Hey guys I just got this job at a really cozy hotel called the Overlook. I really excited to bring my family up there too! Wish me luck guys!!!!!!!😁😁😁😁😁😁😁
I was a bellboy at the Overlook hotel in the 1920's. The job gave me access to all the parties they had, and the site of such happenings drove me to madness.
I was taking care of an old friend with Alzheimer's for a few months. A couple of decades earlier, she was a friend of mine who was an intelligent and seemingly, very Christian woman, but, by now, had no short-term memory. As a matter of fact, she made a goldfish seem like Rain Man. You'd think this might be hard to deal with, but I found ways to entertain her for hours by playing the same songs she loved, many times over, like "Dancing Cheek To Cheek", each time seeming like a new experience for her that might have taken her back to a more meaningful time. Unfortunately for her, she kept on thinking her house she lived in for over 50 years was MY house, and, if I didn't watch her, she'd be out the door looking for the that non-existent house. Since she had no short term memory, I felt that, if I didn't stop her, she MIGHT have ended up in the Pacific, for she was ALWAYS heading West when she got out the door. Anyway, because she kept on thinking her house my house, taking the "mi casa, su casa" to an extreme, I couldn't help but think of that scene in the movie, "The Shining", where the Jack Nicholson character was told by the character, Grady, that he was ALWAYS the caretaker, something the Nicholson character had no memory of. Because of that, I'd think of this song played at the very end of "The Shining", and, I'd play it for my old friend. She loved it, and, I'd play it over and over for her. As the song played, if she wasn't saying, "I'm thinking about this house", she'd ask me about MY house, which, again, was hers, and, I'd say with a with a British accent as I impersonated the Grady character from "The Shining", "You're the caretaker of this house, Miss Potter. You've ALWAYS been the caretaker, if I may be so bold." When I asked her where she thought her "REAL" house was, she would always point West. Believe it or not, there was a graveyard just some yards WEST of her house, and, she'd point to it. Looking back on it all, I'm thinking she might have been right... all that time.
Maybe for you, but me, when I finish watching the shining I sit back and enjoy, just hearing that while the camera rolls in and the song echoes arcros the halls of the hotel, so relaxing, sometimes I play the shining and skip to the end to hear it!
@@gezzly72 You've always been the caretaker here......(or words to that effect). Incidentally, Al Bowlly was killed in London during a bombing raid in WW2. He was offered overnight accommodation connected to an engagement he'd done in north west London (in those days very much out in the suburbs and almost the countryside) but turned it down to go back to his Central London home. So sad, such a great talent.
Al Bowlly was born in Mozambique to British / South African parents, and became famous in English dancehalls. But yes, I do agree that the USA produced some incredible music in the late 19th - early 20th Century
The singer Al Bowlly was very popular in England in the early 30s. This same year, 1934, he and Ray Noble made the first recording of the classic song The Very Thought of You. He died in The Blitz. April 16, 1941 at approximately 3:10 AM, a Luftwaffe parachute mine exploded outside Al Bowlly’s flat. There were no visible marks on his body. He was buried in a mass grave with other bombing victims.
I love that people are keeping the old songs a live for future Generations too in enjoy Very nicely done the video and the music synced up perfectly you did a very good job keep up the great work. You did a great thing here today
Al recorded this with the Ray Nobel band in England. It is now preserved thanks to Stanley K. What a wonderful song for the Gold Room and Mr Torrence!!
Annisa I don't know if you are Indonesian (from your pic) but I was listening to some songs by Ismail Marzuki and it reminded me of this "golden age"... everyone looked elegant compared to now.
Midnight with the stars and you Midnight and a rendez-vous Your eyes held a message tender Saying "I surrender all my love to you" Midnight brought us sweet romance I know all my whole life through I'll be remembering you Whatever else I do Midnight with the stars and you
Hey guys I just got this job at a really cozy hotel called the Overlook. I really excited to bring my family up there too! Wish me luck guys!!!!!!!😁😁😁😁😁😁😁
I heard a guy went crazy and killed his family up there in 1970! Another guy tried to do the same thing but didn’t succeed,be careful up there!
