Vince Vance's Musical Video Called I am New Orleans by Bayoubuzz.com

[becnald]

man, this is one incredible piece of music.... soooo awesome... thank you Vince...

[buddybleau]

There is no more New Orleans. New Orleans died with integration. Today's New Orleans is nothing more than a very dangerous misplaced African Village. They should rename it Bwana Junction.

[Rich8951]

One day, because of the movement of the plates of the Earth, New Orleans will be under an ocean.

[emeraldcoastwave]

Check out the newest NOLA tradition: The New Tulane Community Stadium

[emeraldcoastwave]

ROLL WAVE ROLL

[palmcc]

Brought tears to my eyes. I was there. Great video.

[011219551]

TY Vience..wow..40 yrs. of great music!!!

[flyer469]

Best song EVER! Should be New Orleans theme song for at least the next 100 years!

[Rich8951]

I wish someone would post Vince Vance's parody of "Amadeus" that was entitled "I'm a DAGO."

What ever happened to that song?

"And the Pope is... POLISH???!!!!"

[flyer469]

Hey Vince! Thanks for the call! Good to talk to you, glad I ordered your CD! fan for life!

[realtv]

brings me back home

[creolefreak22]

as much as i LOVE this video and LOVE this song - it always sticks out that it says "2009 Vince Vance" even though he's talking about the 2010 oil spill and the Saints Super Bowl XLIV Victory. In my mind it's not a mistake - I like to think Vince saw it allllll coming.

[islandgoil4]

Goosebumps every time I watch and listen......Thanks Vince!

[zaegelw]

@islandgoil4

HOW DO I DOWNLOAD THIS TO IPHONE THIS IS THE BEST

[Polepfor]

Sharing the New Orleans Spirit. The venue for our next Rotary World Convention in May 2011.

[howsyamama]

Along with Jimmy Buffett's "Breathe In, Breathe Out, Move On" this is one of the BEST Katrina tributes I have ever seen or heard. Thanks, Vince, for being New Orleans and helping the rest of us remember that we are, too! Right on, brother!

[cindywarren3]

this is awesome! Thanks, Vince

[asykes9]

Great video!!! Is that W. L. Cohen pep squad at 1:57?

[ThePaulSanchez]

He's got it about right.

[CASBooks]

Lived in Met-ry (lol) till I had kids, then left the parish for Ponchatoula. Had to move my kids for school after Katrina, but I'll be back, even if I'm the crazy plantation cat woman....I AM New Orleans!

[krzylady]

Great video! It makes me feel as if I was there.

[RoryJ]

thats my neighbor at 53 seconds lmao

[Mavicaman]

Oh, how I miss New Orleans! Great video and music. Makes me want to pack up and move back right now. There's truly no place in the World quite like it.

[slickbit13]

Vince you've always been and alway will be New Orleans......from Liz -Howard Johnson...Metairie

[barrysgrl74]

my home. my life. my world.

[lotproducer]

Captures our soul and love of the this. Way to go Vince.

[KnightCommaJustin]

Awesome!

[nParadise101]

Am only too proud to call Noo-Awleens my birth city .... I can taste the beignets and smell the red beans & rice all the way from Thailand! There is only one NOLA.

[NYCJuliette]

I LOVE THIS!!! I want to paste this on my facebook. So many of my friends want to visit New Orleans. I'm going to have a house full of guests after they see this. This is so cool, this is NEW ORLEANS! xoxox Juliette Lucarini Harch

[confederacyofdunces]

Love the hair-do (don't) at the end! Thanks for this vid. I love my adopted home of New Orleans.

[JusKat58]

Absolutely AWESOME! I got goosebumps at the third line; a lump in my throat at the first "I Am New Orleans".

Thank you for taking us home...

[3martijns]

I Love All the Great things about New Orleans.

Just Hate the Evil Entrenched there.

[rosavito1]

Wonderful! Loved that! Must have lived there in another life time.....

[NoGuff]

Maybe one of the songs should be "Next Time They Say a Cat 5 Hurrican is Coming This Way I'll Head the Warnings to Evacuate."

And another song could be "Maybe We Should Have Raised Those Levees During the Boom Years When We Had Lots of Money."

[Hudd1950]

Fantastic, fantastic, fantastic!! Professional produciton values and great music. Thank you!

[PianoMan53100]

proud to be from louisiana :)

[yeaheverday]

all day bra ! WHO DAT?

