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Django Reinhardt — Beyond the Sea
Album: Djangology 49
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Released: 1949
Length: 4:14
Plays (last 30 days): 0
(Instrumental)
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I'm confused. Was this really released in 1990? Or in 1949?
 sfearll wrote:

I love hearing the crackle & pop of the vinyl...! 




It's on the CD as well -- a bit disconcerting, but well worth the slight distraction to experience this incredible music. The CD was a bit challenging to track down, but well worth the effort and cost.  This is music for -- and from -- the heart.
 sfearll wrote:

I love hearing the crackle & pop of the vinyl...! 




Or, more likely - shellac?

This song makes me think of this movie.
Just kind of perfect, innit?
Love this old time sound. Very uplifting. The picture it paints in my mind is in black&white, maybe there's some Charlie Chaplin in there too.
A god on earth.  Juste vous bien Django.
Charles Trenet: la mer...
 Proclivities wrote:

As far as I could tell, no one here said that Brussels was a country, but yes, Reinhardt was born in Belgium.
 
If Brussels were a country, would its colonies be known as Sprouts?
Maravilloso!
 sfearll wrote:
I love hearing the crackle & pop of the vinyl...! 
 
Im sure it was Gramophones at the time 

Fabulous, but why cant I stop thinking about Spike Milligan! Seriously is there a link?
 sfearll wrote:
I love hearing the crackle & pop of the vinyl...! 
 
More like acetate (pre-vinyl) :-)
 Roy_Batty wrote:

Ahem, get your facts right, Django was a Belgium Gypsy, why do people allways think Belgium artists are French dammit! Its not because some of them speak French that they actually are French. And while im at it, Brussels is not a country its the capital city of Belgium, a country in wich 60´% of the inhabitants speak Flemish (the other part either French or German) Whew, just had to get that off of my chest...
 
Since Django spent his childhood in France, spoke French, spent most of his life and career in France, and died in France, one can be forgiven for (as Noé wrote) referring to Django as a "French musician."  (Just as one would refer to Joe Strummer and Freddie Mercury as "British musicians" despite being born in Turkey, and Tanzania, respectively.)  And why do people "always" refer to Romani persons using the pejorative "Gypsy."   Oh, and while I'm at it, I don't think anybody mentioned Brussels at all.    
an instant 10 for me
This song was written by great French singer and songwriter Charles Trenet his nickname “ le fou chantant “ this song is called “ La Mer “
 sfyi2001 wrote:


{#Crown}
 

 BLADERUNNER wrote:
Any relation to the bounty hunter Jango Fett?
 
No, but I have it on good word that his grandson toured the American South, unchained, freeing slaves and killing brutal slaveowners.
Thanks RP for paying respect to jazz guitar legends.
S Grappelli , Django Yeah!
 Proclivities wrote:

As far as I could tell, no one here said that Brussels was a country, but yes, Reinhardt was born in Belgium.
 

was a Belgian-born Romani-French

 Roy_Batty wrote:

Ahem, get your facts right, Django was a Belgium Gypsy, why do people allways think Belgium artists are French dammit! Its not because some of them speak French that they actually are French. And while im at it, Brussels is not a country its the capital city of Belgium, a country in wich 60´% of the inhabitants speak Flemish (the other part either French or German) Whew, just had to get that off of my chest...
 
As far as I could tell, no one here said that Brussels was a country, but yes, Reinhardt was born in Belgium.
 valeriogonzalez wrote:
I always give Django a 10!
 

and me too !
 Grammarcop wrote:

The music for The Third Man was written and performed by Anton Karas on a zither. Great soundtrack to a great film!

("Don't be so gloomy. After all it's not that awful. Like the fella says, in Italy for 30 years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder, and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and the Renaissance. In Switzerland they had brotherly love - they had 500 years of democracy and peace, and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock.")

 Sorry to let you know, the coockoo clock is not Swiss but southern German....otherwise, Swiss people are great guys :-)
 
three fingered lightning... love his unique (and often copied) style!
 Webfoot wrote:

Don't worry, America is being made great again!
 
