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Oddly enough, I caught a radio programme about this a couple of weeks ago. Mental. Swing music as we know it, but Nazi. Very weird. Politics of listening to it are difficult. For instance, if the music was banned, and it was the only outlet that German jazz musicians had to play at all - it's slightly ambiguous. Particularly if the musicians were actually forced to channel what they did into propaganda. Then again, the element of complicity can't really be ignored either. I dunno. Complicated. I just found the music really funny, exactly like "Springtime for Hitler" but real.
Speaking of which, a friend of mine recently went to see the stage play of "The Producers" and in the interval, he spotted these three skinhead guys at the bar in jackboots and bomber jackets. Real nazis going to see 'The Producers' musical! How funny is that! Did one of them say: "Hey guys, there's this new musical on in town about Hitler, we've got to go and see it!"
On a vaguely similar note to Nazi jazz, I've got this great CD of Weimar republic cabaret music called "Berlin by night". It has a track on it called "Musik! Musik! Musik!" which is basically the theme tune from The Muppets. Who knew that the Muppets theme tune was an old Berlin cabaret tune. Quite odd. |
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