If all music were like this, then I would not listen to music.

I hate, hate, hate this song! Nothing against Bobby Darin, mind you. I hate the song--not the singer.

Not sure why I like this song so much...I always find myself whistling it at odd moments....

meghan89 wrote:

hah! I've got this as my ring. Great to hear the ungarbled non-cell phone ring version.

Haha! Fantastic. Glad I sit on an exercise ball at work -- bouncing was much easier!

Thnx.

I am bouncing around at my desk like crazy! Thanks Bill!

mojoman wrote:I saw it and I loved the stylized way it was done.

Man! This train just went through Chicago.

I know this guy who had this as a ringtone and I can't hear the song without hearing the celphone!
Still good tho'

GREAT ****-ing SONG !!!!

Sabre Dance, Mack the Knife: When the going gets weird, the weird go pro.

Anyone else get the sudden urge eat a Big Mac?

Love this playlist tonight! Keep'n me going!

thewiseking wrote:
But at least Darin had the good sense to not be trying to perform long after his voice had failed. A shame he "retired" in the way he did.

If Sinatra had retired in the early '60s there wouldn't be nearly as many younger people scratching their heads and wondering what all the fuss was about an old guy that croaks out songs and tries to look "cool" when he's so large and arthritic he can scarcely move. Late Sinatra was just a sad embarassment when compared to his glory days.

We all lose our youth, but ya gotta do it gracefully and know when to let go of some things.

This song was played at 9am Tuesday morning..nothing like a little euphoria on a blah day...great song always, though.

Kinda strange, I know, but this was my parent's "song", you know, their deal. Death, blood, sex. Oh yeah, and a-swingin' style. Quite a bit different than the original in "Three Penny Opera"

Out of the chair rock the house awesome!!!!!!!!!!

A sharp, edgy performance that gets its point across.

Pure essence of cool.

mojoman wrote:




Pretty good effort from Spacey. He nailed the portrayal of Darin.

So who's the other person, besides me, who saw the movie "Beyond the Sea"?

kaosmonkey wrote:

and it is, sort of... from Bertolt Brecht's Threepenny Opera http://www.enotes.com/threepenny-opera/

the most incredible version, three penny opera, featuring raul julia. killer.

TeddiB wrote:

it's Die Moritat von Mackie Messer, written I assume you know, by Kurt Weill and libretto by Brecht, based on a much older story.

And to help with the question below regarding the story, this site: http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mmacktheknife.html tells the tale rather well.

Also, I agree with the comment about Darin/Sinatra. I love this song, but it's not a 10 because of Darin.

It's a tie between this version and Louis Armstrong's as to which is best -- like both!! :D/

let's put aside all the Darin hype for a minute.
He really was just a pale imitation of Sinatra.

I always liked "Mack der Messer" better!

from post on 'Sabre Dance' steve wrote:

I love seeing first hand that the station is 'listener supported'. Thanks Bill for listening :)

I remember when you quoted someone from the boards on a Billy Idol song, and thought, now that's awesome. It's almost like audience participation.

RP4VR

Seems like the theme song for a hired mafia killer...

"Mack The Knife"

Oh the shark has such teeth, dear
And he shows them pearly white
Just a jack knife has old MacHeath, dear
And he keeps it out of sight

You know when the shark bites
with his teeth, dear
Scarlet billows start to spread
Fancy gloves though wears MacHeath, dear
So there's never, never a trace of red

On the sidewalk, Sunday morning,
Don't you know
Lies a body oozing life
Someone's sneaking round the corner
Could that be our boy, Mack the knife?

From a tug boat by the river
There's a cement bag just dropping on down
The cement's just for the weight, dear
Bet you Mack is back in town

Did you hear about Louie Miller he disappeared
After drawing out all his hard earned cash
And MacHeath spends like a sailor
Could it be our boy did something rash?

Jenny Diver, Sukey Tawdry
Polly Peachum, and old Lucy Brown
Oh the line forms on the right, babe
Now that Mack is back in town

Sukey Tawdry, Jenny Diver
Polly Peachum, Lucy Brown
Oh the line forms on the right, dear
Now that Mack is back in town