Our YT Choice of the Video of the Wk. for the 1st Wk. of Dec. 2017 - "Tadeusz Falishewski - Szkoda Twoich Lez Dzewczyno - (1929)".

       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 "It's a Shame that 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 comes up with a twisted title which reads: "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 be a "hot" performer for quite a few years. 

       Please read our comments under this video; other people - commenting - include Dr.240252 who 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. 

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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 Thanksgiving 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 - thanks whole bunch!

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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 Deneuve after divorcing his first wife with whom he had an older daughter. Ms. Deneuve - 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 - and - please - read our comments under this video as well - especially Genia 106's effervescent - responses - to our comments!
   
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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!

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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 Brazilian tenor Orlando Silva - popular in 1939 - Rio de Janeiro to be our choice of our favorite YT video of the week. The sound of Portuguese language is just like the sound of Italian - one can listen to it forever. 

     The producer of this video - Jose Carlos Martins uploads Brazilian 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 Cidades Brinquedo - Original - Raridade".
       The visuals Jose Carlos Martins picks for this piece present Rio de Janeiro - the famous Brazilian 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 - also check this website next week to see which video we will pick as a YT Video of the Week for next week!
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Our YT Choice for the Vid of the Week-1st Wk of Nov.2017-"You and My Guitar - Yana Gray - Tango".

     Yana Gray - American/Russian vocalist has uploaded a terrific Tango video on Sept. 28 - 2015 - titled "You and My Guitar - Tango". Her alto version of this song with the accompaniment of a small orchestra sound very good because her vocals are enhanced - rather than compete with the musicians. You can clearly hear her pleasant, warm alto but you can also discern the skills of the musicians who add to her performance.
     This famous Tango was composed by Jerzy Petersburski - a talented Polish/Jewish composer from the prominent Warsaw family of musicians - famous in the pre-Second World  - Warsaw - a rich mecca of glorious Tangos and other outstanding pieces. From 1930 - until 1939's outbreak of the Second World War - Warsaw flourished - rich in talents of all kinds. Unfortunately - a lot of those gifted artists perished in Hitler's camps or they became war casualties under other war related circumstances.
      Yana Gray's interpretation of this famous song is much different - but no less beautiful than that of Tadeusz Falishewski's (a famous Warsaw cabaret crooner from the same time 1930 - 1939) version - presented by Dr. 240252 on Dec. 03 - 2008 titled "You and My Guitar". Notice our comments under that video. Enjoy both videos!
      Have a good first week of Nov. 2017 - everybody! Chicago had a dreadfully rainy, cold, non-stop three days this week - after which the temperatures dropped like crazy. We fervently hope that it is not a sign of fierce winter to come! As always - please - don't forget to click here next week to find out about our choice of the Video of the Week for next week and keep checking our YT channel tango3721!
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Our YT Video of the Wk for the 4th Wk of Oct.2017 - "HIllary Clinton Greeted by Boos and Shouts 'Fascist' on the Way to Her Honorary Doctorate".

      The lady with a non-descript sounding voice has had a successful YT channel called "Gotcha News Network". She usually picks a current article in the press then she reads parts of it. She uploaded the video titled "Hillary Clinton was booed and called 'fascist'" on Oct. 18 - 2017.
     The English viewers' comments under that video re: Ms. Clinton being granted an honorary Doctorate from the Swansea University Bay - of Wales - ran a gambut of outrageous to absolutely livid regarding Ms. Clinton's receiving that degree for money - they maintain - which will pave way to her teaching post at New York's - Columbia University.
     Ms. Clinton's acceptance speech at the Swansea University condemns Brexit since she holds a Globalistic/No Borders of any kind for the U.S. and other advanced countries - political view - which makes her a darling of all kinds of political refugees and among those a big group is ready to inflict harm on the West using their nefarious "plans" threatening the safety of the U.S and the West; quite a few of those illegals and other similar political criminal elements - also worship her.
     Nigel Farage - is a distinguished English politician who engineered Brexit - whom she not only openly despises but proclaims so to English and American press whenever the mike of any kind is shoved into her face; in addition - she blames also him for her presidential elections 2016 - defeat - the reason number - at least - forty - according to - even - the shamelessly leftist biased American press.
    Mr. Farage's reply to her tirade against him goes something like that - "she is currently making a pathetic spectacle of herself in England - trying to hawk her worthless book full of mostly lies - for twenty English pounds - as if the Clintons didn't accumulate hundreds of millions of dollars while 'serving the American people'". He also added that the Clintons hate and try to destroy everybody who doesn't agree with them and refuses to support them and their questionable - to say the least (while being extremely generous to them) - global enterprises of various dubious kinds.
     At any rate - have a super good week - almost the last one in October; the fall stands in her colorful glory around Chicago - which is - unfortunately - generously infested with all kinds of hoodlums toting illegal guns while they freely crawl the Chicago streets. As always - click on our channel tango3721 and check this website next week to find our choice of the YT Video of the Week for next week!
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