I've never been quite clear on how we'll know it's great again.
 Webfoot wrote:

Don't worry, America is being made great again!
 

America was already great.
 ChrisVIII wrote:
nice instruments but the lyrics are missing.... it's incomplete :/ 
 
The voices you heard weren't coming from RP.  
 Webfoot wrote:

Don't worry, America is being made great again!
 
By who?
nice instruments but the lyrics are missing.... it's incomplete :/ 


{#Crown}
I love hearing the crackle & pop of the vinyl...! 
 expatlar wrote:
Music that makes you nostalgic for a time and place you've never been.

 
Don't worry, America is being made great again!
 idiot_wind wrote:
I assume Stephane Grapelli on dat fiddle?  

 
Thanks for asking, so I didn't have to!
 Roy_Batty wrote:

Ahem, get your facts right, Django was a Belgium Gypsy, why do people allways think Belgium artists are French dammit! Its not because some of them speak French that they actually are French. And while im at it, Brussels is not a country its the capital city of Belgium, a country in wich 60´% of the inhabitants speak Flemish (the other part either French or German) Whew, just had to get that off of my chest...

 

Yes but Charles Trenet is French :)  and we love our neighbours from Belgium {#Hug}
 expatlar wrote:
Music that makes you nostalgic for a time and place you've never been.

 
You're exactly right


Just for the credits: this is a brilliant instrumental version of one of the best-known songs (La Mer) by Charles Trenet, a very famous french music-hall singer who started his career in the 1930s.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Mer_(song)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Trenet


 Noé wrote:
yes he's a great french musician !!! {#Music}

 
Ahem, get your facts right, Django was a Belgium Gypsy, why do people allways think Belgium artists are French dammit! Its not because some of them speak French that they actually are French. And while im at it, Brussels is not a country its the capital city of Belgium, a country in wich 60´% of the inhabitants speak Flemish (the other part either French or German) Whew, just had to get that off of my chest...
Music that makes you nostalgic for a time and place you've never been.
 idiot_wind wrote:
This song reminds me of that sound track for the movie, "The Third Man". 

And it was the sound track that makes it a very trippy movie. Ahhhh....Vienna in the Fall?   

 
The music for The Third Man was written and performed by Anton Karas on a zither. Great soundtrack to a great film!

("Don't be so gloomy. After all it's not that awful. Like the fella says, in Italy for 30 years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder, and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and the Renaissance. In Switzerland they had brotherly love - they had 500 years of democracy and peace, and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock.")

 
I've never heard this before. This is outstanding.
yes he's a great french musician !!! {#Music}
 jademon wrote:
Wow... what a story this guy's life is: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Django_Reinhardt
We need an HBO or Netflix series... "DJANGO".

 
I agree!   My father brought me up on old standards (his music/his era) and he loved Django.  About 15 years ago I bought a multi-CD  DR collection that I don't listen to enough. {#Doh}
This is pure genius. Love the was these two complement each other musically. Their Hot Club De Paris sessions from the late 30's are also worth a listen.
This song reminds me of that sound track for the movie, "The Third Man". 

And it was the sound track that makes it a very trippy movie. Ahhhh....Vienna in the Fall?   
Beautiful.  Love the vinyl scratch.  NOT added or sampled , the original thing
Loved it. Saw Grappelli about 1985 in Philadelphia - he seemed as happy as his music.
Wow... what a story this guy's life is: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Django_Reinhardt
We need an HBO or Netflix series... "DJANGO".
<yawn>
 ProjectGemini07 wrote:
Impeccable timing, Bioshock Infinite releases tomorrow...

 
... and everyone who is even just feintly interested in computer games should go play that!
 Cynaera wrote:

Guessing this means that AvoidingWork will be doing just that.  {#Cheers}  I have to say that I rated this song a 9, because it's "Beyond the Sea," and because it's Django.  I'll add a third reason now:  The damned song makes me sway and swoon and ache for the good ol' days when a song and a sunset were enough to make a person happy. I "get" it - I just wish more people did.

