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Anyone catch Six by Sondheim on HBO?
Anyone catch Six by Sondheim on HBO?#175
Posted: 12/20/13 at 2:29pm
RobbieJ, your discussion of the segment and your reaction to it are so much more interesting to me than Cocker's rendition. I can only say "thank you" for the entire discussion.
(And, again, I am sorry you thought I was accusing you of insincerity. Not a chance.)
Anyone catch Six by Sondheim on HBO?#176
Posted: 12/20/13 at 2:39pmRobbieJ is the one who put the sin in sincere.
Anyone catch Six by Sondheim on HBO?#177
Posted: 12/20/13 at 3:00pm
And you put the good in good-bye!
I'M KIDDING! :)
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Anyone catch Six by Sondheim on HBO?#178
Posted: 12/28/13 at 2:56pm
Rewatching this right now, I'm finding Cocker singing I'm Still here no better or worse than Stritchie singing it at Sondheim's bday celebration. The visuals of the women are even more compelling than I remember, particularly during the final few bars of the song. And people did get introduced to the "proper" way to sing by the song with the initial excerpt from Yvonne DeCarlo.
Struck again by how fast this documentary moves. Really keeps you engaged. Love it. The story about the editor of the doc gives insights into how it was all pulled together.
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Updated On: 12/28/13 at 02:56 PM
Anyone catch Six by Sondheim on HBO?#179
Posted: 12/28/13 at 6:45pm
The difference is that Stritch lived through many of the events itemized in the song, so I forgive her singing.
Even if he is 50, the same cannot be said of Cocker.
(I also assume Stritch is doing the best she can; I'm not sure of Cocker.)
Broadway Star Joined: 7/13/08
Anyone catch Six by Sondheim on HBO?#180
Posted: 12/28/13 at 7:54pm
But I wasn't speaking of Stritch's singing as if it needed to be forgiven.
Updated On: 12/28/13 at 07:54 PM
Anyone catch Six by Sondheim on HBO?#181
Posted: 12/29/13 at 6:43pm
Feel free to substitute "accept", "appreciate" or even "understand" then.
Nobody has argued that "I'm Still Here" is sacrosanct and only open to one interpretation. For some of us, however, it remains an open question what Cocker accomplished or even intended to accomplish.
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