Falling in Love Again
From her definitive role as Weimar vamp Lola Lola to an ageing legend with broken bones, Dietrich never stopped singing Falling in Love Again, an anthem she initially loathed.
Marybeth Hamilton charts the creation and metamorphosis of a song Dietrich initially loathed yet never stopped singing. Falling in Love Again began life very differently as 鈥淚ch bin von Kopf bis Fuss鈥� 鈥� 鈥淚 am from head to foot鈥�. A knowing Weimar cabaret number written for the film that would make Dietrich a star in Europe and Hollywood as the destructive Lola Lola in The Blue Angel. It was an ode to the singer鈥檚 body and the pleasures that her body affords her, a body whose impact she cannot control. It would soon become something rather different, from carnality to coyness. Yet despite her early misgivings, it's slender and changing lyrics were enough to hang a legend upon.
Producer: Mark Burman
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- Mon 9 May 2022 22:45麻豆社 Radio 3
- Mon 6 May 2024 21:45麻豆社 Radio 3
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