My kind of Norma Desmond
#4
Posted: 12/29/07 at 9:22am
I didn't realize that a Dutch Tour of Sunset was in the works for 2009. Well, she is a nice enough singer. But, she should take another look at the lyrics. There were a number of individual words that were substituted. Also, at the end, she left out: "We taught the world...new ways...to.. dream." from RC in Austin, Texas
"Noel [Coward] and I were in Paris once. Adjoining rooms, of course. One night, I felt mischievous, so I knocked on Noel's door, and he asked, 'Who is it?' I lowered my voice and said 'Hotel detective. Have you got a gentleman in your room?' He answered, 'Just a minute, I'll ask him.'" (Beatrice Lillie)
#5
Posted: 12/29/07 at 11:24am
...at the end, she left out: "We taught the world...new ways...to.. dream."
I kind of like it that way. That moment, when sung at the end of the song, always struck me as anticlimactic.
I kind of like it that way. That moment, when sung at the end of the song, always struck me as anticlimactic.
#6
Posted: 3/8/09 at 3:33am
Oh how I wish I could go to the Netherlands to see Simone Kleinsma in this production! It's happening NOW.
Sunset Boulevard in Dutch
"Be on your guard! Jerks on the loose!"
http://www.roches.com/television/ss83kod.html
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Sunset Boulevard in Dutch
http://www.roches.com/television/ss83kod.html
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"If any relationship involves a flow chart, get out of it...FAST!"
~ Best12Bars
#7
Posted: 3/8/09 at 4:09am
What the hell is she wearing? Looks like a towel and a shiny bath robe. I really like that ending for the song though. I've always hated the little "New Ways to Dream" reprise that gets tacked on.
Updated On: 3/8/09 at 04:09 AM
#8
Posted: 3/8/09 at 4:29am
She is the first actress in the role who has impressed me since Elaine Paige.
Also, I like the energy of the Dutch cast. So tempting to fly to the Netherlands this summer. I've been meaning to go back for years.
"Be on your guard! Jerks on the loose!"
http://www.roches.com/television/ss83kod.html
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"If any relationship involves a flow chart, get out of it...FAST!"
~ Best12Bars
Also, I like the energy of the Dutch cast. So tempting to fly to the Netherlands this summer. I've been meaning to go back for years.
http://www.roches.com/television/ss83kod.html
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"If any relationship involves a flow chart, get out of it...FAST!"
~ Best12Bars
#9
Posted: 3/8/09 at 5:10am
Kathryn Evans is giving a masterful performance in the role right now in the London production. If you're going to be in London any time soon, don't miss her.
Faced with these Loreleis, what man can moralize!
#10
Posted: 3/8/09 at 11:14am
I prefer Pia Douwes. She sounds great on the bonus tracks on the cast album.
#11
Posted: 3/16/09 at 11:39am
Pia Douwes and Simone Kleinsma singing together the song 'met een blik'/ with one look
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCAU8c_T83s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCAU8c_T83s
#12
Posted: 3/16/09 at 12:06pm
Oh my goodness!
Simone's concert version ROCKS!
Thanks so much for sharing! I must confess I have never heard of Her before today either...and that makes me sad!
Simone's concert version ROCKS!
Thanks so much for sharing! I must confess I have never heard of Her before today either...and that makes me sad!
"To love another person is to see the face of God!"
#13
Posted: 3/16/09 at 12:21pm
Damn! I love that ending and that woman is GREAT!
(despite the terry cloth on her head)
(despite the terry cloth on her head)
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