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#51

re: Christine Ebersole in Grey Gardens.

Posted: 4/27/07 at 2:56pm

Anyone else agrees that "The Girl Who Has Everything" is the best song from this show?

"People have their opinions and that doesn't mean that their opinions are wrong or right. I just take it with a grain of salt because opinions are like as*holes, everyone has one". -Felicia Finley-

#52

re: Christine Ebersole in Grey Gardens.

Posted: 4/27/07 at 3:02pm

Since I think that "Another WInter in a Summer Town" is one of the best theater songs ever, I don't agree with you.

"The Girl Who Has Everything" is perfect for the role it serves as a bookend for the beginning and ending of the show.

"I have got to have some professional music!" - Big Edie

#53

re: Christine Ebersole in Grey Gardens.

Posted: 4/27/07 at 3:09pm

Actually "The Girl..." and "Another Summer..." are both my favorite songs from the show. The rest of the score I find kinda boring, to be honest.

"People have their opinions and that doesn't mean that their opinions are wrong or right. I just take it with a grain of salt because opinions are like as*holes, everyone has one". -Felicia Finley-

#54

re: Christine Ebersole in Grey Gardens.

Posted: 4/27/07 at 3:11pm

How is "The Girl who Has Everything" the best song in the show?

It's literally 1 minute long and repeats twice in that minute.

Charming, pretty, and appropriate...

but how could it possibly be the best song when there are things like:

The Five-Fifteen
Mother Darling
Drift Away
Daddy's Girl
Will You?
The Revolutionary Costume for Today
The Cake I Had
Jerry Likes My Corn
Around the World
Another Winter in a Summer Town

"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy." -Charlie Manson

#55

re: Christine Ebersole in Grey Gardens.

Posted: 4/27/07 at 3:29pm

Munk- I completely agree (wow, that's a rarity

) It's great for its purpose, but I find almost every other song better to listen to.

"This table, he is over one hundred years old. If I could, I would take an old gramophone needle and run it along the surface of the wood. To hear the music of the voices. All that was said." - Doug Wright, I Am My Own Wife

#56

re: Christine Ebersole in Grey Gardens.

Posted: 4/27/07 at 3:32pm

Every time I listen to GREY GARDENS' score, I discover something more about the music.

Not only are the lyrics perfect, but the music is flawless - particularly the songs in the first act.

I'm listening to "Drift Away" right now, and it's just brilliant. I swear, it could have been written in the 40's or 50's. It's just so great I can't get over it.

"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy." -Charlie Manson

#57

re: Christine Ebersole in Grey Gardens.

Posted: 4/27/07 at 3:32pm

Saw GG last week.. Alone. Still processing. Glad I didn't drag anybody else to see it with me. Too long. Great performance by Christine, but book a bit shallow IMO and songs were just OK.

Don't be the Bunny ....

#58

re: Christine Ebersole in Grey Gardens.

Posted: 4/27/07 at 3:36pm

The Girl who has Everything is a good song, but it's certainly not my favorite. My three picks are Another Winter in a Summer Town, The Revolutionary Costume for Today, and Around the World.

But as for Grey Gardens...one of the best shows I've seen in a while. I had no idea I would like it that much. And Christine Ebersole was incredible. I hope she wins the Tony, I really do. She was so humble and sweet at the stage door too. Anyway, quite a talent, and an amazing show.

#59

re: Christine Ebersole in Grey Gardens.

Posted: 4/27/07 at 3:38pm

My favorites are Another Winter..., Daddy's Girl, and Around the World. They are all so great though.

#60

re: Christine Ebersole in Grey Gardens.

Posted: 4/27/07 at 3:43pm

I cannot get "The Revolutionary Costume for Today" out of my head! It is soo catchy!

#61

re: Christine Ebersole in Grey Gardens.

Posted: 4/27/07 at 3:45pm

Munk, I have to ask you, where is your signature from? I don't remember it in the documentary, but I could be wrong.

My favorite songs are "The Five-Fifteen", "The Revolutionary Costume for Today", "Daddy's Girl", and "Jerry Likes My Corn".

And as a guilty pleasure, I love "Hominy Grits".

I am a firm believer in serendipity- all the random pieces coming together in one wonderful moment, when suddenly you see what their purpose was all along.

#62

re: Christine Ebersole in Grey Gardens.

Posted: 4/27/07 at 3:48pm

Revolutionary Costume of Today cracked me up. Then I went on to sob during Around the World...but not as much as the gentleman sitting behind me who had to leave his seat. Which only made me whimper more.

I know, I'm a mess.

