@YoungEdMama "Nature Boy" is a song by eden ahbez, published in 1947. The song tells a fantasy of a "strange enchanted boy... who wandered very far" only to learn that "the greatest thing... was just to love and be loved in return". Nat King Cole's 1948 recording of the song was a major hit and "Nature Boy" has since become a pop and jazz standard, with dozens of major artists interpreting the song.
I love this song and this video! Still popular when I was a little tot, and it brings me back to happier times! God bless Nat King Cole! There's no one quite like him now.
@ismelllikeasexyguy He looks like a doll because of the rediculous stage make-up that they put on black folks to make them more pale and to take away the shine from stagelights.
My friend recently died. He was 14 and one of my best friends. He used to act in the Renaissance Faire in my city. This song was played at his funeral, and it just so perfectly fit him I just had to cry. Rip nicholas polk..
@m3sopotamian thats the problem with the music industry now.. its not about skill.. its just about looks. Nat King Cole was and always will be the KING
An exquisite & masterful piece of art. The brilliant vocalist & musician, Nat King Cole, enchants us with this magical song and profound lyrics. Anyone who finds this to be vulgar has their brains in the gutter. "...just to be loved and loved in return" isn't what Jesus said, instead of wars & hate, then Jesus loves us in return.
Most I listen to rap and metal. But sometimes... I need to hear some old, beautiful music that disappeared nowadays...
40's music so fucking beautiful...
And this is beautiful music...
I'm so fucking happy... Sorry for words. But I cannot explain this in other words... I'm so happy that people like Frank Sinatra and Nat King Cole were born and made so beautiful songs...
That's Irving Ashby. Oscar Moore had left the King Cole Trio when this film (not video) was made. I'm old enough to remember when this Nat Cole classic was getting radio airplay.
A persons music lives on much longer than they do. Its how someone makes there point, there mark in history. Case and point Mr. Nat King Cole and the 1,780,235 not forgetting the 6,829 who responded in the positive.
@bigbeatshuffletruffl i'm sorry what? I mean "the shit" like it's the best song ever lol sorry for the confusion by the way what is "doof-doof lollipop bullshit" ?
@elisolauren Oops. Somehow I missed the adjective and figured you for a troll. Sorry. 'Doof-doof lollipop bullshit', by the way, is what a producer would use to kill this song for a quick buck... unnecessary beats.
I love Nat King Cole! "Nature Boy" has always been one of my favorites. Listen to Afro Blue's rendition. It's fabulous. youtube.com/watch?v=CzX0-05KHG4
Great. That is all you can say. I heard once that Nat King Cole thought he was not a very good singer. I can't imagine why he would ever have that feeling. His songs are recognized everywhere and he remains one of the best American performers ever.
@pengyed On a more serious note, a lot of black people have mouths that big. Your earlier comment can potentially be tagged as a RACIST comment, which can even lead to you being BANNED from Youtube.
Having a small laugh is permissible, but making it louder and longer, can make things more serious.
Nat King Cole one of the best true singers ever to have graced this world...Beautiful...thank you !
KeithAbbott1 4 days ago
When I listen to Nat's voice, I feel as I swim in a velvet hot sea...
giakara26 4 days ago
JON KOLITARE THE BEST
TheKrisk0 5 days ago
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this nigger cud put full coconuts into his BIG BIG mouth!!
vinnothelizard 1 week ago
this is the most wonderful piece of lyric I have ever come across... simply beautiful.
wiredmanproductions 1 week ago
1:27 Lip bite (:
boisterousbellowing 1 week ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Nat King Cole 2
Before the line "and be loved in return," the video stopped and I got an error message.
FOREVER ALONE
JSCenturion 1 week ago 19
Essa era uma das músicas preferidas de Vinícius de Moraes.
martorelli68 2 weeks ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Nat King Cole
@martorelli68 E tambem é uma das cancoes preferidas de Michael Hansen.
mikehansenfamily 1 week ago
I was looking for this song couple of yeras (i was know only tune :O )!!
OrsihTheBad 2 weeks ago
cool legend
TheLONEWOLFETA 2 weeks ago
Beautiful voice and scary face is concomitant....
bellatrique 2 weeks ago
Moulin Rouge!
Lushmore 2 weeks ago
we are in a dark age of zero charisma from the entertainment industry...hopefully a renaissance of music and film occurs during my lifetime.
