Mario Lanza - Drink, Drink, Drink

[Rikki0]

When I was in the Corps in the late 60's and early 70's there was a bar in San Diego we used to hang out in ( can't remember the name, there were so many ) and they had this on the juke box. The kicker is that the song on the reverse side of the 45 rpm record was "Anchor's Aweigh". I want to know how you Navy guys pulled that one off.

[windyman007]

imagine being at the Octoberfest and he was singing.

[12blackone]

He sang his heart out for bier. Tear.

[dbzlover011]

best voice ever thumbs up if u agree

[galileegirl]

I adore Mario and his voice is eternal, in our hearts! No other voice compares!

[julestheangel]

neva mind drinking jst wa t a fab. tune and song and the greatest voice. So uplifting!!!!!.

[LiaDeb98]

Hahaha.

[440trigger]

Cool I hear this song a hundred times a day and only just searched it (: thanks!!

[auztin101]

My god! My loins quiver hearing him sing. I would without hesitation sell my first born if I had the chance to have his singing voice

[shaunCONNORy]

Amazing voice he dose great high c's

[13421JLUJ]

Anyone some more wine please? Cheers! :D

[sbd650]

@13421JLUJ Like it. Prosit !

[doloresmytube]

@13421JLUJ

Grazie, per questa bella condivisione

[Chrisordie]

I'm drinking right now

[xenuburger]

Now I want a beer.

[MegaCrowman]

not a song you want to hear at a A.A meeting lol

[windyman007]

He was the best looking person in the world,and boy could he sing,if i could have a vouice it would be mario lanza,my dad loved mario and i loved him to,sometimes i think i wish that i wish i could sing like him.

[elvenwishes]

@windyman007 I too loved this man and my late dad too. I remember listening to this as well as other songs and had some great times when both my mum and dad and I would sit together. That is why I appreciate good music now and opera is one of my favourite genres..Also this was one handsome man..shame what they did to him though...

[toyboy1961]

Forget pavarotti, domingo and Carreras, Lanza was the greatest tenor of all time

[mollysangelique]

drink,a,lot,till,the,hangover,­has,come,ha,ha,hoe,jaag,je,my,­weg,hiermee

[mollysangelique]

drink,a,lot,till,the,hangover,­has,come,ha,ha

[MultiChristo10]

I guess the 4 who didn't like the song are abolitionists

[ChicagoSouthDan]

@MultiChristo10 Abolitionists? To paraphrase "The Princess Bride", I do not think that word means what you think it means. Unfortunately, this person is no longer on youtube, so he or she cannot respond.

[ChicagoSouthDan]

@ChicagoSouthDan Actually, I guess he or she meant abstainers, or whatever the word is for people who do not drink alcohol.

[56mooboo]

remember this when i was a small kid on his masters voice

[C3P0meetsData]

I feel like I'm being politically incorrect listening to this song. Don't get me wrong, it's great, but the whole "eins zwei drei vier" thing makes me feel, idk, kind of like I'm making fun of Europeans...

[TheLushie]

Just to stir up discussion - and in a friendly way - how about Jussi Bjoerling?

[ariastoteles]

Genial y bravo!

[loqutor]

I've been looking for this song for...what, five years now?  This is truly a wonderful discovery for me. Thank you so much for posting it.

[kellyoneill]

Reminds me of my mam when we were kids ::)

[rigbydee]

If I could sing as half as well as Mario,I would be a happy man

[lukehusky]

what a voice !

[lpvcrcd]

They only used Mario's voice in the film "The Student Prince .. The studio had difficulty with Mario so his role was given to another.. Thus Edmund Purdom lip synched to Lanza's voice throughout the film.

[eikonon]

minunata melodie

[ronaldo190172]

GWS, you're 100% right mate

[paris1100hotmail]

I confused Bjorling with Merrill - how stupid!!!! Sorry :-)

[paris1100hotmail]

You're absolutely right. To me, they sounded like they had the same vocal range, but obviously, I was wrong!! Thanks.

[paris1100hotmail]

Much as I love him...and I do....

have you guys ever heard Robert Merrill sing??

[Yoni89]

Sure, but how is a baritones voice relevant to a tenors voice?

[terlingua213]

Greatest tenor of all time. He was also in the United States Air Force as a Security Police Officer, stationed at the old airbase in Marfa, Tx.

