Show Tunes?!?!

[Woodstock]

So, I'm searching around on Amazon, and I wander across Man of La Mancha. That leads to (people who bought X also bought Y), Camalot, West Side Story, and (embarasingly) even Paint Your Wagon. Now I'm hitting the "play sample" button and singing along with "The Quest", "If Ever I Would Leave You", "Matchmaker, matchmaker", "They Call the Wind Maria", and when I want something a bit quicker, it's "The Jet Song" from West Side Story!! I'm thinking: "How I can be more like Robert Goulet?"

Please help!!

I'm a Republican, for crying out loud!!! <sob>

To dream ... the impossible dream ...

To fight ... the unbeatable foe ...

To bear ... with unbearable sorrow ...

To run ... where the brave dare not go ...

To right ... the unrightable wrong ...

To love ... pure and chaste from afar ...

To try ... when your arms are too weary ...

To reach ... the unreachable star ...

This is my quest, to follow that star ...

No matter how hopeless, no matter how far ...

To fight for the right, without question or pause ...

To be willing to march into Hell, for a Heavenly cause ...

And I know if I'll only be true, to this glorious quest,

That my heart will lie will lie peaceful and calm,

when I'm laid to my rest ...

And the world will be better for this:

That one man, scorned and covered with scars,

Still strove, with his last ounce of courage,

To reach ... the unreachable star ...

 

[twowheelnut]

Oh no, Woody! Say it ain't so! Please don't start quoting scenes from The Wiz, otherwise I'll have to request your banishment... :blink:

 

[Woodstock]

I think I'm safe from "The Wiz", however I might, break out in an Ethal Merman tune. Who can resist a rousing rendition of "There's no business like show business..." :yahoo:

Of course, it is somewhat disturbing to realize that this exists. :bigeyes:

 

[yanktar]

So, I'm searching around on Amazon, and I wander across Man of La Mancha.  That leads to (people who bought X also bought Y), Camalot, West Side Story, and (embarasingly) even Paint Your Wagon.  Now I'm hitting the "play sample" button and singing along with "The Quest", "If Ever I Would Leave You", "Matchmaker, matchmaker", "They Call the Wind Maria", and when I want something a bit quicker, it's "The Jet Song" from West Side Story!!  I'm thinking: "How I can be more like Robert Goulet?" 
Please help!!

I'm a Republican, for crying out loud!!!  <sob>

To dream ... the impossible dream ...

To fight ... the unbeatable foe ...

To bear ... with unbearable sorrow ...

To run ... where the brave dare not go ...

To right ... the unrightable wrong ...

To love ... pure and chaste from afar ...

To try ... when your arms are too weary ...

To reach ... the unreachable star ...

This is my quest, to follow that star ...

No matter how hopeless, no matter how far ...

To fight for the right, without question or pause ...

To be willing to march into Hell, for a Heavenly cause ...

And I know if I'll only be true, to this glorious quest,

That my heart will lie will lie peaceful and calm,

when I'm laid to my rest ...

And the world will be better for this:

That one man, scorned and covered with scars,

Still strove, with his last ounce of courage,

To reach ... the unreachable star ...

Of course, the guy singing this tilts at windmills thinking they are giants, is ancient and decrepit and in love with the age of "Chivalry" (the Crusades), thinks his sway-backed broken-down old nag is a stallion, that an ordinary peasant is a squire, and a tavern wench is a fine damsel in distress.

In other words, he's as crazy as a bed-bug! :blink: :dribble:

The first great Western novelist: Cervantes.

Still, since I generally hate musicals and have be woken up during them if someone isn't nice enough to let me sleep, it's amazing that I actually LIKE the music from Man of La Mancha, and saw it in the original off-B'Way production with Richard Kiley in 1966 or '67.

A couple of days ago I'm flipping around the radio and come across a reggae/rap song that's breezing along and then she mixes into it "If I were a Rich Girl (Man)" from Fiddler. What made it even funnier is it was NOT a spoof!

 

[FJRocket]

Hey Woody, good music is good music. Don't feel bad. I really like the songs you quoted as well as many other show tunes. Not to say that it's not hard for me to sit through the entire performances, but I do like many of the tunes.

People think I'm odd anyway. I tell them that I like an eclectic mix of Led Zeppelin and Frank Sinatra. Throw in some Patsy Cline, and I'm a happy boy.

And Yes, I have been known to sing along while Ethel is belting out a tune.

Most of the time when I'm riding, though, I just park the XM on channel 7. All 70's hits. Ah, I do love that XM radio. And oh, they do have a channel just for you, Woody!

 

[snowmonkey]

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I'm a Republican, for crying out loud!!! <sob>

A gay Republican!!!..., not that there is anything wrong with that.

 

[Woodstock]

!
I'm a Republican, for crying out loud!!!  <sob>

A gay Republican!!!..., not that there is anything wrong with that.

Hey there! Dressing up like Ethal Merman and belting out show tunes, doesn't mean I'm gay. It just, um, means, uh... Never mind...

 

[sparky3008]

So, I'm searching around on Amazon, and I wander across Man of La Mancha.  That leads to (people who bought X also bought Y), Camalot, West Side Story, and (embarasingly) even Paint Your Wagon.  Now I'm hitting the "play sample" button and singing along with "The Quest", "If Ever I Would Leave You", "Matchmaker, matchmaker", "They Call the Wind Maria", and when I want something a bit quicker, it's "The Jet Song" from West Side Story!!  I'm thinking: "How I can be more like Robert Goulet?" 
Please help!!