BlackSupraC2 2 weeks ago 6
@BlackSupraC2 it won't.
mahballzrhari 2 weeks ago
Yılan kendin.
oznurozge 2 weeks ago
TOO : NICE..TO BE TRUE...LOVE ! BUT, I like it : Very Much, Thank You-
and a : Very : Happy New Year : For : All, KISSES....From : PARIS....
venere55 2 weeks ago
By far the smoothest snger ever.
ydraki 2 weeks ago
This is music, these are significant lyrics!
settemenolive 2 weeks ago
1947? that was long long time ago..
iszdawi 3 weeks ago
MASTER OF MASTERS, NAT KING COLE WAS AND IS FOREVER SUPERB
MrCarlosCli 3 weeks ago
I see how you can think he looks like a snake, his facial expressions look sinister to me.
MultiMixa1 3 weeks ago
When I watch his mouth moves, it makes me salivate.
qqquigley 3 weeks ago
nat king cole is so suave..
bigbumpdump 3 weeks ago
I never knew that he wrote a song about Ric flair.
GregasaurausRex 3 weeks ago
@GregasaurausRex Sorry, but you must mean the REAL nature boy, Buddy Landell!
YoungEdMama 3 weeks ago
@YoungEdMama "Nature Boy" is a song by eden ahbez, published in 1947. The song tells a fantasy of a "strange enchanted boy... who wandered very far" only to learn that "the greatest thing... was just to love and be loved in return". Nat King Cole's 1948 recording of the song was a major hit and "Nature Boy" has since become a pop and jazz standard, with dozens of major artists interpreting the song.
MrCarlosCli 3 weeks ago
Classic, timeless..........
blondiern56 4 weeks ago
Moulin Rouge
microdog104 1 month ago
This is solid.
DarkDrumBreaks666 1 month ago
This is solid.
DarkDrumBreaks666 1 month ago
My. Gf fell asleep to this song
anderawesome 1 month ago
I love this song and this video! Still popular when I was a little tot, and it brings me back to happier times! God bless Nat King Cole! There's no one quite like him now.
phoebecatgirl 1 month ago 7
I love this song!
alison031599 1 month ago
All day this song kept running through my head (don't know why, since I've not heard it in ages), so I just had to hear it.
LilyStyla 1 month ago
Hey
rolinginthesand 1 month ago
THE BOY IS LINK!
kyleo000 1 month ago
51 people haven't learned...
bobbiedazzzler 1 month ago
The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return
zohla1 1 month ago 65
@zohla1 those are very prophetic lyrics.
thedailyblazer 5 days ago
@thedailyblazer wonderful the to say his truth
zohla1 5 days ago
THE GUITARIST IS IRVING ASHBY
DJMRMIXXBEATS 1 month ago
Bom demais
Danielmultilinguas 1 month ago
.... " ....THE GREATEST THING YOU'LL EVER LEARN ... IS JUST TO "LOVE" , AND BE LOVED IN RETURN " ( LIVE BY THESE WORDS PEOPLE !!!! )
SKYCHILEBOYCE9 1 month ago
How could any one dislike the Best Voice and One of the greatest songs ever?
sandicat1 1 month ago 2
holly molly this is a great song
Perciv89 1 month ago
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check out kenaslworldcom it's a fun site. I like the art works and the covers
edenlouis 1 month ago
This is real music I wish life was still like this
Markwestinghouse 1 month ago
@ismelllikeasexyguy He looks like a doll because of the rediculous stage make-up that they put on black folks to make them more pale and to take away the shine from stagelights.
BBoyNicKnack 1 month ago
My friend recently died. He was 14 and one of my best friends. He used to act in the Renaissance Faire in my city. This song was played at his funeral, and it just so perfectly fit him I just had to cry. Rip nicholas polk..
jrmijit 1 month ago 4
@jrmijit srry to hear that :/
riceboy287 1 month ago
I am absolutely in love with this song... His voice is something that can never be imitated by anyone.
TheCrosbonez 1 month ago
Expression, impressive.
perkele0 1 month ago
This song just happened to come on while I was watching Edward Scissor hands...... It's totally about him......
junkdriver10x 1 month ago
Who is the guitarist? please
qutam0 1 month ago 4
Absolutely charming even for us, bearcaring vodka drinkers. Music is international. Best regards from Russia.
telephat 1 month ago 2
he looks like a ventriloquist dummy!