Enjoy your martini, AW. I'm smiling now...

 
miss you so much, Cynaera...  everybody in my alien space craft loves this music...
Very nice version, but I prefer the french original "La mer" by Charles Trenet, composed in 1943.
Django.  His music evokes images of happening Paris nightclubs in the carefree time before the second world war (if you were rich, it was fairly carefree anyway), full of dancing, partying, and general hedonism throughout.  Missing a bit of the classic gypsy jazz tempo of most of his works, but this is definitely MUSIC, played by MUSICIANS on MUSIC INSTRUMENTS, music meant to be listened to and danced to.
 idiot_wind wrote:
I assume Stephane Grapelli on dat fiddle?  

 
Yes, indeedy. Those two were attached at the hip for decades, and we're all the richer for it, them.
I assume Stephane Grapelli on dat fiddle?  
Woody Allen's "Sweet and Lowdown" is a beautiful run on this tune, seemingly old yet moving and sort of sad
Classic tune with classically sparse orchestration.  And beautiful ... a Stroll along the Seine, anyone?  Evening gowns and tuxedos, please.
Impeccable timing, Bioshock Infinite releases tomorrow...
 linden wrote:

Steve Martin in LA Story

 
When I see a scene like this it makes me emotionally ... erect.

("L.A. Story" reference. Sorry if you don't get it.) 
I always give Django a 10!
 Cynaera wrote:

Guessing this means that AvoidingWork will be doing just that.  {#Cheers}  I have to say that I rated this song a 9, because it's "Beyond the Sea," and because it's Django.  I'll add a third reason now:  The damned song makes me sway and swoon and ache for the good ol' days when a song and a sunset were enough to make a person happy. I "get" it - I just wish more people did.

Enjoy your martini, AW. I'm smiling now...

 
... and your comment solidifies its place as a 9.  Make mine an Old Fashioned with American rye, though...

Steve Martin in LA Story


Any relation to the bounty hunter Jango Fett?
Mai Tai barkeep!
What a wonderful version of this song... {#Boohoo}
{#Heartkiss}
 nate_pitzer wrote:
This always makes me think of the movie L.A Story.
 
Love that movie. Don't know of anything else that Victoria Tennant did...
What a find. Lovely!
¡Días felices!
 AvoidingWork wrote:

Not only Friday!!!  But 5 minutes before 5!  In my time zone!  It's always 5 somewhere!  I hear a martini calling me.  Time to GO!!!

 
Guessing this means that AvoidingWork will be doing just that.  {#Cheers}  I have to say that I rated this song a 9, because it's "Beyond the Sea," and because it's Django.  I'll add a third reason now:  The damned song makes me sway and swoon and ache for the good ol' days when a song and a sunset were enough to make a person happy. I "get" it - I just wish more people did.

Enjoy your martini, AW. I'm smiling now...

 Cynaera wrote:
lophrequa wrote:

please, what is the little orange fish you and Cynaera reference?


 
AvoidingWork wrote:

Nemo, as in Finding.  

'Beyond the Sea' played during the ending credits.
 
lophrequa, if you get the opportunity, I recommend renting "Finding Nemo."  It's a delightful movie about a little orange clown-fish who gets caught by humans and put in an aquarium. His father goes looking for him and has a series of incredible adventures, meets various other sea creatures, and learns a lesson or two about himself along the way.  It's one of my favorite "feel-good" movies, and the Pixar people are insanely talented and funny.

My favorite part of the closing credits is all the activity going on as a backdrop.  Little jellyfish squirting across the screen, etc. And "Beyond the Sea" is the song playing during the credits, as AvoidingWork said.  (Hey, AvoidingWork - it's now FRIDAY. Stop avoiding work and go have some FUN!) {#Cheers}
 
Not only Friday!!!  But 5 minutes before 5!  In my time zone!  It's always 5 somewhere!  I hear a martini calling me.  Time to GO!!!

