Loch Lomond by Benny Goodman

[MrGreenman447]

My friends told me this song is meant to be sad, they were converted by Martha Tilton's vocals, they sings like an angle int his version :D

[rabblue]

@dancingonpins a couldnt agree more . WELL SAID SAR

[dancingonpins]

.. I don't usually post negative comments, as I think it's a waste of my time, but I must say something about this rendition. "Yon Bonnie Banks of Loch Lomond" has never been an upbeat song, nor should it ever be. This is like sacrilege >_<

[TheYearTwentyTwenty]

"I'll be in Scatland afooooore ya!"

[pac123321]

terrible version. check out the corries for authenticity

[kilomeister]

@pac123321 fantatsic swing version.. the corries aren't authentic

[glennmiller2005]

@pac123321 terrible version!?!?! this is the live at carnegie! the recording is shit. you can hear it switch in the middle. but you don't get the 30 minute applause in this version.

[jazzman900]

@glennmiller2005 i think s/he means it's terrible because it has been "jazzed up" s/he must prefer the original more somber version as oppose to this swing version

[zooterdan]

This song was quite popular in the late thirties and early forties. It was covered by many jazzbands of the swing era. Benny Goodman's rendition is one of the best. This live one is a little bit slower than the studio version you can listen here :

[swinderby]

I love this version! So much better than the tosh put out by Runrig and she got the words right....afore not before etc.

[dayfan1962]

I like the swing version of this classic. Bobby Darren did the same thing with a very sad song entitled "Artificial Flowers". It's about a little girl whose parents die and leave her alone to survive by making corsages for rich people. She dies in her unheated tenement flat, "clutching her frozen sheers". The swing beat even the the lyrics are sad gives the song a kind of immortality . Thank you for posting.

[seal650]

A soldier never seeing his lover again is NOT jazzy. I agree with everyone who resents this verson.

[jendrew3]

what the hell! this version sux so bad! WHY THE HELL WOULD THEY RUIN SUCH A GOOD SONG WITH SUCH CRAPPY SINGING AND DICTION!

[Agentus004]

@jendrew3

Explain how this is "crappy diction".

[anubis502502]

This versions ruins the song.

As others have said, this song is meant to carry certain emotions. Emotions that just don't come through in this type of music.

[OnlySuzyV]

i understand its an interpretation, and i think they did a good job of it, but i like the traditional version, more emotion =) maybe its just cuz ive played it so many times in band XD but this is cute =P

[99Gambo]

Quite superb. Thank you.

[kujun2]

hm...they did the song no favour imho. its ment to carry certain feelings and emotions which cant be covered by this type of music.

[Chriserman11]

I dont like this version :( I was in a male choir and we sang this song, and it sounded so much better

[aVideoSharing]

Great video. Vocals are the best, even after 70+ years. Thanks for posting.

[jinkys13]

gary and pj....it's an interpretation of the song. i like that they (benny goodman orchestra) made it different and kept it true to themselves while i adore the slower sadder version i can also appreciate this version, and find it pretty as it is different and offers a sense of optimism that slower versions obviously don't. Creative material is recycled for centuries....how boring would life be if it just carbon copied withou varied interpreations.....open minds never hurt!

[TashkentFox]

Good comment, I personally like this version a lot more than the slow funeral dirge versions.

[pjpb40]

What a terrible version.

I suppose if your not Scottish it may sound like another catchy jazz track but this song must be sung slowly and with emotion,that's when it sounds best.

good comment garycleghorn

[garycleghorn]

this is shite, sorry, this is ruining a classic song, it has no emotion to it.. purley jazz pish!!!!

[garycleghorn]

May I also add that this is an emotional poem written by a scotsman held captive in Carlisle Castle, it was written to his love back in scotland moments before his execution by the english... hardly a swing/jazz classic!!!!!! For Fucks sake, dont insult this song!!!!

[urluke]

saudepp du bist dumm

[urluke]

In 1937 Maxine Sullivan created a minor sensation by singing a swing version of Loch Lomond that pianist Claude Thornhill had arranged. Goodman asked him to score this in bigband terms and and put Martha Tilton in Miss Sullivan's role. The Trumpet solo is the work of Harry James. Great music. You really created a beautiful video !

[Edwin572]

I used to sing this song in school in Canada way back in the 40's & 50's. I am of English & Scottish descent so it pays tribute to my heritage. Martha Tilton's vocal really does justice to this song. The male voice you hear taking the high road is Benny Goodman himself.He could sing but his best asset was his abiltiy to play the clarinet. He was trained in the classics growing up in Chicago & I heard him play the Concerto for Clarinet & do as good a job on that as he did on his swing numbers.

[Rowbearp]

Hi Murray,

Tried sending this to you a few times, but according to my sent list, it didn't go through. So here I go again. I hope you get to see it, remember it was recorded about 1938 0r 39. Have a fun Christmas. Bob Nicholson