Django Reinhardt - Nagasaki

[kingcade]

I have a confession. I chose Nagasaki when I did the JET Program just because of this song. I made a good choice. =)

[thegodlessatheist]

is it just me, or does he look like Vincent Price?

[lenny8003]

would like more Freddy Taylor with DR - I only know of a couple that he sang on

[Vpmatt]

@lenny8003 Me too!

[Vpmatt]

@lenny8003 I know only this one, "I Can't Give You Anything But Love" and "I'se Muggin" 

[MrParapatherapper]

@Vpmatt DR and Freddy Taylor: Georgia on my Mind, and Shine, both really good!

[dudektria]

@Vpmatt what about "After you've gone"? v=BTH_Nn_TtDI

[Vpmatt]

@dudektria Yeah that's one I do have. Great song.

[MrParapatherapper]

@lenny8003 check out Georgia on my Mind and Shine by DR and freddy taylor

[toastmal]

@lenny8003 Georgia on my mind , I always all those vocals where Pearl Bailey - I was way off

[spoon149]

so is that stephane grappelli on violin or something?

[TDTF]

@spoon149, It sounds like Michel Warlop to me

[tehsatchm0n]

@spoon149 i've got an entire CD of DR and SG jammin, it's incredible!!!!

[spoon149]

@tehsatchm0n lucky guy

[Belgdor]

Interesting song name before WW2 huh.....

[MajesticMist]

Whenever i hear this song im sure to have a good day

[TheSomnambulist06]

I read a good biography of Django Reinhardt. He didn't sleep indoors for the first time in his life until his late 30s, because he was convinced houses are where evil spirits live. So when he met a beatnik who had a loft, he brought a dozen relatives to help him cleanse the space. Then they all crashed in the trees outside.

[BasementBeginnings]

@TheSomnambulist06 That's amazing, what's the name of the book?

[superswainguy]

I just want to refer to everyone I consider cool as a 'Cat' after listening to this song.

[CassiusMcfreshly]

how you play guitar with 2 fingers Django???

[damondixonmusician]

I hate being this person doing this. But i want to share this creation with like minded swing lads!!!

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[rolin600]

love that bass...

[blissful351]

Great music.Brilliant piece of Jeeves and Wooster dialogue.

[paulostroff99]

Wow. Guitar and then some.TY Vpmatt for posting.

[eccho13]

Who's singing?

[OhnoesJG]

@eccho13

freddy taylor

[grievousjali]

This is just beyond awesome to begin with. Then Grappelli enters, and I faint.

[cartman220666]

Is it his or The Mills Brothers' song?

[ZeShinyShark]

This is by far the best music in my opinion, Less singing and if you do sing it's not a cry like sound; The singers nowadays scream it out with a 'A-a-AA-a-a-A-aa!' sound, A pain to my ears.

I respect this music and love it with all my hearth!

[CrabTastingMan]

This version is by far the best!

[OhnoesJG]

how could anyone dislike this?

[GuildF40]

7 idiots must have got lost on Y.T

[V0r4xX]

sounds like tom's catching jerrry :D

[London2272]

See, now I've had to google Freddy Taylor and find more stuff by Django Reinhardt and Stéphane Grappelli instead of doing all the stuff I'm meant to be doing.

[Paeddyful]

That guy had just two working fingers on his fretboard hand, but it sounds like he had 20

[mayflyforyou]

what a man

[thatguy1360]

Genius

[joemack13]

makes me wish my parents had gone with their first choice and called me Django...

[BeautyEnhancements4U]

Django you awesome dude I love ya!!!

[xrockthe40ozx]

Class. Style. 

[glotzen12]

When it comes to music I always say that I was born 30 years too late.

[BeautyEnhancements4U]

@glotzen12 hahaha me too!!

[urbsurbisf]

OH, and by the way 6 people that have seen this should see Dr. Freud, for they haven't been breast-fed enough...

[urbsurbisf]

Grappelli's violin sounds like a childs drawing of a smiling pussy-cat... The friendliest violin in my life :)

[saxismyaxe]

6 people don't like this, seriously?

[then00best]

MAFIA

[zeroswings2]

lovin' the ukiyo-e in this video... music isn't too bad either.

[KageMinowara]

Bertie: Well now Jeeves that's a bit more like it eh?

Jeeves: Extremely... invigorating sir.

Bertie: Yes Jeeves that's exactly the word I would have used! Makes you want to get up and bally well have a run round the park!

Jeeves: ...my feelings precisely sir.

