I'd like to hear William Shatner butcher this song. However, although this version is horrible, you cannot help but get caught up in the sheer silliness and joy of it. She is enjoying herself. Props to ya old girl.
OMG............I've let farts that sounded better! Was she one of those cold war psy-ops that was supposed to make the Russians commit mass suicide or something?
It could have been worse.I mean she never aattempted the Beatles' "I Am The Walrus". Even if she breaks my ear drums, it's nostalgia and I appreciate this reliving of my childhood.Thanks.
If the U.S. military wants to find Bin Laden, all they have to do is blast "Mrs. Miller's Greatest Hits" all over the Middle East and he'll surrender.
Mrs Miller is an all american piece of Americana but was quickly dumped when she wanted to try to actually record some real songs and not just do the comedy routines and recordings...She gave us all great laughs--and it couldnt be known that she was in on it--or it would have ruined it if people knew they were essentially comedy records and routines. Thus she was dumped because people instead ---felt sorry for her...
I grew up in a very musical household. That said, we had this record when I was a kid, and my brothers & sisters I listened to it a lot - mostly as an example of how NOT to make a song your very own. And I was about to say that this track was probably her best example of intonation and timing, but then at 2:19 she completely jumps the gun freight train-style, and they had to power-fade the song ending.
And it just doesn't matter, because as dad used to say, it's not the song, but the singer.
I wonder if they modeled Miss Miller,( from- Alvin and the chipmunks), after this lady her delivery is over the top crazy. I almost fell out of my chair with laughter!
I remember having had this song on a LP in the 1970s. It was an LP with all sorts of comical acts,like Morecombe and Wise, Stan Freberg,etc. I found it very funny at the time and I remember she was in the 1970`s here in the Netherlands on national TV in the show of Willem Duys.
I used to have this album but I lost it. I love it, wish I could get another copy of it. FYI, it was voted "Worst album of 1966". It's so bad it's good.
as has been said, she was serious and loved what she was doing. it shows! too bad some of our present day slick studio enhanced singers don't have the same heart and soul. she was fun, and more fun.
It might not be everybodys cup of java but don`t tell me it`s any worse than Cilla (did you know I was mates with the Beatles) Black`s idea of singing.
Just goes to prove that TIMING is everything. What would Simon Cowell and the rest of the American Idol crew think of Mrs. Miller? She wouldn't last 2 bars!
The two notes and 1:54 & 2:09 have a great Star Trek "To boldly go where no man has gone before" quality about them. I say if you got it flaunt it, if you don't just pretend you do. Oh, woe the day I ever get her nerve in my tooth! She is the Queen!
Mrs. Miller was apparently a very nice lady who took all this very seriously. I don't know if she ever really caught on to the joke. My granmother sounded a lot like Mrs Miller, very "quavering" voice, but she had Parkinson's disease. Sure, this is crap, but just sit back, smile & enjoy a more innocent time...
Dear GOD, this defies description! As a voice teacher, I don't know which thing to laugh/cringe at. It definitely comes under the "don't let this happen to you" heading!
Mrs Miller and Tiny Tim came out of the same stable. I would rather hear them than hear some of todays Rap Stuff at least we had fun.But it shows if you wrap it nicely there is always some fool ready to buy it.
OMG! I remember her when I was a kid growing up in the 60's. She actually sold some records. Oh course no one took her seriously except in the beginning she did. If you like her try Tiny Tim or more recently William Hung.
Many of you don't get it... it was her schtick!! She deliberately sounded this way an dit actually took a lot of discipline vocally to do the vibrato...probally more taxing on the voice than singing it "straight." Brava - Mrs. Miller!!
some singers would give their eye teeth for this lady's vocal range (sans vibrato) She nails those stratospheric high notes. She sings in "head voice" her sinuses gave a rich resonant quality to her voice (same as Striesand) - she had a natural gift- too bad it was untrained. And she was exploited in the studio- made to sound worse than she was- because her novelty sold records.
I remember this song! Mrs. Miller, if my memory serves me correct, was a regular audience member of "The Tonight Show" with Johnny Carson in the 1960s. She got the opportunity to perform one night and the rest is just history. I recall this song having been released as a novelty single in the late Sixties and getting some airplay on our local New York radio station. I never thought I'd hear it again! Thanks!
