I think it is quite difficult for one person to sing this as it is best sung by a choir - massed voices. Yes, I think German and Dutch are supposed to be very similar,but then some words are similar in English and German. My father, who died two years ago, fought and was wounded in Holland in 1945 and always liked the Dutch. I recently took my mum to the Moselle in Germany for a holiday. Thank God we have peace now in Europe and have more in common than divides us.
@pogmathon100 If you think that Dutch and German are supposed to be similar, think again. I speak German and Dutch, there are some similar things, but there it ends. The grammar, the pronunciation, the sounds, nearly everything is different. But, for an untrained ear all Germanic languages might sound similar, like Danish, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish and partly English.
You ask, is he speaking German or Dutch? Seriously, Dutch and German are completely different, as in mutually incomprehensible. Perhaps you have been told that German and Pennsylvania Dutch are similar? That is because, in the USA, Pennsylvania Dutch is actually Pennsylvania Deutsch, which the English colonists confabulated with Dutch.
@rudyeilabouni : it's dutch; and it's Willem Duys, a wellknown host on dutch tv and radio. he died this year.
in this program he was looking back on many years of the Grand Gala du Disque, the dutch "grammy awards" show. I found it on a VHS-videotape my parents recorded many years ago.
@rudyeilabouni German and Dutch are very different,So not even maybe are they the same ,in fact i find it an insult that you compare Dutch with German. Ignorance maybe ??
@zzllen Ignorance? I speak 5 languages and I am only 16 years old... Dutch is not one of them... Am I ignorant because I said I hear some similar words sometimes?
@rudyeilabouni Don't mind him, he's probably just one of these people in the Netherlands who still feel some kind of petty nationalist rivalry with Germany (World War II & we can't stand getting beaten by them at football). I'm a Dutchman too, and I can assure you that yes, Dutch and German ARE very similar, and yes, there are a lot of cognate words in the two languages - including 'waarom/warum', 'gemaakt/gemacht', 'ik/ich', 'zingen/singen' and a lot more words in Willem Duys's introduction.
God saves Britain! God saves the Queen! The Jerries and the Frogs want to extinguish Britain's freedom. Let them torpedoe themselves with their bloody euro.Britain must and shall be free.
yes you sent hitler packing,no i dont thing thats true, you had the help of the french the russians austrliians kiwis indians and a dozen other countrys america as well
germany would have run right over you if it had crossed the channel sooner.yes you are a great nation pity you joined the EU.good luck in the future
@brianlud for god sake,, the world was liberated by good people from everywhere who believed in freedom, who believed in justice,,,, the EU is a tyranny to all of us who love freedom and democracy,,,
Watching this again poses two questions... do the choir really need songsheets and udging by the way she is dressed, either she must have been bloody cold or the men in suits baking.
@7855waldo The music to which the words of the refrain “Land of hope and glory…” are set is the Trio theme from Sir Edward Elgar's Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1. The words were fitted to the melody on the suggestion of King Edward VII, who told Elgar he thought the melody would make a great song. When Elgar was requested to write a work for the King's coronation, he worked the suggestion into his Coronation Ode, for which he asked the poet and essayist A. C. Benson to write the words.
A lovely video. I met Vera Lynn many years ago where she sang at Saint Clement Danes church in London. I found it very emotional to be in her presence. She was just about to depart, after attending a service. She opened the car window and spoke to me and my wife and allowed me to take a photo. I was only eight at the end of WW2.
this is about a good a piece of singing as i've ever heard...i'm not talking about some patriotic rubbish but about the performance given there by that great lady ,threre, on the stage...i only wish when i was younger i'd taken the trouble to listern to her live,but unfortunately i didn't and so live to regret it...Vera you were superb...thankyou for all your songs.......thankyou for uploading this bezemkast...
beautiful, this song fills me with a sense of pride and i will never forget we sent hitler and his cronies packing stand up tall and proud and god bless the queen and country
so symbolic of our past our present and hopes of our future,, to be peacful to be prosperous,, to be great and to be modest, to be british and to be global, to be the best one can be,,, god bless us each one of us,,,and may our home, our land and the people of it forever be free.
@rockgor so very true,,, true patriotism is about showing your pride in your culture its about being apart of something greater than yourself, this song symbolises all that is great about who we are and in many ways is not always about romantic past glories but more about actually hoping for something better in the future...
