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rockfenris2005 09:41 am UTC 06/08/11 |
| In reply to: | re: Just 10 of my favourite things at the mo - The_wolf_with_the_red_roses 11:55 pm UTC 06/07/11 |
> > > > > > > > > Not sure if Could strech to 10, being the pessamistic > > > bastard that I am, I'll give 5 a go. > > > > > > 1. Somewhere out there from an American Tail. Beautiful, > > > beautiful song. > > > > I've never seen that. I've been revisiting Disney films > > from the 90s, "Pocahontas", "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" > > and "Hercules". I think "Hellfire" is the darkest that > > Disney has ever gone. That's stunning. > > American Tail is a wondeful film (It's a Don Blueth film, > so it figures) although I haven't seen it in a while, I > recently rediscovered this gem of a song. I'll leave a > link to Somewhere out there if you haven't heard it I, > Having also just lost a dear one, found the lyrics very > comforting, I hope they do the same for you. Thank you :-) > > I haven't seen Hunch Back of Notre Dame in a long time > (Over a decade) But I love "Hellfire", it's not just dark > by Disney's standard, it's dark full stop. > I realize this is a big ask, considering how rare the album now is, but if you're going to get the soundtrack, you should also get the cast recording from the live Berlin production. They made it even DARKER. James Lapine, who collaborated with Sondheim on "Sunday in the Park with George" and "Into the Woods", directed this version. It has an unhappy ending. The comedic elements have been toned down. There are new songs, and some of them take my breath away, and I think it's Alan Menken's great score ever. There's a new song called "Esmeralda" which closes the first act and I think it's one of the greatest moments in musical theatre HISTORY. It never came to Broadway (You know that "Beauty and the Beast" and "The Lion King" were adapted into very successful live musicals) probably because it was too dark and powerful for Disney. It's more like "Tanz" than any other live Disney musical. But there have been talks recently that it might open after all. I'm just afraid that they might ruin it. I thought it was seriously amazing. > > > 2. The For Crying Out Loud reprise from the recent demos. > > > One of my top 5 Steinman songs. > > > > You're going to hate me, but I still prefer the Meat Loaf > > version. The other ones don't have the orchestra and > > Meat's vocal is out of this world. > > > > Grrrrrr....;). Meat's version is very special to a lot of > Steinman fans, me included. I remember hearing it for the > first time, where I was, what I was doing, I could even > pin point which level of Banjo Kazooie I was playing when > I first heard it! Hehe, Banjo Kazooie...I literally have not heard that name since I was, like, 12 years old. Oh, that takes me back. It left that much of an impression on > me, it was a real event in my life first hearing that > song. I think I probably do love Meat's version more, but > I dont listen to it much, when I do, I savour every second > of it. I love the reprise cause as a Rock song, it's > incredible and the vocalist (Walken???) is awesome. but > Meat's version is another story of awesomeness With that said, I do like those versions a LOT. The Country and Western one is not so grand to me, which means it's more intimate, and people wouldn't be overwhelmed if we played this one at my funeral, hehe. > > 3. The > film Mary and Max, my favirote film of all time. > > > > > > 4. The future isn;t looking as clear for me as I thought > > > it was. Which is kind of exciting. > > > > > > 5. Sadly, I got nothing :) Sadder bastard then I thought > > > > > > > > > > > > and HONOURABLE MENTION: > > > > I listened to my version of Land of the Pig the > > > > other day for the first time in ages. It's actually a lot > > > > better than I remember it being! (lol…) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Care to share this version with us? | |
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