#1 - D.J. Oh don't ask why, oh don't ask why And must have little girl or you know why, Oh moon of Alabama it's time to say "auf wiedersehen" Copyright: Writer(s): Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill Lyrics Terms of Use, Oh show me the way to the next whiskey bar The week after Bowie’s passing (in January 2016), the Official Vinyl Singles Chart top 20 was dominated by 13 different Bowie singles. Although the majority of all three works is in German, the "Alabama Song" retained Hauptmann's broken English lyrics throughout. Bowie, a Brecht fan, incorporated the song into Isolar II, his 1978 World Tour. [6], For the Doors' version, keyboardist Ray Manzarek plays the Marxophone along with the organ and keyboard bass.[7]. I tell you we must die I tell you, I tell you (2017 Tony Visconti mix - single edit) - July 2019, #1 - Boys Keep Swinging (2017 Tony Visconti Mix) - May 2019, #1 - The Rebels - David Bowie’s Revolutionary Song - April 2019 - RSD (Music On Vinyl - Numbered sleeve, transparent blue vinyl 7”), #2 - Let's Dance (Full Length Demo) - April 2018 – RSD (Black vinyl 12"), #1 - "Heroes" (Single Version) - September 2017, #1 - No Plan EP - April 2017 – RSD - (Sony Music - Numbered sleeve, transparent blue marbled vinyl 12”), #8 - Placebo Featuring David Bowie ‎- Without You I'm Nothing - April 2017 - RSD - (Universal Music - picture disc 12”), #1 - Sound And Vision (2017 Remastered Version) - February 2017, #1 - TVC15 (Original Single Edit) - April 2016, #1 - Golden Years (Single Version) - November 2015, #1 - Space Oddity (UK Single Edit) - October 2015, #1 - Fame (Original Single Edit) - July 2015, #2 - Tom Verlaine Kingdom Come - David Bowie Kingdom Come - April 2015 - RSD (Elektra/Parlophone Side By Side series - translucent white 7"). I tell you we must die, Oh moon of Alabama, it's time to say goodbye We've lost our good old mama He cut a version at Tony Visconti’s studio after the European leg of the tour, and in 1980 it was issued as a single to hasten the end of Bowie’s contract with RCA. We've lost our good old mama Alabama Song Lyrics: Oh show me the way to the next whiskey bar / Oh don't ask why, no don't ask why / For we must find the next whiskey bar / Or if we don't find the next whiskey bar / I tell you we It was set to music by Kurt Weill for the 1927 play Little Mahagonny (Mahagonny-Songspiel) and reused for Brecht and Weill's 1930 opera Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny), where it is sung by Jenny and her fellow prostitutes in Act I. Bowie would appear in a BBC version of Brecht's Baal, and release an EP of songs from the play. All releases listed below are 40th Anniversary 7” vinyl picture discs, unless otherwise stated. The images used on the A and B sides of the picture disc are by (A-side 1980) DEAN CHAMBERLAIN © THE DAVID BOWIE ARCHIVE® (AA-Side 1978) CHRIS WALTER © CHRIS WALTER COURTESY OF GETTY IMAGES. Or if we don't find the next little girl, Oh moon of Alabama, it's time to say goodbye The "Alabama Song"—also known as "Moon of Alabama", "Moon over Alabama", and "Whisky Bar"—is an English version of a song written by Bertolt Brecht and translated from German by his close collaborator Elisabeth Hauptmann in 1925 and set to music by Kurt Weill for the 1927 play Little Mahagonny. He performed "Alabama Song" again on his 1990 Sound+Vision Tour and 2002 Heathen tours. Or if we don't find the next whiskey bar, I tell you we must die For we must find the next little girl Oh don't ask why, no don't ask why He performed "Alabama Song" again on his 1990 Sound+Vision Tour and 2002 Heathen tours. Or if we don't find the next little dollar, Oh moon of Alabama, it's time to say goodbye With unconventional key changes, the track "seemed calculated to disrupt any radio programme on which it was lucky enough to get played". Although the majority of all three works is in German, the "Alabama Song" retained Hauptmann's broken English lyrics throughout. [citation needed] On the album version, lead singer Jim Morrison altered the second verse from "Show us the way to the next pretty boy" to "Show me the way to the next little girl", but, on the 1967 Live at the Matrix recording, he sings the original "next pretty boy". Thank you. Of the 40th Anniversary di Bowie, a Brecht fan, incorporated the song into Isolar II, his 1978 World Tour. He cut a version at Tony Visconti’s studio after the European leg of the tour, and in 1980 it was issued as a single to hasten the end of Bowie’s contract with RCA. And must have dollar or you know why, Oh show us the way to the next little girl Last edited on 16 September 2020, at 03:17, Learn how and when to remove this template message, Lost in the Stars: The Music of Kurt Weill, September Songs – The Music of Kurt Weill, "Top 10 Famous Songs With Unknown Originals", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alabama_Song&oldid=978636570, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, A concert performance recorded in spring 1978 during the, It was released as the B-side of the Japanese single ", In 1992 it was released as a bonus track on the, The lyric "Show me the way to the next whisky bar" is written on the wall of the men's restroom in the TV show, In 2013, The Doors' version of the song made an appearance in, This page was last edited on 16 September 2020, at 03:17. A decade later, Bowie, planning a world tour in 1978, decided to play “Alabama Song” live; the idea may have been sparked by Bowie’s negotiations to star in a Threepenny Opera revival. Track listing "Alabama Song" (Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill) – 3:51 "Space Oddity" (acoustic version) (David Bowie) – 4:57; The German 1982 rerelease of the single included Jacques Brel's song "Amsterdam" as an additional B-side. Oh don't ask why, no don't ask why Brecht and Weill's version of the song was first performed by the Viennese actress and dancer Lotte Lenya, Weill's wife,[2] in the role of Jessie at the 1927 Baden-Baden Festival's performance of Little Mahagonny. 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The first recording of the song—by Lenya for the Homocord record label—came out in early 1930 under the title "Alabama-Song";[3] it was rerecorded the same year for the Ultraphon record label for release with the 1930 Leipzig premiere of The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny, despite Lenya not being a member of that cast. It’s also fair to assume that had the chart been around at the time, all of the other 40th Anniversary discs from Starman onward would have performed similarly well. Of course, not only is this an indication of how Bowie’s music endures, it’s also a reflection of how faithful Bowie fans are, for it is you that have made the David Bowie 40th Anniversary 7” vinyl picture disc series the success it is. Oh show me the way to the next whiskey bar Oh don't ask why, no don't ask why For we must find the next whiskey bar Or if we don't find the next whiskey bar Brecht and Weill's version of the song was first performed by the Viennese actress and dancer Lotte Lenya, Weill's wife,[2] in the role of Jessie at the 1927 Baden-Baden Festival's performance of Little Mahagonny. It was set to music by Kurt Weill for the 1927 play Little Mahagonny (Mahagonny-Songspiel) and reused for Brecht and Weill's 1930 opera Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny), where it is sung by Jenny and her fellow prostitutes in Act I. Marquee Memories: Bush & LIVE Looks Back At David Bowie Concert, NEW SONG: AC/DC - "Shot In The Dark" - LYRICS, HOT SONG: 21 Savage x Metro Boomin - "My Dawg​" - LYRICS. The German 1982 rerelease of the single included Jacques Brel's song "Amsterdam" as an additional B-side. [6], For the Doors' version, keyboardist Ray Manzarek plays the Marxophone along with the organ and keyboard bass.[7].

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