Little Shop Bonus Songs

[Jera]

Posted: 4/10/05 at 2:38pm

On the 2003 revival album of LSoH, who were the bonus songs "The worse he treats me" and "We'll have tomorrow" meant for? It sounds like only Hunter/Seymour is singing them, but It makes more sense to me that Kerry/Audrey would be singing "the worst he treats me", and that "We'll have tomorrow" would be duet between the two of them. Why did only Hunter record these songs?

jera

[StephanietheStar]

Posted: 4/10/05 at 2:40pm

I think actually Menken sings them...not Hunter

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 4/10/05 at 2:42pm

Yep, Stephanie, you're right.

[StephanietheStar]

Posted: 4/10/05 at 2:43pm

yeah just checked my cd

Alan Menken sings A little Dental Music, The worse he treats me

Menken and Ashman sing We'll have tomorrow

Ashman sings I found a hobby and

Ron Taylor, Ashman and Menken all sing Bad

[timote316]

Posted: 4/10/05 at 2:51pm

Alan Menken sings A little Dental Music, The worse he treats me

Menken and Ashman sing We'll have tomorrow

Ashman sings I found a hobby and

Ron Taylor, Ashman and Menken all sing Bad

"I Found a Hobby" was intended for the Dentist (replaced by "Dentist" - I think A Little Dental Music was also for Orin). "The Worse He Treats Me" was for Audrey, don't know why they cut that. "We'll Have Tomorrow" was a duet for Audrey and Seymour, I don't know why they cut this either. And, obviously, "Bad" is for Audrey 2 (I think it was written for the movie, replaced my "Mean Green Mother")

[Jera]

Posted: 4/10/05 at 2:54pm

Thanks! I haven't gotten my copy of the cd in the mail yet, I've only heard the songs on Accubroadway radio (which explains why I didn't know who was singing the songs).

I wish they hadn't cut "the worse he treats me". I would have loved to hear Kerry Butler sing that.

jera

[Dreamcatcher]

Posted: 4/10/05 at 3:00pm

Thanks for the info, I was a bit confused too when I first got the recording. They should have had the cast sing the songs for the bonus tracks. I'd have loved to hear Kerry and Hunter sing We'll Have Tommorow. Although unless I'm mistaken, don't they both sing that line in the Finale over everyone else singing "Don't feed the plants!!"

[Jera]

Posted: 4/10/05 at 3:26pm

Yes, I have heard the end of "Don't Feed the Plants". I like how they sing "We'll have tomorrow", but if you think about it, it don't make much sense. It's like a reprise to a song that never happened in the play. Besides, they're dead, so they don't really have tomorrow. I like the way it sounds, though.

jera

[Dreamcatcher]

Posted: 4/10/05 at 3:40pm

Yeah when I first heard the song and they were singing "We have tommorow!" I had no idea what they were talking about since I didn't even know the bonus track existed. I really liked it but its a bit out of place. I still wish they'd have kept the original song in though, since there's really only one Seymour/Audrey romantic duet and I could have used a few more....

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 4/10/05 at 4:21pm

I wish "Bad" had been incorperated into the revival somehow...

[jonartdesigns]

Posted: 4/10/05 at 4:56pm

my theories on the intended placement of the bonus tracks
A little Dental Music- i guess they intended a scene of someone (seymore?) waiting in the dentist's waiting room, my guess just before Now(its just the gas).
The worse he treats me- probobly was replaced by somewhere thats green
We'll have tomorrow- probobly replaced by suddenly seymore
I found a hobby- either in place of dentist, or in front of now(its just a gas)

bad was just for the movie from what i can gather

[Dreamcatcher]

Posted: 4/10/05 at 4:59pm

Yeah that sounds right to me. I still stand with the fact that they probably could have incorporated both Suddenly Seymour and We'll Have Tommorow but what can you do? I'm glad they did include the bonus tracks, period though.

[DollyGirl]

Posted: 4/10/05 at 5:08pm

they're alright

[Rentaholic2]

Posted: 4/10/05 at 6:19pm

I was Seymour this fall in our high school musical, and we also always thought it was random to sing 'we'll have tomorrow' in the last line, but sounded cool. I later downloaded this song (by accident), and became very confused.

[Thenardier]

Posted: 4/10/05 at 6:21pm

I like "I Found a HObby"

[Mythus]

Posted: 4/10/05 at 7:17pm

I adore "The Worse He Treats Me", but I can see why it was replaced with "Somewhere That's Green". "The Worse He Treats Me" mostly serves only the purpose of telling the audience that Orin beats Audrey and that she still loves him, but "Somewhere That's Green" does that plus reveals her dreams for something more.

[Joshua488]

Posted: 4/10/05 at 8:35pm

Yes, "Suddenly, Seymour" replaced "We'll Have Tomorrow". If you listen to the piano, you can definitely hear some similarities between the two.

And yes, "Bad" was written for the film, but, I believe, was replaced with the Academy Award-nominated song, "Mean Green Mother From Outerspace".

[Dreamcatcher]

Posted: 4/10/05 at 10:02pm

Yeah I did hear some similarities in the piano score for the two songs. So I guess it wouldn't have really worked to keep both in the show. :-P And while I did really enjoy The Worse He Treats Me, you defintily get more out of Somewhere That's Green so for someone who was introduced to the musical purely by audio recordings, I'm glad they made that replacement. :-P