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daveake 10:37 pm UTC 03/08/12 |
| In reply to: | 2012 Romantic Broadway Love Song (Jim's choice) - tragiclovepotion 11:31 am UTC 03/08/12 |
| Yeah, it is old, was mentioned here about a year ago. Dave > I stumbled across this link and didn't know if anyone else > had noticed it. It does say 2012.....so I'm hoping it's > new and not recycled like so much news on the net. > > It's a Valentines survey of over 700 entertainment biz > people asking what their favourite romantic song from a > musical is. I looked through the list looking for my > favourites and found Jim on the list! Most people write a > couple of words but Jim goes into a good amount of detail. > I'm pretty sure the caps are all his too *lol* > > For me, the most romantic song EVER WRITTEN for the > theatre is DEFINITELY "Epiphany" from SWEENEY TODD. Not an > obvious choice, but consider: an overwhelmingly powerful > outpouring of dark, obsessive, romantic yearning, loss, > and emotional waves and torrents. It is powerfully > romantic in the sections,set to the "JOHANNA" motif, > expressing the love of the lost: Johanna, then Lucy, and > finally the crushing embrace of Vengeance and Salvation, > the love of what can finally triumphantly be ATTAINED. > "Theres a hole in the world/Like a great black pit/And > it's filled with people/Who are filled with shit/And the > vermin of the world inhabit it--BUT NOT FOR LONG!" Dark > exultation that is almost ecstatic. "We all deserve to > die!/ And I'll never see Johanna, No, I'll never hug my > girl to me" A lament so charged that it is heightened and > achingly sensuous. "And my Lucy lies in ashes/And I'll > never see my girl again/But the work waits/I'm alive at > last/And I'm full of joy!" This is truly erotic, musically > and lyrically. > This is the ONLY song from theatre that I've mesmerized > known rock n'rollers with! It is that febrile, feverish, > and heartshattering. A romance for LOVE LOST but VISION > CREATED! Thank you, Mr, Sondheim. With transcendence and > tumescence. All the other"romantic songs" sound like a > little music box next to this mighty church organ. > > Of course, I confess to having written "Once upon a time > there was light in my life/Now there's only love in the > dark/Nothing I can do/A total eclipse of the heart." > > "Jim Steinman - Producer and Composer for such artists as > Celine Dion, Barbra Streisand, Bonnie Tyler, Meat Loaf, > Sisters Of Mercy, Barry Manilow, Air Supply and > (Currently) The Dream Engine, Theatre: Whistle Down the > Wind (w/ Andrew Lloyd Webber), Dance of the Vampires" > > Link - > http://broadwayworld.com/vday2012/index.cfm?year=both&strt=201&show=100 > > | |
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