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Drowsy CD.. what do you think?
Cages or Wings
Featured Actor Joined: 11/27/04
#25re: Drowsy CD.. what do you think?
Posted: 6/14/06 at 9:45pmI love this recording. My favorite is the added "nightengale" track. One of my favorite moments in the show. Plus I love the story of Abe flom.
#26re: Drowsy CD.. what do you think?
Posted: 6/14/06 at 9:55pmI would imagine that Message from a Nightingale is last because of how it's used within the show [NOT WANTING TO GIVE SPOILER]. It doesn't make sense unless you have seen it, but just thinking about it makes me laugh.
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#27re: Drowsy CD.. what do you think?
Posted: 6/14/06 at 10:00pmI think the design/disc/booklet are genius. I love the show and can't stop listening to the CD. The only thing I don't like is the underscoring under Man in Chair during his dialogue.
"I don't wanna see that!" -Aunt Sassy (as played by Valerie Cherish) on Room & Bored
broadway_freak2
Stand-by Joined: 10/2/05
#28re: Drowsy CD.. what do you think?
Posted: 6/14/06 at 10:15pmI absolutely love it! It has been playing non- stop since I got it. I loved the show and has been desperately waiting for CD. I am happy with it. The under-scoring during the Man in Chair's little monologues is a little cheesy but it's fine. I laugh listening to the cast recording just remembering in the show.
#29re: Drowsy CD.. what do you think?
Posted: 6/14/06 at 10:21pmI also love the cd and have been listening to it all the time since I bought it =) My fave songs are Show Off (of course), As We Stumble Along (Beth is freakin brilliant), Accident Waiting to Happen, Bride's Lament and I Do, I Do in the Sky
morosco
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/10/04
#30re: Drowsy CD.. what do you think?
Posted: 6/14/06 at 10:25pmI'm loving the cd. But I'm a little disappointed in the way the orchestra during the beginning of the overture. It's sounds so thin! (I know there is a spoiler that folks might bring up...but there's no attempt at recreating the spoiler on disc...so why should the orchestra sound so thin?)
millie_dillmount
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/22/04
#31re: Drowsy CD.. what do you think?
Posted: 6/14/06 at 10:34pmYeah, why did Amazon list so few tracks?
"We like to snark around here. Sometimes we actually talk about theater...but we try not to let that get in our way." - dramamama611
#32re: Drowsy CD.. what do you think?
Posted: 6/14/06 at 10:43pmI think Color Purple should have won Best Score, because the strength of Drowsy is the book, not the score.
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SuttonFan
Stand-by Joined: 5/31/06
#33re: Drowsy CD.. what do you think?
Posted: 6/15/06 at 5:57pm
Got the CD on Monday and listen to it all the time -- in the car to and from work, while getting ready, or just while sitting around reading the BWW boards.
Some thoughts:
* I, too, thought the overture was completely weak. I usually love overtures, but this one just doesn't excite me to listen to the rest of the cast recording. It does sound like a very thin orchestra.
* I absolutely love the bonus tracks. I was so sad to hear they cut "I Remember Love" from the show (I saw it in L.A). It's so witty and I loved the performance. "Message from a Nightingale" always brings me a smile -- the scene is hilarious. My favorite part of the song is any time Danny Burstein -- Aldolpho -- says "Whaaaaaat?"
* Beth Leavel -- the Drowsy Chaperone -- plays my favorite character in the show. When I saw the show, the song was amazing and really reasonated. But hearing it on the recording, it just doesn't have that oomph. Guess I'll have to go to NYC to see it live.
* "Show Off" is such a fun number, and I really do think the CD did it justice. Nevermind the fact that I'm a huge Sutton fan.
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WORDS TO LIVE BY:
As we stumble along on life's funny journey. As we stumble along into the blue. We look here and we look there, seeking answers anywhere. Never sure of where to turn or what to do.
Still we bumble our way through life's crazy labyrinth. Barely knowing left from right nor right from wrong. And the best that we can do is hope a blue bird, will sing his song as we stumble along.
WORDS TO LIVE BY:
As we stumble along on life's funny journey. As we stumble along into the blue. We look here and we look there, seeking answers anywhere. Never sure of where to turn or what to do.
Still we bumble our way through life's crazy labyrinth. Barely knowing left from right nor right from wrong. And the best that we can do is hope a blue bird, will sing his song as we stumble along.
JasonM12480
Broadway Star Joined: 3/17/05
#34re: Drowsy CD.. what do you think?
Posted: 6/15/06 at 10:22pm
LOVE this CD. Have been listening to it for 2 days non-stop. Brilliant, witty, funny, clever...congrats to the team for winning best score. Now I just need to SEE it!
I *think* the reason the overture sounds so "thin" is due to the lack of a string section. I read somewhere (don't remember where) that they chose to orchestrate the show like it would have been in the early 1920's. A lot of Broadway shows didn't have a string section at that time, and most of what you heard were woodwinds (i.e. flutes, clarinets, and saxophones & trumpets). That is probably why people are thinking it sounds thin. I think it sounds terrific!!
BwayBaby18
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/19/05
#36re: Drowsy CD.. what do you think?
Posted: 6/15/06 at 11:23pm
I think As We Stumble Along is missing the more nuanced moments of Beth's performance that come through live. Like when she trills in and out of the dynamic while gesturing. It's also missing one of my favorite lines by Man in Chair which I won't say here.
I also dislike how the recording eliminated the "skips". I'll leave that complaint at that.