What a lovely voice, Vera Lynn and such a patriotic english song - it makes me want to cry! also fantastic when the audience joins in with the singing - gee, I love music!
Vera Lynn during the ‘Grand Gala du Disque 1962’. I requested her to sing the song: ‘Land of Hope and glory’ because it made such an impression during the Last Night of the Proms in Londen. She refused emphatically, ‘I don’t want to sing that song’ she said. ‘Oh please Vera’, ‘No I won’t do that, that’s nothing for me, it’s not suitable.’ I went to Londen, beg and plead and finally she agreed hesistantly and she decided to rehearse the song.
She had never sung it in her life before. She came to the Netherlands and I found her a few gentlemen to accompany her, namely the entire Mastreechter Staar and Vera sung with all that power of that wonderful voice this famous song. Well, she never knew that it would turn out to be such a big hit, not only in the Netherlands but all around the world. Millions of records are sold and if we watch her performance again, we’ll understand why.
Have heard many versions of the Land Hope and Glory. Rarely with such a powerful voice. There have always been many good singers, but only this one Vera Lynn. She is a great lady.
How many languages do British/English people speak ?
Answer: 2 = English and Cockney
venem115 6 days ago 2
Reminds me of the years just after WW2 !
venem115 6 days ago
Thanks for making us, who hadn't been born yet, live history. What a beautiful voice she had!
sitab2009 1 week ago
greates qoute ever spoken------All that's necessary for the forces of evil to win in the world is for enough good men to do nothing.
alexandertory 1 week ago
God bless England which brought civilization to the world
brazoboy86 1 week ago 2
Love it. Love Vera, Love England, Love the Brits.
lollyclan 3 weeks ago 3
Excellent to see a fish bowl and a glass of wine on his desk :-)
Damnblastify 1 month ago
@Damnblastify : the fish bowl was a sort of trade mark. .
bezemkast 1 month ago
I think it is quite difficult for one person to sing this as it is best sung by a choir - massed voices. Yes, I think German and Dutch are supposed to be very similar,but then some words are similar in English and German. My father, who died two years ago, fought and was wounded in Holland in 1945 and always liked the Dutch. I recently took my mum to the Moselle in Germany for a holiday. Thank God we have peace now in Europe and have more in common than divides us.
pogmathon100 1 month ago 2
@pogmathon100 If you think that Dutch and German are supposed to be similar, think again. I speak German and Dutch, there are some similar things, but there it ends. The grammar, the pronunciation, the sounds, nearly everything is different. But, for an untrained ear all Germanic languages might sound similar, like Danish, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish and partly English.
hans2406 3 weeks ago
It's sung a little faster these days, but noone can sing it better.
Kidsgrove49 1 month ago
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You ask, is he speaking German or Dutch? Seriously, Dutch and German are completely different, as in mutually incomprehensible. Perhaps you have been told that German and Pennsylvania Dutch are similar? That is because, in the USA, Pennsylvania Dutch is actually Pennsylvania Deutsch, which the English colonists confabulated with Dutch.
CaseyJ747 1 month ago
It's now land of despair and poor
dkhbee 1 month ago
@dkhbee lol, i'm not one for being pasamistic but this made me chuckle... :)
rebelthedog9000 1 month ago
what an annoying video ...
TheBkrDad 1 month ago
Is he speaking German or Dutch?? or what?
rudyeilabouni 2 months ago
@rudyeilabouni : it's dutch; and it's Willem Duys, a wellknown host on dutch tv and radio. he died this year.
in this program he was looking back on many years of the Grand Gala du Disque, the dutch "grammy awards" show. I found it on a VHS-videotape my parents recorded many years ago.
bezemkast 2 months ago
@bezemkast Thanks.
I know some very little German and could hear many German words in what he was saying but it sounded like a Dutch accent...
