Larry O Key Change?
Larry O Key Change?
#1Larry O Key Change?
Posted: 2/19/08 at 8:17pmOkay, I've watched The Battery's Down like many of you have, and I know that many people find the line "To Larry O key change?" But no matter how much I search, I don't understand this line. Help?
#2re: Larry O Key Change?
Posted: 2/19/08 at 8:19pm
It's making fun of Larry O'Keefe who composed Legally Blonde.
Updated On: 2/19/08 at 08:19 PM
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#2re: Larry O Key Change?
Posted: 2/19/08 at 8:21pm
haaaaaaahah
i'm pretty sure it's in reference to LAWRENCE O'KEEFE (Larry O'Keefe), composer/lyricist of Bat Boy, Legally Blonde. BUT as he says this line in the song, as they celebrate a whole slew of people/shows that are important to them, the song modulates again, so the word that would be "o'keefe" becomes an incredulous "o'- key change!???"
hope that solves it
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Updated On: 2/19/08 at 08:21 PM
#3re: Larry O Key Change?
Posted: 2/19/08 at 8:22pmIs there a reason they talk about changing? I was wondering if it had to do with Laura Bell Bundy's alternate note for the end of So Much Better that supposedly he rejected?
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#4re: Larry O Key Change?
Posted: 2/19/08 at 8:23pmthe song literally changes keys as he says it. listen again
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#5re: Larry O Key Change?
Posted: 2/19/08 at 8:27pmHa ha, I'm probably just looking to much into it :-P
#6re: Larry O Key Change?
Posted: 2/19/08 at 8:28pmIvan2, I'm also pretty sure it is a reference to LBB's final "So Much Better" note.
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#8re: Larry O Key Change?
Posted: 2/19/08 at 8:31pmI thought it was a reference to the fact that so many of his songs include key changes?
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#10re: Larry O Key Change?
Posted: 2/19/08 at 10:11pmIt's definitely a reference to how often he chooses to modulate keys within songs. Not referring to Bundy's note- it was already referred to once in the song and only Cheyenne Jackson gets a shout-out number deux. Listen to the songs on the Legally Blonde cast recording (I am unfamiliar with the rest of O'Keefe's work), specifically So Much Better and probably Legally Blonde Remix and note how many times the key changes in each song. Probably every song has at least one.
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#11re: Larry O Key Change?
Posted: 2/21/08 at 12:28pmSo Much Better is pretty much the same musical line over and over in a different key each time...
#12re: Larry O Key Change?
Posted: 2/21/08 at 1:23pmOh how I love The Battery's Down and am looking so forward to March 1 when the next episode will air!
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#13re: Larry O Key Change?
Posted: 2/21/08 at 4:32pm
That sounds kinda funny and random -- what is this "Battery's Down" thing and where can I see/hear it? :)
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#14re: Larry O Key Change?
Posted: 2/21/08 at 4:36pmSearch The Battery's Down on youtube. A few videos will come up. It's fantastic!
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#15re: Larry O Key Change?
Posted: 2/21/08 at 4:42pm
Ahh, thank you! I'll do that after work today... :)
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