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re: On my own - lyric change or flub?

Posted by: Drew288 01:39 am EDT 03/15/14
In reply to: On my own - lyric change or flub? - Drew288 01:38 am EDT 03/15/14

The reason I *love* theatre. :-)


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re: On my own - lyric change or flub?

Posted by: bwaydiva1 08:56 am EDT 03/15/14
In reply to: re: On my own - lyric change or flub? - Drew288 01:39 am EDT 03/15/14

They changed it I think. I was there the other night and it was the same.

Loved Ms. James' rendition of the song, by the way.


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re: On my own - lyric change or flub?

Posted by: mikem 11:11 am EDT 03/15/14
In reply to: re: On my own - lyric change or flub? - bwaydiva1 08:56 am EDT 03/15/14

This is an example of a lyric change that I just don't get. Why change the lyric now, after all these years? Is the new lyric better at illuminating some aspect of the song? There's nothing wrong with the original lyric IMO. And the new lyric doesn't make that much sense. She just said the night is over, so why is she singing about being in the darkness?


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re: On my own - lyric change or flub?

Posted by: Michael_Portantiere 11:21 am EDT 03/15/14
In reply to: re: On my own - lyric change or flub? - mikem 11:11 am EDT 03/15/14

See my post above. I can't believe the lyric was intentionally changed, for the reason both you and I stated. And if it was, in my opinion, that decision was made by someone who should not be in a position to make such decisions.

I guess the tendency is to give a performer the benefit of the doubt and not consider that she might have just made the same lyric flub in two separate performances, but as I noted in another case, it does happen.


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re: On my own - lyric change or flub?

Posted by: Chromolume 11:54 am EDT 03/15/14
In reply to: re: On my own - lyric change or flub? - Michael_Portantiere 11:21 am EDT 03/15/14

The stage manager should be on her about this. Hopefully it's been fixed by now.


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