ISmellLikeASexyGuy 2 months ago
This is so beautiful. My heart gets this.
Velimattiranta 2 months ago
My favorite song from my favorite vocalist.
Thank you for posting this wonderful bit of American jazz history.
DickieAnginson 2 months ago 4
he smoked three packs of cigarettes for that voice
TheBurgooKing 2 months ago
@TheBurgooKing thats it?! give me three packs RIGHT NOW
girtanimous 2 months ago
@girtanimous A day. He was afraid that if he were to quit smoking, then he would loose his lovely voice. So he chain smoked before performances.
OSSonYT 1 month ago
@TheBurgooKing And saidly died of lung cancer a month shy of turning 46.
kashmir11281 1 month ago
nat king cole looks like a snake
m3sopotamian 2 months ago 81
@m3sopotamian I highly doubt you look any better. Butt- face.
grrteenbnra 1 month ago
@grrteenbnra
relax sweet tits
m3sopotamian 1 month ago 3
@m3sopotamian omg Hahahahahahaha
calebbrown1994 1 month ago
@m3sopotamian And performs like a fox.
TheFunkyPoacher 1 month ago
@m3sopotamian and behaves like one too
tino127 1 month ago
@m3sopotamian A SEXY SNAKE!
imnotthatbloodyguy 1 month ago
@imnotthatbloodyguy with a voice of an Angel
beatsS99 3 weeks ago
@m3sopotamian that's not bad right?!
SourSweetSoul2 4 weeks ago
@m3sopotamian yeah, i'm hypnotized...
roughneckmeow 4 weeks ago
@m3sopotamian omg..so true..HAHAHHA
iszdawi 3 weeks ago
@m3sopotamian steups, that's the way he was born. His voice is beautiful!
ayalee10 2 weeks ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Nat King Cole
@ayalee10
relax sweet tits
m3sopotamian 2 weeks ago
@m3sopotamian thats the problem with the music industry now.. its not about skill.. its just about looks. Nat King Cole was and always will be the KING
limmy212 6 days ago
@limmy212
calm the fuck down limmy
m3sopotamian 5 days ago
@m3sopotamian i never seen the video and when i got at a look at his face i thought the same thing lmao
oOBIOSCOP3Oo 5 days ago
Just did a cover of this on my own youtube but nobody can recreate this genius.
fatnessisrampant 2 months ago
Fantastic! Just heard George Benson sing a bunch of Nat King songs at the Kennedy Center with a 65 piece orchestra..
jazz1bro 2 months ago
brian love justin
MrOrhida43 2 months ago
Magic....:))
konstantinicious 2 months ago
this song makes my soul flyyyy.
paniuroczy 2 months ago
An exquisite & masterful piece of art. The brilliant vocalist & musician, Nat King Cole, enchants us with this magical song and profound lyrics. Anyone who finds this to be vulgar has their brains in the gutter. "...just to be loved and loved in return" isn't what Jesus said, instead of wars & hate, then Jesus loves us in return.
stathistratis 2 months ago
too smooth!
zulubro 2 months ago
@ivettexxx
jakestilson1947 2 months ago
@ivettexxx yes ! it was given to nat by the man who wrote it and didn`t leave his name [as the legend goes]
jakestilson1947 2 months ago
Is that Carlton at 2:09 ??
willjm92 2 months ago
There's something extraordinary about this singer. He's magic, just like the song.
artofila 2 months ago 4
@artofila you mean "XtrordinarY" lol x)
Jorgenezz10 2 months ago
Haunting. Charming. Heart warming. It doesn't get any better. David
IMLinzack 2 months ago
As a small child, I heard it once and thought it was about me. But I did not understand the line about love.
Filotimos 2 months ago 4
Just simply so beautiful.
ainahainas 2 months ago
I'm 16 years old, and i truly feel that todays standards for talent have really fallen.
N012CHERE 2 months ago
@N012CHERE who cares what ur age is
paniuroczy 2 months ago
That guitarist plays like a baws. it must be said.
Rocksolid88 2 months ago 2
The Guitarist is from another planet!!!!! BEAUTIFUL!!!!!
tnkd3 2 months ago 4
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what's so special with this song? And damn, he's ugly!
