Nat King Cole - Nature Boy (With Lyrics)
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- Опубліковано 21 кві 2011
- I of course DO NOT OWN, all rights belong tot he amazing Nat King Cole
There was a boy
A very strange enchanted boy
They say he wandered very far, very far
Over land and sea
A little shy
And sad of eye
But very wise
Was he
And then one day
A magic day he came my way
And while we spoke of many things, fools and kings
This he said to me
"The greatest thing
You'll ever learn
Is just to love
And be loved
In return"
(instrumental interlude)
"The greatest thing
You'll ever learn
Is just to love
And be loved
In return"
"The greatest thing you'll ever learn, is just to love, and be loved in return". It always hits me.
It is true.
This song has a beautiful, mystical quality that never leaves you
It does. My only criticism of it, albeit it is a minor one. It's too short. I know a wise person once said, that no piece of art is ever finished, merely abandoned. Well, I think the composer gave up too soon with this one in my humble opinion.
How about this:
"And as he went away,
His words came to haunt my day
I thought of many things
Fools and Kings.
This remained with me...
The greatest thing that I ever learned
Was just to love and be loved in return"
Reprise
Who's here because of Nat King Cole's incredible voice?
This & Smile by Nat King Cole form part of my Holy Trinity of music & the 3rd is La Vie En Rose by Louis Armstrong :)
The world
Me!
I still am for years now, and probeabely will till i die. Nat King Cole: who could live without ...
No, I'm here because of the song I just heard on TV (the 39th festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain) and then I found that here ua-cam.com/video/6cdAqNMUgv0/v-deo.html
My husband Archie owned a nightclub in Glasgow and Nat King Cole came to sing there. They became good friends. What an outstanding man he was! He had little Natalie with him, she was just a little girl, and he was touring with Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan. They all sang at his club.
This was because of an Artist's Strike in England. They weren't allowed to perform there, because there was a boycott of American Artists, so they went to Scotland instead and somehow ended up at my husband's Jazz Club!
What a treat that must have been, he spent the rest of his life talking about it! They're all gone now, even sweet little Natalie has passed on.
God rest you all in peace, I don't think we'll see the likes of you again...
Wow, now that must have been something! Very lucky for that to have happened.💕
How exciting!
What a wonderful story. These are all eternal legends of Jazz!
Lovely story - thanks for sharing.
WOW what a staggering amount of talent! If I had a time machine...
I first heard this song in 1948, when I was 6, and I have never forgotten it.
damn u old af
This song makes me cry EVERY TIME I listen to it because the hardest thing to learn is how to accept being loved in return.
The loving is easy. Accepting love from others can be. . .difficult when you've been convinced you are unlovable or unworthy of love.
Do not despair. Rebecca. Everybody has somebody waiting for them. Just be patient. xx
@@heartofoak45 A pleasant fiction unfortunately.
Rebecca Kleitz I’m right there with you.
DefenestrateYourself that’s how I feel 😪
@@heartofoak45 Oh, I have found my love. He loves me even at my worst, and believe me, that can be pretty bad. I have anger issues and he really puts up with a lot. I'm working on it though, and I'm getting better with it.
The Greatest thing you'll ever learn, is just to love and be loved in return. Such amazing lines.
❤
Me. I'm here in 2020. His voice has comforted me for over 50 yrs. Love this song. What a precious man he was
Me. I'm here in 1868. Just got out of Andersonville prison a few years ago. Those confederate traitors were awful. Can't wait to head out west soon. Hopefully there's still some gold left to pan. What was I talking about?
If you're not here to listen to a beautifully haunting melody, sung by one of the smoothest voices to grace this planet, then you're in the wrong place, my friend.
this was my grandpa's favorite song. may he rest in peace. he loved every person he ever met, and i never saw him get mad at anyone. i try to be more like him each day, and though i fall short sometimes, i hope he's proud of me.
I’m pretty sure he is❤️
@@rochellelorito7955 aw thanks
i think he is proud of you for trying to be a better person and always doing your best💕
I’m sure he is! I am!
I'm proud of you❤️☺️
My father and I were just swooning over how he delivers those lines. If you don't love Nat King Cole there's something wrong with you
this song is a mixture of haunting and adventure.
A voice that feels like a warm loving hug.
Great description, I totally agree, was there ever a more soothing sound than the great Nat King Cole?
