It's a Foine Loife!
It's a Foine Loife!
#0It's a Foine Loife!
Posted: 9/8/05 at 4:35pmHeard the flutist (sp?) flautist? playing It's a Fine Life from Oliver last weekend, and now I can't get it out of my head. Is it a good song, do you think? I find myself humming it all day long...
"I don't really get the ending,all i can go with is when after several months,Judith saw Pat sang,and later she kissed him on the toilet,after that the story back to where Pat went down from the stage after he'd sung,and he went to the italian lady.I just don't get it,what Judith exatcly meant when he kissed Pat that she had seen,and did Pat end up together with The Italian Lady?Please help me,thank u very much!"
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#1re: It's a Foine Loife!
Posted: 9/8/05 at 4:37pmAhhh, Sweet Georgia Brown. Wish she had greater success on Broadway.
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#2re: It's a Foine Loife!
Posted: 9/8/05 at 4:40pmI only know it from the movie sountrack - but I like it.
"I don't really get the ending,all i can go with is when after several months,Judith saw Pat sang,and later she kissed him on the toilet,after that the story back to where Pat went down from the stage after he'd sung,and he went to the italian lady.I just don't get it,what Judith exatcly meant when he kissed Pat that she had seen,and did Pat end up together with The Italian Lady?Please help me,thank u very much!"
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Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#3re: It's a Foine Loife!
Posted: 9/8/05 at 4:48pm
"Ahhh, Sweet Georgia Brown. Wish she had greater success on Broadway."
I agree.
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#4re: It's a Foine Loife!
Posted: 9/8/05 at 4:48pmYou should listen to the Original Cast recording. Georgia sounds so boisterous on it!
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#5re: It's a Foine Loife!
Posted: 9/8/05 at 4:50pmLove that and Oom Pah Pah--love Shani--we had a thread about her a long time ago...
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#6re: It's a Foine Loife!
Posted: 9/8/05 at 4:50pm
"Georgia sounds so boisterous on it!"
And so heartbreaking in "As Long As He Needs Me." She had a great range of emotion.
If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
Link Larkin Wanabe
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/1/04
#7re: It's a Foine Loife!
Posted: 9/8/05 at 4:52pm
This is one of my favourite songs in the score. I really like the arrangement for the Cameron Makintosh revival as well.
Akiva
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Posted: 9/8/05 at 4:54pmCome to think of it, wasn't Georgia in some mess of a show that Alan Jay Lerner was involved in? Can't remember the title...
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Posted: 9/8/05 at 4:57pmI love both the movie and the OBC versions. I must admit that I was so impressed with Shani Wallis in the film growing up (she was called "the British Judy Garland" by many cabaret critics in her day)... I was very surprised to hear Georgia Brown after that. A completely different take on it. She now reminds me a bit of Cleo Lane, as far as voice type. A bit of a rasp, more throaty, but what depth! Georgia has grown on me over the years. I certainly like her as much as Shani now, if not more so. I was sorry both ladies didn't have more of a public career after Oliver! They both do such amazing jobs.
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Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#10re: It's a Foine Loife!
Posted: 9/8/05 at 5:00pm
"Can't remember the title..."
Carmelina
If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
#11re: It's a Foine Loife!
Posted: 9/8/05 at 5:01pmLove, love LOVE the overture to Carmelina! One of my favs.
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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#12re: It's a Foine Loife!
Posted: 9/8/05 at 5:03pmYes! That was it! Many thanks, Gotham!
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grizzabella
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/05
#13re: It's a Foine Loife!
Posted: 9/8/05 at 7:04pm"Oliver" was probably one of the first musicals I really fell in love with, and yes, I always loved It's A Foine Loife as Redhotinny so aptly put it! Of course, now I'm going to be walking around singing it until something displaces it on the sound-loop in my head. Brava to Georgia and Shani for making it so memorable.
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#15re: It's a Foine Loife!
Posted: 9/9/05 at 5:05pmI think it would, I've thought about it before, cause lord knows you can belt it out!
#16re: It's a Foine Loife!
Posted: 9/9/05 at 5:21pmAnd I have the hardest time finding uptempo stuff that works for me and my type - whatever the hell THAT is!
"I don't really get the ending,all i can go with is when after several months,Judith saw Pat sang,and later she kissed him on the toilet,after that the story back to where Pat went down from the stage after he'd sung,and he went to the italian lady.I just don't get it,what Judith exatcly meant when he kissed Pat that she had seen,and did Pat end up together with The Italian Lady?Please help me,thank u very much!"
Quote from someone on IMDB in reference to a movie he/she didn't understand. Such grammar!
#17re: It's a Foine Loife!
Posted: 9/9/05 at 5:22pmRight--I like Oom Pah Pah...also powerful pipes music..
#18re: It's a Foine Loife!
Posted: 9/9/05 at 5:28pmI loved the movie when I was younger. Of the two tavern songs Nancy sings, I like Oom Pah Pah better, this one was too mellow for me.
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