Sixteen Going on Seventeen

[KJaishiteru96]

<33 Oh my goshh I've always loved this scene, imagining I was the one turning on seventeen :)

Those were the days when girls would start going out with boys at 17!! NOT at friggin' 12!!! DX

[xcupcakes24x]

why cant we sing how we feel nowadays :) LOVE HER DRESS!!!! i want to go back in time<3

[whoisthatgirl345]

i like how he's, like only one year older then she is XD

[gravyhouse]

such a sweet song

[dogeatme]

It's my 17th tomorrow and I'm singing this before it turns 12:00am

[christy4481]

11 people are nazi's.

[KagayamiRuka]

haha now that it's 2012, i'm officially 16 going on 17 (^w^)v

[ltgrad13]

Hey I have a sister name liesel who sixteen lol

[PureNRG2002]

LYRICS CORRECTIONS At 0:48, the lyrics are "roués and cads" A roué (pronounced roo-ay) is a lecherous or dirty old man. There's no such thing as "greudins" or "grueways", no matter how often this error is repeated over the Internet.

At 1:08, the word should be "ken" (not kin). "Ken" means knowledge or understanding.

2:25 should be "Bachelor dandies, drinkers of brandies". A dandy is a man who is excessively concerned about his clothes and appearance (or someone of exceptional quality).

[qwertyTRiG]

@PureNRG2002 I was going to make those points, but you beat me to it. Also, naïve is misspelled.

YouTube provides a service for captions, which the viewer can then turn on or off as (s)he wishes. There's no need to burn the text into the video itself.

TRiG.

[zmor89]

Ha, my 17th birthday is in two days. It's funny because I've been waiting years to sing this song and actually have it be real, "sixteen going on seventeen". Love this.

[Scarletdollie]

:( So sad that Rolfe turned bad near the end

[pinkestflamingo47]

@Scarletdollie I love that someone can comment on this great movie via youtube and not be heckled

[RoseMckenzieKimball1]

@Scarletdollie I know right. I was sobbing ugly because of well, him becoming an ass.

[qwertyTRiG]

@Scarletdollie He's bad enough here. He has dominance issues. Wants to be in full control. It's perfectly explicable that Nazi ideology would appeal to him.

(This is not to say that sub/dom relationships can't be happy and healthy. But they need to be worked out with conversation and negotiation. It's not a simple matter of one partner in the relationship telling the other what to do, as explicitly stated in this song.)

TRiG.

[DaveMcG]

@Scarletdollie Spoiler ! 

[TigerAmongstMen]

@Scarletdollie Broke my heart

[kakashidemon321]

@Scarletdollie He didn't really 'turn bad'. He got sucked into the Nazi power just like most other decent people. Because if he didn't, they'd probably kill him and his family. In the musical, at least, he helps them escape by finding them and not telling anyone. So he's not bad, just imprisoned, basically.

[x0hitsme0x]

We were doing this show at school last year, and on the night of my 17th birthday a bunch of the guys from the cast sang this to me at the after party. So embarrassed, but it was quite cute too :)

[dickshine]

@alwaysgettingbitches fucked up but funny

[poppinsgal1802]

@dickshine

[ArinaKhlous]

Great. I like this video. I'm sweet. Thank you!

[BillyJimOMFG]

...to an extent.



[BillyJimOMFG]

GSG-9 for you , "Sir".

[PoppySandals]

Female 618423-9261142 & Male 618422-9261141

[JimmiBabby]

Why can't we have dresses like that nowadays?

[malt8291]

@JimmiBabby lol you can have them made if thats your thing

[cuddlesandcoffee]

LOL I USED TO THINK HE SAID RIDE ON

[EuniLau]

No longer true in this time of age...people go out in year 4

[iFuckinHateClowns]

Why is it that people think that it's important to have your first kiss at your midteens? Calm your tits. It will happen for you at the right time with the right person. Stupid society. -.-

[sooyoung708]

@iFuckinHateClowns lol i like your username

[alarik95]

I've fallen in love with this song

[p3destrian]

favorite song ever!

[IthurtstobeinLove]

God I've been listening/singing this song for the past week. My 17th bday is coming up and I'm excited but I'm kinda of disappointed that I can't sing this song and have it be true too :(

[babyboosabz]

wayy better than high school musical..i love golden oldies like this, reminds me of my childhood and the films my grandparents would show me :)

[pigsbum53]

she doesn't look sixteen but she's gorgeous :)

[Le3sH4]

@pigsbum53 she was almost 22 at the time! and i agree that she looks beautiful.

