I always felt the Last Rose of Summer is the perfect conclusion to the joint Waits/Burroughs tragic Opera: The Black Rider. It plaintiff summing up as the main protagonist in the story laments the accidental death of his lover before he is committed to the lunatic asylum, It bought tears to my eyes when I first heard it.
I never forget when I saw a performance of the Black Rider at The Barbican theater, Maryanne Faithful singing this song. It seemed so suited to her and almost made me think of her as being 'The Last English Rose' of summer......Totally Apt I felt.
I always felt the Last Rose of Summer is the perfect conclusion to the joint Waits/Burroughs tragic Opera: The Black Rider. It plaintiff summing up as the main protagonist in the story laments the accidental death of his lover before he is committed to the lunatic asylum, It bought tears to my eyes when I first heard it.
I never forget when I saw a performance of the Black Rider at The Barbican theater, Maryanne Faithful singing this song. It seemed so suited to her and almost made me think of her as being 'The Last English Rose' of summer......Totally Apt I felt.