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Confused about a song from Tick, Tick Boom

Posted: 7/16/05 at 12:17pm

A few days ago my friend sang a song from Tick, Tick, Boom. He didn't say what it was though. All I know was that he kept saying things like "Michael playing the piano" and telling different stories in the song. If anyone knows what song that is, that would be great!

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re: Confused about a song from Tick, Tick Boom

Posted: 7/16/05 at 12:20pm

The song is "Why."

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Posted: 7/16/05 at 12:31pm

oh i love that song so much. i love the whole score! why did jl die? he had such great things in store.

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Posted: 7/16/05 at 12:54pm

I don't love the WHOLE score, but "Why" is definetely a great song. It is a shame that he died so YOUNG. Marfan Syndrome is an insane disease.

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Posted: 7/16/05 at 12:56pm

come to your senses and louder than words are orgasmic.

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Posted: 7/16/05 at 1:59pm

"Why" is a great song. I love the entire score to TTB...I actually think I like it better than RENT. I recently performed "Therapy" at a benefit concert for a local theatre.

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Posted: 7/16/05 at 6:44pm

Louder than words is the best songs on that recording as far as I'm concerned. No More and 30/90 are also favorites. Never got into Therapy, just sounded too.... Sesame Street-ish for me. Sunday and Sugar are also a tad offputting for me, but its a great show and I'm sure its just that I haven't given those songs enough of a chance.

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Posted: 7/16/05 at 6:51pm

Was lucky to see Nikki Snelson, Christian Campbell, and Wilson Cruz on tour in Pittsburgh. My daddy took me there for Christmas.

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Posted: 7/16/05 at 11:32pm

i don't know if this connection has been made on the board before but i realized it a few months ago. sunday from ttb and sunday from sunday in the park with george are incredibly similar at parts - the music and the lyrics. it makes sense because i know larson was greatly influenced by sondheim. sunday is quite the tribute to him.

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Posted: 7/16/05 at 11:35pm

there was a large interview with larson's father who states (as if it weren't clear enough already) that sunday is a tribute to sondheim. it's written in inversion from the sunday score...

also, i saw nicky snelson and wilson cruz too... but they were with joey mac here in boston! and he was amazing

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Posted: 7/17/05 at 3:53am

didnt larson apprentice sondheim during the original production of into the woods?

Also, just have to say that Raul was uncanny in his portrial of Larson, i was creepped out... it was amazing.

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Posted: 7/17/05 at 9:04am

"Sunday" from TTB is not just "similar" to "Sunday" from SITPWG - it's a PARODY - it's virtually the identical song, with the melody and harmony "inverted" (as noted above). Near the end the melody and lyrics actually ARE identical.

If you are unfamiliar with SITPWG, you probably listen tothe song from TTB and think, "what the hell is this?" If you know SITPWG, you hear the song from TTB and think, "****ing brilliant!"

From SITWG: "Bum bum bum bum bum bum bum bum bum..."
From TTB: "Buns buns buns buns buns buns buns buns buns..."

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Posted: 7/17/05 at 10:26am

I loved this show. Raul was amazing. I had the hots for Amy Spanger. She was absolutely gorgeous.

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Posted: 7/17/05 at 2:46pm

i also love the show. I don't really like Green Green Dress or Sugar, but they fit into the show and can stand to listen to them. I wish they'd stop restricting the rights. I would love to do this show. As for JL, I think that nobody is "taken" before they're time. And I think he was meant to leave behind RENT and Tick, Tick...Boom. Both are incredible pieces of theater. He wasn't around long enough to have a "flop" or a crappy score, so I think its good that he left on top.

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Posted: 7/17/05 at 2:47pm

I cry whenever I hear "Johnny Can't Decide" and laugh my bum off during "Therapy." JL was a genius, and thank God his legacy can live on through his works.

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Posted: 7/17/05 at 2:54pm

The thing that's creepier about Raúl's portrayal of Jonathan is that they never met.

A sign of his brilliance, I say.

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Updated On: 7/17/05 at 02:54 PM

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Posted: 7/17/05 at 7:09pm

out of curiosity, there was no copyright issue with the two songs? do you think the issue was ever brought up and sondheim agreed to it somehow or it didn't matter? i know you can take a certain number of bars of music legally but what about these two nearly identical songs?

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