JUST MISSED!!! "Is That All There Is" just missed making the Billboard's Hot Top 10 chart; it peaked at No. 11 and spent a total of 11 weeks in the Hot Top 100 in 1969!!!
HOW SOME OF YOU SICK FUCKS, EVER THOUGHT I FOUND GIRLS OVER 60 OR OVER 40 OR OVER 20 ..... ATTRACTIVE............ WHAT WAS IT, THE GOLDEN GIRLS, ITS JUST A FUCKING BRILLIANT COMEDY, THAT YOU LAUGH A MINUTE, AND HAROLD AND MAUDE, GREAT FOR THOSE DOWN CONSIDERING SUICIDE, JUST LIKE 'They Shoot horses don't they' by the same jew producer or director. same difference...... IF YOU READ WHAT I READ, AS EINSTEIN SAID, THE JEWS DELIVERATELY INCITE A THING CALLED ANTI-SEMITISM, AS A WEAPON OF SYM
and i don't even need itunes to bil me illegally..... still don't have that album and couldn't care less...... the dead girl that got up and started serving them, either her or some other girl, started pouring muhr on Jesus feet and washing them, then she dried them and cleaning them with her hair, her long hair that all girls have if they want sex..what ever age GIRLS WITH HAIR DOWN TO THEIR ASS, ARE THE MOST ATTRACTIVE ON EARTH, AND CAN BEAT EVEN THE PRETTIEST SKIN HEAD GIRL.....
hsine a lite , shine a lite..... mick can still do it, and the steady drummer, but he can't sing with force, Keith is finished on guitar, Their Gypsy lead guitarist still has a decade left in him easily, Ron Wood.......81 was their peak for live concerts, on DVD, LETS SPEND THE NIGHT TOGETHER, BY THE SAME DIRECTOR WHO WROTE ' HAROLD AND MAUDE'. IF THESE GUYS WERE NIGGERS, THEY WOULD HAVE ANOTHER 20 YEARS LEFT BEFORE DEATH... JUST LOOK AT THEIR BLACK MUSIC HEREOS, THEY ARE STILL PLAYING THE
YOU DUMB CUNTS, ALL YOU HAVE IS PUSSY ON THE BRAIN, SO THAT YOU CAN PRETEND NOT TO BE GAY, BECAUSE IF YOU FIND THAT NEW SINGER SEXY, YOU MUST BE GAY HEY?? SO WHO IS IN REAL CONTROL, ??? THE WOMEN??? THE WOMEN??? BUT WHO IS IN CONTROL OF THE WOMEN, SATAN.......... THESE WOMEN MUST STILL BOW AND SCRAPE TO SATAN..... FOR THE POWER HE GIVES THEM AND THE JEWS..... I SEE EVERYTHING......AND HAVE FROM THE AGE OF 5.... LIFE, IS A STATE OF MIND
PEOPLE PRETEND THAT I AM THE BOSS THAT'S NICE I LIKE THAT, IT FITS IN WITH THE SONG AND MY NEW T-SHIRT, BUT JUST HOW TRUE WAS THE LYRICS OF THE SONG. SAYING.... 'But he made too many enemies, of the people who would keep us on our knees, Hooray for peter pumpkin, Hooray for Peter Pumpkin Head......" ten minutes to go.... Obviously about the counts who can afford private aircraft....THEY WILL ALL GO TO HELL, no matter what contrition...I have spoken that a decade ago... These people dared t
fat rich jews in euorpe would not uproot and move to a desert region to live like goym...... NO the zionists realised something was needed to stab and uproot the great and richest jews of Europe, off of their couches and force them to live and make a new home in a desert region, of what they consider their old homeland, and bring all of their family and wealth with them.... THIS SOMETHING WAS CALLED ADOLF HITLER...... sent to the German workers party to spy on it as it was communist, Took ove
Arron Russo was a Jew who took on the big Jewish Banks and the banking
conspiracy.........If you see the wizard of Oz, the yellow brick road is actually gold, but that would have been to obvious to the Jew executives of Hollywood....
But see the tiny little man they discover behind the curtain, ruling the world.....
Many years ago I was backpacking in the Andes when a small bridge I was using to cross a stream broke. I hung to its remains as long as I could before I was swept downstream. Luckily for me, I washed up on a bank, even though I had a heavy backpack on which I couldn't shed. Somewhere during all this, this song came into my mind. Sounds corny, but it happened.
Interpretive singing at it's best. Something that used to be pop music is now only understood by Jazz singers. Sad that to day's young singers have no current role models to hear on the radio.
