| "Something Of This Masquerade May Follow" | |
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steven_stuart 04:08 am UTC 03/13/11 |
| In reply to: | re: Ryan's 2004 Review Of "The Confidence Man" CD - rockfenris2005 07:39 am UTC 03/10/11 |
| > > Ryan reviewed the CD of "The Confidence Man" seven years > > ago on Amazon. He gave it five stars. His review: > > > > "One of the undiscovered classics of the century. I hope > > to produce the first Australian production in November > > 2005. This show has a long and winding history, but I'll > > leave all that to the liner notes. Ray Errol Fox is one of > > the greatest lyricists of all time. I have never seen > > another talent like him - expect for Rupert Holmes - and > > these are the men I hold among my chief inspiration. Jim > > Steinman, the composer, whom many of you will remember > > from Meat Loaf's Bat Out of Hell has actually re-used many > > of these tunes in his subsequent projects. If you want the > > original version of his closing song from Pandora's Box, > > listen to Track One. "Milady" and "Something of this > > Masquerade may Follow" were re-used for TANZ DER VAMPIRE. > > Thank God this was finally released. It's a beautiful, > > heroic and courageous, discovered-at-last masterpiece of > > American musical theater. " > > It's a horrible review. I wish I could take it down. Why do you hate it? Your review helps to make people more aware of the musical. I like the last two sentences of the review. > But "The Confidence Man" is among my Top 12 favourite > musicals ever. The others are "Carousel", "My Fair Lady", > "Jesus Christ Superstar", "The Rocky Horror Show", "The > Confidence Man", "Evita", "Sweeney Todd", "The Phantom Of > The Opera", "Miss Saigon", "Titanic", "Tanz Der Vampire" > and "The Scarlet Pimpernel". Is "The Scarlet Pimpernel" the best Frank Wildhorn show? I wonder why "Jekyll and Hyde" got a British touring production and "Pimpernel" didn't. > All of these musicals have very beautiful moments that > almost reduce me to tears. (You're probably wondering why > "Les Miserables" wasn't mentioned. It's undeniably a great > musical but I was much more moved by "Miss Saigon", and I > still am to this day. It's not like that with "Les Mis".) > > But "The Confidence Man" has so many beautiful moments, > for me, but the most beautiful of all is the last song, > "Something of this masquerade may follow". Wow. You hear > so many Steinfans saying that "For crying out loud" is > their favourite Jim song, and I agree with them, but this > is definitely up there. A lot of people seem to like "For Crying Out Loud" best. > I knew that it had the same tune as the chorus for "Braver > than we are" but there were all these other parts that he > didn't reuse (Thank God.) > > "Something of this masquerade may follow > Enter someone in disguise > Clad in truth and cloaked in lies" > > The music there is the chorus for "Braver than we are", > then it changes (and it's very pretty): > > "Baring and unmasking every hollow > And something of this masquerade may follow > > Something of this big parade may catch us > Enter someone beating drums > Tempting fate and down it comes > Threatening to discover and dispatch us > And something of this big parade > Something of this mass charade > Something of this masquerade may follow" The lyrics for "Something Of This Masquerade May Follow" are wonderful. I can see why Ray might have been unhappy if the melody was used for other purposes but I guess "The Confidence Man" wasn't doing much when that happened. What a shame that it didn't reach a bigger audience. > Love it. Love it, love it, love it, love it, LOVE IT!!! I agree. I agree. I AGREE!!!! | |
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