Howard Keel as Petruchio - Where Is the Life That Late I Led

[sullfa]

Who the fuck disliked this?

[mcnuggetter]

Sort of a misunderstanding of pertuccio's character

[CarolineRose118]

sexy. i love this!

[shakespeareforever66]

he´s really great, but i think brent barrett is better. the singing is compatible, but barretts perfomance is funnier.

[eritt123]

i have seen so many versions but this one is breath taking its so good

[happilyinsane8]

@TheCatgirl6 they were different styles, you cant really compare them but skill, I agree.

[TheCatgirl6]

Howard Keel is not regarded in the same class as a Kelly, Sinatra, Crosby or Astaire but I've often thought he should be. He was a wonderful actor--better than Kelly or Astaire, in my opinion--and many musicals of the era would be the poorer without him.

[tdub1941]

My all-time favorite movie musical scene. It is incomparable!

[1236212peter]

peter1236212 this guy sums up to me everything a real man should be.

[WillScarlet16]

They wouldn't let him say 'Hell,' but they kept the 'Tower of Pisa' line?

I like to think those damn 50s censors just didn't get it.

[hugh0221]

LOL He looks so embarrassing with the tights! I wonder why they didn't cover that sausage. XO

[miyoshiumeki]

the lyrics were too cleaned up in this movie....the original lyrics are better....Since I reached the charming age of puberty, I began to finger feminine curls, like a show that's typically shuberty...I have always had a multitude of girls.

[hughhp1]

The lyrics weren't really 'cleaned up' - 'puberty' is hardly very risque! It's more that the reference to 'shuberty' was baffling to audiences outside NY & USA. Nothing to do with 'Schubert' but the 'Shubert Foundation' ...

[miyoshiumeki]

Actually, Keel sings this in a lower key, ending in an E natural, when the song actually ends on an F...which you would do if you were performing on stage.

[lulunanask]

@miyoshiumeki Keel sings everything in a lower key. He's not a true baritone. He's a basso cantato.

[gabrioxxx]

What a handsome and talented man...

[stephenbiboy]

Keel, McRae and Rait perfection

[fairyprincessdiamond]

@stephenbiboy You have fantastic taste- Gordon McRae and Howard Keel were magical....

[barblou1]

Howard Keel takes some beating.

[MOMBUCK1]

He looked so sexy with a goatee:)

[sweetsk8erlove13]

I love this movie who couldn't?! 

[tallyho96]

I love Howard Keel, and thanks for this, but he's repeating what Alfred Drake did better on Broadway/ Is there any chance you could find some Alfred Drake video other than the Naughty Marietta, Wunderbar pieces that seem to be the only things posted here? I'm not saying Keel isn't great - he is - but it would be wonderful to see the original.

[roseof92]

oh i am so in love with him <3

[pippacummings]

Even with the outfit and silly facial hair, he's so sexy. Why wasn't I alive then?

[pissedatyou2]

lol I recorded it on my our sky+

The way I scowl when they timidly suggest that I delete it. I feel bad for them but they should really know better

[hellokolie]

howard keel is sooo fucking hot.

[1995FireFly]

WoW! He is in almost every single Musicals i love! Him as well as Doris Day! He has such a brilliant voice. he's got looks, and brilliant actor :)

such a shame he's gone now :( RIP HOWARD!

[slbkitty32]

Fabulous voice, broad shoulders and what legs ! Sigh. . .  I'm going to faint.

[lazybones2000]

@slbkitty32 I know, he was certainly a manly man! Not many could look so masculine while wearing eye makeup and tights...

[pissedatyou2]

dwn girl!

lol - like i can talk

[Ishantforgethisone]

He began to finger girls?

[missbabyice]

curls, lol

[JerseyGreig]

hahahaha

[Djames516]

He sounds bizarre. Not bad, but bizarre.

[odysseetheater]

this man was SOOOOOOOO goooooooddddd! wau wau. this song is perfect inerpreted and well played and by the way he was quite good looking .. even as old man. wonderful voice, great actor! thanks again for posting merry christmas EVA

[Trekchick]

*le sigh* Howard Keel makes me swoon. Fave role was in Calamety Jane. :)

[missbabyice]

Can someone please put up this film? I'm dying to see it!

[Trekchick]

Try blockbuster or netflix

[odysseetheater]

me tooo !!!!!

[007JamesBondGal]

@missbabyice it was on telly not so long ago

[oliviajohns]

i agree will ember514

[ember514]

I wish someone would put Wunderbar up here. :(

I've been looking for it all over the place!

[tinydancercsd]

absolutely no one can ever compare. amazing.

