Life's a Funny Proposition After All

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@elofkjellson3906 3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely the most deep and insightful song I have ever heard. No one likes confronting these questions and these realities that we are a subject of, but this song does. "Though today may be a day of smiles, tomorrow's still in doubt, and what brings me joy may bring you care and woe. We're born to die, but don't know why, or what it's all about; and the more we try to learn, the less we know." THAT....that is good songwriting. Why can't we have more songs like this nowadays? Ones that talk about things that actually matter, instead of all the materialistic and superficial nonsense modern songs focus on...

@orbitalbutt6757 2 жыл бұрын

Written by George M. Cohan in 1904. One of the most famous Irish-American songwriters who’s ever lived.

@mykra6204 2 жыл бұрын

i like confronting these questions. what other questions are worth confronting?

@A_Succelent_Chinese_Meal 15 күн бұрын

Diversity ruins everything, including the music industry.

@Fibonaccisghost 2 жыл бұрын

Songs from this era are usually light and upbeat. This one breaks the mold in the best way. I keep coming back to it. Captures the human condition in an endearing way.

@sheenydonut 5 жыл бұрын

Hurried and worried until we're buried and there's no curtain call, life's a very funny proposition after all.

@wubanga10154 Жыл бұрын

"Hurried and worried until we're buried, and there's no curtain call... Life's a very funny proposition after all." Damn you Eddie Cantor, I felt that.

@Gobiniu 10 жыл бұрын

God, that's a great song...

@michaelhodges5921 Жыл бұрын

If i can't have this played at my funeral, then I'm not dying 😂

@mrmoviemanic1 11 жыл бұрын

Boardwalk Empire is not a story about prohibition, It's a story about Life in General

@PaulThePuppetier 10 жыл бұрын

that's right

@tutuborgir 9 жыл бұрын

+Drew Russell WE BORN WE LIVE A WHILE AND THEN WE DIE

@benyang2427 5 жыл бұрын

Very true...I became obsessed with the show when random Arnold Rothstein clips popped up in my KZbin suggestions while on one of my international work trips....which was followed up by killing off 5 seasons on Amazon Prime in 2 weeks back at home.... I see a bit of myself in every character especially as "my own boss" being an entrepreneur now... Eli Thompson = Opportunistic & extremely corrupt when the urgency of his situation calls for it.... Mickey Doyle = My complacent & yet goofy & charming side Chalky = Fighter with a chip on his shoulder in me.... Arnold = Savvy in tilting many relationships in my favor.... Luciano/Lansky = Their patience in grinding it out on the DL...while simultaneously faking it till they "make it..." I thought The Sopranos was in a league of its own until the 6th season became "pretentious filler." While Boardwalk had it's filler issues in Season 1...the series as a whole despite it's rushed Season 5 due to HBO's demands resonates moreso with the journeys in my life....

@Galipoglu 4 жыл бұрын

To the lost.

@kohlcooke8789 4 жыл бұрын

@@Galipoglu salud

@albertoespino9518 4 жыл бұрын

Did you ever sit and ponder? Sit and wonder? Sit and think? Why we're here and what this life is all about? It's a problem that has driven many brainy men to drink It's the weirdest thing they've tried to figure out About a thousand different theories, all the scientists can show But never yet have proved a reason why With all we thought, and all we're taught, but all we seem to know: Is we're born, we live a while, and then we die. Life's is a very funny proposition, after all Imagination, jealousy, hypocrisy, and all Three meals a day, a whole lot to say, When you haven't got the coin You're always in the way Everybody's fighting, As we wend our way along Every fellow claims the other fellow's in the wrong Hurried and worried until we're buried and there's no curtain call Life's a very funny proposition after all When all things are coming easy And when luck is with a man, Why, then life to him is sunshine everywhere Then, the fates blow rather breezy And quite upset a plan Then he'll cry that life's a burden hard to bear Though today may be a day of smiles, Tomorrow's still in doubt And what brings me joy may bring you care and woe We're born to die, but don't know why, or what it's all about And the more we try to learn, the less we know Life's a very funny proposition, you can bet And no one's ever solved the problem properly, as yet Young for a day, then old and gray, Like the rose that buds and blooms And fades and falls away Losing health to gain our wealth, As through this dream we tour Everything's a guess And nothing's absolutely sure Battles exciting and fates we're fighting until the curtain falls Life's a very funny proposition after all

@Kblog777 12 жыл бұрын

So much great music from the early 20th century thats been forgotten until Boardwalk Empire revived it. I love the new recordings cos it doesnt have the crackles or grainyness of the gramaphone originals, but I love hearing those same originals too cos Billy Murray etc were great artists in their own right to deserve to be remembered.

