Comedian Harmonists - Stormy Weather

[luisipepe1]

WONDERFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[lskarin]

Here's a Wikipedia excerpt:

A 1933 song written by Harold Arlen and Ted Koehler and first sung by Ethel Waters at The Cotton Club in Harlem.

[mikemcgee]

When was stormy weather written?

[blueAtair]

Einfach noch schöner, als das Original "Stormy Weather".

Wenn ich dieses Lied von den Comed.Har. höre sitze ich sofort in einer Zeitmaschine und fühle die Zeit von damals.

"Es ist nicht alles schlecht was einmal gut war" ;)

[byline7844]

Simply beyond beautiful. Thank you so much for this.

[voodoowop45s]

mmmmmhhh...märchenhaft schön! danke :))

[PowerofGames1]

Herrlich. Besser als die meisten neuen Lieder.

[ble8ckerstreet]

Absolutely BEAUTIFUL! Just learned of The Comedian Harmonists, their story and wonderful music. As I 'fast' approach my 70's, I keep turning back to the 20's, 30' and 40's for music of those difficult days. Do enjoy those songs so much and with all the comments posted, will have to get out my German to English dictionary. Thank You :)

[byline7844]

@ble8ckerstreet I'm with you! I sit with two windows open while I listen to this stunningly lovely music. One for the video, and the other for the translations.

[byline7844]

@byline7844 - Hi! That is exactly what I do. Have to admit though, some of the translations are a bit surprising!

[briskoschneiderx]

leider gibt es keine nachfolger(stimmen ) für diese gruppe einfach schön

danke l0l0Shadow0l0l

[Lennniey]

@briskoschneiderx

und der herrliche Max Raabe und sein Palast Orchester? :)

[byline7844]

@Lennniey They are wonderful also. Can't get enough of either group, and so grateful the those who post them here.

[phillah85]

die gute alte zeit.... aaach jaaa^^



[odysseetheater]

WAU !!!!!!! unglaublich, wunderbar, einfach grossartig. vielen herzlichen dank für diesen kunstgenuss und fürs reinstellen. damit viele nach uns auch noch wissen wie man gute musik und kunst macht........ eine lehrstunde ....

[kosmasolarius]

Voices in Harmony

[myelfenohr]

..da sitzt ich in Gedanken, als kleines Mädchen, unter dem Grammophon meiner Omi, bin hin und weg und !nicht! allein ;-) einfach nur schööööön!

[xerxesosorkon]

schlafe ein

[josdan19]

Ohne dich............ist die ganze Welt fur mich ohne Freude

Such a great song

[Jovolution]

1:58 traumhaft

[tekniqnl]

I love this piece, good memories of the class trip in the final year of highschool we took to Berlin, where we saw a performance by a theatergroup covering the Harmonists' repertoire.

[briankeithbarnes]

Sensitive and beautiful. I became familiar with the C.H.s by the suggestion of a friend. It's easy as a musician in the U.S. to forget that so much great music occurred all over the world. 'Course, now everyone here in the States wants to be a gypsy jazz guitarist....

[dortmundking]

ja,das waren noch echte künstler.

die waren damals musiker die noch

in schicken anzügen geklidet.

und nicht wie manche möchtegern-stars heut zutage nur in t-shirts & jeans.

[Karlfalcon]

sublime.

[nettalkman]

tolle Aufnahme, unerreicht.

[briskoschneiderx]

es wurde oft versucht aber sie sind nicht zutoppen

sowas gibt es nur einmal danke

[lg78lds]

beutifull......awesome......

[briskoschneiderx]

danke danke wundervoll

[miffy1950]

WOW!!!

[FrankKretschmer]

Hammerhit !

[aethelhere]

Einfach wunderschön!

[jamierourketen]

do you watch QI?

[MissGlossop08]

of course ;-)

[jamierourketen]

did they get out of germany in the 30s?

[MissGlossop08]

they split up. The three jewish members emigrated first to australia and later to the us. One - erich collin ( one of the tenors) died because of some operation in the 50th I think - the founder harry froman/frommermann returned to germany but died shortly before they became famous for a second time in the 1970s - and Roman Cikowski the baritone became a well known jewish cantor in the us. He stopped singing all this light-hearted music when he heard of his family being murdered

[jamierourketen]

thank you missglossop do you come from glossop?

