Bye Bye Birdie

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BIIIRD HEE

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I've been in love with her since she first appeared in front of my eyes.....

Grrrrrr Roger Smith you're a very lucky dog..........

[justjack78]

wow! ann margret is a natural beauty.

[MarChiville]

Anne Margaret was and still is the quintessential vixen. I would love to sit and have coffee with her today...just to bask in those eyes!

[KO3AK]

She is sexy in a truly genuine, sincere manner.

[sauer82855]

ann-margret was and still is Hot as hell she was a pin-up for the viet nam vets and we all love her - a woman of substance sex appeal and genuine concern, She has done it all in the business!!!!

[allison2606]

Ann Margaret is amazing. Even if she says bird he.

[clovermuse]

I'm watching this simply because I saw it on 'Madmen'.

[black27696]

So am I. I wanted to see if this really existed, sounding the way it did on the show.

My ears are bleeding. It's BIRDY! NOT BIRD HE! GOD!

[EricMontreal22]

I woudl love to know how much higher the viewership of this clip is since Mad men first mentioned it a few weeks back...

[Trick8950]

infantalizing female sexuality? what is that even supposed to mean?

[sauer82855]

Ann-margret became a world class pehomenon after this flick she has become a huge dramatic actrss - held her own as Best Actress Nominee in the rock opera Tommy and has been a headliner in Vegas and has worked with every Major leading man in Hollywood. She will not be remembered as the worlds greatest singer but a superstar she was in the 60's 70's 80's and 90's and in fact still performing today. Ann-Margret was just amazing ..

[tumbleweedtricks]

Ugh but they are sexualizing this naive, ditzy attitude-- presenting it as the ideal. It's infantalizing female sexuality, and that's creepy. Sorry y'all but Peggy Olsen had it right.

[pansarman]

The reprise at the end of the movie shows how the character has matured and is not any less sexual. I don't see how they're presenting the naive ditzyness as ideal in any way.

[Ceremony1985]

It's an absolute infantilization sexuality. That's why Peggy's version of the song, all alone in front of the mirror, is so off. Peggy Olsen, in spite of being at times naive, is mature well beyond her years and is a feminist at heart. The 60's advertising world (and come to think of if the 80's, 90's and even now) continues to mostly picture women as sexual objects of desire. But Peggy was an exception in the sixties.

Don said it best: "Guys want to have her and women want to be her."

[yohopirate]

So what you're saying is women shouldn't be objects of desire?

Well, best of luck, but I know I won't be going to that party

[phistickie]

That is not the ONLY thing they "should" be, as a matter of fact they should be free to be absolutely anything they want. That is the point. Even if a woman is not interested in being someone's object of desire, she should always be taken seriously- attraction should not be a factor in many things.

[minia1]

If Peggy was TRULY comfortable with who she was, then I'd buy her theory... It felt as though she was longing for the level of sensuality as Ann-Margret... As a woman, I just looked at it as entertainment... She was gorgeous and the movie was capitalizing on that and the fact that she was a great singer capable of "singing in character..." Trust me, not that many people would have paid to see the movie had they cast a Peggy-type... I'm a female, and even I would have been thrown off - way off..

[phistickie]

Peggy has not found herself yet- she is struggling to do that in a time when it was strongly discouraged for women. It doesn't mean that she is unhappy with who she is, as evidenced by the episodes after this one. Peggy is my absolute favourite character, because she does everything based on pure talent, intellect and inner strength. That is something to respect. Who cares what each and every person looks like, we don't have to be attracted to everyone.

[Hoopermazing]

Spoken like someone who doesn't have a penis.

[TruWatcher]

Whatsamatter, Hoopermazing? Vagina envy?

[Hoopermazing]

No, fucktard.

I was pointing out that anyone who is unmoved by young Ann Margret probably doesn't have a penis.

Now, if you don't have any other stupid questions, run along and fuck yourself.

[pinetreepizza]

@tumbleweedtricks Peg was talking about the redo the guys did for that company's commercial, besides if you watch the whole thing, you'll see that the second clip is MUCH more mature and womanly. The first one, they were trying to have her act like a teenage girl.

[Joseyix]

3) This role got her into "Viva Las Vegas" with the REAL "Conrad Birdie", Elvis Presley, who she later dated! Any of you girls manager a stunt like that? Lastly, she can really sing try using youtube 2 search 4 he performances in State Fair! Check your facts b4 u post!

[Joseyix]

Okay, you neophyte 60s viewers getting your misinformation from Madmen, a really great show, BUT Peggy Olson is a jealous bitch!

1) Ann's playing 17 NOT 14 and in real life she's NOT quite 22 - NOT much difference for an innocent girl of that time. They were NOT as callas whores like today.

2) She's keening because that is what young girls did for pop stars, in the 60s & 70s!

PLUS

[akagabi22]

i love how she gives a hateful shake at 2:04!

[minia1]

LOL @ hateful shake...

