'Wiener Blut' (Vienna Blood) by Johann Strauss II - song

[kerryincolumbus]

a bit to "schmaltzy" for my taste... just a bit too much over the top...

[PeterK11000]

in a country of great culture science, shamed by its nazi past?

[MissNeonChick]

I dont think you saw what I saw. You know how you scroll down & sometimes a comment will say "Comment has been flagged" & then asks if you'd like to "show" it? Well your comment happend to say "This comment have received too many negative votes" & then "show". I just thought that was pretty awesome! Although, looking through the comments I dont see it anymore.....

Still, I had just never seen that before & thought it was a pretty great achievement, recieving "too many negetive votes"!

[sebreathnach]

@MissNeonChick You're absolutely right! I have never seen or heard of that either! It must be a first -- an original outcome. But what can it mean. Could it have something to do with the brittle glitzy veneer of respectability with which Vienna covers itself. I know it has this 'Camelot Complex'. But does it deserve it? And one must remember Herr Hitler's account before and the Anschluss thereafter... What do you think? Has Schwarzkopf hit some nail or other on the head?

[sebreathnach]

Is it true -- that women fundamentally love a 'bull in a field'? Or is it just Schwartzkoph, or perhaps Strauss, or Vienna or maybe Austria; or maybe

[Vogler9]

I could be wrong but that lady looks very much like Elizabeth schwarzkopf.

[agormanvideos]

What stupid lyrics for such a great melody. I'm disappointed.

[leetbarker]

willkommen....................­......IN DER DUNKELHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEIIIII­IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT!!!!!!!

[hoppy318]

Es war das schoenster en der welt !!!

[Dilhan777]

This is beautiful! Thank you for posting.

[sebreathnach]

I suppose 'Wiener Blut' is a round-about way of saying a 'sense of humour' -- otherwise one might think the worst! It sits too close to 'Deutscher Blut' -- and you know how humourless that can be....! One hopes one has not been overgenerous, Strauss or no Strauss..!

[MissNeonChick]

@sebreathnach Of all my years of YouTubeing, I' ve never seen a comment say,

"This comment have received too many negative votes show" before! Best comment ( Or maybe worst?...) of YouTube, officially, achieved!!!

[sebreathnach]

@MissNeonChick How many is 'too many'? And why do you imagine this inoffensive comment has received them? I ask, because I don't know the German mind!!!

[Fayterfilms]

Möge die Kaiserstadt auf ewig stehen! :)

[Kulturlicht]

Wunderbar.

[johanna2707]

einfach perfekt!

[SimonHill9]

Fantastic - but is it great acting or over acting? Whatever it is, she's great!

[linguistmuz]

@SimonHill9 I think it's great overacting. :) I love it. I'm so glad this vid is back on YT.

[Glenmed]

Yesssssssssssss!!!!! ------ 1-2-3, 1-2-3, 1-2-3

[cantorandopera]

She makes it seem so easy. Like breathing.

[Homoclassicus]

The beauty of her voice and her flawless style are undeniable, but I must say I always love Schwarzkopf's visual interpretation as well. She has a combination of elegance/poise and simpleness/sheer vivacity. Her singing simply flows, as if she was speaking, and even so her voice pours out the most beautiful sounds with a very varied and expressive phrasing. And the fact she's very beautiful doesn't hurt too... ;-)

[lovelymess]

I agree with you,

She beat Callas to the punch in terms of being a singing actress. It was the perfect R Strauss voice, and yes proof that not all of the old Divas were big fat monsters.

[Homoclassicus]

I don't know if she beats Callas, but in the German repertoire she's THE example of great acting while singing. And, yes, not all divas were "fat monsters". Actually, I don't know how this myth is still alive, because since (at least) the 40's most of the great divas were thin - and quite a lot of them were actually very beautiful. ;-)

[lovelymess]

Absolutely,

Even Kirsten Flagstad was thin and beautiful at 43 (or so) when she started singing her Wagner roles.

There were also the very beautiful Dorthy Kirsten, Anno Moffo, Jean Mediera...the list goes on and on.

As for my comment about Callas: It was meant in terms of timing. Schwarzkoft pre-dated Callas by a bit, though Callas gets so much more credit as an acting singer.

PM me about opera sometime my friend!

[nobisotti]

it is johann strauß

[lovelymess]

Yes I know THIS is J Strauss, but she was the perfect R Strauss singer (in my opinion)

Hope that clears things up and sorry for the confusion.

[nobisotti]

it is Johann Strauß!!! You probably don't have this letter... :-)

sorry, I didn*t read your comment carefully enough. You are right!!!