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| Don’t you love farce? | |
| Posted by: Mike 08:46 am EDT 08/26/19 | |
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| Today's New York Times (online) has an opinion column by Michelle Cottle titled "Three-Ring White House" and sub-titled "Don’t you love farce?" The light Sondheim reference just struck me as a pleasant note for this Monday morning. I'm going to spend the rest of the morning wondering what a Trump musical by Sondheim would be like. (Maybe a mash-up of BOUNCE and SWEENEY?) |
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| re: Don’t you love farce? | |
| Posted by: tmdonahue (tmdonahue@yahoo.com) 09:12 am EDT 08/26/19 | |
| In reply to: Don’t you love farce? - Mike 08:46 am EDT 08/26/19 | |
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| "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the White House" "Stand aside, I take large steps..." left, right, left, right "There's none of the enemy left, right?" (general chaos) "Government tomorrow; Comedy Tonight." "I'm lovely. Absolutely lovely. Who'd believe the loveliness of me?" Yeah, but you can't use the women's bathroom. And we don't even have to rewrite "Everybody ought to have a maid." | |
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| re: Don’t you love farce? | |
| Posted by: carolinaguy 09:08 am EDT 08/26/19 | |
| In reply to: Don’t you love farce? - Mike 08:46 am EDT 08/26/19 | |
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| I love that line because of Sondheim's comment that he always coaches singers to really enunciate each word separately. Otherwise, it sounds like they're singing "Don't you love arse?" | |
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| re: Don’t you love farce? | |
| Posted by: AlanScott 03:11 pm EDT 08/26/19 | |
| In reply to: re: Don’t you love farce? - carolinaguy 09:08 am EDT 08/26/19 | |
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| In spite of what Sondheim says, I rather doubt anyone has ever heard that song and thought it was, "Don't you love arse?" On the other hand, "Addison's City." If you don't look in your playbill when you hear it for the first time, it's really impossible to tell whether you're hearing "Addison City" or "Addison's City." |
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| "Because it's June! June, June, June - Jest because it's June, June, June!" | |
| Posted by: BrianJ 02:56 am EDT 08/27/19 | |
| In reply to: re: Don’t you love farce? - AlanScott 03:11 pm EDT 08/26/19 | |
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| We are talking about a guy who heard that lyric when he was 15 and still couldn't comprehend that he was listening to a song called "June Is Bustin' Out All Over" rather than "Julie's Bustin' Out All Over".... maybe he just has a terrible ear? | |
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| re: "Because it's June! June, June, June - Jest because it's June, June, June!" | |
| Posted by: Michael_Portantiere 03:29 pm EDT 08/27/19 | |
| In reply to: "Because it's June! June, June, June - Jest because it's June, June, June!" - BrianJ 02:56 am EDT 08/27/19 | |
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| ***We are talking about a guy who heard that lyric when he was 15 and still couldn't comprehend that he was listening to a song called "June Is Bustin' Out All Over" rather than "Julie's Bustin' Out All Over".... maybe he just has a terrible ear?**** Of course, you're joking, but I don't think Sondheim has a terrible ear. I think he realized immediately that the title was "June is Bustin' Out All Over," but maybe once or twice, when the opera singer playing Nettie Fowler sang the line, her pronunciation was such that it struck him that it sounded a little like "Julie's bustin' out all over," so he modified the story of what he heard to make for a funny anecdote. |
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| Mis-heard Lyrics in CAROUSEL | |
| Posted by: BroadwayTonyJ 09:05 am EDT 08/27/19 | |
| In reply to: "Because it's June! June, June, June - Jest because it's June, June, June!" - BrianJ 02:56 am EDT 08/27/19 | |
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| The first time I heard John Raitt sing "Soliloquy" instead of "And look in his eyes through a lorgnette", I thought the lyrics were "And look in his eyes all forlorn yet". I was probably only about 12 and had no idea what a lorgnette was. | |
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| re: Mis-heard Lyrics in CAROUSEL | |
| Posted by: keikekaze 10:44 pm EDT 08/27/19 | |
| In reply to: Mis-heard Lyrics in CAROUSEL - BroadwayTonyJ 09:05 am EDT 08/27/19 | |
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| An amusing example of a mis-heard lyric (or mondegreen) from my own family. About 1962, my little sister and I were listening to the cast album of Tenderloin on the radio. I would have been about 13, and Lisa could not have been more than 10. Anyway, Ron Hussmann was singing "The Picture of Happiness," a song that describes a seduction, and came to the lyric, "Her head began to swim, Which was no surprise to him, And then . . . And then . . . He gratified his whim!" And my sweet little sister turned to me and said, "He grabbed her by the what???" |
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| More Mis-heard Lyrics | |
| Posted by: BroadwayTonyJ 09:04 am EDT 08/28/19 | |
| In reply to: re: Mis-heard Lyrics in CAROUSEL - keikekaze 10:44 pm EDT 08/27/19 | |
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| That's pretty funny. After watching the cast of West Side Story perform "Cool" and "Tonight" on the Ed Sullivan Show (in '58 I believe), my mom bought me the OBC LP. I was only 10 and when I heard "The Jet Song" and "Gee, Officer Krupke" for the first time, instead of "If the spit hits the fan" and "Gee, Officer Krupke -- Krup you!", I thought they were singing "If the shit hits the fan" and "Gee, Officer Krupke -- fuck you!". I had recently gotten my mouth washed out with soap (Lifebuoy -- the worst!) for saying "Fuck, yeah!" at the dinner table (a phrase, BTW, my fellow altar boys at St . Barbara Grade School said all the time). I was so paranoid that I was going to get the soap treatment again, I made sure to skip those two tracks whenever my parents were around. |
