Fred Astaire - PUTTIN' ON THE RITZ

[ChaosLord811]

Why the fuck is everybody talking about their ages

[GregJimBob]

Fuck mainstream..r.i.p musical geniuss

[innit27]

fred always sang the lyric perfctly he didnt bend it to suit like a sinatra, the song writers must have loved him

[remainindelible]

I'm 3 and I like this?

[HomicidalTeaBreak]

I love this sorta music :D 

[Sourstone341]

Nothing is better than the classics

Really what kind of crap do we hear on the radio nowadays :/

PS: I'm 21 years old

[inukirby992]

@Sourstone341 *Cough* Fourteen *Cough*

Outclassed, sir?

[BondCaleb]

@inukirby992 I'm twelve, so ha.

[GregJimBob]

FUCK MAINSTREAM oldies ftw

[kallemick]

i love when a video dosent have any dislikes because theres no "95 people have bad taste in music" comments that is just annoying anyway

[michaeltwohl]

Can't Sing, Can't Act. Dances a bit. Bull Puckey!

[djmove2]

Thank you for taking the time to find this and post it. Love it! It still moves after all the years that have passed.

[WillYouBeThere2009]

Wow 0 who don't like that's very rare ;D

[Xsmoke657x]

LOL OMG I LOVE IT

[GenesisGenocyde]

God, it sounds so old, I love it.

Like going into your grandfather's attic and digging through his boxes of old crap and finding a record.

Amazing.

[Shabannie]

I enjoyed your video!

------Ellen 

[MidgetBuddie]

How is this racist? Im not arguing....i was just born in the late 20th century

[LM1313]

@MidgetBuddie Basically, the idea behind this song is "Ho ho, isn't it funny to see our servants on their day off pretending they are someone by dressing up and spending their paychecks." It's not obvious to us now because we don't know, for example, that Thursday was the typical maid's day off

Later they rewrote it to the more commonly known version, which basically made it actually about watching rich people.

[00176640]

cool !!!!(^@^)σ

[creativeprojects720]

racist, lol



[whotaughtyou]

NOTHING HUSBAND

[WWIIace45]

What a racist song!

[kallemick]

@WWIIace45 this isnt racist its just from 1929 things where different back then

[WWIIace45]

@kallemick  I guess you're right.

[DiggityDoglikeDogg]

@kallemick oh, of course. racism didn't exist in 1929. years around that, but not 1929.

[SatchmoSings]

Next time, mix out the lateral (that is, dub it in true mono) and get an equalizer; old records weren't made with the RIAA curve.

[SenorTacos6969]

Yet the version we are more familiar with, the 1946 version demonstrates the racial sanitation over the years and the shift in culture and the racial politics of the moments where it is no longer acceptable to have this original version around.

[SenorTacos6969]

@swimm12984, yes this song does indeed refer to African Americans, in layman terms the song is saying that if you're feeling blue, you can go up to harlem and have a good time by making fun of black people, the way they dress, the way they dance. This song can be likened to Irving Berlin's other song "The Well Dressed Man in Harlem" in the film "This is the Army" (1943), where he also talks about the way African Americans dress.

[Georgewos]

I didn't know Fred Astaire made this recording in 1930. I only remember him singing and dancing to this song with newer lyrics in the 1946 movie "Blue Skies."

[simhopp]

yes, this song has racist lyrics.

most songs of that era were insensitive and prejudiced toward "other people".

ie, politically incorrect in todays standard.

but that too is history, and we should learn from it, not deny that ever existed.

by the way, Fred Astaire was half Jewish, and Irving Berlin was Jewish.

so they did know thing or two about prejudice and racism.

[monica1943able]

The definition of originality, elegance and style in american music. Thanks for sharing it!

[RedX753]

@Swimm12984 this song isn't talking about African American people I studied it in history class

The song is about the era Canadians were living in with spending money. Canada was filthy rich before the 1930s(Great Depression)

They were gaining money from the stock market and Proportion.

Ritz means looking your best and at this time Canada was looking at it's best

This guy was just singing about how good life is. It doesn't mention African Americans in anyway.

Your comment is an Epic Fail! ;)

[Morahman7vnNo2]

"Boys look at that man puttin' on that Ritz!"

"You look at him, I can't."

Lol.

[Swimm12984]

this was such a racist song...originally...b4 they switch the lyrics to less offensive ones.....Screw this song..."lulu belles"...this song basically talks about looking at blacks in harlem spend their little bit of money attempting to look like they were well-to-do....and this song essentially welcomes ppl to come watch them "spend their last two bits puttin ont he ritz" as entertainment,...like i said...screw this song

[kallemick]

@Swimm12984 it was 1929 when it was written i dont think people found those stuff racist back then so screw you!

[Diamondgrl2007]

@Swimm12984 im not sure if thats actually right but listening to it again after reading ur comment it seems like it is racist

[fshgjguhergbertyuihg]

@Swimm12984 Please, direct your stupidity to a different video...

[barkboingfloom]

Does anyone know what film or year this is from? Wikipedia listed Aistaire having sung it in "Blue Skies" but with Irving Berlin's revised lyrics. These are clearly the original lyrics.

[kallemick]

@barkboingfloom i think its just a record

[shortmovieguy]

i think it was in white christmas. not positive.

[Metallica84052]

1946 is when this was recorded I believe

[6XWX6]

I would kill to get to see Fred Astaire in the 1930's in a musical or something :[

[AugustoYeahBaby]

@6XWX6 me too!!!

[AllyVeal]

@6XWX6 IKR

[GeminiNightOwl]

Besides being the best Dancer of his genre, Fred had a good voice also. Thanks for posting - good job :)

[heatherstrande123]

yes i love it =D

[adamperson2]

Fantastic!!! Very very posh!!!

[radicaledward40]

really great.....

[tackertone]

Excellent thanks for Posting.