FRANK SINATRA-THE VOICE- WHEN I WAS SEVENTEEN IT WAS A VERY GOOD YEAR

[cgbaker2]

Have to love Frank

[representingBFD]

This makes me think of my grannie :( R.I.P.

[artsygan]

this song just gets me in the heart

[TheShakespeareBlues]

Sang this to my grandfather on his deathbed. Intense moment of life, I'll tell ya. Miss ya old man.

[dlife2111]

OK.............so where are you now,,,,,,?

[ScumbagTinado]

nigga my grandma brought me here. this shit is wild!

[keepmusicevil89]

my dad brought me here =P

[iamdw817]

Yes. It was a very good year. But - not when I was 17. Lotsa bad things happened then.

[302zman]

When I was 17 I was arrested for driving without  a license.

When I was 21 sweet pussy became part of my daily diet (including your daughter)

When I was 35 I married a crazy bitch.

When I was 36 I killed the bitch.

[sydandtaytum]

@302zman yea u're cool.

[ndldidier]

This is perfect !

[psychOpicka]

180K wievs, shame on century 21!!daaamnmmaaan

[ElvenNights1]

Love this song.



[cheatedxxhearts]

the top comments are hilarious!!!

[polarbear442]

we know wat he means wen he says "perfumed hair came undone"

[Pathosgrim]

Sopranos Season 2 brought me here.

Respect.

[POK2008]

@Pathosgrim Sopranos Season 2 brought me here as well. Great Song.

[map33one]

@Pathosgrim haha me to season 2 episode 1 or 2 hah n1

[MrSmoki54]

@Pathosgrim daaaaayum me too

[3cliffsbay]

Very good beer, in the USA? Don't think so. Great song though!

[poemmommy11]

I've always loved this song, but now that I'm going to turn 60, it has a lot more meaning.

[brelfan]

Why do I think this song was originally sung by Vera Lynn?

[dbl3tech]

when i was 17 , i had no idea who frank was.... now that im 2x that... i wish i did.

[21shergar]

He doesn't so much sing as speak in songful tones. Wonderful.

[silvernail6]

I was thirteen when he sung this and every so often throughout the years I would listen...............

[darko8471]

Epic. His voice and the orchestra. Amazing. Also sopranos 2nd season opening.....

[joselcamps]

...i drank some good beer, with no small town girls...

[namarow]

Such a wonderful song

[MistahStoney18]

such a nice song i love it !!

[nikola4thelolz]

ahh reminds me of the sopranos season 2 premiere

[801forlife]

@anthonyhollis1 I will be here in 2037 to wait for your comment. God bless

[numpf2011]

I envy past generations, this is REAL music.

[mrcroonerama]

one of his most meaningful songs well sung

[djsflyfishing]

Awesome... the orchestration, the performance, the voice and the memories...

I love it

[waydecarney]

i love blazin to sinatra!

[MrPAULONEAL]

@anthonyhollis1 vintage wine*

[mikyc2000]

@anthonyhollis1 good for you dude

[jolisoleilvogezen]

Let us make it a great year Erica. And on and on ....till winter...

[JaleelJohanson62]

@anthonyhollis1 And I my friend, hope to be here to read it! God bless!

[SpinningBackFists]

i was the 666th "like" on this video..creepy shit mane

[iserbi]

@anthonyhollis1 see you in 2037 and I hope it will be a very good year for both

[SpinningBackFists]

very relaxing tune to have a drink and unwind 2..Puts me in RatPack mode and i just wanna drink brandy and smoke ciggerettes all evening..

[jeflynnenut]

What a number. Wow!

[punkshaman]

@fmikael1 what the fuck else would Frank Sinatra be talking about?

[VVVandegere]

@anthonyhollis1 What happened to this guy?

[cherilyn999]

FOR MY AUNT JOSEPHINE WHO SAW HIM LIVE IN CHICAGO!!

[VanillaCupcake91]

@anthonyhollis1 My last name is Hollis O.O

[cedeshazer]

Unbelievable artist and song, thank you for posting this!

[akitaman101]

sinatra...thats really all you have to say, isnt it?

[alroy43]

Bittersweet and meloncholic...Frank was such a perfect singer!

[ThePistons4life]

i still like Homer Simpsons version better....

[Aliceyounaughtygirl]

18 is never gonna set you free

[74bshs]

I read on perhaps a previous post that this song was recorded on one take, straight through from beginning to end. What musicianship, what a talented group of people.

We don't do that anymore...

