Josephine Baker J'ai deux amours 1950's TV

[StolenRain]

Wow!  Ms. Baker... you were BEAUTIFUL. You warm my heart every time I hear you sing.

[StolenRain]

It is terriby disturbing as well as pathetic that you can never check on  the comments on a clips pertaining to Black persons at youtube.com at not find a bunch of racist remarks. However, you can check the comments on thousands of White people and not find not even ONE racist remark. When will individuals who are so ignorant and immature... finally learned something as well as grow up.

[starfyre05]

she is soooo awesome,i want to be like her when i grow up

[kiama30]

that reminds us of human zoos, it is the biggest shame with holocaust, amerindian genocide, ... of the occidental society.

[wattever333]

this is late 60s.

[paultomzak]

The lady was great it is just too bad that she and many talented black artist had to go to a different country to be appreciated and when she came back to the USA sh was really kicked around. No wonder she left and stayed where she was really appreciated.

[zoukwil]

SO DIVINE ARTIST! Thank you so much!

[rachel335523]

Love her!!!

[raymond13008]

MERCI MADAME BAKER ! VOUS ÉTIEZ UNE GRANDE ETOILE DU MUSIC-HALL ET AUSSI UN GRAND COEUR POUR LES ENFANTS QUE BEAUCOUP DE GENS ONT OUBLIES DE DIRE MERCI A VOUS !

[JolieJb]

@leplaq because she was living there in France! french is my native language but now i live in the USA And i speak fluently too. to learn u take sum classes and by moving to a place where people only speak the language u learn u start putting it out fluently

[leplaq]

i am so curious how she learned french so fluently so quickly i envy that lol

[JeagerGray]

@leplaq jodie foster's french is even more astonishing. she speaks french fluently with NO accent. baker does have one

[thekingofmoney2000]

@JeagerGray yeah, but Jodie Foster started learning French as a child! Josephine didn't learn French until she was 19! That makes a big difference!

[thekingofmoney2000]

@JeagerGray Anyway, the French need to get over themselves! There are many languages in the world that are far more difficult to learn then French. Try learning Chinese or Japanese, those are hard languages, not French!

[SimardFM]

Quelle femme extraordinaire!!!

[sandcharm]

Behold, Josephine Baker, one of the bravest artists to walk the planet...

[Guizmobedo]

Josephine was living in France because at this time lot of black artist was come because they can sing, drink and be stone in total free ! Why you thinking Amstrong and all the big Jazzman made the " Hot club de France " ; )

Of course there is rascist people in france, like in every country in the world.

I think rascist people are juste dumb, just dont talk to them, you risk to teach them !

[rachelazw]

This looks like it's from the mid '60s, not the '50s.

[trdxsd2010]

Another unsung artist. Treated so badly by her homeland. Her voice and style were wonderful

[Zairebabyphat]

i also have to say there,s a big different understanding when it comes to Josophine and solange,s sister theres also a big misscanseption beteewn them. first josophine danced beauttifull and taught the world by her danceing to send the mesagge love your body. and solange,s sister just did it in a nasty inapropreate way bottom line Josphine,s way befor her and better.

[Discernaoftruth]

@Zairebabyphat ....lol @ "Solange's sister

[leplaq]

hey why was my comment removed i didnt say anything bad did i?

[Arjetube]

She was there 43 like Whitney Houston now!

Compare them !

[sillyboydeux]

I know exactly the feeling. My boyfriend Samir, was beaten several times as well. The French police are revolting even to the native French. The anti-Arab feeling among them is paramount to the treatment by white police here of blacks and hispanics, based, quite frankly, on a pathological jealousy of their sexual prowess and appeal. In an odd way, I understand the root of it, since when I walked into a club, if there was a group of Arabs on one side, my eyes (and heart!) would fixate on them.

[leplaq]

i think she was the original Tina turner as far as aging in the entertainment business and not being accepted by her own ppl like versus being adored in Europe

[sillyboydeux]

@leplaq very good point!

[sabry0109]

i'm not french but I LOVEE this song

[DQue2Habla]

Wow she was incredible looking even still!

[pseudonym1964]

Beautiful! Great footage. Thanks for sharing...

[Scorsese13]

vive la france

[40sharihop]

i dont understand the words!

[icommentu87]

Bien

[mzfiesty]

How come this version sounds so different from the original? I love this style....

[mzfiesty]

i love this version way better

[japnikki]

oui!

[UnioMediterrania]

C'est quoi l'autre pais?

[ROME59]

Etat-Unis

[nikolarendic]

Elle etait UNIQUE !!!

[Zairebabyphat]

i loved that song .

[beegbolt]

This was a French variety show in the 60's (not 50's) ...Josephine still looked great approaching 60 years of age!