I'm a Republican, for crying out loud!!!  <sob>

To dream ... the impossible dream ...

To fight ... the unbeatable foe ...

To bear ... with unbearable sorrow ...

To run ... where the brave dare not go ...

To right ... the unrightable wrong ...

To love ... pure and chaste from afar ...

To try ... when your arms are too weary ...

To reach ... the unreachable star ...

This is my quest, to follow that star ...

No matter how hopeless, no matter how far ...

To fight for the right, without question or pause ...

To be willing to march into Hell, for a Heavenly cause ...

And I know if I'll only be true, to this glorious quest,

That my heart will lie will lie peaceful and calm,

when I'm laid to my rest ...

And the world will be better for this:

That one man, scorned and covered with scars,

Still strove, with his last ounce of courage,

To reach ... the unreachable star ...

Of course, the guy singing this tilts at windmills thinking they are giants, is ancient and decrepit and in love with the age of "Chivalry" (the Crusades), thinks his sway-backed broken-down old nag is a stallion, that an ordinary peasant is a squire, and a tavern wench is a fine damsel in distress.

In other words, he's as crazy as a bed-bug! :blink: :dribble:

The first great Western novelist: Cervantes.

Still, since I generally hate musicals and have be woken up during them if someone isn't nice enough to let me sleep, it's amazing that I actually LIKE the music from Man of La Mancha, and saw it in the original off-B'Way production with Richard Kiley in 1966 or '67.

A couple of days ago I'm flipping around the radio and come across a reggae/rap song that's breezing along and then she mixes into it "If I were a Rich Girl (Man)" from Fiddler. What made it even funnier is it was NOT a spoof!

Hey Yanktar,

That song is by Gwen Stefani the lead singer for the now split up band No Doubt.

I would call her music more pop or top 20 but certainly not reggae/rap.

Not that I have anything against any of it. Actually I have Snoop dogs album in my truck now right next to Metallica

 

[twowheelnut]

Actually I have Snoop dogs album in my truck now

Sigh, all hope is lost... fo' shizzle my nizzle!

Bring on the Montevani!

 

[sparky3008]

Actually I have Snoop dogs album in my truck now

Sigh, all hope is lost... fo' shizzle my nizzle!

Bring on the Montevani!

Hey, I grew up being forced to play classical music on the piano.

From Texas so country music is obvious.

Growing up around DC I often went and listened to GoGo with many girlfriends.

Much of the "radio" or "MTV" type rap/raggae I like but the hardcore stuff is too rough for me.

When I drove over the road I listened to jazz a lot.

I like it all.

 

[yanktar]

Hey Yanktar,That song is by Gwen Stefani the lead singer for the now split up band No Doubt.

I would call her music more pop or top 20 but certainly not reggae/rap.

Not that I have anything against any of it. Actually I have Snoop dogs album in my truck now right next to Metallica

It just goes to show you that when it comes to rap, I don't know $#!t--or care. It had a reggae beat--like backwards calypso. Is it some plasticized version of what passes for "pop" nowadays? I wouldn't know! Madonna brought this on us--that's why we get the Brittany Spears types instead of real musicians...I remember a "Friends" episode where they convert Lisa Kudrow into one of those singing some song about a smelly cat. And I couldn't tell the difference! :blink:

And Dad used to say to ME "Anyone can do what those rock'n'roll singers are doing!" And HE was talking about Cream, and Hendrix and The Who. :lol:

That's OK. "Mairzy doats and dozy doats and little lamsy divey" were the nonsense lyrics from Mom and Dad's time...

They claimed RagTime wasn't music either....

And as for dance music: You may not know this, but Jimi Hedrix's song "Manic Depression" is a waltz. "Lyin' Eyes" is a Cha-Cha. "Born in the USA" by the Boss is triple step. Just about EVERYTHING by Santana is a Mambo or a Salsa. Dance with your wife--she'll be like soft butter in your hands--with a BIG smile on her face! :wub:

 

[radman]

 

[sparky3008]

Bee Gees

 

[twowheelnut]

The Ventures, anyone?

 

[Woodstock]

Bee Gees

You can tell by the way I use my walk, that I'm a woman's man. :haha:

 

[yanktar]

Ok, WHO remembers The Blues Project?

The Paul Butterfield Blues Band?

Ellen McIllwaine?

Phil Ochs?????

 

[twowheelnut]

Bee Gees

You can tell by the way I use my walk, that I'm a woman's man. :haha:

Shit Woody, look who can recite a line of theirs... BWAAAAAAA! :haha:

Now for real musical talent, let me dust off my Cowsills and Partridge Family LP's... :rap: unk:

 

[yanktar]

Bee Gees

You can tell by the way I use my walk, that I'm a woman's man. :haha:

Geez, I thought that song was idiotic the day they released it! Hell, I thought most of the songs in Saturday Night Fever sucked despite it being a good movie--good enough to see twice--in a theater.

 

[twowheelnut]

Bee Gees

You can tell by the way I use my walk, that I'm a woman's man. :haha:

Geez, I thought that song was idiotic the day they released it! Hell, I thought most of the songs in Saturday Night Fever sucked despite it being a good movie--good enough to see twice--in a theater.

I bet you were stylin' in your three piece white linen suit, silk shirt, gold chains and platform shoes... :agent: