Roaring Twenties: Ben Bernie Orch.- Ain't She Sweet, 1927

[stephanie9781]

its a bit ironic that people who just watched Midnight in Paris didnt manage to get the message and still wrongly bitch about modern times

[fdfghjuklkmjnh]

Music of nowadays: Katy Perry = big boobs, big ass, songs like "Peacoock" "I kissed a girl"

somebody understand me? I feel sick

[americanfellow]

CLASSIC Americana from a shining moment in American history

[coolpilot2001]

come on people. lets make sure my comment stays ahead of the other guys. i need your votes!

[SamTheToyRobot]

What's with all of the political and social jibber jabber on this ranom video? O_o

[SamTheToyRobot]

@SamTheToyRobot *random



[bixntram]

Very poor logic, lsdvine. I merely call attention to some evils committed by Muslims in the past, and you infer an anti-Muslim bias thereby. I stated a fact (you can look it up), which you assumed to be an opinion. Islam as a great religion is one thing; political Islam is another. Second, you make the unwarranted assumption that by criticizing the "non-West" if you will, I must be ignorant of my own nation's past transgressions. I am not. You are the one with the blinders on, my friend.

[31lionsden]

you mean when you couldslqp a girl on the ass and she would giggle, and not jiggle!

[990jur]

Very HOT!

[Squarerig]

Coolpilot.I sympathise with you!But,here in Britain,it is so much worse.We are suffering under a socialist/communist/left-wing/­liberal pack of bloody scoundrels who couldn't run a whorehouse in sailortown!Now the girls get drunker than the men and vomit all over London on Friday evenings.It is called "PROGRESS"!

[lsdvine]

@Squarerig Shut up. Dont blame political orientation... you have only your own generation to blame. Thatcher was in power when punk music was big so how do you figure that it is anything to do with socialism/communism/left wing. the left wing is an underground movement with less influence than the right and is a response to the disgusting atrocities commited by Britain and her right wing politics over the past half century. What do you have to say to that?

[sloppyoscar]

@lsdvine The left wing a response to " Britain and her right wing politics over the past half century". Don't kid yourself. They were around *long* before Churchill ... try the late 1800s . Less influence than the right? Perhaps to mush-brained students but the UN, Soros and a slew of other common-interest coalitions have long since tilted the axis. Lastly, how can you tell someone to shut up on the internet? Odd

[lsdvine]

@sloppyoscar Look squarerig said that we are suffering under socialist pack of scoundrels. That is a lie. The right wing is akin to Nazi germany and Fascist Italy, I am no communist, I am simply a critic

[sloppyoscar]

@lsdvine Nazis and Fascists are passe ... socialists and communists are in the present and far more dangerous to this world

[lsdvine]

@sloppyoscar I beg to differ, for it is the capitalist countries who have brought the world to this point. E.g America appoints Gadaffi, e.g America appoints Krushov E.g America appoints Pinochet E.g America funds the taliban etc... Who is it that you suppose poses more of a threat to the world than the heavy capitalist countries?

[bixntram]

@lsdvine China and the entire Islamic world, hands down.

[bixntram]

@lsdvine China, North Korea and the entire Islamic world, the last being the most dangerous. "America funds Ghadafi, et." How easy it is to mouth crap like this without having to back it up in any way. I doubt that you even believe it yourself, really; you just like the effect of saying it.

[lsdvine]

@bixntram Mate go find the evidence yourself... have a look at which nations have caused the most bloodshed around the world and you will find for shure that it lies with America (a part of Britain) Britain, Spain Portugal and maybe France, so please look at your own societies vile history before accusing those which none of us even understand

[bixntram]

@lsdvine I am well aware of the evils committed in the past by the nations you've listed. They are dwarfed by comparison to those committed by Russia, China, Nazi Germany, Japan, North Korea, Cambodia, North Vietnam, et al. in the Twentieth Century. Perhaps you are not familiar with the atrocities committed by the Islamic invaders of India a few centuries ago. The West sent troops in to Bosnia to stop the slaughter of Muslims a couple of decades ago, but you must find that boring.

