Peggy Lee - Is That All There Is (Original Stereo)

[GriefTourist]

actually this is all you need to know about life

[edart9]

Yes- LIFE- that's all there is- live it because it goes fast! Hurricane Katrina destroyed my life and posessions- yes that was all there WAS! I got over the material "things." New- that's all there is for today- soon history too!

[GriefTourist]

Yes it is all there is

[noaei]

I've been thru hurricanes and love--Peggy Lee sure sings it as life is...as in, is that it? Stay strong peoples!

[80111live]

A really great singer..My father's favorite..Peggy Lee, was smooth as silk..So was my dad..

[photo161]

Peggy Lee's singing is always so tantalizing...she always leaves something enticing just out of reach...she is the opposite of Madonna for example who shoves all she's got and more in your face

[cacciato69]

THE definitive rendition by the voice of Peggy Lee one of the great jazz diva's of all time

[kitthevideoman]

This is a very profound song, philosophically speaking.

[801liveable]

A truly great song by a truly great voice..This song reminds me of my Father..Peggy Lee, was his favorite singer..It's hard not to cry when I hear this..Haunting..

[blondeart40]

a dear friend of mine loved this song :) RIP FREDDIE

[anjettebyrice]

This song especially as it is sung by Ms.Peggy Lee holds the key to a really big mystery, the thing we all search for and sometimes never find. The real 'meaning' of Life.

[leananshae]

This is exactly how my mom saw life and death... I hope she's somewhere dancing and having a ball... 'cause I pray that this isn't all there is...

[Drblooter99]

My wife sings this to me every bedtime.

We have no children.

[whhswhhs]

Wow...great comment by bangfarang...really nailed it.

[shellybellysf]

A slice of perfection..beautiful

[hetorakelt]

classic song through the right singer....excellent

[Patahaus]

Just...FANTASTIC...!!!



[quartzhillfreak]

Break out the Booze

[tinyteacakes]

We're here for a good time not a long time.... break out the booze

[TypeANegative]

It's a beautiful song, but it's also depressing, the idea that the most significant milestones of a person's life are letdowns (and the end of life, too...) if your life doesn't feel right no matter what you do, you can talk to a doctor, psychologist, pastor, or friend; there's no reason to go through life feeling constantly disappointed. Life is a gift from God, and there's no reason to go through it unhappily.

[computerrage]

@TypeANegative Surely it's an observation. That's the reason there are so many religions because people don't want to believe "that's all there is". That's not "depressing". You can talk to who you like but I think you'll still find "That's all there is"

[TypeANegative]

@computerrage Actually, thanks to Jesus, I've found quite the opposite :) My life is full of meaning and I don't feel aimless. I just want other people to know that they don't have to go through life feeling lost and unfulfilled.

[computerrage]

@TypeANegative My life is full of meaning too but Jesus doesn't live here

[marixalilith]

great song...

[RodionRadichev]

This is as perfect as a song gets. Absolutely flawless illiteration and phrasing by Miss Lee. The orchestration tells as much of the story as she does. And my favorite lyric from any song ever written: "And I thought I'd die...but I didn't.." Great pictures of the great Peggy Lee, too!

[BeverleeCouillard]

I saw Peggy Lee in person in 1978-79 at the Sands in Las Vegas, and this was one of the songs she sang. I saw her several times when I was a teenager and she was HUGELY popular, then saw her last on that trip to LV. No one, not any one does it better. Or ever will in my book.

[Shimathe]

Still love this song , Peggy was great.

[suntory146]

I was ten years old when I first heard this song. I just didn't get it. I do now.

[JDCT37]

The song is uplifting in a sense... It is saying that instead of giving up, in the face of despair, "keep on dancing", "break out the booze and have a ball"...

[kinzeUK]

Arguably my 2nd fave song of all time. Just magical.

And my word wasn't Miss Lee a shtunner :)

[observer9670]

The ultimate existential message. There is nothing more.

[BrittOlinder]

@Medynsmum Hiya! Why do you keep deleting your account?

[noiseKICKFX]

Anyone here because of Sleep No More?

[tammyalexandra]

@noiseKICKFX YES!

[MrCharliefarlie123]

YEP SEZ IT ALL !!! LIVE IT WHILE YOUR IN IT XX

[commentsbydjb]

.......and Have a Ball

[SjjSic2]

Break out the BOOZE !

