In My Merry Oldsmobile - Billy Murray (1905)

[@cherrysdiy5005]

What a different time. So nice to hear a whimsical song about something that would transform society in the decades to come.

[@hajnalkaszabo2900]

My 12 years old son is listening this song all day.

[@owellafehr5191]

The little honkings are so cute!

[@wayneengle4473]

That's an Oldsmobile curved-dash runabout, one of the most famous early cars made in the early 1900s.

[@jessedelgado5006]

Wow it’s been 118 years ago and it still sound better than music in this era.

[@itsyaboizakyree]

yup

[@AlarikSkeldon]

Every generations says the same thing of the newer generation's music

[@-yumefroots-8244]

I agree, but that's just because I really like old music

[@rymairvlogs6673]

I cry tears of Joy when I hear these Songs makes me think about life and the past and How things have changed

[@birdman5939]

I did a sing-along at an old folks home years ago with some friends of mine...One sweet gal there told me that this song was known to be "kind of naughty" when she was young...

[@alwaysbearded1]

It is, you just have to view it the way they did. Sex sells cars. Now and then. They all get you from point A to B so what do you do to sell them?

[@FORAMERICA-tw4it]

Wow I would not be born until 97 years later this is a masterpiece

[@NathanielJordon]

I agree, he was one of the greatest singers of his time.

[@billymurray705]

Damn right

[@charlotteamalie]

One of the greatest singers of ALL time.

[@BaseballPlayer0]

it's 2024 now

[@donbrynelsen2157]

This song proved such a great advertisment, that Oldsmobile awarded the writer a car.😄

[@lesliegibson5964]

In My Merry Oldsmobile 1931 Promotional cartoon. GM Classic Animation this is where i heard this song

[@gonzaloreyna4170]

First heard this song in the 70's

[@axhed]

on the am radio or grandma's phonograph?

[@amirasummers947]

I really like the album cover of the women and the man

[@Honey_Moon_Delight]

que hermosa cancion, mas de 100 años despues y sigue sonando tan hermosa, que bonita portada!!!

[@eugenehuddersfield942]

Great thing - very nice for ears listening - the sound of the Great History of the Automobile era start ..... .... ..... awww, aww ...

[@lisajoy5536]

Gotta love that

[@mrweeds4202]

Best song Ever

[@britishchick09]

Indeed! :)

[@savvas660]

The song is great! I wish there was better sound quality back then...

[@traceydunne7854]

@@aileen9553 she means the crackling

[@alwaysbearded1]

There may be better examples but you can hear people still sing this today in the sound quality you expect. The scratches mean this recording was loved and listened to a lot. I had heard of it but not the whole song until recently when I heard two friends sing it live on line. They sing every day except Fridays live from North Beach. Songs from 1890's to 1930's.

[@lisajoy5536]

My Grandfather was a Metallurgy man on them Oldsmobile s.

[@helengao6093]

This will be my new driving song. 😊

[@NathanielJordon]

That's fascinating, all of my dreams are nightmares, which is strange because i'm a happy person.

[@kdm71291]

If I recall correctly, this was in a beginning song book when I was learning trumpet at 12 years old. (No, the song was not new at the time, haha!)

[@thegregolahorologyclub6799]

That Is Great.

[@NathanielJordon]

Well I am glad it's helping you out. You take care Eirin-Marie.

[@AngelitoBitbit-op6eu]

I love it

[@BentleyTypeR]

I think Olds knew they'd be around for a while. So that's probably why they named themselves Oldsmobile

[@tommyl.dayandtherunaways820]

Also could have been to make themselves seem more established. Oldsmobile just sounds like a company that’s been around forever. You would trust them to have reliable cars.

[@BentleyTypeR]

@@tommyl.dayandtherunaways820 That too

[@JustCalMeBozeman]

It's from the founder's name, Ransom Eli Olds, who also founded REO Motor Car Company.

[@BentleyTypeR]

@@JustCalMeBozeman Interesting

[@shawngregg3796]

MY FIRST CAR WAS A 1963 OLDS F-85 DELUXE SEDAN. I WAS YOUNG AND REALLY LIKED AUTOMOBUBBLING IN IT. LATER I BOUGHT A 1970 OLDS CUTLESS SEDAN FOR 500.00 USD. NAMED IT "ROSEBUD."

[@cameronradtke556]

straight fire 🌋🔥🔥

[@nnahoj123]

I love oldsmobile delta 88 1980 to 1986

[@AMCguy]

lol the double entendre

[@tommyl.dayandtherunaways820]

Would they have had to get an actual Oldsmobile in the studio to do the honking? No studio sound effects back then. It’s too bad these recordings will never be heard as they would have been back in those days (or maybe they always sounded scratchy with how primitive the cylinder technology was? I guess we’ll never know...)

[@solinus7131]

Judging by the sound quality it was actually recorded on a disc (disc and cylinder both existed in 1905) I think they just took out the horn of a car (not sure if it's an Oldsmobile horn)

[@NathanielJordon]

Well I'm glad

[@elias1990eo]

Thanks killing brought me here

[@N0rthsideDonutz]

Smoke weed and roll to this shit homie!!

[@billymurray705]

I can assure you I never smoked weed

[@OlaftheGreat]

How was this content ID'd, this song is 115 years old

[@Birdlives247]

This music is so straightforward. There is little embellishment in the vocals and instrumentation. It"s good music but square. It's before jazz (black) influence was heard on white recordings. Thank you Louis Armstrong, etc. (I may be full of beans. I'm no expert.)

