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Timely Once Again, Marlene Sings “Where Have all the Flowers Gone”

By Marilyn Armstrong on 2020-01-08 • ( 11 )

Where have all the butterflies, birds, and small animals gone? it turns out you don’t need a war. You can do it with a funky climate and fire.

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Marilyn Armstrong
2020-01-11 • 1:59 pm

Garry was surprised at how much power she put in the song. She didn’t have much of a voice, but she had tons of emotion that came through in her singing.

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Karin Laine McMillen
2020-01-11 • 2:36 am

She is definitely singing. She is a contralto. And she is making extraordinary choices with the music, including the accompaniment. What is striking to me is that she says she loves the song, reminding me that the word “song” has different connotations for all of us. I’m usually so obsessed with the line, that the words take a back seat. Not true here.

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- Marilyn Armstrong
  2020-01-11 • 2:12 pm
  
  She was a very early anti-Nazi. She left Germany as Hitler rose and never went back.
  
  Dietrich was made an honorary citizen of Berlin on 16 May 2002. Translated from German, her memorial plaque reads
  
  Berlin Memorial Plaque
  
  “Tell me where the flowers are”
  Marlene Dietrich
  27 December 1901 – 6 May 1992
  Actress and Singer
  
  The song was VERY much her.
  
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http://theenglishprofessoratlarge.com
2020-01-08 • 4:59 pm

An incredible performance!

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- Marilyn Armstrong
  2020-01-08 • 5:15 pm
  
  She didn’t have much of a voice, but she had a lot of feeling. She was also a bit of a genius.
  
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Covert Novelist
2020-01-08 • 4:01 pm

I never heard her sing this song, actually any song. I only knew her as an actress. She makes her point succinctly though.

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- Marilyn Armstrong
  2020-01-08 • 5:17 pm
  
  Take a look at her biography on Wikipedia. Not only could she act and sort of sing, she was a brave and incredibly intelligent woman and an early anti-Nazi person, long before the rest of Hollywood got on board.
  
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  - Covert Novelist
    2020-01-08 • 5:34 pm
    
    I knew the anti-Nazi person thing, and the acting, but I had never heard her sing and she did a great job of the song. She was right into it!
    
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swo8
2020-01-08 • 3:23 pm

that happens too…

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- Marilyn Armstrong
  2020-01-08 • 5:18 pm
  
  Yes. Many thing happen and this is but one.
  
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