[nitdaw]

that is what you call a voice nobody better

[GaryWillSmith]

And, please listen to Mario's rendition of Nessun Dorma.... you will be astonished at how wonderful it is. I have listened to several other versions and this guy... well, listen for yourself.

[GaryWillSmith]

I would like to add to my previous comment..... I have never heard a better tenor voice. And yes I have listened to a great many of them.... and none possess the power, the timbre and the sheer quality of this mans voice. I know its a personal thing but this guy had it all.

[GaryWillSmith]

lets just agree that his death was a tragedy, whatever the cause. What a voice

[shirls2]

Another brilliant song i even remember the film in the 60s i was only young loved mario lanza my favourite singer love Shirls xx

[mujaku]

Passion and superb diction come though - how beautiful.

[j72050]

......I buy the death version that phlebitis hastened his death.....not the mafia.....his monumental repeated weight losses..over years.....weakened him too, his system was in bad shape, medically......he did not take care of himself......he had phlebitis repeatedly before his finaly case that caused his death.........

[paris1100hotmail]

My mother always said that Mario Lanza's voice was forced, but I still love this song!!

[HilaryMG]

Oh I would have to disagree with your Mum.sorry he was such a favorite of my Mums, gosh he had an amazing voice!

[JSW999999]

Gomer Pyle's version was better

[lpvcrcd]

Well GOLLLLLLLLY

[bmxwatson]

had this at our dads funeral brought up with the student prince playing on a sunday morning, Dad also loved a drink and continued too do enjoy a beer until the end so this proves to be a good choice Dad would have loved it,

[Kitabo27]

Someone needs to FORCE Drew to post this on Fark!!!

[windyman007]

Great tune .

[21stCenturyBOTHERInc]

This song reminds me of my opa. Aw, now I'm feeling all nostalgic...

Thanx for posting!

[gordonfucwitt]

does anybody know which mafia family mario lanza was involved with, i remember hearing that there was a bunch of wire taps concerning a high level mobster who was obsessed with lanza and knew him personally.... please?

[barryoderfer]

Lanza was never "involved" with the mafia.Lucky Luciano was an occasional visitor. Lanza, by then suffering from a host of ills, including phlebitis and high blood pressure, was supposed to sing at a charity concert Luciano was supporting in Naples in September 1959 when his overeating and drinking landed him in the Valle Giulia Clinic. On Oct. 7, 1959, he died unexpectedly from what the clinic called a heart attack.

[francotenelli]

Watch "Mario Lanza American Caruso"

officially he died from heart attack.

According to Lucky Marciano, Lucky Luciano helped Lanza at the beginning of his career. Later, when Lanza was in Italy, he sent a man to ask Lanza to sing on another mafia boss party(weddig)-Lanza refused, saying he is not a wedding singer... That offended Luciano and he...

That a not official story though Mr.Marciano(Boxer-friend of Mario) insisted it was true

[JIMY45GR]

Eins zwei drei vier

Nip your stein and drink your beer

Eins zwei drei vier

Nip your stein and drink your beer

Drink! Drink! Drink!

To eyes that are bright as stars when they're shining on me!

Drink! Drink! Drink!

To lips that are red and sweet as the fruit on the tree! I SANG THIS SONG  IN A CLOS E CONCERT LAST YEAR

[shakeahand1]

Mario is a legend and the greatest tenor ever, plus he was Elvis' favourite singer.

[justicejayant]

Ya! I had come here to tell you that He was also a influence on Elvis. Elvis had said that it was Mario Lanza who had influenced him for singing gospel..

[shakeahand1]

I guess Mario would inspire anyone to like gospel, but in inspiring Elvis, now that is surely a sign of greatness.

[runamoke4fun]

oh this reminds so much of my mam singing her head-off along with the record when we were kids, great posting

[Trainbrain1949]

One of my favorite songs.

[doommaster66]

Eins zwei drei vier

Nip your stein and drink your beer

Eins zwei drei vier

Nip your stein and drink your beer

Drink! Drink! Drink!

To eyes that are bright as stars when they're shining on me!

Drink! Drink! Drink!

To lips that are red and sweet as the fruit on the tree!

[Dracopol]

The words are "Lift your stein and drink your beer..."