Django my hart. 
 I thought I was the only one out here 
Umm...yes of course!  The old "anachronism of referring to Reinhardt's passing chords as Hendrix chords" trick. {#Eek}
Thanks Bill, volume way up
 CascadianPDX wrote:
Never heard this version.... really cool! Did y'all hear the "Jimi Hendrix" chord that he uses as a passing chord? Awesome. If I had used that chord back in my gigging days, my band mates would have tossed a beer at me at high velocity—but Django can make it sound righteous!
 
I assume that you are aware of the anachronism of referring to a passing chord (7/#9 chord) from Reinhardt as a "Jimi Hendrix chord", however, that's what it that chord is commonly called nowadays.  Anyhow, great tune.
one simple word...
Beautiful 
Old timey...yes

Timeless...definitely
Ah-h-h-h-h-h-h!
lophrequa wrote:

please, what is the little orange fish you and Cynaera reference?


 
AvoidingWork wrote:

Nemo, as in Finding.  

'Beyond the Sea' played during the ending credits.
 
lophrequa, if you get the opportunity, I recommend renting "Finding Nemo."  It's a delightful movie about a little orange clown-fish who gets caught by humans and put in an aquarium. His father goes looking for him and has a series of incredible adventures, meets various other sea creatures, and learns a lesson or two about himself along the way.  It's one of my favorite "feel-good" movies, and the Pixar people are insanely talented and funny.

My favorite part of the closing credits is all the activity going on as a backdrop.  Little jellyfish squirting across the screen, etc. And "Beyond the Sea" is the song playing during the credits, as AvoidingWork said.  (Hey, AvoidingWork - it's now FRIDAY. Stop avoiding work and go have some FUN!) {#Cheers}


Thanks, Bill!  This one made me sit up and take notice.  I am going to acquire this record very soon!  Grappelli and Reinhardt make very nice music together!{#Clap}

 Sobient wrote:
Bioshock!

Sadly, some might say, I only heard this song first time in the game "Bioshock". Fits the game very nicely however.
 
Nerdy comment....

That's much different than the cover of the US version. 

Bioshock!

Sadly, some might say, I only heard this song first time in the game "Bioshock". Fits the game very nicely however.
 lophrequa wrote:

please, what is the little orange fish you and Cynaera reference? 
 
Nemo, as in Finding.  

'Beyond the Sea' played during the ending credits.
Not sure what it is vinyl - 1949 the year of publication. And the music is wonderful, yes.
 xtalman wrote:
I love the hisses and pops from the recorded vinyl.
 

{#Yes}
Luvs me some Django!{#Sunny}
amazing!
Brillant
{#Sunny}
Loving this!
Never heard this version.... really cool! Did y'all hear the "Jimi Hendrix" chord that he uses as a passing chord? Awesome. If I had used that chord back in my gigging days, my band mates would have tossed a beer at me at high velocity—but Django can make it sound righteous!
I love the hisses and pops from the recorded vinyl.
Listening to this, I close my eyes and I'm transported to a cafe in another time and place.  Lovely.
 WonderLizard wrote:

I'm in an unforgiving mood tonight...

Child, you have so very much to learn about music and music making. There are so many places and ways you could learn, but none of them start or end with hanging around an internet site and throwing grenades for the adolescent fun of it. Okay, I've wasted enough time on you.

 
I'm in an unforgiving mood, too. crockydile posted a legit and non-abusive opinion which was moderately amusing to this reader at least. Where do you get off slagging her/him off for that? S/he's a regular poster here, whereas your nick's pretty new to me. You have so very much to learn about civilised behaviour on discussion boards, and perhaps social skills in general. Grow up, child.

Love the violon and the old style !
Beyond the sea...an beautifully charming, romantic tune. {#Hearteyes} {#Hearteyes} {#Whistle}{#Whistle} We should be in Paris.
This always makes me think of the movie L.A Story.
 Businessgypsy wrote:
Nice to hear. For years, Bobby Darin owned the space in my head with this label. Then a little orange fish.
 
please, what is the little orange fish you and Cynaera reference? 

