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| re: Lerner & Loewe's "I Remember It Well" and Marguerite Monnot's "Our Language of Love" -- Similarities? | |
| Posted by: Billhaven 01:10 pm EDT 07/02/20 | |
| In reply to: Lerner & Loewe's "I Remember It Well" and Marguerite Monnot's "Our Language of Love" -- Similarities? - BroadwayTonyJ 07:36 am EDT 07/02/20 | |
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| I just listened to the OBC of Irma La Douce and can honestly hear no similarly between the 2 songs. | |
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| re: Lerner & Loewe's "I Remember It Well" and Marguerite Monnot's "Our Language of Love" -- Similarities? | |
| Posted by: BroadwayTonyJ 04:51 pm EDT 07/02/20 | |
| In reply to: re: Lerner & Loewe's "I Remember It Well" and Marguerite Monnot's "Our Language of Love" -- Similarities? - Billhaven 01:10 pm EDT 07/02/20 | |
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| The similarity I noticed was between Previn's instrumental variation underscore based on "I Remember It Well" (which occurs shortly after Gaston sings the title song) and the song "Our Language of Love". | |
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| re: Lerner & Loewe's "I Remember It Well" and Marguerite Monnot's "Our Language of Love" -- Similarities? | |
| Posted by: larry13 01:40 pm EDT 07/02/20 | |
| In reply to: re: Lerner & Loewe's "I Remember It Well" and Marguerite Monnot's "Our Language of Love" -- Similarities? - Billhaven 01:10 pm EDT 07/02/20 | |
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| And I just listened and DID hear the similarity. To me, and I wish I could express it better in musical terms, it sounded as if the much younger Parisian couple in IRMA, in a very similar back and forth exchange of sentiments, was allowing a more luxurious melody to emerge than Loewe chose to employ. | |
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| "Our Language of Love" -- Here's a video of Elizabeth Seal and Keith Michell from "Irma La Douce" | |
| Posted by: PlayWiz 02:24 pm EDT 07/02/20 | |
| In reply to: re: Lerner & Loewe's "I Remember It Well" and Marguerite Monnot's "Our Language of Love" -- Similarities? - larry13 01:40 pm EDT 07/02/20 | |
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| Unlike the give and take of the fairly short phrases in "I Remember It Well" in "Gigi', "Our Language Of Love" is actually sung more legato, and with longer phrases by each character, with some back and forth. In the 2nd part of the song, they actually repeat the words the other sings first, rather than the rejoinders and different words sung in "I Remember It Well" pretty much throughout. Here's are the original stars of "Irma La Douce", Elizabeth Seal and Keith Michell, both wonderful in a pretty rare video of "Our Language Of Love". | |
| Link | "Our Language of Love" |
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| re: "Our Language of Love" -- Here's a video of Elizabeth Seal and Keith Michell from "Irma La Douce" | |
| Posted by: larry13 02:37 pm EDT 07/02/20 | |
| In reply to: "Our Language of Love" -- Here's a video of Elizabeth Seal and Keith Michell from "Irma La Douce" - PlayWiz 02:24 pm EDT 07/02/20 | |
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| Yes, I agree with what you expressed so well. And this video is very very beautiful. AND I definitely still find the melodies similar and even the overall moods reminiscent, despite the clear differences you cite. | |
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