Strange as it sounds, I think there's ultimately a hopeful message behind the lyrics: the persona "feels old before his time", but there still may be time for him to make amends and steer the rest of his life along a better path. True, he hitherto had never "stooped to think what life is all about", but at least he's starting to do so now rather than later. Roy Clark's persona reminds me of Gena Rowlands' character from the excellent movie "Another Woman", because both face the same struggles.
this song is more than just song about a prodigal child...the pictue of the cold starving african child reminds me of how little COMPASSION there is in the world TODAY...we are ALL PRODIGAL PEOPLE lost in our selfish pleasures...not realizing...not realizing that THERE WILL COME A TIME TO PAY THE PRICE for "what a man sows trully he will reap.."
No one sang it like Aznavour; and that's a very good thing (because he shouldn't have sung it anyway.)
He deserves credit for having composed it; but that's all.
No one ever said all composers are also brilliant singers and/or musicians.
Roy Clark sang it better by far.
I'm sick and tired of the French thinking they're the best at everything, like they're to be praised for having created/written/invented everything in the world.
Thank you YOUTUBE it bring so many many song that remind my good and bad memories, i looking back it touch my heart, i am in tear, because i am greatful to have and here for i have had in life, i must take care and dont let it go away...before it too late, I LOVE THIS SONG, THANKS FOR PLAYING THIS SONG.....
I so been there and done that. I was about 13 when I first heard this song, I'm 51 now and it's like hearing it for the first time in my life. All is impermenance and all you have is the spiritual photo album of memories. It's like the story of Siddharthra, life is a river and everything comes back, see it like you're seeing it for the first time.
There is no point in living our entire lifetime in one day, for life should be lived one day at a time, each day to be filled with experiences that shall in the following days become memories.
Life.isn't it too magnificent to waste or discard in painful regrets?
So the young ones should not just plunge into distressful youthful curiosity but should possess wisdom, for not all lessons should be learned the hard way.Most often lessons shold be learned through the examples provided by our elders.
Mcrat1968- Your comment *sign* This shouldn't been a big deal. This was written by chales Aznavour in 1961 call "Hier Encore". Roy Clark recorded the rendition. Oh I bet you are going to call me an idiot.
volume please volume I can't hear the beauty of your voice that much better. who are you can you sing for me? I love your voice if your personalityandlook is just onethird ofyoursinging it is fantastic
Mary .. I know what you mean Mija, but hey at my age one day I will remember when I was 64, and think of how active I was and loved women as when i was young, so in closing I want to say that no matter what age you are 5 to 90, one is as young as you feel in your heart, and aslong as you take care of the body and mind as much as possible as I have tried to do , I will continue to feel younger then I am
Tommy, wherever you are I hope you continue to live life feeling young. We all have stories to tell of our youth and I hope you don't let anyone judge you as I never did. Keep on feeling young and you will be young.
hey Mcrat1968, could that idiot be jamesrstewartaz, because if it is, he got on my case also..and I agree w/ you Roy does the best of all teh version heard on YT...
Don't pay him any mind. (He's a typical pompous Frenchman who thinks he knows everything & thinks the French are superior to everyone & are to thank for having invented everything in the world including their stinky wine & cheese.)
I hope that idiot invented a sturdy-enough bomb shelter for the day when Al Qaeda bombs France to hell. LOL.
@McRat1968 Hey, if it weren't for wildly overpraised French "intellectuals" like Jacques Lacan and Jacques Derrida, there'd quite arguably be no politically correctness in American universities today. Mercy bien pour rien, grenouilles maudites! (Thanks for nothing, you damned frogs!)
Charles Aznavour wrote this song in France, it's amazing what are small world it trully is, how we are so closely interwined. One man's gift ends up being a hit on the other side of the ocean sung by someone with the right voice..Roy and Shirley to name a few..
Not only does Roy do the best version; he does the ONLY version of this song worth mentioning, aside from Lena Horne or Shirley Bassey.
Some idiot Frenchman the other day got on my case and tried to convince me this song was originallly written and performed by a Frenchman (no one ever heard of.)
Next thing I know the guy would've tried to convince me a Frenchman built the Leaning Tower of Pisa, built the Great Wall of China, and wrote Shakespeare's plays too.) LOL.
tyka po pla mdyo pangit ang sound po neto ksi mumurahin na software lng po gamit ko d2.. tyka po instruments.. ako po lahat ang ng play ng instruments..
hi tito? this is kazy can you check my vid? its my compose.. can you rate it po? or tyka po comments and mga napapansin nyo about the music para may mbgo po ako.
