Looking for songs with sardonic, pithy lyrics that contain deep truths, folk / traditional Western European preferred.
Peter Bellamy's setting of Rudyard Kipling's Big Steamers is one of my absolute favorite tunes to sing right now, and I want moar. Sorry for the Spotify link but I couldn't find a YouTube link ready to go.
What do I love about it? It's a bit theatrical (dialogue between two characters), the consonants are an old-school stage actor's dream, and it's tongue in cheek while at the same time it points to a Deep Truth of imperialism. (I'm not in favor thereof, but to me the lyrics don't support it so much as say "this is the way it is now.")
Languages: English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, maybe German. (Eventually I can see myself moving into Weill / Brecht but for now I'd prefer to stick with a language I can read.) |
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