Andy on Long Island wrote:
> Hmm. Obviously you're a lyrics person. I'm a music person. (Also a cat
> person. Are you a dog person?)
>
> I can check with a friend who is (or was) a friend of Mr. Rice. Or I can
try
> checking those lyrics myself. I must have the sheet music somewhere . .
. .
>
> "chromolume" <jongoldberg@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> On Jun 20, 12:13 am, "Andy on Long Island"
> <Macs...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> Alright, enough with the Tonys. ("Cry Baby" is closing?)
>>
>> Anyway, I have to say that I'm a sucker for Joseph's ADWD with those
kids
>> doing back-up (the "ah-ah-ahs"), and I think I like Donny O's version
>> best.
>> So I happened upon this rather enjoyable "compilation clip" of the
piece
>> with its reprise added on:http://youtube.com/watch?v=1MRWocDU9qI.
>>
>> You may have to get past Mr. Osmond's hair in the first part. Anyone
>> recognize the gal in the second (reprise) part?
>
> "Any Dream Will Do" is definitely a catchy (if rather obnoxiously
> catchy) tune - but can anyone tell me what the lyrics *really* mean? I
> don't mean some general theme - but phrase by phrase, what exactly is
> Rice getting at, and what does it have to do with the rest of the
> show? (And/or what was he smoking when he wrote it? lol)
>
> It's the one song in the show (aside from "One More Angel") that I've
> never really liked, because the lyrics are just so convoluted...:-)
Since it goes back to the original 20-minute version, which was
basically written for kids, I suspect it was never intended to offer
more than dream-logic.
--
John W. Kennedy
"The blind rulers of Logres
Nourished the land on a fallacy of rational virtue."
-- Charles Williams. "Taliessin through Logres: Prelude"
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