[ferdinangenius]

@anthonyhollis1

Great post, Anthony!!! I hope I will read you in 2037...if I am alive. I am 62 and I bhave not so much a brilliant looks at yours about life, but still kicking....a hug

[JonBenet6]

I'll Stand By You (the Pretenders)

[JonBenet6]

@anthonyhollis1 trivia: statistics prove (anything you want) more people die at 100 than 99, go figgur. Of course, in Biblical times they'd call 200 the bloom of youth. Imagine making out with your great great grandparent. Shades of Back to the future. They're trying the give all Hollywood insiders a taste of Frank's life. Limo's and chauffeurs.

[187mandem]

when i was 17, i drank some very good beer...

[BIGKELL9614]

@187mandem All I could afford was cheap beer. We'd give the older guys money for the quality stuff, they'd buy the cheap stuff and keep the difference......damn them.....damn them.

[love2live2learn]

if this song doesn't capture it, i don't know what does.

[Dan1Valero]

how can have only 133.000 visits??? It's perfect

[wondermusic63]

This is IMHO Sinatra's best. Great voice, wonderful lyrics, lush strings, and outstanding Riddle orchestration. It's got everything!

[seanirons]

Never heard a song that makes me think of gangsters so much. Sopranos <3

[libertelibre]

@seanirons absolutely true !  Guy from Strasbourg (France)

[racdula]

When I was seventeen, I left home.............to go to sea, in the Merchant Service followed by WW11 service! Listened to Frankie all my long life and he was, and still is the greatest ever.

[stanislowskichris]

@anthonyhollis1 my father died last november at 60 and was in vietnam. ambulatory from the V.A. after they dropped him and died two days later at home. GOD BLESS yOU MY BEST FRIEND IS 73 AND HE LIVES NEXT DOOR AND THE SWETEST YRS ARE YET TO COME . nOT LIKE A VINTAGE WINE BUT HE BEST IS TRULEY YET TO COME. I am 41 and been married to my wife for 23 yrs with four kids(not mine). 7 grandchildren. My wife is 55. Thank you for remininding me life goes on ,God Bless You and thank you for your service

[Batman081164]

This is amazing ... he'll be forever "the voice"

[hisdudenessxiv]

I'm eighteen now. I feel I've been slighted by Sinatra.

[KristianKronicles]

@anthonyhollis1 Sir, if I knew where you lived and had the financial means to get there, I'd shake your hand.

[Sataaa]

... The hell, why did this remind me of Dragon Quest VIII?

[aero1zepp12]

im only 17 and this song makes me feel sentimental

[bswells]

take care, old soldier. Thank you for your service.



[346barry]

good on you.

[iBuildWithBlocks]

@anthonyhollis1 jack lallane

[JeffersonDinedAlone]

Nevermind the Sopranos. When that is long-forgotten, Frank will still be everywhere.

[WickedLiquid]

When I was 17, I bought some very good beer. I bought some very good beer with a faker ID, my name was Brian McGee, I stayed up listening to Queen. When I was 17.

[junietoonstoo]

Bless you Anthony. You sound like an amazing man.

[schranztech]

The Simpsons :)

[123456789helloman]

@anthonyhollis1 I'd like to stick my stiff little cock up you're arse.

[123456789helloman]

@anthonyhollis1 You've got no chance mate.

[trek48]

Anthony, what you wrote is beautiful.  What a lovely life you have!!

[GiovannaNYC]

@anthonyhollis1 Well then Anthony I will be waiting for your comments here in 2037 to wish you a Happy Birthday my friend:) I will have champagne ready to toast your birthday. Thanks for sharing your story, it brought unexpected tears to my eyes..

[WINNL]

@anthonyhollis1 3 children and only 32... I would love to talk when I have grand kids. Sadly, I have yet to understand the simple mined of a 7 year old. Maybe time will help. Yet, I wonder if the young know more than me... not that I am young but rather they are younger than me.

[GiovannaNYC]

@anthonyhollis1 You may just outlive us younger people, God Bless......I sure hope so:)

[gamersmartin]

love it!

[fab462]

wht happen the music like this

[AcidoAcida7]

this is my favourite song of sinatra, 'cause he songs with the heart... it's fantastic

[fabutcher]

rigoberto565 sadly lacks any semblance of taste.

[ghettobankai]

@fabutcher you aint kiddin. Idk what the hell that person was thinking about

[GFMarshallx1]

I loved how they used it in Sopranos, with a hot young chick getting railed on her back. Plus Homer did a version as an ode to beer

[ForceOfJustice]

I write my books to Frank Sinatra's music. He was truly a one-of-a-kind artist, to say the least.

[sportdigros]

Wonderful melancholy song!