: )

[cevonall195754]

I saw Peggy Lee on TV when I was about 5 and I was mesmerized by her and this song. And now at 54 and a gay man I'm still mesmerized by it. Especially where someone says if it's that bad why don't you just go ahead and end it and she says no! WOW!

[jtaforJesus]

Daddy died this past January. I wished so much at his memorial service, we had had a recording of this....Daddy loved Peggy Lee, and he loved this song. I miss you so much Daddy!

[BrittOlinder]

This song is existential! :)

[BrittOlinder]

She compares what she knows of how things "should be"- what meaning they are supposed to have- with what she knows herself. When she is left with nothing, nothing known or predetermined, she decides for herself what meaning there is and what she will do. I don't see any reason to remain disappointed. Only when you maintain that things are as they shouldn't be, should you be disappointed. And who decides that?! So yeah, I really like this song!

[expressyourselfism]

when i was a little girl my house burnt down and my father barely survived by jumping out of a 2 storey window - we lost everything - this was just after my Mom died of cancer- when I finally met a decent man, he too died of cancer....then my sister died of cancer in 2009. Please celebrate what little life we have. I just wish hat I could be as passive as Peggy Lee is in this song...the message is to love those around you as hard as you can while they are here.

[TypeANegative]

@expressyourselfism I'm so sorry that you had to lose so many people who were dear to you. God bless you.

[penkibudos]

where is 4:20 missing?

[penkibudos]

where is 4:20 missing?

[drewqq]

I love both Midler's and Lee's interpretation of this song, but Lee's is so much more haunting because the lack of emotion speaks so much louder than the emotion in Midler's cover.

[labequeb1]

This song has haunted me ever since I first heard it as a young girl. I never knew who actually wrote it until today. It really is a masterpiece...but, Peggy Lee sings it masterfully.

It was made for her to deliver.

Thanks for all the info posted with this UTube recording.

[teel6060]

Ya, I'm still here, still love you, still care. <3

[bransonbelle]

Jerry Lieber just passed recently. Rest in Peace!

[pontello3]

this song is just a masterpiece!!!!!!!!!

absolutly sad , but so beautiful!

[schlaux]

Thanks for the helpful info on Disillusionment. Haven't finished reading it yet, but am mightily impressed that Mann was only twenty-one when he wrote it.

[lsmftymf]

Didn't know that Leiber & Stoller composed this masterpiece until I read the former's obituaries. Listening to this reminded me of "Somewhere Down That Crazy River" by Robbie Robertson. From one Baltimore guy to another, you were great, Jerry!

[firestartertwistedfi]

RIP Jerry Leiber!

[lovepatriaworld]

Jerry Leiber, RIP. a great lyricist.

[Spectre590]

Is that all there is to a Peggy Lee video?

[Carambabambasamba]

@Spectre590 Well, since there are 3 other videos here of Peggy singing this song live, the answer is 'no, that is not all there is!' :))) For anyone who might have not seen them, the video in which she is dressed in white (see right column in this page) is particularly great.

[Spectre590]

@Carambabambasamba ... oh... so after all those that you mentioned, is that all there is? ;-)

[Carambabambasamba]

@Spectre590 Ha! Right question from you, but the answer still is, "no, that's not all there is." She sang the song in various TV shows, and some of those TV clips are around, too. We could play this game for a looong time. ;-)

[gautier194]

Peggy was a stylist. She would take a song, change it to make it hers. She was a creative & versatile musician. She had a sound studio in her home. They don't make 'em like Peggy any more. Funny that I just realized this song was about a fire & not life but it works for both.

[bboots100]

I really love this song and even though I was just a little girl when it came out, I feel a sort of connection to it. I guess it is the message that life is rarely what it seems to be and can often not live up to our expectations. The trick is in putting those expectations away and accepting life, come what may. Then when it presents you with roses, you will always be very pleasantly surprised!

[taildragger53]

The smokey voice of Peggy Lee is unique...many people have covered this one including Sinatra, but his version doesn't come near..i prefer Tony Bennett. Peggy Lee LIVED the words.

One of the few REAL Jazz singers.

[joebstarsurfer]

Giles Peterson an English dj played this for Amy winehouse perfect song.

[SukaStyle]

Peggy Lee!!!!!!

[amugen]

This is a beautifully philosophical song, talking about the illusions of this world (maya) we would all to well to heed it. Peggy's poignantly smooth tones just enraptures one.

[semajseezall]

@amugen very well put !! your comment is the very thought i had when i first heard this song, only a few will know what you speak of

[SuperMig2010]

Heard this the first time in the 1985 movie "After Hours".