It seems to me that the song is basically uplifting... It seems to me to be saying "Well, if that's all there is to life, make the most of it, don't despair... Drink, dance, have a ball..."
I, too, was bothered by the lyrics of this song when I was young. But coming across it recently, it brought a prolonged smile. I'm not that existential, but I appreciate the viewpoint. I smile with pleasure! What a wonderful song--the composition; Peggy Lee's putting the song across; Randy Newman's orchestration. This is great art.
@7snider7 Yes the lyrics can be taken as a certain fatalism and hoplessness. But I've always loved this song and especially this particular performance by Miss Lee. But I find it upbeat, not at all a dirge. I think it may be Peggy Lee herself who ironically turns this song into one of hope and a calm contentment. Paradoxically it's in praise of life and, yes, even love itself. A retired Catholic priest in Canada. Thanks.
This song has been with me since I was in my late teens. And I would like to dedicate it to Amy Winehouse. Unfortunately, breaking out the booze did give all of us that final disappointment, that that WAS all there is. RIP Amy.
i was a kid when i 1st heard this song. at the time i thought it depressing, for old people & didn't like it at all. about a year ago i thought of this song out of the blue. now i think of it every day & feel it's a whimsical, dreamy song which portrays life in many ways. funny how getting older changes your perspective.
Ever notice in the original record version it sounds like she says she fell in love with the most wonderful woman in the world. My friend and I thought so when we where listning to the record. Any one else notice that on the record version ? She was f&$#ing cool any way you slice it.
Every time I'm on the phone with my cuz in NY and we get to talking about how the world is going crazy, the arrival of 2012 ... I always start singing this... my fave Peggy Lee song.
Maybe by now both Lee and Leiber have found the answer to "Is That Al There Is?" Whatever it is I thank them for all they gave us and wish them the very best. RIP Jerry Leiber.
I've heard several remarkable and talented singers cover this song but the truth of the matter is, no one, and I do mean NO ONE, has, can or will EVER perform this song as well as Peggy Lee. She owns it--PERIOD!
Luke 16:29-31 Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them. And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent. And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.
She has a Mae West look about her when this song hit # 11 on the charts in the fall of 1969. What a decade of music, movies and American history that was.
Mama Cass sang this song and it will always stick in my mind as an ultimate "vanity is vanity" lesson in life. The chorus has a way of sneaking up on me when Life seems less traumatic then it should be~
absolutely wunderbar .....this is the best arrangement of this song by far ......one of my all time favourite numbers.... very atmospheric and Peggy sings it with great panache and feeling ......Thank you genuinely for uploading this classic .
What a performance! Such understatement, reflecting the ennui of the persona in the lyrics. Great arrangement sounding like a Weill song from the 1920's. Thanks for this unique clip.
So simply done and with such elegance and feeling. These gals who try to cram forty notes where only one should go should learn something from this. Sometimes, less really IS more. For instance - her rendition of the song "Fever" is incredibly hot. Can anyone say it isn't? She had her very own style of soul. Great lady. Great talent. We won't be seeing her again.
@Anntelope I said the same thing about Christina Aguliera....she screams so much and tries to do tooooooo much that its not even enjoyable to hear her sing anymore!
@owg59 lol, I wonder if she was thinking of this song as well...lol, it would be completely hilarious if she actually was, and in addition to that, she was playing this song.
Billy Joel must have had Peggy Lee in mind when he sang "She's got a way about her". You really can't put a finger on it -- worldly, world-weary, sophisticated, sassy and supremely talented. And she remains intriguing and entertaining more than 40 years after the original release of this classic. Thanks for posting this, peggy4AL. Watching her perform live is mesmerizing!
@walkerhoundgirl This Peggy Lee version is so memorable. I am 72 now and love the message of this beautifully performed song, may I say, a song of resignation! A retired Catholic priest. Life has been great, and I'm still enjoying it, but also I have a certain "resignation" as I approach the end of life here on earth. That sounds like a good drink: a combo of resignation & joy + a shot of "whatever". Thanks.
@watchful38 72 is still young i am sure you still have a good numbers of years ahead of you and retired i think you still a priest till you die its a life vocation God BLESS enjoy the music and keep singing
Love the way she sings. This is a great record my friend played it a lot in between Blind Faith , Cream and Spirit records and it fits right in some how.
Seems like that for a lot of ladies until children. At that point, it's, "Of course there's stuff, for f*ck's sake! Stuff all around! What the hell are you talking about?!!"
When I was a kid me and my sister got to pick out one box of old 45s and take them home. They were from an old jukebox, this was one of them. Wow the memories this song has for me...
