For the third week of Feb.2017 we chose a video uploaded by Dr.240252 on Feb.14-2017 - titled "Ninon - Smile at Me". Dr.240252 chose terrific artwork of Paris circa 1930's since this version of this popular hit from the 1930's is done by a fine French orchestra and a good French tenor.
Dr.240252 uploaded another version of this lovely song several years ago - performed by Jan Kiepura - a sensationally gifted, great looking and sounding - Polish tenor who also appeared in many successful movies in the 1930's. This popular hit has been composed by Bronislaw Kaper - a famous Polish Jewish composer who fled Poland when the Second World War broke out in 1939 when Hitler started his massive campaign against the Jews and a few other minorities - like the Gypsies and homosexuals and several other groups on the order of suspected Communists.
Bronislaw Kaper did some important work in Hollywood - thank God. Jan Kiepura's sensationally successful career lasted many years; he frequently performed with his gorgeous wife, a talented German actress/singer - Martha Egghart - with their marriage also lasting a long time - notwithstanding all the pressures of fame and great popularity with numerous European and international - fans.
When I was a teenager I visited Kiepura's famous, well designed villa in Krynica Zdroj - the mountainous, beautiful Polish resort. The Polish communist government turned his huge house into a resort spa - super luxurious and top notch - all the way. I can still taste the delicious coffee cappuccino with whipped cream - served on the huge patio - clean, spotless and caressed by fragrant, colorful flowers.
This pretty song was performed by Jan Kiepura in a famous, enormously popular Polish movie titled "Tout pour L'Amour" produced in 1933.
Enjoy the video - have a good third week of February 2017 - everybody! As always - please - click here next Thursday or Friday to check out our choice of YT video of the week for next week!
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Thursday, February 16, 2017
Friday, February 10, 2017
Our YT Video of the Week Choice for the 2nd Wk of Feb.2017 - "Fuzzy Wasp - Gypsy Romance by Yana Gray".
For the second week of Feb. 2017 - we chose an extremely original Gypsy/Russian romance titled "Fuzzy Wasp - Gypsy Romance" uploaded on Feb.10-2017 by our friend - a fine alto vocalist - American/Russian performer - Yana Gray who specializes in Russian Gypsy Romances or Old Russian Romances - her most favorite genre - which she mastered.
Yana Gray picks outstanding artwork - as well - for her numerous YouTube videos; for this one she picks ships on the ocean and some wistful - romantic looking couples in love.
Yana Gray picks outstanding artwork - as well - for her numerous YouTube videos; for this one she picks ships on the ocean and some wistful - romantic looking couples in love.
The original lyrics were penned by Rudyard Kipling - a British - nineteen century/beginning twentieth century writer/thinker - an enormously talented one - a poet/novelist - whose works were vilified - as racist.
It's an irony since the "Lefties" of today - use this derogatory term "racist" whenever they can't point to any facts to substantiate their legitimate Leftist claims. This - way - overused derogatory term was actually coined by Leon Trotsky - a despotically power hungry - Bolshevik/Soviet leader - who himself - ended his career on a very tragic note - murdered by his Communist "bodies" - in Mexico - where he thought that he escaped from the Communist power circle of the day; however - in the early 1930's when Stalin "exercised" his reign of Red terror in the Soviet Union - there was no escape from his Communist fury.
It's an irony since the "Lefties" of today - use this derogatory term "racist" whenever they can't point to any facts to substantiate their legitimate Leftist claims. This - way - overused derogatory term was actually coined by Leon Trotsky - a despotically power hungry - Bolshevik/Soviet leader - who himself - ended his career on a very tragic note - murdered by his Communist "bodies" - in Mexico - where he thought that he escaped from the Communist power circle of the day; however - in the early 1930's when Stalin "exercised" his reign of Red terror in the Soviet Union - there was no escape from his Communist fury.
Today's - young and idealistic Lefties - do not care to study the history of Socialism/Communism - since they are misguided ideologs - wanting a "Socialist Paradise" - crammed down everybody's throat.
