Nat King Cole -- Mona Lisa

[Phinneusgage]

That last held note is the most impressive and evocative i've ever heard.

[missclassicforever]

A forever long discusion, which is most beautiful the painting or the song...

[R1KUD01]

this song is so beautiful. it was my grandfathers favorite. now i dance around the living room with my daughter singing her this song. she calls it mine and daddys song.

[danielodyssey]

There's no male singer who even comes close when it comes to ballads.

[otorino9o9]

here it is folks a voice .lyrics a few musician, a wonder....great NAT KING COLE

[stephen25uk]

It just doesn´t get any better than that.

[Brando0307]

I could never get fed up listening to that velvet voice of Nat King Cole. Thank you for posting this.

[MrAfcav]

The best ever lived or will live

[luzarriaga]

I love this song and I'm really really REALLY in love with Charlie,I love him he's my idol,my whole dream ! (L

[MsAndre1963]

quel classe avais cet homme lâ!

un vrai gentil homme de la classe.

[seanseanleprechaun]

what a voice! what a voice! what a voice!

[georgee895]

Nat King Cole at his best. My father was born in 1920 and his generation were big fans of NKC. I was more into the Beatles but I'm beginning to realise Dad had great taste.

[georgee895]

Nat King Cole at his best. My father was born in 1920 and his generation were big fans of NKC. I was more into the Beatles but I'm beginning to realise Dad had great taste.

[cupandbug]

must all those menthol cigs he smoked!

[Bridgenumber]

Nat King Cole was before my time; I spent umptydump years in the armed forces, played rugby and football for my unit, plus tug-of-war, got involved in countless pointless brawls (grown out of that now :) In short, not the sort of bloke you would put down as a Nat fan. If this guy was still alive, I'd kiss him! Mona Lisa gives me a lumpy throat every time I hear it. Simply the best singer in history. If you disagree, I'll see you behind the bike sheds at four o'clock :)

[phantomxr]

in my opinion the greatest vocal performance in the history of music,always makes me cry, tears of joy.

[DeepakMenon]

Most memorable song ever and the best song sung by the Master of Jazz - Nat King Cole - Immortal!

[WasteOfWaters]

Simply beautiful.

[AllTruth1]

@funkateerkitty

This ballad sung by Nat King Cole will remain a classic for posterity.

Any song he touched became classic.

[KingsWorld2010]

Da Vinci would have loved this!

[uscgccampbell]

Just a great great silky smooth voice...and great song..

[ketreena]

i love it 

[ELONut]

NOW i know why my late dear missed dad Loved this guy!  GENIUIS is too small a word for this man

[2009Denisem]

Timeless Masterpiece!..Untouchable music! Nat King Cole voice of an angel!

Many dreams have been brought to your doorstep

They just lie there and they die there

Are you warm, are you real, Mona Lisa?

Or just a cold and lonely, lovely work of art?

PRICELESS!

Thank you Thespadecaller for a divine post!

[EmyRoCerealandMilk]

This is one of my fav songs ever From the best era ever and Nat was my Grams fav I love Nat he is just awesome plus the Mona Lisa is one of my fav painting by my Fav painter lol

[daberdo57]

I see why my mother was a fan of Nats! This is most beautiful!

[Brownee46]

Not anything better than this

[OrodesIII]

a perfect ballad perfectly sung

[1808andrews]

the most fantastic voice in the world ever, with the fantastic depth and perfect tone in every note, the man was amazing, and i was born too early, but thanks dad for introducing me to the ninth wonder of the word, the legend that is Nat King Cole.

[DrCondiRice]

New video "Condoleezza Mona Lisa"

watch?v=KApOoCaQHv4

[navyflyrz]

I remember hearing this song as kid and always found myself entranced. I used to try and sing it as he did but fell way short. His rich and smooth voice was a talent that will NEVER be replaced nor duplicated.

[BobE1945]

He wasn't called Nat "KING"Cole for Nothing.

Bunk Johnson, Buddy Bolden, King Oliver, King Louis were his ancestors. Nat was the last King of music.

[mervh58]

Nat King Cole had one of the greatest voices ever. He is still as popular today as he was back in his lifetime

[Tejano44]

Classic song by this recording artist . Awesome and Thanks for posting .