[lsdvine]

@bixntram on the contrary it interests me a great deal otherwise i would not argue, you will find that you are the one with a bias. You seem to be purely anti muslims and nazi's, typical of a colonial mindset, ignore what your nation has done. Why are pakistan at odds with india? britain....even churchill gassed useless natives in cambodia

[Victor20376]

@sloppyoscar You forgot to mention the MOST Dangerous thing: islam !

[sloppyoscar]

@Victor20376 True. But I still think that Islamic extremists and Communists are not above collusion.

[lsdvine]

@Victor20376 Islam is only dangerous because of our provocation and complete lack of understanding and respect. I'l say it again... the Nazi's said what you are saying now, only about the Jews. You are a fool to believe anything that is spoon fed to you by the press

[residentevlidead]

Jesus christ what's with all the racsism and sexism, I like this tune, can we agree on that, it has absolutely nothing to do with race, ain't she sweet, can we agree she is? 

[redshark618]

i thought i was here to listen to music... not debate about what's wrong/right with America today...

[pendejadafcc]

I bet there were minimal faggots in the 20s..

[stickyjam1]

@pendejadafcc Have you looked into that at all you thick bastard?

[Squarerig]

coolpilot.I agree with every word!But not only in the USA.Humour is dead.RiP.And that's a fact.But,nevertheless,the music is wonderful,a small consolation but better than none!

[redchannels]

How did what coolpilot2001 said two months ago get in "Highest Rated Comments"? Is this a Klan video or something?

[paramoreangel123]

i cant believe i am singing this for chorus!

[circusitch]

@paramoreangel123 Let me know when, I'll be there.

[calicosbrat]

amen coolpilot

[FCA1991]

Perfect, classic 20's sound

[coolpilot2001]

when girls used to have meat on their bones.

when you could slap girls on the ass and they would just giggle and laugh and not bitch like the broads today

when you could utter racial and ethnic slurs and no one would give a damn.

ahh whats happened to this country...

[goatface1000]

MORON

[saufunnom]

@coolpilot2001 How are misogyny and racism good things? You should be glad we did away with that mentality of the '20's (and so many other unfortunate decades).

[mrhulot101]

@saufunnom Quite right! And as soon as we get rid of the Political Correctness gone raving mad mentality of this era we will all be glad then too!

[saufunnom]

@mrhulot101

Clearly this is deeper than a raving mad mentality of political correctness...it is merely an advocation of decency. People should certainly not think it's ideal for an era to be epitomized by "slap[ing] girls on the ass" and expecting them to "just giggle and laugh" and "not bitch like the broads today".

Uttering racial and ethnic slurs is desirable to you? There's raving mad political correctness, and then there's just wanting equality, for God's sake.

[mrhulot101]

@saufunnom I did not make my point clear. You wished good riddance to an earlier eras racism and bigotry, I think every era has things other geneations will see clearly those residing in it can not. i think our piolitical correctness gone mad will be seen as bad as racism and bigotry of earlier eras.

it will be seen curious too why only certain peoples were considered racist and bigots when it occurs in all humans.

[Sheboggie1]

@mrhulot101 Amen!!

[Lyndon1947]

@saufunnom

They (misogyny and racism) are priceless things to the people who have first defined and then used them to censor and brainwash a couple of generations to accept the chains being wrapped around them. Why don't we direct our righteous wrath toward REAL evil societies which DO enslave women and advocate the anihilation of a certain race which was targeted in Europe a few decades ago?

[saufunnom]

@Lyndon1947

They certainly can be abused for ulterior motives. But, what I advocate is using political correctness simply to harbour unity between races; I do not advocate censorship. Free speech is one of the most precious rights we have. As such, I believe jokes at the expense of certain people are fine, so long as no one actually believes the stereotypes in the joke and discriminates against people based on those stereotypes. We need a balance between curbing hate, but retaining freeedom

[mojoman4147]

@coolpilot2001 because casual racism is acceptable. Er...no?!

