Max Raabe Live - You're the cream in my coffee...

[@jourwalis-8875]

100 years young this year! Marvellous!

[@damuses1452]

Sadly drummer Vincent Riewe (seen at 2:02) passed away at age 57 in March 2017. He was instrumental (nevermind the pun) in the rise of Max Raabe and the Palast Orchestra. May his soul rest in peace.

[@FlowersInHisHair]

Absolutely perfect. I actually like the slightly-too-fast tempo, gives everything a carefree, funtime feel.

[@HIBERNIAN04]

Max is the coolest man in the EU

[@dfmalo8]

Well: good music can be that simple and yet it is so complicated to hit the right note! Max and his orchestra master this perfectly!

[@jean6872]

Perfect rendition. We'd be lost without Max.

[@stitchjones7134]

My 5 year old loves this tune.

[@enirizoldi8088]

Maravilha, espetacular. Cantor que deixa a orquestra se apresentar. Parabéns 🎉a todos. Nota 10

[@misterwhitman4368]

I love the way Max sings!

[@ceemosp]

I am sick of people hijacking a thread to bombard the rest of the world with their blinkers-type of view - a view that nobody but themselves care about. Can't people simply enjoy things like good music without trying to produce themselves? Max Raabe and the Palast Orchestra play excellent music of a bygone era that you are hard pressed to find nowadays. I love it!

[@sassora]

Why isn't this not on Spotify now? :(

[@MCvantenHaarlen]

Unglaublich, eben die Krönung dieses Zeitalters. Bravo Max Raabe!

[@roccovitiello7031]

Nice to see that this band can jazz things up ...those music makers are very talented

[@Bobchai]

Best version EVER of this classic American song. His group is probably the best orchestral jazz troupe in history, a great song. But who is this gorgeous violist? I could look it up, but she just makes this band fabulous,

[@EditionsChloeDesLys]

It's the exact replica of the version of Jack Hylton in 1928 just a little faster. It's absolutely wonderfull, he brings you back in the 30s!

[@AvitalShtap]

LOL, listening them back to back makes me realize you're completely right - Jack Hylton's version has always been my fave and I was delighted to hear Max Raabe made a cover! It is really like a "nightcore" version 😂nevertheless Max Raabe & Palaste is always a treat and I dream of seeing them!

[@jourwalis-8875]

Or rather 100 years back to 1923!

[@MsLemonPeach]

Bei diesem Lied und "Avalon" muß ich immer auf meinem Stuhl rumhoppsen. Danke für's reinstellen.

[@bettinagerloff7810]

Ach dear Herr Raabe. How wundervoll. Machen'se weiter. Mein Opa väterlicherseits war in der; wie man heute sagen würde; Leipziger Szene gut vernetzt. Er kannte die Bohamiens und ausländischen Bürger , die jüdischen Mitbürger sowieso. Ich hoffe Ihre Musik hält die Erinnerung wach.

[@MissJulie2009]

Swing Lives! Love Tom's dirty trumpet solo - yeah, man!!

[@autocraftguate]

Max Raabe es uno de mis cantantes Favoritos. Ojala algún día pueda ver su Orquesta en Vivo.

[@1276epr]

With the saxes, splash cymbals, tuba, banjo, violin lead and scat breaks he sure creates a sound pretty darn close to original, perhaps even better than hearing it on a 78 with scratches, clicks, hisses, etc. And it's a little embarrasing that the country that originally composed and popularized great songs like this one never fostered a rebirth of such a fabulous presentation.

[@FlowersInHisHair]

Great bands (like this) make sure that great music (like this) never dies!

[@Tecun85]

This is wonderful stuff, I think I just found one of my new favorite bands.

[@akmarie]

I saw this performances last night & fell in love with his music!

[@GorillaProduction38]

You're right young man. You are what you eat, do, wear, think, read, like or listen to. The whole world plunged itself into a whirl of bad taste and ignorance

[@RicardoNormannMiranda]

Saudades de uma época que nunca vivi....

[@MargaretSchmid-c9f]

Me too! Greetings from Vienna, austria!

[@BytomGirl]

Wonderful, watching their concert right now on PBS.

[@LumikkiJa7rutlessia]

gah I'm gonna see them live today! I'm so excited!

[@marthaterrazas6426]

Great musicians !!Greetings

[@thornie123]

If more people listened to this type music there would be less hate and crime in the world. Glenn Miller etc, its all wonderful. Instead of songs about hate and murder and drugs, this music was fun and you could have a good time listening to it. im only 17 years old and i LOVE this kind of music.

[@JohnJRevitte]

Outstanding!

[@martinwebb5588]

Great stuff ... who could keep their feet still listening to this, or your head for that matter ... super fun.

[@FlowersInHisHair]

I'm in love. With every single member of this band.

[@franciscouceta2529]

¡Me muero del gustazoooo! ¡Qué preciosidad!

