Comments on: The Freedompenny Opera http://fanaticalapathy.com/2003/05/15/the-freedompenny-opera/ America's favorite blog Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:00:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.11 by: Gregory http://fanaticalapathy.com/2003/05/15/the-freedompenny-opera/#comment-1043 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2003/05/15/the-freedompenny-opera/#comment-1043 Perhaps it's the subject matter of "Mack the Knife" - a serial killer and extortionist with an eye for the ladies - that makes Paula think it's an American classic. Didn't 50 cent just do a cover? Perhaps it’s the subject matter of “Mack the Knife” - a serial killer and extortionist with an eye for the ladies - that makes Paula think it’s an American classic. Didn’t 50 cent just do a cover?

]]> by: Ras_Nesta http://fanaticalapathy.com/2003/05/15/the-freedompenny-opera/#comment-1044 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2003/05/15/the-freedompenny-opera/#comment-1044 No, Toby Keith covered "Smack the Wife(She'll Remember, I'll Forget)". No, Toby Keith covered “Smack the Wife(She’ll Remember, I’ll Forget)”.

]]> by: Anonymous http://fanaticalapathy.com/2003/05/15/the-freedompenny-opera/#comment-1045 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2003/05/15/the-freedompenny-opera/#comment-1045 Right, right, right on the misattribution and poor Bertolt Brecht, right, right, it's a pity, and worse, people only think of Lotte Lenya as the horrible Klebb, in that old 007 movie... but .... My son watches "American Idol"?????? arrrrrrghhhhhhhhhhhh (How do I deal with this? Is there a group I can join... ???) Right, right, right on the misattribution and poor Bertolt Brecht, right, right, it’s a pity, and worse, people only think of Lotte Lenya as the horrible Klebb, in that old 007 movie… but ….

My son watches “American Idol”??????

arrrrrrghhhhhhhhhhhh
(How do I deal with this? Is there a group I can join… ???)

]]> by: Kevin http://fanaticalapathy.com/2003/05/15/the-freedompenny-opera/#comment-1046 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2003/05/15/the-freedompenny-opera/#comment-1046 Actually, 'twas Bobby Darin who had the hit with 'Mack the Knife'. And really, that managed to distort the original quite a bit. I think the whole thing just goes to prove what I've been feeling for years: nobody listens, nobody reads. Actually, ’twas Bobby Darin who had the hit with ‘Mack the Knife’. And really, that managed to distort the original quite a bit. I think the whole thing just goes to prove what I’ve been feeling for years: nobody listens, nobody reads.

]]> by: adam http://fanaticalapathy.com/2003/05/15/the-freedompenny-opera/#comment-1047 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2003/05/15/the-freedompenny-opera/#comment-1047 Kevin - You're right, I think- Armstrong recorded it first, Darrin later (1958), and Sinatra much later than that. Though Darrin was accused of shamelessly imitating Sinatra at that point in his career, his Sinatrafication of "Mack the Knife" is the one that Clay Aiken was clearly imitating (and, naturally, the one that Sinatra himself imitated when HE covered the song). Of course, Darrin's Sinatrafication owed a lot to Armstrong's version. whew! Kevin -

You’re right, I think- Armstrong recorded it first, Darrin later (1958), and Sinatra much later than that. Though Darrin was accused of shamelessly imitating Sinatra at that point in his career, his Sinatrafication of “Mack the Knife” is the one that Clay Aiken was clearly imitating (and, naturally, the one that Sinatra himself imitated when HE covered the song). Of course, Darrin’s Sinatrafication owed a lot to Armstrong’s version.

whew!

]]> by: t.a. http://fanaticalapathy.com/2003/05/15/the-freedompenny-opera/#comment-1048 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2003/05/15/the-freedompenny-opera/#comment-1048 my favorite version is the cobbled-together sinatra-buffett duet: classic orchestration, great singing from both frank & jimmy, very enjoyable. regarding AI, which i don't watch, i was wondering: does Paula ever ask contestants to get down on all fours and bark like a dog? just curious. my favorite version is the cobbled-together sinatra-buffett duet: classic orchestration, great singing from both frank & jimmy, very enjoyable.

regarding AI, which i don’t watch, i was wondering: does Paula ever ask contestants to get down on all fours and bark like a dog? just curious.

]]> by: kris247 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2003/05/15/the-freedompenny-opera/#comment-1049 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2003/05/15/the-freedompenny-opera/#comment-1049 I seem to remember a McDonald's ad from my youth that featured a guy dressed as an oversized quarter moon singing "Big Mac Tonight" to the tune of Mack the Knife. Maybe that's what Paula Abdul was thinking about when she said it's an American classic. After all, what's more American than turning a protest song into a corporate jingle? Ahh...Google: When the clock strikes half past six, babe time to head for golden lights 'Cause it's a good time for the great taste Dinner at McDonald's It's Mac tonight Come on, make it Mac tonight. I seem to remember a McDonald’s ad from my youth that featured a guy dressed as an oversized quarter moon singing “Big Mac Tonight” to the tune of Mack the Knife. Maybe that’s what Paula Abdul was thinking about when she said it’s an American classic. After all, what’s more American than turning a protest song into a corporate jingle?

Ahh…Google:

When the clock strikes
half past six, babe
time to head for
golden lights
‘Cause it’s a good time for
the great taste
Dinner at McDonald’s
It’s Mac tonight
Come on, make it Mac
tonight.

]]> by: Dee http://fanaticalapathy.com/2003/05/15/the-freedompenny-opera/#comment-1050 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2003/05/15/the-freedompenny-opera/#comment-1050 Take me now, Lord. Take me now, Lord.

]]> by: Raya http://fanaticalapathy.com/2003/05/15/the-freedompenny-opera/#comment-1051 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2003/05/15/the-freedompenny-opera/#comment-1051 <b>kris247</b>, I remember that McD's commercial! I also remember my Dad's reaction to that commercial, which was a lot of grumbling and a valiant attempt to educate us kids about the true origins of the song. In conclusion, long live Kurt Weill! Down with Paula Abdul! kris247, I remember that McD’s commercial! I also remember my Dad’s reaction to that commercial, which was a lot of grumbling and a valiant attempt to educate us kids about the true origins of the song.

In conclusion, long live Kurt Weill! Down with Paula Abdul!

]]> by: michael http://fanaticalapathy.com/2003/05/15/the-freedompenny-opera/#comment-1052 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2003/05/15/the-freedompenny-opera/#comment-1052 I've always thought the ultimate version of "Mackie Messer" was the Ella Fitzgerald Live in Berlin version where she has no friggin idea what the words are and starts singing about all the people that have covered the song and well you asked for it & here it is even though I don't know the words and it goes on for like 10 minutes and every time they modulate up she starts laughing harder...that would be the one to cover, if you ask me. I’ve always thought the ultimate version of “Mackie Messer” was the Ella Fitzgerald Live in Berlin version where she has no friggin idea what the words are and starts singing about all the people that have covered the song and well you asked for it & here it is even though I don’t know the words and it goes on for like 10 minutes and every time they modulate up she starts laughing harder…that would be the one to cover, if you ask me.

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