Were the lyrics to And the Money Kept Rolling In rewritten for the revival?
Were the lyrics to And the Money Kept Rolling In rewritten for the revival?
Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
#1Were the lyrics to And the Money Kept Rolling In rewritten for the revival?
Posted: 6/11/12 at 1:50pmOr did Ricky Martin just mess up half the song last night?
#2Were the lyrics to And the Money Kept Rolling In rewritten for the revival?
Posted: 6/11/12 at 1:54pm
I don't know-- pretty sure he messed them up, but that master of his craft, Tim Rice, could have made changes.
What was sad was Patti and Mandy's impromptu performance of the end of "Don't Cry For Me..." was better than that entire EVITA production.
Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
#2Were the lyrics to And the Money Kept Rolling In rewritten for the revival?
Posted: 6/11/12 at 1:55pmI blocked most of it out now that it's over, but I know there were at least three lines he sang in that song that were lyrically different from anything I've ever heard.
#3Were the lyrics to And the Money Kept Rolling In rewritten for the revival?
Posted: 6/11/12 at 1:56pmI saw the show the other week and don't remember any changes so I guess he just F-ed it up.
Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
#4Were the lyrics to And the Money Kept Rolling In rewritten for the revival?
Posted: 6/11/12 at 1:57pmMaybe he'd do it better if it wasn't given the tempo of a dirge.
#5Were the lyrics to And the Money Kept Rolling In rewritten for the revival?
Posted: 6/11/12 at 2:01pm
I'm noticing...
"A voluntary fall" instead of "voluntary cause"
A high note on "PerOOOON" that sounds like he was thinking, "Oh ****, Mandy Patinkin's here and did that. I better do it, even though I'm two counts off."
Otherwise, no mistakes. He's just way too chipper and badly miscast and/or misdirected.
#6Were the lyrics to And the Money Kept Rolling In rewritten for the revival?
Posted: 6/11/12 at 2:22pm^I think it's just the accent on fall/cause, but I could be wrong.
Rainbowhigh23
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/29/12
#7Were the lyrics to And the Money Kept Rolling In rewritten for the revival?
Posted: 6/11/12 at 2:26pm
Sounded like he said "voluntary fall" to me. He sounded better when he was yelling "EVA!!!" and hooting and hollering during the dance sequence.
Aren't most of the vocals pre-recorded? The way he was running around I'd think he'd be panting through the song.
#8Were the lyrics to And the Money Kept Rolling In rewritten for the revival?
Posted: 6/11/12 at 2:29pmHe acted it like he should be in Newsies. Horrendous. Between his scenery chewing good boy and Elena's ice queen I could barely watch.
"The sexual energy between the mother and son really concerns me!"-random woman behind me at Next to Normal
"I want to meet him after and bang him!"-random woman who exposed her breasts at Rock of Ages, referring to James Carpinello
#9Were the lyrics to And the Money Kept Rolling In rewritten for the revival?
Posted: 6/11/12 at 2:32pmWere the pitches for Eva's 6 bar introduction re-written, or does Elena Roger just not know how to sing?
#10Were the lyrics to And the Money Kept Rolling In rewritten for the revival?
Posted: 6/11/12 at 2:34pmShe doesn't know how to sing. Ricky doesn't know how to act. It balances out.
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#11Were the lyrics to And the Money Kept Rolling In rewritten for the revival?
Posted: 6/11/12 at 2:35pmHe so wildly over-enunicated everything that I couldn't understand anything.
If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
#12Were the lyrics to And the Money Kept Rolling In rewritten for the revival?
Posted: 6/11/12 at 2:42pm
It was definitely "voluntary fall."
Followed by "think of all the people, gonna see some good times now."
At the end of the first "rolling on" chorus he mouths something else while the other people sing "rolling on in."
"Never been accounts in the name of Eva Peron" didn't sound quite right either.
I did like the sexy hex hands he put on Eva right before the number ended, though.
