Hey, that's cool that they're in IMDB, and that's considerate of you!
I have Ostrow's memoirs and have read, uh, a bit about this show, but I've never run into that claim. I do have the demo with the first songs Edwards wrote, and it's "considerate," not "conservative." Though I don't know at what stage the demo was made, and it's possible Ostrow told him to change it before the demo got made,
But it's such an 18th century phrase and so many of Edwards' lyrics are lifted from the sources, I went looking for it. "cool considerate men" is from a letter of Cesar Rodney's, commenting that even they are acknowledging the Declaration of Independence.
So the demo and Edwards' love of the real words of the era make me think it was considerate all the way. Though they do sing "conservative men" in part of the song. :)
Laura, who should get back to 1936, not 1776 |
