Max Raabe & Palast Orchester: Tonight or Never

[skullboy1990]

check out the hot violinist lol

[saintlennon9]

Can anyone tell me the name of the song at 1:16? Thanks

[lodoktor]

@saintlennon9 heute nacht oder nie i think

[patrickcorliss]

@saintlennon9

The song is "Heute nacht oder nie" which was the name of the programme recorded at Carnegie Hall. Search YouTube for that name.

[HMservant]

If Max Raabe objects to the word 'nostalgic', explain then why you've used it in your description? ;-)

[joergkoecher]

einfach unbeschreiblich!! Besser gehts nicht !! Jeder einzelne Musiker ist ein Perfektionist an seinem Instrument (die meisten beherrschen sogar mehrere Instrumente),solchen Stil und Eleganz,Max Raabes unvergleichbare Mimik und Timbre und die bezaubernde Cecilia-in Ihrem roten Kleid so anmutig und wunderschön-eine wahre Göttin !!

Ich hoffe das Palastorchester bleibt uns noch lange erhalten,denn etwas Vergleichbares gibt es nicht... !!!

[claudioalexenrique]

Thank you for recapturing the style and elegance of the 20's & 30's.

Congratulations, and thank you for uploading this video.



[Googlagahummike]

Thumbs up for misbehaving in a tuxedo!

[MrLolcat1987]

marvelous! 

[vgellin]

Spitze

[2010mrvolker]

da labern rotznasen über geile deutsche musik,sind wir jetzt alle opfer ,in den 80zigern war die beste musik und ihr ward noch nicht geboren ,aber ne große fresse

[poxanadul]

Who is the beautiful girl playing the violin?

[MsLemonPeach]

@poxanadul Cecilia Crisafulli!

[poxanadul]

What is the name of this first song. I love it.

[MsLemonPeach]

@poxanadul "Tonight or Never".

[honiro1]

3 am an still watching the video....sehr fantastisch !!!!...is unique....unico...!

[5that1dude5]

Literally just came home from him live in Pittsburgh, best show period. Nothing compares to it.

[msloserrific]

@5that1dude5 I was there too!

[boopboopadoop05]

Just saw Max Raabe last night at The Paramount in Oakland. My third time seeing the orchestra in person and still utterly sublime. I can't get enough!

[ChaunceytheGardener]

Just spent another splendid evening with Herr Raabe and his Palast Orchester; my third time witnessing his magic in person. I'm always knocked out by the precision and versatility of his orchestra. Such beautiful phrasing, the elegant legato lines, and le hot jazz. I'm always sorry when these evenings must come to an end.

[hamburgerjungs2008]

Besser geht es nicht!!!!  Max anstelle von Angela!!!

[princeeverlove]

There IS a God! Such elegance,class,and a sense of nostalgia-laced atmosphere.

[2010mrvolker]

ds wird die musik von raabe als nazimusik von irgendwelchen loosern hingestellt,hallo ,mein kleiner grüner kaktus ist von den comedian harmonist und das war eine jüdische combo also haltet ganz gepflegt euren mund der mann und das palastochester sind das beste was deutschland zu bieten hat was deutsche kultur zu bieten hat

[Patchouly2]

@2010mrvolker

Jegliche Erklärungsversuche sind sinnlos. Wie es so schön heisst "dem deutschen genügt es dumm zu sein, und arbeit zu haben". Alles andere wird nicht gebraucht. Also - einfach still sein, dumme Sprüche lesen, und sich an der musik erfreuen :)

[2010mrvolker]

@Patchouly2 genau geniessen und erfreuen das es so jemanden noch gibt ,bin jahrgang 68 und ich liebe das

[Tweezer215]

Heard him in Atlanta in March 2010. Superb performance!

[yardhog]

He's coming to Reno Nevada April 10th 2011.

[evie789]

@yardhog

he sure is, and I just got tickets!

[yardhog]

@evie789 I got mine a couple weeks ago. Down in front at table 12. :)

[FlowersInHisHair]

The last 70 seconds of this video made me leap out of my chair in sheer ecstasy.

[ghs1357]

we will be at the Peekskill show, too!

[112ALONE]

WHAT IS THE FIRST SONG PLAYING??? I GOTTA KNOOOWWWWWWWW

anyone know?

[ponderings123]

@112ALONE German: Heute Nacht oder nie. English: Tonight or Never.

[112ALONE]

@ponderings123 ahh thanks a bunch :)

i feel stupid though.. lol its the title

[peoplesrepub0fEmily]

Max speaks!!...+eyebrow @ 2:09 lol....and PLEASE come to England soon!

[ponderings123]

He is playing in Chicago's Symphony Orchestra in April 2010. :D

[ColdChicago]

max is a messenger from weimar, a period of artistic foment, the rise of reactionary politics which were to almost destroy the world, and of course financial crisis. welcome home max, just like the old days....

[taxavol]

They will be playing in Hungary in 26th March 2011, in the Palace of Arts, as the part of Budapest Spring Festival. I'm gonna be there!

[ladofmad]

nice to see 20s music isn't dead

[Fergophone]

Fantastic music, professionalism, everything! When are they coming to Australia?

[thefabulousmark]

I was watching the PBS concert and now I found these videos- WOW! I feel as if I were transported to 1930 Berlin- I am absolutley enchanted by Max and his fabulous orchestra-I plan on going to there Chicago concert next April!

[JJR93]

My favorite Era of German History...the Weimar Period...such an explosion of arts and creativity...painfully brief flowering of democracy and freedom between the wars.

