For the first week of Dec. 2017 - we chose a vintage Tango uploaded by our friend Dr. 240252 on Nov. 10 - 2012 titled "Tadeusz Falishewski - Szkoda Twoich Lez - Dziewczyno - (1929)". The title translates loosely as "Its a Shame You Shed Tears - Woman."
The composer - Artur Gold and the lyricist - Andrzej Wlast - were the enormously famous and talented Tango "duo" in Warsaw from 1929 - 1939 where many other equally talented composers and lyricists came up with the most beautiful Tangos ever written - totally on par with other famous Tango greats in Argentina, France and other countries where Tango was popular.
As every wildly popular song does - this Tango also "spawned" lots of parodies. One of them twisted the title to "It's a Shame You Were Born - To Cause Problems - Woman". The lyricist - Andrzej Wlast was also a celebrated producer of popular cabaret shows - attended by most A-listers of all the important layers of Warsaw's upper crust - circa 1929 - 1939 - so he could get a date with a lot of Warsaw's talented beauties of the day. However - it was widely rumored that he fell hard for a beautiful chorus girl - Vera Bobrowska who loved her "career" a lot more than any men in her tempestuous life. Even though - according to their contemporaries - she was gifted with very minimal performing talents - nevertheless - being blessed instead - with tons of self-promotion "gifts" - she managed to bo a "hot" performer for quite a few years. Please read our comments under this video; other people including Dr.240252 also comes up with interesting theories re: Ms. Bobrowska self-promotion and ensuing - popularity.
Have a great first week of December 2017 - everybody and please - click here next week to find out which video we will pick for the video of the week - next week. As always - continue clicking on our channel tango3721 - we appreciate it and send you a big hug!
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Wednesday, November 29, 2017
Thursday, November 23, 2017
Our Choice for YT Vid of the Wk - the Thanksgiving 2017 Wk.-"Tango Aus Berlin-Eric Harden-1930".
For this Thanksgiving 2017 - week - we chose a Thanksgiving 2009 - Video uploaded by Dr. 240252 on Nov. 20 - 2009 - titled "Tango Aus Berlin-Eric Harden Tanz Orchestra - 1930". The composer of this Tango - Ludwig Schmidseder came up with several well-known German Tangos in the 1930's - but he was also famous for playing a huge instrument resembling a church organ - it looks like a gigantic clavicord with many keyboards.
The lyrics were penned by a less well-known lyricist - Ralph Siegel. The Eric Harden Orchestra's arrangement - keeps an even, ten beat measure - perfect for dancing. The vocals are brief - frequently done that way in German Tangos - they call them "Refreingesungen".
After you read the condensed comments under this video - your will notice how meaningful they sound - especially the one by yours truly - the editor of this column. I thought for a while of how my life has changed since that memorable Thanksgiving 2009. It got much better - for sure - which is always terrific - even if eight years ago - things were also interesting and fun - but in a different manner. One has to have a positive outlook on life's changes but at times it requires some "positive spinning".
At any rate - have a great Thangsgiving Weekend 2017 - everybody! Don't forget to click here next week to check on our choice of YT Video of the Week for next week and as always - continue clicking on our YT website - tango3721 - thanks whole bunch!
Copyright@L.Hadley and Associates 2017
The lyrics were penned by a less well-known lyricist - Ralph Siegel. The Eric Harden Orchestra's arrangement - keeps an even, ten beat measure - perfect for dancing. The vocals are brief - frequently done that way in German Tangos - they call them "Refreingesungen".
After you read the condensed comments under this video - your will notice how meaningful they sound - especially the one by yours truly - the editor of this column. I thought for a while of how my life has changed since that memorable Thanksgiving 2009. It got much better - for sure - which is always terrific - even if eight years ago - things were also interesting and fun - but in a different manner. One has to have a positive outlook on life's changes but at times it requires some "positive spinning".
At any rate - have a great Thangsgiving Weekend 2017 - everybody! Don't forget to click here next week to check on our choice of YT Video of the Week for next week and as always - continue clicking on our YT website - tango3721 - thanks whole bunch!
Copyright@L.Hadley and Associates 2017
Wednesday, November 15, 2017
Our Choice of YT Video of the Week for the 4th Week of Nov. 2017(Thanksgiving Wk) - "La Dolce Vita-Marcello Mastroianni-Anita Eckberg-O Sole Mio-Dajos Bela".
