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re: Why are there two sets of lyrics to "Memory" from Cats?

Posted by:	bway1430 04:12 am EST 12/04/13
In reply to:	Why are there two sets of lyrics to "Memory" from Cats? - GabbyGerard 03:45 am EST 12/04/13

One set was submitted by Tim Rice but only used in previews. They were then discarded for Trevor Nunns version which is based on a TS Eliot poem. Quite an interesting story about it in an ALW bio (can't remember the author) but it was hell for Elaine Paige whi stepped into the show only days before the first preview then got caught in a lyrics war for her big song: One set from the director and another from her then boyfriend (the married Mr Rice).

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Thread:	re: Why are there two sets of lyrics to "Memory" from Cats? - JohnPopa 03:37 pm EST 12/04/13 (7) re: Why are there two sets of lyrics to "Memory" from Cats? - sf 04:05 pm EST 12/04/13 (6) But these aren't the lyrics from the cast recording or the ones performed in the show. - GabbyGerard 08:47 pm EST 12/04/13 (2) re: But these aren't the lyrics from the cast recording or the ones performed in the show. - sf 09:34 pm EST 12/04/13 (1) re: But these aren't the lyrics from the cast recording or the ones performed in the show. - LegitOnce 01:08 am EST 12/05/13 re: Why are there two sets of lyrics to "Memory" from Cats? - MikeR 05:08 pm EST 12/04/13 (1) re: Why are there two sets of lyrics to "Memory" from Cats? - sf 09:12 pm EST 12/04/13 re: Why are there two sets of lyrics to "Memory" from Cats? - JohnPopa 04:16 pm EST 12/04/13 Which lyrics are whose? nmi - GabbyGerard 08:24 am EST 12/04/13 re: Why are there two sets of lyrics to "Memory" from Cats? - Delvino 06:47 am EST 12/04/13

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