Xander ,'Lessons'
Is it better the second time around? Or the third? Or tenth? This is the place to come when you have a burning desire to talk about an old episode that was just re-run.
Dana, it completely frelled the flow of the end of the show for me, straight from "Hail to the Chief" into "Everybody's Got the Right". It doesn't really work thematically for me, either. The show's not about The People. It's about these people, sitting on the outside, and trying to get a piece of their version of the dream.
(Chi, I've been bouncing between songs from that show all month, but, not Sondheim.)
Dana, it completely frelled the flow of the end of the show for me, straight from "Hail to the Chief" into "Everybody's Got the Right".
I do agree with that. I missed the transition. But it seems like such a classic Sondheim song to me. It's "Someone in a Tree". It's any song where Sondheim has ever dealt with multiple viewpoints on an issue.
Dammit, now I have to listen to Wicked when I'm done with George.
Hate you all.
Oh, wait. Meant "Love".
Need to stop reading this thread and write my paper though. If I come back, beat me.
That makes sense, I just can't get past the-song-in-context, as the show hangs together so precariously, anyway.
Heh. We had an intense discussion Sunday night about Assassins and Tommy. I've not been able to sit through either of them, and Zach adores them. I like the Who's recording of Tommy, but the stage recording has the precise, bright qualities that make me dislike musicals in general (even Wicked).
This discussions reminds me to ask, Dana, where's your tag from?
Hee. Sondheim, unsurprisingly. It's a cut song from "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" called "There's Something About A War."
Heh, I figured it was Sondheim. (For posterity: "The rain may rust your armor, your straps may be too tight, but decapitate a farmer and your heart feels light.")
...And now I'm earwormed with "War Is A Science" (from Pippin, which is not Sondheim, but still one of my favorite shows).
Pippin is always on topic in the Angel thread, since the only time I saw this was the video starring John Rubenstein! When I saw him on Angel playing Holland Manners' replacement (what was his name?), it freaked me out to see how he had aged from that honkey-afro-wearing guy.
What, really?
t checks IMDB
Oh, my goodness. I'm going to have to break out my DVDs.
Also, I feel like Ben Vereen should never be off-topic.