For this Thanksgiving Week - the fourth Week of Nov. 2017 - for our Youtube Video of the Week - we chose a sparkling, thought-provoking and fun - video - produced by our New Yorker friend, an expert writer on Entertainment "landmarks" - Genia 106. Her newest video titled "La Dolce Vita-Marcello Mastroianni-Anita Eckberg-O Sole Mio-Dajos Bela" was posted on Nov. 14 - 2017. She picked the musical piece for this video - a fabulous instrumental arrangement of an old Italian classic - "O Sole Mio" performed by an orchestra led by a famous musician from 1920's - an extremely versatile musical genius - Dajos Bela - for this clip.
A prominent Italian silver screen leading man - the star of the movie "La Dolce Vita" - Marcello Mastroianni - had many publicized affairs with famous, talented and glamorous movie stars in the nineteen sixties but he eventually married an international and French movie star - Catherine Denevue after divorcing his first wife with whom he had an older daughter. Ms. Denevue - a beautiful French movie Goddess gave birth to Marcello's younger daughter - Chiarra - a good looking and talented singer/actress in her own right - well known to a younger generation of Marcello's fans.
If you watch the famous movie "La Dolce Vita" by Fellini - you will - most likely - either like it a lot or dislike to the same degree. The clips which Genia 106 have chosen do capture the spirit of that famous film.
At any rate - have a super good and fun - Thanksgiving Week coming up. The Thanksgiving has always been my most favorite holiday of the year - with my second favorite being the New Year's Eve. Some Thanksgivings - the picturesque hills - here in my hilly "turf" - are covered in a layer of an early snow - which gives this mountainous area - a fairy tale like - appearance.
As always do not forget to click here - next week to check on our choice of YT Video of the Week for the following week. Also keep clicking on our YT Channel - tango3721 and - please - read our comments under this video as well as Genia 106's effervescent - response!
Copyright@L.Hadley and Associates 2017
A prominent Italian silver screen leading man - the star of the movie "La Dolce Vita" - Marcello Mastroianni - had many publicized affairs with famous, talented and glamorous movie stars in the nineteen sixties but he eventually married an international and French movie star - Catherine Denevue after divorcing his first wife with whom he had an older daughter. Ms. Denevue - a beautiful French movie Goddess gave birth to Marcello's younger daughter - Chiarra - a good looking and talented singer/actress in her own right - well known to a younger generation of Marcello's fans.
If you watch the famous movie "La Dolce Vita" by Fellini - you will - most likely - either like it a lot or dislike to the same degree. The clips which Genia 106 have chosen do capture the spirit of that famous film.
At any rate - have a super good and fun - Thanksgiving Week coming up. The Thanksgiving has always been my most favorite holiday of the year - with my second favorite being the New Year's Eve. Some Thanksgivings - the picturesque hills - here in my hilly "turf" - are covered in a layer of an early snow - which gives this mountainous area - a fairy tale like - appearance.
As always do not forget to click here - next week to check on our choice of YT Video of the Week for the following week. Also keep clicking on our YT Channel - tango3721 and - please - read our comments under this video as well as Genia 106's effervescent - response!
Copyright@L.Hadley and Associates 2017
Wednesday, November 8, 2017
Our YT Choice for the Video of the Week for the 3rd Week of Nov.2017 - "Autumn Roses - Tango - 1932".
For an exciting story of an immigrant who "makes good" in the U.S as she passes through various exciting, diverse stages at different times of her life - click the secure Amazon.com website - then find "Tango Fire" - the Memoirs" - by Lana Hadley - you will love that version of our story.
Our choice of the Video of the Week for this coming - third week of Nov. 2017 - is the upload of an old Tango from 1932 titled "Autumn Roses - Tango - 1932" - produced by our friend - a sophisticated author of many beautiful videos - Dr. 240252 - published on Nov. 06 - 2017.
The magnificent lyrics are penned by a famous Warsaw lyricist/famous Warsaw cabarets owner - Andrzej Wlast - author of the lyrics to many terrific old Tangos in Warsaw circa from 1930 - through 1939. The music was composed by Arthur Gold who also came up with tons of great Tangos at that time.
Mieczyslaw Fogg handles the vocals in the top notch manner - with his tradmark being the soft and understated emotional delivery - hard to achieve. Fogg had been famous in Poland and abroad as a Polish and an international "crooner" - well known all over the world whose distinguished career lasted a very long time. He always looked good and sounded even better; of course - as a young performer his youth contributed a lot to his glowing appearance but as he got older - he never lost his attractive image which kept changing as he aged.
