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Subject: Scarlet Billows
Posted by: Toral
- [22731114] Mon, Nov 15, 2004, 21:23
A few questions about the song "Mack the Knife"
[Written by: Kurt Weill/E. Bertolt Brecht/Marc Blitzstein
Written in 1928 as “Moritat” or “Theme From the Threepenny Opera” aka “The Beggar’s Opera” and introduced in that production by Weill’s wife, Lotte Lenya]:
1) Who sang the best version? [Yes, there is an obvious answer, with which I agree].
2) Who sang the 2nd and 3rd best versions?
3) Did any of them understand the lyrics they were singing, or their context?
Thank you.
Toral
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| 1 | KnicksFan
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Mon, Nov 15, 2004, 22:07
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The Doors did a cool live version, and I'd guess that they understood the context of the lyrics since they also covered another Brecht/Weill song, "Alabama Song (Whiskey Bar)".
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| 2 | GoatLocker
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Tue, Nov 16, 2004, 14:58
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Not easy to answer, but will give you my thoughts.
1) Who sang the best version? [Yes, there is an obvious answer, with which I agree].
Not so sure this is that obvious. Most will probably say Bobby Darin. Think I could make a good argument for the Louis Armstrong rendition and also for a 3rd class Sonar Tech who was on one of the ships with me (Never ever paid for beer anywhere, just got up and sang).
2) Who sang the 2nd and 3rd best versions?
The other two that I talked about in number 1. Again, you could get into quite the argument based on the number of people that did the song. Other contenders would be Ella Fitzgerald, Rosemary Clooney, and of course Frank Sinatra.
3) Did any of them understand the lyrics they were singing, or their context?
JMHO - Probably not....if anybody did, probably Bobby Darin and the young Sonar Tech I talked about earlier.
Cliff
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| 3 | bibA
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Wed, Nov 17, 2004, 11:21
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Many years ago I had an album produced in the 1950s wherein Die Dreigroschenoper (aka The Threepenny Opera) was performed in German. I loved the version of Mack, but just can't recall the artist. I think the album may have been on Decca, and was a cast recording from the play.
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