[sailorpunkgirl]

1:15?! lol

[eddi290859]

Chyba NAJ piękniejszy utwór

jaki słyszałem w wykonaniu Nat King Cole`a!!!

[jillyhawk]

for my nessie lass, 19-11-90, a modern-day "mona lisa"...drop dead beauty, that's what you got goin' on...good on ya, lassie...lil' monstie, lol! men will die for ya;)..mayhap ya get a certain county tyrone sexy-beast accountant to drop to the floor when he sees ya (at the next ct concert, lol)...take yer compliment, don't shun it..it's well deserved! then ya got ace intelligence & a craic wit..jeez girl, leave something for us mere mortals, lol! luv, jillycakes..stop blushing now! go green!

[Elizabeth5830]

Softest voice in the world. Music to die for. Liz

[Bobnew1000]

The Best!

[whisthaj]

Nat king cole had the greatest voice ever,i just wish he sang strangers in the night, or my way,if he did,everybody today would know his name 4 sure

[chupasangra]

whisthaj: It's OK in Latin America we all know him as the "El negro de la voz linda" or the "black man with a beautiful voice" every body knows him there and still to this day his songs are well known and played every day. So is not like hi is gone and nobody remembers him. Latin people has strong atachmen to melodies and specially to songs that has meanings to them.

[ArgentaBlack]

this is a wonderful song. isnt it the "freshman" song?

[KyleEvilHammy]

this kind of music gives me the ideas of what i am going to paint draw or sculpt

[merthyrmafia]

Nat King Cole as a amazing voice, it's something you cannot define but it as the ability to move you and overwhelm at the same time, like a Welsh choir, you dont have to be Welsh to understand it music it just as that universal key that unlocks any door.

[irishbelle65]

Simply lovely..thank you :)

[itarare]

There's one video here with Elvis singing Monalisa... very interesting..

[MRDOOWOP1]

The one and only Mr Nate King Cole....

[felixbautista]

So beautiful and nostalgic- thanks for the upload.

[realfredwithtires]

The man could have sung the Manhattan phone directory and turned it in to a classic!

Nat rules!

[goinghomesomeday1]

@realfredwithtires That’s for sure and a couple of more besides.  Sadly - very sadly we will never hear his like again.

Nat is physically dead but his memory and his music will live on forever.

[philwear]

@realfredwithtires

too true

[jvelez1370]

classic!

song

timeless

[MrJoeruggiero]

Real Classy! You sound very intelligent!

[Nihilist90]

That, or just very drunk

[ArikIkirA]

Tnx Royal Highness... Mona Lisa have go Back in Florence.. were she is Borned...

[moongazer1957]

his voice, his diction, sheer perfection

[SistaSoulja2012]

Every time I listen to this song it takes me far away from a different place.....Classic!!!!

[drivindanmusic]

Nat was great. Mona was hot.

[SSlippy88]

My mum used to have an "evergreen ballads" CD she'd listen to when she would be doing work at home. I remember this particular saturday around xmas she was listening to this song, singing along to it.... and that moment was just perfect... She was the Mona Lisa there...

and yes... most of the times we get trapped in our fanatic ways of "living" life, that we forget to sit back and enjoy those particular moments that take your breath away

[funkateerkitty]

@SSlippy88 Ur Comment brought me 2 tears...

U R Wonderful.

Thank U for that.

[Bridgenumber]

This is part of my childhood - I always thought my Mum was listening to boring old tut - now I'm old enough to distinguish between people who can sing, and those who can't - Mr. Cole knew how to sing; forget the style of music, and listen to the timing, the quality and the feeling in his voice: alternatively, just sit back and enjoy it! We get too clever about simple things sometimes...

[Owlzindabarn]

I remember in the 70s the kids would sing "Mona Lisa--Mona Lisa, men have framed you~~" hehe

[40jenna]

the best in the game

[jamzusman]

non-sense!

[NatluvsAnime]

This music is my muse. His beautiful voice inspires my writing like no other. Long live real music.

[taremwad]

Its a shame people do not sing songs like this any more !!!! R.I.P Nat King Cole.

