favorite caroline songs

what are your favorite caroline songs i love underwater god i wish i had the lyrics i cant wait till the libretti comes out

Updated On: 9/2/04 at 02:32 AM

I just bought the Caroline CD yesterday and I was disappointed. Out of what?... 50 some odd tracks... THERE ARE NO SONGS! They are all scene songs. Like Les Miz without any of the power ballads. No one stops for a moment to just sing a traditional musical theatre solo moment except for "Lot's Wife" and by then it was too late for me. I think that may be why the show is no longer running. I hate to even think about it, but if the show, like the CD, was only two hours, then they really could have taken the time to write an additional 20 minutes of songs that we might have left the theatre humming. And why for the love of whoever ... just because it's a musical about a black woman must the music all be R&B and Gospel??? Written by white people no less. And for whatever reason Chiffon, Crystal and Ronnette escaped from Little Shop and decided to show up in Louisiana is beyond me.... I'm not trying to be rude. I just didn't like it...

Updated On: 9/2/04 at 04:58 AM

I've had my Caroline only a week so I don't have a strong favorite yet...but I'm REALLY liking the show! My only exposure to it had been the Tony's, which wasn't exactly a stellar endorsement, but after getting urged by other board members I bought it anyway. I always try to discipline myself to listen to a show 3 times before I decide whether I like it or not...I know, it sounds kind of rigid and systematic, but it works for me. Most of the time, when I give a show three chances, I find the good stuff and end up way more positive than I might be on the first listen.

There is so much of that post that is going to ruffle feathers.
I guess your CD must be defective. There are quite a few songs on there in fact because there are other ways of creating musical theatre without the "intrrupt speech with a traditional solo and now back to speech again" form. Just because you feel it doesn't have that hummable catchy little diddy that is being used to infiltrate the minds of all theatre-goers, does not mean that this musical did not feature numerous excellent songs. And there are songs that feature more than R&B and Gospel, "The Chanukah Party" for one. And I'm not even goin to respond to the doo wop girl reference right now.

But I feel as though I am repeating myself from other posts so I'm going to move back to the original topic. My favorite song changes every few days. It's currently "1943".

Updated On: 9/2/04 at 09:18 AM

Cats...once again you show the world exactly what you're made of...

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Mama There's money
Down in the Laundry
Dig for the money
Down in the laundry
Mama come home

I think that's a song.....I mean...she IS singing it.

And I think the white person did a bang up job of writing R&B and Gospel. And I am black. Newsflash...white people have soul too! OK....I will just stop there and get back to work! That post got a bit under my skin.

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moon emmie stuart trio
AND
long distance

those rock!!!!!!!!!!

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And why for the love of whoever ... just because it's a musical about a black woman must the music all be R&B and Gospel???

It's to reflect the background and music that Caroline and her family listen to. Notice how the white family (sorry, haven't memorized their names yet) is given a different musical style. It's all to reflect character.

I rather like sung-through musicals - the emotions are always more heightened, and the suspension of disbelief is consistently held throughout. Try not to think of sung-through musicals (particularly Caroline or Change) as having songs, but arias, like in an opera.

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My favorite: "I Hate the Bus." It's absolutely rivetting and so worth that Tony.

And for campy fun, you can't beat "Santa Commin' Caroline." It just makes you smile.

WELL, maybe next time you'll know better than to do something so dumb as express a minority opinion! Geesh, that was stupid.

exactly... cats couldn't stand it when his darling show Dracula got panned by the majority of critics and by those here who SAW it, and then based his opinion of Caroline based only on listening to his OBC...

"No one stops for a moment to just sing a traditional musical theatre solo moment except for "Lot's Wife" and by then it was too late for me. I think that may be why the show is no longer running."

That's not what this show was about... had you SEEN it you might have a more objective opinion other than your first post above...

and NOW, i have to leave... i am going to see if Eubie! is available to view at the Museum of Radio and Television...

Updated On: 9/2/04 at 05:02 PM

The entire score is amazing, but love "I Hate the Bus" and "Moon Trio" !!!

What mistake, Dookie Monkey?

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