II don't recall ever hearing better diction than that of dear old Noel Coward. So much talent wrapped up in one man. An all-round entertainer without equal.
@@richtrophicherbs Sorry to read that. It probably helps that I know the words quite well, having learnt them years ago in hospital awaiting an operation!! It is a great song. Best wishes.
@listen2meokidoki A truly great song,with excellent diction Anyone who cannot understand every word of this tongue in cheek little song should probably sling their hook!!
Sadly, this clip, for all its entertainment value, serves as a reminder of how unlucky I was to have been born in a time and place when I could not appreciate the brilliant talent of this man. But thank God videos like this one exist to expose us all to the rarest of treasures from times past.
A genius. What he would have made of today's world I can easily imagine. He represents a time when to become a star one needed talent, and he certainly had it in spades. Probably the wittiest man ever, he certainly made the world a better place for many years.
He has never been surpassed as a comic songwriter in English. How remarkable that he should have mastered the performance of the songs, too, as here --- and could focus his performance so effectively within the narrow frame of the close-up camera lens. Also remarkable that he had so much lung power after forty years of smoking. He never looks tired; never steals a breath.
First time seeing this version . . . and I'm typing this from the floor! All of the ad-libbed lyrics, everything about this was hilarious! NOBODY singing his songs could top Coward himsel!
It's all lyrical poetry, and always has been. The ancient Greeks would have considered him a barbarian, but they would have recognized him as a tribal singer, simply from his rhyme and meter. The same is true of Rap, they're all just stylistic differences on the same art form.
One rapper Eminem doesn’t diss…. I’m sure that there was some miscommunication with the band as this is far faster than the recorded version That said, The Master doesn’t even break a sweat as he shreds his way through his signature tune
So fascinating to compare this version to the original from 1932, where he keeps the rhythm very regular. ruclips.net/video/BifLPGi4X6A/видео.html It's masterful the way he drags and pushes ahead here, but always lands with the pianist eventually - this would have been very carefully rehearsed. It's not the pianist catching up to him - the piano is fairly in tempo. It's Coward who is playing around with the rhythm. If you write the song, you have every right to play around with it!
Radio 4 watchdogs deleted a clip of him singing a few lines of the song,in a program about the structure of song lyrics,on the grounds that it “ reflected colonialism “ 🙄
Reasonable people can make allowances for things from an earlier time when casual racism was accepted. But I'm sure you really miss the days when you could use ethnic slurs freely and colonialism was considered normal behavior. So sad that the "good old days" are over, isn't it? All those uppity foreigners who don't know their place anymore.
@@premanadi Such arrogance from someone who knows absolutely nothing about me, “you assume much but know little” is a phrase the covers people such as yourself.
Maybe, though I think it's more likely to just be that the old video camera had a slow shutter speed, or something went wrong with the frame rate when it was transferred to film, etc. I don't know too much about old TV cameras, but I highly doubt Coward, or anyone back then, would have gone through the trouble to dub themselves in a TV broadcast after it had aired.
The piano player deserves an award for sticking with him through those deliberate out of time changes, that's talent.
Yes, very true. Whoever was accompanying Mr Coward was a true professional.
II don't recall ever hearing better diction than that of dear old Noel Coward. So much talent wrapped up in one man. An all-round entertainer without equal.
I don't understand a word.
@@richtrophicherbs Sorry to read that. It probably helps that I know the words quite well, having learnt them years ago in hospital awaiting an operation!! It is a great song. Best wishes.
@listen2meokidoki fanx!
Noel Coward and Vivian Stanshall....two of my favourite English eccentrics.
@listen2meokidoki A truly great song,with excellent diction
Anyone who cannot understand every word of this tongue in cheek little song should probably sling their hook!!
Thats some OG rapping right there.
Sadly, this clip, for all its entertainment value, serves as a reminder of how unlucky I was to have been born in a time and place when I could not appreciate the brilliant talent of this man. But thank God videos like this one exist to expose us all to the rarest of treasures from times past.
Second that . . . .
This put such a big smile on my face.
If anyone can be described as The GOAT, (greatest of all time) it's Noel Coward.
Truly amazing. I have never seen Noel Coward before and wow, just wow!
Brilliant. Noel Coward was a rare genuine genus
What a legend 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
How on earth The Master can remember all the words singing live is extraordinary. From an old Rangoon dog.
A genius. What he would have made of today's world I can easily imagine. He represents a time when to become a star one needed talent, and he certainly had it in spades. Probably the wittiest man ever, he certainly made the world a better place for many years.
@listen2meokidoki The song and its creator represent a generation and era that is complete anathema to the 'wokerati'.
Well, for starters, he'd write new lyrics for the title song of his hit show "Anything Goes".
He has never been surpassed as a comic songwriter in English. How remarkable that he should have mastered the performance of the songs, too, as here --- and could focus his performance so effectively within the narrow frame of the close-up camera lens.
Also remarkable that he had so much lung power after forty years of smoking. He never looks tired; never steals a breath.
Tom Lehrer was funnier.
Agreed. Such a treasure.
You beat me to it! But they're both wonderful. How lucky that we can still enjoy such talent!
Spot on about his breath control! What an AMAZING demonstration!
His timing was immaculate.
His genius accompanist/musical director Peter Matz made Sir Noël's mischievous timing possible. All praise.
Noel Coward was the key to the age of glamour . Pure genuis and class !
