Cole Porter's "My Heart Belongs to Daddy" - Marilyn Monroe

[cutiegirl1245]

like if your watching this in 2012!!

[settemenolive]

I didn't know about the original meaning of the song, I find it a very beautiful whatever meaning you give to it.

[LeaWe1990]

Actually sad that her real dad never confessed hisself to his daughter.

[poketerra]

That little old man he just treat it so Goooood !

I love it.

[Khamomil]

I like her very much as a singer, in other songs too. She didn't have the powerful voice of a belter so appreciated by the US public but she had an excellent sense of rhythm and clear enunciation.

[paquele63]

LA + PIN -UP D LA HISTORY D LA CREATIONNNNNNNNN DL MUNDOOOOOOO

[unacualquiera27]

well she could be quite a myth... but she sang awfully!

[GaryFTaylor]

Terrible re-write of the Cole Porter original, both lyrics and score. And while Marilyn had many talents, her voice didn't extend to the demands of a Cole Porter song--not even when re-written for her.

[ericleo2011]

"Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar," says Sigmund Freud. I think this song is written and sung to be looked at from a normal mentally healthy child's point of view. That is, it is about a "hetero-sexual" (straight) girl who found other boys (or men) in the World besides her father. But she is affirming to herself that even if she "play" with these other boys (who has a penis), she is still loyal to her natural father (who has a penis). This song is not necessary about the singer personally.

[adams123s]

Terrible performance of the song. Especially men's choir. Porter has horrible diction and accent. The song made​an energetic but slow. A better version of the execution of Polish star Violetta Villas which in contrast to Porter is fascinating.

[Shurayuki18481]

@vickeeheart oh sweet! well good for you :) these types of relationships aren't new, maybe to some, I think the whole scandal behind that lolita like older younger relationship is particularly more interesting :P

[C7Crazy]

@Shurayuki18481 How could it NOT be at least mildly Lolita-like lol - especially in the beginning

I mean if you've read the book - as I'm pretty sure some people might've but the little girl in the book does get into a relationship with her Step-Father - and there is A LOT of French being spoken in that book - I just kept help seeing the similarities

[Shurayuki18481]

@C7Crazy I own the book, and yes in the beginning of the song she say's 'My name is Lolita...and uh...I'm not supposed to....play....with boys!" :P

[JubalCalif]

@vickeeheart

Awww! That is so sweet! If two people truly love each other, age doesn't matter. I wish you & your beau LOTS of continued happiness & joy! :-)

[archer6749]

@vickeeheart appearantly you have a sugar daddy and there's nothing sweet about it

[papalesner1111]

@vickeeheart you don't want that. don't tell people that. you shouldn't even be dating. if you want to know what this song is about read Lolita when you're a little older.....

[MakeitHOT22]

I dedicate this to my "Daddy" :)

[mysticgirl1000]

Boycott Hollywood's racist rightwing political cliques posing as talent

Boycott the Oscars

and all the injustices this industry has committed against fine actors like Marilyn

[MsKikiLaRue]

It's ambiguous in it's meaning. I believe Cole Porter wrote this song for an older lover, But Made it have double meaning to also mean a girl and her older lover to make it more commercial for the less liberal audience

[Bioshock2Lycanthropy]

i love this song from bioshock 2!<3 i have this song on my phone as my ringtone!It's sung by ruth etting on bioshock 2,but i have the marilyn monroe version! xD

[pyro9050]

While I'm not a huge fan of the actually singing (it's just nothing special)

0:00 - 1:40 is so fun and adorable

[Arkelk2010]

There may have been homosexual undertones, but the straight meaning (older man who "took care of" a younger women, presumably for "favors") works very well. See "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" for this meaning of daddy. Hint: the key line is "The one you call your daddy ain't your pop."

[pawsoned]

The whole discussion is about the interpretation. Even if Cole Porter was gay and wrote an ambiguous piece about it Marilyn re-interpreted the song and gave it a whole different meaning. If SHE sings 'My Heart Belongs to Daddy' therefore it cannot be a gay song in this case.

