Zarah Leander "I know she wasn't on our side"

dhermann1 said:

Does it have anything to do with the fact that tho they were technically neutral during the war, they sold tons of iron ore to the Germans, thereby enabling them to continue to fight?
(Not to stir up old issues, or anything, heh heh.)

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Spitfire said:

... A bit too smart, too good, too serious, too well of. ...

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Flieger said:

I think both the Danes and the Norweigans passed us Swedes behind a while ago... Mmm... maybe we are still winning in the "too serious" league.

/F

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BinkieBaumont said:

Lets not be beastly to the Germans, I do admit to having rather a soft spot for the lovely Zara Leander, a popular star in Germany during WW2

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=0zDL4j9haQ0

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jawisher said:

It's funny, I love the music of germany from the Weimar ear through the 1940s, but I have never "got" Zara Leander. I know she was the most popular German songbird during the war, but she just leaves me a bit cold. I much prefer Lilian Harvey, or even others such as Marika Rokk, Hilde Hildebrand, and so on...

Binkie: what is it do you think about Zara that speaks to you?

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Artigas said:

And Switzerland kept German money in their banks, and IBM made computers to help pick victims for the Holocaust. Everybody's hands are dirty. Kind of hard to point the national finger at someone when it's dripping with mud.

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Doran said:

That's great that you like this era of music. I love Kurt Weill. My collection of his works is huge. Talk to me any time.

I absolutley love Weill. Mostly though I only know his work with Brecht, so I tend to think of them together. Had he retired immeditaley after writing 'Mackie Messer' he would still be in the canon. The original version is so extremely creepy long before it was made just plain fun by Bobby Darin.

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jawisher said:

Doran said:

That's great that you like this era of music. I love Kurt Weill. My collection of his works is huge. Talk to me any time.

I absolutley love Weill. Mostly though I only know his work with Brecht, so I tend to think of them together. Had he retired immeditaley after writing 'Mackie Messer' he would still be in the canon. The original version is so extremely creepy long before it was made just plain fun by Bobby Darin.

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Having recently seen a DVD of a performance of Mahagonny, I honestly do not know if I prefer Dreigroschenoper over it anymore.

I agree that the original Mackie Messer was nasty and sick and that it's a shame that it got turned into something without ugliness. It's not supposed to be fun, folks.

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