Ella Fitzgerald: Anything Goes (Porter, 1934) - Lyrics Now In Video

[privatekas]

this is a beaty by Ella,she is the best.

[robertquentincobb]

NOTE: ANYTHING Ella does Goes! SUPER Fantastic! A voice Beyond belief! Gone but But forever WITH US. Thanks for the Gift Ella. And thanks for this Post!!

[dereknnashville]

awesome! love it. found this song by watching Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom song performed at the beginning.

[blagorodna90]

I am here because of Monty Python...No, seriously!

[greeneyedstone42]

Some voices are simply immortal... Often imitated yet never duplicated, Godspeed, Miss Ella...

[jmm1233]

i like the way she sings the verses in a blues style and then swings in to chorus

[604kryptonian]

Glee got me here too. Glee's version is pretty awesome.

[Jyemenai]

Looked up this song because of Glee and LOVE it.

[classicvinylbiz]

@Jyemenai I just put the lyrics in the video so you can sing with it. Thanks for writing! david

[TheMilagros59]

wonder... from cole porter....

the best writer of musicals

[mywetblanket]

I'm too used to the Patti Lupone version I forget how risque the lyrics are until Ella so clearly enunciates every word!

[andyb2707]

Both Ella Fitzgerald and Cole Porter are great American treasures - this is classic and timeless.

[raschellgates]

you silly gigalos.

[DaxJester]

What I would do to see the swing era be the era of music again. This pop crap where the stars show themselves off is just sickening. And the "rap' isn't any better, how a lot of the rap songs say to rebel and break the law. Once again, makes me sick.

[rider5000G]

love the song!!i am wondering about the different lyrics for male and female,do you know if Cole write both?Or did Ella adapt them?ive never seen the musical so dont know which one was in it.if anyone could help i would be very grateful.it of course changes nothing, There both Great, im just curious.Thanks Again...PeaceOut

[USODALOL]

Oh my gosh, her voice is stunning. :'D

[kallemick]

@USODALOL yeah shes really good if you want another song with her try her cover of "puttin on the ritz" its the best version of the song in my opinion

[SheRicoSuave]

She'd be a great Reno :)

[jusatyro]

Anything Goes - Lew Stone & His Band, 1935

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Not to take anything away from Cole Porters' Band.

But this 1935 Lew Stone Band sounds more like a up beat version of todays sound...

[jenniloureid]

WHO has clicked 'don't like' !!!??! whoever you are...you have no class

[MrBJJvB]

@jenniloureid ...Must have been a Justin Bieber fan, lol.

[STHanson08]

this might be my favorite thing on youtube.

thank you so much. I love cole porter and ella. this. just. euphoria.

awesome. thank you.

[bluenorm]

cole portr died in 1964

[snakehands]

I've heard the name Ella Fitzgerald but this is the first song I've actually heard her sing; I like it - clear voice, easy delivery, pitch perfect. Awesome.

[cyorkupinit]

@snakehands How is that even possible? She is regarded as one of the greatest singers of all time

[snakehands]

@cyorkupinit

I know, I fail :(

I looked up bunch of her stuff tho so I'm less a failure now

[tinaandcyndifan]

She's so great!!! Thanks so much for sharing :D

[danj33]

thanks for the lyrics'

ella delivers the goods

[bendario]

Interesting change in the lyrics, though even with some missed references, I prefer the originals. And, as always, Ella's voice is perfect.

[NatureFillsMe]

Great song, great singer. Awesome. I actually think this song applies better today that when it was written.

[Bucketbothead007]

Great song, these lyrics seem like they still apply today, could've been written yesterday, & her delivery is supreme as usual, she was the best imo, simply fantastic!

[classicvinylbiz]

@Bucketbothead007 Glad you enjoy it... its timeless, people will be listening to Ella centuries from now. david

[selphiexfairy]

@Bucketbothead007 the reason the lyrics still apply is because these aren't the original lyrics LOL. try to find the one with cole porter singing the song himself, you'll see it has a lot of lyrics that don't make sense to you because they're all references to scandals that happened during the depression. but yeah, the lyrics were changed to be more generic and so they don't date.

[Bucketbothead007]

@selphiexfairy Whether these lyrics aren't the original & whether they were written in 30's or the 50's doesn't really matter, that's only a 20 yr difference anyway & they're still 50+ years from now. My point was their relevance to today. I never said the original lyrics don't make sense to me.

[selphiexfairy]

@Bucketbothead007 I know you didn't say that... I said so. Maybe I was wrong, since I was assuming you've never heard the original lyrics.... which make LOTS of references that a modern audience would not understand at all. For example, I doubt most people would have understood the lines "When you hear that Lady Mendl standing up, now turns a handspring landing up on her toes, anything goes." My point was that *of course* they "seem like they still apply today" since it was done on purpose.

[Bucketbothead007]

@selphiexfairy I simply commented on these particular lyrics, not the original, because we're not listening to the original lyrics that are not in this version, lol I'm familiar with Elsie de Wolfe, Irving Berlin's "Harlem On My Mind" & Cole's "That Black & White Baby of Mine" & the differences between these & the original lyrics, but all of that is irrelevant to my original comment, but, thanks anyways.

[Thorneycroft1937]

What a lovely song! Fantastic!

[danj33]

@Thorneycroft1937 

[RenzoNoulez]

What a voice!