I've been waiting about 35 years to hear this song again. I've only heard it once and had no idea what it was called. I've remembered that last line ever since. The spiel sounds familiar too. Excellent. Thank you.
@northerbrewer I know how you feel. I have two nephews aged 21 and 19, but I've shoved a lot of music at them since they were infants (and Marx Bros. movies).
But to this day the ask me "what is this?" and I say Porter, Gershwin, Arlen or Mercer.
Music lives on. I wish people realized "God Bless America" wasn't meant to be political though. People need to let writers be happy and grateful, but I'm not sure how you can pull that off now...
@DonovanDanteify
Good on you.
You one of very few that looks at history.
northerbrewer 3 months ago
@northerbrewer Mind you I am 20 and I have know both since about 14
DonovanDanteify 3 months ago
that band is good.
DementedBCecil 5 months ago
interesting clip... until now, I'd only known the Tiny Tim version... you can learn stuff on YouTube... who'd a thunk!
louswire 11 months ago
I've been waiting about 35 years to hear this song again. I've only heard it once and had no idea what it was called. I've remembered that last line ever since. The spiel sounds familiar too. Excellent. Thank you.
HiltonBenchley 1 year ago
@northerbrewer I know how you feel. I have two nephews aged 21 and 19, but I've shoved a lot of music at them since they were infants (and Marx Bros. movies).
But to this day the ask me "what is this?" and I say Porter, Gershwin, Arlen or Mercer.
Music lives on. I wish people realized "God Bless America" wasn't meant to be political though. People need to let writers be happy and grateful, but I'm not sure how you can pull that off now...
declan32001 1 year ago
@declan32001
Sad that most people under 40 today don't even know who Graucho was. For them the song and Irving Berlin has absolutely no relevance at all....
northerbrewer 1 year ago
more like a spoken word performance than a song
chikatilo731 1 year ago
Groucho was a real mensch.
FrankieWeinert 1 year ago
Thanks so much for posting this, classic!
EnoFrisk 2 years ago