20th Century Blues Music Cd

Faithfull Marianne - 20th Century Blues

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20th Century Blues      Artist : Marianne Faithfull      List Price : $14.98 USD        Your Price : $14.98 USD      ProductGroup: Music      Release Date : 1997-01-14      Studio : RCA Victor Europe      Label : RCA Victor Europe      Avg. Customer Rating : (10 reviews)

Reviews Customer Reviews for 20th Century Blues      An excellent detour for Marianne...flawless      Rating:      Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R1ULOFHNRPGF5H     Customer Reviews for 20th Century Blues Cd      An evening in the Weimar Republic!      Rating:      Weill's collaborations with Bertolt Brecht redefined the potential of the popular music retaking this twilight taste of dark poetry, of infinite hopeless I have always been convinced about Mariane Faithful's impressive talent, but I never imagined she could be able to reproduce with such integrity and conviction this overwhelming album. Indeed she was absorbed and engaged inside the dramatic universe and decadent environment. This album is so extraordinary, so expressive and fabulous than even the most appropriate words seem to be useless to intend qualify the overall intensity, passion and artistic honesty in this record that literally will make us to make a enraptured, febrile and evocative musical flight throughout this diamantine album, recorded live at the New Morning in Paris. Addittionally, you will find abundant information in the inside book pocket. Editorial Reviews for 20th Century Blues Audio Cd      Amazon.com      A live album billed as "An Evening in the Weimar Republic," Faithfull marches confidently through the work of the German composer Kurt Weill. Standards such as "Alabama Song," "Mack the Knife," "Pirate Jenny," and "The Ballad of the Soldier's Wife" sound fine, if a bit shopworn, making her version of a lesser-known Weill tune such as "Complainte de la Seine" stand out. Actually, some of the album's better moments draw on composers and performers other than Weill. The title track and "Don't Forget Me" are satisfying nods to a pair of non-Teutonic gods, Noel Coward and Harry Nilsson. Two other songs, "Want to Buy Some Illusions" and "Falling in Love Again." approximate Marlene Dietrich's Blue Angel cabaret to convincing effect. Overall, 20th Century Blues is no match for Faithfull's best albums, Broken English and Strange Weather, but Faithfull's fascination with the glamour and decadence of pre-World War II Berlin is more befitting a twilight performer than the barely-legal fantasies of her '60s/'70s peers, Mick Jagger and Steven Tyler. --Keith Moerer