Neil Sedaka - Solitaire

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  • @otaydee
    @otaydee 16 років тому +35

    The lyrics are just amazing. This man is highly underrated, and truly one of the greats.

    • @dabreu
      @dabreu 4 місяці тому +1

      He is not underrated, why did you say so? He is very much appreciated around the world. Respect him, please.

  • @johnnyM809
    @johnnyM809 2 роки тому +5

    One of the loveliest songs ever written....and also one of the saddest.

  • @lilyviterbo4907
    @lilyviterbo4907 6 місяців тому +4

    He is a great composer and a wonderful vocalist!❤️❤️❤️

  • @bernicetornquist7453
    @bernicetornquist7453 3 роки тому +10

    There’s NO ONE who can sing this song like Neil Sedaka....💕. God bless...🙏

  • @kjetin99
    @kjetin99 16 років тому +12

    What a man! Playing beautiful piano and singing fantastic!

  • @ragoostew4159
    @ragoostew4159 6 років тому +18

    He still has a beautiful voice, but nothing compares to his exquisite piano playing.
    What a genius.

  • @B52sguy
    @B52sguy 14 років тому +9

    Whenever I watch and listen to this song I am remembering seeing Neil at American Bandstand in 1963, I think. He was very shy, and who would have known, almost 50 years later he is still going strong, and has not dropped an octave.
    God, upon Neil Sedaka's conception, man, you created one major masterpiece.
    Joseph F
    Portland, OR USA

  • @jrshipe0
    @jrshipe0 15 років тому +2

    There is no question that there are few people who deserve to be in The Hall of Fame before Neil. Having grown up with such trailblazing rock songs as "Breaking Up is Hard to Do", "Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen" and "Calendar Girl", I have difficulty in understanding the neglect.

  • @aucourant9998
    @aucourant9998 10 років тому +8

    No one does this song as good as Neil Sedaka, his voice and phrasing are impeccable.

    • @nancylourose
      @nancylourose 10 років тому +2

      Personally I prefer Karen Carpenter's

  • @paddyrafter5214
    @paddyrafter5214 2 роки тому +6

    This is magic..his piano playing and his singing is fantastic

  • @uptownrooter
    @uptownrooter 14 років тому +3

    This man is not a flash in the pan but an extremely talented man who wrote so many hits for singers thoughout the ages and THEN began his own singing career. Neil you are a gifted man !

  • @tramlaw77
    @tramlaw77 16 років тому +3

    Thanks for writing and singing one of the greatest songs ever wriiten.

  • @blacky825
    @blacky825 14 років тому +2

    best version EVER!!

  • @B52sguy
    @B52sguy 15 років тому +1

    In time, Neil Sedaka wil be one of the worlds greatest composers.
    Best of all time!
    JF

  • @GBDeadnation
    @GBDeadnation 12 років тому +4

    I had no idea just how talented Neil Sedaka was before seeing this concert the other night, and I was stunned at his mastery of the piano and the power of his voice, still sounds amazing after all these years. An awesome talent, and a sad reflection of todays music scene where people of this caliber dont seem to exist anymore.

  • @Bobemakk
    @Bobemakk 14 років тому +5

    The words of this song are so heartwrenching. One of the best songs ever written.

  • @mrob75
    @mrob75 15 років тому +1

    I can tell that you were truly blessed in your marriage...With all respect, I stand with you in your grief. This is a wonderful song to pay tribute to your late wife. Take Care

  • @fredscuttle6398
    @fredscuttle6398 9 років тому +18

    Anybody who can write a song like this is a GENIUS. About 10 years ago I signed an online petition to get Neil Sedaka into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame where he belongs.

    • @photo3642u
      @photo3642u 9 років тому +10

      I totally agree...just watched tonight on BBC channel 4 a documentary about his life, his struggle, his success, his determination to carry on when the odds were stacked against him. If anyone hoping to make their way in the world had 10% of what NS has...they'd succeed! Great music lives on, Neil's will.

