Songs that build up in speed as the verses progress... — Page 2

#26

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Posted: 6/21/06 at 5:43pm

"Logic" from Dance of the Vampires.

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#27

re: Songs that build up in speed as the verses progress...

Posted: 6/21/06 at 5:52pm

I've only heard the Actors' Fund recording, but how about "I'm Black/Ain't Got No" from Hair?

#28

re: 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)

#29

re: Songs that build up in speed as the verses progress...

Posted: 6/22/06 at 12:22pm

Any Sousa march, depending on the conductor.

#30

re: 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.

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#31

re: Songs that build up in speed as the verses progress...

Posted: 6/22/06 at 1:27pm

There Won't Be Trumpets, from Anyone Can Whistle.

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#32

re: Songs that build up in speed as the verses progress...

Posted: 6/22/06 at 1:44pm

We Both Reached For The Gun- CHICAGO

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#33

re: 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?

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#34

re: 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

#35

re: Songs that build up in speed as the verses progress...

Posted: 6/22/06 at 5:19pm

I second all for the best from Godspell. I am proud to say I beat out my best friend at singing the fastest verse

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#36

re: Songs that build up in speed as the verses progress...

Posted: 6/22/06 at 8:34pm

How about "Twelve Days To Christmas" from "She Loves Me"

#37

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Posted: 6/22/06 at 8:39pm

"I am what I am" from La Cage

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"The Speed Test" From Thoroughly Modern Millie

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#38

re: 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...

#39

re: 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.

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#40

re: Songs that build up in speed as the verses progress...

Posted: 6/22/06 at 9:11pm

Right, 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.

#41

re: Songs that build up in speed as the verses progress...

Posted: 6/23/06 at 11:38pm

I 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!

#42

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Posted: 7/8/06 at 3:38pm

Again, 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."

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#43

re: Songs that build up in speed as the verses progress...

Posted: 7/8/06 at 4:32pm

I 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!)

#44

re: Songs that build up in speed as the verses progress...

Posted: 7/8/06 at 5:26pm

I would say "Carousel" from Jacques Brel qualifies. I can never seem to get it right when singing along!

#45

re: Songs that build up in speed as the verses progress...

Posted: 7/8/06 at 5:30pm

Most of the famous patter songs in the Gilbert and Sullivan operettas, especially if performed by someone capable, such as Martyn Green.

#46

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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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