[wwwaddict14]

" WEEEEEE!!!!" lol

[Lovelymuffinlovesyou]

i always thought he said "timid and shy and scared are you of things beond your ken ".. like the babrbie doll .. wooppss :p

[TheDramaQueen4ever]

I AM FIFTEEN GOING ON SIXTEEN!!!! wait... dang it. Almost there I turn sixteen in another month!!!! WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!­!

[katyanae]

is it sad that i can hear a line and know what they're doing at that exact moment? ahhh i love this film :)

[LadyRaynesleigh91]

@katyanae I can do the exact same thing. DOn't feel bad. I wore my video out when I had this movie.

[Daaaaaaaanielle]

I AM 17 GOING ON 18 DO DO DO DO DO DOOOOOO

[CallMePalmy]

I realised just a couple of days ago that I actually am sixteen going on seventeen now! This song just fits me soo well...

[lalalynnsey]

I love the playful flirtation between them and Georg and Maria. If only life was like that now!

[AdmiralCoconuts]

I JUST TURNED SEVENTEEN. THIS IS THE FIRST SONG I SANG ON THE STRIKE OF MIDNIGHT!

[musicforall182]

I'm 18 going on 19...I still substitute my age in the lyrics, even if I'm not 16 or 17 :P

[Anuketra]

I absolutely adore this song despite all that's wrong with it. And despite the fact that Leisl and Ralph just set the feminist act back by about 10000 years....

[theluis1888]

I am 17 going on 18 :DD for only 18 more days :(

[Tina41207]

I’m well aware of the myriad of reasons why I should very much dislike this- paternalistic, misogynistic, trite, and oh yeah and that Ken doll is a Nazi X( and yet (sigh) damn if I can hear it without singing every word. God help me XP

[aliakbar515]

im sixteen goin on seventeen :D

[lalalynnsey]

@aliakbar515 lol so am I (: I'm starting to realize most of the people watching this are.

[aliakbar515]

@lalalynnsey :D

[theluis1888]

"I am 17 going on 18" :D ;)... quickly some girl hmu so i could take care of her :D

[shesgotalipring]

i love this song. my first kiss was at 16 :)

[Peacepuppy5]

wow hes such a optemistic guy isnt he?

"You need someone older and wiser telling you what to do."

me:T_T lying blob. *slap*

[narwhal17]

@Peacepuppy5 Nah, he's just trying to be brave and impressive, it's kind of a cutesy humorous thing. 

[Peacepuppy5]

@narwhal17 haha i guess i kinda see ur point. doesnt change how he turns against them in the end though.

[narwhal17]

@Peacepuppy5 Yeah, so much for innocent singing... D:

[Peacepuppy5]

@narwhal17 ah...poor leisel. :/ girl got her heart broken..

[GeorgiaKev]

@Peacepuppy5 Yeah, but it's just as well she didn't have a long-term with that relationship with that Nazi-wannabe.

[Peacepuppy5]

@GeorgiaKev good point. i was gonna say those exact words for the past couple comments except i wasnt sure how some ppl would take it. but yeahz. better to have loved and lost then to never love at all.(which is debatable here cuz she loved a nazi traitor.:/)

[2noepurple]

@retoradio780 AWWWWWWWWW thts so sweet

[2noepurple]

@TheYoshi126 hahaha yeaaa

[TheYoshi126]

0:22 the guy looks so scared LOL

[Windsor1able]

I am 16 going on 17.. really I am... in like 3 days!!

[khollywood1234]

haha i've been seventeen for about 4 monthes now... but i'm audtioning for liesl in my school's musical

[setimental123]

turned 17 about 3 days ago :)

[MorgenMongo]

I had to watch the

[littlemissPinkEagle]

oh i really love this song! i can relate to it a lot..im 16 and never been kissed, never smoked or drank, and never had a boyfriend..hihi i just don't know who will this to me yet haha..

but today's the last day i'm 16...awwwwww......

[jbiebsgirl4evr]

i play liesl in my local theater and charmain carr might come! <33

[crystaltung1019]

17 in 56 more mins ;D

[hellbent18]

Ralph is such a gentleman. Which nowadays, people would say "Ralph is gay". Being a gentleman is not appreciated anymore and is seen as a bad thing almost. The "me" generation.