This is a good example demonstrating why some singers are also good actors. Ms. Lee's acting in this song is, to me, almost hypnotic. Barbra Streisand does it while singing "A Taste of Honey," and, especially in "Happy Days Are Here Again," in which her voice belies the meaning of the words, implying that these should be happy days, but aren't. A perfect theme for "W's" first "selection."
Oh...but she pleased so many over the years with that voice. NO one could flex a lyric like Miss Peggy. True art was her voice...too sophisticated now for this attention deficit world...Bette Midler's version of this song must be some kind of joke...like when Madonna performed "Fever."
Yeah, the song is a grown up song, it is essentially true that life is disappointing, it is however highly Ironic and is an example of 'gallows humour'-what is called in modern times: black humour,the world is full of pain and disillusion so why not have a ball while you can?
Peggy Lee may be a great singer, but her version of this song sounded more straight-laced, kinda like a singing conversation piece. It sounded negative in tone, but the song was written that way. Since I prefer a more uptempo interpretation such as Bette Midler's recording of this song, I can only say it was better than average for a timeless song.
What isn't the best thing for a mom to say to her kid? My mom said she disliked the song, because it was pessimistic, and the line "lets break out the booze" might encourage kids to drink. I hadn't heard the word "booze" before (I was 10 or 11), and I didn't know what it meant, so I asked for clarification, and she told me that it meant alcohol. She was worried that this song might encourage me to drink LOL. However, compared to some of today's music, "Is that all there is" is TAME
I remember asking for the single "Fever" by Peggy Lee as a kid. I had heard it on the radio and liked it. This song was on the reverse side, and my mom used to say she hated this song, because it was so pessimistic, and that it also encouraged excessive alcohol consumption with the line, "lets break out the booze and have a ball." When she says, "if thats the way she feels about it, why doesn't she just end it all" was that supposed to mean why doesn't she take her own life?????
@Jibjub80 I think so! Probably not the best thing for your mom to say to a kid but yeah she prob meant if shes that depressed whats the point for her?!
Yes, written by Leiber and Stoller, I just finished their book, "Hound Dog"
I was referring to the arrangement on the studio version, They hired Randy to Arrange the orchestra. They often hired outside arrangers to do the horns, strings, etc. if you listen to the original recording, it's Randy all the way, the melancholy German Kurt Weil Caberet. they originally wanted Marlene Dietrich, but didn't happen.
Digital television was so crude back then.
JosephHuntington 1 day ago
I would like to hear Bryan Ferry sing this...
801liveable 2 days ago
JUST MISSED!!! "Is That All There Is" just missed making the Billboard's Hot Top 10 chart; it peaked at No. 11 and spent a total of 11 weeks in the Hot Top 100 in 1969!!!
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YEAH, KEITH OUTLASTED MUDDY WATERS.....
BUT MUDDY WATERS WAS HIS FAVOURITE FOR SOME REASON..
FUCK MICK LOOKS LIKE THAT PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY...
HIS SKIN IS REPTILIAN IN FOLDS LIKE MY 80 YEAR OLD MOTHER......
BUT HE CAN MOVE AND STILL SING OK.....
BOTH CONCERTS IN AUSTRALIA.....THE STONES ROCKED....
COMPARED WITH THE DOORS OR ANY OTHER BAND
APART FROM PINK FLOYDS...WHAT-IS-HE-CALLED ROGER WATERS....
HE REALISES 90% OF HIS AUDIENCE HAVE NEVER HEARD THEM LIVE, ONLY
ON RECORDS, AND SO PLAY JUST
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CUNT LESBIAN
BITCHES ARE MONITORING
MY INTERNET MUSINGS....
AND FLIPPING....
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took over, and was running it within a week, and renamed it
The National Socialist German Workers Party or NAZI for short, though I can't see why....
Yes, HITLER WAS JUST A PATSY, LIKE OSWALD........
THOUGH HE CAME VERY CLOSE TO WINNING....
THE IDIOT TOOK ON RUSSIA BEFORE OCCUPYING BRITTAIN...
OR AT LEAST TAKING AIRCRAFT SUPREMACY....
PEOPLE PRETEND TO BE SCARED OF ME, EVEN GROUPS OF THEM,
PEOPLE PRETEND TO SEE ME AS GOD OR THE KING, PRETEND.....PRETEND..
I SEE EVERYTHING THAT GOES ON.
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HITLER MAKES KEITH RICHARDS LOOK LIKE A SLUG...
HITLER WAS THE GREATEST MAN ON EARTH, AT LEAST THE MOST HONEST,
EVEN IF HE WAS MOULDED AND CREATED, FOR A PURPOSE, BY THE JEWS FOR THE JEWS, FOR PALESTINE.....TO DIE. ..AND ISRAEL TO LIVE......
