Pegge's performance here leaves me breathless. She has put her entire heart and soul into this song, an older woman looking into her past, and missing it.Great Johnny Mercer lyrics from a French song.
Of every exceptional song I've ever heard (or watched) her sing, this to me is the most exceptional. It is almost frightening how deeply she delves. She is completely raw and exposed!
Everything about this performance is so beautiful...the song, the arrangement, the set and lighting, the beauty of Peggy herself and her singing...can you imagine something so deep, so rich in emotional and musical value being shown anywhere on primetime TV today?!
Can you imagine a popular artist; anyone, anywhere, performing a song with such emotional intensity and honesty; so very personally and artistically on any National TV program today?!
I saw Miss Lee at the old Empire Room in Chicago in the early 70's. She worked this kind of magic on every song over almost two hours. She was one of a kind and it is too bad that her "kind" will not be seen again as no one really values the emotional performance of a song any longer
You know, it took me a little while to get into Peggy Lee - I was hooked on Ella (still am), Dinah, and Sarah - but when I really LISTENED, she knocked my over and out. First of all, she is so subtle, sort of "holding back", then she swings! But what she can do with a ballad, My God! Her renindition of this song should be in a singing master class - I don't know when I hear this, where the song ends and her life begins-it's kind of frightening, the level of her vulnerability and sorrow. A Master
Beautifully in tune and no warbling screaming screeching wailing etc etc just plain warm syrupy timbre a voice you can listen to endlessly without ever ever ever getting bored appalled or worn out by!
What a wonderful song and one of the best singing it.....you felt part of the song and got pulled into it....the reality of it all as life moves faster than we ever imagined.
Have just come to appreciate Ms Lee, for some reason I had failed to notice her (the failure was all mine). This is some performance, it's almost operatic, she seems to 'act' the song', not just sing it. I agree with D Harnett, she's "sort of "holding back" but that's part of her art, absolutely amazing
Mort Lindsey - He was a master orchestra leader and arranger - He wrote the arrangement for all of Garland's solos and the Guest numbers (I have the CD of the show)
How lyrics are interpreted: She starts by playing presenting herself as as a happy self-assured person, but we know by her averted gaze to the camera that it's all a facade. Then the memories of her childhood ah the apple tree... Then the second time when she sings "sometimes a laugh a little to loud" you see the weakness of the character
@SeekThePaleSeptember We don't have time for this kind of musicianship nowadays--seems like music today has to beat us over the head with its 'cleverness', or whatever. . . .What have you heard lately that tells this kind of story, in just this way? Listen to Mel Torme's or Nat Cole's versions--like Miss Lee here, they seem to have told us a whole life story in their song--each different, each compelling, each at his or her own pace, with the utmost respect for lyric and music and time.
It isn't by chance I happen to be, A boulevardier, the toast of Paris. For over the noise, the talk and the smoke, I'm good for a laugh, a drink or a jokeI walk in a room, a party or ball, "Come sit over here" somebody will call. "A drink for M'sieur, a drink for us all! But how many times I stop and recall. Ah, the apple trees, Blossoms in the breeze, That we walked among, Lying in the hay, Games we used to play, While the rounds were sung, Only yesterday, when the world was young. 2. Wherever I go they mention my name, And that in itself, is some sort of fame, "Come by for a drink, we're having a game, " Wherever I go I'm glad that I came. The talk is quite gay, the company fine, There's laughter and lights, and glamour and wine, And beautiful girls and some of them mine, But often my eyes see a diff'rent shine. Ah, the apple trees, Sunlit memories, Where the hammock swung, On our backs we'd lie, Looking at the sky, Till the stars were strung, Only last July when the world was young. Ah, the apple trees, Blossoms in the breeze, That we walked among, Lying in the hay, Games we used to play, While the rounds were sung, Only yesterday, when the world was young. 3. While sitting around, we often recall, The laugh of the year, the night of them all. The blonde who was so attractive that year, Some opening night that made us all cheer. Remember that time we all got so tight, And Jacques and Antoine got into a fight. The gendarmes who came, passed out like a light, I laugh with the rest, it's all very bright.