    • @jaqmart
      @jaqmart 6 років тому +1

      Phil Cody was writing the lyrics to sad music composed by Neil Sedaka - result Soliaire.

  • @afonso70110
    @afonso70110 11 років тому +4

    One of the most beautiful songs of all time. A unique moment in the production of Neil Sedaka, with a wonderful letter.

  • @DanielaTudesco
    @DanielaTudesco 17 років тому +4

    What a piano talent... wonderful! I´ve never heard this song in its original version, only in orchestra!! Tears in my eyes...

  • @schlagerhansi
    @schlagerhansi 17 років тому +1

    I think it's much better than all the dozens of studio versions with lots of orchestra, background singers etc.

  • @ilovmusic105
    @ilovmusic105 13 років тому +1

    Is he in the hall of fame? If not..he should be!

  • @inkyej
    @inkyej 16 років тому +1

    I think this is one of his best works. I thank God every day for giving me the ability to hear and appreciate the gift of music as delivered by such greats as Neil. "Those who sing, pray twice". Thanks for all the beauty.

  • @ForgetfulCollector
    @ForgetfulCollector 15 років тому +4

    I've heard this song done by him quite a few times, one from the 70's, one from the 80's, and now this one, and He hasn't lost his voice or talent!
    It's so clear, it just grips you.

  • @amexred
    @amexred 17 років тому +6

    I love how his voice is still so excellent at his age. I think his original and clay's version and the carpenters version are all fantastic musical creations!

  • @MrLesliegreen
    @MrLesliegreen 12 років тому

    Yes, I saw Neil Sedaka too in Liverpool and I must say the price of the ticket
    was well worth the money just too hear him play the piano. A true Professional and a
    great entertainer. Clearly knows how to entertain am sure the packed house left enthralled!!!

  • @tomtransport
    @tomtransport 10 років тому +26

    I can sum this performance up with one word------Outstanding!! When an artist writes a song, as Sedaka wrote this, I can visualize him in his living room working from his heart on it. I have listened to others, Elvis, The Carpenters, Clay Aiken but Sedaka here sounds like full orchestration when in reality it is only him and one grand piano------Outstanding!!

    • @gregganderson5458
      @gregganderson5458 9 років тому +2

      THG Driver Neil Sedaka studied classical piano at Juilliard School of Music at age 13 on a scholarship for gifted children in New York City, he lived in Brooklyn at that time.

    • @AndyMangele
      @AndyMangele 7 років тому +4

      And can you imagine what a thrill it must've been to him to hear all those artists you've mentioned performing his song - his baby!

  • @irishsetterarchie
    @irishsetterarchie 14 років тому +1

    Neil is a master musician, singer, and song writer! God bless him!

  • @MrCharleysmom
    @MrCharleysmom 13 років тому +1

    One of the most talented song writers ever. A genius. Thank you for the beautiful music and the memories. I have always loved your music. What a talent!

  • @r022218
    @r022218 15 років тому +3

    A timeless masterpiece by an immortal maestro.....

  • @CATniteOwl
    @CATniteOwl 14 років тому +3

    I just now watched several other versions of this and this Upload is the best, to me.
    Best audio - and he sounds as good as on the original record - I usually can't stand seeing/hearing singers performing their old hits. He is one artist that hasn't 'lost' it.

  • @elvisapresley68
    @elvisapresley68 16 років тому

    You speak your opinion. Yet, as far as we both go you speak the TRUTH! However, Sedaka was, is, and always will be a musical FORCE!!! Tread gently on another artist's forum... I LIVE Elvis, but I do appreciate Sedaka also...
    Sedaka is a gem with all the wonderful hits he continues to play year after year!

  • @debyok
    @debyok 15 років тому +2

    I had the good fortune to see him in concert here in "OZ" during the late 70's &80's. What a talented artist he is. . .
    He just keeps getting better as the years roll on.
    Thanks for posting, it's brilliant !!!

  • @23tbob
    @23tbob 15 років тому

    My mom died today, same day as Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett . June 25, 2009. So that will be easy to remember. I've been listening to this song a lot lately as my mom went downhill - so SAD, so GREAT! A guy and his piano -- a classic for the ages.......

