Wednesday, October 05, 2005
Meme Digression: Mack the Knife
I'm sure this is the first in a series of meme progressions/digressions that I'll discuss with you all...
Ben posted up about his Jazz/Swing based Mercedes mix tape, and I commented that it sounded cool, but missed that hep-cat tune "Mack the Knife" that seemed to fit with what I knew of the tunes he'd mentioned.
Of course, Ben put me onto the Wikipedia Entry on Mack the Knife, which lent a completely new outlook for me on the basis of the song. Before now it had been a tune to me, with some odd and morbid lyrics, much like a Nick Cave song.
Straight Dope confirms the Wikipedia story, and now I've got some thinking to do about the origins of more songs that I like. That, and trying to track down a production of The Threepenny Opera, and a CD of Bobby Darin featuring the tune that started this thought...
Ben posted up about his Jazz/Swing based Mercedes mix tape, and I commented that it sounded cool, but missed that hep-cat tune "Mack the Knife" that seemed to fit with what I knew of the tunes he'd mentioned.
Of course, Ben put me onto the Wikipedia Entry on Mack the Knife, which lent a completely new outlook for me on the basis of the song. Before now it had been a tune to me, with some odd and morbid lyrics, much like a Nick Cave song.
Straight Dope confirms the Wikipedia story, and now I've got some thinking to do about the origins of more songs that I like. That, and trying to track down a production of The Threepenny Opera, and a CD of Bobby Darin featuring the tune that started this thought...
# posted by Fro : Wednesday, October 05, 2005
