Let's Do It by Cole Porter With Original Lyrics

[@Vikkolla]

I'm lithuanian, and I love this song. And I want to do it! Together with Letts! ;))

[@balticbushcraft]

As a Latvian I can confirm that Letts do it! Let's do it!

[@AeolianHall1]

It is a paper roll with holes punched in it, and when you put it in a player piano, you can play it. A player piano is a regular piano with the added feature to play automatically. It typically looks like a big old piano, but there are sliding doors in the front and you put the roll in there. You might like some other of my videos. Thanks for writing

[@samelpaso4433]

Man, this tempo is crazy. Why did people in the 20's do everything so fast? Ahhhhmmmmaaaaaaa-----zzzzzzziiiiiinnnnnggggg.

[@marcgoodman4228]

NO You can always set the tempo where you think it sounds best Air motors cannot always be accurate from piano to piano.

[@gtimny]

Because they used to DANCE the fox trot... The slow mushy readings of many of these 20s Jazz Age classics came along much later when the WWII GIs of the 1940s wanted to "cling" a bit more to their dates!

[@PiotrBarcz]

This is fast? Not at all for the foxtrots of the day!

[@lilypondlane]

At the beginning of the roll it indicates that the tempo setting is 90 for dancing and 80 for singing.

[@JeffHendrie]

If my grandma were still alive, that song and roll would probably be the single inanimate thing that she'd love the most. She was born that year, June 21, 1929, died January 2, 2012. 81 years old, she would've been 82 tomorrow. Explains why I like this song so much, I knew there had to be somthing special about it. Aside the "hidden" joke in the lyrics.

[@llspragulus]

Thanks for your time and recording this!! You and your wonderful piano definitely get a gold star, in my book!

[@visaman]

The song that never ends!

[@Dumpy-_-04]

luv it! I saw midnight in paris with my dad at age 11 ant I fell in love with this song!

[@sbutros]

I love this!!!! I downloaded it about two weeks ago and I am only 3 months old!!!!!

[@AeolianHall1]

Although these rolls are occasionally recut, they leave out the lyrics, although you can write them in yourself. If you want the old, original rolls, there are roll auctions where you can buy them. Go to Mechanical Music Digest on the net and you will find lists of people who have roll auctions

[@Moonlightgrove]

Ilyen volt a második pianínóm:) Még kottáim ma is vannak hozzá. A levegőt alulról egyenletesen két lábpedállal kellett bejuttatni, a zongorába. Sokat pedáloztam, míg hallgattam egy-egy dalt:)

[@domain387]

I will enlighten you: it's a player piano. Sheet rolls (of music) are placed in like a paper towel rack and the piano plays the music piece all by itself using the holes as instructions. I predict it will catch on in the future because all of us here in 1929 love it.

[@AeolianHall1]

It gives a guide on how much vacuum you should be generating by pumping the pedals. In a loud section, you have to pedals faster to make the piano play louder.

[@MyPachina]

Yesterday i saw the film, and i like it. =]] and this melody is one of my favorites//

[@IvothePivote]

Beautiful song! MAkes me feel optimistic 'bout love jajaja xD

[@Magamiam]

I'm so lucky to have found this precious gem being played in such a mode : the player piano or "pianola" in my language :) Thank You very much for having it posted Sir and Happiest of Fourth of Julie !!!!!!!!! ( 2013 )) Minerva ~;~

[@webglider1962]

Excellent quality sound and video. Nothing beats the Duo-art for performance :)

[@AeolianHall1]

That's why I put it on. Try watching my video of "Limehouse Blues" or some of the Minstrel Show rolls.The world has gotten better in the last 80 years, but boy, we have a long way to go.

[@hakonsoreide]

I think you're right about the Lett pun. I got it first time I heard the song, but then I am quite linguistically minded and sort of knew a person from Latvia could be called a Lett already. When we were listening to the new Ella album and the song came on, I pointed out how clever that pun is to my wife, who knows the song really well, and she thought I was just making it up, so I had to explain to her how Latvia is also called Lettland in several languages: the land of the Letts.

[@xMcFlyxBlinkx]

I thank Woody Allen to have shown Cole Porter in Midnight in Paris. I love it now ! (and I'm 16) :)

[@levandiem]

i'm 17 and i know it ;), absolutely in love with jazz :D

[@regina812]

Beautiful, thank you

[@joseluismarianvillar4653]

linda grabacion ......perfecto estado del rollo algo increible.....gracias por compartirla!!!