@@tenti3266 it’s haunted
I was a bellboy at the Overlook hotel in the 1920's. The job gave me access to all the parties they had, and the site of such happenings drove me to madness.
But the overlook already has a caretaker since.......... forever
But you’ve always been the caretaker 😉
This song never gets old
I’m like 4 hours into the 10 hour version lol I like letting it play at a low volume
@@fujifrontierYou're definitely a specific type.
@@rickifriki it’s mainly when I get agitated at work, I’m wasn’t listening to it all 10 hours at a time haha
@@fujifrontier Oh ok, cool.
I was taking care of an old friend with Alzheimer's for a few months. A couple of decades earlier, she was a friend of mine who was an intelligent and seemingly, very Christian woman, but, by now, had no short-term memory. As a matter of fact, she made a goldfish seem like Rain Man. You'd think
this might be hard to deal with, but I found ways to entertain her for hours by playing the same songs she loved, many times over, like "Dancing Cheek To Cheek", each time seeming like a new experience for her that might have taken her back to a more meaningful time. Unfortunately for her, she kept on
thinking her house she lived in for over 50 years was MY house, and, if I didn't watch her, she'd be out the door looking for the that non-existent house. Since she had no short term memory, I felt that, if I didn't stop her, she MIGHT have ended up in the Pacific, for she was ALWAYS heading West when she got out the door. Anyway, because she kept on thinking her house my house, taking the "mi casa, su casa" to an extreme, I couldn't help but think of that scene in the movie, "The Shining", where the Jack Nicholson character was told by the character, Grady, that he was ALWAYS the caretaker, something the Nicholson character had no memory of. Because of that, I'd think of this song played at the very end of "The Shining", and, I'd play it for my old friend. She loved it, and, I'd play it over and over for her. As the song played, if she wasn't saying, "I'm thinking about this house", she'd ask me about MY house, which, again, was hers, and, I'd say with a with a British accent as I impersonated the Grady character from "The Shining", "You're the caretaker of this house, Miss Potter. You've ALWAYS been the caretaker, if I may be so bold." When I asked her where she thought her "REAL" house was, she would always point West. Believe it or not, there was a graveyard just some yards WEST of her house, and, she'd point to it. Looking back on it all, I'm thinking she might have been right... all that time.
That would be Fred Astaire who sang dancing cheek to cheek with Ginger Rogers in top hat in 1935
This story is amazing😥
You have a great heart. May God Bless you❤
It's beautiful. It's so, so sad that it's not coming back.
THIS WAS CLASS NOT TRASH LIKE TODAY ACTORS? DRUG ADDICTS, DRUNKS, TRAMPS ETC LOL NO TALENT AT ALL ITS GONE THAT BYGONE GREAT ERA
@@ralphgar3690 agree but no need tô capslock
@@ralphgar3690 So True, This is when Music Had Class.
If you love this genre of music it will never really disappear.
@@ralphgar3690 there was still a lot of that back then
This song will be forever played in my household, cos it's my 19 year old daughter favorite song.
Damn you Stanley Kubrick for ruining this delightful song for me. Now all I see is that creepy photo in The Shining
another drink Mr Torrance ? hahahahahahaha
Was it you in the third picture Sir? I mean, the young man covered in blood and a beautiful smile
He didn't ruin it he's the reason why I love this song so much
Maybe for you, but me, when I finish watching the shining I sit back and enjoy, just hearing that while the camera rolls in and the song echoes arcros the halls of the hotel, so relaxing, sometimes I play the shining and skip to the end to hear it!
Lol
"Will that be all Mr. Torrence?"
Hi Lloyd it’s good to be back
@@gezzly72 You've always been the caretaker here......(or words to that effect). Incidentally, Al Bowlly was killed in London during a bombing raid in WW2. He was offered overnight accommodation connected to an engagement he'd done in north west London (in those days very much out in the suburbs and almost the countryside) but turned it down to go back to his Central London home. So sad, such a great talent.