[majtos15]

Ja lubię Marylin Monroe ale lubię także Violettę Villas.Wersja Violetty była o niebo lepsza.Myślę,że sprawiedliwie to oceniam,bo lubię obydwie panie...Pozdrawiam gorąco...

Proszę się powstrzymać od wrednych komentarzy w moją stronę...

[classicvinylbiz]

Ginny Simms - My Heart Belongs To Daddy (recording from the late 1940s):

watch?v=8R3lCrSSISM

Thanks and regards

[aishaxoxobela]

Lolita 

[MasterRhettButler]

The song has nothing to do with women and daddy's, sugar or otherwise. It was written by a gay man about gay men, daddy being a popular term in gay culture for an older boyfriend

[Shurayuki18481]

@MasterRhettButler That's right, I hear the conservative crowd slightly smiled at themselves when this song came out, knowing what he was up to but just ignoring the flavour of his lyrics. haha

[conchaperez]

@MasterRhettButler A sugar daddy, of course, and it is a very camp and gay song, but there are referances to the female anatomy too.

[Richard40171]

@MasterRhettButler That may be; but sex orientation doesn't change the public meaning of a song, which doesn't sound gay to me at all. IN fact the middle section (bridge) uses a Jewish cantillation passage (Da-da-da) presumably as a dig against the supposed close relationship of Jewish girls to their fathers. Musicologist Alec Wilder makes this point and finds it offensive but that kind of ethnic humor is pervasive. I'm ancestrally Italian and don't find Chico Marx offensive.

[maxinpains]

I wish she was in porn for once.

[theonlytimburr]

Another way of interpreting this song becomes apparent when you consider that it was composed by Cole Porter, a gay song writer who lived in a time when you could only hint at such things.

[whitneylilucious]

hi, myname is lolita and i'm not supose to.........

[MsAlleykat27]

my heart belongs to Daddy!!!!!

[elledrix]

Marilyn Monroe nunca conheceu seu pai, ela era órfã. Como ela poderia ter complexo de electra? -.-

[HatManAtLarge]

The interpretation reflects you...

[horton174]

This "comment" stuff is funny to me. It's like all these people are having some important debate on what IS the inner meaning of the color RED. What difference does it make to anybody???

[HatManAtLarge]

Apparently a lot if they take the time to post a comment. Insecurity perhaps? Music should not only be heard but felt. Sometimes the interpretations as to what it means to peopel is part of the art, and does show the impact music does have.

[horton174]

Two different things: The method by which "comments" are made; and, those comments, or "interpretations" made by whom? My summation: With the internet, everybody's a critic! In the mid-18th century GE Lessing said, "Not every critic is genius, but every genius is born a critic."

[NewRamzi]

VIOLETTA VILLAS is better in this song...

[anmeltzer]

@NewRamzi

sorry to say, but that's just not true!!!

[mrstrings65]

The intro was 1:42 long way too long !!

[1XxJeLiBoNxX1]

I love this song <33

[ainoaxxx98]

I luuuuv this song- can listen 2 it ova and ova again on ipod MANNNN! what happend to gooood classic music not being popular anymoreee ppl???

[khowardphotoart]

Marilyn was a great singer and actress and Pretty in pink but to see more beautiful pictures of her feel free to go to

khowardphotoart

Thanks for sharing!

[ptthunder]

...wow chill out,u  twit, it's a song, ever hear of whimsy? some people can project their misery onto anything.

[RIDExNOW]

""i'm not supposed to play...

With Boys <3

Moi ? ahah

Mon ♥ est à papa"

I love it <3

[paul51]

RIDExNOW, I love that part of the song!!!

[macatcas]

Cole Porter may have had many challenges, but this song is fairly obvious. It is cynical and bitter. Women are presented as heartless vamps or gold diggers. This is not a new idea. You can find similar texts from ancient Rome, China, Babylon, Sumeria... the opposite idea is the prostitute with the heart of gold or the faithful wife. If it gives you a frisson to imagine that society wants to get twisted, that is your view...

