Life's A Funny Proposition (from Boardwalk Empire ep.12) (HQ)

[markpreece]

Marvellous, simply marvellous.

[mdelair420]

eddie cantor was a great back then.

[waytooambitious]

I've heard the original recording of this song from 1904. It makes me laugh to myself. The Internet, jet plane, texting, penicillin, the Kardashian products, the Arthur Miller plays, FDR's leadership, laser surgery, ATMs, bullet trains, atomic energy, television, and everything else that has "improved" the experience of life in the last 108 days has not changed the truth of this song.

[CrushinRuSSian27]

now.....  this is the good old stuff

[elcueropeneano]

download link?

[MaxB6851]

Many thanks

[MaxB6851]

Who is the singer?

[smurphs33]

@MaxB6851 Eddie Cantor

[IconoclasticMuch]

@MaxB6851 To clarify/be more specific, it's Stephen DeRosa, who plays Eddie Cantor on the show.

[AnObsoleteMan]

Life's a very funny proposition you can bet

And no ones ever solved the problem properly as yet

Young for a day, then old and grey

Like the the rose that buds and blooms, and fade's and falls away

Loosing health to gain our wealth, as through this dream we tour

Everything's a guess, and nothings absolutely sure

Battles exciting, and fates were fighting until the curtain fall

Life's a very funny proposition after all.

[caligula476]

This is one of the best scenes I've ever seen in tv-series' history.

[JBandKG]

true

[vwellthen]

when all things are coming easy

and luck is with a man

why then life to him is sunshine everyweeeeerrrrrrrrrreeee

[Theifofheart555]

@vwellthen yo dude, start messaging me again (its me, marc, in case you already forgot you pothead)

[vwellthen]

@Theifofheart555 why are you stalking my comments?

[Kickasss119]

MORE BOARDWALK! MORE JIMMY! and Eli too, hes cool

[bixlives]

the band backing Stephen DeRosa is Vince Giordano's Nighthawks. They play at Sofia's [221 W. 46th St. NYC] every Monday and Tues nights]

[ModNet2001]

Life's a very funny proposition after all,

Imagination, jealousy, hypocrisy and all.

Three meals a day, a whole lot to say;

When you haven't got the coin you're always in the way.

Ev'rybody's fighting as we wend our way along,

Ev'ry fellow claims the other fellow's in the wrong;

Hurried and worried until we're buried and there's no curtain call.

Life's a very funny proposition after all.

[jdeib96]

LOVE IT!

[power2theferg]

This is a very true and great song

[abfabulous]

Love this song! Where can I get it?

[ErnestHemenhaw]

Great montage, song, and performance. Very cinematic and evocative of the time. Perfect way to end the season.

I really love this. It hung with me for days.

[Sulleymon21]

perfection is all i can say. this song is excellently written and it was excellently performed by the guy who played eddie cantor.

[jasper205]

I FUCKING LOVE YOU!

[91cujo]

Thanks so much 4 posting this !! Loves it!!

[krazyxazn]

thanks for this

[iluvwinterweather]

They should release a Boardwalk Empire soundtrack.

[Crazydog7]

@iluvwinterweather

I'd buy it. 

[AlanD96]

The singer is Stephen DeRosa who plays Eddie Cantor in the series.

[Crazydog7]

This really was a good way to go out. 

[mimglow]

Does anyone who the actor/singer is that performed this in Boardwalk Empire?

[oxgon]

Was looking for this everywhere thank you!

[sluggo1963]

Great song to end a great first season of Boardwalk Empire

[Force170]

God, I love this show. The music makes the show so much better too. All this great music I probably would never hear if it weren't for this show.

[razvanrml]

@Force170 do you know where can i get all the songs from this show? a link would be very good :)

[tpaladino]

@Force170 So true. I watched a show on the making of Boardwalk Empire, and they said that they actually had to hire forensic anthropologists and music historians to find the authentic music from that time, because so much of it had been lost. Many of the songs on the show are only now being heard for the first time since the 20's because their team is uncovering them through very intensive research.

[LochlynD]

@tpaladino thats awesome.