First time seeing this version . . . and I'm typing this from the floor! All of the ad-libbed lyrics, everything about this was hilarious! NOBODY singing his songs could top Coward himsel!
The greatest rapper of all time.
Rap before rap was a thing.
Better than rap
@@freddybloggs6324 Absolutely!
It's all lyrical poetry, and always has been. The ancient Greeks would have considered him a barbarian, but they would have recognized him as a tribal singer, simply from his rhyme and meter. The same is true of Rap, they're all just stylistic differences on the same art form.
I remember at school our music master began every lesson singing and playing either a Noel Coward or Tom Lehrer song, fun times.
Sounds a great guy, your music master.
Noel Coward along with Peter Sellers and Benny hill pure comedy genius arguably the three finest comic character men that the UK has ever produced.
Neither of the other 2 you mention wrote their own material - Noel Coward was absolutely unique.
@@alidabaxter5849 Benny Hill did, he actually traveled around Europe getting his material first hand to use in his acts.
Absolutely tremendous, as you would expect from ‘the master’.
And we think rapping is a recent musical phenomenon! Just brilliant!
Always the Master!
Perfect. Fab!
"Something I tossed off in the Caribbean'.
Just don't take it out in public?
Unique man - I love this ❤️👌
Amazing classic.
A witful talent extraordinaire ...
Wonderful!!
Very good
Hilarious. So clever...and spot on!
Certified hood classic 🔥
The Guvnor, absolutely wonderful
Seamus
He was actually known as "The Master" with long A, sounding like Marster.
First rap?^^
God I love this man
@listen2meokidoki Rap rhymes. Irritatingly so:- ''Rap Rhymes, it aint no crime, they do it all da time, it's really out of line..'' Like that.
@listen2meokidoki You're tell us that normal Rap IS comprehensible?
I’ve always said it’s the first rap.
It’s complete true even today.
This is a certified empire classic
So true!
I prefer it slower but it's amazing at this speed.
A pleasure
It's weird no one else has commented or noted yet but he is better than all the rappers we've ever had. Basically invented the genre.
grandioos!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
cool!
❤️
Behold! The inventor of Rap !
Brings Back Wonderful memories of the Great Man.
Thank You. Will just have to Improve My English Pronunciation.
Bit Challenging, Ha! Ha!
How did he do it? If you slow it down to .75 it is still impossible to keep up!
Rigorous training - plus constant practice thereafter - in vocal projection and diction. He made it look easy, but it sure ain't!
One rapper Eminem doesn’t diss….
I’m sure that there was some miscommunication with the band as this is far faster than the recorded version
That said, The Master doesn’t even break a sweat as he shreds his way through his signature tune
So fascinating to compare this version to the original from 1932, where he keeps the rhythm very regular.
ruclips.net/video/BifLPGi4X6A/видео.html
It's masterful the way he drags and pushes ahead here, but always lands with the pianist eventually - this would have been very carefully rehearsed. It's not the pianist catching up to him - the piano is fairly in tempo. It's Coward who is playing around with the rhythm.
If you write the song, you have every right to play around with it!
A genius.
Noel has bars
It’s still true
Soo fast....but it is still good .
I slowed it down to .75 and it was much better. I think this clip is sped up. And the sound and picture are not synced.
lyrics:
genius.com/Noel-coward-mad-dogs-and-englishmen-lyrics
That poor pianist...
It is very well rehearsed, and the out of kilter time changes are carefully planned.
Now THAT'S a lyric.
Genius ☕️ H 2 The Yes 🇬🇧
500th like
bars
Here we have the original first rap rapper.
Absolutely brilliant, I’m surprised no politically correct type has demanded videos of his songs be removed because they might insult somebody.
Radio 4 watchdogs deleted a clip of him singing a few lines of the song,in a program about the structure of song lyrics,on the grounds that it “ reflected colonialism “ 🙄
Reasonable people can make allowances for things from an earlier time when casual racism was accepted.
But I'm sure you really miss the days when you could use ethnic slurs freely and colonialism was considered normal behavior. So sad that the "good old days" are over, isn't it? All those uppity foreigners who don't know their place anymore.
@@premanadi Such arrogance from someone who knows absolutely nothing about me, “you assume much but know little” is a phrase the covers people such as yourself.
@@mrjockt Your words speak plenty about you.
@@premanadi As I said “you assume much but know little”.
This should replace Rule Britannia on the Last Night of the Proms. Far more in keeping with the Boris Johnson world view...
What did he say?! 🤷🏼♂️🥵
Original rapper
excellent rapping. he needs a cooler name tho - like "MaDdz DogGz"
Bit eerie actually
Well slap me and call me Joe Cocker...Mad Dogs and Englishmen
BBC doesn't like this song!
It's the pianist I feel sorry for.
Imagine this dude growling a muff!
If one looks closely, it appears to be post-synced by Coward himself--not that that makes the performance any less fantastic.
Maybe, though I think it's more likely to just be that the old video camera had a slow shutter speed, or something went wrong with the frame rate when it was transferred to film, etc. I don't know too much about old TV cameras, but I highly doubt Coward, or anyone back then, would have gone through the trouble to dub themselves in a TV broadcast after it had aired.
No way, it's absolutely live. They didn't post-sync live TV in 1955. Didn't have the technology to do it.
He’s like Eminem on steroids. Then again?????????
...it's the same Natives....pay no attention....
Sounds speed up.
No one can do "Crazy," as well--- (or, with as much "High Class")---as The English...