[su57]

i'm hoping to go back to NOLA for school at Tulane :D

[lyoungwoolf]

Thank you G~ for sharing this.. I know you're proud..and this video helps explain who you are, and the inner strength you posses.. New Orleans is a place, but it's also the blood that travels through your veins.it's the air you breath... It is you ..Still waiting to try turducken :)

[TheJazzlady40]

Thanks Don for introducing me on to this vid very good

[lieutdan777]

BR man, homesick again! Thanks Vince!

[safiyablu]

nice poetry man!

[asryahdoes]

LOVE THIS, LOVE MY BIRTHPLACE, SOOOOO PROUD, HOMESICK!

[htarceno]

I LOVE this!

[shelleyfrost]

Bee-u-ti-ful

[monkeykrewe]

Yeah U Rite

[alcarterjr]

Living in Thibodaux but the river still runs through my veins. The song was awesome and brought a tear to my eye. Thanks Vince, we love ya. Ba da way hah ya momma n' dem.

[littlechilibean]

Visit Vince Vance & the Valiants website and go to the catalog page to purchase this CD vincevance. com

[mnasty1979]

WHO DAT!!!!!

[Celie3678]

@mnasty1979 LMAO.  "Who dat is"? I'm a 'coon-ass'd cajun' and proud of it. ---Love from Dallas, TX.

[CASBooks]

@Celie3678 Fellow coon ass from swampy southern Louisiana now in TX....love this!

[MsVicky1953]

Loved the video!!!

[smallplanetco]

WOW! This says it all...great lyrics..what a song! Kudos to you...

[hagwire]

I'm grinning from ear to there. thank you. thank you. thank you. such an incredible message to all..

[josh7885]

Thanks Vince. Good to see you are still working your genius...from an old friend and former Valliantette. You still got it baby! That was a beautiful work of art.

[cplindsey]

@Chrliesangelsman Have you ever heard "DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT MEANS TO MISS NEW ORLEANS"? recorded by Fats Domino, Harry Connick Jr. and Pete Fountain just to name a few. Sure would sound funny to sing "DO YOU KNOW WHAT IN MYNNS TO MISS NEW OR-LYNNS"!!!

[MiraclesBeliever]

As Fats would say, "I'm walkin to New Or-lynns"...but Vance, I definitely forgive you for calling it New Or-leans...it makes for a good rhyme, but being a native, its like calling crawfish, crae-fish....when we know they are craw-fish!!

the song is till very AWESOME!!

[FatherCoughlin]

Vince Vance & The Vakiants,,1972- Breckenridge , Colorado..............might have been with Sha Na Na and o/r Hot Tuna! Now thats weird....!

Yeah You Right

[kbk1080]

Loved it-thanks

[johnburrjr]

I love it!!! And it's all true! Thank you Vince

[mayacisco]

Wow this gave me goosebumps. Thanks so much for this gift. Your amazing!

[justduckieme]

Vince, This is awesome.  Thank you. Maryann Becker

[gumbogrrl]

Thanks, Vince Vance. Great job representing us!

[emilyelyse11]

Vance is actually pronouncing New Orleans wrong purposely. He's doing it to keep the rythm in the lines.

[robyngt21]

@brucethegirl1 - baby, you're not pronouncing it wrong...everyone else is.

[Chrliesangelsman]

@robyngt21: New "Or-Lynns" is the correct way....... Not New "Or-Leens"...... When I say that some natives also pronounce it "new-ah-lins" I am indicating more of an ACCENT than improper pronunciation. I HAPPEN TO KNOW FOR A FACT, it is "New Or-Lynns" since I was born, raised, and STILL LIVE in Louisiana.

[geauxgeauxgirl1]

Soulful. I LOVE IT!!!!

[teabear200]

What an awesome tribute to an amazing city, from one of its favorite sons. Vince, once again you have captured the emotions of a time and place and set them to music. Well done!!!

[72ashrivero]

LOVE IT!!!!

However, sound like some of you, need something to do other than Language arts! Like Enjoy Life;) The song is damn good!!!!!!

[MGCAUSTIN]

"New Or-leens" is the correct pronunciation when using it in a song. Benny Grunch says so on his web site. Case closed.

[noladancer1]

okay, big deal, he pronounced it that way so it would rhyme...gimme a break...even people from different parts of the city pronounce it differently and btw... WHO DAT?

