He took the song he wrote at 16 back from Nick Cave.
He took the song he wrote at 16 back from Nick Cave.
“Far worse to be Love’s lover than the lover that Love has scorned…”
Nick Cave cover by Chelsea Wolfe, with an unofficial video made by Mikolaj Mix with footage from Ana Lily Amirpour’s A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night.
I’m sure I’ve posted this on Fleurmach before, but here it is again, because it’s just so great. A version of the Weill/Brecht composition, “Seeräuberjenny” from Threepenny Opera, released on the excellent compilation Sons of Rogues’ Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs and Shanties.
Released yesterday. Exquisite.
Damian, I don’t know what made you post this on my Facebook wall tonight, but it was exactly what I needed to hear.
Ag, BLESS!
Watch more of this Australian Broadcasting Corporation insert from February 2013 – Nick talks about creativity, inspiration, his characters and his penchant for observation – HERE.
My favourite version of this Weill/Brecht classic, ever.
“Pirate Jenny” (German: “Seeräuberjenny”) is a well-known song from The Threepenny Opera by Kurt Weill, with lyrics by Bertolt Brecht. The English lyrics are by Marc Blitzstein. This cover by Shilpa Ray, Nick Cave and Warren Ellis was published in February 2013 on Sons of Rogues Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs and Chanteys, a Hal Willner-produced compilation album of songs performed by a roster of artists which also includes Tom Waits, Shane MacGowan, Iggy Pop, Patti Smith, Macy Grey, Johnny Depp, Frank Zappa and Richard Thompson.