The Heckler: Why I'm allergic to Stephen Sondheim — Page 5

This is how Sondheim composes (according to Dave19)

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Dave
those are bland, flowery lyrics.

Not poetic lyrics. There's a difference.

Sweeney Todd has some of the most beautiful melodies I have ever heard. I listen to "Our Time" from Merrily when I want to hear a beautiful marriage of melody and lyrics. I think later Sondheim may be less accessible for those who just want Celine Dion/Diane Warren type of ballads, but to say the lyrics are "random" or don't take you on a "journey" shows one isn't listening carefully enough. I mean I don't know how you can say that when you hear "Move On" from Sunday in the Park with George or the whole prologue of Into the Woods and "Moments in the Wood" or "It Takes Two" or "No One is Alone" etc. The lyrics themselves are full of symbolism and deeper meaning, and they're not simplistic resolutions. With Sondheim's resolutions, they are not always obvious declarations, but they take into account human complexities and contradictions.

https://youtu.be/AfN9AIqeYxU Our Time from Merrily We Roll Along

Updated On: 3/22/15 at 06:00 PM

Dave
shhhhh
just stop.

I wonder why Sondheim haters can't accept a plain fact that some people can like Sondheim AND other composers all the while not choosing a team?

sweetlips, why is your picture so creepy?? And whether people think Sondheim's melodies are simple or not, and easy to sing, thats pretty much an opinion.

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hahahahah thats sarcastic right? If it is, i agree with you! I don't really think anyone knows that song except theatre people

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Clowns was a Grammy winning POP hit in the 70s. Philly, you are greatly mistaken. Ask your parents and grandparents, they will know the song.

Let's not forget Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand, Patti Labelle, and Judi Dench

Updated On: 3/22/15 at 07:20 PM

"And whether people think Sondheim's melodies are simple or not, and easy to sing, thats pretty much an opinion."

Wrong answer.

And yes, even young theatre people are aware of Send in the Clowns.

I'm a "young theatre person", and I know "Send in the Clowns"

Updated On: 8/10/15 at 07:26 PM

I'm a "young theatre people" and so is my entire high school. We are all aware of that song.

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Thank you!

Honestly, one person cannot speak for an entire generation. If you don't know or understand something, does not mean other's do not.

Updated On: 3/22/15 at 07:28 PM