[@prayharpermusic]

Very enjoyable. Thanks for posting!

[@Dumpy-_-04]

Oh! Thank you so much! You've got GREAT taste of music! I'm gonna check them out ASAP! :)

[@YanaMusicOfficial]

@CamilaSuperFan Absolutely sensational film. New found love for Cole Porter.

[@aknabea]

Nice melody!!

[@TestingTakahashi]

It absolutely did.

[@OnlineTommy]

yup, the point that we heard it and liked it is important.

[@1957MCL]

Fuck karaoke, this was where it was at. Can you imagine the partying that went on around the old pianoly back in the day with a few bottles of bathtub hooch?

[@Hawkeye52431]

@yiaustin94 - Completely agree with you on that - I only had the sketchiest idea of who Cole Porter was and just how fantastic his songs are before Midnight in Paris rolled along!

[@AeolianHall1]

Thank you very much for explaining it. I shall watch the link you sent.

[@AeolianHall1]

At the end of the roll, the number 2812 is printed. That means that this roll was made in Dec. 1928, so the song was probably introduced early in 1928.

[@geraldjampol3120]

The original lyrics are lots of fun as long as you're not offended. I've got to find a voice recording with the original lyrics. Noel Coward's version is very funny.

[@dorothywells-wz5nr]

So dramatic..love it.D

[@AeolianHall1]

Thanks for the comment; I have a few more Cole Porter tunes such as "You Do Something To Me" and "It's De-lovely" that you might enjoy, and I am putting more on KZbin in the near future.

[@richardgreiner9264]

Thank you !

[@AeolianHall1]

@byrdsmaniac Thanks for the comment; I plan to put a lot more rolls on.

[@byrdsmaniac]

@byrdsmaniac To everyone who keeps responding, I have replied ad nauseum that what the young people won't know is WHAT A PLAYER PIANO IS, not this song! Please stop getting on my case about this remark.

[@pianmn199]

Great sounding roll! I will post Ampico version soon.

[@pcab032007]

Donde puedo encontrar estos rollos muy buen aporte gracias

[@byrdsmaniac]

Oh this is great! (Young people won't even know what that is!)

[@byrdsmaniac]

@thatTWINKY I actually meant that they (young people) wouldn't know what a player piano is!

[@gerardbedecarter]

Wow !

[@vanyaborges3936]

I knew the song from the soap Skins Us :o And I loved it since the first time i heard it ^^

[@pianmn199]

Correction - I already posted the Ampico version last Sept.18, 2012 played by Victor Arden.

[@AeolianHall1]

Thanks for the comment, but I am not sure what you mean.

[@AeolianHall1]

Thanks Jim, let me know what titles from this era you want and if I have them I'll put them on.

[@fowlerstephen]

I think it's from an old player piano. The music ran through the piano and it used those marks to play the music. Kind of like the way a music box plays music but on a piano.

[@hotsickle]

Love "It' !

[@bento3dre]

@byrdsmaniac : dear friend, i'm 24 now and i know this song (even before midnight in paris)...don't judge people for it's age

[@jim02026]

Very nice! Roll a bit rough but sounded just fine.

[@robertwesex6490]

''IT''s good! always was!

[@AeolianHall1]

Thanks so much for your comment, and let me plug my channel of AeolianHall1 on YT where I have many videos of historic piano rolls of music that is exactly the same thing people heard 100 years ago. I love it when something becomes "Politically Incorrect" in today's context.

[@ANYA.RIZALI]

How cute

[@gohanr5]

where can i find the piano sheet for this piece? am very interested to play this!

[@AeolianHall1]

If you like Constance Mering, and I do, look up my video of 'Just A Memory'

[@tomatoherb]

@bkghistorian Yeeeeah good thing those aren't the lyrics anymore.

[@xMcFlyxBlinkx]

@KazakageoftheSand Chill out x) I'm telling it just 'cause it's an old song, that's all :).

[@JeffHendrie]

Ah, cool, that makes sence. So the line shows you how hard to pump. Interesting.

[@AeolianHall1]

@webglider1962 Thank you for your email. I plan to put on many more rolls.

[@JeffHendrie]

I just thought of this, what year was this song made? I know (obviously) it's really, really, old... but still.

[@AeolianHall1]

Thanks. I have over 100 more videos you might like.

