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| Posted by: JohnPopa 08:41 pm EDT 08/26/19 | |
| In reply to: YASSSSSSS. - GrumpyMorningBoy 08:35 pm EDT 08/26/19 | |
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| Coincidentally, I was listening to "Guys and Dolls" over the weekend and had a similar though listening to "My Time of Day," - I doubt a modern lyricist could lay off and write something that simple. Same with a composer really. Everyone's working way too hard inside songs these days (in the sense that things are trying so hard to be clever and intricate and dazzling.) | |
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| Posted by: Chromolume 08:46 pm EDT 08/26/19 | |
| In reply to: re: YASSSSSSS. - JohnPopa 08:41 pm EDT 08/26/19 | |
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| And of course musically speaking, "My Time of Day" is actually quite complex - but it flows so well from one idea to the next that you almost don't realize it. | |
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| Posted by: JohnPopa 08:57 pm EDT 08/26/19 | |
| In reply to: re: YASSSSSSS. - Chromolume 08:46 pm EDT 08/26/19 | |
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| Right, simple probably wasn't the right word. I think these days composers and lyrics see density as the best expression of complexity. (But I'll leave the nuts and bolts of that conversation to you musical types.) |
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| Posted by: GrumpyMorningBoy 08:51 pm EDT 08/26/19 | |
| In reply to: re: YASSSSSSS. - Chromolume 08:46 pm EDT 08/26/19 | |
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| Having sat in on auditions once for GUYS & DOLLS, I can say that those tricky intervals in "My Time of Day" have caused many a potential Sky to fall! But Loesser was a genius, and he knew when to match complexity in the music to simplicity in the lyric. And the other way around. And I couldn't agree more about "Michael In The Bathroom." - GMB |
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