I cannot believe how many Mrs. Miller songs have been posted on YouTube! After hearing this one, I discovered "Downtown" and, now that I think about it, it was a remake of that Petula Clarke hit that was her "celebrated" single.
it reminds me of that benny hill scetch when he does shirley bassey and turns around with his but crack showing and the vase breaking hehe. It's a gem!
to itsallgood43 who says he wishes he had his four minutes back...you're on youtube for God's sake. Every minute we all spend here is a minute wasted not doing something more constructive. Yet here we are and we're not complaining(at least most of us aren't). What were you doing the other 1 minute and 76 seconds?
wonder if she ever got laid by some male groupies on her world tour
simmo858 1 week ago
like it
keelious 1 month ago
I think the arrangement let her down. And the backing singers are not in tune.
hardyfh1 2 months ago
@hardyfh1 LMAO ;o)
888Quetzalcoatl888 1 month ago in playlist Mrs Miller
my grandmother sounded just like this when she sang which unfortunately for anyone within earshot was often!!! fantastic
TheWembleymod 5 months ago in playlist Mrs Miller
I'd like to hear William Shatner butcher this song. However, although this version is horrible, you cannot help but get caught up in the sheer silliness and joy of it. She is enjoying herself. Props to ya old girl.
Kaat1220 6 months ago
lololololololol :P
Siirizz 6 months ago
gives me goosebumps when i hear her every time
vandanross 7 months ago
@vandanross you guys a re so funny with some of your comments! You wanna sing along with her, just to help her out, or shut her up, hahaha.
Timlinthomasp 3 days ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Mrs. Miller
GONG!
glimmer2158 8 months ago
@glimmer2158 -- Exactly! Had she debuted on THE GONG SHOW Jamie Farr, Jaye P. Morgan and Arte Johnson would've gang-gonged her! LOL
WytZox1 3 months ago
As tribute to our I love I play this song for my wife--she walked out on me.
guinnesstrail 8 months ago
LOLOLOL Priceless!
FaerieCrone 9 months ago
OMG............I've let farts that sounded better! Was she one of those cold war psy-ops that was supposed to make the Russians commit mass suicide or something?
GANNAMEDE 9 months ago
THIS IS THE BEST THING EVER HAHAHA !
theandri1 10 months ago
Actualy I quite like it.
TheJamesblue 10 months ago
It's hard to criticise this. Masterly. It would be great to hear her live
nevskixx 10 months ago
It's hard to criticise this. Masterly!
nevskixx 10 months ago
Florence Foster Jenkins couldn't have done it better, had she been alive in the 1960s...
shmuli9 11 months ago
@shmuli9 This woman was alive?????
scousesonata 11 months ago
Even through this the beauty of the Bach survives.
Rickapolis 11 months ago
The beauty of the Bach still comes through. And it had to be a challenge.
Rickapolis 11 months ago
Bloody hillarious. This song is from an album entitled "The world's worst record". She just makes me laugh!!
vandanross 1 year ago
lovely... grand ma
Thesamsaenpee 1 year ago
What would be hillarious is if she went on American Idol with Simon Cal. LOL.
bluegrassbaby86 1 year ago
she's like the american trololo
quaxk 1 year ago
this woman is the Don .. no breaks on the lp so useless for sampling but hey sounds better than autotune crapness dominationg our charts
prone69 1 year ago
It could have been worse.I mean she never aattempted the Beatles' "I Am The Walrus". Even if she breaks my ear drums, it's nostalgia and I appreciate this reliving of my childhood.Thanks.
MrDognapper 1 year ago
Is it a parody?
graptolitok 1 year ago
@graptolitok No. A parody means the person participating knows he or she is mocking something, is in on the joke. And that is not the case.
defundthewar 1 year ago
If the U.S. military wants to find Bin Laden, all they have to do is blast "Mrs. Miller's Greatest Hits" all over the Middle East and he'll surrender.
movielothario 1 year ago
:;D
13KNIGHTSAKURA 1 year ago
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My ears hurt!
nuchems 1 year ago
one of my very favourite Mrs Miller´s
arieljaffe 1 year ago
What a laugh!
sevesp2 1 year ago
Mrs Miller is an all american piece of Americana but was quickly dumped when she wanted to try to actually record some real songs and not just do the comedy routines and recordings...She gave us all great laughs--and it couldnt be known that she was in on it--or it would have ruined it if people knew they were essentially comedy records and routines. Thus she was dumped because people instead ---felt sorry for her...
phantomvibrationsX 1 year ago
I grew up in a very musical household. That said, we had this record when I was a kid, and my brothers & sisters I listened to it a lot - mostly as an example of how NOT to make a song your very own. And I was about to say that this track was probably her best example of intonation and timing, but then at 2:19 she completely jumps the gun freight train-style, and they had to power-fade the song ending.