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| re: More Mis-heard Lyrics | |
| Posted by: keikekaze 05:08 pm EDT 08/28/19 | |
| In reply to: More Mis-heard Lyrics - BroadwayTonyJ 09:04 am EDT 08/28/19 | |
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| I never had my mouth washed out with soap, but "bad" words were so verboten in our house that when I accidentally said "damn," out of sheer surprise at something at age 17, my mom practically had a heart attack! (And that was 1966.) As a result, I was so unfamiliar with most naughty words that at 12 I could only hear "Krup you" as "Krup you," and I didn't even immediately get the implication. Maybe I should have been an altar boy! ; ) |
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| re: More Mis-heard Lyrics | |
| Posted by: BroadwayTonyJ 08:17 pm EDT 08/28/19 | |
| In reply to: re: More Mis-heard Lyrics - keikekaze 05:08 pm EDT 08/28/19 | |
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| I had no idea what the f-word actually meant. I just thought it must be a cool thing to say. Unfortunately my mom disagreed. BTW we also drank the priests' wine on occasion. |
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| re: Don’t you love farce? | |
| Posted by: tmdonahue (tmdonahue@yahoo.com) 09:13 am EDT 08/26/19 | |
| In reply to: re: Don’t you love farce? - carolinaguy 09:08 am EDT 08/26/19 | |
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| My favorite line in that song comes in a late chorus and isn't often sung: "What a surprise! What a cliche." | |
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| re: Don’t you love farce? | |
| Posted by: EvFoDr 12:29 pm EDT 08/26/19 | |
| In reply to: re: Don’t you love farce? - tmdonahue 09:13 am EDT 08/26/19 | |
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| It's not sung often because it's not part of the original song. It was written especially for Streisand for The Broadway Album :-) And to tie it all together, Streisand used this song to mock Trump during her recent concerts. | |
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| Thanks. Didn't know those lyrics were written for Streisand. | |
| Posted by: tmdonahue (tmdonahue@yahoo.com) 03:31 pm EDT 08/26/19 | |
| In reply to: re: Don’t you love farce? - EvFoDr 12:29 pm EDT 08/26/19 | |
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| re: Thanks. Didn't know those lyrics were written for Streisand. | |
| Posted by: EvFoDr 05:31 pm EDT 08/26/19 | |
| In reply to: Thanks. Didn't know those lyrics were written for Streisand. - tmdonahue 03:31 pm EDT 08/26/19 | |
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| Sure thing. In the show itself there is a scene of dialogue in the middle of the song, then Desiree starts the last verse. Streisand felt there was something missing in the song without the dramatic moments covered in that dialogue. So the second bridge "What a surprise/who could foresee..." which contains the lyric you like so much was written to serve the function that the scene served and get her to the final verse. And of course she also famously asked Sondheim to change the last line to "Don't bother they're here" instead of "Well maybe next year". And he did. |
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| re: Thanks. Didn't know those lyrics were written for Streisand. | |
| Posted by: Michael_Portantiere 12:55 pm EDT 08/29/19 | |
| In reply to: re: Thanks. Didn't know those lyrics were written for Streisand. - EvFoDr 05:31 pm EDT 08/26/19 | |
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| ***And of course she also famously asked Sondheim to change the last line to "Don't bother they're here" instead of "Well maybe next year". And he did.*** Well, that wasn't exactly a change, it was a case of moving the lyrics from one place in the song to another. The line "don't bother, they're here" already existed in the original version. |
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| re: Thanks. Didn't know those lyrics were written for Streisand. | |
| Last Edit: Quicheo 03:39 pm EDT 08/28/19 | |
| Posted by: Quicheo 03:38 pm EDT 08/28/19 | |
| In reply to: re: Thanks. Didn't know those lyrics were written for Streisand. - EvFoDr 05:31 pm EDT 08/26/19 | |
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| Exactly. Here are the original lyrics: Isn't it rich? Are we a pair? Me here at last on the ground, You in mid-air, Where are the clowns? Isn't it bliss? Don't you approve? One who keeps tearing around, One who can't move, Where are the clowns? There ought to be clowns? Just when I'd stopped opening doors, Finally knowing the one that I wanted was yours Making my entrance again with my usual flair Sure of my lines No one is there Don't you love farce? My fault, I fear I thought that you'd want what I want Sorry, my dear! But where are the clowns Send in the clowns Don't bother, they're here (The scene happens here) Isn't it rich? Isn't it queer? Losing my timing this late in my career But where are the clowns? There ought to be clowns Well, maybe next year And the rewrite for Streisand: Isn't it rich? Are we a pair? Me here, at last, on the ground You in mid-air Send in the clowns Isn't it bliss? Don't you approve? One who keeps tearing around One who can't move Where are the clowns? Send in the clowns Just when I'd stopped opening doors Finally knowing the one that I wanted was yours Making my entrance again with my usual flair Sure of my lines No one is there Don't you love farce? My fault, I fear I thought that you'd want what I want Sorry, my dear But where are the clowns? There ought to be clowns Quick, send in the clowns What a surprise! Who could foresee? I'd come to feel about you What you felt about me Why only now, when I see That you've drifted away? What a surprise What a cliche Isn't it rich? Isn't it queer? Losing my timing this late in my career And where are the clowns? Quick, send in the clowns Don't bother They're here |
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