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Hatshepsut

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Gorgeous. :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup: If you can't take artistic license with your own songs who can.

That was a treat.

I really really like Lloyd Webber
 
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Mark A. Baker

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Hatshepsut said:
Oh, you don't like Bernadette Peters?
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WHY would you think THAT!!!

With Bernadette I wouldn't even bother breaking out the whipped cream.

Mind you, there ARE better singing voices, but she has tremendous stage presence and the ability to deliver great performances. One of my fondest memories of Bernadette was watching the broadcast of "George M" starring Joel Grey in which she played his kid sister. Saw her live a few years back also, when she was touring a one woman show.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naHgXkV-JlI
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Good movie. Indeed, a very good movie. I wasn't too disappointed with the changes to the score, either, although the loss of the "Ballad of Sweeney Todd" was a bit of a wrench. Still, the stage show is much MUCH better.


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Hatshepsut

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I don't know if The Great Lakes Theatre is still around here. Nobody goes to plays around these parts. Sad. Tom Hanks got a shoe in there. He couldn't get out fast enough.
 
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Mark A. Baker

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That's sweet. Seems more of a song for an adult to sing to a child and not the other way around.

I like mushy stuff.

I like AS LONG AS HE NEEDS ME from Oliver
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Yes. What gives it its real dramatic bite is the irony of the setting. The song in the show can only be truly understood in terms of the characters. :D


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Hatshepsut

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Mark A. Baker said:
Yes. What gives it its real dramatic bite is the irony of the setting. The song in the show can only be truly understood in terms of the characters. :D


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He kills her.
Exactly. How could anyone love Bill Sykes. How could someone as streetwise as Nancy be that poignant. Could never understand that. Heart of gold that one.

Even in Italian it bites​

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xP8AEKeMrHE
 
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Mark A. Baker

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I found what I was looking for. "Chrysanthemum Tea", or most of it anyway. It is split between two recordings.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pb_UJdkSuXI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBQHzNexwNg

When the shogun is weak, the tea must be strong.

This recording is a "lost treasure". It's from the show "Pacific Overtures". The show was based on the events resulting in the u.s. forcing japan to engage in "open door diplomacy" and how that singular event subsequently affected both japan & world history. It starred Mako.

I know the recording doesn't really communicate due to the poor quality. But take my word for it, it is an AMAZING show. Has some very funny & delightful numbers as well as several deeply moving ones. The two I've posted are for rather arcane reasons among my favorite of Sondheim's entire repetoire.


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Hatshepsut

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I remember seeing a very powerful documentary of how we forced Japan out of its isolationist policy and the vulnerable position it was put in regarding its old enemies. Exuisite photography of their forbidden shore and representations of the ships of the period. Not a part of history normally put on the learning plate.
Something special must've been going on to enamour you of this. I would not have picked up that Sondheim had a hand in the production. But I do remember watching the credits at the end of West Side Story and realizing how unique each of the songs was in and of itself. All so different, giving insight into its authors.

Officer Krupky
Jets
I Feel Pretty
Something's Comin

God, I get chills remembering just how impressed I was with him.

I love the great writers and music makers. :yes: With those who can make us 'feel' things...that the universe I want to be part of...and always have. How self indulgent of me.:whistling:
 
Ted

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Hatshepsut said:
That's sweet. Seems more of a song for an adult to sing to a child and not the other way around.

I like mushy stuff.

I like AS LONG AS HE NEEDS ME from Oliver
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Georgia Brown: Georgia received critical and public acclaim for her portrayal of Nancy in the West End production of the show and when she reprised the role in the 1963 Broadway production she received a Tony Award nomination for her performance.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9Ldcx-M5wk


Is this one mushy enough?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lN_ARlru_w
 
Ted

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Quote of the Day

‎"Some people are born on third base and go through life thinking they hit a triple." --Barry Switzer

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afaceinthecrowd

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Ted said:
‎"Some people are born on third base and go through life thinking they hit a triple." --Barry Switzer

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My favorite quote about Switzer came from Darrell Royal when he was Head Coach at Texas and Switzer was Head Coach at Oklahoma:

“Will Rogers never met Barry Switzer.”

Face:)
 
Ted

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Mark A. Baker said:
Yes. And "No One's Going to Harm You" is sung by a simpleton to a demon in human form.


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I can relate on both counts. :coolwink:

A good song is a good song no matter the movie or Broadway storyline that surrounds it.

Here's five different presentations of one of my favorites, "On the Street Where You Live," from "My Fair Lady" by Lerner and Loewe.

From the movie:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtbFwWkB4b8

For the high-brow, opera fans who will on occasion go slumming with the rest of us, Placido Domingo:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2cPzyS5Zzc

For the blue-collar crowd, Dean Martin:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pH9j8H0B4k

For the white-collar and blue-collar crowds, that class act, Nat King Cole:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6Y2VyEzdf4&feature=related

Doo Wop:

http://il.youtube.com/watch?v=53hAvpQVJ90&feature=artist

I wonder how John Denver would have treated this one?
 
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