Confused about a song from Tick, Tick Boom
Confused about a song from Tick, Tick Boom
Confused about a song from Tick, Tick Boom#0
Posted: 7/16/05 at 12:17pmA 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#2
Posted: 7/16/05 at 12:31pmoh i love that song so much. i love the whole score! why did jl die? he had such great things in store.
re: Confused about a song from Tick, Tick Boom#3
Posted: 7/16/05 at 12:54pmI 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.
re: Confused about a song from Tick, Tick Boom#4
Posted: 7/16/05 at 12:56pmcome to your senses and louder than words are orgasmic.
re: Confused about a song from Tick, Tick Boom#5
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.
re: Confused about a song from Tick, Tick Boom#6
Posted: 7/16/05 at 6:44pmLouder 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.
re: Confused about a song from Tick, Tick Boom#7
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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re: Confused about a song from Tick, Tick Boom#8
Posted: 7/16/05 at 11:32pmi 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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re: Confused about a song from Tick, Tick Boom#9
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
Broadway Star Joined: 10/9/04
re: Confused about a song from Tick, Tick Boom#10
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.
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/20/04
re: Confused about a song from Tick, Tick Boom#11
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..."
re: Confused about a song from Tick, Tick Boom#12
Posted: 7/17/05 at 10:26amI loved this show. Raul was amazing. I had the hots for Amy Spanger. She was absolutely gorgeous.
"I broke the boundaries. It wasn't cool to be in plays- especially if you were in sports & I was in both." - Ashton Kutcher
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re: Confused about a song from Tick, Tick Boom#13
Posted: 7/17/05 at 2:46pmi 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.
re: Confused about a song from Tick, Tick Boom#14
Posted: 7/17/05 at 2:47pmI 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.
re: Confused about a song from Tick, Tick Boom#15
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.
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/12/04
re: Confused about a song from Tick, Tick Boom#16
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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