3 March 1982: Nancy Banks-Smith reviews a BBC production of Brecht’s Baal in which David Bowie plays the main role as well as getting to pluck a banjoBaal is a young musician rather given to striking a few mordant chords on his banjo (“Baal’s original tin-stringed banjo”) and breaking into angst-ridden ditties along the lines of:Sick from sun and rain storms lashing...
Grinning and cursing with
A few worn tears of contrition...
Loafing through hells and lashed through paradises.
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Source: theguardian.com