Songs that build up in speed as the verses progress...
Songs that build up in speed as the verses progress...
Josh Freilich
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/17/06
#0Songs that build up in speed as the verses progress...
Posted: 6/20/06 at 9:15pm
...TO AN ABSOLUTELY LUDICROUS SPEED BY SONG'S END!
I know a couple:
The title song from THE RINK
Both Sides of the Coin from DROOD
Office Life from AMOUR
Any others?
Yankeefan007
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/04
#1re: Songs that build up in speed as the verses progress...
Posted: 6/20/06 at 9:16pmPick a little?
#2re: Songs that build up in speed as the verses progress...
Posted: 6/20/06 at 9:16pmall for the best - Godspell
#3re: Songs that build up in speed as the verses progress...
Posted: 6/20/06 at 9:18pmOne of the most obvious, I'd think, is "The Speed Test" from Millie, where tempo is the only actual goal of the song.
Josh Freilich
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/17/06
#4re: Songs that build up in speed as the verses progress...
Posted: 6/20/06 at 9:23pmPickalittle never builded in tempo.
#5re: Songs that build up in speed as the verses progress...
Posted: 6/20/06 at 9:25pm
Art of the Possible--Evita
the lepers portion of the temple scene--Jesus Christ Superstar
And when I did Music Man, "Pick a Little" did not speed up..it's fast the whole way through!
SayitSomehow
Featured Actor Joined: 11/1/05
#6re: Songs that build up in speed as the verses progress...
Posted: 6/20/06 at 9:25pm"Therapy" from Tick... Tick... Boom!
#7re: Songs that build up in speed as the verses progress...
Posted: 6/20/06 at 9:26pm
Fast * Zanna Don't
The title is appropriate :)
Alex LaVelle
Understudy Joined: 8/16/05
#8re: Songs that build up in speed as the verses progress...
Posted: 6/20/06 at 9:27pmI Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General. Starts off A Tempo, slows second verse, then speeds up so that it's faster than A Tempo for the end.
renthead92
Broadway Star Joined: 10/23/05
#9re: Songs that build up in speed as the verses progress...
Posted: 6/20/06 at 9:28pmWould "Reviewing the Situation" from "Oliver!" count?
#10re: Songs that build up in speed as the verses progress...
Posted: 6/20/06 at 9:31pmI read this and immediately thought "Therapy" from "tick, tick...BOOM!"
neddyfrank2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/23/05
#12re: Songs that build up in speed as the verses progress...
Posted: 6/20/06 at 9:33pmDoes "Putting it Together" get faster? It seems by the end, he's really rushing through it.
#13re: Songs that build up in speed as the verses progress...
Posted: 6/20/06 at 9:37pm
Tchaichovsky (or however you spell it) from Lady in the Dark
Museum Song from Barnum
Words Words Words from Witches of Eastwick
Josh Freilich
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/17/06
#14re: Songs that build up in speed as the verses progress...
Posted: 6/20/06 at 9:37pm
I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General
Sometimes it does, but if he's daring enough, like George Rose, the third verse is repeated slightly faster as an encore.
Blanche
Stand-by Joined: 10/1/04
#15re: Songs that build up in speed as the verses progress...
Posted: 6/20/06 at 9:47pmThe Museum Song from Barnum.
thevolleyballer
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/29/04
#16re: Songs that build up in speed as the verses progress...
Posted: 6/20/06 at 10:46pm
"Potiphar" from Joseph builds up speed as the verse (singular) progresses, then resets itself. :)
Also, heh, this isn't really correct, but "Climbing Uphill" from Last 5 Years has a speedy little part to it that speeds up.
And "Desert Island" from High Fidelity speeds up as well.
#17re: Songs that build up in speed as the verses progress...
Posted: 6/20/06 at 10:52pmWinters on the Wing, Secret Garden
#18re: Songs that build up in speed as the verses progress...
Posted: 6/20/06 at 10:53pmGetting Married Today.. I think. Either that, or the words just get ridiculously complicated by "I called my analyst about it and he said to see him Monday..."
#19re: Songs that build up in speed as the verses progress...
Posted: 6/20/06 at 11:09pmOf course, I Am The Very Model of a Modern Major General from "Pirates of Penzanse" IS "The Speed Test" from Millie, isn't it?
#20re: Songs that build up in speed as the verses progress...
Posted: 6/20/06 at 11:45pmNo, actually. "The Speed Test" is really "My Eyes Are Fully Open (The Paradox Song)" from Pirates.
#21re: Songs that build up in speed as the verses progress...
Posted: 6/20/06 at 11:54pm
Feh. It's all patter :P
Getting Married Today is, to me, one of the hardest songs to sing. I am terrible at remembering lyrics but I have a really good ear for remembering melodies and yet I can never, ever get that song right when I sing it to myself.
joey
Soozie
Stand-by Joined: 7/26/05
#22re: Songs that build up in speed as the verses progress...
Posted: 6/21/06 at 12:28amThe song, Carousels, from Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris. It speeds up a lot by song's end.
#23re: Songs that build up in speed as the verses progress...
Posted: 6/21/06 at 2:32am
Hmmm. First, it depends on the version, but "We Open in Venice" from Kiss Me, Kate came to mind... however, now that I'm thinking about it, "Venice" is more of a progression song- by the end of it, the actors are ready to drop from the repetition of touring life. 
Kay, the Thread-Jacking Jedi
Quando omni flunkus moritati (When all else fails, play dead...)
"... chasin' the music. Trying to get home."
Peter Gregus: "Where are my house right ladies?!"
(love you, girls! - 6/13/06)
#24re: Songs that build up in speed as the verses progress...
Posted: 6/21/06 at 4:39pmzoran912, you are, of course right, but are "My Eyes Are Finally Open" and "I Am The Very Model of a Modern Major General" the same song, in the way that "Goodnight My Someone" and "76 Trombones" are the same song in "The Music Man"? I don't have the scores in front of me and frankly, can't seem to sort the tunes out in my head. Just wondering...
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