[IsaacH1273]

@hellbent18

nah. ralph ain't gay. he's just lacks balls.

[einsteinboricua]

Those Austrians have mastered English to a great extent...it's a miracle! XD

[WeAreTitus]

(v) (. ,,,, .) (v) => zoidberg

[Appleholic1]

Of course it is all so silly...everyone now knows that 16 year olds today are NOT naive. They are so far in advance to the 16 year olds of the generations preceding them RIIIIIIGHT...

[jessmjfan989]

"I am 16 going on 17 , i know that im naive" RIIIIIIIGHT XD

[retroradio780]

I met my boyfriend in austria where most of this movie was filmed :) im 16 and he"s 17 along with him being a blond and me a brunett :) too bad neither of us can sing. This song brings back so many amzing memories. I love it.

[danceswithcritters]

call the PC police.

[asianvicky8811]

i think she in her 30's or 40's

[Zabeeality]

@giofortim she doesnt look 16 because the actress was 21 playing a 16 year old

[giofortim]

@Zabeeality yeah, i know! ;) but what i meant is there are actors and actresses that are older than the parts they play, but really look the part! people who look really youger than they really are! that's why this has always looked a little odd for me!

[jimgalajazz]

It makes for a great medium tempo jazz tune...

[richie8811]

fucking nazi... there i said it.

[brownxdogz]

@richie8811 shut the fuck up.

[julestags]

I so wanted to be Liesl when I was a little girl

[giofortim]

Oh... and I always thought kiefer sutherland looked like rolf... LOL

[giofortim]

love the movie, love the song, but she DOES NOT look 16...

[Le3sH4]

@giofortim that's probably because she wasn't 16 at the time, she was nearly 22!

[ElsieBanana]

@giofortim well, she was 21, not 16 :).

[ElsieBanana]

@giofortim well, in real life Charmian was 21, not 16 :).

[mguild]

ive lived most of my life abroad. i went to new york a few years ago - loved it but....whats this jewish thing? didnt get it. a new york or american thing i assume

[HedvvigOwl]

@mguild There's a reference because Rolf is a nazi.

[Appleholic1]

@HedvvigOwl He is a Nazi yes...but at that time the political climate in Germany was Nazi...kind of like how the political climate in America today is so Obama.

[mguild]

i saw this when when i was 12 - there was a Obviously it worked for her - and I'm talking about 40 years ago. if it works....

[MURCA8]

me encanta esta cancion es mi favorita de toda la peli.

[guybadmash]

The subtitles are wrong....

'naive' not nieve

'ken' not kin , etc

or may be that's french translation....

[kakashidemon321]

@guybadmash The were right on the first one, but you're wrong on the second. It is kin. :)

[kakashidemon321]

@guybadmash You were*

[sarah1121rocks]

One of my favourite musicals of all time!! I never get tired of watching it :) this is one of my favourite things :D

[NutsAndCrazy]

so sad that he changed!! ;( he loved her!!

[mstakkrid]

Lesel was really 20 or 21 when they filmed this. Sadly, I revolved my life around this movie, which blows cuz I thought I would automatically get my first kiss at 16, but no I had to be a nerdy 16 year old. So it wasn't till I was 19 and my body looked proportionate that I got my first kiss. UGH!!! society!! -.-

[funkgerat]

@mstakkrid was he a nazi douche like Rolf?

[jordyn2k]

@mstakkrid lesel in real life von trapp her name was headwig look it up on google

[adgthlover9]

WAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

older and wiser! ahhahahahahahahahaha! rolf ur funy!!!!!!!! hahahahah!

[anditspaganpoetry]

hahah so sexist and wrong, but I love this song

[hrink3]

@anditspaganpoetry Pretty sure its supposed to be ironic. Ie the audience is aware Rolf is exactly the opposite of what he is saying.

[anditspaganpoetry]

@hrink3 maybe these days we see it as ironic, I know I do, but when this was made this was very true to how young women were viewed.

[SuGaRuSh14]

@hrink3 Yeah - it all looks a bit tongue in cheek. Liesl doesn't look like that much of a pushover either.

[OllyOliveGirl01]

I really like ehr dress

[TheRedStarReports]

great song to sing randomly with a friend at the coffee house

[CabronDioz]

0:00 - 0:23 has got to be one of the best introductions in a song ever.

