Music for another Depression

Rich Conaty, this one’s for you: I recently came across this recording of Berliners Max Raabe and the Palast Orchester taking on Britney Spears’ “classic” Oops! I Did It Again.  As long as the stock market looks like 1929, why shouldn’t our music sound like it? 

I think the goofy video here is distracting, but close your eyes and you’re in Weimar Germany -- except for the oh-too-familiar tune.  Raabe and his band aren’t just a novelty act, though -- they performed at Carnegie Hall last year and are currently on a US tour.  (And they played at Marilyn Manson’s wedding!) 

If you want to see the band in action, here’s a video of another one of their modern covers.  The cool, detached expression on Raabe’s face as he sings “you’re my sex bomb” is priceless.