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Volume and beauty from a 50 year old woman.
just great,........
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THE JEWS AT THE TOP, KNOW THE REAL REALITY,
BECAUSE THEY WORK WITH SATAN......
THUS SATAN IS REAL, THEY NOW REALISE GOD AND JESUS WERE ALSO REAL.....
THEY ARE TERRIFIED BY THE REALITY OF THIER LIFE, THE DILEMA OF THEIR SITUATION./...
DO THEY OBEY SATAN OR GO BACK TO GOD AND LOSE THEIR LIVES AND THAT OF THEIR CHILDREN........THEIR MORTAL LIVES.........
JESUS HAS AWAYS BEEN THE FLY IN THEIR OINTMENT..
BECAUSE HE WAS ONE OF THEM, A JEW,
HE WAS THE KING OF THE JEWS PROPHESIDED,
AND THEY KILLED H
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with gold and diamonds..........
ARRON RUSSO IS DEAD, HE DIED FROM CANCER....
EYES WIDE SHUT, BY STANLEY KUBRICK, A JEW FILMAKER IN EXCESS OF EVEN SPIELBERG.....DIED SHORTLY AFTER HE MADE IT...
PETER SELLERS, INSISTED ON MAKING, 'BEING THERE', AND WAS DEAD THE NEXT YEAR, THIS WAS HIS LAST MOVIE, AGRESSIVE CANCER AGAIN...
THE JEW ELITE WILL KILL EVEN THEIR OWN WHEN THEY
TRY TO GET THE TRUTH OUT THE THE GOYM, THE REST OF HUMANITY APART FROM THEMSELVES....
SO WHY AM I STILL ALIVE.....
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Arron Russo was a Jew who took on the big Jewish Banks and the banking
conspiracy.........If you see the wizard of Oz, the yellow brick road is actually gold, but that would have been to obvious to the Jew executives of Hollywood....
But see the tiny little man they discover behind the curtain, ruling the world.....
Alone and afraid and weak and pathetic......
a girl scares the shit out of him.........
This is all on the net , about this film
THIS IS THE JEW TODAY AND YESTERDAY RULING THE
WORLD
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this song was written by a Jewish song writing duo....
THIS IS A JEWISH SONG MEANT FOR GOYM CONSUMPTION....
BLOND HAIRED, BLUE EYED,
PEGGY LEE...
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Just how many eggs does a woman get to lay???
She is normally empty by the age of 40......
Then she is shooting blanks..........on a monthly basis......
Ask GeneSimmons answer to a female reporter who insulted him....
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NOW BOYS AND GIRLS,
WHAT DO YOU THINK KEITH RICHARDS AND I
HAVE IN COMMON.??
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This is class Total class
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Many years ago I was backpacking in the Andes when a small bridge I was using to cross a stream broke. I hung to its remains as long as I could before I was swept downstream. Luckily for me, I washed up on a bank, even though I had a heavy backpack on which I couldn't shed. Somewhere during all this, this song came into my mind. Sounds corny, but it happened.
stanfrymann 1 month ago
I played this for my father when he was dying. He always liked it and it seemed fitting he enjoyed music.
MrSgtSniper 1 month ago
Interpretive singing at it's best. Something that used to be pop music is now only understood by Jazz singers. Sad that to day's young singers have no current role models to hear on the radio.
MrMusicProphet 2 months ago
It seems to me that the song is basically uplifting... It seems to me to be saying "Well, if that's all there is to life, make the most of it, don't despair... Drink, dance, have a ball..."
JDCT37 2 months ago
I, too, was bothered by the lyrics of this song when I was young. But coming across it recently, it brought a prolonged smile. I'm not that existential, but I appreciate the viewpoint. I smile with pleasure! What a wonderful song--the composition; Peggy Lee's putting the song across; Randy Newman's orchestration. This is great art.
7snider7 2 months ago 3
@7snider7 Yes the lyrics can be taken as a certain fatalism and hoplessness. But I've always loved this song and especially this particular performance by Miss Lee. But I find it upbeat, not at all a dirge. I think it may be Peggy Lee herself who ironically turns this song into one of hope and a calm contentment. Paradoxically it's in praise of life and, yes, even love itself. A retired Catholic priest in Canada. Thanks.
watchful38 1 month ago
This is perfection, brilliance.
jxgis 2 months ago
After Hours
leisurelydinner 2 months ago
It's good to go back in time to find a performer that was ahead of her time. Brilliant Peggy, just brilliant.