I'm grateful to Max and his band for re-creating this music and these performances that are so vividly evocative. Zeitlos, wie er sagt.

[itsareligionofpeace]

@JJR93 thinks the Weimar Republic period is the best period in German history......

Ahhh - ya like 2,000 % inflation, running mob violent street battles between SA and Reds, starvation, political and social anarchy.

Think HItler would have been made absolute dictator in any other period of German history?

Wow - one can read such utter nonsense on Youtube

[Woelfin001]

@itsareligionofpeace Noam Chomsky stated (I paraphrase loosely) that the Weimarer Republic was the peak of western civilization, culturally (music, fine arts) and technologically. Like Rome, such greatness DEMANDS a fall into the pits, and it came. I see you insist on only seeing the 'brown' side of things.

[16891291616]

deutsche musik^^

[jill506]

so where do i get a poster of Max & Palast Orchester??? I can't find any online.

[jh8856]

Terrific - one of the best shows around and a great version of a wonderful song

[dasboogiewoogie1]

Check out Brendan McNally's dark comic novel "Germania" (Simon & Schuster, 2009), about the Magical Loerber Brothers, four Jewish vaudeville entertainers and former child stars who were the toast of Berlin before WWII and who reunite right as Hitler is about to kill himself.

[akibakemono]

Does anyone know if this Carnegie Hall performance is available for sale? I found the German version of the show on Amazon, but I really would like to purchase the version with Max speaking to the audience in English. I caught it on PBS twice, and it was so charming.

[Chiquicheeta]

I got the German version and it is in English ! He doesn't speak German in the Carnegie Hall version, you can buy it :)

[akibakemono]

Hmm. I actually can't find it for sale anywhere.

[Dosdo]

Bravo!

[stephan1848]

Checked him out for the fourth time shortly before christmas.

Love this guy, his short and funny introductions to the songs are awesome... as well as his singing obviously!

If you ever get the chance to see him live, dont miss out on it. You will not regret it!

[angelgr696]

wow! i want all their albums NOW!

[1276epr]

He certainly has a charming accent to American ears, whether talking or singing. It is surely a part of his allure, along with the tuxedoes, the '20s-style instrumentation, and of course these grand old songs presented as composed for dance orchestras in that bygone era.

[quebarbarita]

Please, please come to San Jose, California!!

[40sreddoll]

Oakland Paramount !!!!

[galazio2]

Excelent !!!! Never please remove this video !!! Thank you for letting us hear it !!!

[Bacchusland]

The articulation of Max Raabe singing in English shames most American singers by his better English elocution or pronunciation, which is appropriate in his tuxedo, refined style, subtle humor, whimsical charm, epitomizing the last Epoch of Art in our Culture, the 1920s-30s Art Deco period he revivifies here, after decades of excess of rock-headed roll out of show-offs' neurotic noise. Delightfully refreshing is Max Raabe and his truly entertaining, refined, amusing, Palast orchester of Berlin.

[ghs1357]

He is playing Carnegie Hall again in March of 2010. I have tickets!!

[AgamemnonPadar]

I have seen them with my then 93 (born 1913) years old grandmother, who loved to visit ballrooms when she was young, in Duesseldorf a few years ago and she said them are like the bands she heard in the 20s and 30s in Berlin. I am sure you will have a great evening to hear them in March. Enjoy it :-)

[byline7844]

@ghs1357 - I missed that one, but you can bet I will not miss him this spring when he plays in Peekskill and then in Newark. And I am trying to figure out if I can make the one in Pittsburgh!!

[ghs1357]

@byline7844

We will be at the Sat Peeksville show, front row center!

[JohnPlayer4ever]

@ghs1357 was it good?

[sunnyozz]

i love it and its superb, he is the master of this section and he dominates!!!

[mozartman2000]

does America have an oldies band like this? it's weird to hear american pop classics sung with a german accent. i'm a young person and not many my friends like this kind of music.

[dusitcho]

COME TO BRAZIL, please!

[SlotShop]

This guy's a classic! 3:40

I just happen to see one of his shows on Ovation the other night... Can't wait to see some more!

[decicom]

Does any one know if The Palast Orchester has a CD in english?

[stuartg40]

As far as I know thhey don't have a CD that's solely in English but most have both English and German songs on. I'm a huge fan, cannot wait for them to come to the UK next year.

[tinaaultman74]

freu....hab endlich zeit im internet zu cruisen.ach,war ne schoene zeit an der hdk mit euch.lebe jetzt im sueden der usa.ABER.....n kaffee&kuchen jibts immer noch fuer euch.love you....and now i have heimweh!

liebe gruesse... ehem.hdk-cafeteria

[promitheas32]

the last part with bells was the most impresive sound and there was the part that shows the hard work that they do to be "one" on the stage .MAX and PALAST orchester a big BRAVO and many thanks for the reminding to some of the most beautifull past times !!!

[henrysinaga]

Max Reebe got one the most beautiful voice I've ever heard, Unbelievable!

[genia106]

I LOVE MAX!

I love this presentation and now I am going to KILL myself.....I only discovered MAX a week after he appeared at Carnegie Hall. I would have been sitting on the aisle, 3rd row center orchestra savroring every note and then I would have waited at the stagedoor to meet him. Thank you for the Magnificent Max...I hope he returns one day. :-)

[tomkellycartoons]

Hahaha....I've had the same feelings of suicide after missing some great event.

Not to worry....he'll come to your area again one day! Cheers!