[Deb0MiniZ]

Au début les paroles étaient " j'ai deux amours, mon pays et Paris " que plus tard elle changea par " j'ai deux amours mon pays est Paris " Je crois

J'ai beau être sa petite nièce je n'en suis pas totalement sure

[Voluptuous77]

Thank you so much for posting

This is wonderful

[SingingWindbird]

she was soo (diva-fied)

[creolelady182]

The body is great

[aaltmann]

Title has a typo..should be Mon Pays EST Paris (est = french verb to in in present tense = IS)...

[yasmamadoo]

I believe the words are "mon pays ET paris" as in "my country AND Paris" she does sing "j'ais deux amours" in the song, which means "I have two loves"

[13laciotat]

Elle dit "mon pays" et plus loin "ma savane est belle". Il ne s'agit donc pas des USA. En fait cette chanson (sans vouloir la critiquer) exploite à fond le cliché "exotique". Même chose bien sûr pour "la Tonkinoise".

[foodstooge]

the French have treated the Algerians, living right there in Paris, like second class citizens for 45 years. and then the French have the nerve to call the AMericans racists!

[gipcambero]

As USA has treated their own black citizen until the 1960s

[sillyboydeux]

@gipcambero I do not understand the criticism of racism aimed particularly at the USA. Believe me, we didn't invent it. And it doesn't always revolve around skin color. I was not impressed by the African populated slums in the 15th Arr. of Paris nor the Arab slumbs by Barbes and Clignancourt. Nor in London, Rome, or just about any large city either in the USA or in Europe. It is one of evils as humans, and no culture is immune to it, so it seems to me.

[VeroEwing]

@sillyboydeux Believe it or not you sound very racist. It is not about ethnicity, it is about social economics and emerging groups

[sillyboydeux]

@VeroEwing If I sound racist, you are incoherent. Work it out dipshit. Economics is an excuse to feel superior without being talented, whatever device is used to employ their hierarchical horseshit. Skin color is an easy target, but they've gone beyond that since the Vietnam War, believe me. I am not defending the USA, nor excusing racism. It is a personal individual challenge that must be confronted within each of us on a daily basis, like a chronic disease. Now do you understand, Simple Simon?

[VeroEwing]

@sillyboydeux The use of that kind of languages exposes your lack of intellect and ability to engage in a debate.

[supermelomanazo]

Josephine es simplemente Josephine es ¡UNICA!

[meganne55]

i think it's strange how she used to dance around in barely anything but a banana skirt and in this she's singing in a big ballgown..

[darknessrulesall16]

She's really pretty, I like her voice too.:D

[dallaskenn]

She was the greatest!

[lhairston10]

There are forms of racism and other isms everywhere. The reason racism is so visible in America is because of how diverse it is. Other nations are largely compromised of the native people's and the oppressed groups are not large enough to make their opinion heard. This country is too diverse for someone to not be complaining about some injustice.

[lilttlepanda]

don't assume that all americans are racist simply because they are american. to assume that a certain group of people share a quality simply because of their origins is a racist thought in its own, so all the people claiming that all americans are racists are actually racist as well. and don't assume that i'm american because i'm defending them, im actually an arab immigrant, so i face more discrimination than black people do today, but i know that not all americans are the same

[japnikki]

sorry my english is not well, I was born and rasied in Quebec...am a 23 F did not know english till 12 years ago.....when i came to USA to visit people loved people who speak french but looked at me like shame because i show know english because I was in america....In France and Quebec you need to know french if you dont know they will try to communicate best with you

[japnikki]

yes you will have hate anywhere because of pnes color sexual orentation or religion...what am am saying is have you less bigots that what you have in America! I lived in Paris for 9 years people are not so fast to judge as they would hear in the states unless you so to a liberal part of USA like Hawaii or California

[leplaq]

i agree america is really the only country thats ever truly had so much hate for a person just cus of their skin its no wonder why Josephine and eartha kitt took so much to europe because especially back then they were more accepting of color in fact people of color were treated as exotic and beautiful.

[chezantony]

Josephine was the exception in France back then.Even today after living in Paris for several years I saw racial discrimination regularly against black africans and arabs.Americans may see europeans as more tolerant but the racial divide is still evident today.Even the asians in paris have the nerve to discriminate.When people get in touch with their higher spirituality as we were designed then racial divide will end.

[sillyboydeux]

@chezantony Bravo. You write the absolute truth here. I lived there 3 years and was horrified. Also, take note: there are no black politicians in France (in a socialist(!) country?) no black news reporters (or arab or asian either) no black entertainers. No black athletes. Some North Africans but they are marginalized. All the men I dated were North African and we talked endlessly about the abuse they suffered. Ditto Central and South. Yet we have a black President. So, what's their problem?

[chezantony]

@sillyboydeux So true. I became best friends with a Persian there and we were stopped countless times by police. I know it's because we were driving an expensive car which they assumed was stolen. I'm sad to say it seems since Obama was elected America is sliding backwards into racial divide and no one wants to admit it. I can't understand the rise in hate around the globe. As intelligent beings it is disgraceful. I'm sure Josephine would agree that work still needs to be done.

