Never lost for a conversation, Jo, Miranda, Martin and Sam take a look at the theatrical and political context of Waits's less-mannered song of longing. We return to some conversations from recent episodes, consider Kathleen Brennan's presence in these songs, and break SbS rules to revisit Lotte Lenya's presentation of the music of Kurt Weill.
Music extracts used for illustrative/review purposes include:
Lost in the Harbour, Alice, Tom Waits (2002)
Lost In The Stars, Lost In The Stars, Lotte Lenya / Kurt Weill (1943)
There's Never A Rose, The Alice Demos, Tom Waits (1992 - unreleased)
Lost In The Stars, Lost In The Stars, Todd Duncan / Kurt Weill (1949)
Kathleen Brennan and Tom Waits on The Late Late Show (Ireland), via YouTube (1981)
Eva Gabors (Miss Bianca) & Bob Newhart (Bernard) in The Rescuers, dir. John Lounsbery, Wolfgang Reitherman & Art Stevens (1977)
Lotte Lenya (Rosa Klebb) in From Russia With Love, dir. Terrence Young (1963)
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