Help! I have just been told that my favorite song, "Mack the Knife" is actually a love song. Can someone please confirm this, and do I need to find a new favorite song?

mibmob

Depends on what you class as a love song: Oh, the shark has pretty teeth, dear And he shows ’em pearly white Just a jack knife has Macheath, dear And he keeps it way out of sight When that shark bites with his teeth, dear Scarlet billows begin to spread Fancy gloves though has Macheath, dear So there’s never, never a trace of red On the sidewalk one sunday morning Lies a body oozin’ life Someone’s sneaking ’round the corner Could that someone be Mack the knife? From a tugboat on the river going slow A cement bag is dropping on down You know that cement is for the weight, dear You can make a large bet Mackie’s back in town My man Louis Miller, he split the scene, babe After drawing out all the bread from his stash Now Macheath spends like a sailor Do you suppose our boy, he’s done something rash? Old Satchmo, Louis Armstrong, Bobby Darrin Did this song nice, Lady Ella, too They all sang it with so much feeling That old blue eyes, he ain’t gonna add nothing new But with this big band jumping behind me Swinging hard, jack, I now I can’t lose When I tell you all about Mack the knife, babe It’s an offer you can never refuse We got Patrick Williams, Bill Miller playing that piano And this great big band bringing up the rear All the band cats in this band now They make the greatest sounds you’re ever gonna hear Oh, Sookie Taudry, Jenny Diver, Polly Peachum, old Miss Lulu Brown Hey the line forms on the right, dear Now that Macheath’s back in town You’d better lock your doors and call the law Because Macheath’s back in town Jul 15 04, 12:07 PM

Baloo55th

That's a slightly amended version by some jazz singer - the list of musicians and such didn't appear in the original Brecht / Weill number. Love song - that it ain't. Why not have a love song as a favourite, anyway? Or are you into the lowlife violence typified by Macheath? Jul 15 04, 1:13 PM

ajdale

Old blue eyes = Frank Sinatra. Not "some jazz singer". Jul 15 04, 5:46 PM

McGruff

I was looking for the original lyrics but haven't been able to come up with them. The song was originally written in 1928 by Kurt Weill, E. Bertolt Brecht, and Marc Blitzstein as “Moritat” (The Flick Knife Song) or “Theme From the Threepenny Opera” aka “The Beggar’s Opera” and introduced in that production by Weill’s wife, Lotte Lenya. Here's Bobby Darin's version: http://www.bobbydarin.net/macklyrics.html http://www.geocities.com/Broadway/3525/cds/Descr/ThreePennyOpera.html [Jul 17 04 6:00 AM] McGruff writes: As far as it being your favourite song, songs appeal to people for all kinds of different reasons, you like the beat or the melody, you find the lyrics interesting, you particularly like the arrangement or the way a vocalist sings, and when everything comes together for you, that song becomes your favourite. I wouldn't worry about whether or not it has any mass appeal. I actually like Bobby Darin's version of Mack the Knife and never knew where it came from. Jul 16 04, 1:28 AM

philsgirl

I thought it said something about me, that my favorite song wasn't a love song. And I really like the lyrics to this song. Most of the women I know have love songs as their favorites, I didn't want to be part of the crowd. Jul 16 04, 11:58 AM

guiscard

I always liked "Happy Birthday" especially the live version..... Jul 17 04, 7:02 AM

McGruff

I've heard that one too many times. Jul 17 04, 11:15 AM

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