[MissGlossop08]

ahm, no - I'm from Germany. I named myself after Miss Honoria Glossop - who was one of the rather unpleasant girls bertie wooster managed not to marry

[jamierourketen]

that is excellent! have you seen the show with steven fry? he was a great bertie !

[MissGlossop08]

I have the whole series on dvd :). And I am a huge fan of fry - I started reading wodehouse because of him.

[Caocao8888]

Some of the best lighthearted music has been composed and/or performed by musicians who lived under great stress or in times of enormous social upheaval. Germany and America in the 30s are just one example. Cikowski suffered terrible personal losses, but as he aged, as with any singer, the timbre and range of his voice changed quite a bit. What a wonderful talent he and the other members of the original group had! RIP

[Garibdos]

Without you the whole world is without joy for me.

Ask you own heart what I suffer for and return to me

and return to me

you outpace my with all my sorrow

return you must (really it sounds a bit like Master Yoda!) - for me to joy

and so on...

[Garibdos]

I will try to translate the german text in english... it has nothing to do with stormy weather, the german text :D

[dream8catcher]

sure! listen and think ;)

[Garibdos]

Über Raum und Zeit fragt dich mein heißes Sehnen:

Willst du nicht mein Leid mit deiner Liebe krönen?

Doch du bist zu weit für meine heißen Tränen,

Du, mein verlor'nes Glück.

Ohne dich ist die ganze Welt für mich ohne Freude

Frag' dein eig'nes Herz was ich leide, und kehr zu mir zurück!

Und kehr zu mir zurück! Zurück!

[Garibdos]

Ohne dich ist die ganze Welt für mich ohne Freude.

Frag' dein eig'nes Herz, was ich leide, und kehr zu mir zurück!

Und kehr zu mir zurück!

Ließest mich allein mit meinem Leide.

- Wieder kommen mußt du! - mir zur Freude!

Ohne dich Ist die ganze Welt für mich ohne Sonne.

Du nur warst allein meine Wonne, wolltest es ewig sein.

Du gingst fort ohne Gruß und Abschiedswort, ohne Liebe.

Nun ist jeder Tag grau und trübe, und ich bin ganz allein, allein.

Und ich bin ganz allein.

[Garibdos]

Ohne dich ist die ganze Welt für mich ohne Sonne.

Du nur warst allein meine Wonne, wolltest es ewig sein.

Du gingst fort ohne Gruß und Abschiedswort, ohne Liebe.

Nun ist jeder Tag grau und trübe, und ich bin ganz allein, allein

Und ich bin ganz allein.

Über Raum und Zeit fragt dich mein heißes Sehnen:

Willst du nicht mein Leid mit deiner Liebe krönen?

Doch du bist zu weit für meine heißen Tränen,

Du, mein verlor'nes Glück

[Marlene55M]

Lyrics 1: Don't know why there's no sun up in the sky, Stormy weather. Since my man and I ain't together, Keeps rainin' all the time. Life is bare, gloom and misery ev'rywhere, Stormy weather. Just can't get my poor self together, I'm weary all the time, the time, So weary all the time. When he went away the blues walked in and met me. If he stays away old rockin' chair will get me. All I do is pray the Lord above will let me Walk in the sun once more.

[LabakiTurbo]

Hey! You'r supposed to do it in German, aren't you? :)

Ich glaube, dass du das auf Deutsch zu tun sollst! :)

Best regards from Brazil!

[Marlene55M]

I only have the English lyrics, and maybe somewhere the French version. But of course you are right, since they sing it in German, I should have posted the German lyrics as well. Give me some time, maybe I can find them. They are hard to understand, so transcribing directly from the song might lead to mishearing one thing or the other.

Can you sing along in German? ;-))

[Marlene55M]

Lyrics 2:

Can't go on, ev'rything I had is gone,

Stormy weather.

Since my man and I ain't together,

Keeps rainin' all the time,

Keeps rainin' all the time.

[smilingmelon]

ich liebe es :D

aber das weißt du ja mittlerweile :D

[bigscorpio5]

Einfach nur klasse!