[kaliedescopeyes]

...not the mention the stereotype of "daddy's girl", which in this context takes on a very creepy pedophilic expression. There's nothing wrong with feeling confident from hearing this song. I think the author of that sentiment expressed their awareness of how "strange" the feeling was. Other than that, I'm glad someone pointed out that this is a woman-bashing song. Worse yet, its a song that glamourizes incest. tee-hee, how cute.

[crimsonrose]

I think that "daddy's girl" thing is there but in this class I had on the performing arts--where we discussed this song--I think they're mainly referring to "Sugar Daddies."

[RobsiejB]

This song is not about incest, the girl the song is about sings about her rich older lover, a suger-daddy.

[Misty9190]

It makes me feel confident, strange...

[yimito]

Amazing!!!

[diane252able]

loved marilyn in this scene from lets make love!!!

FAB!!!

[emereld42]

the song is fun but......your interpretation is awful!

[marmottinamilka80]

i think that the lyrics want to speak about a woman that play with men but can't really fall in love with them. she loves only her father, you know sometingh likes 'unconditional love'. everybody loves his parents :)

[Shurayuki18481]

Lolita is a character who is described in pop culture as a young sexually prococious girl. The song was changed for "Let's Make Love".

[marmottinamilka80]

i know

[amusical90]

They mention this song in Bitches, Bimbos, and Ballbreakers: the Guerilla Girl's Guide to Female Stereotypes. The question is, does she refer to her actual father or a lover? And if it is a lover, why does she call him daddy? Would you sing this song to your father? Why does society think it is ok to call men daddy or women mommy? Are the Electra and Oedipus complexes real then?

[Shurayuki18481]

the girl in this song is basically a sugar daddy. marilyn loved the song as she felt more comfortable in having lovers that were much older men, especially with glasses :)

[seanlh]

@Shurayuki18481

hahah and at the same time, a huge flirt with the young hot latin guy down the road.

[bjbutler420]

"Daddy" was slang from around this period for a woman's older male lover who'd provide financial support. She'd call him daddy because, like a father, he was older and a provider. This is not about an Electra complex or anything incestual.

[KYBELH]

@bjbutler420 electra syndrom .....not "complex"

[Mawhera]

@bjbutler420 Hmmm.... this makes sense... but now I'm wondering - Why do some guys sometimes refer to their girlfriends as their "old ladies"..?

[Gheorgyi]

@amusical90 Don't be so naif, of course it's the LOVER... (the guy who keeps her IN STYLE)...What do you think it's meant in "Big Daddy Sugar[War]bucks" ("Little Orphan Annie" comic strip, 1924 on... Don't obsess yourself with Grecian tragedies complexes... Just enjoy Marilyn, she's priceless... Gheorghyi

[TomHendricksMusea]

This is sooo good it made the 100 Plus Favorite Music from Youtube and Myspace.

[dancergirl823]

I have to dance to this song for jazz!!!

[cinephan]

I wish a young male singer would have the nerve to sing this song. I'd love to hear that.

[paul51]

That little ole man treats it so goooood!

[hayabb777]

songs like this r so awesome

[Kinemacolour]

God, they really performed the hell out of this song.

[paul51]

Kinemacolour, yeah, this arragment was awesome . . . so many changes throughout.

[Kinemacolour]

I didn't mean that as a compliment.

Mary Martin's version is much more adult.

[paul51]

Kinemacolour, pardon me.

[jotolove]

LOVE MM FOREVER!!!!!!!

[ozdemir121]

KL song i love it

[Translucent1982]

mwah?? naaaah!

[konradotbu]

this is goog but, "violetta villas - my heart belong to dady" ist better !

[fairy6660]

Mon cœur est a papa !!

[ladycasty]

I love this song from "Let's Make Love" !!