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Pippin [Original Broadway Cast Recording]
Ahhh I love this. Almost as much as their Rodgers & Hart album.
Neither, of course, touches their Funny Girl album.
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Okay, two more quick Pippin things:
I always thought the lyric in “Spread a Little Sunshine” was “the holy book I keep closed on my shelf,” but in the revival it’s clearly “close on my shelf.” Did the lyric change or was I mentally inserting a joke in the lyric that Schwartz never wrote?
Also, I realized why the “No Time At All” audience chorus on the recording doesn’t work for me - they are clearly singing harmony! That’s not what a real audience sounds like. Feh. (Regardless, I really like this recording.)
Okay, so you may have to imagine Patina Millerâs Leading Player swiveling circus-trained ensemble dangling from ropes and jumping through hoops. But thereâs no doubt…
The latest in our series of David blogs links to Entertainment Weekly’s previews of forthcoming cast recordings.
Teresa Stratas sings “Blame It On The Summer Night” from a soundboard of the closing night of Rags.
She kind of sounds like Madeline Kahn. Weird.
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And then within the realm of pop covers of songs from shows, there’s that rarefied place of pop covers of songs by the people who sang their original versions in the shows. Here’s a pop “Corner of the Sky” from John Farnham, who can also be heard singing the regular version on the Australian Cast Recording of Pippin.
Also a little obsessed with pop versions of songs from Pippin, and in particular this pop cover of the finale.
I think many of us need a little bit of this today.
When they finally put the flame out
When your final tear’s been spilled
You can stand there portioning the blame out
Or begin at last to build…
Liz Callaway singing Corner of the Sky from Pippin at a Town Hall concert in July last year.
<3 Liz forever and always.
Betty Buckley singing Love Song at Seth Rudetsky’s Broadway by Request concert in 2009. Earphones make this better.
I’m not sure if it’s more surprising to hear Betty reign it in or to hear Seth do the same, but either way this is a lovely, understated performance.