SeriousError 2 months ago
Superb - always leaves me wanting more. Always play it at least 3 times in a row! Is that all there is? Then let's keep dancing!
cddjny 3 months ago
EddieLandsbreg you should have keep that one to yourself. LOL
cavemanyc 3 months ago
This song has been with me since I was in my late teens. And I would like to dedicate it to Amy Winehouse. Unfortunately, breaking out the booze did give all of us that final disappointment, that that WAS all there is. RIP Amy.
CaliAllyE 3 months ago
classic.
FairyLea12 3 months ago
Peggy Lee, the one and only. I know of only one radio station that plays this song.
primogennaio 3 months ago
5 people ask is that all there is to this song.
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Great performance of an incredible song!
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thesilverwingedone 4 months ago
I want this song played at my Funeral....
Greenhornet270 4 months ago 4
i was a kid when i 1st heard this song. at the time i thought it depressing, for old people & didn't like it at all. about a year ago i thought of this song out of the blue. now i think of it every day & feel it's a whimsical, dreamy song which portrays life in many ways. funny how getting older changes your perspective.
hippiereunion1 4 months ago
Ever notice in the original record version it sounds like she says she fell in love with the most wonderful woman in the world. My friend and I thought so when we where listning to the record. Any one else notice that on the record version ? She was f&$#ing cool any way you slice it.
alexlancer11 4 months ago
i just heard this is at a funeral, spooked me out
ilikevines 4 months ago
Every time I'm on the phone with my cuz in NY and we get to talking about how the world is going crazy, the arrival of 2012 ... I always start singing this... my fave Peggy Lee song.
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swordfish52 5 months ago
I miss my friend Sasha, a Russian man who introduced me to this song.
gayforlife2020 5 months ago
LOL, great tune and it's what I do ...when the stuff hits the fan. Love you Peggy!
fetishisticrose 5 months ago
Maybe by now both Lee and Leiber have found the answer to "Is That Al There Is?" Whatever it is I thank them for all they gave us and wish them the very best. RIP Jerry Leiber.
rameller1 5 months ago 3
New York Mets pitcher Tug McGraw nicknamed his fastball "Peggy Lee" because all the batters he threw it to asked "Is that all there is".
Rest in Peace, Jerry Leiber.
lenfercetlesautres 5 months ago 2
500 of peacefll neautrality @what did the Swiss ever give us cuocuo clocks
briodyjohnsean 5 months ago
RIP Jerry Leiber...a rock and roll great...gone but not forgotten....
Pookatube 5 months ago 2
RIP Jerry Leiber.
theoldmole 5 months ago
R.I.P., Jerry Leiber, 4/25/1933-8/22/2011
dandydonaldo 5 months ago 2
Thanks to Julian Barrett (The Mighty Boosh) for playing this when he sat in for Jarvis Cocker on BBC 6 Music!
MsBkirk 5 months ago
Really who the heck would dislike Peggy Lee??!!! She is great!
VeroniqueEmbrace 5 months ago 12
does anyone know if she was on heroin at this time?? just asking??
LilIyJacksonVEVO 6 months ago
@LilIyJacksonVEVO she was never on herion. Where'd you come up with a silly idea like that.
lasktguy 5 months ago
Then let's keep dancing, break out the booze and have a ball.
882me 6 months ago
Is that all there is? Perhaps the greatest question ever asked......as well as performed.
SteveC100482 6 months ago
I've heard several remarkable and talented singers cover this song but the truth of the matter is, no one, and I do mean NO ONE, has, can or will EVER perform this song as well as Peggy Lee. She owns it--PERIOD!
OLDMUSCLE 6 months ago
I wonder if she really said to herself "if that's all there is" when she died...
What a majestic song.
vangestelwijnen 6 months ago
She is the one and only. So unique.
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Luke 16:29-31 Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them. And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent. And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.
BILLJENNINGSII 6 months ago
@1:52 "I thought I'd die...but I didn't."
What a great line.
YY4Me133 6 months ago
@YY4Me133 totally agree ...the most cynical(I mean that as a compliment) line ever sung.
Withshortwings 6 months ago
@YY4Me133 Correction: @2:52.
YY4Me133 6 months ago
When I was a kid I used to swing on vines, in the creek behind my parents' house.
Staplesz 7 months ago
What a beautiful sexy voice.
farscapebabe 7 months ago
She has a Mae West look about her when this song hit # 11 on the charts in the fall of 1969. What a decade of music, movies and American history that was.
gambler731 7 months ago 3
Wow... I had a girlfriend who used to hummmmm this song every time I pulled down my pants... Never understood why!!!