Dutch and German are similar langauges, aren't they?
rudyeilabouni 2 months ago
@rudyeilabouni : they're pretty close for your ears . .
bezemkast 2 months ago
@bezemkast Yeah probably... The only really clear word was the last word which if I heard correctly was "Warum"
rudyeilabouni 2 months ago
@rudyeilabouni German and Dutch are very different,So not even maybe are they the same ,in fact i find it an insult that you compare Dutch with German. Ignorance maybe ??
zzllen 2 months ago
@zzllen Ignorance? I speak 5 languages and I am only 16 years old... Dutch is not one of them... Am I ignorant because I said I hear some similar words sometimes?
rudyeilabouni 2 months ago
@rudyeilabouni Don't mind him, he's probably just one of these people in the Netherlands who still feel some kind of petty nationalist rivalry with Germany (World War II & we can't stand getting beaten by them at football). I'm a Dutchman too, and I can assure you that yes, Dutch and German ARE very similar, and yes, there are a lot of cognate words in the two languages - including 'waarom/warum', 'gemaakt/gemacht', 'ik/ich', 'zingen/singen' and a lot more words in Willem Duys's introduction.
UncutRubber 1 month ago
@UncutRubber It's alright :)
I like the Dutch people... one person won't change that! I have many Dutch friends actually, and I want to learn Dutch in the future!
rudyeilabouni 1 month ago
@rudyeilabouni indeed he's speeking dutch - hij praat nederlands !
gentenaarinzweden 4 weeks ago
This Yank prays that England will restore itself to it's former glory. The West is waning and aching for revival.
AdognamedOp 2 months ago
God saves Britain! God saves the Queen! The Jerries and the Frogs want to extinguish Britain's freedom. Let them torpedoe themselves with their bloody euro.Britain must and shall be free.
drais02 2 months ago
yes you sent hitler packing,no i dont thing thats true, you had the help of the french the russians austrliians kiwis indians and a dozen other countrys america as well
germany would have run right over you if it had crossed the channel sooner.yes you are a great nation pity you joined the EU.good luck in the future
signed E powell,i told you so
brianlud 2 months ago
@brianlud for god sake,, the world was liberated by good people from everywhere who believed in freedom, who believed in justice,,,, the EU is a tyranny to all of us who love freedom and democracy,,,
alexandertory 2 months ago
I love this, i love it,l i love it, i love it. xoxoxo
avacuppa 3 months ago
Watching this again poses two questions... do the choir really need songsheets and udging by the way she is dressed, either she must have been bloody cold or the men in suits baking.
MadAndyBeckman 3 months ago
@MadAndyBeckman They're British, they either wouldn't notice or be so crass as to comment if they did.
b3a5t1e 2 months ago
That hair, that voice, that song.... Wow, now I can see where Mrs Thatcher modelled her image from.
MadAndyBeckman 3 months ago
God Bless England and God Save the Queen this Remembrance Day, 2011!
jovan66102 3 months ago
YES Vera babe! Always a gift to hear a real woman singing with a REAL voice.
oneteresa 4 months ago
A time when I knew what being English meant - not any more
gorseway305 4 months ago 2
@gorseway305 That's unfortunate. Too many people like you have forgotten what it means to be English these days. It's still there, you know.
Fiddlesticks116 3 months ago
Isn't this "Pomp & Circumstance"?
7855waldo 4 months ago
@7855waldo The music to which the words of the refrain “Land of hope and glory…” are set is the Trio theme from Sir Edward Elgar's Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1. The words were fitted to the melody on the suggestion of King Edward VII, who told Elgar he thought the melody would make a great song. When Elgar was requested to write a work for the King's coronation, he worked the suggestion into his Coronation Ode, for which he asked the poet and essayist A. C. Benson to write the words.
bezemkast 4 months ago
@7855waldo - You are too kind! Thank you.
It is almost unbelievable that such good, literate writing can be found on You Tube. May your days be rewarding and your nights peaceful.
7855waldo 4 months ago
@7855waldo: a simple dutchman like me never could write like that,
it's a matter of Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V, sorry, but it's well meant.
bezemkast 4 months ago
@7855waldo Oh haha !! HOW I agree with you!!
anyardsroad 3 months ago
What a voice. No one before or since has had such clarity strength and sustain.
jeaniebthe1 5 months ago
This NYer wants to say God love Vera and God love England. Forever. And thank you to bezemkast for posting this and the Hollanders for hosting it.
byline7844 5 months ago
A lovely video. I met Vera Lynn many years ago where she sang at Saint Clement Danes church in London. I found it very emotional to be in her presence. She was just about to depart, after attending a service. She opened the car window and spoke to me and my wife and allowed me to take a photo. I was only eight at the end of WW2.