MsDamJo 2 months ago
@MsDamJo You are whats wrong with todays music, please go die in a fire.
wario22 2 months ago
@MsDamJo What's so special about songs that repeat the same thing over and over and say vulgar things?
kheimrick 2 months ago
@kheimrick Maybe first you need to find out what I listen to... And only black people are singing vulgar things, so look how music changes!
MsDamJo 2 months ago
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paniuroczy 2 months ago
@MsDamJo not true... you may find vulgarity everywhere you look. don't even try to telll me that white people aren't vulgar too.
paniuroczy 2 months ago
@kheimrick not all music today is like that.
paniuroczy 2 months ago
There is no improving this. He was and will always be the greatest!
ydraki 2 months ago 4
Song gives me chills I love it and remember it from a long time ago
ShareYourUnderwear 2 months ago
Yup- Untamed Heart, i had completely forgotten, amazing track ( and great film)
antiden1000 2 months ago
Most I listen to rap and metal. But sometimes... I need to hear some old, beautiful music that disappeared nowadays...
40's music so fucking beautiful...
And this is beautiful music...
I'm so fucking happy... Sorry for words. But I cannot explain this in other words... I'm so happy that people like Frank Sinatra and Nat King Cole were born and made so beautiful songs...
Enjoy it people...
XertaR 2 months ago 4
@XertaR welcome to the club
johnybladex 2 months ago
@XertaR You can do it too!
cliffe98 2 months ago
Untamed heart!!!!!
TinaHenry24 2 months ago
Love this song.....such a beautiful classic
CeceIzBallin 2 months ago
I cant stop thinking of Moulin Rouge when i hear this :D
nanipotter 2 months ago
@nanipotter yeah, kinda ruins it for me...
wario22 2 months ago
45 people are quite clearly un-natural.
>:-l
fappercino 2 months ago 32
@fappercino 49 now..... :(
DoctorsCompanion4 2 months ago
@fappercino
Tenho ouvido muitas versões. Finalmente, consegui a original. Wonderful!
Thelma20 2 months ago
@fappercino Or like other versions of the song, you dolt!
pliteni 1 month ago
Play this song to your spouses please. Sweet.
sallyos06460 2 months ago
CLASSSIC!!!!
kglove01 2 months ago
Esta e a versao mais linda desta linda cancao. A letra e verdadeiramente nostalgica. R.I.P. grande Nat 'REI' Cole. Tua voz vivera eternamente.
VIRIATO1942 3 months ago
That is Oscar Moore. He's great.
jcalcasola 3 months ago
@jcalcasola
That's Irving Ashby. Oscar Moore had left the King Cole Trio when this film (not video) was made. I'm old enough to remember when this Nat Cole classic was getting radio airplay.
BillyRosinet 3 months ago
cool! anyone know who's on guitar?
kevm24z 3 months ago
de jó Istenem De tudnak
guzu29 3 months ago
thank you for this
xarif777 3 months ago
I think that Nat King Cole sang the best version of this song.
bob2bobert2bobertson 3 months ago
I was named after this dude[=
NateTheNinjaWizard 3 months ago
Eden Ahbez wrote this song. Interesting guy. Anticipated the hippie movement. Read about him at Wikipedia.
PacRimJim 3 months ago
This is so beautiful.
avdreader1 3 months ago
If ever there was a perfect song this one is it.
MsCargo814 3 months ago 61
Timeless!
JacobsClayton 3 months ago
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is just to laahv...
Hamporkcheese 3 months ago
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Hamporkcheese 3 months ago
Amazing, ave me chills. But the way he looks at the camera creeps me out... Is it just me?
ikemendes1 3 months ago 2
A persons music lives on much longer than they do. Its how someone makes there point, there mark in history. Case and point Mr. Nat King Cole and the 1,780,235 not forgetting the 6,829 who responded in the positive.
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mimc313 3 months ago in playlist mimc313's favorites
who's the legend on guitar
xolopx 3 months ago
@xolopx
Irving Ashby.
BillyRosinet 3 months ago
im high as fuck, why is this so funny ? :') great music.
KJTVocals 3 months ago
@KJTVocals apparatus
thenovelist11 3 months ago
43 people have shit in their ears...
zizographie 3 months ago 3
@zizographie 43 peaple have dude gaga in their ears...
detestsheeple 3 months ago
Today is a good day. First time I have heard this song.
