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dduane · 2 months

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Down The (Writing) Research Rabbit Hole, [n] in a series

I can't (meaning "won't") tell you why. But sheesh, what a ride.

Links investigated:

Executed Today

Mack The Knife (Wikipedia)

Die Dreigroschenoper (Wikipedia)

Mack the Knife (Mackie Messer) lyrics in German

The Beggar's Opera

Best unexpected nugget so far: "In 1976, a brand-new interpretation of 'Mack the Knife' by Ralph Manheim and John Willett was used in the New York Shakespeare Festival's production of The Threepenny Opera, starring Raul Julia as Macheath." ...HOLY COW FIRE UP THE TIME MACHINE AND DROP ME OFF AT THE tkts BOOTH, I WANT TIX.

#The Beggar's Opera #Die Dreigroschenoper #Mack the Knife

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merceyca · 11 days

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Mack the Knife is, at long last, complete. I feel like I just sent a piece of my soul out into the universe, holy shit.

If you want to read about the adventures of Neil’s sister, Mack, now you can!!

CLICK HERE TO READ

#all for the game #the foxhole court #aftg #neil josten #andrew minyard #aftg fic #andreil #kevin day #sister fic #sibling au #mary wesninski #mack josten #mack the knife

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noise-reblogs · 3 months

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#smrpg #super mario rpg #smithy gang #mack #mack the knife #claymorton #bowyer #yaridovich #speardovich #smithy #meme

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citizenscreen · 5 months

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Lotte Lenya and Louis Armstrong recording a duet of Kurt Weill’s “Mack the Knife” in 1955. I don’t believe this version was released.

#lotte lenya #louis armstrong #mack the knife

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ridenwithbiden · 2 months

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Wow Who Knew!

“Ella Fitzgerald made history as the first jazz artist and the first Black-American woman to perform at the halftime show. The performance, billed as a "Salute to Louis Armstrong," featured Fitzgerald and trumpeter Al Hirt delivering a rendition of Satchmo's classic "Mack the Knife."

#Black History Month #Louis Armstrong #Ella Fitzgerald #Super Bowl #Halftime #Al Hirt #Mack The Knife #Black Women's History

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ephemerasnape · 2 months

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Mac the Knife ☠️🥵

Poacher Stalker H. Wm. Macnair Tribute.

(Get it? Macnair? And he's a killer....? Ok, I'll show myself out.)

My Macnair stuff.

#h wm macnair #poacher stalker #poachers #ashwinders #dark wizards #frank sinatra #dean martin #mack the knife #oh no he's hot #team villain #masked men #masked man #videos #music video #hogwarts legacy #harry potter hogwarts game #rookwood gang

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honourablejester · 11 months

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My mam just showed me this, I'd never seen it before (or anything from either of these two ladies), and I love this. Both their voices, but also this idea/format for a duet, one person singing the song and the other adding commentary on top of it, like they're gossiping on a street corner. It's fantastic. Also the raw life and energy and laughter in this performance.

Yeah, that just brightened up my morning, hundred per cent!

#music #dinah shore #pearl bailey #duets #mack the knife #1960s #amazing #Youtube

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meldoesthedraw · 2 years

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"So...the song then, is about a man who has a wife... for whom he buys.. pillows?"

"Exactly!"

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so earlier this year, my pal @starmansart requested I draw a poster based on the really fun Mack the Knife skin from the og Muppet Show -- this was the result!

#dr teeth and the electric mayhem #the muppet show #sam the eagle #the muppets #mack the knife

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theoutcastrogue · 11 months

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Behold Mack the Knife:

Bonkers album cover from Italy, 1973, it's a compilation of Kurt Weill songs from The Threepenny Opera and more. This is why vinyl slaps.

Title: L'opera da tre soldi ed altre celebri composizioni di Kurt Weill (RCA ARL1-0106)

#The Threepenny Opera #Kurt Weill #Bertolt Brecht #prison ballads #Mack the Knife #switchblade #only knives left #rogues in fiction #trs #theatre

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dozydawn · 1 year

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Marina Klimova and Sergei Ponomarenko 1989 Free Dance

Three Penny Opera and Mack the Knife by Kurt Weill.

“Well, it was really imaginative, really clever. But was it too clever by half? Was it too much of a gamble, to change their style that has been so successful?”

#(it wasn’t. they won gold) i only quoted that bc i love the turn of phrase ‘too clever by half’#babies’ first gold medal!!!#ice dance #marina klimova #sergei ponomarenko #mack the knife #kurt weill #figure skating

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dduane · 1 year

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In the "Passing Thought" dep't...

(while listening to the Bobby Darin cover of "Mack the Knife":)

"Sukie Tawdry" is the best erotica-author pseudonym ever. :)

(meanwhile, here's the man himself singing it live somewhere in 1970...) (and a caveat: this video ends just shy of the classic "Look out ol' Mackie is back!" finish. Annoying, but what can you do...)

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#Bobby Darin #Mack the Knife #Youtube

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wamnak · 11 months

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Tonight’s random record shelf pull…

Ella Fitzgerald “Mack The Knife-Ella In Berlin” 1960

I admittedly don’t have enough Ella in my record collection but I do own two copies of this classic. Lots of great stuff here. Lots of standards that most of us have heard thousands of times yet she can make them sound fresh… “The Lady Is A Tramp”, “Summertime”, and “How High The Moon”. But the best is the title track, “Mack The Knife”, where she forgets the words and just rolls with it without missing a beat. An astonishing performance. She very well could be the best vocalist ever.

#ella fitzgerald #mack the knife #records #now playing #vinyl #vintage vinyl #notice the typo on the cover #Spotify

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noise-reblogs · 3 months

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Dumping these here to clean my files out.