A lot of the U.S. "Lefties" greatly admired the Soviet Revolution of 1917 - until the truth started to "slip out - en masse". It needs to be noted that many U.S. and International Leftists - fervently extolled the Red Communist propaganda materials - until the truth started to come out in huge droves - as it always does. The simple fact is that in any country in which Socialism (a little "brother" - making a way for Communism) - took power - it's proven to be a total disaster.
The Scandinavian countries - B.T.W. - are not any cockamamie Socialisms/Communisms - each one of them has a big Capitalist factor - in their respective economies; however - B.T.W - their universal health system - is replete with many examples of - severely - rationed care - thus - frequently - crippling and inadequate - where the rich can obtain - a much better medical attention. Thus - we are back to Capitalism.
A Russian/Gypsy Romance composer - Andrey Petrov created this fine piece in 1892 - thus this great sounding Gypsy/Russian musical composition was actually popularized in a successful Soviet movie titled "Rough Romance" from 1984 - directed by a Russian director - Eldar Ryazanov.
At any rate - have a good second week of Feb.2017 - everybody! Happy Valentine's Day to all! If you're in love - keep it in the right kind of love's - mode - since according to many wise sages - love can be blind, deaf, insane and leading to "no good" actions. Needless to say - love can - also - be a great high - which needs to be experienced in order to enhance any human life.
As every week - don't forget to click here next week - either Thurs. or Friday - for our choice of the Video of the Week - for the third week of Feb.2017!
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Thursday, February 2, 2017
For Our YT Video of the Wk. for the 1st Wk. of Feb.2017 - We Choose One by Dr.240252 - Again.
For the first week of Feb.2017 as our YT Video of the Week - we pick - again Dr.240252's work - since his sophisticated but accessible videos are popular with us. He uploaded a very charming, upbeat jazzy work titled "Roaring Twenties - University Six - (The California Ramblers) 1927 - Rosy Cheeks" on Jan 31-2017.
The video features - six talented college students - no doubt - all of them enormously musically talented - having fun with their instrumental solos. The sounds flow - cheery and uplifting. In addition to his interesting musical selections of all sorts - Dr.240252 gives you tons of useful info in a short, condensed manner which always comes handy for impressing people at any party or otherwise - in general. The visuals (artwork) he picks - invariably present intriguing complements to his musical selections.
At any rate - have a good first week of February 2017 and as always do not forget to click here next week - either Thurs. Feb.09 - 17 or Fri. Feb. 10 - 2017 for our next selection of our YT Video of the week!
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The video features - six talented college students - no doubt - all of them enormously musically talented - having fun with their instrumental solos. The sounds flow - cheery and uplifting. In addition to his interesting musical selections of all sorts - Dr.240252 gives you tons of useful info in a short, condensed manner which always comes handy for impressing people at any party or otherwise - in general. The visuals (artwork) he picks - invariably present intriguing complements to his musical selections.
At any rate - have a good first week of February 2017 and as always do not forget to click here next week - either Thurs. Feb.09 - 17 or Fri. Feb. 10 - 2017 for our next selection of our YT Video of the week!
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Thursday, January 26, 2017
Our YT Video of the Wk. Choice for the Wk.of Fri.Jan.27 through Fri.Feb.03.
For the Fourth (Last) Week of Jan. 2017 we chose again a vid by Tengiz Mosidze uploaded on Jan.13-2017 - titled "Tango 'Chicque' by Maria and Alexander Frolovs (a couple - very fine Russian Tango dancers) with Solo Tango Orchestra - Moscow Tango 2017 Fest."
One of my most favorite Tangos' composer Osvaldo Pugliese composed a number of breathtaking Tangos - this one is definitely one of them. Almost flawless performance by this married couple who visibly enjoys their number - features a number of skillfuly executed "Argentine Flicks" which look slightly different than a normal "Flick" which borders on "kicking the partner in the butt" if not carefully done.
