The Official Needles and Grooves 1001 Album Generator Project (aka Preachin’ about the Preachers if today’s selection sucks)

[Yer Ol' Uncle D]

She is famous for covering Kurt Weill who I don't know but is evidently a big influence on all the artists she covers here

You know the music of Kurt Weill, you just don't know you know the music of Kurt Weill...

 

[Yer Ol' Uncle D]

This is a good introduction to Kurt Weill:

Lost in the Stars: The Music of Kurt Weill - Wikipedia

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Tom Waits' version of "What Keeps Mankind Alive?" is one of my absolute favourite things he's recorded.

Great minds with a simulpost.

 

[Nee Lewman]

Nifty. This kind of reminds me of Sarah Brightman with out all the Fae pretense and, of course, Lemper doesn’t possess an unearthly soprano. The Divine Comedy provides it some edge. Qobuz has it listed as classical so it is formated as such on the album page which causes a lot of ridiculous redundancy:



It took me a minute to realize what was going on there.

 

[Nee Lewman]

Oh Jesus, Hannon is singing. He gives me the creeps.

 

[jamieanderson1968]

Oh Jesus, Hannon is singing. He gives me the creeps.

Enough with your insults of Northern Ireland’s favourite gin-soaked son

 

[jamieanderson1968]

I remember a friend had this cd. I liked songs but doubt I ever listened to the entire album in one shot. I think I might be able to today.

 

[dbarila]

So is she covering songs from those artists? Or were songs written for her by those artists?

 

[Nee Lewman]

So is she covering songs from those artists? Or were songs written for her by those artists?

They are covers. It sounded like in reading various things last night that many of these were unreleased songs at the time. The Divine Comedy stuff may have been written for her.