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rockfenris2005 05:53 am UTC 03/14/11 |
| In reply to: | "Something Of This Masquerade May Follow" - steven_stuart 04:08 am UTC 03/13/11 |
> > > 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. Maybe I was being a bit too harsh. I don't know. > > > 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 think it is, yes. Nan Knighton is his best lyricist, in my opinion. I > wonder why "Jekyll and Hyde" got a British touring > production and "Pimpernel" didn't. I wonder the same thing. I think it's better than "Jekyll" but maybe the source material isn't as popular. > > > 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. > That's the clever thing about it. It wasn't all reused. Jim only took the music for the first three lines and used it for the chorus of "Braver than we are". Everything else in "Braver than we are" is new, as far as I know. And as for Jim reusing the music, I reiterate what Stephen Collins said, he thought it was because he wanted the music to reach a wider audience, and at the time "Tanz" was going to do that and "The Confidence Man" wasn't. And remember, Jim's songs are his children. And he didn't want these particular pieces of music to be unacknowledged and unappreciated in his lifetime? > > Love it. Love it, love it, love it, love it, LOVE IT!!! > > I agree. I agree. I AGREE!!!! | |
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