Peggy Lee's Is That All There Is?
Soul Music
BBC
4.7 • 831 Ratings
🗓️ 8 February 2013
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
‘Is That All There Is?’, a Leiber & Stoller song made famous by Peggy Lee, is based upon a short story by Thomas Mann called 'Disillusionment'. But those who know and love it feel it's inspirational rather than a cynical, world weary musical take on existentialism and the futility of life.
‘Soul Music’ uncovers the compelling individual stories behind our collective love of music.
Producer: Maggie Ayre
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2013.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | The Traitors is back, and so is that mysterious cloaked figure with the familiar fringe. |
| 0:06.6 | Yeah, it's me. |
| 0:07.8 | And when you've watched Claudia in the castle, join me, Ed Gamble, for the official visualised companion podcast. |
| 0:13.6 | And remember, I'll be listening. |
| 0:15.8 | Okay? |
| 0:16.6 | No, seriously, I love it. |
| 0:18.4 | What a faithful. |
| 0:19.7 | We'll unpack betrayals and spill scandalous secrets with celebrity guests, |
| 0:23.7 | traitors' legends, and murdered and banished players. |
| 0:27.0 | The Traitors Uncloaked. |
| 0:28.3 | Watch on EyePlayer, listen for more on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:32.0 | You're listening to a program from BBC Radio 4. |
| 0:39.8 | I remember when I was a little girl, our house caught on fire. |
| 0:45.6 | I never forget to look on my father's face as he gathered me up in his arms |
| 0:49.5 | and raced to the burning building out of the pavement. |
| 0:52.9 | Some people thought it was totally depressing, |
| 0:58.2 | and others thought it was very liberating. |
| 1:02.0 | I thought of it as kind of liberating, if that's all there is. |
| 1:06.7 | Let's keep dancing, which, incidentally, is on the gravestone on Jerry Lieber's grave. |
| 1:19.7 | It makes me say, you know, she's going to get to the end of the song, |
| 1:29.2 | and I feel that she is going to keep plugging away and going along, |
| 1:34.6 | even though she's had bad luck and so forth. |
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