A song written by a man who lived his adult life outdoors - reportedly under the second L of the HOLLYWOOD sign, no less - a man who refused royalties, preferring to divide them up and hand them to strangers...yes ladies and gentlemen, eden ahbez had the right to write this poem, later adapted into a song...I'm genuinely tearing up to think that there was such a selfless soul out there. You don't hear much about them anymore. But they're out there.
Thank you for passing that along ~~I had no idea.
Should have said in the OP, his name was eden ahbez, and the lack of capitals are intentional, as he didn't believe in capitalising names that weren't righteous IE God.
This video has had the copyrights removed in my country, so I cannot edit my original post as far as I can tell, as the comments are no longer appearing.
Who was eden ahbez??
Awesome! I can watch this again!
I also think it's an enchantingly beautiful song. I'm disturbed though by (what I know of) the life story of its writer and how that relates to the song's subject. I mean, if it had been written by one of eden abhez's friends, OK, great; but written by him, it can't not be understood as self-aggrandisement, self-mythologising, self-propaganda, can it?
I was recently reading Orwell's essay, Reflections on Gandhi. I found this passage:
'In this yogi-ridden age, it is too readily assumed that “non-attachment” is not only better than a full acceptance of earthly life, but that the ordinary man only rejects it because it is too difficult: in other words, that the average human being is a failed saint. It is doubtful whether this is true. Many people genuinely do not wish to be saints, and it is probable that some who achieve or aspire to sainthood have never felt much temptation to be human beings.'
Seems an important argument to make...
I don't know much about eden ahbez, but I'm troubled by the thought that this is him telling everyone how special he is, how much better than others he is... And partly just because he, constitutionally, happens to be a lot more nomadic than most. Do you see what I'm saying?
Beautiful song though.
If angels have voices... this is surely what it might sound like.
Amen
Many people don't know how to be loved in return.
So true: am working on that one.
Isn't that how the world's work?
I feel giving is the essence of love. I have difficulty in accepting - with grace
Wow! Just what I have been saying.
Isn't that always the way. Truth IS stranger than fiction... you hear/see it in movie plots. Never thought it to be true in life, but it seems so: She loves him, while another loves her; but He loves another, who does not love him....
There's a sense of mystery in this music and its lyrics...
Perfect for a Disney movie soundtrack
What a sweet and comforting voice. That man could sing me a lullaby to me and id just go to sleep like a baby.
Same! My parents used his music on me as lullabies when I was a kid
As a kid I used to listen to his O Holy Night record on repeat every Christmas for this reason!
The story of the songwriter is just incredible.
Bless you Eden Ahbez for writing such a beautiful and captivating song and bless you Nat King Cole for recognizing the transcendental quality of the original and by making it your own breathing new life and love into the spirit of this timeless classic
My mom always sung this song to me before I went to bed such a calming song
i like your mom👏👏👏🙂
How beautiful!
I'll be the first to admit it--Resident Alien brought me here.
Me too!
me too
Same
Me too. My new favorite show!
Same
No matter what movie, TV show, etc. brought someone to this song, I'm simply glad they found it.
The most profound song/advice ever written. Bar none.
couldn't agree more!!!!
I must agree with you. Most important lesson ever, as well.
Those lines would be part of Songs of Innocence. I can't help but think of Blake anytime I hear them.
Nat King Cole had the most smoothest, clearest singing of any body....If he would have been a Bird, it would have been the Canary....Just a beautiful Golden voice....Listening to him, is like listening to a storyteller magically weaving words in and out, and just lulling you in to bliss.....
Honey. Pure golden honey.
You describe it well. His voice is actually soothing. Another excellent voice today is Alex Cuba. His genre is Latino, but his slow tempo tunes are also soothing. Bless you
watching the movie Moulin Rouge with this song as the intro and the line “The greatest thing you’ll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return” as the lesson in the movie is wholesome
Thankyou! Never knew that!!
A timeless piece of awesome wonder!!
That sums it up folks. Learn that lesson and you'll live a fulfilled life.
Listening to this song, I see and hear things in my imagination that I can't really put into words. It is beautiful, it is whimsical, it is painful.....
I keep seeing this nature boy, travelling through forests, deserts, a million mile stare on the prow of a ship on the ocean, enduring all.... and such a life, and such experieces of all the folk he has seen... and even through nature and wildlife.... this most important of lessons.
Sir, you put it into words very well.
I know exactly what you mean. Like a vaguely remembered dream.
It said that the author of the song began the hippie movement.