[juliansongs]

Have you listened to the sad and romantic words? This is an absolute masterpiece!

[latercerapalabra]

Woooooow, Beautiful, beautiful

I love Nat King Cole

[TheKatia791]

trop cool

[CeeCeeable]

One of my Nat King Cole's favorite songs.

Thanks for sharing...

[hannahb93x]

that man has/d one amazing voice, it makes me shhiver

[nancyfloressantos]

A classic. One of my favorite songs. Thanks for sharing.

[jrcadet4]

I still get tears in my eyes hearing Nat Cole sing.

[MyMikes1]

There is some unexplainable magic in his voice- as if he was talking with the wisdom of all mankind

[highonimmi]

reminds me of when i was a little girl and my dad would put my bare feet on top of his and we'd dance in the kitchen. then he'd take my mom in his arms and they'd cut massive rug! i never saw my mom smile so big. that was nearly 40 years ago. mom died in '91. such bittersweet memories,

[ibrosonkeers]

high highon, music brings back memories some happy some sad, i danced with my daughter on my feet 10/11 years ago she will not remember simply because the music then and now lacks something. it lacks the timeless quality of Nat King Cole and others of their era, i would love to think that 40 years down the line she would write words as you have wrote, i fear those days have long gone, sorry to say

[nixthetiger]

@ibrosonkeers Maybe there can be new days.

[zuzavori]

Saudade de um tempo que ñ volta mas.recordações lindas

[felipebrasil5]

eu nao vivi nesse tempo mas gostaria muito. hj ta muito diferente. asssista meus videos do nat king cole ;) se quiser conversar a respeito tamos ai.

[zuzavori]

Sim gostaria de converssar, um abraço.

[htuomnom]

Music has gone the same way all things have gone down the john

[cbiswhite]

1:11 - 1:17 is hilarious. Otherwise, this is a lovely song from one of America's best crooners.

[simfliss]

Makes the hair on my neck stand up!

Beautiful.............

[LoONaBLuE]

nat king cole and sam cooke are GOLD

no one can top them

[novusmundi]

LOL They are my two favorite singers of their genre and in that order. But at number three for me is Marvin gaye. You can hear Sam in Marvin and can hear Nat in Sam. Amazing singers.

[LoONaBLuE]

woot woot!!! i totally agree.

they're just...amazing. i like sam better than nat though...and i love paul simon and garfunkel they were different and funky. and all of a sudden dylan is starting to grow on me.

i miss music...not this tripe now -____-

but you've got awesome taste...woohoo!

[sfm1967]

one word  -class

[quietdepths]

a voice as smooth as velvet and as warm as a log fire...

[newleafsmilesforyou]

like great whiskey

[duhjuce]

that is a man

[Tikiformybungho]

This piece moves my soul at its inner depths like so few others. Thank you for this beautiful song!

[rtel123]

One of Cole's sweetest.

My favorite improvisation is the Ray Brown trio version with Gene Harris on piano. Mellow, sensitive, and innovative. Ray does a verse of the melody on his bass.

[ericwooldridge]

jerry lee lewis does a better version of this though

[KyleEvilHammy]

what has happened to music 

compare this with today this is beautiful music today is puke

[dunch34]

Nobody's forcing you to listen to today's music. If you don't like it, don't fucking listen to it.

[robhere1982]

I agree.. & that creep who told you to F off is part of the problem and unfortunately the majority.

[KyleEvilHammy]

i agree with slansky

[slansky]

What has happened to music is tragic. The "rap" pukes and other scum have taken one of mankind's greatest achievements--an almost universal language of pure transcendence, and turned it into a knuckle-dragging sub-pidgin of grunts and snarls, capable of expressing only the most pointless forms of violence, and the most violent forms of sex!

[robhere1982]

A brilliant comment. I couldn't have said it better. It breaks my heart to see what has happened music..even T.V. & movies are basically porn & trendy rubbish. My opinion on today's 'music' is that it is completely souless, listened to by silly, materialistic trend whores driven by sex. Listen to this beautiful, romantic music, you hear nothing even remotely like it now. Human shit like Gaga, 50cents & all the rest for that matter are corrupt scum for what they have turned music into i.e. porn.