However, I really believe that the recording did the show a huge justice and is really enjoyable and all around great.
goldenstate5
Featured Actor Joined: 5/8/06
#37re: Drowsy CD.. what do you think?
Posted: 6/15/06 at 11:32pm^Check the end of Toledo Surprise. Sounds like the recording "skips" to me...
#38re: Drowsy CD.. what do you think?
Posted: 6/16/06 at 1:42pmI must say that I've had "I Do, I Do in the Sky" on repeat for about half an hour... goodness that song is catchy...
#39re: Drowsy CD.. what do you think?
Posted: 6/16/06 at 8:13pmI love the show and adore the score though i do know it is a little weak but the shows friend tony aruges that. I notice the cd sounds a little differnt from the show but its a great listen.
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morosco
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/10/04
#40re: Drowsy CD.. what do you think?
Posted: 6/16/06 at 8:17pm
"A lot of Broadway shows didn't have a string section at that time, and most of what you heard were woodwinds (i.e. flutes, clarinets, and saxophones & trumpets). That is probably why people are thinking it sounds thin."
No...it's not the strings I miss....I think the horns at the very beginning sound weak and thin.
#41re: Drowsy CD.. what do you think?
Posted: 6/17/06 at 9:11am
Just a thought in regard to why "Nightengale" is a bonus track...
If they're coming out with the limited edition LP it's probably not included on that. That's what makes lots of CD's bonus tracks "bonus". Especially on initial Broadway CD reissues.
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#42re: Drowsy CD.. what do you think?
Posted: 6/17/06 at 10:38amI thought the soundtrack was okay, but it'd be a lot better to see it with the outragous 20s-style acting along with it. I do love the Man in Chair commentary, though. And I think Sutton Foster has a very good voice for this kind of role.
"In the rain, the pavement shines like silver
All the lights are misty in the river
In the darkness, the trees are full of starlight
And all I see is him and me forever and forever."
All the lights are misty in the river
In the darkness, the trees are full of starlight
And all I see is him and me forever and forever."
millie_dillmount
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/22/04
#43re: Drowsy CD.. what do you think?
Posted: 6/19/06 at 2:33pmI liked how the overture sounded on the CD. I haven't heard it live, though. Also, I think my two favorite songs are "Show Off" and "I Do, I Do in the Sky." I also like "Toledo Suprise" and "Cold Feet." I don't care for every single song on the CD, but overall, it is a very fun cast recording, and I am happy that it won best score at the Tonys.
"We like to snark around here. Sometimes we actually talk about theater...but we try not to let that get in our way." - dramamama611
#44re: Drowsy CD.. what do you think?
Posted: 6/23/06 at 11:21am
GreenGirl22406:
You thought the WHAT was okay???? :)
Anyhow, speaking of OH, KAY! (an authentic 1920s musical - get the CD on Nonesuch for a treat) I found the DROWSY cast album to be pretty much in keeping with the period. This is what the cast album of DC woukd have sounded like (minis the man-in-chair narration) if it had been an actual 1928 musical.
The fun part of the booklet is eeing the "reproduction" of the original LP cover sing RCA' Victors "Dynagroove" logo plus Columbia Records Lp symbol (and a Columbia style catalogue number: CL 755 (Does anyone know if there was a Columbia Lp with that catalogue number?) and the box marked "The Oriiginal Broadway Cast."
Cast albums are NOT "soundtracks."
Live theatre does not use a "soundtrack." If it did, it wouldn't be live theatre!
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#45re: Drowsy CD.. what do you think?
Posted: 6/24/06 at 11:39am
i love it!!!!
some of the songs, like AS WE STUMBLE ALONG & LOVE IS ALWAYS LOVELY IN THE END i love on cd even better than live (& i loved 'em live too!)
& i especially love MESSAGE FROM A NIGHTENGALE!!!!
#46re: Drowsy CD.. what do you think?
Posted: 6/24/06 at 11:44am
I LOVE IT! 
My favs are: Show Off, As We Stumble Along, Aldolpho and bascially the rest of the cd...
We're going to see if on October 26th!
#47re: Drowsy CD.. what do you think?
Posted: 6/24/06 at 11:48am
I absolutely love it... but I wish there was more Man In Chair on the CD. He keeps fading away, and I find myself thinking, "NO! Come back! More!" I think they could have easily squeezed a few more minutes of his material on here.
I also agree that they should have had some of his opening dialogue in particular with the lights out, and we should have heard the first part of the "show's" overture as it's done in the theatre (thin and "mono") before letting it eventually loose. That was one of the biggest "aural" thrills for me, and it could have been easily duplicated here with simple SFX.
The CD's design is first rate, and I hope it picks up a key art award or two along the way.
Overall, this recording is a wonderful memento of the show. And I've been listening to it a LOT lately.
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#48re: Drowsy CD.. what do you think?
Posted: 6/24/06 at 11:59amI was a little dissapointed. I was hoping for more Man in Chair stuff.
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#49re: Drowsy CD.. what do you think?
Posted: 6/24/06 at 12:20pm
i too, wish there was more MAN IN THE CHAIR...
but i just realized why i love AS WE STUMBLE ALONG even more on the cd....because its performed so EARNESTLY; while live, its played a bit more for laughs...not to say that it isnt fantastic live, it truly is!!!
...but the cd version can get me all teary-eyed!!!
oh & if you see someone walkin down the street singing MESSAGE FROM A NIGHTENGALE, thats me!
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