[Chrliesangelsman]

@noladancer1: I NEVER said it was a BIG DEAL that he pronounced it the wrong way. I was simply pointing out a fact. And BEING from Louisiana ( your screen name) then you should realize that NEARLY EVERY NATIVE (with extremely rare exception) pronounces it correctly. "New Or-lynns" (or Nawlins). I am not ANGRY that he pronounces it wrong, but you seem ANGRY that I have point it out. Why? I think ppl from Delaware would point it out if 1 of their cities were pronounced incorrectly.

[Chrliesangelsman]

(contd) Why is that such a BAD THING? I like when people know things to accurately depict our state. I think it is a GOOD thing for our state to be represented correctly. AGAIN, IT WAS A NICE THING FOR THE MAN TO WRITE AND PERFORM A SONG FOR NEW ORLEANS. I am NOT posting my comments to be MEAN. Geez! U should want people from other states to know correct information about YOUR STATE TOO! An in-law of mine from Boston never new the correct pronunciation until I told him. He was glad to know

[Chrliesangelsman]

the only problem is..... WE DON'T PRONOUNCE IT "NEW OR-LEENS (as in like: "lean cut of meat")..... People from New Orleans, Louisiana (I am from Louisiana, so I KNOW) pronounce it "New-ah-lins." Other cities in the state pronounce it "New OR-lynns" but "NEVER New Or-leens." I hate hearing it called "New Or-leens" because it is so incorrect...... But nice for this person to write a nice song for our state. It would have been better though had the song rhymed with the way it is pronounced.

[dcamer]

@Chrliesangelsman Vince vance is from NOLA.

[Chrliesangelsman]

@dcamer: WELL.... you would NEVER EVER EVER EVER know it from how he pronounces it..... I promise you that if you ask locals and Louisianians if they thought he was from here, they would say "no" because everyone here can usually tell IMMEDIATELY if you are from out of state by the way you pronounce New Orleans. No doubt about that...... Now it has me wondering if he was ORIGINALLY from Louisiana. I could understand if he was from another state and MOVED here, then that would make sense.

[brucethegirl1]

@Chrliesangelsman actually, people FROM new orleans, myself included, pronounce it New OR-lynns. I have never heard anyone say New-ah-lins. That sounds very faked, but maybe I'm pronouncing it in my head wrong....

[Chrliesangelsman]

@brucethegirl1: when I say "New-ah-lins" I am indicating an ACCENT not necessarily an improper pronunciation (as I stated in the above comment reply to someone else). U obviously are not understanding what way I am indicating that it is pronounced, for IF YOU HAVEN'T heard at least ONE native of New Orleans pronounce it that way, you must live under a rock or not get out much. I COMPLETELY agree with you though, it is indeed pronounced "New Or-lynns." Thanks for your reply.. :-)

[brucethegirl1]

@Chrliesangelsman That comment wasn't up when I posted my reply two hours ago. At least not the one I think you're talking about. And like I said, I was probably pronouncing new-ah-lins wrong in my head, as in: you meant to pronounce it one way, and that way isn't coming off in type. Sorry if I was unclear about that.

[Chrliesangelsman]

@brucethegirl1: You need not apologize...... I am sorry if I sounded rude, I owe YOU the apology. Take care nice lady.....  :-)

[Chrliesangelsman]

@brucethegirl1: PS: I just realized my tone in the reply may have come across as "sharp" and I want to apologize. I guess maybe I should have worded my reply to you a little better so it didn't come across that way. I surely didn't mean it that way. Again, I apologize.

[brucethegirl1]

@Chrliesangelsman It's cool, I had figured as much, it's pretty hard to understand tone when you can't hear the voice :D Just like accents, haha. but Im originally from Chalmette, so that could also have something to do with this whole conundrum...

[SUNNYRHOADES9]

Blessings My Friend Take care Of Fats Domino He Is A New Orleans National Treasure ..Peace From Canada

[SUNNYRHOADES9]

Blessings My Friend

[MimiOmi91452]

Vince you got it so right , Love this video too, but that's why we love New Orleans . Brought a tear to my eyes. My home and always proud to say it.

[sandyrock44]

THAT's the New Orleans I love! All of it.

[billo321]

Very good. All over that town.

[Marymackie]

Awesome!!! Good to go, New Orleans!!

[catoose19]

Awwwwwright Vinny! BrAvO! from ya neighba' widderwoman!

[leeann321]

What a wonderful tribute to New Orleans! I can't wait to visit again!