[nudist0885]

I usually HATE when singers sing off the beat (as is very prevalent in this song), but this is actually my FAVORITE sinatra tune of all time.

I think it's a combination of the story, the clarinet duet, and the chord progressions, but there are a number of things about it that make it great.

[5pugmom]

heard this song in The Sopranos and immediately fell in love, I loved Sinatra and wish he was still around to sing his beautiful songs!

[HanerrXD]

If your a manly man and this song makes you sad, put your thumb here

[rigoberto565]

The World has changed why dont you change also, Music like this is extinict and the people who like it.

[brianmccorkell]

Stunning song, there's not much you can say but FANTASTIC

[1812joyce]

Ervin Drake wrote this song in 1961 with Bob Shane of the Kingston Trio.

in 1966 Frank was awarded the Best Vocal Performance/Male for IT WAS A VERY GOOD YEAR

Gordon Jenkins was the winer of BEST INSTRUMENTAL ACCOMPANING VOCALISTS

I remember hearing this song when I was 5-6 years old, and thought how different of a song along with voice. I am 50 and still think this. Hauntingly proufound song

[Explosivenothingness]

Briljant. You know, i'm 21 now, i'm hoping i can say the same about my life at the end as Sinatra could

[mertybird3]

this reminds me of my pop he past

[Hadeydeppio]

wow, genius.

[motorcycledude1000]

Awesome.

[Sylar377]

Every year is a very good year as long as you listen to this as often as possible!

[mukke67]

thanks all of you that have seen my video from frank sinatra and here the music lets go to 200.000 hits for frank sinatra thank you all :-) greetings from mukke67

[MrNegroPlease666]

@mukke67 I am a bit pissed off that this isn't past 1 million views.

[MrMotownmanny]

R.I.P. Frank!!!! You & Dean & Sammy were the greatest Entertainers of all time. They'll never be another one like you. I saw you in concert in 1974 at Pine Knob ( When I was 16) When I left after the show ended, the only word comes to mind that decried what I felt. ' WOW!!!!!" I so wanted to be like you, but in a way i do try when I sing karaoke, especialy your songs, like this timeless classic. It Was A Very Good Year.

[icedragontt]

Hauntingly beautiful!

[refinisher17]

a great funeral song for anyone who lived life!

[RockySeven7]

every person with a normal emotional ciruitry HAS to become nostalgic when hearing this song .

[MrNorm1949]

What memories, some good some not so....A bitter-sweet song.

[MrNorm1949]

What memories!!!! Some sweet, some bitter-sweet. I was a teenager when it came out.

[QuinnThomasFaerber]

When I was seventeen, I drank a very good beer,

I drank a very good beer with a fake id

when I was seventeen

[kolbpilot]

Will be 53 in a month. More than half my life already passed. I never was a huge Frank fan in my youth but, times & tastes change. This song definitely makes one reflect on times gone by.

[brianmccorkell]

Such a stunning song , it could be our our life he is singing about

[brianmccorkell]

Such a stunning song

[necrotacoz]

Getting 17 tomorow. Looking forward

[philbateman1989]

@necrotacoz Don't wish your life away, I've had a lot of very good years, but ultimately you find yourself wishing you could go back to them. The next verse that applies to me is "When I was 35." I have 13 years left until then, I hope I can find happiness in those 13 years. But anyway, happy birthday for four days ago! I hope your life ages like vintage wine :) Wish I could be 17 again and come party with you!

[necrotacoz]

@philbateman1989 yeah, i'm 17 but i already look back at my even younger years, 8 for example. No worries about work, school isent as hard back then. Just play around with friends in the woods. Good times. At least they are good memories, some people experience their youth as horrible. Guess i'm lucky, or have good parents. :P

[MySpiritEdify]

It's profound and beautiful...where is the real music like this today...with orchestras, composers, people who had to really be able to sing to make a record.

[tiradeoftruth]

yeah just started sopranos season 2 and its on the soundtrack - one of my dad`s favorites too. 

[lffit]

Sheer magic!

[colindaleradiosutch]

THE VOICE, FRANK SINATRA, TOP THAT ?. THE MAN AND HIS MUSIC. HIS WAS A VERY GOOD FEW YEARS. LOVE THE GUY. colindaleradiosutch

[iotaminnesota]

mesmerizing

simply

[SundaraKapasalathi]

When I was seventeen, I had a good beer. It was a very good beer...

Joking aside, I love this song. They don't make songs this way anymore.

[TonyMaximMuscles]

Who is the one person who could posssibly give this a thumbs-down!?!?!?! I mean, each to his own, but this is a classic!