The band "Solo Tango Orchestra" prides itself in excellent Tango musicians - especially the enthusiastic piano accompaniment is noteworthy. Back to the dancers - their "Sentadas" or brief sitting on the male dancer's lap by the female partner - are also skillfully executed since this deceptively simple movement - can be easily messed up to look funny. It's especially true - when at times - the male lead is a lot weaker than his female follower which sticks out like a proverbial "fist next to the beautiful face with the nicely shaped - nose".
The only tiny flaw which I noticed in their almost perfect routine was - her fingers all spread out when she was holding on to his back and arm. The fingers need to be elegantly together since when they are spread out (a commonly overlooked detail even by the finest dancers) - they can look like claws ready to claw into some unsuspecting - flesh.
At any rate - it's the last week of January 2017 so - all of us will have a very good one. As always - do not forget to click here next Thurs. Feb.02 - 17 or Fri. Feb.03 - 17 for our Choice of our favorite YT Video of the Week for the first week of Feb. 2017.
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One of my most favorite Tangos' composer Osvaldo Pugliese composed a number of breathtaking Tangos - this one is definitely one of them. Almost flawless performance by this married couple who visibly enjoys their number - features a number of skillfuly executed "Argentine Flicks" which look slightly different than a normal "Flick" which borders on "kicking the partner in the butt" if not carefully done.
The band "Solo Tango Orchestra" prides itself in excellent Tango musicians - especially the enthusiastic piano accompaniment is noteworthy. Back to the dancers - their "Sentadas" or brief sitting on the male dancer's lap by the female partner - are also skillfully executed since this deceptively simple movement - can be easily messed up to look funny. It's especially true - when at times - the male lead is a lot weaker than his female follower which sticks out like a proverbial "fist next to the beautiful face with the nicely shaped - nose".
The only tiny flaw which I noticed in their almost perfect routine was - her fingers all spread out when she was holding on to his back and arm. The fingers need to be elegantly together since when they are spread out (a commonly overlooked detail even by the finest dancers) - they can look like claws ready to claw into some unsuspecting - flesh.
At any rate - it's the last week of January 2017 so - all of us will have a very good one. As always - do not forget to click here next Thurs. Feb.02 - 17 or Fri. Feb.03 - 17 for our Choice of our favorite YT Video of the Week for the first week of Feb. 2017.
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Thursday, January 19, 2017
Our Choice for YT video of the Wk. for the 3rd Wk. of Jan.2017 is "Yana Gray - Dvie Gitary - Old Russian Romance"-uploaded Aug.11-2012.
For the third week of Jan. 2017 we chose Yana Gray's vid from Aug.11-2012 titled "Dvie Gitary - Yana Gray - Old Gypsy/Russian Romance". Yana's husky, sensuous, low voice sunds ideal when she belts out old Gypsy/Russian ballads. This old, beloved classic was performed by tons of great vocalists - however - Yana's version - definitely - stands up well as compared to a lot of other famous interpretations.
The composer of this popular, old tune - is some uncredited unkown author of Hungarian Gypsy Romances with the lyrics penned by Apollon Grigoriev. It needs to be noted that the instrumental arrangement by Vasiliev sounds very fine.
The intriguing looking profile avator which Yana Gray uses is that of a famous silver screen diva - Gloria Swanson who in collaboration with Joseph Kennedy, Sr. - produced quite a few popular movies in the 1920's. He was in his middle thirties - married and with six children - one of which - Kathleen - suffered from severe mental illness for which he decided on lobotomy without his wife's knowledge. They had their daughter permanently committed to institutions all her life. Joseph Kennedy, Sr. was allegedly Nazi symphatizer who - according to widely circulated reports - "wanted to hold his nose and do business with Hitler".
Joseph Kennedy, Sr.'s three year old hot and passionate love/business affair with Gloria Swanson ended suddenly after Gloria called out Joseph in front of some industry partners and friends - referring to him using their joint movie production company money to buy himself a fancy car while their joint movie producing company was "hemorrhaging" money half way into the the filming of their last project - which stopped for quite a while due to production difficulties. They - but mainly Gloria Swanson - lost close to a million dollars in 1920's money - which in today's money would - easily be ten times as much.
