Last Five Years
Last Five Years
Joined: 12/31/69
#0Last Five Years
Posted: 12/7/04 at 9:41pmI just got back into my Last Five Years craze after a two week hiatus. I was listening to the recording last night and was wondering if the songs match up. For example, when Cathy sings "Still Hurting" in the beginning, is Jamie's "I Could Never Rescue You" what he is feeling at the same time. I think I might be asking this in a confusing way, but hopefully someone will understand. Even if you don't answer my question, feel free to post anything L5Y related; there seems to be an abundance of extraneous and/or superfluous posts, and anything L5Y would be a pleasure to read.
#1re: Last Five Years
Posted: 12/7/04 at 9:43pmIf you look at the last song that Jamie sings, it matches with the time frame of the first song that Cathy sings.
"They're eating her and then they're going to eat me. OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!" -Troll 2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#2re: Last Five Years
Posted: 12/7/04 at 9:46pmYes, that's what I thought. Wow, I love L5Y, with a passion. Brilliance!
CJR
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/14/03
#3re: Last Five Years
Posted: 12/7/04 at 9:47pm
*sniff sniff* I was going to sing Still Hurting at cast party last night.... 
"You're every gay man's wet dream!" ~ MA
If in Heaven you don't excel, you can always party down in hell...
#4re: Last Five Years
Posted: 12/7/04 at 9:47pmI liked the cast recording when I first heard it, but didn't "Love" it but then I saw it a couple of months ago and I love it.
"They're eating her and then they're going to eat me. OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!" -Troll 2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#5re: Last Five Years
Posted: 12/7/04 at 9:50pmIt took me awhile to LOVE it, as I do now, but my friend said he didn't gain real appreciation for it, until he saw it. Updated On: 12/7/04 at 09:50 PM
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#6re: Last Five Years
Posted: 12/7/04 at 9:51pmomg im still in love with this show, even moreso when i saw it
#7re: Last Five Years
Posted: 12/7/04 at 9:52pmomg, I got the cast recording a few days ago, and I listened to it about a billion times! I totally love it! but, yay! another person in a last five years craze! but yah, it would help if I had a better idea of what was going on.
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Ask people what gender they are,or
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Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#8re: Last Five Years
Posted: 12/7/04 at 9:54pmIf i haven't seen the show, is it worth getting the cd? Will i understand it?
andyf
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/12/04
#9re: Last Five Years
Posted: 12/7/04 at 9:54pm
Oh f*ck you, CJR.
You know "Still Hurting" was supposed to be mine.
Andrew, tonight isn't about you! It isn't even about me!!! - [FD]
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#10re: Last Five Years
Posted: 12/7/04 at 9:55pmIf you like L5Y you'll love Parade! (and Songs for a New World) Anything Jason Robert Brown is associated with, is LOVE!
luvWICKED416
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/15/04
#11re: Last Five Years
Posted: 12/7/04 at 9:58pmLove it sooo much... and I love hearing Sherie and Norbs together... DRS is gonna be great.
#12re: Last Five Years
Posted: 12/7/04 at 9:58pmI think Parade is better than L5Y in my opinion.
"They're eating her and then they're going to eat me. OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!" -Troll 2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#13re: Last Five Years
Posted: 12/7/04 at 9:59pm
broadwaybaby87 -
I understood it, and I didn't see the show. You just have to realize that Cathy is singing from the end of the relationship to the beginning, while Jamie is singing from the beginning to the end. It's a really interesting concept.
andyf
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/12/04
#14re: Last Five Years
Posted: 12/7/04 at 10:01pmluvW, WTF is that icon supposed to be??
Andrew, tonight isn't about you! It isn't even about me!!! - [FD]
#15re: Last Five Years
Posted: 12/7/04 at 10:01pm
"If i haven't seen the show, is it worth getting the cd? Will i understand it?"
It is so worth it! I didn't exactly understand it at first because it kind of seems like everything is all over the place, but I love the songs. The rhyming is really natural, and you can form your own ideas of what's going on. And it's norbert!
Ways to annoy people:
Arrive at a meeting late, say you're sorry, but you didn't have time for lunch, and you're going to be nibbling during the meeting. Then eat raw potatoes.
Ask people what gender they are,or
Disagree strongly with everything anybody says:)
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
CJR
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/14/03
#17re: Last Five Years
Posted: 12/7/04 at 10:06pm
Niiiiiice Andy lol Thanks a lot.
I never saw the production of L5Y, but a friend of mine got me into it. I was bitching to her about problems I was having with my 'on again, off again boyfriend' and she asked 'how long have you known each other?' my reply: 5 years. She said 'get the last five years. you'll love me and hate me for it, but get it anyway.'
I did. And she was right -- I love her and hate her for it lol
"You're every gay man's wet dream!" ~ MA
If in Heaven you don't excel, you can always party down in hell...
andyf
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/12/04
#18re: Last Five Years
Posted: 12/7/04 at 10:08pmPlease, if I can't harass my favorite BWW b*tch who CAN I harass??
Andrew, tonight isn't about you! It isn't even about me!!! - [FD]
timote316
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/04
#19re: Last Five Years
Posted: 12/7/04 at 10:10pmI heard a song from it yesterday (don't remember which one, but Sherie was singing), and it was excellent. Usually it takes me a few listens (and few sometimes translates to many lol) to fall for some music, but that song got it. I wish I could remember which one it was...
luvWICKED416
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/15/04
#20re: Last Five Years
Posted: 12/7/04 at 10:12pm
AndyF... my tears "from If I Own Today" have carried over into this deep pain in my heart for your hurtfull comments.
I guess this will come down to a walk-off... Dec. 19th... bring it beeyatch!
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#21re: Last Five Years
Posted: 12/7/04 at 10:19pmi'm gonna tell my parents to get it for me as one of my hannukah gifts! fun stuff! i'm excited. my friend is actually directing this in the spring of 2006 at her school and i hope to go see it. i've heard only great things about it, and this guy at school who's obsessed with it keeps telling me that i have to get it and listen to it so that we can discuss and sing it 24/7... lol. yay!
theatreangel
Chorus Member Joined: 11/10/04
#22re: Last Five Years
Posted: 12/7/04 at 10:36pm
I always think that it takes more than one try to appreciate the truly brilliant shows (you can disagree with me here, but I think L5Y is truly brilliant). It took me a few days to listen to a few of the songs before I really appreciated it. Love it SO much (and plan to sing "Still Hurting" at a musical revue my school is doing).
Also, I'm seeing it this May in NJ. 
andyf
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/12/04
#23re: Last Five Years
Posted: 12/7/04 at 10:38pm
Where are they doing it in Jersey?
Andrew, tonight isn't about you! It isn't even about me!!! - [FD]
#24re: Last Five Years
Posted: 12/7/04 at 11:10pmIt's an amazing show
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