Aaaaand… we're off! Guest host Jeu Jeu La Foille rejoins Martin and Sam to tackle the first tracks from our monumental Orphans season, digging into the first tracks of Brawlers, Bawlers and Bastards. We examine the Elvis influence in another hot-and-bothered song for Kathleen, a children's song for an elderly bunny, and a very faithful cover from the Threepenny Opera.
Music extracts used for illustrative/review purposes include:
Lie To Me, Orphans: Brawlers Bawlers & Bastards, Tom Waits (2006)
Bend Down The Branches, Orphans: Brawlers Bawlers & Bastards, Tom Waits (2006)
Bunny, dir. Chris Wedge, Blue Sky Animation (1998)
What Keeps Mankind Alive, Orphans: Brawlers Bawlers & Bastards, Tom Waits (2006)
Opening of Die 3 Groschenoper, dir. G.W. Pabst, play by Bertolt Brecht, music by Kurt Weill (1931)
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