Blast from the past! Awesome song!(need others like it)

Oh, the shark, babe, has such teeth, dear
And it shows them pearly white
Just a jackknife has old MacHeath, babe
And he keeps it, ah, out of sight
Ya know when that shark bites with his teeth, babe
Scarlet billows start to spread
Fancy gloves, oh, wears old MacHeath, babe
So there?s never, never a trace of red

Now on the sidewalk, huh, huh, whoo sunny morning, un huh
Lies a body just oozin' life, eek
And someone?s sneakin' ?round the corner
Could that someone be Mack the Knife?

There's a tugboat, huh, huh, down by the river dontcha know
Where a cement bag?s just a'drooppin' on down
Oh, that cement is just, it's there for the weight, dear
Five'll get ya ten old Macky?s back in town
Now d'ja hear ?bout Louie Miller? He disappeared, babe
After drawin' out all his hard-earned cash
And now MacHeath spends just like a sailor
Could it be our boy's done somethin' rash?

Now Jenny Diver, ho, ho, yeah, Sukey Tawdry
Ooh, Miss Lotte Lenya and old Lucy Brown
Oh, the line forms on the right, babe
Now that Macky?s back in town

I said Jenny Diver, whoa, Sukey Tawdry
Look out to Miss Lotte Lenya and old Lucy Brown
Yes, that line forms on the right, babe
Now that Macky?s back in town.....

Bobby Darin - Mack the Knife
Anyone know of other songs like this?

 

no one know of other songs with this kind of beat?

 

[mpitts]

Originally posted by: FallenHero
no one know of other songs with this kind of beat?

I have no idea what song that is. A title and artist would probably help.

 

Originally posted by: mpitts

Originally posted by: FallenHero
no one know of other songs with this kind of beat?

I have no idea what song that is. A title and artist would probably help.

sorry...Mack the knife by Bobby Darin.

 

[DaveSimmons]

Joe Jackson's Jumpin' Jive CD is similar (more jazzy though).

You could always go way back to the source, Brecht & Weill's Threepenny Opera. Ute Lemper is the foremost modern interpreter of Weill in both English and the original German. Brecht & Weill also wrote the "show me the way to the next whiskey bar" song ("Alabama song") made famous again by Jim Morrison.

 

Originally posted by: DaveSimmons
Joe Jackson's Jumpin' Jive CD is similar (more jazzy though).

You could always go way back to the source, Brecht & Weill's Threepenny Opera. Ute Lemper is the foremost modern interpreter of Weill in both English and the original German. Brecht & Weill also wrote the "show me the way to the next whiskey bar" song ("Alabama song") made famous again by Jim Morrison.

ill try some of those guys out...any more people?

 

[Rastus]

Someone needs to get into 'Ol Blue Eyes. Frank Sinatra.