Wednesday, October 4, 2017

Playlist For Sunday, October 8, 2017: Lucy, Jessie, Diana...and Me

Wednesday mornings aren't pretty around here. An unmade bed, smudged mascara, cat snores, laundry piles, and tepid coffee...well, that's pretty much EVERY morning, but on Wednesdays I am supposed to get this blog done, the playlist set, the pithy comments considered, and some semblance of effing order around here! I feel like the "Man In The Chair" (See last week's Drowsy): Blue, and shuffling thru my records (yes, records!)...

One of the DJs at the station recently handed me a CD he found for like 50 cents in the reject pile at the library, didn't know if I'd be interested, "but here ya go!" Seems he had never heard of Follies. (I'll forgive him, he's a jazz aficionado, whatta they know past their niches?) Now I already own 2 versions at present, but I DID NOT OWN this one, the London cast recording, done in 1987. This is the one where Old Stevie Sondheim wrote 4 new songs, chucked 4 old songs, and he and James Goldman reworked the book. Quelle horror. Isn't this something like what George Lucas did to old Star Wars movies? They added a fricking intermission, for god's sake. (Shakes head, it can't be.) Diana Rigg couldn't dance (yup, she was Phyllis) and because of that (THAT?), SS yanked out the Story of Lucy and Jessie and wrote Ahhhh! But Underneath!?? (Extra h's all mine.) It's a good song, don't get me wrong, but as I'm listening, every fiber is hearing ..."Jessie wants what to be what Lucy was" ...which is sorta my anthem!

But hey, we'll listen, we'll experience, we'll judge, right? Meanwhile, 2 cheesy themes (Here. There. But not Everywhere), present-day flops, The Esoteric, The Pithy, The Overly Sentimental. And Diana. Not dancing.

Putting away the records now. No more BLUE! :)


Beautiful Girls (Paul Bentley, Company, Follies)
I'm Still Here (Elaine Stritch, Elaine Stritch At Liberty)
Happy Days Are Here Again (Ben Selvin and The Crooners)
Our Love Is Here To Stay (Bobbie Short, K-RA-ZY About Gershwin)
Long As I'm Here With You  (Sheryl Lee Ralph, Thoroughly Modern Millie)
Here I Am (Sherie Rene Scott, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels)
I Was Here (Marc Kudisch, The Glorious Ones)
Someone Is Here (Andrea Marcovicci, Nephrititi)
Tour De France (Phillipa Soo, Amelie)
Do What I Do (Margot Seibert, In Transit)
Day One (Andy Karl, Groundhog Day)
On The Right Track (Patina Miller, Pippin)
Ireland (Orfeh, Legally Blonde)
Baptize Me (Josh Gad, Nikki M. James, The Book Of Mormon)
There's No Business Like Show Business (Keenan Wynn, Betty
      Hutton, Howard Keel, Louis Calhern, Annie Get Your Gun)
There'll Be Some Changes Made (The Boswell Sisters)
Ain't There Any One Here For Love? (Jane Russell, Gentlemen
      Prefer Blondes)
There's A Small Hotel (Frank Sinatra, Pal Joey)
There But For You Go I (Gene Kelly, Brigadoon)
Look Over There (Gene Barry, La Cage Aux Folles)
There's Always A Woman (Madeline Kahn, Bernadette Peters, Anyone
      Can Whistle)
There's Something About You (David Christmas, Bernadette Peters,
      Dames At Sea)
There's A Fine Fine Line (Stephanie D'Abruzzo, Avenue Q)
There (Sally Mayes, Brent Barrett, Closer Than Ever)
There! Right There! (Laura Bell Bundy, Christian Borle, Michael
      Rupert, Legally Blonde)
Could I Leave You? (Diana Rigg, Follies)
You're Gonna Love Tomorrow/Ah! But Underneath (Simon Green,
      Deborah Plogett, Diana Rigg, Follies)
Too Many Mornings (Daniel Massey, Julia McKenzie, Follies)

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