I've said it elsewhere on here, but VIOLET cast recording is something I really love: a document of the show, not the songs. Since the score is so integrated into the book, preserving the experience of the show means it's become an album I usually put on and listen instead of simply of cueing up tracks. It's made me more likely to turn to that album than others this year, whereas the BRIDGES album I'll go to for one track at a time, but rarely leave it playing without getting restless.
Words don't deserve that kind of malarkey. They're innocent, neutral, precise, standing for this, describing that, meaning the other, so if you look after them you can build bridges across incomprehension and chaos. But when they get their corners knocked off, they're no good anymore…I don't think writers are sacred, but words are. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones in the right order, you can nudge the world a little.