  • @HandwhistlerBen
    @HandwhistlerBen 14 років тому +1

    A fantastic voice, great piano player and a sensational performer. Gifted musician.

  • @pylgrym
    @pylgrym 17 років тому

    I finally got the words this time.... Karen's vision gives me the melody. THANKS Mr. Sedaka!
    God bless!

  • @jaqmart
    @jaqmart 14 років тому +8

    He wrote it so he knows how to interpret it. This is a different version again but rocks as much as the original - wonderful.

  • @Goldraider44
    @Goldraider44 27 днів тому

    Totaly awesome. Amazing piano variations.

  • @lotuselise140
    @lotuselise140 12 років тому

    He should be Sir Neil Sedaka, for all his hard work on the music world.

  • @anongoingseries13
    @anongoingseries13 15 років тому

    As you all have already said.
    Simply brilliant. Thanks could never be adequately expressed Neil.
    Incomprehensibly great.
    If he is not in the Hall of Fame -- Well he certainly is in everyone else`s Hall of Fame. Bravo!

  • @KRK0ct10
    @KRK0ct10 12 років тому +5

    Such a voice! Such a great person!

  • @no1cfielder
    @no1cfielder 16 років тому +3

    This is a great song! The best part is the piano work. Thanks for posting.

  • @alfredunhill
    @alfredunhill 16 років тому

    beautiful...and he's so humble to give clay aiken such praise in his rendition of this song...love neil sedaka, class act..

  • @poncha97
    @poncha97 11 років тому +6

    I admit, I have no clue who this singer is, and I just randomly found this song, but wow. It is incredible! Bravo :) *stands and claps with tears running down face* Beautiful, just beautiful.

    • @FraserM817
      @FraserM817 10 років тому +1

      This is Neil Sedaka, who composed the music to this beautiful song

  • @mellowtouch429
    @mellowtouch429 16 років тому

    It's a sad but very beautiful song. Thanks for posting.

  • @trishlong7513
    @trishlong7513 9 років тому +8

    brilliant performance wish I could have been there!

  • @no1cfielder
    @no1cfielder 16 років тому

    What a pianist, composer and arranger! This is beautiful!

  • @TotalSinging
    @TotalSinging 11 років тому +1

    Just listening to this you'd swear there are more musicians playing with him but it's just Neil and the piano. The chord voicing are so superb they fully utilize the complete breadth of the piano sonic capabilities. He makes the piano sound like an orchestra.
    Such a beautiful song.

  • @peggykrainman7216
    @peggykrainman7216 3 роки тому

    I never really appreciated him until this song. What a talented man.

  • @stephen48151
    @stephen48151 16 років тому

    Fantastic
    They don't make music like this anymore.
    No-one can sing this song like Neil.

  • @Baldgol4
    @Baldgol4 15 років тому

    A wonderfully talented man who belongs in the Rock and Roll hall of Fame.

  • @TakachanK
    @TakachanK 18 років тому +1

    Just a wonderful performance by Mr. Sedaka!

  • @ppmable
    @ppmable 15 років тому +1

    This is the music I will ask to listen when I shall be near to my last passing moment...

  • @blacky825
    @blacky825 16 років тому +1

    this is such a powerful and beautifully sad song

  • @mariaritabarrosjustino1459
    @mariaritabarrosjustino1459 9 років тому +5

    ETERNAMENTE BRAVO NEIL SEDAKA!

  • @zenrocksfan
    @zenrocksfan 17 років тому

    there just aren't enough people like him anymore. i wish all music was like this

  • @maryjanesiapno4028
    @maryjanesiapno4028 7 років тому

    My respect to this man! *Hats off*
    Pure talent!

  • @neorich59
    @neorich59 15 років тому

    This amazing man, is behind a number of hits written for other people and wrote some lovely songs in the 70s too.
    I've never heard this version and for me, the first version I ever of this, by Andy Williams is my favourite, although I also Love Karen Carepenter's version, who wouldn't?

