Really? I LOVE it when Colm Wilkinson does that. He has a very angelic voice, and all those little things just make him all the more unique.
BlueWizard's blog: The Rambling Corner
HEDWIG: "The road is my home. In reflecting upon the people whom I have come upon in my travels, I cannot help but think of the people who have come upon me."
Every line in CAROLINE, OR CHANGE even though I have not seen the show. I'm just guessing. lol I hate "If were work in tandem" Who says that? How many people use the word tandem?
THANK YOU SPIDER! I was trying that all night and it was impossible! Some of those lyrics, really, they just make me sad. Some of them make me laugh too, like the duet between Mark and Maureen in place of the Tango, but still... gah.
Yes, I've never been more thankful for the final version. I don't mind the Spiderman line, I think it's a nice change from Roger's usual scowliness. It's cute!
"If we work in tandem" from Wicked. Who says that? I know it rhymes, but it sounds so contrived, like they were really desparate for something to put there.
one from nine- send me your love that will mend me with love
"Grease," the fourth revival of the season, is the worst show in the history of theater and represents an unparalleled assault on Western civilization and its values. - Michael Reidel
What's with all the "Wicked" bashing???? Because a lyric is the least bit clever and (*GASP*) rhymes, it makes you cringe?? You want recitative? Go to the Opera. Broadway songs Rhyme - and if Bad/Sad, Moon/June is the best you can do, you deserve to be sneered at. Analysis/Dialisis/pal-a-sis.. makes me smile; Nessa/yes, uh/fess-a is just plain cool. That's what Schwartz DOES ... clever rhymes. YOU all try to wright lyrics that a) rhyme, b) flow and c) MEAN something.
Regarding the whole Bridges thing, first, get the lyric right, and in context: Commenting on getting everything that you want ...
there's a kind of a, sort of cost, there's a couple of things get lost, there are bridges you cross you didn't know you'd crossed until you crossed
means something to me, flows great (even in 5/8 meter - YOU try that) and fits perfect. What's the problem?
Soundheim (another legendary rhymer) broached the same subject in Into the Woods - and THIS is my very FAVORITE Lyric from any show:
Only 3 more tries and we'll have our prize, when the end's in sight you'll realize, if the end is right it justifies THE BEANS
4 Rhymes, 1 internal Rhyme, and a damn funny Pun
My most Cringe worthy?
We're not gonna pay, we're not gonna pay, we're not gonna pay, last year's rent, this year's rent, next year's rent, rent, rent, rent, rent, rent, we're not gonna pay rent, 'cuz everything is rent
____________________________________________________________ and there's this one word in "Magic to Do" from Pippin that no matter where you breathe or how you try to say the darn thing it always comes out as two words - i think it's "journey, journey to a spot eh-exciting, mystic and exotic..."
DRIVES ME NUTS!!! _____________________________________________________________
GAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!
Are you serious??????
For the luv a ....
"Journey to a spot ex- citing, mystic and exotic"
You don't see the cleverness in that lyric????
You don't see that he MEANT exciting to sound like 2 words???
HE RHYMED "a spot ec ..." WITH "exotic"
GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What's the point of brilliance if it's wasted on people like this?
Oh no, a Wicked fanatic has purpetrated the thread!
BlueWizard's blog: The Rambling Corner
HEDWIG: "The road is my home. In reflecting upon the people whom I have come upon in my travels, I cannot help but think of the people who have come upon me."
I always get chills when I listen to "I still believe" and "I'd give my life for you" from Miss Saigon. The whole Rose's Turn and Les Miz's Come to me and A Little Fall of Rain
Hmm a couple of my err.... favorites. I'm going to preface this by saying I have nothing but respect for these guys, just that to me... these particular lines...well...
you know...
Miss Saigon: John- I'm gonna buy you a girl. Chris- You can buy me a beer.
I laugh every time I hear that one, and you know I don't think it's supposed to be funny in the manner in which I find it.
and my number one...
King David Johnathon- This is the time for you, you have it all. You can do anything, you're standing tall.
Love Tim Rice and all, but that lyric was like a frying pan upside the head. Maybe it was a time crunch or something... LOL
"the ninja monkeys are plotting my demise as we speak..."
Translated by the man who wrote the lyrics for My Heart Will Go On ~ very bad ~ but then to respond to earlier posts I think Camp is a work of ironic genius!
"I tend to think if god wanted us to believe in him, he'd exist" Linda Smith