[JolieBlonLA]

P.S. The only thing I found "missing".... was YOU in the back window of the "Streetcar Named Desire".... imagine how cool THAT would have been ? ;-D

[JolieBlonLA]

Vince, I am so moved by your video ! I live in Acadiana, but your tune reaches across the Atchafaylaya swamp to those of us that love N'Oleans. You have said it better than any I have heard to date. Thank YOU !!!!!

[alexandronjames]

The piano/keyboard based rhythm in this video is also New Orleans (Fats Domino, Professor Longhair, Dr. John, Allen Collay, The Meters, Huey Smith, etc.,etc.)

[dcamer]

Thanks Vince, this song really embodies how a lot of us feel about our home.

[perdicious]

... corruption, hookers, etc.... I don't think the flooding was an accident.

But boy are the beignets good.

[TheBayoucat]

Totally awesome, thank you, thank you, thank you Vince.

[demariojason]

2:29 camera freezes!! IDK why I love that part!!

[htarceno]

Amen!

[valvetrom]

I recently on radio heard them saying newORleans stressing the O

[Aswadah]

Yeah ya rite baaaby!!

[rivareed]

Poetry! The imagery provided is perfect, but I like to close my eyes and see what I see with the words. Its perfection!

[GreatMawMaw]

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE !!!!

[MGCAUSTIN]

Give me chills! I miss NOLA.

[1pookie2]

Loved it  !

Great job Vince !

Who - Dat !!

[cashew63146]

Long live NOLA. !

[pwg0070]

Very cool. I believe the man knows what New Orleans is all about good and bad New Orleans can make you smile or cry.

[laughsall]

This born and bred beignet fed baby says no doubt music that's the upbeat pulse of New Orleans, and downbeat of our souls! Oh yeaa it Rocks!

[kathleendeshotel]

Me too, Dawlin'!

[josephehebert]

I AM NEW ORLEANS!!!! NOLA-4-LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[missduck9]

Beautiful. Thank you.

[EmCSpiteri1]

Katrina has changed many lives for ever.

A nice video and very meaningful ☺

[BlazenSpirit]

Playin' hopscotch on the banquett, makin do-do in twilight's gleam, ride a shoot-da-shoot to heaven, I AM New Orleans. VInce, you ain't never lied - we love ya! Thanks for the memories!!!

[TheWizardofRandR]

Good collage Vince ...and I know what it means to miss New Orleans Big Bill aka.The Wizard of R & R !

[robyngt21]

i love it but what's with the huge beehive do at the end? been trying to figure that one out. great video! AMEN!

[missduck9]

@robyngt21 That hairdo reminds me of Mahalia Jackson...

[deeEssBee]

WOW.......the words are good and the pics are great.

Dbuck here in DC-----just a home from away from home. I got three girls---Moms, Baby SIs, and my New Orleans.

Be back soon baybee

[33taylor]

love u vincehey new orleans east in the house

[33taylor]

love u vince

[jlaba125]

I, too, am still New Orleans

[cecile0716]

I love this video. Good job Vince!! No matter where I am I'm still New Orleans!!

[dontmissmuch]

Very well done, Vince !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[raycanz]

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This is a great one like Vince or Andy Stone.

[raycanz]

raycanz@aol.com,

[FlimseyFreenote]

Great song Vince! I love this video its sooo New Orleans. See you soon!

[rickey2800]

Indeed !

[mskitowhawk]

Dis is da bom, tic, tic. An explosive hit in my opinion. I will share this with everybody I know. Love that lackadaisical piano rhythm throughout. See you 'round soon, Vince!

[floridabeachlady]

This video makes me want to pack my bags and go to New Orleans RIGHT NOW!! I love NOLA and appreciate it's unique history and culture. It is one of my favorite places in the world. I will be there again very soon, thanks to this video. Great job Vince Vance. The tourist commission should definitely use this video on ads around the US and Europe.

[htarceno]

I love this!

[jungleheels]

Vince Vance is a walking personification of New Orleans. I felt like he breathed into my body on this song! Hmmm.. it is more than Katrina, it is the calamities we all face at one time or another! And it says to me DO NOT GIVE UP! I think it is a hit! I am singing it as i go to sleep. I like it Vince Vance. Where do I buy the CD?

[SUNFLWRS101]

Thanks Mr. Vance...you DID do that right! Thanks a million!

[angeladawnbreck]

Thanks, Vince. Ya got that rite.