  • @AndyMangele
    @AndyMangele 7 років тому +2

    Neil Sedaka is one helluva songwriter! ;)

  • @snorben
    @snorben 17 років тому

    I'm a sucker for acoustic versions of songs so I agree with schlagerhansi on this: the piano playing is simply beautiful

  • @martapucheta1252
    @martapucheta1252 10 років тому +3

    DE EXCELENCIA LA BUENA MÚSICA NUNCA MUERE UN TALENTOSO DE AYER , HOY Y SIEMPRE GRACIAS POR COMPARTIR UN SALUDO DESDE ARGENTINA !! .

  • @rhodesdarcy
    @rhodesdarcy 10 років тому +1

    A perfect performance. An orchestration of heart and yearning like no other. Juilliard Concert Pianist plus a lifetime of music experience and song writing creates this moment in time for us to savour for all time. Welcome to Neil Sedaka's living room and his friends.

  • @DERedhead65
    @DERedhead65 15 років тому

    23tbob, SO SORRY to hear your mother passed away... prayers... Sadly, I also had lost my dad when I was 15, am now 44; and I lost my mother in 1996, I MISS them both horribly to this day... know that She is smiling down on you... '
    this is a Truly beautiful song by Neil, also done by the Carpenters and amazing as well with Karen's "haunting" vocals... miss that voice, too...

  • @brucetowell3432
    @brucetowell3432 2 роки тому

    My first hearing of this number was the version by Karen Carpenter...Neil this is one of your best, ....you have written many, many great numbers...but it's hard to beat this one, God Bless you!!:-)

  • @Razorzzful
    @Razorzzful 12 років тому

    gives you shivers dwn your spine.
    a very sad song about a lonely person.
    Love is what takes the chains off your heart...

  • @ranchoboyeros
    @ranchoboyeros 17 років тому

    He is an authority in writing and performing

  • @acohen1980
    @acohen1980 11 років тому

    Wow...talent cubed...thanx NS.....

  • @larky074
    @larky074 17 років тому

    Probably one of the best songs ever from Sedaka.

  • @lkijju
    @lkijju 16 років тому

    Fabulous singer with such a unique sound and a lovely chap as well.

  • @Tuneweaver2008
    @Tuneweaver2008 16 років тому

    Neil Sedaka is doing again THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL in London, on June 30th 2009...
    If you'd like to see this genius live, please order your tickets in time!

  • @drbcook
    @drbcook 17 років тому

    What a genius ,I salute this great masterpiece thank you

  • @brianocallaghan7172
    @brianocallaghan7172 7 років тому

    exquisite musicmanship. sublime in every biblical sense .peerless period

  • @The_dodger00
    @The_dodger00 9 років тому +4

    This song means a lot to me.

  • @Noemiapimenta
    @Noemiapimenta 16 років тому +1

    Just wonderful, the most that I had heard. Congratulations.

  • @joant1221
    @joant1221 15 років тому

    Wow! As a child I thought this was a lovely song when performed by The Carpenter's. When Clay Aiken performed this on AI and Neil said he had lost his song forever to Clay, I absolutely became a fan of this song. Watching live and on video Clay performing this song was awesome. Especially the 50th Anniversary NS Tribute. Watching Neil Sedaka perform it was the best. The only thing that can top this is Neil playing piano while Clay sings.

  • @tangogirl100
    @tangogirl100 15 років тому

    Thank you Peter, this is a very sad & touching song. Glad you didn't send me the one, "breaking up is hard to do" great!

  • @lisahumes7667
    @lisahumes7667 10 років тому +4

    I so love this song! Perfection!!!!!

  • @mrtraveler181
    @mrtraveler181 13 років тому

    I saw him perform last night, This man is talented and still sounds the same. and he can still doing a little dancing.

