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Second Threepenny Finale by Raul Julia, Ellen Greene, & The Threepenny Opera Ensemble (1976)

Release Date
Mon Oct 25 1976
Produced by
Larry Morton
Writed by
Kurt Weill & Bertolt Brecht
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This 1928 agitprop socialist anthem was written by Bertolt Brecht with composer Kurt Weil for their epic musical drama, The Threepenny Opera. The play, a satirical, jazz-influenced critique of capitalism, was translated into 18 languages and had been performed more than 10,000 times on European stag...

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Second Threepenny Finale Lyrics

[MACHEATH]
You gentlemen who think you have a mission
To purge us of the seven deadly sins
Should first sort out the basic food position
Then start your preaching: that's where it begins
You lot, who preach restraint and watch your waist as well
Should learn for once the way the world is run
However much you twist, whatever lies that you tell
Food is the first thing. Morals follow on
So first make sure that those who now are starving
Get proper helpings when we all start carving

[VOICE OFFSTAGE]
What keeps mankind alive?

[MACHEATH]
What keeps mankind alive? The fact that millions
Are daily tortured, stifled, punished, silenced, oppressed
Mankind can keep alive thanks to its brilliance
In keeping its humanity repressed

[ENSEMBLE]
For once you must try not to shirk the facts
Mankind is kept alive by bestial acts

[JENNY]
You say that girls may strip with your permission
You draw the line dividing art from sin
So first sort out the basic food position
Then start your preaching: that's where we begin
You lot, who bank on your desires and our disgust
Should learn for once the way the world is run
Whatever lies you tell, however much you twist
Food is the first thing. Morals follow on
So first make sure that those who now are starving
Get proper helpings when we all start carving

[VOICE OFFSTAGE]
What keeps mankind alive?

[JENNY]
What keeps mankind alive? The fact that millions
Are daily tortured, stifled, punished, silenced, oppressed
Mankind can keep alive thanks to its brilliance
In keeping its humanity repressed

[ENSEMBLE]
For once you must try not to shirk the facts
Mankind is kept alive by bestial acts

Second Threepenny Finale Q&A

Who wrote Second Threepenny Finale's ?

Second Threepenny Finale was written by Kurt Weill & Bertolt Brecht.

Who produced Second Threepenny Finale's ?

Second Threepenny Finale was produced by Larry Morton.

When did Raul Julia, Ellen Greene, & The Threepenny Opera Ensemble (1976) release Second Threepenny Finale?

Raul Julia, Ellen Greene, & The Threepenny Opera Ensemble (1976) released Second Threepenny Finale on Mon Oct 25 1976.

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