EddieLandsberg 7 months ago 74
@EddieLandsberg Hahahahaha!
paragonical 3 months ago
@watchful38 Yes, I was thinking the same thing. The gestures and the sleeves you beat me to it.
TheRamrod100 7 months ago
Wow, I don't think anyone can top this! She is untouchable here, hands down.
TheRamrod100 7 months ago
Wow! A great actress and singer
Monrocsol 7 months ago
A true Jem!
homegrownpa 8 months ago
@homegrownpa "gem". Jem is a name.
universalradio 7 months ago
Holy Sheeee-ite! Is that awesome or what?
bgdjohnny8 8 months ago
Mama Cass sang this song and it will always stick in my mind as an ultimate "vanity is vanity" lesson in life. The chorus has a way of sneaking up on me when Life seems less traumatic then it should be~
SinSensor 8 months ago
absolutely wunderbar .....this is the best arrangement of this song by far ......one of my all time favourite numbers.... very atmospheric and Peggy sings it with great panache and feeling ......Thank you genuinely for uploading this classic .
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alchada 8 months ago
Bad ass song. Bad ass singer.
tikifabulous 8 months ago 3
have yourself a merry little doomsday!
klock656 8 months ago
What a performance! Such understatement, reflecting the ennui of the persona in the lyrics. Great arrangement sounding like a Weill song from the 1920's. Thanks for this unique clip.
gnirol 8 months ago
This may have been her greatest version of this song on video, those eyes and the way she is reminicent of the great Mae West.
drzacharysmith73 8 months ago
Ohm my. The kid must have been a real pain.
Christina5Archer 8 months ago
Don't ya think everyone feels like this song once in a while. Kinda like giving the middle finger to the world
graplingurty 9 months ago
I read that there was a second version to this song, that Peggy made in her later years. Does anyone know if this is true?
Kasbahkabaret 9 months ago
she makes it seem so easy- so effortless! mark of true talent
pennypacker93 9 months ago
I love her gesturing with her arms and those wide sleeves. She was marvellous! I love this song.
watchful38 9 months ago 2
Absolutely Fabulous!!! }:-)>SINNER!<(-:[
GreenApplePipeFilms 9 months ago
So simply done and with such elegance and feeling. These gals who try to cram forty notes where only one should go should learn something from this. Sometimes, less really IS more. For instance - her rendition of the song "Fever" is incredibly hot. Can anyone say it isn't? She had her very own style of soul. Great lady. Great talent. We won't be seeing her again.
Anntelope 9 months ago 4
@Anntelope I said the same thing about Christina Aguliera....she screams so much and tries to do tooooooo much that its not even enjoyable to hear her sing anymore!
trollop19 9 months ago
God bless you Sergeant McGraph from Sybil Brand LA - you led me back to my music and saved my life. I think of you every time I hear this song.
Anntelope 9 months ago
What a song, what a performance
Blokkhedtwo 10 months ago
She was the picture of a real star!
gomerfyle 10 months ago 2
When Peggy Lee was dying, I wonder if she was thinking of this song.
owg59 10 months ago 5
@owg59 lol, I wonder if she was thinking of this song as well...lol, it would be completely hilarious if she actually was, and in addition to that, she was playing this song.
matlab22 9 months ago
PURE CLASS! there is not much "class" around these days- not to be confused with people who simply have "money"...nor is there "GRACE" ....
pennypacker93 10 months ago
PURE CLASS! there is not muh "class" around these days- not to be confused with people who simply have "money"...nor is there "GRACE" ....
pennypacker93 10 months ago
@kd3zz snap! I thought the same thing it's the voice!
o0mgn 10 months ago
Women with their huuuuuge expectations...Get real, girls!
Oosusanna 10 months ago
@Oosusanna
:) We are very much real, but the men have simply become male jokes. Apologies to the few exceptions whom we still adore!
Isadorka1 10 months ago
They don't write 'em like this anymore! Outstanding!
phatcracker2007 10 months ago
Pure Magic!!!
kiltedboy1950 10 months ago
I think she got it wrong. No, that´s n o t all there is! It is e v e n worse!
Oosusanna 10 months ago
This is my favorite Peggy Lee song!
Kasbahkabaret 10 months ago
I love this song, even though every time it came on the radio (when I was 7), my father would say it was my song because I was always disappointed.
hibiscusfreak 10 months ago
Art caught in the act.
neurofire 10 months ago 2
BRAVO! From an era when the DIVAS had class.
cracker954 10 months ago
There will never be another one like her. Peggy sang like an angel... or devil, when the mood dictated.
jeannot550 11 months ago
Billy Joel must have had Peggy Lee in mind when he sang "She's got a way about her". You really can't put a finger on it -- worldly, world-weary, sophisticated, sassy and supremely talented. And she remains intriguing and entertaining more than 40 years after the original release of this classic. Thanks for posting this, peggy4AL. Watching her perform live is mesmerizing!
ohearn22 11 months ago 2
chandler's dad?