#13Were the lyrics to And the Money Kept Rolling In rewritten for the revival?
Posted: 6/11/12 at 2:44pmRicky flubbed lyrics when I saw the show. Clearly he can do what he wants-it's his show.
"The sexual energy between the mother and son really concerns me!"-random woman behind me at Next to Normal
"I want to meet him after and bang him!"-random woman who exposed her breasts at Rock of Ages, referring to James Carpinello
Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
#14Were the lyrics to And the Money Kept Rolling In rewritten for the revival?
Posted: 6/11/12 at 2:50pmHe reminds me of Doug Henning with the big eyes and big hand gestures.
#15Were the lyrics to And the Money Kept Rolling In rewritten for the revival?
Posted: 6/11/12 at 3:40pmBTW, what's going on with his facial hair? He had a moustache, then shaved it, then had it for the Tonys--or it might hacmve been a fake, I couldn't tell.
TheatreDiva90016
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
#16Were the lyrics to And the Money Kept Rolling In rewritten for the revival?
Posted: 6/11/12 at 3:43pm
And on that note, what was Tracie Bennett singing, because it's wasn't CLANG CLANG CLANG?!
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#17Were the lyrics to And the Money Kept Rolling In rewritten for the revival?
Posted: 6/11/12 at 3:45pmIt sounded like "CLAM, CLAM, CLAM" or something. Does she think she's The Little Mermaid?
TheatreDiva90016
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
#18Were the lyrics to And the Money Kept Rolling In rewritten for the revival?
Posted: 6/11/12 at 3:52pm
She didn't get one of those lines right but I couldn't tell what she was saying.
I had to go back and listen to it again... Still didn't understand it.
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#19Were the lyrics to And the Money Kept Rolling In rewritten for the revival?
Posted: 6/11/12 at 4:30pm
The whole sequence made me thank my lucky stars that I didn't waste money on this show this season.
Does Ricky (or the director) know what the show is about? Maybe the "everyman" idea that we all have been dissecting wasn't anything more than the creative team covering for Ricky's complete inability to convey the resentment and frustration that a character who, in his opening song says "Just a man, who grew and saw, from 17 to 24, his country bled, crucified, she's not the only one who died!" might actually feel. And the Money Kept Rolling in is, like most of the show, a display of the irony of the situations and economic realities that were occurring in Argentina during the time of Peronism. Ricky made it seem like he was performing at a county fair.
Can he do anything besides stick his arms out to the side and smile like he did in the La Vida Loca video?
Other than that, did you enjoy the play Mrs Lincoln?
Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
#20Were the lyrics to And the Money Kept Rolling In rewritten for the revival?
Posted: 6/11/12 at 4:34pm
TheatreDiva90016
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
#21Were the lyrics to And the Money Kept Rolling In rewritten for the revival?
Posted: 6/11/12 at 4:36pm
LOL^^^
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moym471
Swing Joined: 5/12/11
#22Were the lyrics to And the Money Kept Rolling In rewritten for the revival?
Posted: 6/11/12 at 11:00pmThat photo is too perfect!!
Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
#23Were the lyrics to And the Money Kept Rolling In rewritten for the revival?
Posted: 6/25/12 at 5:57pm
So, on the album, he sings "think of all the people gonna see some good times now." I wonder if it was really changed, or if it's just a mistake no one bothered to correct. Also, on the album, it sounds like he's saying "voluntary clause."
ETA - I just listened to the London revival recording and Matt Rawle also sings "gonna see some good times now," so I guess it was an intentionally, if mystifyingly arbitrary, change to the lyrics.
Updated On: 6/25/12 at 05:57 PM
#24Were the lyrics to And the Money Kept Rolling In rewritten for the revival?
Posted: 6/25/12 at 6:03pm^There are a few moments on the recording where it sounds like people are paraphrasing the lyrics, even if it's just making something plural that I'm not sure is supposed to be, but I'd have to check the libretto to be sure.
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