I'm here from SweetTooth , AMAZING song 😍
My favorite SINGER Mr Nat King Cole. Such a sweet, gentle, perfectly harmonious loving voice. There is no one than can be compared to him. He was unique in every way. Such a wonderful singer, wonderful human being, yet, very humble and caring man. Mr Nat King Cole will live forever. Loved this man then and still do today in the 22nd century.
When I hear Nat's music, I take time to stop and really listen and reflect. When I hear Natalie doing her father's material, I take time to stop and really listen and reflect. And I'm a professional pianist who plays this genre of music. These songs always move me emotionally...
This song us utterly spellbinding. Love the dramatic horn opening and violin interlude, and above all Nat King Cole's magical voice. 🎼👏🏾👌🏾❤
My dad bought a new 1975 Cadillac Coupe Deville when I was a kid. Back then new caddies came with a complementary 8track tape of Cadillac driving music. That was the first time I ever heard Nat because this song was on the compilation.
Surrey with a Fringe on Top, Cow Cow Boogie, Ed Ames "Little Green Apples" were some others.
What I wouldn't give to be in that back seat listening to that again, fogging up the oval side window.
I used to listen to this over and over when I was a teenager. O this is bringing back some beautiful memories. I just need a lover to listen to them with me. Sigh!
This is the best version of this song. Nats voice moves the soul and gives so much more meaning to the words. It hits you and you realise there is so much truth to it. I don't think today we can honestly say that there are many experiencing love.
Have to say simply,this is the greatest message all people can learn and practice.The way he sings it is also the greatest
This was one of the songs I remember my dad playing on our stereophonic record player. I loved it as a kid, I was a strange kid, and so to hear a song that speaks well of an odd kid, and I felt I shared this song with my dad, like he was the narrator of the song, and we would talk of many things....
this is a song about Jesus boy. And the melody is fabulous
@@brigittecurt2956 This song is not about Jesus, this song is about Being Loved and to Love in return, pay attention to the lyrics.
This is my all time favorite song. Nat's voice is so smoky and mesmerizing, no one can replicate.
❤
There are few things we can all agree on these days so when I see 17K likes and zero dislikes for something, something which doesn't involve peanut butter, sex, ice cream or dare I say it, all three, it gives me hope. Many artists are deserving of that kind of appreciation but perhaps none more than this gentleman. Why? Because he was as gifted a pianist as he was a singer and, the perfect gentleman as well, at a time when he had every right and reason to be otherwise. That and the fact that he was taken from us much too soon in 1965 at the age of 45.
As my mom used to say about me when I was a kid, I will say the same for Nat King Cole, "They broke the mold when that one was born!"
Indeed they did, his uniqueness still shines.
Oohh dear Nat King Cole, his devine voice, his warm lovingly human face and personal charme: pure goodness. A rare gift of God to humankind, though i'm never sure we deserve it. Or was it ment to console us... Everytime i hear King Cole i'm drawn back to images of my early childhood; seeing my parents, my aunts and uncle's dancing in our livingroom on his recordings, those of Otis Redding, Mahalia Jackson, Louis Armstrong, Paul Anka... you name them. THANK YOU for uploading especially this song and thereby keeping memory's alive :-) Regards, Little Bear.
I think he was one of the first mainstream black artists. My parents had several of his records.
Bless you Little Bear.....
I LOVE this song! Is it normal to listen to it on repeat for an entire afternoon? ;)
oh yes, it is so normal and vital to hear the best lessons, to wonderful music sung with feeling and devotion..... what a message that we only too late ever realize.
Entirely 😁
I have listened to this at least 5 times right now and there's no sign of stopping. I love it so much. It resonates with me.
Of course! I listened to Jenny of Oldstones two days on a row. Music calls, you have to answer....
Definitely! Nat King Cole casts a spell with his voice.
I “discovered” this hauntingly beautiful song from the Movie Untamed Heart. I’m happy to say I picked up a Greatest Hits CD: One of the Life changing bodies of Music that shaped my Life. RIP Nat King Cole-Rest Easy
Good movie
I just watched that movie again for the first time since 1993 when it came out, and as this song began to play during the closing credits, I immediately had to Shazam it. So grateful to have come across this melodious and lyrical masterpiece of a song! ❤
Yes, so did I
i heard this song when it was sung in the beginning and end of the 2001 movie moulin rouge
Ditto 😥💕
The most haunting song I have ever heard.. what a voice!.. RIP Nat and Natalie.. they're together again..