[zecle]

@sillyboydeux don't judge a country by its medias and government. french medias are made of pure shit, worse than in the USA ! and the politics are scammers. the youths, due to living together in the suburbs for 2 or 3 generations, are less racist for example, than in the US. blacks arabs and white together. interracial couples are common, unlike in the USA. and not very much people get fooled by the medias, unlike in america. the population is perfectly aware they are being fucked.

[ThePharaoho]

@zecle You can say that again!!! I was born and raised in the US and I just don't understand most US citizens. I feel like I am living in a damn propagandist machine or some shit....What is wrong with the people here is what I ask myself everyday. Racism does exist in every country, but here, I am from the south and am black, it is just terrible still. Not only that, but people here are totally controlled by the media. People don't even want healthcare because republicans say it's European. WTF?

[xXSakuraMetalXx]

@ThePharaoho

Idiocy is universal, or, as they say it in French: "La connerie est universelle"

But yes, I do agree with you. American culture can be face palm worthy on more than one occasion. American culture, like you said, is controlled by racism, old rules, intolerance, ignorance, trends, as well as by the conservative mindset . But that's just a way of life. If Americans ( generally speaking) want to be intolerant, prejudist, narrow-minded, and intolerant, then let them be.

[smartblackwoman]

Class Act Wow

[japnikki]

Josephine Baker a very good point and from first hand living in France....you dont call someone yellow or black you call them by their name or person...no such thing as black french

[Chopin742]

While I do respect that it was very hard for black people,especially in the south because of "closed minded bigot like hateful people in USA back in 50-60's" the title of the song is I have two loves and she is talking about Paris and her country . There have always been people who weren't close minded and bigoted people in the US(if you don't remember there were huge differences between the north and south even if there were still bigots in the North) and I think you should qualify your words.

[LuviATL]

"Very hard for black people" during 50's and 60's meant that Blacks were still being lynched in the North. Blacks were not allowed to move in certain neighborhoods, attend schools etc. The North was not paradise by any means, it was just not as oppressive as the South. Trust, I can "qualify" my words as I have my own family history to know that these things happened. Although there may have been "open minded" people in the North, they were not the majority. Very hard for blacks, indeed!

[Chopin742]

I would like to ask you how many blacks were lynched in Alaska,Rhode Island,New Hampshire,Massachusetts, Connecticut Arizona,Idaho,Maine,Nevada, South Dakota, Vermont, and Wisconsin.I would like to ask you when Brown vs. the Board of education was first decided and then affirmed by the supreme court.I said it was very hard, but considering there were just race riots in 2005 inFranceand since the original comment is from"Japnikki"and Japan just got done cuttingheadsoff of half of asiainthe50's.

[Chopin742]

I find your statement quite odd. I didn't mention Obama, but now that you have I would like to say it is an odd time and place to decide to try to say everything you have. And as I said, this song is about loving your country and Paris. Perhaps you don't love your country, but that is what the song is about so it is a really strange forum to use. Also I would strongly recommend looking up what it means to qualify a statement in a dictionary.

[foodstooge]

maybe one day, they will elect a black person to be President of France. Maybe it will be an Algerian!

[japnikki]

This is not about black in american, it about respect for a wounderful woman whom became a sucess when her own country would not accept her cause of closed minded bigot like hateful people in USA back in 50-60's

[foodstooge]

we've made up for it with Obama. case closed.

[LuviATL]

Electing Pres Obama is progress, but it doesn't make up for the countless numbers of Black Americans that were killed and mutilated for just "being". Josephine Baker left the US so she could "be". Be the person that God created without having a stranglehold on her mind, ideas and life.

[lundyncanada]

I love her dress and she is a DIVA not a French Diva but a WORLD DIVA...thanks for this post!

[truemmershoppen]

i love it! but i don..t want to know how she was treated before and after her performances in backspace.

[vanitysadeparis]

Only one person gave her a standing ovation?!

[BLAKPEARL69]

awesome lady there. she deserved better than to be thrown into the streets. wish more could have been done for her.

[startak14g3]

she learned it while she was living there.

[Jr0ckAkuma]

I'd just like to know how she learned French, did she just acquire it while she was there, or did she study it before she left for France?

[budooo]

This lady was a great singer and dancer. So famous and so badly treated in the land of her birth and so greatly honored in her adopted land.

[nothinghumanlovesfor]

@budooo well said.

[MrJustin2782]

@budooo Yup. Thats the southern US .

[Zairebabyphat]

@budooo i agree they should have stopt borthering her when it came to her rainbow tribe it was a beauttifull thing they should not have judged her it was a very spical thing she did she saved those childrens lives the rainbow tribe was a very beauttifull and wonderfull thing she did. GO JOSAPHINE!!!!!!!!

[gadzooks63]

you are watching a french diva . . euro famous . . . 50 years plus in show business...