[@lawrencephelps3181]

Wow! Sounds just like the 1920s!

[@wissing4]

thornie123. I am so happy to hear that my teenagers are not the only ones positively influenced by this type of music. I agree with you 100%. Reading your comment is refreshing.

[@hipocampelofantocame]

Marlene Dietrich sang this song for her screen test for Die blaue Engel, and did a humorous version. Max also does a beautiful job. It's a treat to hear some real music again.

[@platinumvocalchords]

Yeah I saw the show. Never heard of him either, now I'm hooked!

[@shenhuazhang848]

Es gefällt mir sehr!

[@Sliepnir2006]

Aah back to the days of Jazz and dance bands wonderful..

[@JVTeragarden]

What a great job of recreating the music, and particularly the mood.

[@1276epr]

Bacchusland: you are 100% correct, he certainly embodies a throwback to an elegant era, including a superb performance from his orchestra. -Eric, USA

[@antequem]

Excellent fox trot avec lequel Marlene Dietrich a passé en 1929 ses essais pour être engagée dans '' l'ange bleu ''par Josef von Sternberg . ici, excellente reconstitution musicale assez proche des interprétations de Paul Whiteman , à l'époque !.. Merci et bravo !

[@antequem]

+LeBrebisGalleux Avis tout personnel ! l'une comme l'autre avait des talents vocaux assez discutables... personnellement , je trouve que Zarah Leander chantait comme une animatrice de cabaret lesbien , avec voix de rogomme ...mais , c'est un simple avis qui ne concerne que moi !

[@antequem]

un contralto à chansonnettes , alors.! ne pas confondre voix trop grave pour une femme avec contralto d'opéra ! pour de vrais contralti, voir Sigrid Arnoldson , Cloe Elmo,, Joclyne Taillon, etc ... ..

[@antequem]

***** Ce n'est pas du mépris , c'est juste une mise en perspective de deux genres dont l'un est inférieur à l'autre...on peut aimer la chansonnette , ce n'est pas interdit ...comme il n'est pas défendu de penser que le chant lyrique est tout autre chose...

[@antequem]

+LeBrebisGalleux ça , cher monsieur , ce n'est QUE votre problème !

[@antequem]

Alleluia !

[@MrUnidyne]

My bother just turned me on to this group. I simply LOVE it!

[@guillermawulbrandt6128]

Yo también pregunto ¿este genio todavía existe??existe PALAST Orchestra? ?? Tiene la edad de uno de mis hijos aquí en ARGENTINA! !! Alguna vez andará por Argentina? ??👍👍👍💓💓💓💓👏👏👏👏👏

[@sant2k1]

Extraordinario, el y su orquesta!

[@tollbach]

@Bobchai Her name is Hanne Berger. She left the band in 2007 :-( Now her place is taken by another beautiful violist Cecilia Crisafulli

[@RatPfink66]

What smashing music - as always in the Max Raabe manner!

[@Wait..what53]

Du bist so gut!

[@ProvocativeSloth]

My arms are flailing and my feet are high kicking to this one!

[@charlottearnoux]

I'm seeing then at Carnigie Hall on March 4, I'm SOOO excited!!

[@konradgeorges211]

Excellent chanteur...qui chante parfaitement dans le style des années 20-30... mi ténor, mi haute-contre.

[@elenarudillapuig6484]

¡¡preciosa orquesta de mx raabe!!!!!! genial artista, cuando por españa? estamos con muchas ganas de veros

[@JPurdy-yj3yg]

Avisa cuando vengan. Jej. Los acabo de conocer y estoy flipando.

[@13Primzahl]

maaan, now you are really cool! thanks for sharing this with us!!! ...

[@manfredsukrow2197]

DANKE😘

[@MacHamish]

I'm a new fan!

[@fredjmp]

Great!!!*****5 stars Thanks!!

[@Sperruzza90]

Dietrich and Raabe!!!!!achhh was für Deutsche Vorbilde!!

[@albertosanmartin1876]

SEÑORES MUSICOS!!!

[@roybo1930]

@chkjns I just LOVE THIS GUY!!! He`s just AWESOME, And is helping to keep these WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL, songs alive! Thank You chkins for sharing this weit Me.

[@Corrie121]

Wow !!! This is superb ! Thanks for sharing.

[@Dosdo]

Thanks for the video! They are fantastic.

[@KB4QAA]

Fabulous!

[@christianbarchelard7914]

MAGNIFIQUE...ENCORE

[@Rosangela161]

Fantastic! Thanks

[@paulostroff99]

Happy fun jazz. TY.Candy.

[@MightySaturn5]

great recording

[@javakogan]

Thank you so much for posting This is great!!

[@Kanezeran]

5 people are lost without her

[@thornie123]

@thornie123 This is true talent. Being able to play a real instrument and putting it all together, with class that lets people forget about their problems and the worlds problems (even if only for a little while) i mean what is not to love about that?

