On the Town "Safe" for now?- Page 4
On the Town "Safe" for now?
#75On the Town
Posted: 1/21/15 at 8:52amI noticed that several of the actors in the show mention the Kagan's in their bios.
#76On the Town
Posted: 1/21/15 at 10:17am
What are peoples favorite songs from this production?
The ballads in the show are timeless and beautiful. "Some Other Time," the one I posted above with an aging opera singer accompanied by the aging composer, is gorgeous as a quartet, as it is in the show, or as a solo. But here's young Bernadette Peters singing a more youthful version of it in a medley of what SHE considers to be the great songs from On the Town:
My personal favorite song is "Lonely Town," which is done beautifully in this production by Tony Yazbeck, followed by an a capella vocal chorus that is a tour de force. Here it is, in several versions, male and female, operatic and pop:
#79On the Town
Posted: 1/21/15 at 4:43pm
To add to PJ's post, virtually every other song in the score is a gem, but what truly elevates the score is the stunning ballet music. Honestly, some of the best compositions of Bernstein's rich career.
#80On the Town
Posted: 1/21/15 at 5:24pm
I don't want to overwhelm the thread with music links but here I go anyway. Here's the Barbara cook version of some other time. leaves out the lyric about shaving and doing dishes. makes it a more universal application, I think. and the piano arrangement gets me in the gut.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcoRaNtz078
#81On the Town
Posted: 1/21/15 at 5:29pm
and here's the place I first heard Some Other Time. on the hbo series Six Feet Under, believe it or not. the song blew me away. never heard anything like it. had to find out what it was and as much as I could about it. this clip still affects me. what a show!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49TRx7kViao
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