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steven_stuart 01:01 am UTC 03/15/11 |
| In reply to: | re: "Something Of This Masquerade May Follow" - rockfenris2005 05:53 am UTC 03/14/11 |
| > Maybe I was being a bit too harsh. I don't know. You were being too harsh on yourself. You are a true artist. > > > 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". Did you like the film version of "Grease"? I notice that "Carousel" is your favourite Rodgers and Hammerstein. Interesting. This would make a good thread. Shall we start one? > 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. Yes. The source material. Well put. This could also go into the new thread mentioned above. > > > 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? Yes. I understand what you are saying about "Tanz". Unfortunately it looked like "The Confidence Man" was not doing much. Although I think there is a chance that it will find an audience in time. > > > Love it. Love it, love it, love it, love it, LOVE IT!!! > > > > I agree. I agree. I AGREE!!!! | |
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