[HowDareThey1970]

@coolpilot2001 you have absolutely got to be kdding me. and thumbs up for this?? you should all be ashamed.

I guess what's happened to this country is we've wised up and don't take crap anymore.

[coolpilot2001]

@HowDareThey1970 lol. and my comment is rated higher than that other guys. haha

[HowDareThey1970]

@coolpilot2001 ah you had your bad guy friends bolster you up. and you're all getting slapped silly (either physically or with lawsuits) in real life. put that up on youtube. real haha. But a good technical music comment still got high ratings and not far off your in numbers. highbrows closing in on the lowbrows. hahahah.

[8Ho03EdONl1liL]

@coolpilot2001 Fair-skinned women with curves have been ideal until the past few decades. Now a masculine stick is supposed to be ideal.The elite want fewer people. Pubic hair was a symbol that a woman was fertile and therefore sexy. That suddenly became uncool too. Depopulation is why they also promote homosexuality. Also, since dumber people are easier to rule, they promote miscegenation. Race-mixing was unthinkable in 1927. It's a shame most people never question the current lies.

[coolpilot2001]

@8Ho03EdONl1liL ewww pubic hair. thats disgusting!

[8Ho03EdONl1liL]

@coolpilot2001 That's what's been taught since the mid-1980s. Funny how something so "disgusting" could have gone unnoticed for 50,000+ years. Let's all thank the zionists for pointing this out, reminding us that real beauties are anorexic, race mixing is "cool", and organizing parades so people can go around expressing how proud they are to be gay. (No parades for those proud to be straight though). The US is becoming a third-world filthy slum very fast thanks to their efforts.

[ladofmad]

@coolpilot2001 I know, it was so nice when women were treated like sex objects...oh wait

[XieYali]

@coolpilot2001 Or... we could keep the musical traditions and get rid of the sexism and racism?

[hulkyone]

@XieYali We could.  This era also presented great significance towards woman's rights with the flapper movement and should be used to defend it. However, I despise the poisonous laissez-faire economic policies that Harding, Coolidge and Hoover enforced.during this time too. People should, however, at times just focus on what it did for women's rights

[XieYali]

@hulkyone I think what I objected to in the OP's comment, is the fact that somehow those were the good old days and I objected to his reasoning. He seemed to be glorifying the sexism and racism. I found it disgusting. I prefer to enjoy the music for what it is, but I certainly do not wish we were honestly in the same position as the 1920s. Though... we could use some good muckrakers nowadays too. ;)

[hulkyone]

@XieYali Amen to that. I like music no matter the genre or what year it was made in. Quality is what matters to me. It is also a shame that we don't have much good muckrakers these days either. Yellow journalism is indeed a poison.

[cheriansrule]

@coolpilot2001 i lack a sense of humor, coul u put my mind at ease n tell if ur jokin?

[silverdart5564]

@coolpilot2001 i hope you get slapped on the ass by some random man and be humiliated by another race based on the skin of your color. Then you'll know how that feels. see if you like that...

[coolpilot2001]

@silverdart5564 i wouldn't like the race, but i sure would like to get slapped on the ass by the opposite sex.

[silverdart5564]

@coolpilot2001 don't be a hypocrite. if you dont like being treated badly dont be cruel to others :/. That racist comment got on my nerves.

[TashaTuckerFabray]

@coolpilot2001 is this supossed to be funny? Cause it isn't, jerk.

[pianolaunderground]

@coolpilot2001 LOL well I guess people eventually stood up and stopped people like you who think it's socially acceptable to try touch women uninvited and casually abuse anyone who happens to be merely racially / ethnically different due to their own secretly-held loon racial theories that somehow all men are not equal. America grew up.

[Spitalhatch]

@coolpilot2001

Don't know which country you're referring to, coolpilot, but it seems to be the same everywhere.