Laura Barber I never knew that
@@gezzly72 Greetings, Mr. Torrance
Your money is no good here, Mister Torrance.
Thank you Stanley Kubrick for introducing this amazing song to me
Almost as much time has passed since The Shining was made (42 yrs) as the time between this song and The Shining (46 yrs).
American music from the very late 1800s like Ragtime all the way through and up to the 1940s...pure magic!
Al Bowlly was born in Mozambique to British / South African parents, and became famous in English dancehalls. But yes, I do agree that the USA produced some incredible music in the late 19th - early 20th Century
The singer Al Bowlly was very popular in England in the early 30s. This same year, 1934, he and Ray Noble made the first recording of the classic song The Very Thought of You.
He died in The Blitz. April 16, 1941 at approximately 3:10 AM, a Luftwaffe parachute mine exploded outside Al Bowlly’s flat. There were no visible marks on his body. He was buried in a mass grave with other bombing victims.
Has there ever been a more haunting song - has there ever been a more haunting voice?
This great piece will remain forever disturbing in its beauty thanks to Kubrik!
من أحسن ما سمعت أدنى... كلمات رائعه ولحن يأخذك بعيدا في رحلة عبر الزمن الجميل💕💕... لاكن في نفس الوقت تبعت القشعريره والرهبه بسبب فيلم ستانلي كوبريك😣😣😣
Pure class...
lovely song
I would love to hear this song at a hotel on Halloween.
i would not stop smiling like a dumbass
Spectacular, lovely music to suit this wonderful era. The glamour, hairstyles the dance, romance. 🌹🌹🌹♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
His 'mellow' voice and this 'gentle melody' are a perfect combination. Rare to get the two together.
I'll remember this song forever
Wonderful ! a time-invariant song and photos from the youth from the 1930s
La época dorada de Hollywood
Al was wonderful.
love this song
Beauty and sensitivity must never end!
música lindíssima. que tempos maravilhosos.
Al Ramos
Fascinante, maravilhoso! comparando com o tempo em que vivemos, deve ter sido fascinante!
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I love that people are keeping the old songs a live for future Generations too in enjoy Very nicely done the video and the music synced up perfectly you did a very good job keep up the great work. You did a great thing here today
It's beautiful
BEAUTIFUL ❤
Absolutely amazing. Learned of this song from the John Batchelor radio show. He always plays the whole song at the end of his radio show. 📻
liked when he played it at the end of his show.
Really? I listen to John Batchelor show quite often but never hear the ending.
Wonderful pictures to watch to this lovely music. A halcyon age (if you had money).
Wonderful!!! 😍😍 Real music..
The shining brought me here😭
Love this song first heard it used in the film the shining Ray Noble and Al Bowlly what more can you say but pure class.
Al recorded this with the Ray Nobel band in England. It is now preserved thanks to Stanley K. What a wonderful song for the Gold Room and Mr Torrence!!
Excellent and special song,eternally
Una musica così da senso alla vita. Grazie bravi
Such a treat to see stills of so many wonderful classic movies while listening to the incomparable Al Bowlly. Thank you.
The 1920s were so peaceful and perfect no body bothered you and it was quiet those were the days.
@@tameriajones593 well, except the world wars the great depression and the crime rate caused by mafias.
@@CRaZEY62 music meant to alleviate suffering.
This music never reminded me of a face, until I met yours. You’re my beautiful mate. Love of my life
You are the love of my life
When im 24 years old and more into this kind of songs 😍 hearing this songs just pleased my ears.
@@seaweedworkers425 do your two daughters stand together in corridors?
Annisa I don't know if you are Indonesian (from your pic) but I was listening to some songs by Ismail Marzuki and it reminded me of this "golden age"... everyone looked elegant compared to now.
Nice to see you again Lloyd
everytime when I listening this song,I only see the golden room of overlook hotel.
I love this song, greetings to everyone from Mexico and have an amazing 2018.
Enrique Gonzalez why Mexico tho
2020 ❤️
🙋
Hello. 🙋♀️.
