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lilli Marlene... Lale anderson vs Marlene Dietrich
Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2009 5:56 am
by jerijerod
Hi guys,
Having a debate at work as to what version of Lilli Marlene is better. Personally i like the tune for Lale Anderson (1939 version) but prefer Dietrich's voice... One of the guys i work with swears by the original Anderson version.
Both versions can be found here.
http://ingeb.org/garb/lmarleen.html
Cheers
Chris
ps. I really prefer the 6 Panzergrenadierdivision version
Re: lilli Marlene... Lale anderson vs Marlene Dietrich
Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2009 6:21 pm
by Rolf Steiner
Dunno, but didn't the same guy write 'Bomben auf engeland'?
Re: lilli Marlene... Lale anderson vs Marlene Dietrich
Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 1:18 am
by jerijerod
I think the original poem was written in WW1 but the song was indeed written by Norbert Schultze who wrote a lot of the German Marches like the catchy "Bomben Auf Engerland!"
Re: lilli Marlene... Lale anderson vs Marlene Dietrich
Posted: Mon Jun 07, 2010 5:51 am
by Quelimane
Surely the Lale Anderson version is definitive.
All the cover versions by Vera Lynn, Marlene Dietrich, Anne Shelton, etc., only exist because the original Lale Anderson version had such an impact. As far as Lili Marlene is concerned, they are all just Lale Andersen tribute acts!
Q
Re: lilli Marlene... Lale anderson vs Marlene Dietrich
Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2010 8:44 am
by panzermahn
MY favourite interpretation of Lilli Marlene is neither by Lale Anderson or Marlene Dietrich.
It's by Musikkorps 6 (Hamburg) der Bundeswehr (later Heeresmusikkorps VI) under Oberstleutnant Gerhard Scholz in the Drei Lilien Drei Lilien potpourri (1959). If anyone has ever heard this potpourri, you would know that's a truly march music!
P.S. The same potpourri I mentioned has the best interpretation of Westerwaldlied, Lore-Lore-Lore, Hamburg ist einen Schoenes Stadtchen, Panzerlied and of course Lili Marleen
Re: lilli Marlene... Lale anderson vs Marlene Dietrich
Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2011 9:05 am
by joshwri
Lale anderson i think.
Re: lilli Marlene... Lale anderson vs Marlene Dietrich
Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2011 12:19 am
by Ronald Lameck
My wife and I are friends of Lale Andersen's youngest son, so I MIGHT be biased, but I think her version of "Lili Marlene" is the definitive version of the song. Never cared for Marlene Dietrich - a mediocre actor, a poor singer, and her much-vaunted legs were very ordinary. My wife's legs are 100X nicer.
Re: lilli Marlene... Lale anderson vs Marlene Dietrich
Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2011 8:33 pm
by Hans
Everything Robert Lameck said!!!!
- Hans
Re: lilli Marlene... Lale anderson vs Marlene Dietrich
Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2012 5:59 am
by ReinhardH
Re: lilli Marlene... Lale anderson vs Marlene Dietrich
Posted: Sat May 05, 2012 1:34 am
by ReinhardH
Well, crappola ... sorry the prior link wasn't available anymore, and I could not edit it out...
Maybe this one will do :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PA08Mgmo ... jeHEXi6dRg