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keltic63
08-29-2007, 06:11 PM
can you help me out? do you know if this song from Merrily We Roll Along has 2 sets of lyrics? I had heard that it is sung early in the show and it's a love song, and then again later in the show as a melancholy, almost torch song. I haven't found the original "love song" lyrics.





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Daniel
08-30-2007, 09:13 AM
can you help me out? do you know if this song from Merrily We Roll Along has 2 sets of lyrics? I had heard that it is sung early in the show and it's a love song, and then again later in the show as a melancholy, almost torch song. I haven't found the original "love song" lyrics.

This is such a great song!

Steve- I did some snooping this morning and noticed, like you did, that this song is reprised in the second act. And while I wasn't able to find the precise lyrics to the second act version, something tells me that they aren't very different. However, the only way to tell will be to listen to the original cast album. I see that it's available at Amazon- and that's it's not cheap. sigh...
BrentRichards
08-30-2007, 04:38 PM
Shame on me, I don't know either. However, this performance is from A Sondheim Celebration at Carnegie Hall, which is available on CD(complete) or DVD(abridged) and is a must-see/hear. Some incredible no-longer-with-us performers, including Madeleine Kahn and Dorothy Loudon(!!!)...

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Daniel
08-31-2007, 01:06 AM
From Utube. Found it after a little more searching.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoGcBj2yYY0&mode=related&search=
Daniel
08-31-2007, 01:25 AM
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This makes me laugh out loud. She is so so great. God....I miss her!

Brent- thanks for Dorothy! Wow!
keltic63
08-31-2007, 08:19 AM
From Utube. Found it after a little more searching.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoGcBj2yYY0&mode=related&search=

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Thank You! Thank You! Thank You!
Daniel
09-02-2007, 12:44 PM
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Can you blame him?

He takes some liberties with the lyric....but it's all in good fun.

Did I say he's cute?
u-dog
09-02-2007, 10:10 PM
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Can you blame him?

He takes some liberties with the lyric....but it's all in good fun.

Did I say he's cute?


AND... he has a really nice voice! So... do you think he's gay? :rolleyes::lol:
keltic63
09-03-2007, 01:39 PM
AND... he has a really nice voice! So... do you think he's gay? :rolleyes::lol:

much like Nathan Lane has said "Look, I'm 40, I'm single, and I work in musical theater - you do the math!"
BrentRichards
09-04-2007, 06:24 PM
Ok, I've been waiting to watch this last video, cause I've only been signed on at home recently (dial up ... grr)... I have the following things to say:

What a sweet voice! And lying down ... imagine if he were working at it!

Yes, he's very cute.

Dave, I hope you were being snide in asking if we think he's gay ... otherwise, you were DEFINITELY NOT issued gaydar. Do you know any straight men who would say things like "Do you know what time it is? It's time to sing Sondheim!" or "Get all comfy cozy with my blankie?"

Oh to have been out at his age, and to have had him singing that (or anything) to me ... sigh. Thanks for sharing this, Daniel, I hope he makes someone very happy someday, and vice versa.
BrentRichards
09-04-2007, 06:31 PM
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Here he is again ... and singing some of my favorites from Into The Woods. I'm crying now... I'm not kidding!
u-dog
09-04-2007, 08:10 PM
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Dave, I hope you were being snide in asking if we think he's gay ... otherwise, you were DEFINITELY NOT issued gaydar. Do you know any straight men who would say things like "Do you know what time it is? It's time to sing Sondheim!" or "Get all comfy cozy with my blankie?"

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ummm..... DUH !!
Daniel
09-05-2007, 01:24 AM
This song comes near the end of the show. Being rather existential, the character of George is, in the scene, talking to his ancestor's muse. If you know the show, this makes sense. However, the message of the piece, even if you don't 'get' this, is universal.

"Move On!"

I've been listening to a good deal of Sondheim since the beginning of this thread. And while there are those who view his work as being sophisticated and somewhat highbrow, I see his work as addressing basic human concerns of meaning, love and existence. He may not be a Buddhist, but he certainly writes like one. He deals with subjects as they are, not as we think they should be. The romanticism is in the music, not the subject matter- if that says anything. The other composer like this is Poulenc.

Suffice it to say, I've been in a Sondheim swoon for days now, repeating songs over and over in my head. He takes me to a place that I long to live in- and do- and did- as a kid. That's what good theatre does- or should do.

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