At any rate - enjoy Yana Gray and have a super good third week of Jan. 2017! As always click here on either Thurs. Jan. 26 or Fri. Jan. 27 - 2017 to check out our choice for YT Video of the Week for - the 4th week of Jan. 2017!
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The composer of this popular, old tune - is some uncredited unkown author of Hungarian Gypsy Romances with the lyrics penned by Apollon Grigoriev. It needs to be noted that the instrumental arrangement by Vasiliev sounds very fine.
The intriguing looking profile avator which Yana Gray uses is that of a famous silver screen diva - Gloria Swanson who in collaboration with Joseph Kennedy, Sr. - produced quite a few popular movies in the 1920's. He was in his middle thirties - married and with six children - one of which - Kathleen - suffered from severe mental illness for which he decided on lobotomy without his wife's knowledge. They had their daughter permanently committed to institutions all her life. Joseph Kennedy, Sr. was allegedly Nazi symphatizer who - according to widely circulated reports - "wanted to hold his nose and do business with Hitler".
Joseph Kennedy, Sr.'s three year old hot and passionate love/business affair with Gloria Swanson ended suddenly after Gloria called out Joseph in front of some industry partners and friends - referring to him using their joint movie production company money to buy himself a fancy car while their joint movie producing company was "hemorrhaging" money half way into the the filming of their last project - which stopped for quite a while due to production difficulties. They - but mainly Gloria Swanson - lost close to a million dollars in 1920's money - which in today's money would - easily be ten times as much.
At any rate - enjoy Yana Gray and have a super good third week of Jan. 2017! As always click here on either Thurs. Jan. 26 or Fri. Jan. 27 - 2017 to check out our choice for YT Video of the Week for - the 4th week of Jan. 2017!
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Thursday, January 12, 2017
Our YT Choice for the Vid of the Wk - 2nd Wk of Jan.2017:Tengiz Mosidze "Tango 'Patetico' with Solo Tango Orchestra" Tango 2016 from Dec.16-2016.
For the second week of Jan. 2017 we chose a video by a Georgian YT videos' producer who comes up with a lot of Moscow's Tango Festivals - Tango dancers' videos. The one which we chose was done by two Russian Tango dancers - Olga Nikola and Dmitryi Kuznetsov. Moscow - Russia has a big followiong of Argentine Tango - lovers.
Judging by the perfect moves of those two - Tango is the only thing they do - day in and day out. The small Tango orchestra called "Solo Tango Orchestra" does a great job of performing a famous Tango by an outstanding Tango composer - Oswaldo Pugliese who composed a number of beautiful Tangos. This one is called "Patetico" and the "Solo Tango Orchestra" arranges and plays it - flawlessly.
Of course their moves are highly choreographed for the stage so when I and my friends dance either American Tango or Argentine Tango in our favorite Ballroom studio - our moves are simplier and easier. Notice when he executes the "flicks" typical for the Argentine Tango style - they are done in a professioanl manner - otherwise - they might look as if he is kicking her in the butt.
Enjoy the video and have a super good second week of January 2017! As always don't forget to click here next week - either Thurs. Jan.19 - 2017 or Fri.Jan.20 - 2017!
Copyright@L.Hadley and Associates 2017
Judging by the perfect moves of those two - Tango is the only thing they do - day in and day out. The small Tango orchestra called "Solo Tango Orchestra" does a great job of performing a famous Tango by an outstanding Tango composer - Oswaldo Pugliese who composed a number of beautiful Tangos. This one is called "Patetico" and the "Solo Tango Orchestra" arranges and plays it - flawlessly.
Of course their moves are highly choreographed for the stage so when I and my friends dance either American Tango or Argentine Tango in our favorite Ballroom studio - our moves are simplier and easier. Notice when he executes the "flicks" typical for the Argentine Tango style - they are done in a professioanl manner - otherwise - they might look as if he is kicking her in the butt.