@orbitalbutt6757 2 жыл бұрын

This was George M. Cohan.

@waRr3nxx 4 жыл бұрын

Listening to the soundtrack again in 2020. Shows nearly a decade old and I keep going back to it.

@jldmistery6840 4 жыл бұрын

Yeh it's incredible. It's still one of the best tv series ever made. It was all so incredibly well done. I keep rewatching it

@markquintana1519 4 жыл бұрын

I agree. This can still be the next "Roaring 20's". Just off to a bumpy start.

@klismanbarbosa3544 4 жыл бұрын

One of the best TV series of the century

@thetributemaster1469 9 жыл бұрын

I actually wish music like this could come back into fashion, as well as the clothing from them days...and this songs lyrics are very true and meaningful

@JMDeadpool 9 жыл бұрын

+The Tribute Master You're totally right. I hate those stupid ironic t-shirts and dubstep songs

@TheShutteredRoom 6 жыл бұрын

That will be positively awesome.

@johnbailey9864 3 жыл бұрын

aGREE WITH YOU 100%

@abhikbhawal7815 3 жыл бұрын

Great Gatsby parties tend to be quite popular

@orbitalbutt6757 2 жыл бұрын

This music precedes Gatsby’s era by roughly 21 years. George M. Cohan wrote it in 1904, Gatsby was 1925. That’s a long damn time in music trends, and if people are playing this at a Gatsby party they ought to know that this song was long since considered old hat by that time.

@scottheuser9576 5 жыл бұрын

When you haven't got the coin you're always in the way

@jamesdennis4648 5 жыл бұрын

I love this song makes you think about life in a serious way hug the person you love

@volhosis3784 4 жыл бұрын

Song written by George M. Cohan. He's the only actor to ever have a statue on Broadway. There's a guy to really research and learn about.

@voodookitchenmama 4 жыл бұрын

Love George M Cohan. No one remembers him, it seems.

@orbitalbutt6757 2 жыл бұрын

Except for the Pogues. They reference him more than a few times, usually alongside Brendan Behan. “Dear old Times Square’s favorite bard”

@wubanga10154 Жыл бұрын

As someone that is outside of the theater circuit / show fanbase, thank you for giving direct credit. Such a gorgeous song ❤❤

@jackbryan4676 2 ай бұрын

11-06-24. Politics was yesterday. Today's a day of smiles.

@dalehenderson3099 5 ай бұрын

I would hope that this would be played at my wake and funeral.

@mariaminerd5484 12 жыл бұрын

absolutely beautiful!

@dillonrobinson7271 3 жыл бұрын

Best song that I had heard so far that pretty much sum up "Existential Crisis ". Anthem to those who suffer from it

@kohlcooke8789 3 жыл бұрын

I feel like it could help with crises like that tho, because it’s basically saying “nobody really knows wtf life is, it’s stupid so just make the most of it”. To me at least

@NhatLe-bh6tr 12 жыл бұрын

a wonderful conclusion for the 1st Episode

@bixlives 4 жыл бұрын

The band backing up Stephen DeRosa is Vince Giordano's Nighthawks

@neuzdost1939 2 жыл бұрын

When i first watched this series world was falling apart, now we are living in hell and this feels like light in the tunnel

@HMinot 6 жыл бұрын

Vince Giordano has an an impressive ability to take old cultural artifacts into The Present Moment and to imbue them with Great Meaning. Excelsior!

@XxDjinn420xX 3 жыл бұрын

Good times.

@sexysatan3934 2 жыл бұрын

I miss Nucky

@dalenichols9211 3 жыл бұрын

I love the Boardwalk Empire soundtrack........

@PanosK777 9 жыл бұрын

Poetry... almost! And true...

@SaculM666 12 жыл бұрын

Very good!

@pcorvus1985 13 жыл бұрын

This is a good song with the serie of scenes of the end of the First Season

@wojciechkowalik4949 Жыл бұрын

Timeless lyrics.

@Kblog777 12 жыл бұрын

His voice reminds me a wee bit of Marc Almond. Surprised they didnt get him to do a few tunes for this show, his style would have fitted in great back in the 1920's.