[677898]

Beautiful.

[rowdysunx]

Well.. the age of romance is truly gone, people were more respectful and the music was a by product of that.

[tgl328]

love this song!!!

[rowdysunx]

this comes from a completely different world..they couldn't sing a song like this today..a sadder world no question!

[pootubeftw]

we still have good artists today..its just that mainstream music has taken over :p designed for another generation grown up with everything technology has brought with it. it just takes more effort trying to find the good bits thats all :) first step is to turn off the garbage thats on the radio, then youve bascially done half the job :P

[Mrkalabaw27]

Tell me about it. Nowadays most people dont have the talent to sing. Everything is just done in the studio

Artist like this you would realy want to listen to them sing like your always in your seat waiting for the to hit that tone

[rachel0rose]

Pure Beauty! I just love Nat King Cole...what a wonderful man and musician!

[felixbautista]

It's an awesome song reminding me of yesteryears when everything was easy and beautiful.

[MyChemikalSuicide]

LOL, the thing that makes me laugh is that my aunt was named after this song when it first came out.

This song is beautiful

[peejay33950]

what a bueatiful sincere singer Nat King Cole was ,they dont come like this anymore

[TonyMacina]

Undoubtedly one of the best odes to the beauty of the fairer sex in history. All the feelings I have for that beautiful someone are encapsulated in the comparison to the famous artwork.

[cervaresi]

I like this songs too this is one of my favorites so many of them.

[SheilaonUtube]

such an enchanting voice he has.omagosh!

[driesoli4]

This is good enough for a queen!

Dries Olivier

[austrianz]

thank you - my daughter's name is mona-lisa!! she and her smile is just as beautiful and similar too! (and though it's not our kind of music, i still applaude to it!), and yes what a beautiful name! =)

[paulostroff99]

Superb! Bravo! TY.

[robertclemon]

Spellbinding

[HeadlessBallerina]

Greatest ballad ever

[robertclemon]

nat is in a class by hinself.

[Stephen2678]

Agreed. Completely untouchable and unmatchable.

[BillDFC]

Always loved this song and Nat's voice.

Perfection.

[SunSeaSurfing]

Hahaha, 1:10 :L:L:L

[XX00Ghost00XX]

the old lady in the pink trousers and sneakers, see her???? she's cute!!!

[XX00Ghost00XX]

My daddy sang this to me when I was 3, and it emabarrassed me because it sounded so lovely.....it is in my dreams now that he is gone.

[XX00Ghost00XX]

I forgot to say that my name is Lisa, and I cry for him every day.

[BillDFC]

Bless you.

[nixthetiger]

@XX00Ghost00XX What beautiful words you have written.  Thank you.

[y00sta]

i sure hope there is a heaven,i will see him againl mrwarmth

[emoviebuff87]

NKC was actually not attractive to women, however he had a beautiful voice!!!

[WolfflowSyx]

You couldn't be more wrong, emoviebuff87. Nat King Cole WAS a heartthrob, actually. The first black entertainer to break racial barriers in America, He was mobbed by women(black, white, hispanic, etc). He was even mobbed overseas.

[MladenMike]

NKC has¨been a big part of my family musical history. Dad studied in Sorbone & later took me to the Louvre & I saw Mona Lisa there and then I got that certain smile from her too. That's 51 years ago & still I love to hear NKC sing it on LP over & over. He is a unforgetable 'King' of romance with that voice.

[cheyenne86]

It only adds to the mystery. love it

[pinkpigletpooh]

i love this song (:

its funny how im just 14 and i like this type of music (:

idkk; it jst puts me in my place / hahaha

(im not a freck, i promise)

[turcio83]

beauty has no age

[LonelyStarSSJ]

Great song !!!

[uuy747]

lalala lala...

[teelovesmoco]

I remember a street performer in NYC, he would sing this for tips. It was the first time I heard this amazing song. I would go back to the restaurant every week just hoping I would see this singer again.

[JEMCO2008]

What times I had as a kid his music was dances to sooooooo manny times

Thanks for the post Earl

[KhmerSerey1]

Nat is the sht !! i love you man ;)

[weehubby]

one of the most beautiful songs ever

[wonshick]

This voice is really God-given work of art!