Loved it.
Nickz666 3 months ago 2
satin smile beautiful music
SadisticAzagthoth 3 months ago in playlist SadisticAzagthoth's favorites
Check out this =- AFRO BLUE "NATURE BOY"
chicago2522 3 months ago
thumbs up if you listen to this in 2011 going on 2012
sadstonereaperneko 3 months ago
What a great combo!
jcalcasola 3 months ago
The greatest thing ..you'll ever learn
is just to love
and be loved in return...
Chioffi 3 months ago
The original... always better. Ive heard many version and still go to the original.
oddsource 3 months ago
excuse my language but this song is the shit. period. lololoololol
elisolauren 3 months ago
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bigbeatshuffletruffl 3 months ago
@bigbeatshuffletruffl i'm sorry what? I mean "the shit" like it's the best song ever lol sorry for the confusion by the way what is "doof-doof lollipop bullshit" ?
elisolauren 3 months ago
@elisolauren Oops. Somehow I missed the adjective and figured you for a troll. Sorry. 'Doof-doof lollipop bullshit', by the way, is what a producer would use to kill this song for a quick buck... unnecessary beats.
bigbeatshuffletruffl 3 months ago
@bigbeatshuffletruffl no worries i should have been more clear
elisolauren 3 months ago
@elisolauren Nah, I've used 'the shit', 'the shizzle', 'the shizness' before. The apology is all mine.
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This song is a little bit... "XtraordinarY"...
multiramm13 3 months ago
I love Nat King Cole! "Nature Boy" has always been one of my favorites. Listen to Afro Blue's rendition. It's fabulous. youtube.com/watch?v=CzX0-05KHG4
jcplaty 3 months ago
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jcplaty 3 months ago
I'm a huge Nat King Cole fan! Please listen to my tribute song....a new rendition of "Rockin' around the Christmas Tree". I think Nat would be proud.
youtube.com/watch?v=5i4kjvx9tiY
mnorth7 3 months ago
Great. That is all you can say. I heard once that Nat King Cole thought he was not a very good singer. I can't imagine why he would ever have that feeling. His songs are recognized everywhere and he remains one of the best American performers ever.
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I'm a HUGE Nat King Cole Fan and would be honored if you would check out one of my tribute songs to him.....
youtube.com/watch?v=5i4kjvx9tiY
mnorth7 3 months ago
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I'm a HUGE Nat King Cole Fan and would be honored if you would check out one of my tribute songs to him.....
youtube.com/watch?v=5i4kjvx9tiY
mnorth7 3 months ago
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YOU SYMBOLIZE HOPE
differentandalike 3 months ago
YOU SYMBOLIZE HOPE
differentandalike 3 months ago
nat king cole scares me in a way he has a huge mouth... say ahhhh... but an excellent singer
seemeasiam 3 months ago 2
@seemeasiam All the better to eat you....uh, sing to you with, my dear.
DaddyOD13 3 months ago
@DaddyOD13 lol OH NO!!! hahaha
seemeasiam 3 months ago
@seemeasiam so true .... excellent
seemeasiam 3 months ago
There's somthing XtraordinarY about this song
lolo65goaty24 3 months ago 41
Majestic
caltrof 4 months ago
The best "Nature Boy" I have ever heard. Probably better than his orchestral version. Simply beautiful!!
threshers001 4 months ago
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threshers001 4 months ago
the chops on the that guitarist are impressive. he's so cool about it
TheSchlepprock 4 months ago
Just beautiful..
psychotomb 4 months ago
this is my favorite version of this song.
TheRoxannaNicole 4 months ago
He has a big ass mouth. im sorry but omg
pengyed 4 months ago
@pengyed LMFAO i just mentioned that to my sister today!! hahahaha
darktrhone63 4 months ago
@darktrhone63 lol, i am doing a essay on the guy for my jazz class. and i was laughing so hard when i had to present this to the class...
pengyed 4 months ago
@pengyed On a more serious note, a lot of black people have mouths that big. Your earlier comment can potentially be tagged as a RACIST comment, which can even lead to you being BANNED from Youtube.
Having a small laugh is permissible, but making it louder and longer, can make things more serious.
Just an FYI to your young mind... :)