I have recently relocated from Chicago to a smaller, friendlier area - as familiar to me as Chicago; it's a hilly vicinity of New York which I like much better than Chicago for a lot of diverse reasons. You can read my comments under this video to which Dr. 240252 gives an excellent response. He is an extremely erudite and well educated guy.
Everybody and all of us will have a super good third week of November 2017 and as always - keep clicking on our YT channel tango3721 plus - as every week - please - don't forget to click here next week to find out our choice of YT Video of the Week for next week!
Copyright@L.Hadley and Associates 2017
Our choice of the Video of the Week for this coming - third week of Nov. 2017 - is the upload of an old Tango from 1932 titled "Autumn Roses - Tango - 1932" - produced by our friend - a sophisticated author of many beautiful videos - Dr. 240252 - published on Nov. 06 - 2017.
The magnificent lyrics are penned by a famous Warsaw lyricist/famous Warsaw cabarets owner - Andrzej Wlast - author of the lyrics to many terrific old Tangos in Warsaw circa from 1930 - through 1939. The music was composed by Arthur Gold who also came up with tons of great Tangos at that time.
Mieczyslaw Fogg handles the vocals in the top notch manner - with his tradmark being the soft and understated emotional delivery - hard to achieve. Fogg had been famous in Poland and abroad as a Polish and an international "crooner" - well known all over the world whose distinguished career lasted a very long time. He always looked good and sounded even better; of course - as a young performer his youth contributed a lot to his glowing appearance but as he got older - he never lost his attractive image which kept changing as he aged.
I have recently relocated from Chicago to a smaller, friendlier area - as familiar to me as Chicago; it's a hilly vicinity of New York which I like much better than Chicago for a lot of diverse reasons. You can read my comments under this video to which Dr. 240252 gives an excellent response. He is an extremely erudite and well educated guy.
Everybody and all of us will have a super good third week of November 2017 and as always - keep clicking on our YT channel tango3721 plus - as every week - please - don't forget to click here next week to find out our choice of YT Video of the Week for next week!
Copyright@L.Hadley and Associates 2017
Thursday, November 2, 2017
Our Choice of YT Vid of the Wk - for the 2nd Wk.of Nov.2017-"Orlando Silva Canta Cidade Brinquedo-Original-Raridade".
For a super entertaining experience - to read a personal story - a page turner - absorbing, fast moving - the story of a naturalized American - making her way in the U.S. - click immediately:
You will be on a secure Amazon - booksellers' - website - find "Tango Fire - the Memoir" by Lana Hadley.
This week we picked a beautiful Brasilian tune sang by a talented Brasilian tenor Orlando Silva - popular in 1939 - Rio de Janeiro to be our choice of our favorite YT video of the week.The sound of Portugese language is just like the sound of Italian - one can listen to it forever.The producer of this video - Jose Carlos Martins uploads Brasilian and Italian vocal performers - most of his uploads sound and look excellent. The tune we picked for this week was uploaded on Oct. 14-2017 - very recently. The title of this video - again - "Orlando Silva Canta Cidade Brinquedo - Original - Raridade".
The visuals Jose Carlos Martins picks for this piece present Rio de Janeiro - the famous Brasilian city - in English - "River of January" through the artistic prism of an excellent black and white photographer. The snapshots of 1939 Rio de Janeiro capture the spirit of that time.
At any rate - everybody will have a super good second week of November 2017 and as always - keep clicking on our channel tango3721 and also check this website next week to see which video we will pick as a YT Video of the Week for next week!
Copyright@L.Hadley and Associates 2019
You will be on a secure Amazon - booksellers' - website - find "Tango Fire - the Memoir" by Lana Hadley.
This week we picked a beautiful Brasilian tune sang by a talented Brasilian tenor Orlando Silva - popular in 1939 - Rio de Janeiro to be our choice of our favorite YT video of the week.The sound of Portugese language is just like the sound of Italian - one can listen to it forever.The producer of this video - Jose Carlos Martins uploads Brasilian and Italian vocal performers - most of his uploads sound and look excellent. The tune we picked for this week was uploaded on Oct. 14-2017 - very recently. The title of this video - again - "Orlando Silva Canta Cidade Brinquedo - Original - Raridade".
The visuals Jose Carlos Martins picks for this piece present Rio de Janeiro - the famous Brasilian city - in English - "River of January" through the artistic prism of an excellent black and white photographer. The snapshots of 1939 Rio de Janeiro capture the spirit of that time.
At any rate - everybody will have a super good second week of November 2017 and as always - keep clicking on our channel tango3721 and also check this website next week to see which video we will pick as a YT Video of the Week for next week!
Copyright@L.Hadley and Associates 2019
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