Unforgettable.

[brmnyc]

@SuperMig2010 So did I!

[asajderrick]

A voice like ice melting...smooth.  Makes me want to get in the water & let if flow all over me.

[asajderrick]

A voice like ice melting...smooth. Makes me want to get in & let the water flow all over me.

[jawarrior123]

What an amazing performance! Amazing, also, is the brilliant musical accompaniment. Listen closely to the genius of the absolutely perfect background to one of the finest voices of all time.

[gorcanto]

Songs don't get better than this. Incredible. Hilarious. So jaded. I love it.

[bangfarang]

I don't think I ever thought I was being sung to be a real PERSON the way I feel when I hear Peggy Lee. I suppose Frank Sinatra was great, but he always sounded to me like the wallpaper. Maybe there was just too much Frank but, despite the legendary timing and interpretations, he always sounded more like backdrop than event. Nat "King" Cole is more to my liking, but even he sounded less personal than Peggy Lee, a great talent—she composed, too—from nowhere.

[Mrsfaery79]

Love it! 

[Discerninator]

Randy Newman arranged orchestra section ----- Toy Story here we come ....

[drex23100]

This song was covered on one of the Sex and the City episodes and it was a perfect fit for the theme of the show.

[occocooccoco]

existentialism...

[BrittOlinder]

@occocooccoco Yes, yes, yes! I noticed too! :)

[dupadoit]

this is my song

[conchaperez]

The Original..... Yeah, let's break out the booze and have a ball.....

[wolfgar50]

After Hours..

[jdukulele]

This song has always made me cry. I remember when it came out. Peggy Lees delivery is really the best. The song makes a statement that things really don't matter and as another poster says asks whether life is worth living or does life matter at all.

[conchaperez]

What a woman!

[ChrisWinters68]

Peggy she is the one. The only one

[VIRIATO1942]

What a beautifull dramatic voice. The lyrics of this song are so profound that they are almost like an eery existentialist statement about whether life is worth living.

Peggy Lee wasa fabulous singer.

[246zxc12]

Sometimes, there just isn't a happy ending. That's all there is.

[CosmicStargoat]

This song is a stunning work of art that is beautiful, haunting and chilling. One of a kind.

[MrAkihiros]

@CosmicStargoat Chilling and liberating in a way. Sarte by way of popular culture.

[richierichnumber1]

Peggy was great at what she did and I respect her a lot for working the trenches right up to the end. I wasn't around when she was big, but i still loved her voice.

[MALP1231]

I love this song, despite the negative content. Peggy Lee's rendition is exquisite. A very profound song.

[scotty]

There's a lot to this song. There seems to be a great divide between what's in our imaginations and the reality of a situation.

[Multi1628]

I LOVE THIS SONG BUT CRY EVERY TIME I HEAR IT! DAVEDJ

[ICit4U07]

@GriefTourist No -- let's keep dancing, and break out the booze, and have a ball!

[yorkshiretrucker]

this song has been played a lot latley on radio 2 fantastic

[RImusclebear]

This song always reminds me of the A-House in P-town MA. Somebody always plays it on the jukebox!

[NewYorkRockinRevue]

I was oddly attracted to this song as a kid...My dad, a musician, hated it. Everytime it would come on he would always say, "Is tha all there is???? What the hell more do you WANT from a fire??". Obviously he, an older more life-experienced man didn't quite get it, and I a green little 14 year-old grasped the depth of it's meaning. Cool.

[RImusclebear]

Peggy the original or Bette the cover? Who'sgives the better interpretation? Kinda rates right up there with the question: what is the meaning of life!

[Nocaro]

@RImusclebear Peggy Lee recorded this several years before anyone even heard of Bette Midler.

[RImusclebear]

@Nocaro, yes I was aware of that. My point is that both versions are incredible.

[Nocaro]

@RImusclebear Yes, Bette did a fine cover.

[jmccracken1963]

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU for sharing this with us - and in great, "non-edgy" sound!!!! The only other recording which comes even close to Peggy Lee on this song is Joan Morris and William Bolcom's recording on their album of songs by Leiber and Stoller on Nonesuch.

[Biffo174]

Hell,  I love this song!

[SatinDagger]

I remember my mother saying what a horrible song this is when I was a kid, but it was exactly how I felt about life. Especially the circus part.

[ASeasonedWitch]

"Then let's keep dancing!"

[KissMeQuk]

This song has a lot of memories.... Great Song!!!