[perfdel11]

i love the song and so as nat king cole. my parents loved this much and the whole family did. im just young as 10 years old.

[arisur]

hauntingly beautiful...thank you for finding this Nat King Cole classic from my youth dear daughter Sarafina...its heart throbbingly real

[chrismayka]

Hello,

Thank you very much for sharing this wonderful evergreen with us, I enjoyed your singing very much, superbe, BRAVO, our compliments!!

Friendly greetings Chris and Mayka - The Netherlands - Europe - YouTube chrismayka.

[antmenah]

Antmenah wrrites,

Nat King Cole an american black magic voice

For all and for ever to listen and enjoy

[rastikal]

love thsi song...jus turned 23, lovin it!!

[shobyms]

Paul Webber might have influenced from this to write- Don't cry for me Argentina..I suppose, cos this has similarity!Nat is Great!

[PandasTT]

"Or just a cold and lonely, lovely work of art" Gorgeous. I've played this song in my car at least forty times.

[JmoneysGurl]

My mother loves this song.

[GIONELLIO]

NAT is GREAT!

[ichibanhoncho]

CarricThura:

. . . are you warm, are you real, Mona Lisa, or just a cold and lonely, lovely work of art.

Great performance, great question.

[italb178]

exelentisimo

[stevve54]

effetless sadly missed

[gerry5943]

Both the song and this video are a Beautiful and magnificent work of art. Thanks for posting this.

[neronnenn]

Non so se esista la perfezione assoluta, ma per ognuno di noi talvolta essa esiste.

Nat King Cole lo è per me.

Grazie per questo video!

[CarricThura]

are you warm, are you ill, Mona Lisa?

[nixthetiger]

@CarricThura That's, "Are you REAL, Mona Lisa..."

[primeralives]

I remember George Jefferson always use to sing this to "Wheezy".

[bondie45]

Aww clairissa what a lovely comment my thoghts as well bless you

[goosejoy20]

My great Aunt Joan would always run to the piano and sing this for me when I visited her.She was a cool lady I miss her.

[clarissa1976]

i love this song it reminds me of living with my parents and watching my dad sit with his pint of what eva, and singing to this and us kids saying "turn this shit of".

But guess what i love it now memories i love them. Buy the way ive had a drink tonight.

[skinwalkerxxx]

in my opinion NKC and Frank were equals

[elduath]

This is subtle. Yet brilliant. We can all agree that the singer is heavenly, the music, fantastic...but this is put together beautifully. True artistry.

[lovelydiva06]

i get butterflies in my stomach when i listen to this song you know that feeling you get when you fall in love, such a beautiful song, nat king cole the man with the magic voice, i really adore his music

[christo390]

Another beuatiful voice from the past.My dad loved him and so do I.

[GenericGene]

Simply a beautiful song - Great Post Thanks.

[zeldagoblin]

Nat's singing makes me cry for no reason. His songs aren't always sad and sometimes a little cheesey, but I can't help it! He had something magic.

[noelmanarpiis]

This is the favorite song of Dr. Ruperto S. Sangalang, university president of Cavite State University. Good luck to you sir, I'm proud that you are one of my mentors...

[Auki1971]

Long live Nat, and Parker, and Billy and all the  heartfelt graceful folks who add something beautiful to this world...

Ghostshadow1... a little more CONSTRUCTIVE INPUT please or should I say: GET A LIFE!

[jewellgr]

Big hard/classic rock fan yet Nat & other greats still mesmerize me with songs like this.

[Andorinha52]

Quero que meus amigos ouçam essa linda música,,eu gosto demais, não sei se todo meus amigos compartilham comigo,,mas to tao feliz em

ao meu alcance essas de Nat King Cole..graças a

Deus..hoje posso sonhar, que maravilha

[eurygues]

Sucesso para eternidade

[bigbustyboop]

ghost your a racist isee as isaid ican have you done for what u are doing to me cya

[ASAngelo]

I happen to absolutely love Nat, Charlie and yes ... Leonardo's "Mona Lisa." You made my day. =)

Thank you!

regards,

Angelo