  • @delightfuldaffy
    @delightfuldaffy 12 років тому

    I had to listen to these lyrics in English.
    Such a pretty song. One I hadn't heard in ages and ages

  • @mimiburnsband
    @mimiburnsband 15 років тому

    what a beautiful songwriter and piano player~

  • @stevelynne1
    @stevelynne1 10 років тому +2

    top contenderfor my funeral song atm...happy daze :)

  • @97boskeys
    @97boskeys 15 років тому

    I can't believe this wonderful singer/songwriter said Clay Aiken sang this song better than he. Mr. Sedaka, every song you have written and recorded is yours. No one will eclipse you.

  • @turntapzap
    @turntapzap 15 років тому

    It don't get no better than this.

  • @abdallamarmudhabud8304
    @abdallamarmudhabud8304 9 років тому +1

    wonderful....! forever neil sedaka... i love music....

  • @simonmakinson
    @simonmakinson 3 роки тому

    What a genius. What a gentleman.

  • @Fantagillian
    @Fantagillian 12 років тому

    Great! I Knew him personally no 1964 in Riccione (Italy) He's not only a great talent but a great person too! Don't stop Neil!!!

  • @goldheartbadge
    @goldheartbadge 14 років тому

    @NamathTheLegend - I've signed that petition! This must be one of the greatest pop ballads ever.

  • @blackjakko
    @blackjakko 5 місяців тому

    Such a sad song. I can imagine a lot of men relate to this song. Trapped in their own prisons alone and lonely.

  • @bingline
    @bingline 15 років тому

    There was a man, a lonely man
    Who lost his love through his indifference
    A heart that cared, that went unshared
    Until it died in his silence
    And Solitaire's the only game in town
    And every road that takes him, takes him down
    And by himself, it's easy to pretend
    He'll never love again
    And keeping to himself he plays the game
    Without her love it always ends the same
    While life goes on around him everywhere
    He's playing Solitaire

  • @abastin1
    @abastin1 13 років тому

    lovely song !! , my first 33 1/3 single was King of Clowns by Neil. I still have the record

  • @John-u6e8b
    @John-u6e8b Рік тому

    I am sure Neil came to Australia in 1961 around the time Little Devil was released but I cannot find any reference to it. And this was the first time I had heard of him and although I was only nine years of age then, I immediately became a fan. Does any other Aussie remember him in Australia back then ? Oh and by the way, this performance of Solitaire, no words can give it justice. so I won't even try.

  • @brianocallaghan7172
    @brianocallaghan7172 7 років тому

    phantastigorical or out of this and other worlds ! !

  • @kyawkyawwin1
    @kyawkyawwin1 8 років тому +4

    A genius indeed.

  • @tadgerno1
    @tadgerno1 17 років тому

    well said!we are all human beings and he nails this song.

  • @alekkzmt
    @alekkzmt 9 років тому +4

    There was a man, a lonely man
    Who lost his love, thru his indifference
    A heart that cared that went unshared
    Until it died within his silence
    And solitaire is the only game in town
    And every road that takes him, takes him down
    And by himself it's easy to pretend
    He'll never love again
    And keeping to himself, he plays the game
    Without the love it always ends the same
    While life goes on around him everywhere
    He's playing solitaire
    A little hope goes up in smoke
    Just how it goes, goes without saying
    There was a man, a lonely man
    Who would command the hand he's playing
    And solitaire is the only game in town
    And every road that takes him, takes him down
    And by himself it's easy to pretend
    He'll never love again
    And keeping to himself, he plays the game
    Without a love it always ends the same
    While life goes on around him everywhere
    He's playing solitaire
    And solitaire is the only game in town
    And every road that takes him, takes him down
    While life goes on around him everywhere
    He's playing solitaire

  • @jaygolfu3202
    @jaygolfu3202 Рік тому

    When I was young everyday I listen his music thanks neail

  • @ezekielbravo333
    @ezekielbravo333 14 років тому

    A hauntingly beautiful song...

  • @sweetlyn59
    @sweetlyn59 17 років тому

    and solitaire is the only game ... great lyrics and great melody... those were my high school days
    sa pinas, banga

  • @arimark
    @arimark 16 років тому

    his voice just never quits...awesome

  • @joselopetegui
    @joselopetegui 2 роки тому

    A SUPERB PERFORMANCE !!!!!!!!