[roryprice]

@TonyMaximMuscles Someone who never had a 'Very Good Year'

[mrkprice]

this song brings back a lot of good memories

[dizzypilots1]

chairman of the board.

[auriferous1]

I had the LP with this song on it way back when and I listened to it dozens of times, and each time I thought, ‘If I could just be like that’. Well, life is not exactly like art, but somehow this wonderful Sinatra recording became a part of me, and if I didn’t exactly live out the song, still there were a few pretty good years since then. This is Frank’s and his for all time, the definitive version.

[bossofalltime]

Always thought that was a great nickname ''The Voice''

[carollann26]

i'm 17 i love this song it bring back memories

[carollann26]

i think one person accidently hit the dislike button we forgive you

[joerules829]

@Vahki100 - Opening sequence of 1st episode from season 2.

[fabutcher]

Very moving song,especially when you get to my age.Wonderful arrangement ,beautifully sung by the master.

[Vahki100]

One of his best songs!!! I think they used this it the "Sopranos"

[pzkphw]

@Vahki100 It was used to start the first show of a season where everything was going Tony's way. Very good pick.

[renegado2712]

@Vahki100 yes in the opening of the second season...

[MrNorm1949]

@Vahki100 I agree, it is beautiful. I was a teenager when it came out. Bitter-sweet is the best way to describe the song.

[guillecw]

@Vahki100

yeah :)

they used this song at the beggining of the second season

[wop1001]

@Vahki100 yh they used it at the start of season 2

[123456789helloman]

@Vahki100 Yup. First episode of the second series.

[catholicpriest1]

I remember seeing a Walter Cronkite report where they showed Frank recording this in the studio in 1965. I wish someone would upload it.

[Shin0u]

@catholicpriest1 i hope too Catholicpriest

[anoop5000]

Homer Simpson FTW!!!

[Shin0u]

Dad you die when i was 17 ... R.I.P Franck :(

[guillecw]

when i hear this song reminds me the sopranos,the beginning of the second season

[casabene33]

What a song, my favorite Sinatra song I think. I say I think as theres over 1100 and I like about 200 of them so yes this is a massive call. But a whole life summed up so beautifully in 4.30. I know Sinatra didn't write his own songs but he makes them his. He feels as if he did write them, he seals them with his signature voice, the voice, the one and only, so beautiful, so smooth, so clear, so simple, so timeless, so Frank. Thats the magic of Sinatra.

[CaptainNemoful]

A VERY BIG HIT: THUMBS UP!!! ALWAYS!!

[anitashelby]

Ahhh Such A Very Beautiful Song!!!! Thankyou Nick for sharing....Anita..:)

[NiceNsmoothATYuToob]

Magnificent song from a magnificent man :-)

[Lol43211234]

When I was 17, I drank some very good beer, I drank some very good beer I purchased with a fake id! My name was Brian McGee, I stayed up listening to Queen... When i was seventeen...

[theunknowndrunk1]

Sinatra, one of the best male singer/expressionists of all time...timeless

[alfie987654321]

im 17 this year, so far all is well !

[TheKevinDasilva]

This is so awesome... He's more lay back when he would sing the prolongations of the last words of the song in this version, and also the pronunciation of the R XD

[ssj3jarrod]

I don't see whats to be gained from disliking this? It is a song about aging, And a very beautiful musical piece at that. I can't like it the 600 times I want to, As I believe it is that good.

[RalphvanderPoel]

Lovely

[xDroflmao1337]

When I was 17.... I drank some very good beer... I drank some very good beer, I purchased, with a fake ID... my name was Brian McGee... I stayed up listening to Queen.... when i was 17.....

[tommcc012557]

@animallov3rgurl It's the oboe. A wind instument with a reed. Similar to a clarinet but shorter. Not sure if it has "keys" for the players to press or just holes in the body like a flute. It's a cool sound though!

[JeffersonDinedAlone]

@tommcc012557 It has a double-reed system, keys, and a much higher pitch than the clarinet.

[systemsd]

smooth and classy - like the man himself

[SonnyPic]

Sinatra's voice is Golden. Words are such a reminder as stated in the closing of my poem IN THE STILLNESS, "all went by so fast." Now I know what my father meant when he said, "youth is wasted on the young."

[TheNEWfilmfanatic99]

Who wrote the music? Reminds me Gershwin

[tubeyoujim]

troppo bella questa canzone!!

[Erictheeviltwin]

Stunning.

[Ja72corbin]

Has to be one of Mr.Blue Eyes best songs No Question!! From a 38 Yr old I remember those times and look forward to morelike the song! god why cant we find a american idol like the great Sinatra. we get country and pop stars. no class none like the masters.