PJ Harvey : Ballad of the soldier's wife - lyrics - Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht

Kudos to PJ Harvey for doing this great
Weill-Brecht song. An even better version is done by Marianne Faithful on "Lost in the Stars."

I didn't expect that this song may sound nice in English. To me, it's much better than German original.
There's also quite good Polish version, but it's much faster and more rock ;]
Search for Kazik Staszewski - "Ballada o kobiecie żołnierza", if you're interested.

I absolutely love how anti-Nazi this is.

Mate, you really have no idea what you are talking about. This is pure art, and the lyrics are perfect. The evolution of the musical theme combined with the lyrics brings tears in my eyes in the end. It is minimal, yes- but in many cases Less is More. maybe, some day you 'll learn that too :)

This post was supposed to be a reply on Finnosj 's post below

I'm tremendously impressed by the quality of all the cuts on
this CD. My very favorite is 'Lost in the Stars' , but many others,
like this one, are powerful in their lack of sentimentality.
Brilliant! Wasn't Weill a genius? !!

anyway... can anyone tell me if this was in an opera? or is it just a song Weill wrote?

I presume wikipedia or some search engine can tell ;)

and you're a cock, now shut the fuck up.... respect other people's music tastes... and stop acting like such a twat.......