Oh wow! I didn't know he covered this song...what an absolutely cool version! {#Good-vibes}
crockydile wrote:

Cartoon music. Nothing more. Can't get past it. Child in the late 60's. {#Jump}

 WonderLizard wrote:

I'm in an unforgiving mood tonight...

Child, you have so very much to learn about music and music making. There are so many places and ways you could learn, but none of them start or end with hanging around an internet site and throwing grenades for the adolescent fun of it. Okay, I've wasted enough time on you.

 
{#Clap}

Reminds me of Dad..miss him.  I've got an old tape of him talking/singing with me as a child, this song playing in the background...nice surprise Bill  . .Father, can you hear me ?

 kcliss wrote:
Is no one going to mention the equally compelling violin of Stephane Grappelli? I guess I shall.
 
And how!  Grappelli's amazing and I've enjoyed the stuff he's done w/ Martin Taylor through the years.  {#Boohoo}


 kcliss wrote:
Is no one going to mention the equally compelling violin of Stephane Grappelli? I guess I shall.
 
Yay for Stephane Grappelli from me too... a seriously amazing fiddle player


Is no one going to mention the equally compelling violin of Stephane Grappelli? I guess I shall.
 crockydile wrote:
Cartoon music. Nothing more. Can't get past it. Child in the late 60's. {#Jump}
 
I'm in an unforgiving mood tonight...

Child, you have so very much to learn about music and music making. There are so many places and ways you could learn, but none of them start or end with hanging around an internet site and throwing grenades for the adolescent fun of it. Okay, I've wasted enough time on you.

This is brand new to me.  An instant new favorite!
 Businessgypsy wrote:
Nice to hear. For years, Bobby Darin owned the space in my head with this label. Then a little orange fish.

 

 Oscar_the_Grouch wrote:
One of the best guitarists to have ever lived. Don't even think about arguing.
 
Not arguing. Lindsey Buckingham cited Django as one of his biggest influences, but I'd never heard Django's stuff until now. I see the similarities, but dear god - Django was just totally amazing. No wonder subsequent guitarists cite him as an inspiration! He makes me want to get my guitar out and try, yet again, to play.... {#Notworthy}

 Businessgypsy wrote:
Nice to hear. For years, Bobby Darin owned the space in my head with this label. Then a little orange fish.

 
LOL - Totally agree. And Django gives it that wonderful quirky edge. I've always loved this song, but this is just icing on the cake. *sighs* Love it. (And I love that little orange fish, too - somehow, he went through a similar journey...) {#Mrgreen}


gorgeous stuff, thanks RP!
 lmic wrote:
Did Django trade much in standards (ones he didn't compose, I mean :)? He covers 14 on this album alone. Don't know why I would just assume he wrote all of his tunes... I like this spare version of a big-band classic.
 
I think he's always had a fairly even mix.  Some of the earliest Django I have includes things like Sweet Georgia Brown, Nagasaki, Dinah and pretty much anything anything Mr. Armstrong did was OK by Django. Often times with songs that come from the decades before I was born I will only know one version and being far too lazy to look things up I tend to give the artist credit for the song if he's someone who writes a lot of his own stuff.  This of course means I am also too lazy to dig out all my other Django discs and get any actual statistics.

Please, another cigarette, and Stephane, take it from the top. Pernods all round!
nice
Nice to hear. For years, Bobby Darin owned the space in my head with this label. Then a little orange fish.

Did Django trade much in standards (ones he didn't compose, I mean :)? He covers 14 on this album alone. Don't know why I would just assume he wrote all of his tunes... I like this spare version of a big-band classic.

 donnyballgame wrote:

I'd love two fingers. Jameson will do nicely.

 

I'd settle for Panama Red~{#Cowboy}
I must admitt that I liked the vinyl scratching the most ! {#Eh}
 It reminds me of my father, he loved this song. Was a little gipsy himself...
swooooon...


Anyone who's into the Gypsy Jazz genre should listen to a small northern California band called Abysnth Quintet. They're great, would love to request Indigo Shoes onto RP just don't know how...