Before we sleep we need to know that someone loved us, and that we loved them.
The lush orchestration and the phenomenal enunciation of Nat King Cole, gets me deep in my heart every time, not to mention the lyrics...
This was Betts, my deceased wife, favouritte love song. Will always love you girl.
Then you are lucky enough to know the truth of the lyrics, first hand. God bless you, and I'm so sorry for your loss. XXX
We will all be together again 🤍
All men have potential for being the ageless nature boy.
Pizza Pie and nature girls :)
Nature boy is eternal youth. The person who found the alchemist's stone.
Heard this for the first time in Benedict Cumberbatch's Hamlet, and was incredibly moved. Same effect here - what a lovely song!
One of the most moving songs ever... Every time I listen to it... I travel very far....
My favorite Nat King Cole song. I'm teary eyed every time I hear it!
A beautiful song sung so beautifully!
Upon hearing this song at the end of Christian Slater's film Untamed Heart, I immediately sang it multiple times and committed it to memory❣
I love this song. Ever since my dad sungvit to me, as a little boy I remember it and sing it often. And I'm now 65 years of age. I still sing it and to my sons'.... And grands... One of God's gift of beauties... In our lives...."love" thank Mr. Nate King Cole... For creating memories in my life, through this song
This song is everything ! 😇🥲😂🤫🤥🤩🥳😳😰so many emotions in his voice! My world stood still until this song was over . I was mesmerized and, transfixed on the lyrics . Oh wow my heart I’m crying 😭 oh so eloquently, sung, ! So much soul so much depth, what a voice sung this like an angel Nat King Cole. That vioLin 🎻 though gets me every time get it Nat king Cole ! I hope he had a good life back then black folks had it rough.
This has always been my favorite Nat Cole song. Such a beautiful voice, such a sage message.
What a great set of pipes that man had.....Love this song.....!
My Daddy's favorite. I will always adore this song
One of the most beautiful songs
of all time, and one of best singers of this song!
For those wondering, the musicians are lead vocalist-pianist Nat King Cole, pianist Hank Jones, and score composer Frank de Vol.
This song, and Mr N K C's voice has accompanied me thru' my life for decades, and always brought me so much joy and happiness.
I was a Nature Boy, then a Wage Slave, now I'm a Nature Boy again !
Thank you Mr NKC.
nat king cole’s music, in my opinion, is some of the most beautiful sounds a person could hear. he is an absolute angel. i feel connected to him and he feels like an incredibly caring and loving father to me
Such a hauntingly beautiful tune, so melancholy yet still somewhat hopeful@!
Nat King Cole is just amazing. There will never be a voice like his again. He owns every song he ever sang.
+mr.modern44 I am here because of AURORA I can tell you she is just as great as he is.( you might wanna check her out .)
Raya Chan I checked her out. She has talent she is just not my cup of tea. But if she can sell 1/1,000,000 of the records Nat did she will be in fine shape. His music still sells and he has been gone for over 50 years.
How did you manage to compare aurora to nat king cole...
Small Peace that's a good question, I was wondering that myself.
Of course there will be a voice as great as his. There are born so many new humans that its just math!
So simple and so basic, and so very, very Large : the greatest thing, yeah; the thing that can matter the most and make the best, kindest, most human and most important impact in a Life : to love, and be loved in return.
The sound of velvet as personified by the voice of this phenomenal singer, Nat King Cole.
The King 👑 What a beautiful beautiful man. What a talent he posessed. Oh Nat King Cole. Rest In Peace. One of the greatest pioneers of music in the 20th century and beyond. I love you
The song touches my heart, Nat King Coles voice was a gift from the gods.
The incomparable Nate King Cole ! I grew up listening to him because of my mom and Dad ! They have all gone on to glory🎆🙏🏽! Oh the memories this mans music brings to my heart! RIP Dad Mom and Nate! 💞💞💞
HERE in Dec. 2021....and STILL the most SUBLIME few minutes of auditory bliss there is. "The KING' indeed.
A very beautiful song, I love Nat King Cole's soothing voice and the message in this song.🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
I'll listen to this song whenever I miss my late dad very much. Such an amazing song for me....
This song had a massive effect on me as a child and it persists to this day :-)
gorgeous voice...
Isn't it wondergul that great music is timeless. Doesnt matter when or where you hear it, if its a magicsl song from a magical singer, you will FEEL it!❤❤❤
I fell in love w Nat King Cole ‘Nature Boy’ when I was a child. Legendary Voice & Song.