Strange as it sounds, I think there's ultimately a hopeful message behind the lyrics: the persona "feels old before his time", but there still may be time for him to make amends and steer the rest of his life along a better path. True, he hitherto had never "stooped to think what life is all about", but at least he's starting to do so now rather than later. Roy Clark's persona reminds me of Gena Rowlands' character from the excellent movie "Another Woman", because both face the same struggles.
supersporkspank 1 year ago
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supersporkspank 1 year ago
@supersporkspank "stopped to think", not "stooped to think", though the second phrase applies as well.
supersporkspank 1 year ago
the best singer for this always was Mr. Matt Monroe
lincerito 2 years ago
this song is more than just song about a prodigal child...the pictue of the cold starving african child reminds me of how little COMPASSION there is in the world TODAY...we are ALL PRODIGAL PEOPLE lost in our selfish pleasures...not realizing...not realizing that THERE WILL COME A TIME TO PAY THE PRICE for "what a man sows trully he will reap.."
carpenterabc 3 years ago
no one sings this like Chales Aznavour the legand.
omnidentalstudio 3 years ago
You're absolutely right:
No one sang it like Aznavour; and that's a very good thing (because he shouldn't have sung it anyway.)
He deserves credit for having composed it; but that's all.
No one ever said all composers are also brilliant singers and/or musicians.
Roy Clark sang it better by far.
I'm sick and tired of the French thinking they're the best at everything, like they're to be praised for having created/written/invented everything in the world.
...They think they ARE the world.
McRat1968 3 years ago
Thank you YOUTUBE it bring so many many song that remind my good and bad memories, i looking back it touch my heart, i am in tear, because i am greatful to have and here for i have had in life, i must take care and dont let it go away...before it too late, I LOVE THIS SONG, THANKS FOR PLAYING THIS SONG.....
windycity117 3 years ago
does any body know who this singer is? to me he sounds like Kenny Rogers.
mnolivares 3 years ago
I think it's Roy Clark.
lilibetp 3 years ago 2
nice song and great recording artist of my era .
Tejano44 3 years ago
This is a beautiful song. All thanks to Charles Aznavour. A brilliant poet.
nancy025 3 years ago
I so been there and done that. I was about 13 when I first heard this song, I'm 51 now and it's like hearing it for the first time in my life. All is impermenance and all you have is the spiritual photo album of memories. It's like the story of Siddharthra, life is a river and everything comes back, see it like you're seeing it for the first time.
vaiman777 3 years ago
There is no point in living our entire lifetime in one day, for life should be lived one day at a time, each day to be filled with experiences that shall in the following days become memories.
Life.isn't it too magnificent to waste or discard in painful regrets?
So the young ones should not just plunge into distressful youthful curiosity but should possess wisdom, for not all lessons should be learned the hard way.Most often lessons shold be learned through the examples provided by our elders.
kamotengutal 4 years ago
Mcrat1968- Your comment *sign* This shouldn't been a big deal. This was written by chales Aznavour in 1961 call "Hier Encore". Roy Clark recorded the rendition. Oh I bet you are going to call me an idiot.
kurohune07 4 years ago
This is such a beautiful song, it brings tears to my eyes. Thanks so much for posting it!
Parkinsue 4 years ago
Me llamo Kathleen ("Catalina"). A mi me gusta a esta canción puesto que era un niña, pero solamente ahora yo aprecio su energía.
I call myself Kathleen. I have loved this song since I was a child, but only now do I appreciate its power.
kam1953f 4 years ago
A wonderful video ... am 56 years old and the lyrics fit almost entirely in my life!
bwmgdw22 4 years ago
volume please volume I can't hear the beauty of your voice that much better. who are you can you sing for me? I love your voice if your personalityandlook is just onethird ofyoursinging it is fantastic
ginnybba 4 years ago
My life set to music. A real tearjerker.