[Aphidboy]

My Momma thought this man could walk on water. And she could sing, too. RB

[phantom4087]

This is wonderful! I remember hearing this 10 years ago when I was five. I never new the name of the artist, but I remember a beautiful voice that enthralled and excited more than anything I'd ever heard. This recording inspired me to follow music. Thanks for this post.

[donerlich]

Man, this is a fiendishly diff song to sing. It keeps you up there and up there.....not like Mozart does either, rather with much more "gusto"!

[lovesend54]

Yoni - Thank you for this great song and may God bless you.

[GermanOperaSinger]

I remember watching the "student prince' when I was a kid. Names didn't mean anything to me then, but I still remember that voice which blew me away completely. I was a fan of his voice before I even knew who he was.

[carrotjuse]

I know! At 8 years old, the voices of Mario Lanza and Ezio Pinza gave me goose bumps. I wanted to sing like that. Where did that come from? No one in my family liked opera.

[hildibildibaldi]

Great. Power and passion. Crikey. Make mine a treble! Here's tae us, wha's like us? (Gae few - an' the're a' died!)

[onerealgonecat]

Any song that celebrates LOVE and ALCOHOL in the same (incredible) breath could only ROCK!!! I love this song!

[onerealgonecat]

I am SO freakin' THIRSTY!!!! =D

[fanatico50]

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[pearlmuth3]

Yes Curtis Bernhardt did not like his reading of 'and this is my beloved' but the songs in 1953 where recorded and used despite Bernhardt. He wanted to loose weight before filming and on the day of filming he thought this jerk would have been fired but he was not and this made him angrier and of course he left .

[derekmcgovern]

Pearlmuth3: The song that director Curtis Bernhardt reportedly criticized Lanza's singing of wasn't "And This Is My Beloved"; it was "Beloved". They're two completely different songs. The first is from the musical "Kismet" and the second was written for the film version of The Student Prince by Nicholas Brodszky and Paul Francis Webster. Lanza did, however, record "And This Is My Beloved" four years after the Bernhardt incident.

[pearlmuth3]

Yoni is correct, I am a freind of the Lanza family, he gained weight after the recordings where made (first) and they did said no to shooting and used Ed P. who was slim and tall, a British actor since dead. Lanza sang wonderfully and they never disputed that- he went on to make Serenade with Warner and then two more films in Europe.

[mervrun]

FYI Edmund Purdom is still alive...

[derekmcgovern]

This is not correct. Lanza did not initially put on any weight after the recordings were made. The dispute he had with MGM over the choice of director occurred while he was still slim. *Later* he put on weight, but that was not the ultimate reason for his dismissal. Armando Cesari, who interviewed the film's producer Joe Pasternak, musical director John Green, & many others, goes into great detail about this entire business in his excellent biography Mario Lanza: An American Tragedy.

[derekmcgovern]

Another common misconception that I've seen here is the notion that Lanza knowingly gave his vocals to Edmund Purdom to lip-synch to in the film. In fact, Purdom (who died this year, incidentally) was not even a serious contender for the picture when the litigation between Lanza and MGM was settled in May 1953. What people don't realize is that up until Purdom was signed later that year to play the Prince, Lanza still held out hope that MGM would "see the light" and re-engage him for the film.

[hajune]

Thanks for the history. I appreciate the comments.

[r6lark]

Wonderful! I love Lanza's voice and I love this song and together -- the absolute best in the world. Thanks for posting this.

[KroakyDude]

From the movie soundtrack of the Student Prince. Although Mr. Lanza provided the singing voice, Hollywood decided that Edward or Edmond Purdom - whatever his name was - a bigger box-office draw at the time, I guess, would act the role. Hollywood's and our loss.

[Yoni89]

Nah, Lanza didn't want to work for the company anymore, they sued him and he agreed to sing the soundtrack for them to dub over the guy in the movie.

[KroakyDude]

I should have checked IMDB first. Lanza got miffed because a "movie" director dared to try to direct the way he sang a song. Hence he walked off the set. I stand corrected, Yoni.

[Yoni89]

yeah, jeez, if I was lanza I'd be pissed, too!

[deviousnoxa]

First comment..... What the fuck Yoni? Lol.

[Yoni89]

whaat? XD