Enjoy the video and have a super good second week of January 2017! As always don't forget to click here next week - either Thurs. Jan.19 - 2017 or Fri.Jan.20 - 2017!
Copyright@L.Hadley and Associates 2017
Friday, January 6, 2017
Our Choice of Favorite Video of the Week for the First Week of 2017 - We Picked Dr.240252's Vid uploaded on Dec.1-2016 titled- "Skuczno - 'Drearily' -Vocals by Pyotr Leshchenko with His Orchestra".
For the first week of 2017 we picked for the second time as our YT Video of the Week Feature - Dr. 240252's Video uploaded on Dec.01-2016 - titled "Pyotr Leshchenko's 'Skuczno' - by Pyotr Leschenko and his Orchestra". Dr. 240252 always comes up with magnificent visuals/artwork for his musical selections. The Tango which he picked sounds great - unfortunately - the lyricist and the composer - are - both - uncredited. Leshchenko's vocals accompanied by his orchestra never disappoint - his understated flood of feelings always comes through in a masterfully restrained manner.
Leshchenko's stormy life and no less turbulent career are examined at length in a TV serial produced by the Ukrainian TV in 2013 - with its most important parts - available on YouTube. The talented Ukrainian actor/singer - Konstantin Khabensky - channels Pyotr Leshchenko's personality in a skillful manner while he conveys the singer's passions without any excessive melodrama.
The great operatic legend of the nineteen thirties - Fyodor Shalapin - paid a big homage to the "King of 'Crooner's'" of his day - Pyotr Leshchenko - by applauding loudly at the end of Leshchenko's performance and calling him - "King of the Plastic Records" which - by the way - sold like crazy with Leshchenko's numerous beautiful Tangos and Old Romances - in the late nineteen thirties.
After the Second World War broke out in 1939 - Leshchenko's life and his career became entangled in Nazi Germany's - Hitler's and later - in Stalin's (Soviet Russia's - strongman who killed estimated 4 million innocent people) - dictatorial political storms - until Leshchenko's tragic early death in the Romanian labor camp fashioned after Stalin's huge net of hard labor penal colonies/gulags - death traps to many innocent - frequently - creative people - of which a lot of them were famous and talented ones - who somehow "offended" the dictatorial powers of the day; many of them languished for years in jails/camps after being sentenced by "revolutionary" courts which handed down long prison sentences - left and right - after the trumpeted up, phony charges were quickly handed down.
At any rate - have a good first week of 2017 and as always - don't forget to click here a week from today!
Copyright@L. Hadley and Associates 2025
Leshchenko's stormy life and no less turbulent career are examined at length in a TV serial produced by the Ukrainian TV in 2013 - with its most important parts - available on YouTube. The talented Ukrainian actor/singer - Konstantin Khabensky - channels Pyotr Leshchenko's personality in a skillful manner while he conveys the singer's passions without any excessive melodrama.
The great operatic legend of the nineteen thirties - Fyodor Shalapin - paid a big homage to the "King of 'Crooner's'" of his day - Pyotr Leshchenko - by applauding loudly at the end of Leshchenko's performance and calling him - "King of the Plastic Records" which - by the way - sold like crazy with Leshchenko's numerous beautiful Tangos and Old Romances - in the late nineteen thirties.
After the Second World War broke out in 1939 - Leshchenko's life and his career became entangled in Nazi Germany's - Hitler's and later - in Stalin's (Soviet Russia's - strongman who killed estimated 4 million innocent people) - dictatorial political storms - until Leshchenko's tragic early death in the Romanian labor camp fashioned after Stalin's huge net of hard labor penal colonies/gulags - death traps to many innocent - frequently - creative people - of which a lot of them were famous and talented ones - who somehow "offended" the dictatorial powers of the day; many of them languished for years in jails/camps after being sentenced by "revolutionary" courts which handed down long prison sentences - left and right - after the trumpeted up, phony charges were quickly handed down.
At any rate - have a good first week of 2017 and as always - don't forget to click here a week from today!
Copyright@L. Hadley and Associates 2025
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