K3dzz 11 months ago 2
Still asking this questions some 40 years later. Is that all there is?
To Life?
Thank you Randy Newman for your orchestration behind the original song!
michael j
Conshohocken, PA USA
camoman12345 11 months ago
Very sexy voice :)
jackdanielmason1969 11 months ago
Peggy Lee was a class act. She had style and grace.
art4me0615 11 months ago 2
What mastery from a great performer.
hawkgree77 11 months ago 4
I've been asking myself this same questions for years!!! Finally someone said, there is a song about that, I found it and I love it!! Great song.
walkerhoundgirl 11 months ago 29
@walkerhoundgirl This Peggy Lee version is so memorable. I am 72 now and love the message of this beautifully performed song, may I say, a song of resignation! A retired Catholic priest. Life has been great, and I'm still enjoying it, but also I have a certain "resignation" as I approach the end of life here on earth. That sounds like a good drink: a combo of resignation & joy + a shot of "whatever". Thanks.
watchful38 5 months ago 3
@watchful38 72 is still young i am sure you still have a good numbers of years ahead of you and retired i think you still a priest till you die its a life vocation God BLESS enjoy the music and keep singing
qwer8907 3 months ago
Vodka, love it!
Kasbahkabaret 1 year ago
this is my song
dupadoit 1 year ago
Peggy was the coolest! one of my favorites.
billyboylb 1 year ago
Love the way she sings. This is a great record my friend played it a lot in between Blind Faith , Cream and Spirit records and it fits right in some how.
alexlancer11 1 year ago
@alexlancer11 Far more subversive than any other song in the Sixties
idiotgingrich 11 months ago
Is that all there is to Peggy Lee?
HyperactiveJam 1 year ago 2
This is one of those songs you can't forget.
I remember the first time I heard it back in the 1960's.
A singing legend. Her autobiography is very interesting.
nemo227 1 year ago 2
This song should be depressing but is so very funny!
Mrsfaery79 1 year ago
The Authenticity has a perfume
7antoosah 1 year ago
Pure Art
JelloFarming 1 year ago 2
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I remember my mom used to listen and sing this song. I was only 6 or seven but this song has never lost its appeal to me.
SLT196 1 year ago
I remember my mom used to listen and sing this song. I was only 6 or seven but this song has never lost its appeal to me
SLT196 1 year ago
Is That All There Is? LOL
She is a sophisticated multi-faceted persona...
wordwarriorabc 1 year ago
Classy, timeless, disturbing, liberating.
MrAkihiros 1 year ago
there is no better song
samiun2 1 year ago
Very Existentialistic. Love it.
gigfydotcom 1 year ago
best. song. ever.
DJportaparty 1 year ago
AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
chupas2526 1 year ago
Seems like that for a lot of ladies until children. At that point, it's, "Of course there's stuff, for f*ck's sake! Stuff all around! What the hell are you talking about?!!"
brelfan 1 year ago
At the age of 14, I first heard this song, and decided to, "Keep on dancing, break out the booze, and have a ball."
Not one regret.
Peace.
Rock
rockinroller7 1 year ago
@intellibunny What about Norah Jones and Alicia Keys?
shnooger 1 year ago
The song of life!So great!She was one of the most beautiful women to grace this planet!
centurion1479 1 year ago
Peggy Lee is so sexy singing this song; she makes me hot and depressed at the same time (*_~)
jamieblond1 1 year ago
When I was a kid me and my sister got to pick out one box of old 45s and take them home. They were from an old jukebox, this was one of them. Wow the memories this song has for me...
PodNoggin 1 year ago
we used to sing this in Viet Nam
Grandpastinky 1 year ago 2
This has to be the most depressing song ever written
ashleyg325 1 year ago
Peggy is all there is!
OutsideNila 1 year ago 2
A great song with very profond meaning!
mtm386 1 year ago 2
This is a good example demonstrating why some singers are also good actors. Ms. Lee's acting in this song is, to me, almost hypnotic. Barbra Streisand does it while singing "A Taste of Honey," and, especially in "Happy Days Are Here Again," in which her voice belies the meaning of the words, implying that these should be happy days, but aren't. A perfect theme for "W's" first "selection."
Myrtle791 1 year ago
Peggy Lee on the way to rosarito!
darlamaejean 1 year ago
Yes, I'm shivering in my pyjamas just listening to this. A truly amazing performance.