[Vpmatt]

@KageMinowara I don't know how you came up with this but I love it! Hilarious. Nice work.

[PowerToasty]

@Vpmatt It's from the TV show Jeeves and Wooster.

[huntedrasta]

@Vpmatt Jeeves and Wooster, look it up

[vaguelyvintage]

@Vpmatt it's from Jeeves and Wooster!

[grievousjali]

@vaguelyvintage Doesn't this make you want to go back and watch it all over again? My favorite part of that show is HL on the piano and SF looking vaguely displeased each time he walks through the room. :-)

[louisprosser1]

@Vpmatt It's from the 80s TV series, after Wooster tries the song on for size on his piano.

[SumofUsTV]

@KageMinowara To be honest, I have no idea what you're on about, but sounds good :) Thumbs up

[dafinalcut]

@KageMinowara :You good sir get all my internetz for this month

[superswainguy]

@KageMinowara Jeeves and Wooster, no?

[KageMinowara]

@superswainguy Bingo.

[akatsuki415]

I'm a metalhead and I must say Django is a better guitarist then any metal guitarist I've heard... even Dave Mustaine.

[Itachifan186]

@akatsuki415 Dave Mustaine < Kirk Hammett

[Ojoe2010]

@Itachifan186 A nosehair of Django > Kirk and Dave together

[rupertacdc]

@Itachifan186 kirk hamett < everyone

[hremdldw]

Swingin unmercilessly.

[srvgtr]

Absolutely and without doubt, the greatest guitar player in the history of Jazz.He must have scared every other guitar player to death in the 30's and 40's.He used every known trick and technique available. I mean, he uses octaves in this solo 25 years before Wes Montgomery used them.How could such a genius come to be? I've been listening to him for 30 years (since I was 12) and I still can't figure it out.

[imaginero73]

GEEEEEEEENIO

[nielskedepielske]

great song!!! omg i love it when the lyrics kick in..

[alhellbound]

Loved this song for sooo many years1 Blows me away!

[busessuck1]

...Django's more powerful than any weapon

I just saw a video of this kid from Finland playing it's amazing to just watch someone play the guitar this fast - wished there was more videos of django, eddie lang and the like

Here's the vid of the kid: /watch?v=HG9AMHm6zEI&feature=f­eedwll&list=WL

[gozone100]

outtasight



[ctrlpaul]

6 people witout a life gg :P

[StGermaine856]

Never hearing this song before I thought it was written after 1944. I was wondering why I wasn't hearing anything about bombs...

[McLeod54]

I remember when we nuked this city!

[Vpmatt]

@McLeod54 Not a cool thing to say.

[LTmattYT]

@Vpmatt lol chill its a joke i found it funny

[Vpmatt]

@LTmattYT Don't bother commenting on my videos in future.

[joedruane]

@Vpmatt hey fuck you man they nuked pearl harbor

[Vpmatt]

@joedruane You're not too intelligent are you mate? Just go back to your trailer and think about it.

[astralfarts]

@joedruane what a stupid person you are

[CyaeghaTheTroll]

@joedruane This was from before WWII dumbass. At least take the 6 seconds it requires to read the description box and you wouldn't look like such a tool.

[Viecktoire]

@LTmattYT You have a strange sense of humor if you think that's a joke.

[WAMEDJO]

@Vpmatt

It had to be someone to say it, right ? Terrible lyrics though.

[ippikineko]

@McLeod54 wow...not cool

[SickTwoGraffiti]

@McLeod54 you did nothing, the troops did it, mind you they went insane, for what they did..

[ertefer]

@McLeod54

Congrats! You are now officially the stupidest person on earth...

[schmui]

@ertefer well, he could've been like: 'nagawhat?'

that would've been even more stupid.

[SKAterpunkkidd987]

@McLeod54 haaah thats fucked up 

[astralfarts]

@McLeod54 i remember when you thought you were cool, it is very vague however, is there another comment you can muster up with your lame sense of humor?

[Larm2112]

@McLeod54 Idiot

[gabri3l367]

Incredibile !!!!! Fantastico !!!! Il ritmo nel suo fraseggio è preciso e il feeling è unico. l'uso degli arpeggi è sublime. Viva Django !!!!!!

[MegaICS]

Diminished arpeggios sweep picking with 2 fingers, nuff said.

[koreamy]

can't get enough of these boys!

[riceowl88]

Can i get this on LP?

[Timmer515]

For a jazz treat, search for Milt Jackson's "Django" played by the Modern Jazz Quartet.

