Showing posts with label Costello. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Costello. Show all posts

Saturday, December 15, 2007

One More Weill - Lost in the Stars

Since y'all (save Val) blew off my post on Bilbao-Song and degenerated into a cultural exchange on the finer aspects of the Anvil...

I thought I'd give it another try with a Weill song in english by a contemporary performer.

I think the lyrics are by Maxwell Anderson. Cry the Beloved Country:

And this version by Elvis Costello is visually, tripping the light fantastic...

I order you to search for the version by the master, Tony Bennett.