[@yiaustin94]

@sineadiloveyou I don't really thing it's an appropriate reaction that someone should get upset that a movie introduced people to music. If anything, it's more beneficial for Cole Porter that many people now are familiar with him thanks to Woody Allen. If "Midnight in Paris" didn't have this song on its soundtrack, the amount of people who know Cole Porter would be a lot smaller than what it is now. Music should be embraced for what it is and who made it.

[@gohanr5]

Brilliant! I love it! Do you by any chance have the sheet music for this? I would love to learn it!

[@happibunnE]

@byrdsmaniac Some young people do know a thing or two, believe it or not. (Old people don't even know how to be polite!)

[@JeffHendrie]

What's the little black wavy line for? I'm assuming since it starts at "F" it means it goes from loud to soft and such?

[@naraku_naru]

hehe, the song caught my attention only because of that 'lithuanians do it, letts do it' bit because i'm from latvia myself. nobody really uses letts anymore, though, that's a rather archaic thing that originated back when germans used to govern here, i think. /random history fact

[@jonvgar]

Thank you for wrapping up the mis-interprepation of a historical fact that, as Porter fans, is a tad apparent:)

[@Volf99]

Tank Girl

[@AeolianHall1]

Both the song and the piano roll are from 1929.

[@musicman10201]

Does anyone know what date the piano roll is from?

[@AAErikCO]

Constance Mering brought me here...

[@CamilaSuperFan]

Thumbs up if Midnight in Paris brought you here!!

[@SugarBearMosher]

That's what she said

[@girl73music]

*-* omg, I need the chords/partiture !!!! :D

[@AeolianHall1]

It is from 1929, when the song was new.

[@Volf99]

sorry let me elaborate. The movie tank girl features the song. Here is a link to what I'm referring to.... kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZqHZfnarlL6Yj7c

[@VlogSuxx]

@byrdsmaniac Hey, i don't agree with you, i'm 14 years old and i'm a huge fan of Cole Porter

[@AeolianHall1]

You don't sound that curmudgeonly to me, and thank you very much for your interesting comment in any event.

[@byrdsmaniac]

@sineaddg Me too!

[@gamehelp123ful]

Pls someone make the synthesia piano for this song

[@xMcFlyxBlinkx]

@KazakageoftheSand Anyway, this quarrel had no reason to be so have a good day.

[@newPOPCooL]

I love this song and i have 14 years old !!!

[@LePrince1890]

There is one line I always liked as a double entendre. "What's the use of moth b--ls?"

[@tiberiui4027]

Where can I find this specific music sheet?

[@PiotrBarcz]

You can't find it, it never existed to begin with.

[@sineadiloveyou]

i can't believe that so many people knows Cole Porter just from a movie :S u.u

[@josephwaterford]

Thanks to woody allen

[@HerbziCal]

Forget Midnight in Paris- Doctor Who brought me :)

[@bill3murr]

"DELISHIOUS"....HA. THANK YOU.

[@xMcFlyxBlinkx]

@KazakageoftheSand Lol that's just cliché ! have a talk with a french and then, we'll discuss about it.

[@TravelerKM]

I think I speak for everyone when I say, NO ONE CARES HOW OLD YOU ARE.

[@hinata750]

@byrdsmaniac yea im 18 an i know wat it is lol

[@blubb712]

What's so bad about french people? I'm german and I was in France for several times and the people there seemed very nice

[@xMcFlyxBlinkx]

@KazakageoftheSand Umm what does that have to do with it ? You're going to make me believe that BECAUSE I use this smiley, it means that I'm mentally inferior ? lol, calm down geez !

[@Redrawinginari]

@byrdsmaniac HEY THATS NOT TRUE >=O i love this type of music, better than today's stupid main stream stuff. =D

[@garygordon2572]

Do you know if there are any recuts of this roll with the original lyrics? I am sure the PC crowd we be all over it like stink on sh*t. Cole Porter was simply great. Rudy Valle also does a great rendition with some additional lyrics

[@luannefarmer]

is this stereo, I need Cole Porter songs in stereo but original sounding

[@anonimousehistoria]

Rolls: 20s Singestar

Ok, it's fun to play it on a pianola. But why deliberately detune the thing? It's not mandatory, you know.

[@Nuandy]

and what's that...machine...called? could somebody enlight me? (and i won't tell you my age) :D