[lgerownash]

Despite growing up with an awesome guitar player, I'd never heard of Django Reinhardt until two months ago, when I lost the fourth finger of my left hand. If he could play guitar like that with his fingers, surely I can do great body work with mine...Thanks for the posthumous inspiration, Django!!

[srvgtr]

The run he plays at 2:40 would make a grown man cry :-) This is one of my favourite Django solos ever. His phrasing, dexterity and execution are perfect. Truly, a guitar genius and innovator.

[Theprisonerofthebeat]

@srvgtr You guessed right! I can't keep from weeping (the beaujolais nouveau bottle help me enormously) listening to the genius and unique Django. I love his music so much...

[donottawaguitar]

does anyone think of lenny bruce?

[donottawaguitar]

oh my God thats nice!

[NorthernPlus]

Ok so I guess I am down here for a comment.

Lot of great Django stuff out there.

Most don't understand or care to know the scope of his music. He probably never knew the scope either. If you listen to much of his stuff, you realize the greatness of his ability. He never knew it either in his life time. He just played what was in his mind.....We have the benefit of being able to look back at all of it can truly know that it was above being great....

Norbert

[peace4allyo]

I can definately hear Andrew Bird in this. I wonder if this is one of his inspirations?

I like it:].

[jollygreengiant7]

never really listened to django... but i think i will... a lot more

[jollygreengiant7]

never really listened to django... but i think i will... a lot more

[quidproquo2004]

A phenomenal ensemble!

[DeafFret]

stephane grapelli on fiddle?

[Vpmatt]

@DeafFret you better believe it! 

[doubleotwentyone]

All this talk of skill...it's what was in his head and heart that's what it's all about...ok, given the guy was a technical genius, especially with his handicap ~ but the joyous improvisation, introducing new melodies and suchlike...that's where his greatness really lay. Too much emphasis on technique these days, and that's not a cop out...

[FoxAttaak]

if any body say they can never play guitar, remind them that this man played an original song, with horribly burnt fingers.

[Boomslang93]

People who dislike this video are idiots. Nope, no fancy irony, they're idiots. PERIOD.

[gr0mithtimon]

@Boomslang93

real idiots complain about 5 dislikes while django is playing guitar

[Markkinator]

why can't these kinds of videos be the ones that are getting over 1,000,000 views

[Vpmatt]

@Markkinator My video "Django Reinhardt - Jazz Guitar Genius" has over 960,000 views - nearly a million!

[Markkinator]

@Vpmatt awesome!!! what an artist!

[caiusbe]

@Markkinator Is n't lady gaga....

[autounionv16]

@Markkinator nearly 1/2 a million - getting there...

[pencap23]

@Markkinator This privilege is reserved for the masters; like that guy with the hat who plays Pachelbel's Canon.... >_<

[BreakDaMaT]

@Markkinator people are bothered to spend time to look at some kid with glasses in bedroom lip syncing to pop song

[NatKingCole46]

@Markkinator because people of today do not know anything about real good music!

[nielskedepielske]

@Markkinator working on it!

[CyaeghaTheTroll]

@Markkinator Because people don't have good taste anymore?

[leothedrawer3]

@Markkinator because it doesnt have the 'puntz capuntz puntz capuntz'

[TomatoPringo]

wuikilimuo!!! dijo la vaca de colores!!!!

[MCPOAirdale]

This brings a smile to my face.

[MelvinWren]

reminds me of Ida Red

[digitusmedio]

rofl. Great music, makes me laugh when I hear it. excellent technique, pure 20's-ish sound. I love it.

[clinicapots]

fantastic

[shuquil73]

This is my favorite version of "Nagasaki"

[clouds5]

whenever i hear django = instant smile on my face :D

[jizzy2k]

@clouds5 too bad Nagasaki was bombed

[michael16862]

The dude on vocals is awesome! Not that everyone else isn't awesome, but I really was surprised by the vocalist. First time I heard vocals in gypsy jazz and I love it!

Thanks for uploading this!

[paulostroff99]

AWESOME! TY for this great posting.

[2ndviolinist]

Just uploaded a version (listed as a video response & also wonderful) by Eddie South, a violinist and band leader who joined forces with Grappelli and Django at times and at others just with Django. Hot stuff.

Can't believe 6 people don't like this post - it takes all kinds.

[R0b1zzle137]

Im convinced Django is the greatest guitarist that ever lived, even that's an understatement.

[singana1]

@R0b1zzle137 i'd agree. he was one of the first to play on such a magnitude (him or charlie christian), but he was also truly a master of the instrument. definitely developed his own style better than at least 95% of the other guitar players out there.