Stay frosty out there! 😉
Terrific arrangement of a lovely song. Speaking of lovely how about those lovely movie stars?
Bette Davis and Bing Crosby....the others look familiar but I do not know their names...love this music.
Preciosa canción, preciosa interpretación, preciosas imágenes de un tiempo pasado.
Genial! !Me encanta éste tema
So lovely!!!
une certaine nostalgie de cette époque émane de cet artiste !
Tenho saudades desta época. Mas nem vivi esta época...
Hermosa canción 👏
Belle époque.
maravilla de orquesta una pasada sublime el cantante de Díez es el no va más mi corazón ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤💕💕💕💕💕❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Good evening mr Torrance
I love you Gia................
I love you my soulmate
"Il mattino ha l'oro in bocca". Thanx, Mr. Kubrick.
I love to hear this song.. it's very beautiful.. but everytime i hear this song i always remember the creepy photograph in The Shining
Music, class, elegance and romance in B&W
that reminde me to a life i've never lived
What a lovely video to wake up to on this wet UK Monday morning. Thank Yoo Marie. Chris x
I love this song since I watched the movie Shining.
My thanks in this windy afternoon on the Portuguese coast.
Maria
Wonderful pictures !!!
The Shinning
The new years eve party was a thrill at the Gold Room, it's a shock that 1921 is here already.
It was a July 4th party.
He 's sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo wonderful! oh my gawd!
The Shining....
I cant believe that they was so happy.. and we are here.. let me go back
Would be a nice tune to dance to
LOVE IT. and the Shining too!!!
Reminds me of many many years listening to The John Batchelor Show.
Dedicado para una dama, saludos desde Peru...
Hello from Ireland.
I'd like this for my wedding dance. If I'm lucky to ever marry that is.
you are pretty lucky already, if you don't mind my saying, mam
Do not bother
wonderful video!
God bless so beautiful and gorgeous
This was my wedding song.
Every time i hear his music i cry
At the imaginary club at Shanghai bund when my grandparents met at a Christmas ball in 1936.
Beautiful, I'm there too x x
Beautiful.
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Magnífico Muchas Marie. Cordiales Saludos. Angelo
Me encanta esta canción desde que asistí a la película The Shining.
Gracias, Angelo!
Saludos
I have a feeling that I've always been here...
❤❤❤
Enjoyed that!!
1:31 very young Joan Crawford
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
I love playing his songs on my gramophones
Que bonita esa canción
Breathtakingly beautiful. I want to go back in time to live in this era.🧚♀️🧚♀️🧚♀️🧚♀️🧞♀️🧞♀️🧞♀️🧞♀️
Bonjour Marie,
Très belle réalisation,interprétation,bon dimanche,bisous Raymond
una maravillosa elegante epoca
I swear I already heard this more times than Torrence wrote jack is a dull boy
2:34 Myrna Loy & William Powell in Libeled Lady w Jean Harlow & Spencer Tracy.
( I just watched that movie and here is a still from it!)
Midnight with the stars and you
Midnight and a rendez-vous
Your eyes held a message tender
Saying "I surrender all my love to you"
Midnight brought us sweet romance
I know all my whole life through
I'll be remembering you
Whatever else I do
Midnight with the stars and you
I love that picture of Norma Shearer with that weird hat!
" You set 'em up and I'll knock 'em back Lloyd - one by one "
Very nicely done I send this out too you Marie Maurice ii vary nice montage video too Al Bowly midnight the stars and you. Great job ☺
Merci beaucoup Maria, jamais déçu avec ton beau travail, bel après-midi. Je t'embrasse.
Christian
You were always the Caretaker!!!
Marie Maurice II, compliment pour votre montage et le choix des photos en harmonie avec cette musique des années 30. Superbe !
To my love: beautiful video. I love you 😘😘🌹🌹
Wonderful song and photos!! Thank you dear Marie!!
Thank You my dearest friend Yoichiro!!
Happy new week!
Hugs from Portugal for Sapporo.