"Fifty Percent"
"Fifty Percent"
#1"Fifty Percent"
Posted: 12/12/06 at 10:12pm
Dorothy Loudon.....just watched "Fifty Percent".............."The Leading Ladies". BRILLIANT! Broke my heart (again and again), I miss her.
I am so glad they got this on DVD.
"He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog. You are his life, his love, his leader. He will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart. You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion."
-- Author Unknown
#1re: 'Fifty Percent'
Posted: 12/12/06 at 10:13pmCompletely heartbreaking song. And the audience reaction is incredible!
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
Kringas
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/27/05
#2re: 'Fifty Percent'
Posted: 12/12/06 at 10:19pmSuch a moving rendition. It usually brings tears to my eyes.
"How do you like THAT 'misanthropic panache,' Mr. Goldstone?" - PalJoey
#3re: 'Fifty Percent'
Posted: 12/12/06 at 10:23pm
I get the same reaction whenever I watch it.
She pours her heart into that performance. And it shows.
"He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog. You are his life, his love, his leader. He will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart. You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion."
-- Author Unknown
#4re: 'Fifty Percent'
Posted: 12/12/06 at 10:45pmI still have memory clips of her singing that in BALLROOM on Broadway.
" ...the happiness in the tune convinces me that I'm not afraid."
#5re: 'Fifty Percent'
Posted: 12/12/06 at 10:47pmAh Glebb, I would have loved to see her sing it live. But the DVD version fills the bill. For me.
"He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog. You are his life, his love, his leader. He will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart. You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion."
-- Author Unknown
#6re: 'Fifty Percent'
Posted: 12/12/06 at 11:14pm
I'd rather have fifty percent of him
Orrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr...
ANY percent of HIMMMMMMMMMMMMMM...
THAN.
ALL.
OF.
ANYBODY.
ELSE.
AT ALL!
#7re: 'Fifty Percent'
Posted: 12/12/06 at 11:31pmShe is incredible singing that song
My mother always used to say, "The older you get, the better you get, unless you're a banana." - Rose Nyland
#8re: 'Fifty Percent'
Posted: 12/13/06 at 12:17amDorothy singing this song is a wonderful thing. The words to the song say it all.
"He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog. You are his life, his love, his leader. He will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart. You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion."
-- Author Unknown
Kringas
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/27/05
#9re: 'Fifty Percent'
Posted: 12/13/06 at 12:28amI've had enough memories
"How do you like THAT 'misanthropic panache,' Mr. Goldstone?" - PalJoey
#10re: 'Fifty Percent'
Posted: 12/13/06 at 12:28am
And what great words they are...............
FIFTY PERCENT from "Ballroom"
I don't iron his shirts, I don't sew on his buttons
I don't know all the jokes he tells, or the songs he hums
Though I may hold him, all through the night
He may not be here when the morning comes.
I don't pick out his ties, or expect his tomorrows
But I feel when he's in my arms, he's where he wants to be
We have no memories, bittersweet with time
And I doubt if he'll spend New Year's Eve with me
I don't share his name, I don't wear his ring
There's no piece of paper saying that he's mine
But he say he loves me, and I believe it's true
Doesn't that make someone belong to you?
So I don't share his name, so I don't wear his ring
So there's no piece of paper saying that he's mine
So we don't have the memories, I have enough memories
I've washed enough mornings, I've dried enough evenings
I've had enough birthdays to know what I want
Life is anyone's guess, it's a constant surprise
You don't plan to fall in love, but when you fall, you fall
I'd rather have fifty percent of him, or any percent of him
Than all of anybody else at all
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Who hasn't had these thoughts?
"He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog. You are his life, his love, his leader. He will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart. You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion."
-- Author Unknown
touchmeinthemorning
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/3/04
#11re: 'Fifty Percent'
Posted: 12/13/06 at 12:46amTruly one of the best performances in musical theatre history.
"Fundamentalism means never having to say 'I'm wrong.'"
-- unknown
#12re: 'Fifty Percent'
Posted: 12/13/06 at 5:13am
I never got a chance to see her acting live on stage, but from her recordings and this filmed performance, I can tell she was probably one of the most gifted musical theater actresses in Broadway history. What a magnificent rendition of the song, the climax (quoted by PalJoey) always gives me chill, she is not singing the song, she is performing and feeling the song.
"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"
nmartin
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/3/05
#13re: 'Fifty Percent'
Posted: 12/13/06 at 8:19amDorothy Loudon was one of my favorites. I love her singing that song. I saw her several times, but my favorite was seeing her do Driving Miss Daisy in Chicago. She was wonderful in that.
#14re: 'Fifty Percent'
Posted: 12/13/06 at 8:20amI never got to see her live, but my very first OBCR was ANNIE!
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
#15re: 'Fifty Percent'
Posted: 12/13/06 at 8:52amActually the first time I learned of Dorothy Loudon was when I rented the DVD of Sondheim:A Celebration at Carnegie Hall where she performs a hilarous and brilliant number that combined "Losing My Mind" with "You Could Drive A Person Crazy." Ever since then, I've made a case to see/listen to anything this woman did.
"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"
#16re: 'Fifty Percent'
Posted: 12/13/06 at 7:00pmAre there any other performances as moving. Let me know, because I would love to see them.
"He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog. You are his life, his love, his leader. He will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart. You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion."
-- Author Unknown
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