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Songs that build up in speed as the verses progress...
#25re: Songs that build up in speed as the verses progress...
Posted: 6/21/06 at 5:43pm"Logic" from Dance of the Vampires.
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Unknown User
Joined: 12/31/69
#26re: Songs that build up in speed as the verses progress...
Posted: 6/21/06 at 5:52pmI've only heard the Actors' Fund recording, but how about "I'm Black/Ain't Got No" from Hair?
Sant
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/12/04
#27re: Songs that build up in speed as the verses progress...
Posted: 6/22/06 at 12:04pm
Coffee In A Cardboard Cup - 70, GIRLS, 70
Two's Company - THE MAGIC SHOW (at least the Ripley & Skinner version)
trpguyy
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/25/05
#28re: Songs that build up in speed as the verses progress...
Posted: 6/22/06 at 12:22pmAny Sousa march, depending on the conductor.
circusliz
Broadway Star Joined: 11/19/05
#29re: Songs that build up in speed as the verses progress...
Posted: 6/22/06 at 12:56pm"Song of Love" (I'm in love with a girl named Fred) from Once Upon a Mattress.
#30re: Songs that build up in speed as the verses progress...
Posted: 6/22/06 at 1:27pmThere Won't Be Trumpets, from Anyone Can Whistle.
joey
bwayondabrain
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/05
#31re: Songs that build up in speed as the verses progress...
Posted: 6/22/06 at 1:44pm
We Both Reached For The Gun- CHICAGO
:)
Josh Freilich
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/17/06
#32re: Songs that build up in speed as the verses progress...
Posted: 6/22/06 at 4:38pm
Song of Love doesn't speed up. I've heard both versions, and the tempo stays exactly the same.
The only time I've heard Coffee in a Cardboard Cup is in the version in "And The World Goes 'Round." In the original show, it has never sped up once.
VonTussleGirl, you're right: the words in "Married" do get increasingly complicated, not the tempo.
How about the Mandy Patinkin parody from FORBIDDEN BROADWAY? Does anyone know that one?
Thesbijean
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/9/04
#33re: Songs that build up in speed as the verses progress...
Posted: 6/22/06 at 4:42pm
What You Don't Know About Woman - CITY OF ANGELS
One Day More - LES MISERABLES
Potiphar - JOSEPH
JemimaPearl
Understudy Joined: 5/12/05
#34re: Songs that build up in speed as the verses progress...
Posted: 6/22/06 at 5:19pmI second all for the best from Godspell. I am proud to say I beat out my best friend at singing the fastest verse
Jayar
Chorus Member Joined: 5/6/05
#35re: Songs that build up in speed as the verses progress...
Posted: 6/22/06 at 8:34pmHow about "Twelve Days To Christmas" from "She Loves Me"
#36re: Songs that build up in speed as the verses progress...
Posted: 6/22/06 at 8:39pm
"I am what I am" from La Cage
and
"The Speed Test" From Thoroughly Modern Millie
Steph_DeVo
Chorus Member Joined: 6/21/06
#37re: Songs that build up in speed as the verses progress...
Posted: 6/22/06 at 8:41pm"Twelve Days to Christmas" from She Loves Me is a great example, Jayar...
#38re: Songs that build up in speed as the verses progress...
Posted: 6/22/06 at 8:43pm
Guys. This thread is about songs that speed up to ludicrous speeds.
I Am What I Am
One Day More
What You Don't Know About Women
Song of Love
Coffee in a Cardboard Cup
Married
Gimme Gimme
I'm Black/Ain't Got No
Winters on the Wing
None of them speed up to ludicrous speeds.
Unknown User
Joined: 12/31/69
#39re: Songs that build up in speed as the verses progress...
Posted: 6/22/06 at 9:11pmRight, but not only is that subjective, you're not going to find too many songs in musical theatre that speed up to an absolutely ludicrous speed. I do agree that songs like "One Day More" don't exactly fit at all, though.
SpellRENT777
Understudy Joined: 12/11/05
#40re: Songs that build up in speed as the verses progress...
Posted: 6/23/06 at 11:38pmI was about to say Coffee in a Cardboard Cup. I heard it at my friend's dance recital and the theme was Broadway so I thought it was perfect for this thread. It gets pretty crazy at the end!
Josh Freilich
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/17/06
#41re: Songs that build up in speed as the verses progress...
Posted: 7/8/06 at 3:38pmAgain, if you're thinking of "Coffee in a Cardboard Cup" it only speeds up in the revue "AND THE WORLD GOES 'ROUND," not "70, Girls, 70."
#42re: Songs that build up in speed as the verses progress...
Posted: 7/8/06 at 4:32pmI don't know if you'd call it a song...but the "Evita Peron, la santa Peronista"s in that are under Eva's speech after "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" get VERY fast (at least if you have our conductor they do!)
citrustwist
Chorus Member Joined: 3/28/06
#43re: Songs that build up in speed as the verses progress...
Posted: 7/8/06 at 5:26pmI would say "Carousel" from Jacques Brel qualifies. I can never seem to get it right when singing along!
Unknown User
Joined: 12/31/69
#44re: Songs that build up in speed as the verses progress...
Posted: 7/8/06 at 5:30pmMost of the famous patter songs in the Gilbert and Sullivan operettas, especially if performed by someone capable, such as Martyn Green.
Josh Freilich
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/17/06
#45re: Songs that build up in speed as the verses progress...
Posted: 10/4/06 at 6:42pm
"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."
Actually, no versions get faster and faster. In fact, the revival's version gets slightly SLOWER and SLOWER.
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