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A Moritat is a medieval version of the murder ballad performed by strolling minstrels.In The Threepenny Opera, the Moritat singer with his street organ introduces and closes the drama with the tale of the deadly Mackie Messer, or Mack the Knife, a character based on the dashing highwayman Macheath in John Gay's The Beggar's Opera (who was in turn based on the historical thief Jack Sheppard).
"Pedro Navaja" (English: Peter Blade) is a salsa song written and performed by Rubén Blades from the 1978 collaboration with Willie Colón, Siembra, about a criminal of the same name. [1] Navaja means "folding knife" in Spanish. Inspired by the song "Mack the Knife", [2] it tells the story of a panderer's life and presumed death
"Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts" is an epic narrative ballad by the American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan released as the seventh song (or the second track on Side Two of the vinyl) on his 1975 album Blood on the Tracks. It is known for its complex plot and nearly nine-minute running time.
As the final song in their set, "The Knife" was performed often in the band's first five years (a live version appears on the Genesis Live album from 1973). It was dropped from their regular set for the 1973-74 tour for Selling England by the Pound, though it was occasionally played as an encore during that tour, [9] and appeared sporadically in the band's concerts through 1982.
Almost anyone who's heard it has soft spot for the song that finds Bowser (Jack Black) belting out lines like, "Mario, Luigi, and a Donkey Kong, too. A thousand troops of Koopas couldn't keep me ...
Swifties were quick to dissect the lyrics of Charli's new track, "Sympathy Is a Knife," combing through the song for hints about who the unnamed girl is that Charli says "taps my insecurities."
The songs are divided into groups by the last name of the killer the song is about or mentions. This is a dynamic list of songs and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
Mac Tonight is a character that was used in marketing for McDonald's restaurants during the late 1980s. Known for his crescent moon head, sunglasses and piano-playing, the character played the song "Mack the Knife", which was made famous in the United States by Bobby Darin.