[wrestlingpublicist]

I am Old Metairie, neighborhood Mardi Gras parades, riding my bicycle over downed power lines after a storm, crawling under a shotgun house raised 3 feet off the ground, Mid-City Baptist School, canals, a 10 cent bus ride across town on NOPSI, Kirsch-Rooney Park, Tad Gormley Stadium, the Audubon Zoo, Saints games at Tulane Stadium, the Buccaneers, Bob Roesler's daily sports column in the Times-Picayune, the Jesuits at Loyola, the Morning Call at Fat City, a single-span Causeway, I am New Orleans

[bayoung49]

@wrestlingpublicist

...and don't forget Ponchartrain Beach and the Bali Hai and ...the mosquito fog trucks,,,and all dat other stuff...

[htarceno]

@wrestlingpublicist - yeah, you right!

[Petefitter]

To a T! I live in Chicago but NOLA is my second home and thats where my heart is. Fantastic song. This is Nawlins! WHO DAT!

[cbook55]

no one has said it better, love new orleans.

[Reedlette]

I first saw you with the Valiants when i was 12. I don't want to tell you how old I am now! LOL! I still love you, dawlin', now more than ever! This is beautiful! It's timeless.

[lvnola16]

Your vidio tells it like it is.Thank you,it made me cry.

[Awesome11191]

it gave me goosebumps!!! i love it!!

[dailydoseofnirvana]

This video says it all...thank you for sharing it. Katrina seems like yesterday. I miss New Orleans and am very overdue for a visit.

[tessakie1]

I am NEW ORLEANS & damn proud of it. Wouldn't wanna be anything else

[ldufrene]

I AM NEW ORLEANS--- can't imagine being anything else!

[frenchadrian]

my uncle was in that band! true story.

[howsyamama]

Vince, you gave me and my friends lots of joy in our teens - so much so that we formed our own band, Major Moses and the Ten Commandos! BUT - this is the best! Thank you, brother, from the bottom of the hawts of all of us who "are New Orleans."

[RockinJackee]

I absolutely love this video!!!! Thank you, Vance!!! I am sending it out all over!!!

[sOsOmega]

That Summed it up that is New Orleans. 6th Ward Yah Heard.

[JOELFAZZIO]

My wife said, you listen to that again! Don't that speak volumn's!

Great stuff Vince. See you at Crusinthecoast!

[missmac1214]

I AM NEW ORLEANS

[MikeStanley4]

Great song but the Hornets feel left out :(

[sp0ttedp0ny330]

wonderful!!!!! yea she's changed but she will NEVER go down!!!! just a proud member of the WHO DAT NATION!!!! :-) thankya Mistah Vince!!<3

[MsYourBonnie]

I love this video! I'm sending it to everyone.

[ESPACARE]

Dear Vince...Ah cher -- YOU 'are" New Orleans ...but you speak to the hearts of many with your gift here.  Your work of love (obviously) brings us "in touch" that "I am" as are others --"her= New Orleans." THEM who say --forgettabout her...yeah,?? they say "she lives below sea level" --crazy to protect and save her.. WELL "who dat sayin dat? WHO dat?" l SHE ain't goin' nowhere... She's strong in HER history, HER "archa-tecture",HER food --and HER music. "SHE" is me.and "I" am her ,xoVince

[msjulieah]

I love it! Thank you so very much.

[miaflash]

Katrinascopes give closure too.... check them out search google

[miaflash]

Thanks Vince. All of America needs to hear this! Joe

[seymour504]

heartwarming-thank you

[LJH70122]

Ya just can't get any mo' Yat than that . Ya heard me ? Yeah ya right ! Go 'head on , Vince.

[etherealviscera]

AMEN

[harryhotsauce]

awesome song, awesome video!!

[jaygh1113]

Great job Vince. New Orleanians who are no longer with us would rise from their graves and identify with this

[Photog50]

I am New Orleans!!

[Cinnattube]

If you don't fully unferstand what this video means, then you are " not" New Orleans.

[MsYourBonnie]

Nice!

[nawlinsohyeah]

Bravo, bravo! I am still New Orleans!

[MVMBuyer]

Great! Would be better if the music were a little softer and the voice louder... just a little bit.

[missface504]

awwww. katrina changed me forever too....but i will be back :)

[TheSpumonimoni]

BRILLIANT BRILLIANT BRILLIANT

[eniledam13194]

Love you Vince! Wonderful...best yet!

[TheDixieLeeChick]

THANK YOU!!! Truly, THIS is a masterpiece! Thank you Vince, for your beautiful and touching work!