And it just doesn't matter, because as dad used to say, it's not the song, but the singer.
hibob418 1 year ago
Not surprising we won the war!
ukrory 1 year ago
Just goes to show - people will buy any old crap. VERY funny!
genesisisok 1 year ago
God Bless Mrs. Miller!
PunkTiger 1 year ago
LOL, this sounds like Aunt Harriet singing from "Batman"!
scottbaino 1 year ago
I didn't know Tiny Tim sang this song.
gpatte2838 1 year ago
Mrs. Miller is getting her jam on and on!
tubeyouuser 1 year ago
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Susan Boyle, Eat your heart out!
MOTOWNJIM37 1 year ago
I want to have relations with Mrs. Miller.
desmoface 1 year ago
I wonder if they modeled Miss Miller,( from- Alvin and the chipmunks), after this lady her delivery is over the top crazy. I almost fell out of my chair with laughter!
Phantanos 1 year ago
Takes talent to deliberately sing off-key and she made a lot of money using it. Actually, Mrs Miller had a beautiful singing voice.
carrotville 2 years ago
Have loved dear Elva from back in the day. 5*
fannycraddock99 2 years ago 2
she was huge in the 60s
BobChippewa 2 years ago 2
@BobChippewa "Huge"? Briefly. Very briefly. Have you ever heard a Mrs. Miller featured as an oldie? I haven't.
fferocious 1 year ago
This is the best thing I've ever heard...oh sweet mystery of life I've finally found you!!!!
discobrant 2 years ago 2
Whoa.........she seems to enjoy her rendition of this song.....100STARS!!!
nataliewood1231 2 years ago 3
She's O.K. She's different and genuine. Quite enjoyable especially if you want a light moment.
PeaceForPeace87 2 years ago 4
I must say, the comedic aspect of this is awesome!
babbitsmom 2 years ago 2
5 stars!!!!!! Absolut genial!
dirkslan 2 years ago
I remember having had this song on a LP in the 1970s. It was an LP with all sorts of comical acts,like Morecombe and Wise, Stan Freberg,etc. I found it very funny at the time and I remember she was in the 1970`s here in the Netherlands on national TV in the show of Willem Duys.
eartha80 2 years ago
I pissed myself! Reminds me of Benny Hill in drag singing skits. Also horribly noteworthy: Florence Foster Jenkins
IronGrommit 2 years ago 2
Stop knocking Mrs. Miller. She is awesome and I LOVE HER! There I said it.
pantucci 2 years ago 5
Gee, that is really hilarious....was she serious when she recorded these albums??? Anyway, thanks for posting!!!
LuisCarcamoCarcamo 2 years ago
I don't think she could have been! I think she is laughing as she sings! It is like bad karaoke!
MarkPMus 2 years ago
Actually LuisCarcamoCarcamo yes she was serious and believe it or not she had a legion of fans and sold a ton of records.
whathoney73 2 years ago
KINDA like an audio train wreck.
eartant 2 years ago
Imber classic.
MoveOnSoulClub 2 years ago
this should be played in all hospitals in surgery recovery rooms...
VTMCompany 2 years ago 3
Fuck Renata Scotto. Mrs. Miler to the Met or La Scala di Milano !
soyarpia 2 years ago
This woman sounded terrible in the 60s. The passing of time hasn't improved it. She was dreadful.
snoopy1648 2 years ago 2
I used to have this album but I lost it. I love it, wish I could get another copy of it. FYI, it was voted "Worst album of 1966". It's so bad it's good.
Huggy1959 2 years ago 3
This woman was terrible in the 60s. She still is. Bad is just plain bad!!!
snoopy1648 2 years ago
fuck freddie mercury........ this old hag is AWESOME
DsanTx06 2 years ago
What a champion
CosaNostraDeSantis5 2 years ago 13
this is the first time i have actually "laughed" at a horrible song
bermucop 2 years ago 4
as has been said, she was serious and loved what she was doing. it shows! too bad some of our present day slick studio enhanced singers don't have the same heart and soul. she was fun, and more fun.
LaerdBryn 2 years ago 7
@LaerdBryn Well said!!! Evrything is so serious these days and musos are such vain penis heads....she a real star!!!
