Namedroppers: Famous names that show up in titles & in lyrics (sang, blues)
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Echoes of the broadway everglades,
With her mythical madonnas still walking in their shades: Lenny bruce, declares a truce and plays his other hand. Marshall mcluhan, casual viewin, head buried in the sand.
Sirens on the rooftops wailing, but theres no ship sailing. Groucho, with his movies trailing, stands alone with his punchline
Failing.
Klu klux klan serve hot soul food and the band plays in the mood
The cheerleader waves her cyanide wand, theres a smell of
Peach blossom and bitter almonde. Caryl chessman sniffs the air and leads the parade, he knows
In a scent, you can bottle all you made.
Theres howard hughes in blue suede shoes, smiling at the
Majorettes smoking winston cigarettes.
And as the song and dance begins, the children play at home
With needles; needles and pins.
From Wikipedia: In 2004, Donovan would reveal that the song was entitled for the actress Lotte Lenya and that the song's lyric, addressed to a societally marginalized woman, was his reaction to Lenya's character in the film version of "The Threepenny Opera": "She's a streetwalker, but, in the history of the world, in all nations, women have taken on various roles from priestess to ***** to mother to maiden to wife. This guise of sexual power is very prominent, and therein I saw the plight of the character. Women have roles thrust upon them and make the best they can out of them, so I'm describing the character Lotte Lenya is playing, and a few other women I've seen during my life, but it's a composite character of women who are outcasts on the edge of society."
So, who is Lotte Lenya? If you've seen "From Russia With Love", you should know her: James Bond's toe knife-wielding Russian nemesis Rosa Klebb.
With a thrill in my head and a pill on my tongue
Dissolve the nerves that just begun
Listening to Marvin (all night long)
This is the sound of my soul,
This is the sound...
My man is smooth like Barry and his voice got bass A body like Arnold with a Denzel face, he's smart like a doctor With a real good rep and when he comes home, he's relaxed with pep
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