"I'm like a helmet without a head" -

Updated On: 4/27/07 at 03:48 PM

#63

re: Christine Ebersole in Grey Gardens.

Posted: 4/27/07 at 4:30pm

'Will You' is my current favorite at the moment. The opening music is so gorgeous and the melody and lyrics so heartbreaking.
My current second favorite is 'The House We Live In'-what a triumphant song. I have to admit doing some lunges forward with my arms jutting out in honor of Little Edie when that song is on.

"Dip and glide. Work those thighs, slenderize. Oh my god, where did all my hair go?"

The music and lyrics are genius.

"The sexual energy between the mother and son really concerns me!"-random woman behind me at Next to Normal "I want to meet him after and bang him!"-random woman who exposed her breasts at Rock of Ages, referring to James Carpinello

#64

re: Christine Ebersole in Grey Gardens.

Posted: 4/27/07 at 5:23pm

There is a lot to discover in this score with repeated listening. The Act 1 songs aren't just imitations of 1940s standards, they grow right out of what the characters are doing and feeling while still evoking that period. This show makes me wish there was a Tony award just for best lyrics, especially considering all the sophmoric, banal lyrics that theatergoers have been subjected to this season.

"My season ended, a long time ago, but no one took the party tent down. The pink paper lanterns still twinkle in place. My brave navy hero, his tender embrace. The saphire ocean, oh how can I face, another winter in a summer town."

!!!

"I have got to have some professional music!" - Big Edie

#65

re: Christine Ebersole in Grey Gardens.

Posted: 4/27/07 at 5:27pm

Amen! The lyrics in this show are beautiful (as it the music.)

One of my favorite scores in a while.

I am a firm believer in serendipity- all the random pieces coming together in one wonderful moment, when suddenly you see what their purpose was all along.

#66

re: Christine Ebersole in Grey Gardens.

Posted: 4/27/07 at 5:28pm

In a sea of revivals, musicals based on B-movies with lyrics like "OMIGOD You GUYS", and other such nonsense, the music and lyrics of Grey Gardens are such a well crafted and wondrous thing.

#67

re: Christine Ebersole in Grey Gardens.

Posted: 4/27/07 at 10:16pm

PS Classics has the original Off-Broadway Grey Gardens CD available for $4.95 (+$3.00 shipping). From all reports this CD is now out of print, they're just selling off the remaining copies. Once these are gone this version might be hard to find, it seems that the Broadway version is slated to become the only available recording of the show.

It's been speculated that this is because the show's creators don't want future productions of GG to think they can pick and choose songs from both versions of the show.

GG Off Broadway CD

"I have got to have some professional music!" - Big Edie

#68

re: Christine Ebersole in Grey Gardens.

Posted: 4/27/07 at 10:20pm

Yeah, that's been discussed multiple times.

I totally agree with the talk about the lyrics.

#69

re: Christine Ebersole in Grey Gardens.

Posted: 4/27/07 at 10:32pm

My signature is from the documentary...I believe it's the second one.

"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy." -Charlie Manson

#70

re: Christine Ebersole in Grey Gardens.

Posted: 4/27/07 at 10:36pm

Thanks.

I am a firm believer in serendipity- all the random pieces coming together in one wonderful moment, when suddenly you see what their purpose was all along.

#71

re: Christine Ebersole in Grey Gardens.

Posted: 4/27/07 at 11:03pm

I think the best moment of the score is "My season ended a long time ago....." from ANOTHER WINTER IN A SUMMER TOWN. Absolutely wonderful.

The score is so fantastic.

#72

re: Christine Ebersole in Grey Gardens.

Posted: 4/27/07 at 11:06pm

I've been listening to the CD non-stop since I got it. It's one of the few CDs I have weher I don't skip a track. I can't wait to (hopefully) see the show.

I am a firm believer in serendipity- all the random pieces coming together in one wonderful moment, when suddenly you see what their purpose was all along.

#73

re: Christine Ebersole in Grey Gardens.

Posted: 4/27/07 at 11:31pm

I think the best moment of the score is "My season ended a long time ago....." from ANOTHER WINTER IN A SUMMER TOWN. Absolutely wonderful.

Probably my favorite part on the whole cd. The harmony is just unreal.

#74

re: Christine Ebersole in Grey Gardens.

Posted: 4/28/07 at 10:50am

I think she should get the Tony, based on the simple fact that she has everyone on Broadway World agreeing on one thing.

#75

re: Christine Ebersole in Grey Gardens.

Posted: 4/28/07 at 10:54am

Don't even get me started on the lyrics in the second act.

What they did was ingenious. I really can't get over it.

I honestly believe that people who do not love this show just don't get it.

"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy." -Charlie Manson

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