888Quetzalcoatl888 1 month ago in playlist Mrs Miller
And you thought William Hung was something!
ol49rrrrr 2 years ago 2
Ha, haaaaa! I've just nearly pissed myself with laughing!!!!!
sparkymark17 2 years ago
Has anybody got the album Mrs Millers sings Motorhead ?
herringthorpe 2 years ago 3
It might not be everybodys cup of java but don`t tell me it`s any worse than Cilla (did you know I was mates with the Beatles) Black`s idea of singing.
harryrochester 2 years ago 5
Who wasted their time recording this joke? LOL,
nuchems 2 years ago
Just goes to prove that TIMING is everything. What would Simon Cowell and the rest of the American Idol crew think of Mrs. Miller? She wouldn't last 2 bars!
burkedevlin67 2 years ago
The two notes and 1:54 & 2:09 have a great Star Trek "To boldly go where no man has gone before" quality about them. I say if you got it flaunt it, if you don't just pretend you do. Oh, woe the day I ever get her nerve in my tooth! She is the Queen!
81641 2 years ago
Yes...I have found the lost chord, the holy grail of music.
Thanx for posting. I rarely laugh this hard!
mosoul65 2 years ago 2
Everything will be just as Wonderful!! What A Great Song!! Mrs. Miller ...Thanks for this Lovely, Happy Song!! Love You xxx
mkc1956 2 years ago
LOL!I nearly fell to the ground when I heard this!
KaityKat10 2 years ago
Mrs. Miller was apparently a very nice lady who took all this very seriously. I don't know if she ever really caught on to the joke. My granmother sounded a lot like Mrs Miller, very "quavering" voice, but she had Parkinson's disease. Sure, this is crap, but just sit back, smile & enjoy a more innocent time...
chg657 2 years ago
lol. amazing
mygodyoureugly 2 years ago
aye i totally pissed myself when i heard this.
justinlawes1987 2 years ago
1:54 WOW!!
RocketRodder 2 years ago
hahahaha....that was delightfully refreshing.
MICKEYSMONKEY 2 years ago
i love it
nedibear 3 years ago
lol!!!!!
bambiearambulo 3 years ago
My sister's favorite song.
pgh45rpms 3 years ago
Dear GOD, this defies description! As a voice teacher, I don't know which thing to laugh/cringe at. It definitely comes under the "don't let this happen to you" heading!
Thanks for a GREAT laugh!
horndiapason 3 years ago 5
Mrs Miller and Tiny Tim came out of the same stable. I would rather hear them than hear some of todays Rap Stuff at least we had fun.But it shows if you wrap it nicely there is always some fool ready to buy it.
shilo39 3 years ago 3
the fade out is very abrupt, was that what i thought it was, the recording on the album, that is... oh boy, great record
oledapra 3 years ago
I LOVE MRS MILLER! There, I said it.
vociferouscarthusian 3 years ago 14
Well said vociferous .. there's nothing wrong with Mrs Miller ..god bless her
123strauss 3 years ago 2
I liked Mrs. Miller from the time I bought the 30th Anniversary Dr. Demento CD. It's impressive to me that she funded all of her own recordings
TuxKamen 3 years ago
I love Mrs Miller. She kind of sounds like the Cowardly Lion from Wizard of Oz.
magic12hd 3 years ago 4
OMG! I remember her when I was a kid growing up in the 60's. She actually sold some records. Oh course no one took her seriously except in the beginning she did. If you like her try Tiny Tim or more recently William Hung.
whathoney73 3 years ago
mrs. miller was so great! there's no way you can listen to her and at least smile!! that, in itself is a gift!thanks mrs. M
foxolita 3 years ago 2
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STICK TO THE DAY JOB
motown250 3 years ago
What the F#@K??? LOL
SolidGoldDavey02 3 years ago
I actually know someone who bought it for the novelty value, he is now ashamed
breadmaker99 3 years ago
i already comment djdeitch its funny the more i lissen the more i like it lol
thyzira 3 years ago
Is it Madonna's Birthday Celebration album
VALLEYOFGWANGI 3 years ago
Ha Ha..ive just pissed myself,.ktf.
djdeitch 3 years ago 2
Sounds like X Factor material to me (-:
iGuy101 3 years ago
ha ha ha ha !!
northerngirl72 3 years ago
Oh thanks Dave, jeezes I needed that laugh! LOL!
northerngirl72 3 years ago
Break out the Cillit Bang!
xwsftassell 3 years ago
Go for it girl! Now we know where Tiny Tim got his inspiration from!
door2yourheart 3 years ago
thanks soulfan for share hahahaha i don't like this but it's funny
thyzira 3 years ago
Fannytitstic x
Vasilouxxx 3 years ago
This is fantastic! A Grammy for Mrs Miller please. Encore!
pervertt 3 years ago
Many of you don't get it... it was her schtick!! She deliberately sounded this way an dit actually took a lot of discipline vocally to do the vibrato...probally more taxing on the voice than singing it "straight." Brava - Mrs. Miller!!
