AM9: Easter Parade, Irving Berlin

[HANKWILLIAMS1924]

happy easter  to all

[Greenhornet270]

is this guy on helium?

[jimbronxny]

Alvin?

[nedped]

This is a joke, right?

[LostGoldMusic]

Good version. If you would like to hear another version visit my channel.

[enhshammy]

ok, if anyone compliments this for anything but effort you are so incredibly stupid. A+ for effort. but your singing is horrible. i mean.... no i said it already, that's just horrible

[doglostflorida]

What a nice song, enjoyed it. Thank you.

[Viracocha88]

Wow. Lou Reed does Irving Berlin.

[jairosoft]

Thanks. I can hardly wait to get a guitar again. My guitars were hijacked so that I would not be able to post anymore videos of me singing and playing alternate melodies like this. But "I'll be back" soon to disrupt the tranquility again.

[asrardfg]

What the hell is that?

[templiton]

never heard it befor but i liked it

[jairosoft]

Thanks Jim. I am singing an alternative melody for song written in the 1930s. You have probably heard Judy Garland and others sing it with the original melody. Check out watch?v=FniTeOrThlA , "Easter Parade finale - Judy Garland & Fred Astaire", search youtube video for that to see Judy and Fred Astaire singing that song.

[jairosoft]

What? New music for old songs? Yes that's right! Check out how I dare do this. Click the Video Response Thumbnail above, of me in the green shirt.

[pippl2]

No, the verse was in the original Broadway show. Clifton Webb, of the original cast, sings the verse in his 1933 recording. So does crooner Gene Austin who had a big hit with the song around the same time. But the verses from songs of that era are often dropped by later interpreters.

[jairosoft]

In reference to the ABOUT THIS VIDEO box, where I write that I thought I was singing the intro words but they actually make up the first verse, which was omitted by later more familiar interpreters. Thanks for letting me know that they are actually part of the complete lyrics. Goes to show us how the more popular versions of a song influence what we think of a song. I am learning so much by doing this exercise. Is there is an early version on YouTube (or somewhere else) like you talk about?