Are you the Rosie Vela who sang with Jeff Lynne and ELO in the Zoom Tour? When the audience applauded the little bit in Turn To Stone where the lyrics are sung quickly I thought "Yeah she deserves that applause, that was awesome." Thanks for the beautiful music. I hope you're happy with life.
PS Nature Boy is also beautiful. I've only just discovered it at 63yo when Richard O'Brien used it in an interview to define success in life.
Richard O'Brien and Jeff Lynne, a pair of geniuses.
Great song. Great guy that left us too soon. Thanks for posting
Yes he did!
Wonderful Nat King Cole. This is my most favorite song and the best performer for it. Always eternally true!
I am listening in 2021. This is one of my all-time favorite songs. Gorgeous!
Nat Cole could sing a song like no one else that I’ve ever heard. He was one of those one-of-a-kind people who come along once. He was also a first rate jazz pianist.As the story goes he was playing in a club one night and a patron asked him to sing a song and the rest is history. There’s a great picture of him on the cover of his album The Very Thought of You.
Нет слов,чтобы описать этот голос и то,как он воздействует на все, что его слышит. А эти интонации слышит все живое...и открывается ЛЮБВИ...
Outstanding, beautiful beautiful voice xx
Nat King Cole's-nature boy's lyrics that mingled with his mesmerising voice is the treasure of a life time.
in a world of absolutes he is the ultimate absolute
Tik Tok brought me here. Thanks Christopher Andrew Taylor!! I've always known about Nat King Cole but for some reason I hadn't heard this song before. So glad I know it now!! ❤❤ Beautiful
This is one of the most beautiful love songs I have ever heard.
I'm here because of the beautiful allusion, and homage paid, to the very strange, enchanted boy who wandered far and wide preaching Love....
This was one of my favorite songs when I was young in the 40’s but Resident Alien reminded me of how much I loved this song! 💜💜
Too beautiful for words. The lyrics are awesome. Thank you for your legacy Nat King Cole R.I.P.
Thank you! To my grandson: My Aide came in humming this song and
asked me about the name. Of course after listening it made me cry
because of my childhood. We always had music playing at home and the
Candy Store....where your dad grew up!
I also thought of you because of our conversation about poetry! How Apropos!
Unbelievably beautiful. Stunning words, voice, and instrumentation. Gawjeous!
This song always reminds me of someone that will always have special place in my heart. And i feel so warm inside everytime i listen to this song🥰😇😊 Greatest somg of all time.
What a enchanted song!!! What a wonderfu voice! What a inspiring lyric! 🙏♥️
the original is by Eden Ahbez.. not his lyrics
There are people out here in SunValley, near LA, that remember the man who wrote this Eden Ahbez. He was a recluse, a loner who lived outside in the woods. He was the real deal. Look up his story if you want to see someone who was selfless. He gave away his royalties to needy people even when he lived a spartan life. Not many like that anymore.
I remember watching a great documentary on Sinatra called ‘All or Nothing At All.’I think Charlton Heston got up at an awards dinner and said every song Sinatra sung was a 3 minute movie.It was the same with Nat King.This song is a 3 minute movie.The lyrics,the music but most importantly the depth and delivery by Nat.An amazing voice and talent.The words will stand the test of time.
Who's here because of The Orville? Amazing song. ❤
We need a full Bortus cover of this song.
The Orville is such an underrated show, holy shit
My grandma used to sing this to me when I was a kid
This was played at my grandma's funeral. They were leaving us a very special message,eh.
Although,my grandma also used to sing Paul Robeson's "Lazy Bones" quite often when I was a kid.
It was only with the invention of You Tube that I discovered all the lyrics. THEN I finally understood!!
i like your grandma👏👏👏🙂both of them🥰
i like both of you guys grandmas🙂
what a wonderful memory!! wish my grandma sang...🙄
Dearest Paxton, sleep well beautiful boy. Sending all love to his wonderful carers who finally gave him the love and attention he so deserved xx
He sound's like silk. One of the greatest talents ever. Beautiful song.
It always touches my heart.Such truer words were never spoken..love Nat King Cole he has the best version of this song in my opinion..
Who is listening in 2020?
2021
2021 still here
I remembered this song after hearing it on episode 5 of Resident Alien.
@@adriennekushner2492 me too
2022. Lol
That voice is liquid gold.
This is the perfect blending of melody, mood, instruments, arrangement, sound engineering, lyrics and voice.