[Ashinebb]

This song is really sweet!But their ending was.......

[skoolsuxalot]

I've been singing this song since forever and now im turning 17 tomorrow. It just wont be the same lol

[jeandoll123]

@skoolsuxalot That is so funny because that is my exact story! yesterday i realized i only had one day left to sing it!

[littlemissPinkEagle]

@skoolsuxalot oh your situation 2 months ago is my situation today. I'm turning 17 tomorrow :)

I can relate to you=)

[OliviaJani]

I'm 16 turning 17 tomorrow :o

[LiveYourLife329]

@OliviaJani happy birthday:)

[lollipopmaster09]

Im turning 16 on the 14th so I'll be singing this :) I absolutely adore this song

[ilovematei]

i loved this song <3 i listened to it quite often,especially over the past year, but today it's really meaningful. that is because tomorrow i'll be 17 so today is my last day as a 16-year-old girl...too bad though, i liked being 16

[PhantomOfThePhoenix]

The cute thing is that he is only one year older than her and says is older and wiser

=)

[LovelyPride]

I posted this to my big brother's Facebook. He's gonna be 17 tomorrow. Love you, bro!

[Julieverse]

tomorrow is my birthday, I will be 17 then :( last day as Liesl...

[OliviaJani]

@Julieverse same here ... except like a week later lol.

still we get 'dancing queen' now :p

[Mirabella1991]

@OliviaJani Right on!

[flwrgrl13]

i have a friend who is going to be 17 in september! im gonna sing this for her! :)

[lisatjuh070]

Just turned 16!:) I can finally sing this song!

[MiserableChocolate9]

birthday this month and i am 16 going on 17!! *0*

[skclaire]

I am 15 tomorrow going on 16 then i can sing this!

[MrMarian2004]

So nice

[Mufnluvr]

Watching this on the eve of my seventeenth birthday.

[applepielee18]

@111zerogravity  it's actually Liesel

[black88keys]

@111zerogravity umm. her name is liesl.

[headydaze]

@111zerogravity

liesl

[headydaze]

i was fully waiting for the dance

[almasi2008]

The sound of music

[LoVePaNdA821]

i seen this movie in band class wat is the movie called? not the song the MOVIE?

[FranDS4444]

@LoVePaNdA821 the sound of music

[sweetgyal137]

@LoVePaNdA821 The Sound of Music

[olachocolate]

i am 16 going on 17 and is lyk all those things the boy is saying about how men or older boys react 2 girls our age is true 'fellows will fall in line' 'lads will offer u food and wine'

[fanatical16]

where could watch this movie?

[lovelybeaute]

I am 16 going on 17!! My birthday is today!

[scryerofold]

Bitch is 21!

[girfulness]

I LOVE LIESEL

[13243546576879809100]

is it just me or does the guy look like he's like 30? maybe it's the same guy as jackson on hannah montana...

[girfulness]

@13243546576879809100 uh no its just you.

[FranDS4444]

@13243546576879809100 lol this movie was made in 1965 and the girl that plays liesl was 25 or so , maybe the guy was actually 30 xDD

[anditspaganpoetry]

@13243546576879809100 ...this film was made 1965... that would mean Jackson would be 65ish you frickin genius...

[allytheriault]

I always wanted a dress like hers!! Shes so pretty!! and love this song and all of the other songs in this movie. Such a classic!

[thiscityisdead11]

I LOVE THIS SONG SO WHO EVER THINKS ITS STUPID BE QUITE!!! >:(

[TallEvilOne]

This song is so sexist... But sounds so lovely...

[ilovejellybeens]

I shall play this the night befor I turn seventeen =)

[lulubellelove]

I'm sixteen going on seventeen :)

[chugo312]

he's a nazi :-(

[lors999]

subtitles are wrong

[jenksbabe22]

It's naive not nieve.

[annexkatherine]

@jenksbabe22 And it's "bachelor dandies, drinkers of brandies," not "bachelors, dandies, drinkers, or brandies."

[lucinator92]

My Birthday is tomoro and this is the last day I can sing this song and it would be true :(

[eszesz4]

thumbs up if you think it sucks he only sang 1 song in this movie

[TheEternalCrusader]

I am seventeen going on eighteen

Just the enlistment age

I will fight for the Fuhrer, so noble

And for the Aryan Race!