One of the great things about the music is that the musicians sound as if they're enjoying themselves - you can hear the joy in the songs! Nowadays, the scruffy 'Erberts who pass themselves off as performers pull all sorts of facial contortions in an attempt to fool the gullible young that what they're doing is difficult. If it's so painful, they should simply stop - I wouldn't mind!

[MrSkeeja]

@coolpilot2001 So you are a sexist and a racist and yearn for the days when you could grope a woman and get away with it or abuse someone for the colour of their skin or religion or other non white Anglo Saxon background. I think you are a total prat an insensitive bigot and probably have problems with women. Grow up and realise it is the 21st century. Enjoy the music but don't hark back to social attitudes that prevailed then.

[farmgent]

Joan Crawford isn't one of my favorites, but man, aint she sweet!!!!!!

[sbd650]

5*****!

[circusitch]

Around 1975 or 76, Canada Dry Ginger Ale used this tune on their commercials. "It's Not Too Sweet". Various famous people sang parts of it. Not Joan, but Broderick Crawford was one of the guys who sang it while in a Highway Patrol type setting.

[emersontotalyconfuse]

this is the best kind of music of all times

jazz 20's.Many rock bands of today don't have all this energy!

[luvebug21]

Aint he sweet in my case(music is fantastic):P

[joevenuti2]

Mention was made of Milton Ager's daughter Shana. She was none other than 60 Minutes commentator Shana Alexander (who, along with James Kilpatrick, was later regularly lampooned by Saturday Night Live).

[kevinyoung42]

Milton Ager wrote "Ain't She Sweet" for his daughter Shana (wikipedia)

[nerih]

Its interesting how Jewish musicians and song writers were so central to the development of the modern jazz. Lots of the European Klezmer spirit with black and American influences.

[sigclu]

swonderful, smarveelous. Then beat of that day was something very special in the anuls of amarican jazz. As the great one would say how sweet it is. Those old 78's still hum.

[SteveCarras]

Joan Crawford was iN THAT? She was already known back in 1927?:)Good video btw.

[AulicExclusiva]

Joan Crawford had already been in 28 movies before 1930 rolled around, cast typically as a giddy flapper.

Before she became a strong-character Suds Queen, she personified the Roaring Twenties in film.

[Squarerig]

"Ain't she sweet",this song is sweet indeed.Thank you for allowing us to listen to real music!

[Caocao8888]

It's superb music because the arrangement, the execution, intonation, rock-steady beat, etc. are all so perfectly done. Today's personalities (I can't bring myself to call them musicians) try to get by on their look, their pose, their attitude, their number of times in rehab, etc.

[badmuthahubbard]

Amen!

[11Kralle]

@Caocao8888

Do not either call them `personalities´ - call them `victims´...

[elpelolalo]

and who put the lyrics to this song?...

[drcoxcentral]

Now I know that song that is always pop up in the WB cartoons.

[dm5401]

What a delight to find your post. It's terrific. Thanks!

[wildmistiano]

i sung this for my drama coursework, it was fun

[fromthesidelines]

The dueting vocalists are Harold "Scrappy" Lambert & Billy Hillpot, who recorded numerous times together with different orchestras, on this January 28, 1927 recording...

[tdub1941]

Great pictures and wonderful music!

Tom Warner

[barbcard]

Someday you've got to demonstrate the Mazurka for me--promise? My own mother had a rough time trying to teach me to do a graceful lindy hop without my tripping on my shoe laces.

[dzheger]

Dancing to the sound of a Mazurka by Chopin palyed on a piano is by far classier than hopping to the sound of a sung Charleston. But, yes, it was fun, and I did learn how to do a basic Charleston -- never had the opportunity to use it though.

[kspm01]

Excellent version indeed.

[dzheger]

Roaring version! This was the song my mother used to sing while demonstrating the Charleston for me and my sister.

[vulcanswork]

Una delle mie canzoni favorite di tutti i tempi. Grazie.

[barbcard]

Quite invigorating! But they ain't all that sweet, esp. J. Crawford. I detect hints of "5 foot 2, eyes of blue."