Evergreens - Lieblingsstücke 059: Lush Life
Ich hab kürzlich nach dem Umzug meine CD-Sammlung aus den Kisten "befreit" und entdecke lang nicht mehr gehörte Schätze ...Eines der Lieder, die ich sehr mag, ist Billy Strayhorns "Lush Life".
Hier die Erstaufnahme mit dem Duke Ellington Orchestra aus 1948. Es singt Kay Davis.
Das Lied ist relativ komplex aufgebaut, nachzulesen hier:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lush_Life_(jazz_song)
Der Text beginnt so:
I used to visit all the very gay places
those come what may places
where one relaxes on the axis of the wheel of life
to get the feel of life
from jazz and cocktails
the girls I knew had sad and sullen gray faces
with distingué traces
that used to be there you could see where
they'd been washed away
by too many through the day
twelve o'clocktails
then you came along with your siren's song
to tempt me to madness
I thought for a while that your pointed smile
was tinged with the sadness
of a great love for me
ah yes I was wrong
again I was wrong