maryroaten 4 years ago
Mary .. I know what you mean Mija, but hey at my age one day I will remember when I was 64, and think of how active I was and loved women as when i was young, so in closing I want to say that no matter what age you are 5 to 90, one is as young as you feel in your heart, and aslong as you take care of the body and mind as much as possible as I have tried to do , I will continue to feel younger then I am
tommy4rock 4 years ago 2
Tommy, wherever you are I hope you continue to live life feeling young. We all have stories to tell of our youth and I hope you don't let anyone judge you as I never did. Keep on feeling young and you will be young.
maryroaten 3 years ago
QUE PASO CON DICK AND HARRY ? =)
ELRANDY11 2 years ago
Nomas Tom anda de puto. Yo creo que anda con la Ruka.
maryroaten 2 years ago
Nice version-worth listening to as I check my email..I can daydream and re-examine my life..thanks dodietiks for the video..nice taste
jrantufi 4 years ago
hey Mcrat1968, could that idiot be jamesrstewartaz, because if it is, he got on my case also..and I agree w/ you Roy does the best of all teh version heard on YT...
kankoraovich 4 years ago
Yeah, kankoraovich.
Don't pay him any mind. (He's a typical pompous Frenchman who thinks he knows everything & thinks the French are superior to everyone & are to thank for having invented everything in the world including their stinky wine & cheese.)
I hope that idiot invented a sturdy-enough bomb shelter for the day when Al Qaeda bombs France to hell. LOL.
McRat1968 4 years ago
@McRat1968 Hey, if it weren't for wildly overpraised French "intellectuals" like Jacques Lacan and Jacques Derrida, there'd quite arguably be no politically correctness in American universities today. Mercy bien pour rien, grenouilles maudites! (Thanks for nothing, you damned frogs!)
supersporkspank 1 year ago
@supersporkspank "political correctness", not "politcally correctness".
supersporkspank 1 year ago
Charles Aznavour wrote this song in France, it's amazing what are small world it trully is, how we are so closely interwined. One man's gift ends up being a hit on the other side of the ocean sung by someone with the right voice..Roy and Shirley to name a few..
carpenterabc 4 years ago
Charles Aznavour is not French but Armenian...
immigrated in France et became a very known song writer and a popular performer too! performer too...
heliosmazmiguel 4 years ago
Thanks for putting the words up on the screen as it was being sung.... never realized until now how deep of a sung it was.
slimdeedy 4 years ago
I think Roy does the best version of this song.. thanks for the vid.
retc23llp 4 years ago
Not only does Roy do the best version; he does the ONLY version of this song worth mentioning, aside from Lena Horne or Shirley Bassey.
Some idiot Frenchman the other day got on my case and tried to convince me this song was originallly written and performed by a Frenchman (no one ever heard of.)
Next thing I know the guy would've tried to convince me a Frenchman built the Leaning Tower of Pisa, built the Great Wall of China, and wrote Shakespeare's plays too.) LOL.
McRat1968 4 years ago
yes host, you say well,many of us have play that game.
Cherokee6194159 5 years ago
How strangely comforting is this song when you watch your child turn into the prodigal son right before your eyes...so you pray and wait
carpenterabc 5 years ago
that was so touching and inspiring, good job!
exigel 5 years ago
Are you Vietnamese, you really look like so.
shurtugal3010 5 years ago
tyka po pla mdyo pangit ang sound po neto ksi mumurahin na software lng po gamit ko d2.. tyka po instruments.. ako po lahat ang ng play ng instruments..
30kazy30 5 years ago
hi tito? this is kazy can you check my vid? its my compose.. can you rate it po? or tyka po comments and mga napapansin nyo about the music para may mbgo po ako.
30kazy30 5 years ago
kazy kumusta ka na? lam mo ba ang email ko?
dodietiks 5 years ago
...There ya go. :)
McRat1968 5 years ago
Persevere. Don't throw in the towel.
In 1992 my dad was given weeks to live. He surpassed that by 6 years.
McRat1968 5 years ago
I'm not throwing in the towel,I'm planning for 40 years more but preparing to go anytime, He's got better plans for me.
dodietiks 5 years ago
Mickey Mantle (RIP) heard this song and requested for Roy Clark to sing it at his funeral back in the mid-1990's.
Every word described his life, he felt.
Shortly before Mantle passed away, he made a plea to the younger generation not to make the mistakes he made.
McRat1968 5 years ago
exactly the reason I was inspired to create this video clip while I'm still alive. I'm 60 years old now, a former rock musician, short time left.
dodietiks 5 years ago