| re: Liza, Billy, Sondheim, Carnegie Hall |
| Last Edit: keikekaze 08:31 pm EST 11/27/20 |
| Posted by: keikekaze 08:31 pm EST 11/27/20 |
| In reply to: re: Liza, Billy, Sondheim, Carnegie Hall - shocktheatre 05:18 pm EST 11/27/20 |
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| If that's the same concert I'm thinking of, I thought Patti LuPone's "Being Alive" was the best I ever heard--by anybody. She really made the lyrics sound like hard-won wisdom that was just now occurring to her, spontaneously, while she sang it. A peerless job of acting a song. |
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| re: Liza, Billy, Sondheim, Carnegie Hall |
| Posted by: keikekaze 05:18 pm EST 11/28/20 |
| In reply to: re: Liza, Billy, Sondheim, Carnegie Hall - PlazaBoy 12:11 am EST 11/28/20 |
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| I might be thinking of a different LuPone performance of "Being Alive," but the one I remember was particularly quiet. I liked it precisely because she didn't just stand back and belt it to the rafters, but sang it with a sense of quiet wonder, as if the words were only just now occurring to her. |
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| re: Liza, Billy, Sondheim, Carnegie Hall |
| Posted by: EvFoDr 09:26 am EST 11/29/20 |
| In reply to: re: Liza, Billy, Sondheim, Carnegie Hall - PlazaBoy 05:42 pm EST 11/28/20 |
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| To be fair, the concert version starts softer and builds, it's not all loud. And also to be fair, this is Being Alive, a searing 11 o'clock number that is written to build to an intense and loud climax. And also has a very rousing bridge. I'm not sure what else anyone was expecting from this song. |
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