[justinthomashunt]

something about her is more attractive than any god damn skank today its like she still seems to have class unlike todays broads

[hipnhappenin]

In the words of Peggy Oleson: Is it because she's a 25-year-old acting like a 14-year-old?

[ghanima89]

Also in the words of Peggy Oleson, isn't her voice shrill? I love the classics like this, I do. I respect them, but her voice just...it grates....

[hipnhappenin]

Yeah, but something about it is kind of...oh I don't know what it is! I think it's just supposed to add to this image of a little girl trying to sing but she's so naive and oblivious that she doesn't know her voice is a little off. Or maybe it's supposed to add to the whole longing effect.

[minia1]

I still have to ask... Wasn't she singing "in character?" I've seen her sing other songs and her voice was anything BUT shrill...

[Bigbadben7]

If I was Elvis I would have cheated on Priscilla too!

[LCHorn22]

She is so amazingly beautiful in this movie!

[sauer82855]

OMG it so hard to believe that this movie came out over 40 years ago. She became a mega superstar in Las vegas a huge actress a disco diva a min series queen she has done it all and done it real good. I still love her and it all started here and a new generation is just begining to discover her. Loved her disco- Everybody needs somebody sometimes -- sabu caught her sensuality and it was so hot!!!

[charliebubblesoar]

such a lovely film. the opening and closing are so cool. CONRAD BIRDIE! He was super hawt to be honest. I would have fainted too.

[PollyPeachum3penny]

lol. i remember seeing this when i was 10 and thinking the same thing xD

now i'm wondering what i was thinking

[orlandrake]

I remeber this sounding a lot different.

[bkbroadwaybound06]

As did I...

[BorisAirwolf]

She's really greatest...!!!!!

I love her in this movie.

[harmoniaSINGS]

When I first saw this movie, I thought her voice was annoying, but there's something that makes it timeless and I now I want to learn the lyrics to this song! :D Ann's a doll!

The thing I love about her is how she can change the tones of her voice!

[draganryo]

Hell yeah! She's so talented!! And WHAT a figure! She was soooooooo fuckin sexy!! -loves the red hair- She was like a fuckin female Sammy Davis Jr! Except...good looking xD! I mean, she could act, sing, dance! She could do it all!

[pship1962]

She's putting on that kiddy voice for the film; in this opening, she's a star-struck kid. Listen to the reprise, which is tacked on here at about 1:15. She's "older and wiser."  There's a completely different timbre in her voice. It's the real AM power and magic :)

[JeffyJeffjeffm31191]

the closing is so sexy!

[jppuertorico85]

good point- even her hair in the reprise looks more mature

[duckie0106]

use to b mega obsessed with this song lol. before my ipod deleted all my songs this was like the most played song...as in over 300 something times on an ipod of 900? o.0

haha played this clip a wee bit too many times already haha. thanks for posting =]

[GavinRoskamp]

What is it with the world trying to go more and more and more and more and more and more widescreen!?!?!?! 4:3 was wide enough!!!

[12redbaroness12]

this has got to be the most irritating song i have ever heard.

[LBF522]

She has a great voice. Thanks for posting this. Loved this movie.

[actordude9393]

it's so annoying the way she says birdie! she says it like BIRD HE!

[HottieDiva17]

My teacher directedthis play and i just saw it on thursday

[legolean2]

she was better in tommy

[Post0It0Princess]

i really don't agree! tommy was the most scary thing i have ever seen! and not in a good way

[legolean2]

y was it scary

[Mike6E]

You can't really comapre the two movies, they are so incredibly different. I think she was amazing in both. 'Viva Las Vegas' was great, too.

[blured]

OMG i remembe this when i was 5 yrs old.

[shacont13]

thank u so much for posting this. i absolutely love this movie.

[diman55]

You're welcome! I love this clip. Ann was is and will always be my all american dream girl. ;)

[phistickie]

lol pretty ironic, considering she is swedish...

[LaughXLiveXLove13]

Sorry to post again, but I just realized, it's sort of ironic, Kim always said she couldn't wait to change a boy to a man like every woman does. But, in the end, a man (Conrad) changes her from a girl into a woman. The whole things ironic!!

[shacont13]

wow ur right. i never noticed that.

[LaughXLiveXLove13]

I love how in the beginning, she really means what she's singing, and sings it very childishly. Then at the end she uses irony. Very well done!!

[bladethedark]

i just realized that she sings the opening with a much more childish intonation than the ending

[Mike6E]

I love Ann-Margret. She was, and is, so beautiful and talented. I love this song, I need to see this movie!

[Jainjme]

Bye Bye Bird-he. LOL

[LOZfan101]

in the beggining she's like bir-he, then towards the end its bird-he, also, she sux in the beggining, BUT IS TERRIFIC IN THE ENDING,LOL, PAUSE AT 2:25 XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

[VCxKisa]

Yeah! First coment!

She has a great voice, but weird conotation. I love the irony in this song.