Continuing in my apparent theme of listing Industrial greats, here’s a version of that by Blixa Bargeld (of Einsturzende Neubauten and The Bad Seeds)
Staying the punk vein, the Dickies version of Hair
Not a showtune; it’s from 10cc.
Yay! Punk Broadway is my new favorite thing.
I would totally listen to that Ramones’ Pirates of Penzance…
“The Alabama Song” (also called “Show Me the Way to the Next Whiskey Bar” by Kurt Weill, was originally in his opera Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny and has great covers by David Bowie and, especially, The Doors.
From Wiki:
**Wild is the Wind **was written by **Dimitri Tiomkin **and Ned Washington. Originally recorded by Johnny Mathis for the 1957 Film Wild Is The Wind.
David Bowie recorded his version in 1976 for the Station to Station album having been inspired by Nina Simone and her versions from 1959 (live) and 1966 (studio.)
The Baal EP is a 1981 recording by David Bowie comprising recordings of songs written for Bertolt Brecht’s play Baal.
Track listing
Side A
“Baal’s Hymn” (Brecht, Muldowney) – 4:02
**“Remembering Marie A” (Traditional; adapted by Brecht and Muldowney) **– 2:07
Side B
“Ballad of the Adventurers” (Brecht, Muldowney) – 2:01
“The Drowned Girl” (Brecht, Weill) – 2:26
“The Dirty Song” (Brecht, Mulroney) - 0:38
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Die Moritat von Mackie Messer, originally from The Threepenny Opera (Die Dreigroschenoper)
Later recorded in English as Mack the Knife. You probably already know Bobby Darin’s pop version.
Here is a punk version in German by SLUT:
Or a slower version closer to the original in English by Lyle Lovett:[/QUOTE]
Nick Cave does a splendid “Mack The Knife”: it’s taken from September Songs, in which artists like P J Harvey, Lou Reed and Elvis Costello take on Kurt Weill songs. Well worth tracking down.
And The Pogues take on Just One Of Those Things is glorious: AH TRUP TA THA MOOON, OAN GOASSAMAH WUNGS HOOARGH!
I have a massive fondness for Joan Jett and Paul Westerberg’s punked up take on Let’s Do It, as well. And Iggy Pop and Debbie Harry versus Did You Evah? is just a joy. “Sounds like pure soap opera, I may cry”.
I feel like I saw or heard this at some point ages ago. Off to find!
Jeff Beck’s “Truth” LP features a cover KFC “Old Man River,” from Jerome Kern’s “Show Boat.” Vocals by Rod Stewart.
In a similar vein, Ute Lemper and The Divine Comedy’s Neil Hannon duet on Tango Ballad.
For something recent, The Hamilton Mixtape is coming out soon (or may already be out?) which has various pop stars covering songs from the show.
Beat me to it. That’s a great one - starts off with smashing metal percussion and it takes you a minute or two to start picking the melody out of the noise.
Steve Martin once did a version of the song on a variety show, singing it absolutely straight (if a little camp), but always singing “New York” three times.
That was what I thought of when I saw this. Here’s the link.
Todd wrote songs for the unproduced Joe Orton script Up Against It, written to be a Beatles movie. It wasn’t well received by the critics, but I suspect mainly because Todd didn’t write the faux Beatles songs he easily could have, but instead wrote show tunes.
Hmph. It doesn’t include “The Schuyler Sisters”.
The brand new song “Play That Song” by Train uses the melody of the Frank Loesser/Hoagy Carmichael “Heart and Soul”
What about Gwen Stefani doing a sort of cover of “If I Was a Rich Man” from “Fiddler on the Roof”?
King Crimson’s “Moonchild” includes a few bars of “The Surrey With the Fringe on Top.”
Apparently, that will be on Volume Two.
I came in to mention the gimmies, they’re amazing, but ended coming out with a ton of fun stuff to listen to.