TheUglow 5 months ago 3
@TheUglow Wow lucky you.
calihartley2010 4 months ago
Wonderful! What a lady! Thank you!
StCroiux 5 months ago
How the hell do you get a voice like this Amazing isn'y it
redhawk731 5 months ago
Nobody sings like Vera Lynn! Marvelous!
ZhaoBa 5 months ago 18
Those were to days.
Brysea 6 months ago 2
this is about a good a piece of singing as i've ever heard...i'm not talking about some patriotic rubbish but about the performance given there by that great lady ,threre, on the stage...i only wish when i was younger i'd taken the trouble to listern to her live,but unfortunately i didn't and so live to regret it...Vera you were superb...thankyou for all your songs.......thankyou for uploading this bezemkast...
colfer222 6 months ago
Such power and diction and from a cockney too!
leoseries57 6 months ago 2
beautiful, this song fills me with a sense of pride and i will never forget we sent hitler and his cronies packing stand up tall and proud and god bless the queen and country
spike9045 6 months ago 14
theres no dislikes :), lets keep it that way!!!
HEROOFSTALINGRAD 6 months ago 3
so symbolic of our past our present and hopes of our future,, to be peacful to be prosperous,, to be great and to be modest, to be british and to be global, to be the best one can be,,, god bless us each one of us,,,and may our home, our land and the people of it forever be free.
alexandertory 7 months ago
Not only a great English song, but a bit of Americana. The melody is from
Pomp and Circumstance by Sir Edward Elgar. The music often serves as
a processional at American graduations.
Vera Lynn was The Sweetheart of the British forces during WWII. A
release of her old recordings was recently number one on the British
music charts.
Tnx 4 the stirring post.
rockgor 7 months ago
@rockgor so very true,,, true patriotism is about showing your pride in your culture its about being apart of something greater than yourself, this song symbolises all that is great about who we are and in many ways is not always about romantic past glories but more about actually hoping for something better in the future...
alexandertory 7 months ago 2
WOW! Now this is a voice. And not to mention the first real time I've heard and understood the Lyrics. This woman was a National treasure.
simonsteam 7 months ago 2
yep and these days there's no hope and no glory.
bacemonkey 7 months ago 2
This is also an historical visit and song by the unforgettable dame Vera Lynnn presented by the just past away legendary Willem Duys
Thank you willem and Vera for so many years of joy
MrRob3006 9 months ago
powerful voice - first time I've listened to her and understood all the words too - fantastic!
49005ful 9 months ago 2
What a lovely voice, Vera Lynn and such a patriotic english song - it makes me want to cry! also fantastic when the audience joins in with the singing - gee, I love music!
MsRoswin 9 months ago
MAGNIFICENT!
Apsu72 9 months ago
Translation of introduction by Willem Duys:
Vera Lynn during the ‘Grand Gala du Disque 1962’. I requested her to sing the song: ‘Land of Hope and glory’ because it made such an impression during the Last Night of the Proms in Londen. She refused emphatically, ‘I don’t want to sing that song’ she said. ‘Oh please Vera’, ‘No I won’t do that, that’s nothing for me, it’s not suitable.’ I went to Londen, beg and plead and finally she agreed hesistantly and she decided to rehearse the song.
Leviwosc 9 months ago 2
She had never sung it in her life before. She came to the Netherlands and I found her a few gentlemen to accompany her, namely the entire Mastreechter Staar and Vera sung with all that power of that wonderful voice this famous song. Well, she never knew that it would turn out to be such a big hit, not only in the Netherlands but all around the world. Millions of records are sold and if we watch her performance again, we’ll understand why.
Leviwosc 9 months ago
again--what a voice!!
pappy15445 10 months ago 2
Oh what a voice and composition-----thank you for a wondrful post..
pappy15445 11 months ago
what a voice she has beautiful
teflonarius 11 months ago
Have heard many versions of the Land Hope and Glory. Rarely with such a powerful voice. There have always been many good singers, but only this one Vera Lynn. She is a great lady.
oz1dwf 11 months ago
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oz1dwf 11 months ago
MAGIC
mahaltony 1 year ago
prachtige versie misschien wel de mooiste
martineddydejong 1 year ago
erg mooi gezongen!
gheideveld1 1 year ago