[@Birdlives247]

@PattiBowenSolutions Ragtime may have been influencing white pianists in 1905. The record companies weren't recording them.(?) "White" and "Black" can and should be viewed differently because their music was and is different (James Brown in the 60's. I don't know Rap.), especially in the first days of recording. The races were segregated and there was not a lot of crossover, even on plantations, I would guess. Whites singing was pretty square until records by Louis Armstrong, Ethel Waters, etc. influenced Bing Crosby, etc., as I understand it.

[@Birdlives247]

@PattiBowenSolutions I should read up on it. I'm familiar with Emmett Miller, a very influencial white singer who performed in blackface in minstrel shows and recorded in 1924. (Nick Tosches wrote an unusual book about him.) That was before Louis Armstrong sang on record, I think. I'll read and listen more about it.

[@tommyl.dayandtherunaways820]

Well another thing to consider is that Jazz also came about in the era of electric recording, which completely changed the way artists recorded songs and gave them far more freedom. Back then, the recording was so crude that even if there had been embellishments, you really wouldn’t have heard it over the wall of sound being presented. Singers like Murray had to practically shout to make the themselves heard over the background orchestra, since they all performed live. They also would’ve had to perform the same song over and over and over since only a few hundred copies could be made with each recording. So it would have encouraged them to keep it simple.

[@Birdlives247]

@@tommyl.dayandtherunaways820Interesting. I never knew that there are many "takes" of one song that were released in those days. Perhaps somebody has collected all the takes of a song.by a certain singer. It would be interesting to know when this practice was no longer necessary. It stopped before electrical recording because some acoustic records sold a million copies.

[@budreverterbudreverter8304]

@@Birdlives247 No tan cuadrada. A principios de 1900 causaba furor en EEUU un estilo de canción sincopada, las coon song o canciones de negros muy estrechamente vinculadas con el ragtime. Esta de Billy Murray no tiene síncopa, es una canción al viejo estilo del siglo XIX. Por el compás es claramente un waltz-song.

[@billymurray705]

One of my best, definetely

[@benderbendingrofriguez3300]

This song makes me want to buy an Oldsmobile.

[@Wolfganger]

Cool.

[@IsaacSmelcZhan]

They like to spark in the dark old park

[@NathanielJordon]

Yea np

[@robertchesnosky3508]

IN 1905 OWNING A CAR WAS A LUXURY. MOST FAMILIES STILL HAD HORSES. ( A CARTOON SHOWING A HORSE LOOKING AT A MODEL T AND SAYING " WHATS GOING TO HAPPEN TO ME NOW?")

[@russellsimonds7148]

I fucking looooove this music! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@claudiacantu4795]

i'm playing FH3 with this

[@vinylsingleman]

Even in 1905, was the phrase "you can go as far as you like with me in my Merry Oldsmobile" a double entendre?

[@jonraybon8582]

maybe... but having sex in a car of that era would have been a very uncomfortable, and non private, endeavor

[@Dallas_K]

Going as far as one would like back then would probably have been nothing more than kissing and necking. Shocking enough. Remember the time. Queen Victoria was barely cold in the grave.

[@traceydunne7854]

@@Dallas_K then why didn't humans go extinct you fucking moron?😂😂

[@vinylsingleman]

@@traceydunne7854 That was not necessary.

[@billymurray705]

@@vinylsingleman yes it was

[@NathanielJordon]

Yea there pretty good. What did you guys talk about in your dream?

[@richardgillette5759]

Bill Murray was a singer before turning to comedy

[@traceydunne7854]

How fucking stupid can you be

[@traceydunne7854]

@@aileen9553 i dont mean you I mean the other guy who was talking about BILL murray

[@jellyrollmorton2051]

@@aileen9553 richard was making a joke because there is an actor and comedian alive today named Bill Murray

[@billymurray705]

@@jellyrollmorton2051 hi jelly, Im a fan

[@jellyrollmorton2051]

@@billymurray705 i am also a fan of you. I have several of your discs.

[@スコブル-u9n]

日露戦争の頃か…すごい😱

[@billhenderson2459]

Oldsmobile 442

[@rymairvlogs6673]

This song was in Looney Tunes before

[@RealDrainage]

bonzi buddy can sing it (now a malware)

[@cruz-oy4zv]

i was born in the wrong era 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@williamschlenger1518]

I just to get rid of my 1997 Aurora 😢

[@LukeTheGhostKiller]

Ass, gas or grass? 🦃

[@RBerube76]

I appreciate history, but this guy's voice is just painful.

[@billymurray705]

Say that to my face

[@tommyl.dayandtherunaways820]

Imagine trying to make yourself heard with a full orchestra playing just feet away from you. And imagine your microphone is a massive tube that you have to shout into for 3 minutes. And you have to sing the same song over and over and over because each recording will only get you a few hundred copies. That’s what recording was like back then.

[@zekeg6068]

@@tommyl.dayandtherunaways820 that was in the 1890s, in 1905 sound could be could be copied from just one record

[@SPNKr16]

@@zekeg6068 As a lifelong hobbyist historian I needed this info. Thanks guys.

[@idontlikeseeinglongusernam4589]

This sounds earbleeding & horrible.

[@idontlikeseeinglongusernam4589]

I Hate Haters and Emos! Ok thanks

[@idontlikeseeinglongusernam4589]

I Hate Haters and Emos! 5

[@idontlikeseeinglongusernam4589]

I Hate Haters and Emos! I dont see any other comments from you in this video so you probably go finding hate comments & act triggered Also i noticed you had the wrong "Your" heres the diffrence Your is when you comment on something You're is something that belongs to you

[@NoBrakesGarageTheOriginal]

I dont like seeing long usernames on youtube FU U DUMBASS

[@sambot2363]

HOW DARE YOU SAY THIS SOUNDS HORRIBLE