@TheSigston It looks like he's just resting his elbow on something, and he's just holding his hand funny, perhaps about to pass his pipe into it?

[davedirk]

Now here we are in another type of depression, with a President who only gives speeches with no action. A Socialite and Socialist too.

[TheFalloutExperience]

Why do I wish this song was in Fallout 3?

[Teph87]

who originally performed this?

[poopinmair]

@Teph87 i think it was Al Jolson

[joehughes9]

I prefer the Tom Waits version too.Bing's voice seems a bit too smooth for such a serious subject.The lyrics were written by Yip Harburg who also wrote all the lyrics for Wizard of Oz. As a lifelong socialist he was blacklisted during the McCarthy years.Anyone who can write Over the Rainbow has got to be one of the greatest songwriters of all time.

[Mccampbellthomas]

I like the Tom Waits version a lot more personally

[breedlove94]

Heard the Rudy Vallee version in Academic Decathlon, IMO thats the better version. Though im not sure why Mr Objectivist/anti-altruism Andrew Ryan would allow this song to be played in his city, considering the lyricist, Yip Harburg was "parasite" socialist.

[MultiJuniebug]

i heard this song in Texas History about the 1920's and the Great Depression

[snowrocket]

@MultiJuniebug Pay more attention in class. The '20s were called "The Roaring Twenties" for a reason. The economy was terrific then. The Great Depression started in October of 1929 (stock market crash) and went all through the 1930s. We have equivalent unemployment now, and don't let anybody kid you about that.

[LeynaAndLindsay]

Andrew Ryan For sure!

[petereuropa]

There is no balance in the world economy today - China and we "The West". I am worried. The West builded up the power producing garrments for example. Now it's impossible to produce that here. "Buddy can you spare a dime" Anyway: Bing Crosby, one of the greatest voices! That's for sure.

[gagehughes1]

We forget sometimes just how good Bing was, his place in popular music is untouchable because he was trail blaser in popular music, one of America's best exports to the world at large

Gage Hughes

[Insaneindabrain35]

Heard it in Bioshock, awesome song.

[googlemeister94]

@Insaneindabrain35 I feel like this song describes Andrew Ryan: "They used to tell me I was building a dream, with peace and glory ahead." That is just one of the lines that compares to the philosophy of Rapture.

[MeneerTiki]

@googlemeister94

No, that's the line of all idealist, who only function trough the mob.

[Bluehawk2008]

@googlemeister94

And the angry splicers could just as easily co-opt the song against Ryan.

[TheBassweasel]

@googlemeister94 If you really listen to the lyrics though, it's a better description of Paupers Drop in Bioshock 2. It's the disappointment of someone who worked long and hard to build the dream of someone like Ryan, and in the end there was nothing there for them. People like Ryan can do nothing alone. They must have labor.

Andrew Ryan would have died before begging anyone for help, but likewise he would have allowed a child to starve to death in front of him before offering to help.

[TheBassweasel]

In order to be the perfect Capitalist, you must also be the perfect sociopath. This is why a healthy society is a mixture of philosophies.

[nerdynerdy2009]

@TheBassweasel Yet we avoid common sense like the plague

[mujaku]

@TheBassweasel Capitalism is little more than an ideology of economic predation. The Framers of the Constitution never heard of the word.

[TiminPhoenix]

@mujaku LOL...you don't know what you are talking about. Most of them farmed. Most of them sold their goods or were merchants. And you just throw out some statement like that, completely false.

You can try to change history all you want to Comrade, but it's still a lie. The right to own property and have it secure from the government was just one example of how the Framers were not the socialists you wish they were.

You are an idiot and a liar.

[laica01]

@Insaneindabrain35 i don't recalled hearing it... T.T and i usually stop every time i hear music... i should paid more attention to the background music than to the crazy splicer...

[D1lk]

Extraordinary nuances and tonalities - one of the greatest performances of all time!

[alapino123]

heard it on the boom and bust programme its so good

[detchs1]

I love very much this song and Bing Grosby!

[WolfDemonProductions]

I love this song. Heard it once in US history during the great depression unit. Knew I had to find it again.

[bladesflame]

You have Mr.shrock  I KNOW U DO

[WolfDemonProductions]

wtf? is this some meme i dont know?

[J2Fishing]

@WolfDemonProductions Are you from Arlington, Texas, because my teacher did that too.hahaha

[softballfreako]

@WolfDemonProductions That's funny because that's exactly how I heard this song. xD Just yesterday!

[Kind67]

Although Bing Crosby is most noted for his crooning, he does an outstanding job with song in capturing the heartbreaking sentiment of the song lyrics--really well done! Thank you so much for posting this!

[gipskull]

very soothing !