[GospelMagic]

Such great playing, including a chorus of octave soloing!

[Tonyzzz7]

Great!!!!

How does one pronounce his name is the D silent or perhaps the J?

Thanks

Tonyzzz7

[ChiTown7721]

@Tonyzzz7 It's pronounced with the D silent so it sounds like 'Jayn - go'

[BrawlFighter55]

@Tonyzzz7 I think it's like (Dzhan-go) The "a" sounding like it's pronounced.

[MCCXK120]

Gypsy Genius

[YurisDisciple]

Why the fuck did the U.S.A have to go and drop the Little Boy on Nagasaki? I mean, come on! From how it was described, Nagasaki sounded like a place where the bourbins cold and the pianos hot.

[StimorolChewingGum]

@YurisDisciple They didn't. They dropped Fat Man on Nagasaki. Little Boy was Hiroshima.

[YurisDisciple]

@StimorolChewingGum

Oh yeah, I got my cities mixed up.

[neil73]

This was a very popular song (sort of 1930's equivalent of Bohemian Rhapsody!) back in the day. But because of the war it was taboo and eventually (mostly) forgotten.

Thanks for posting. This is rare music indeed!

[Medyshel]

Why we need new music when we have this?

[andyguitar99]

Dont forget the Germans bombed Nagasaki which basically ended WW1

[Boomslang93]

@andyguitar99 Ahahaha lol.

[GilgaFrank]

@andyguitar99 a valuable history lesson right there from someone who doesn't know that the atom bombs were dropped in WW2

[andyguitar99]

@GilgaFrank Wrongg it was WW1, just before the Germans bombed Pearl Harbour, but that was more than 30 years ago so its time we all took a step back and forgave each other

[mypalsatan]

this song is kind of ironic considering what happened to Nakasaki 9 years after this recording

[sonarman65]

Omigosh!!!!!!!!! Hot hot hot!!!! Waiter bring me a double prune juice.

[Felixartehkl]

@sonarman65 Mhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!! i loveeeeeeeeeeee prune juice!! i could jsut dirnk all the prune juice in the world in one bit small gulp!!! shall i tell you a story? well you see it was back in 69 when me and my pops were jsut lietnning to some good old shfgdkjshdfk when it appenned and i cba to write anything else because my fingers are overwight and have diabeties.. i love diabeties! out of all the illnesses i have its defiantely my favorite! i love jsut goign fdown the pub with the lads!!!!

[toluwanile]

Another great thing about gypsy jazz songs is that even the rhythm bit sounds great. I'm not good enough to play the leads as they should be, but I play the chords very well, and a song like nuages still sounds amazing even without the fancy leads. I'm glad I discovered gypsy jazz thanks to my guitar teacher.

[gfks11]

Grazie Edward, io amo questa musica!!*****

[Sonoraman]

Got the original shellac of this critter! You should hear it on a vintage Victor Orthophonic Credenza phonograph!

[AimmarCair]

@Sonoraman don't taunt us... we will come for you...

[msharvell]

love it!!

[s0undch4ser]

It's hard to believe he played all the leads with only 2 fingers. His 3rd&4th fingers were partially paralyzed but he could still use them to make chord changes which is even more incredible.

[HollerboyHellbilly]

Django is great at usual, but that bass is phenomenal.

[quarentine99]

aaaaaahahahhahahhahahahah this is so fucking awesome!!!!!!!!

[jazztom86]

hahahaha, great, 1:20 early outside playing :)

[SiGmund63]

Happy Django's 100th birthday, to all who appreciate how much he gave to music ...

[Rereversed]

And then 9 years later we blew it up.

[MyMelancholyDodo]

I remember when I first started listening to Django, I kept listening to the first 40 seconds trying to transcribe Django's solo. I never transcribed it all!

[psilonautika]

so good... +_+

[famile8]

I am japanese ojisann 47 years ago.

Nagasaki recordig ----unbelievable!

[Jimi409]

He, nevertheless became a great guitarist in months. Stephane Grapelli says that the injury probably improved Django's playing because it slowed him down causing him to be more thoughtful. If you've ever listened to the speed of Django, it is hard to imagine him playing faster.

[Vpmatt]

I would agree with that. He was forced to find a new way to move up and down the fretboard. The fact that he did it and did it so well, and probably improved his playing, shows what a genius he was.

[PAULOcbi]

back in Nagasake where the fellas chew tobaccy and the women wicky-wacky-woo,!

[keeelane]

yeah well, basically anyone can do that with enough practice

it's about the emotion/atmosphere/style