[eritt123]

@tinydancercsd true so true

[JerseyGreig]

This man beats everything and anyone who has ever done this song... i've said it before and i'll say it again... Brilliant, just brilliant....great eyebrow expressions as well hahaha

[meltzerboy]

I think Alfred Drake does a very good job as well.

[damone77]

@JerseyGreig well we shouldn't forget about Alfred Drake although I will admit that Howard Keel is wonderful in this movie!

[TheMaz64]

Such a Howard Keel fan.

[moonswim]

I watched this movie so many times when I was a kid and Howard Keel was my first love. His voice was amazing to me then and it still is!

[odysseetheater]

just for all the explanation: music sung FROM THE HARD IS GOING STRICTLY TO THE HARD!!! that is his secret, he sings "out of himself"... can not better exlain it, but as a singer by maself i have the same feeling sometimes, and he was a great singer! WAU !!!!!! eva

[hippyhi5]

Ok I would really like to know what he really says when he says "and raising an heir could never compare to raising a bit of ______" does anyone know, because he doesn't say hell, it doesn't rhyme with pain after all

[ismenoula]

raising CAIN.....as in Cain and Abel ...essentially he means raising a little hell.

[hippyhi5]

Thank you :D

[MangaCEI]

at the end of this movie, he does this short laugh that just blows me away. :)

[bellafaerie]

Good lord, I love this man.

[WithRawMoves]

I feel so connected to all the people on here saying he was singing to them cause I TOTALLY think the same thing every time I hear this song. My name might not officially be Carolina, but somehow that line was meant for me. *sighs* Goodness I love that man.

[VValkyrie]

Drop dead gorgeous man!

[ksnygirl]

I don't like his voice as much as I love Alfred Drake's, but I think his acting is better.

[jtcfield]

How could it be lol. look at his gotee.

[LegendOf1970]

dose that affect his acting?

[jtcfield]

it just does. lol. i mean serious, he has the look. yes?

[ulumeef]

Eep! He said my name! *sigh*

[jtcfield]

dreamy isnt he.

[ulumeef]

Haaaa. YES.

WHAT A VOICE....*melts*

[jtcfield]

I know! thats what im going for. lol

[JungleRide]

OMG I totally get that feeling! he said my name TOO *sighs* *melts to a puddle on the floor* i love this guy he is a true LEGENED!!! and WHAT A VOICE!!!

[WithRawMoves]

My name's not Carolina, or Alice, or Lisa, but I am thoroughly convinced that he's singing about me. That's right, before Kate came along, there was me. :P Gosh I love Howard Keel.

[katchanga]

Indeed where Alfred Drake went for soft charm Keel goes for raw passion. And my god the rolled Rs are something sorely lacking in modern acting. Here is a proper man and a proper talent on display.

[JerseyGreig]

Just brilliant....got so much more oomph then some of the other versions despite the change in lyrics... love it! Thanks for posting it cos i need some inspiration.....

[chantdonchant]

The watered down the lyrics, but Howard Keel didn't water down his performance. He oozes virility!

[lulunanask]

Don't you love the wicked laugh? He uses it now and then in several movies to great advantage.

[Kentoo48]

Of the performances I have seen here on youtube... this is in my opinion the best. Howard Keel was the more talented singer.

[DancinChich]

who was he married to again?

[bibabutze89]

Kate, the shrew.

[25thInf69]

Robert Goulet and Carol Lawrence did an ABC Special of Kiss Me Kate in 1966 or 67. Original lyrics were sung not what Howard Keel is singing. I think Robert Goulet did a better job than Howard Keel.

[lulunanask]

Robert Goulet didn't have half the voice or the talent. This performance is an excellent example of gorgeous singing and marvelous acting.

[Neverfallforfun]

i love the suit!!!

[BlondieJohnson]

Howard Keel rocks.

[jd8]

These lyrics, like so many others, were watered down to suit the 50's mores in Hollywood. The song actually starts thusly: "When I reached the charming age of puberty/I began to finger feminine curls/Like a show that is typically Shubert-y/I have always had a multitude of girls." And in the chorus it goes "A married life is oh, so well/But raising an heir could never compare to raising a bit of hell." (You'll see in the video he sais "raising a bit of cane.")

[KomKai352]

Ohmygosh...how I love this. This takes me back to those wonderful musicals of my girlhood. Howard Keel was my favorite. Thank you!

[SISAPIS]

You are welcom. Ana thanks for the idea. Now you can read lirics too

[verkaforever]

BRILLIANT LYRICS! Thanks for posting this video, SISAPIS. I'm first to comment on it.