Oh Show Us The Way To The Next Whisky Bar!

[Cyberpit2000]

Not to sounds like a nitpicker or burst tfcrew's bubble or anything but Jim Morrison was a film student at UCLA and it wasn't Jim who suggested doing a cover of this for The Doors' debut album it was Ray Manzarek; the Piano/Organ/Bass player for The Doors. And on a personal note; I think The Doors did a damn good job converting this into a rock n' roll song. If any other artist at that time tried it would've just fallen flat imo

[frankez1975]

Sehr gute; but I still expect Jim Morrison to come clamoring across the stage.

[markorop]

this version from Peter Zadek as director is amazing.

[tfcrew]

The "Alabama Song" (also known as "Whisky Bar" or "Moon over Alabama" was originally published in Bertolt Brecht's Hauspostille (1927). It was set to music by Kurt Weill for the 1927 "Songspiel" Mahagonny and used again in Weill's and Brecht's 1930 opera Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny.

Jim Morrison [UCLA art student] picked it up and recorded a splinded Doors cover...................

[cantanteporsiempre]

oraleeeeeeeeeeeee, brave

[freeerteee]

klassy frauen >)

love this performance!

[chunkyluva224]

the doors all the way

[DarkanaSkellington]

Oh my god!!! This is so incredible!!!!

[89Funkychicken]

Hey willibalddudrecksau,

bevor DU hier so einen trotteligen Kommentar reinschreibst, solltest du dich erstmal richtig informieren! Dein hier niedergeschriebener verbaler Dünnschiss ist eine Frechheit auf ganzer Linie dem großartigen Komponisten Kurt Weil gegenüber, der dieses Gedicht von Bertold Brecht 1927, fast vier Jahrzehnte vor den "Doors" (wenn du die meinst), vertonte! Überleg dir das nächste Mal gefälligst, was du hier reinschreibst!

[willibalddudrecksau]

was ist denn das für ein scheiß? lernt singen leute schade um das schöne lied ach fickt euch doch mit eurem scheiß teater schreibt eure eigenen lieder und klaut nich die von anderen!!

wixxa

[pijnscheut]

@willibalddudrecksau dum, dummer,allerdumst und......hors categorie.

[Ironchefpizza]

this is really good... like a nice jab in the eye with an ice pick.

[Orfeo68]

your comment, hilarious!!!

[Benjamin4295]

fuck this sucks

[CellophaneAndrogyne]

Audra McDonald and Teresa Stratas versions > This version.

[ThaLizardQueen]

Haha This was pretty fukn cool!!! Very interesting...Im a hardcore Doors fan so this rumors me!!

[jhv48]

The original title is

Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny

[ilovecherylpepsiiril]

what the f*** is this shit

[RVP57]

really...

[ilovecherylpepsiiril]

damn they cant sing! the lead singer makes my ears bleed god i cant stand opera.the doors did not write it so there it's solved and i cleared everything out of me.

[sivadnadia]

haha did you say the doors??? this was a german opera written in the '30s long before the doors covered it

[SwirlSwirl123]

what the hell.

[stevothecarpetfitter]

top stuff a=++++++++++++++++++++++++

[DeepUnreal]

WTF

[patcauch]

nul!!!!!!!!!!

[Benjamin4295]

sucks dont mess with doors

[ManfredDeJesus]

the doors didn't write it...

[ManYouLoveToHate]

Hey.

This is not a Doors original. WHile they brought it home, it was originally compsed by Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht in 1929. It was used in a controversial 1930 German operetta called The Rise And Fall Of The City Of Mahogany.

Get your facts straight Benjamin...

[korky94]

it was introduced to the band by Ray's girlfriend Dorothy who had the record

[MrSinSation]

Very Well Done

[ilovecherylpepsiiril]

bad

[Youkali67]

Kurt Weil/Bertold Brecht, 1930!!!!

[Allacra]

I love Weill's Street Scene...and yeah...this is quite a bizarre opera :-)

[LisaCavallaro]

Two words: Jim Morrison

[ishtar1917]

Kurt Weil/Bertold Brecht, 1904!

YOU FAIL, Morrison-fag!

[fezkraut]

And you fail. Because this song was made in 1930 and not in 1904.

[Roe27Ger]

You fail: it is BertolT, not BertolD!

[sirmercutio99]

Audra McDonald & Teresa Stratas's interpretations of the Alabama song are better.

[uniqueattack]

I agree gransasso! She's a good actress but that voice is usually a disaster.

[gransasso101]

Ok, this may soung ignorant to her fans but I will never understand why C. Malfitano got famous in the first place. Her acting is ok and her dark features contribute to her dramatic flair BUT her singing is kinda awful and her voice sounds like crap.

[altodivo]

it was once a fabulous instrument, blown out by heavy use. This is an off night. Also the wrong role. Her Tosca from 98 in Amsterdam is rather well sung.

[Lindow]

Damn, the woman takes forever to get to the actual pitch after she has started the note!

[CalifornieCatharine]

Was ist das??Ich spreche kein deutsc..aber this is kind of scary..I'm sorry..

[oscarfuentes75]

I assure you, this is NOT what Weil and Brecht intended. The voices are okay, but the directing is lacking...

[BlueCougar]

Her voice is way to heavy for this. And did you notice she flubbed a line in the third verse (which isn't in the opera anyway)? "And must have... boy... oh you know why?"

[jhv48]

Finalmente Alabama Song eseguita come dio comanda!

Grazie per il video

[tarmagan]

Wonderful!

I remember singing this in the streets of Edinburgh with 2 drunken friends as we staggered between Whisky Bars! Somehow we made it home...with no alienation effects!

Thank you

[OktoberStorm]

The author behind this definitely knows where the whiskey bar is

[rockmedrzaius]

Actually, it's a German opera from the 1930s. German jazz at the time was very atonal. Weill is one of the most respected 20th century composers.

[andtheniwas]

you have to be joking!

[jsib]

yeah doors