Song Of The Day: May 31, 2018

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Nathan Arizona had to know that this one was coming:

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  1. nathan arizona says:
    May 31, 2018 at 10:46 am

    Didn’t predict it but glad to see it. Sondheim plus the great Madeline Kahn. Nobody better than Sondheim at undercutting sentimentality. Don’t play it at your daughter’s wedding. Well, maybe just after.

  2. Alby says:
    May 31, 2018 at 11:12 am

    “Nobody better than Sondheim at undercutting sentimentality. ”

    Undercutting sentimentality in musical theater. Isn’t that like undercutting form and color in painting?

  3. nathan arizona says:
    May 31, 2018 at 11:29 am

    https://youtu.be/bYEFHbT2fcg

  4. Alby says:
    May 31, 2018 at 11:37 am

    Seurat still used color and form. Would that Sondheim employed narrative and melody.

  5. nathan arizona says:
    May 31, 2018 at 12:09 pm

    “He’s for a jig or tale of bawdry, or he sleeps.” The Bard. Imagine the Bard with a smiley face.

  6. Alby says:
    May 31, 2018 at 12:26 pm

    I never said that of Sondheim, whose biography should be titled “Rebel Without a Tune.”

    But I would use Polonius’ statement as my response to Shakespeare in general: “This is too long.”

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