Threaded Order Chronological Order
| re: A few FOLLIES thoughts | |
| Posted by: duckylittledictum 09:39 am EDT 04/10/21 | |
| In reply to: re: A few FOLLIES thoughts - peter3053 05:29 pm EDT 04/09/21 | |
|
|
|
| Yes! And I know for a fact that Sondheim loved Julia McKenzie's take on the song. The surprise tempo was one of the things that made it special in Side by Side. As for Stritch, her performance of the song stopped the show in a way I've rarely experienced. No complaints here that it was contrary to the original intention. |
|
| reply to this message |
| re: A few FOLLIES thoughts | |
| Posted by: Billhaven 10:22 am EDT 04/10/21 | |
| In reply to: re: A few FOLLIES thoughts - duckylittledictum 09:39 am EDT 04/10/21 | |
|
|
|
| It marked the return of Stritch to NYC after years in the UK. I loved the surprise of her slowed down version. It suited her hard, cynical persona. Of course, although she never seemed young, she once was a convent girl from Detroit who came to the city with all those "Broadway Baby" dreams. | |
| reply to this message |
| re: A few FOLLIES thoughts | |
| Posted by: Chromolume 08:44 pm EDT 04/11/21 | |
| In reply to: re: A few FOLLIES thoughts - Billhaven 10:22 am EDT 04/10/21 | |
|
|
|
| The distortion of the text in the slower tempo is something I've always struggled with. Sondheim never even once wrote the word "OH!" in the lyric, but in doing it slowly, that then becomes the most frequent word in the song. I've never liked it. | |
| reply to this message | reply to first message |
Time to render: 0.010649 seconds.