House of Flowers CD - yes or no
House of Flowers CD - yes or no
#0House of Flowers CD - yes or no
Posted: 3/29/06 at 2:02pm
just heard a song from this show, "I Never Has Seen Snow", and was wondering if the CD (w/Pearl Bailey and Diahann Carroll) is worth picking up from amazon?
yes or no? your opinions.
WOSQ
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/18/03
#1re: House of Flowers CD - yes or no
Posted: 3/29/06 at 2:14pm
YES.
Unequivocably.
YourArmsTooShort
Swing Joined: 3/28/06
#2re: House of Flowers CD - yes or no
Posted: 3/29/06 at 2:50pmAbsolutely! It's definitely one of the better scores of the era and it's a shame that it's not better known.
#3re: House of Flowers CD - yes or no
Posted: 3/29/06 at 2:58pmI yelped when I saw this subject line. YES, YES, definitely YES.
#4re: House of Flowers CD - yes or no
Posted: 3/29/06 at 3:19pmwonderful songs. wonderful performers. anything with pearl bailey --GRAB!
#5re: House of Flowers CD - yes or no
Posted: 3/29/06 at 3:26pm
great musical CD!
pearl baily is GREAT!
for those of you who already know this CD:
i love it when the girls in "sleeping bee" say:
"ask a bee?! ha ha ha ha ha- what did you pay the houngan for this information?!"i always laugh there! it's hilarious!
http://musicalkid.multiply.com/
kjklo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/29/03
#6re: House of Flowers CD - yes or no
Posted: 3/29/06 at 3:50pmOne more "yes" vote. An absolute must-have--gorgeous Harold Arlen score with Truman Capote lyrics. Don't pass it by.
#7re: House of Flowers CD - yes or no
Posted: 3/29/06 at 4:09pm
Has a blissful score (and the Columbia Masterworks edition has Truman Capote reading a very small part of the original story - worth it just to compare against Phillip S-H's performance) and memorable performances all round
If you then wonder why it lasted only 165 performances on Broadway, it's worth checking its history in 'Not Since Carrie' - sounds like fireworks all round.
#8re: House of Flowers CD - yes or no
Posted: 3/29/06 at 5:10pmYes
#9re: House of Flowers CD - yes or no
Posted: 3/29/06 at 5:14pm
A definite yes.
I wish they had recorded the wonderful Encores production from a few years back starring Tonya Pinkins.
#10re: House of Flowers CD - yes or no
Posted: 3/29/06 at 10:00pm
Yes! (and since it is affordably priced you should be able to pick up a copy for less than $10!)
The show may not work on stage but the cast album is one of those divine rcordings that show fans cherish.
Cast albums are NOT "soundtracks."
Live theatre does not use a "soundtrack." If it did, it wouldn't be live theatre!
I host a weekly one-hour radio program featuring cast album selections as well as songs by cabaret, jazz and theatre artists. The program, FRONT ROW CENTRE is heard Sundays 9 to 10 am and also Saturdays from 8 to 9 am (eastern times) on www.proudfm.com
#11re: House of Flowers CD - yes or no
Posted: 3/29/06 at 10:04pm
Mediocre book, awesome score!!!
You can check out Barbra Streisand singing the glorious "I Never Has Seen Snow" on her 1973 TV Special "Barbra Streisand. . . and Other Musical Instruments"
TheEnchantedHunter
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/27/05
#12re: House of Flowers CD - yes or no
Posted: 3/29/06 at 10:33pm
Yes, yes, yes. And be aware that it is Harold Arlen punched in for one note/word on I NEVER HAS SEEN SNOW on the very last "'like' my love is to me" lyric.
Melinda Tentrees
Brighton, England
songplugger
Understudy Joined: 8/29/05
#13re: House of Flowers CD - yes or no
Posted: 3/30/06 at 5:17am
One of the very greatest Broadway musical scores.
You will not be able to sit still during "Two Ladies In De Shade of De Bannana Tree".
philcrosby
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/17/04
#14re: House of Flowers CD - yes or no
Posted: 3/30/06 at 10:39am
Yes, yes and yes, a hundred times yes.
Every song is a gem.
#15re: House of Flowers CD - yes or no
Posted: 3/30/06 at 10:46am
ok, i've never seen a thread on here where everyone was in agreement.
i ordered it this morning, will be here shortly.
FranklinShepard-Inc.
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/25/04
#17re: House of Flowers CD - yes or no
Posted: 3/30/06 at 11:54amgot some great songs in it and some rather irritating lyrics by truman capote as well. But I like listening to the recording. "Don't like Goodbyes" seems to me the strongest ballad from it and somehere I found a strong cabaret version of it lately.
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