Are any of her studio sides of this and "Is That All There Is?" etc. extant? I used to listen to her and other "pop" singers in the mid 60's on the crystal radio I built when AM radio still was a musical format. I know she cut many sides with the Enoch Light Orchestra, but I can't find even badly abused LP's.
Could something this beautiful and profound really have been pop music once? can you imagine something like this on TV today?
Beautiful song....FABULOUS Peggy Lee ❗
Pegge's performance here leaves me breathless. She has put her entire heart and soul into this song, an older woman looking into her past, and missing it.Great Johnny Mercer lyrics from a French song.
She creates such a mood with her singing....such sadness and regret. She doesn't sing a song, she feels it.
Stunning. Slightly unnerving. Moving. Beautiful.
Peggy singing songs like this makes life so much worth living.
Obviously the best female singer of all time.
Of every exceptional song I've ever heard (or watched) her sing, this to me is the most exceptional. It is almost frightening how deeply she delves. She is completely raw and exposed!
Everything about this performance is so beautiful...the song, the arrangement, the set and lighting, the beauty of Peggy herself and her singing...can you imagine something so deep, so rich in emotional and musical value being shown anywhere on primetime TV today?!
To answer your last question, no, sad to say.
Have you heard Aretha's 1963 version of this song? Very beatiful too!
@@merkjanoosterhoff1590 Yes, it is marvelous.
Peggy is number one.
Absolutely superb . What a stunning performance , with all the subtlety and pathos that only Peggy could do ,
Perfect, simply perfect! 💓
She was an amazing performer in her phrasing of the lyric
i always loved this song, and peggy is divine.
The way she almost swallows the phrase “la grande femme fatale” is proof she’s an actress and singer superb.
Can you imagine a popular artist; anyone, anywhere, performing a song with such emotional intensity and honesty; so very personally and artistically on any National TV program today?!
I saw Miss Lee at the old Empire Room in Chicago in the early 70's. She worked this kind of magic on every song over almost two hours. She was one of a kind and it is too bad that her "kind" will not be seen again as no one really values the emotional performance of a song any longer
You know, it took me a little while to get into Peggy Lee - I was hooked on Ella (still am), Dinah, and Sarah - but when I really LISTENED, she knocked my over and out. First of all, she is so subtle, sort of "holding back", then she swings! But what she can do with a ballad, My God! Her renindition of this song should be in a singing master class - I don't know when I hear this, where the song ends and her life begins-it's kind of frightening, the level of her vulnerability and sorrow. A Master
Beautifully in tune and no warbling screaming screeching wailing etc etc just plain warm syrupy timbre a voice you can listen to endlessly without ever ever ever getting bored appalled or worn out by!
Devastatingly well done. .. Heartbreakingly beautiful..
best interpretation ever.
I read somewhere that this was Judy’s favorite episode of her series because she really loved performing Peggy
Peggy was Judy's favorite female singer. You can hear and see why...such subtle emotion and no histrionics. ❤️
Stunning.
What a wonderful song and one of the best singing it.....you felt part of the song and got pulled into it....the reality of it all as life moves faster than we ever imagined.
mesmerising
One of the greatest singers of the twentieth - or perhaps any - century.
this comes from the black coffee album one of the best albums i've ever heard
the whole of it is as good as this song
Thanks.
Agree. So utterly soothing!
Pop song becomes art song!!
Have just come to appreciate Ms Lee, for some reason I had failed to notice her (the failure was all mine). This is some performance, it's almost operatic, she seems to 'act' the song', not just sing it. I agree with D Harnett, she's "sort of "holding back" but that's part of her art, absolutely amazing
I love this interpretation!
This is fabulous
Oh man! Oh man!
PEGGY WAS A MASTER....................
Exactly! She tells u YOUR life, too!
Wow
Song of nostalgia and regret.
HOW DRAMATIC GIRL!
So that’s why scamp fall inlove🔥🔥😂😂😂❤️❤️❤️
Mort Lindsey - He was a master orchestra leader and arranger - He wrote the arrangement for all of Garland's solos and the Guest numbers (I have the CD of the show)
Beautiful Slow waltz ...Wow
fine song!
