THE LAST FIVE YEARS Changes
THE LAST FIVE YEARS Changes
#1THE LAST FIVE YEARS Changes
Posted: 4/2/13 at 8:38am
So I'm a huge dork and kept track of the lyric changes from the original production. If anyone else did the same I'm curious to see if I missed any.
"Shiksa Goddess" had a "f*ck!" added in but I can't remember exactly where.
"The Schmuel Song"
Original lyric: As the hands moved left on the old clock's face
Revised lyric: As the hands reversed on the old clock's face
"If I Didn't Believe in You"
Original lyric: To be touring again for the summer?
Revised lyric: To be spending summer in Ohio (this one might not be exact)
"I Can Do Better Than That"
Original lyric: Met a guy in a class I was taking who you might say Looked like Tom Cruise
Revised lyric: Met a guy in a class I was taking with some well placed tattoos
Kbradstein
Stand-by Joined: 7/6/12
#2THE LAST FIVE YEARS Changes
Posted: 4/2/13 at 9:06am
The shiksa goddes lyric was
"if your mother and your brother had retaliations with eachother, and your father was a member of the ghadi clan I'd say F*CK it! No body's perfect."
They just added the **** it, whe in the original it was "Well... Nobody's perfect"
SporkGoddess
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/27/05
#2THE LAST FIVE YEARS Changes
Posted: 4/2/13 at 9:22am"Well-placed tattoos" was actually JRB's suggestion on his blog to change the lyric when someone asked if the guy looking like Tom Cruise was supposed to imply that he was crazy (According to JRB, it wasn't).
#3THE LAST FIVE YEARS Changes
Posted: 4/2/13 at 9:48am
Thanks, Kbradstein.
Spork, that seems like such an idiotic question to ask. I never thought was the implication of the lyric especially since Cruise wasn't considered crazy in 2001. That happened long after the fact around the sofa incident of 2005.
SporkGoddess
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/27/05
#4THE LAST FIVE YEARS Changes
Posted: 4/2/13 at 9:54amI thought so, too. I like the Tom Cruise lyric better. I mean, he's still pretty attractive, and she just says that the guy "looks" like him. And Cathy's saying why she was attracted to him, so implying that he's crazy doesn't make much sense.
#5THE LAST FIVE YEARS Changes
Posted: 4/2/13 at 10:01am
I mean crazy or not he's still pretty attractive. I honestly don't even know what "well-placed tattoos" are. Like it's not a tramp stamp?
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Joined: 12/31/69
#6THE LAST FIVE YEARS Changes
Posted: 4/2/13 at 10:05am
"and your father was a member of the ghadi clan"
Isn't that the Gotti clan as in the mafia kingpin John Gotti?
Kbradstein
Stand-by Joined: 7/6/12
#7THE LAST FIVE YEARS Changes
Posted: 4/2/13 at 10:23amsorry i wasnt sure what the spelling of Gotti clan was! thanks for correcting!
#8THE LAST FIVE YEARS Changes
Posted: 4/2/13 at 10:36am
"I never thought was the implication of the lyric especially since Cruise wasn't considered crazy in 2001."
Speak for yourself. Some of us figured it out way before 2005!
#9THE LAST FIVE YEARS Changes
Posted: 4/2/13 at 10:42am
Is the lyric really Gotti clan? HA!
I've always sung it as "the gaudy Klan!"
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Joined: 12/31/69
#10THE LAST FIVE YEARS Changes
Posted: 4/2/13 at 11:02amThe "gaudy Klan" would be a Ku Klux Klan branch that dresses in Marimekko sheets?
#11THE LAST FIVE YEARS Changes
Posted: 4/2/13 at 11:31amLOL! Yes, I always thought it was a weird lyric, but guessed he was trying to mock the Klan's outfits!
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