Berlin Decadence - Die Weintraubs: Marion-Tango, 1928

[RahmSifr]

What a marvellously melancholic tune.

[Lolawinter]

I like this so much...!!!!

[jrakg]

Recordings made in Berlin c 1930 can still sound remarkably good and, of course, they evoke the period distinctly. - John Austin, Australia

[APPLEexampleSample]

you're so great,thank you for this video. this is such a beautiful song.

[alexandre210613]

thanks a lot !!!!

[acerb45666555]

Iran?!! thats trickey. cant just nail the place. huge friendly civilian elements. we cant be the ones who kill another Neda! we must use extreme care with Iran.

[acerb45666555]

this was the time when Hitlers goons could have been crushed! if only the world had acted!! the nazis were still weak! the whole war could have been avoided!!!

[priapus56]

The world's acting now thou'....Kuwait, Iraq, Iran next...

[gmmix]

Splendid commentary, which adds so much to the totality of the presentation. I fully appreciate the time you spent preparing the commentary. FIVE STARS!

[jd03150]

I would like to associate myself with gmmix's remarks on the commentary. It adds so much to your appreciation of the great music to know about those who made it. It also helps one to appreciate that some of these great artists endured great hardship and even death in their musical careers. In this piece, I particularly enjoyed the whistling -- quite unusal and just great.

[juvanhet]

nice

[PhotonDrive]

240: Do you know where I can find the famous painting by Mammen's friend Conrad Felixmuller, of fellow-poet Walter Rheiner leaping to his death? This, more than any painting I know of, catches the spirit of Weimar-era decadence. N'est pas?

[jsuglia]

It is now in the Modern Wing of the Art Institute of Chicago. I have seen the original with my own eyes.

[PhotonDrive]

Thanks! - Good choice for their collection!

[whizbang47]

Who was it who said this band couldn't play in N.Y? The implication is Local 802 A.F. of M., but I think it might have been the police. A foreign band would not automatically get Cabaret cards....

[camille885]

It is cute! Very tuneful. Thanks

[indeterminacy]

Fantastic song - I went looking for gramophone records around Bielefeld once in the 90's - found in one old farmhouse a title with a credit to Friedrich Hollander. What a feeling that was! WOnderful, decadent torch singing "Er ist nach mir verrückt" b/w "Die Berliner Lift"

[pax41]

I am sure you will find something just as fine as this masterpiece. Thank you

[HarborGuy]

Yes America was not always as friendly as it is now we had our prejudice again many races. We were basically Isolationists. Now they just walk across the Mexican boarder....go figure...

[kspm01]

Thank you, too much honor. By the way, I've just uploaded something - very different - from my homeland I'm sure you're going to love - the Roaring Twenties at their best.

[pax41]

Do you have more of this?  I can't get this out of my head.

[kspm01]

Exquisite arrangement, I love this.

[pax41]

What a great piece! The orchestration and playing are so good. I think the German bands of the 20's did the best Tango's. Thank You

[norfolk03]

This is pure gold! Harborguy is so right, most certainly our gain. Thanks so very much for this most excellent offering!

[HarborGuy]

Great talent thanks for the posting of the Music as well as the information on the artist. Germany's loss was our gain in more ways then one it would appear..

[dzheger]

An enchanting tango and superb playing, magnificent art and interesting bios. This is a grand video. Thanks G.