Aloha from Hawaii!
no wonder it's a bit dated, it's older than me:-) and i'm no spring chicken either. it's grand and i thank you for posting it!
damn she's good... she doesn't sing a song, she tells you her life
How lyrics are interpreted:
She starts by playing presenting herself as as a happy self-assured person, but we know by her averted gaze to the camera that it's all a facade.
Then the memories of her childhood ah the apple tree... Then the second time when she sings "sometimes a laugh a little to loud" you see the weakness of the character
I never thought anyone could match Frank Sinatra's version of this song but she does just that-with changes to the lyrics to suit a female.
Fine song Miss Lee
✭✭✭✭✭ Thank you, Kind Sir ;-)
Pretty good for a little girl from Jamestown, North Dakota.
Ahhhhhh!
@SeekThePaleSeptember We don't have time for this kind of musicianship nowadays--seems like music today has to beat us over the head with its 'cleverness', or whatever. . . .What have you heard lately that tells this kind of story, in just this way? Listen to Mel Torme's or Nat Cole's versions--like Miss Lee here, they seem to have told us a whole life story in their song--each different, each compelling, each at his or her own pace, with the utmost respect for lyric and music and time.
Be surE to listen to her version of "Is That All There Is?"
“Is That All That Is” : One of my all-time favorites from a time when the world was young.
This was a favorite song of Natalie Wood. Just reading a biography of her's and looked up this song. Kind of sad.
The arrangement isa masterpiece. Who is the arranger?
It isn't by chance I happen to be,
A boulevardier, the toast of Paris.
For over the noise, the talk and the smoke,
I'm good for a laugh, a drink or a jokeI walk in a room, a party or ball,
"Come sit over here" somebody will call.
"A drink for M'sieur, a drink for us all!
But how many times I stop and recall.
Ah, the apple trees,
Blossoms in the breeze,
That we walked among,
Lying in the hay,
Games we used to play,
While the rounds were sung,
Only yesterday, when the world was young.
2. Wherever I go they mention my name,
And that in itself, is some sort of fame,
"Come by for a drink, we're having a game, "
Wherever I go I'm glad that I came.
The talk is quite gay, the company fine,
There's laughter and lights, and glamour and wine,
And beautiful girls and some of them mine,
But often my eyes see a diff'rent shine.
Ah, the apple trees,
Sunlit memories,
Where the hammock swung,
On our backs we'd lie,
Looking at the sky,
Till the stars were strung,
Only last July when the world was young.
Ah, the apple trees,
Blossoms in the breeze,
That we walked among,
Lying in the hay,
Games we used to play,
While the rounds were sung,
Only yesterday, when the world was young.
3. While sitting around, we often recall,
The laugh of the year, the night of them all.
The blonde who was so attractive that year,
Some opening night that made us all cheer.
Remember that time we all got so tight,
And Jacques and Antoine got into a fight.
The gendarmes who came, passed out like a light,
I laugh with the rest, it's all very bright.
Are any of her studio sides of this and "Is That All There Is?" etc. extant? I used to listen to her and other "pop" singers in the mid 60's on the crystal radio I built when AM radio still was a musical format. I know she cut many sides with the Enoch Light Orchestra, but I can't find even badly abused LP's.
Peggy is wonderful, but please listen to Mark Murphy's version from "The Dream." It's on UA-cam as well. Definitive!
I can't find the Nancy Wilson one, though this is excellent, John Jarou
Eartha Kitt for me
Mabel Mercer is my favorite!
Nat King Cole, June Christy....and by all means, that sweet trick (Larry Hart), Marlene Dietrich
I'd swear that's Jimmy Rowles providing the piano accompaniment for the verses
Sinatra's version the best, Though Peggy is my favourite female singer
I call her bopadoodle--six cylinder music.
No, for me it's Peggy, Dinah did a great one too.................
Morgana King's version is superb also. But this is something else again.
Chris N She's not just singing this, she's acting it.
very dramatic !
while i'm a big big fan of miss peggy lee, the best version of this song is done by nancy wilson.
Opinions vary.
***** marlene dietrich?
try Aretha Franklin