Great song! It is interesting how close his singing/reciting is to earlier German ballad tradition. I can hear Lotte Lenya that I was interested in at some point in his shift between reciting and singing. Maybe it is something in the language - I will have to dig a bit more into it.

I think that music is an enormous force and can be used politically. It can even be politically without trying, like I Louis Armstrong. Really great to be introduced to this band.