[@peterlarsen1000]

Heard him before...very good. Rosa Larsen

[@6K6R]

Great posting Thumbs up my friend Claude

[@rainbowtoesocks]

Fabulous

[@RazSkull673]

Fun music, where has all the fun music gone? I seriously hate the modern stuff they call music these days...

[@ThePilot314]

@thornie123 Hei brother in mind! YOU ARE SOOOOOOOOOOO RIGHT!!!!!!!! Thank you and welcome to our small "club" and go on with your way of thinking. God bless you. Jo from Germany

[@jourwalis-8875]

I doubt that they could have done a better version back in 1923!

[@HjalleXIII]

he´s at cool cat and i´m glad that he and the rest is coming till sweden!!!

[@coskuntoktamis]

I agree completely!!!!

[@84Raphael]

J'aime que se soit en Français ou dans d'autres langue, j'en ais que foutre des années 30 !

[@84Raphael]

+Made in Saxen über alles J'aime que ce soit en Français ou dans d'autres langues, j'en ai que foutre des années 30 !

[@byline7844]

@ralphrita1 - I agree. Max is superb, as always - and this tune showcases the orchestra so well. Hard to beat this version of a wonderful old standard.

[@philippeachourite5642]

super!!!!!

[@LumikkiJa7rutlessia]

Me too! Max Raabe

[@chadthediary]

omg, he is very cute!!!

[@RUBYSSHOES]

ohhh i'm in Heaven...

[@BardCoennius]

My only criticism of the too-fast tempo is that it really doesn't get the lyrics a chance to shine. One thing about popular song from that period is that the lyrics are just as brilliant as the music, if not moreso. It's poetry, and needs to be savored. Although Sinatra was much later than this group's period (he really didn't come into his own until well into the 1940s), it's something "Ol Blue Eyes understood very well. Lyricists like Lorenz Hart, Cole Porter, Ira Gershwin, Buddy Da Silva, Al Dubin, Johnny Mercer - they hardly exist anymore. This is an amazing group and I think they are top-notch at what they do, but if I could make one suggestion, it would be slow the tempo down to the point that the singer can actually tell the story. There is a wonderful verse: "I'm not a poet - how well I know it - I've never been a raver... "But when I look at you - I rave a bit, it's true.." "I'm lost without you - can't live without you - you give my life it's flavor..." You can look up the rest for yourself, but the rhyme scheme is nothing short of brilliant - and Buddy Da Sylva and Lew Henderson were only two of so many brilliant lyricists of that time period. If that isn't poetry worthy of Willy Shakes, I don't know what is that's been written in the last 100 years or so.

[@StevenTorrey]

Gotta like the 1930s Art deco,Tuxedoed, cabaret sound & look.

[@thornie123]

here here!

[@NoirFan01]

@Perktube1 They do dress up. I saw him in Oakland, California, in February 2010. I dressed in my 20s gangster suit. And, many men and women dressed in period costume for the concert.

[@thornie123]

@wissing4 they arent alone thankfully. and hopefully there are many more teens like us out there that enjoy real music.

[@patoman881]

Su ingles es perfecto por esta cancion, pero no sabia que cantaba ingles tambien! Se escucha como un cantante tipico de esa epoca, pero en el sentido de los mejor de esa epoca/ His English is perfect for this song, but I was not aware that he sang in English as well! He sounds like a typical singer from that era, but in the better sense of the word typical. Das ist schön:-)

[@robertodebenedetti613]

Meraviglia

[@marcmalessa4453]

The Second coolest cat in town

[@m222rjr]

The arrangement is virtually the same as the Jack Hylton original BUT as little faster and better for it. This must be the best recording of the song,ever! Now where do I go and see the band live? - preferably without the rain!

[@lisa8220]

He was mentioned on David Letterman show in USA tonight by a guest, and David hadn't heard of him, and hopes to get him on the show. We'll just have to see about that.

[@commanderfrost7229]

i like the speed and whimsical tune! i just wish he'd be able to perform in the phil :^c

[@HMSPolychrest]

@Woelfin001 A year ago, another KZbin user asked if he was British. To answer his question, I stated that he is, "very clearly German." No offense intended at all. And you are correct, his performances are absolutely perfect. I listen to his music frequently.

[@bennyboy706]

@dcbusch1 Me too Detroit. This guy is great!

[@ThePilot314]

@thornie123 "tap your foot and smile ..........." I do and all other fellows with sensible heart will do! Best wishes to you

[@leedsman54]

Ausgezeichnet.

[@thornie123]

@HMservant Why thank you, its a pleasure to be amongst you fine people :P

[@1276epr]

@m222rjr Max has a version with slower tempo, but I agree with you, this one is better. This has to be the best rendition since the Ted Weems record back in the late '20s. In any event, what a compliment to the songs and bands of that long-vanished era, that orchestras and fans are presenting and enjoying their works today.