TheMissBenett 1 year ago 14
This is one of my favorite Leiber and Stoller tunes, and it's great to have the video of this well orchestrated rendition.
yogione 1 year ago
@yogione L&S are better known for their pop tunes
weenyone 1 year ago
Oh...but she pleased so many over the years with that voice. NO one could flex a lyric like Miss Peggy. True art was her voice...too sophisticated now for this attention deficit world...Bette Midler's version of this song must be some kind of joke...like when Madonna performed "Fever."
Isawthemwhen 1 year ago 2
Sounds like she's hard to please.
mrREDBIRDFAN 1 year ago
now THAT is a lady!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
rararooo3 1 year ago
Yeah, the song is a grown up song, it is essentially true that life is disappointing, it is however highly Ironic and is an example of 'gallows humour'-what is called in modern times: black humour,the world is full of pain and disillusion so why not have a ball while you can?
GalaxyHorse 1 year ago
Peggy Lee may be a great singer, but her version of this song sounded more straight-laced, kinda like a singing conversation piece. It sounded negative in tone, but the song was written that way. Since I prefer a more uptempo interpretation such as Bette Midler's recording of this song, I can only say it was better than average for a timeless song.
76659gll 1 year ago
@76659gll "uptempo interpretation"?? I don't think so -- upbeat (ever so slightly by Midler) , maybe, but the tempo's the same in both renditions.
ICit4U07 1 year ago
@76659gll ... And, may I add, the times between the Lee and Midler versions have changed, and so have facial expressions.
ICit4U07 1 year ago
What isn't the best thing for a mom to say to her kid? My mom said she disliked the song, because it was pessimistic, and the line "lets break out the booze" might encourage kids to drink. I hadn't heard the word "booze" before (I was 10 or 11), and I didn't know what it meant, so I asked for clarification, and she told me that it meant alcohol. She was worried that this song might encourage me to drink LOL. However, compared to some of today's music, "Is that all there is" is TAME
Jibjub80 1 year ago
I remember asking for the single "Fever" by Peggy Lee as a kid. I had heard it on the radio and liked it. This song was on the reverse side, and my mom used to say she hated this song, because it was so pessimistic, and that it also encouraged excessive alcohol consumption with the line, "lets break out the booze and have a ball." When she says, "if thats the way she feels about it, why doesn't she just end it all" was that supposed to mean why doesn't she take her own life?????
Jibjub80 1 year ago
@Jibjub80 I think so! Probably not the best thing for your mom to say to a kid but yeah she prob meant if shes that depressed whats the point for her?!
funkycherrygirl 1 year ago
@Jibjub80 yes its meant to mean why doesnt she kill herself
funkycherrygirl 1 year ago
Poignant, powerful performance.
ModGirl1967 1 year ago
What an incredible performer! In every way. Voice, maneurisms, dignity! I remember her as a CHILD! Underrated for sure!
petsake1 1 year ago 2
What an incredible performer! In every way. Voice, maneurisms, dignity! I remember her as a CHILD! Underrated for sure!
petsake1 1 year ago
I listened to this song. Is that all there is? Seriously, good sonlg.
Johngtr13 1 year ago
one of my fav songs of all time.and compare this to all the cr ap that passes for music these days .i refere to x facter etc.
june1932 1 year ago
Yes, written by Leiber and Stoller, I just finished their book, "Hound Dog"
I was referring to the arrangement on the studio version, They hired Randy to Arrange the orchestra. They often hired outside arrangers to do the horns, strings, etc. if you listen to the original recording, it's Randy all the way, the melancholy German Kurt Weil Caberet. they originally wanted Marlene Dietrich, but didn't happen.
bluesmeister2006 1 year ago
i have loved this song for several years,my sentiments exactly
atliensinnewnan 1 year ago
Whew! I never thought a woman could turn me on and make me want to slit my throat at the same time.
This must be what it's like being married.
logansGT 1 year ago
@logansGT That is a FUNNY statement! :D
ModGirl1967 1 year ago
now ... this is style
lincliff1 1 year ago
Cara Miss Peggy Lee!! Favolosa!!!
VenishaZara 1 year ago
She had a few under her belt during this one. Still fabulous!
conchaperez 1 year ago
@conchaperez ... I think she did. Wasn't this at the old Basin Street East? I saw here there... Fabulous she certainly was....
glummdelclitch 1 year ago
Love me some Peggy! She was the bomb:)
billyboylb 1 year ago
just keep dancing .. timeless ...
kiwimarke 1 year ago
A very special lady and performance.
paulostroff99 1 year ago