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re: Revisiting The Confidence Man

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rockfenris2005 04:57 am UTC 03/14/11
In reply to: re: Revisiting The Confidence Man - steven_stuart 03:18 am UTC 03/13/11



> > > I hope I won't be shot for saying this but "The Confidence
> > > Man" did absolutely nothing for me. I never thought it was
> > > that good at all. People on here seem to like it, but to
> > > me it's a very average musical. Jim's music was different
> > > in it, but to me it wasn't superb.
>
> Also, I'm not sure if the actual musical is great or not
> but I do think that Ray is a great lyricist.

Well, it's a book musical. It doesn't have a lot of music like "Tanz" or "Whistle down the Wind" (which, as you know, are different than "Jesus Christ Superstar" and "Evita" which are through-sung). There is a lot of dialogue, and then about 14 or 15 songs.

Of course Jim
> is perhaps the best lyricist in rock but Ray has his own
> wonderful style. I loved the lyrics that Croftie quoted.
>


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