Listening to Nat King Cole on Radio Paradise

Absolutely beautiful! So glad I pressed the PSD button & got to hear this instead of Dave Matthews.

Posted 10 years ago by triviagal [ Reply ]

Great rendition of a great song, to me.

Posted 12 years ago by Carl [ Reply ]

Luthien wrote:

That's fine. I love Moulin Rouge and whatever gets you to the good music is fine with me. :D

I thought moulin rouge was a piece of crap- cant imagine why it caught on with any other group besides 16 year olds from the midwest. Baz Lurhman is a kook- but I actually liked Romeo+Juliet

Posted 19 years ago by StuBotNYC [ Reply ]

radiojunkie wrote:

Listening to RP is a wonderful experience. But reading the song comments is absolutely torture. I have never felt so old. Does NO ONE know a Nat King Cole song when they hear it, except from some Nicole Kidman movie? :verysorry: Okay, I know some of you do, but the number of people who are clueless about anything prior to 1980 is really scaring me. The only good news is that at least you're all listening to RP and have a chance to be educated -- unlike people who only listen to commercial radio and truly don't have a clue.

Hear, hear! I am old enough and used to play this song regularly when I was a DJ on a big band station. But isn't it great to have RP and let the young pups get the education? After all, we can't all be geezers like me.

Posted 19 years ago by dolfan [ Reply ]

This is why I listen to RP. Every now and then Bill throws in an unexpected gem. Something no longer current, but definitely something that should still be heard and preserved. I wouldn't be unhappy if RP spread across the decades more often. So much good music....

Posted 19 years ago by number6 [ Reply ]

Thank you for playing this most beautiful song!

Posted 19 years ago by sonic_boom [ Reply ]

fab i didnt know he d recorded this..

Posted 19 years ago by stornoway [ Reply ]

radiojunkie wrote:

Listening to RP is a wonderful experience. But reading the song comments is absolutely torture. I have never felt so old. Does NO ONE know a Nat King Cole song when they hear it, except from some Nicole Kidman movie? :verysorry: Okay, I know some of you do, but the number of people who are clueless about anything prior to 1980 is really scaring me. The only good news is that at least you're all listening to RP and have a chance to be educated -- unlike people who only listen to commercial radio and truly don't have a clue.

Seriously...don't feel too bad. A couple of us were just commenting that we associate this song with that movie now, not that we didn't know of the song or that we thought it was from the movie. I mean, at least that's what I was saying!

Posted 19 years ago by Angloray [ Reply ]

Listening to RP is a wonderful experience. But reading the song comments is absolutely torture. I have never felt so old. Does NO ONE know a Nat King Cole song when they hear it, except from some Nicole Kidman movie? :verysorry: Okay, I know some of you do, but the number of people who are clueless about anything prior to 1980 is really scaring me. The only good news is that at least you're all listening to RP and have a chance to be educated -- unlike people who only listen to commercial radio and truly don't have a clue.

Posted 19 years ago by radiojunkie [ Reply ]

Nice! I didn't know this was an older song. Here I was thinking it had been written for Moulin Rouge... I am so ashamed... :verysorry:

Posted 19 years ago by truk77 [ Reply ]

Posted 19 years ago by yashpheh [ Reply ]

just absolutely beautiful. period.

Posted 19 years ago by killahfunkadelic [ Reply ]

I was sleepy when it started, I'm sleeping now...

Posted 19 years ago by K [ Reply ]

I've never heard this except in Moulin Rouge. I suppose my exposure to THAT version makes me like this (original?) version less....it IS, however, a great song!

Posted 19 years ago by Pyro [ Reply ]

ANNE_MARIE wrote:

::sigh::

:nodhead: :swoon:

Posted 19 years ago by zipper [ Reply ]

Listen to Harry Connick, Jr's version on his latest Xmas album. Nice interpretation.

Posted 19 years ago by ca1vinandhobbes [ Reply ]

I give it a 10! Not only for the elegant beauty of the song itself, but because it IS Nat King Cole. How many other songs by NKC do we have the opportunity of rating here anyways? RP... you are most awesome! Thank you, Bill and Rebecca, for the willingness to step beyond the borders of what is familiar to the contemporary ear and delve into what is truly great soley on its merit.

Posted 19 years ago by jadewahoo [ Reply ]

KevinM wrote:

Double

Double :iamwith: Sometimes I wish there was a music appreciation test before posting to RP...

Posted 20 years ago by Bodhisattva [ Reply ]

"...no,no,no. Life is nasty, brutish and short, Nature Boy! ecce homo!" Adam to Ed on NE (paraphrased)

Posted 20 years ago by trekhead [ Reply ]

Mot wrote:

Double

Posted 20 years ago by KevinM [ Reply ]

classic.....lovely........perfect

Posted 20 years ago by newbaby [ Reply ]

Stuff like this is why I love RadioParadise. Great choice, Mr. Bill! Thanks!

Posted 20 years ago by Gregorama [ Reply ]

TreborG2 wrote:

of course I have to be the odd one... I heard the words... and thought.. I've heard that.. where.. where!!!?? Then it came to me.. John Leguizamo as Henri Toulouse-Lautrec ....aka ... as the magical sitar in the play inside the thing of Moulin Rouge... yelling it to C-W-ishtian as he was about to leave the floor and which suddenly turns him around to go back to Satine... please don't beat me up over this..

at least not too badly

you are so not alone! I will forever associate this song with that movie. The Bowie version from the soundtrack is worth checking out, too.

Posted 20 years ago by Angloray [ Reply ]

My words would just detract... :-$

Posted 20 years ago by Vandy005 [ Reply ]

this song makes a beautiful lullabye. just so's y'all know.

Posted 20 years ago by rah [ Reply ]

TreborG2 wrote:

of course I have to be the odd one... I heard the words... and thought.. I've heard that.. where.. where!!!?? Then it came to me.. John Leguizamo as Henri Toulouse-Lautrec ....aka ... as the magical sitar in the play inside the thing of Moulin Rouge... yelling it to C-W-ishtian as he was about to leave the floor and which suddenly turns him around to go back to Satine... please don't beat me up over this..

at least not too badly

That's fine. I love Moulin Rouge and whatever gets you to the good music is fine with me. :D

Posted 20 years ago by Luthien [ Reply ]

of course I have to be the odd one... I heard the words... and thought.. I've heard that.. where.. where!!!?? Then it came to me.. John Leguizamo as Henri Toulouse-Lautrec ....aka ... as the magical sitar in the play inside the thing of Moulin Rouge... yelling it to C-W-ishtian as he was about to leave the floor and which suddenly turns him around to go back to Satine... please don't beat me up over this..

at least not too badly

Posted 20 years ago by TreborG2 [ Reply ]

rulebritannia wrote:

I still like my dad's version better. This song makes me miss my parents. Any more of this and I'll have to return to New York - before it's too late.

Makes me miss my parents, too. Beautiful song, beautiful message: "The greatest thing you'll ever learn is to love and be loved in return."

Posted 20 years ago by suzebee [ Reply ]

His voice is like buttah.

Posted 20 years ago by farleym [ Reply ]

:crown.gif:

Posted 20 years ago by bev [ Reply ]

I still like my dad's version better. This song makes me miss my parents. Any more of this and I'll have to return to New York - before it's too late.

Posted 20 years ago by rulebritannia [ Reply ]

Posted 20 years ago by Mot [ Reply ]

Love Nat King Cole, but this song has been forever warped in my head by exposure to Spike Jones. "...one magic day he slowly passed away... He dropped dead in the middle of the song?!"

Posted 20 years ago by TheLoneIguana [ Reply ]