THEmotownboy 3 years ago
Err yeees. Funny, and good entertainment, but a singer? Methinks the lady was deluded. Still, all good fun.
lelboy 3 years ago
Dear God. And people are seriously defending her. Vile exploitation, sorry.
hubbellgardner 3 years ago
How funny was this?? DO YOUR THANG, MRS. MILLER!!! :)
AggiePrideATL 3 years ago 2
some singers would give their eye teeth for this lady's vocal range (sans vibrato) She nails those stratospheric high notes. She sings in "head voice" her sinuses gave a rich resonant quality to her voice (same as Striesand) - she had a natural gift- too bad it was untrained. And she was exploited in the studio- made to sound worse than she was- because her novelty sold records.
buzzbaybear 3 years ago
LOLOLOL!!....OMG!....I totally forgot about her!....GO MRS MILLER!!
TC6759 3 years ago 3
LOLOL!!!
annie482000 3 years ago
WOW!!!! I've never heard her go THAT HIGH before. My bird just woke up.. haha.
RocketRodder 3 years ago
This sound quite horrible. Anyone agree?
ChocolateSword 3 years ago
I agree!
biout05 3 years ago
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She's having constipation, that's why she sings the song in this manner.
ChocolateSword 3 years ago
well she's got the guts doing it
nuch090 3 years ago
Oh, God Bless You Mrs. Miller. Life is way too short not to take a moment and laugh and smile. On the other hand, that vibrato!
81641 3 years ago 4
Mrs. Miller Rules!
RobJones000 3 years ago 2
I remember this song! Mrs. Miller, if my memory serves me correct, was a regular audience member of "The Tonight Show" with Johnny Carson in the 1960s. She got the opportunity to perform one night and the rest is just history. I recall this song having been released as a novelty single in the late Sixties and getting some airplay on our local New York radio station. I never thought I'd hear it again! Thanks!
solarvegan 3 years ago
I cannot believe how many Mrs. Miller songs have been posted on YouTube! After hearing this one, I discovered "Downtown" and, now that I think about it, it was a remake of that Petula Clarke hit that was her "celebrated" single.
solarvegan 3 years ago
LOL!! each subsequent note sent me into further hysterics....my stomach hurts! thanks!
adrienneamos 3 years ago
it's just bad karoake .... LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
shelleymoh 4 years ago
I LAUGHED SO HARD LISTENING TO THIS
lonniedohlen 4 years ago 2
My only Comment......LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
jojoyoyo2006 4 years ago
it reminds me of that benny hill scetch when he does shirley bassey and turns around with his but crack showing and the vase breaking hehe. It's a gem!
safestud 4 years ago
strange, but good. mrs millers voice is full of energy.
andyfocker 4 years ago
your probably right!
itsallgood43 4 years ago
NICE!
hgihmitikcuf 4 years ago
That 4 minutes of my life I wish I had back... what the hell is remotely funny about this?
itsallgood43 4 years ago
That you sat listened for 4 minutes when it only lasts 2.26
Craplister 4 years ago 8
I think you get the point...lame
itsallgood43 4 years ago
Have you got any sense of humour at all?
higginbottomd 4 years ago
Good One!!!
freshair345 4 years ago
If you got your 4 minutes back,you would still waste it.
freshair345 4 years ago
to itsallgood43 who says he wishes he had his four minutes back...you're on youtube for God's sake. Every minute we all spend here is a minute wasted not doing something more constructive. Yet here we are and we're not complaining(at least most of us aren't). What were you doing the other 1 minute and 76 seconds?
saltysalty67 4 years ago
Recently Voted on my local Radio Station as,
"The Worst Record of ALL Time !!!", by a Landslide...Deservedly so....
CostaBrit 4 years ago
Too funny ... or embarrassing.
jaybird0827 4 years ago
Wow! At school we loved this when Kenny Everett played it every week on the radio. Great find, thanks
45junkie 4 years ago 2
I LOVE MRS MILLER!
pantucci 4 years ago
What a funny lady!!! She could have fun, making fun of herself and any song that passed through her lips. Very funny!!!!
Murphypaws 4 years ago 2