Seth Rudetsky deconstructs MAME's Angela Lansbury
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- Опубликовано: 16 апр 2009
- The opening number of MAME puts me in the best mood and Angela Lansbury sounds amazing. Plus a delicious vocal arrangement by Don Pippin. MORE videos on www.SethRudetsky.com
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Seth: Loved your comments on "It's Today". All the singers developed at least 2 more high notes in their voices Most went on to great careers---no lost of voices, Mame vocal arrangements were written for 8 singers who were hired before I wrote. David Gale hit the high D on the trumpet. Hilda Harris, a mezzo could hit high C's How about Phil Lang's scoring? Thanks again for your comments.
Don Pippin
Seth- you make me laugh.
I fell in love with MAME in grade school- it's responsible for my life long obsession with musicals. I can't tell you how many times I have listened to it over the years.
Angela Lansbury sounds so creamy and displays such an amazing musicality. I love the way she bounces those notes on phrases like "Strike the band up" and "Pull the stops out"
Philip Lang's scoring is brilliant- he's my favorite orchestrator and the MAME overture is the BEST in all musical theatre.
I am going to use "BA-GANK!" all of the time now when referring to a brass section.
Dear Mr. Rudetsky,
I have to offer you my sincerely gratitude for your RUclips channel. What a treasure. I am a born and raised New Yorker - now a missionary so isolated that its 35 miles to the nearest paved road. Not a lot of Broadway fans around these parts. I just discovered you and for the past 10 days I've been obsessed to watch as many of your videos as I can fit in during the day. I listen to music differently now. I dance to music, now. I dance with you!
Thank you so much.
Paul
This is wonderful. Angela Lansbury is an incredibly talented lady, and Jerry Herman is a fantastic songwriter. This is the golden age of Broadway musicals, and Mame is a classic.
One of my favorite opening numbers in the history of musical theatre. I had the JOY to do this show a few years back... and let me say, I usually feel a bit cheesy doing a shouted "Hey!" at the end of the song, but with this - like you say, the song is so filled with joy, that it just felt natural. It really is a phenomenal opening number, and this is a WONDERFUL deconstruction!
someone give this man a 'hey'
...But, *hey,* we mustn't be greedy... It's wonderful as is.
My absolute favorite part of "It's Today!" (other than Angela Lansbury being Angela) is that tenor in the chorus. I don't know if anyone will know what I'm talking about but there's one tenor in the chorus that just sticks out to me. He sticks out especially when the chorus sings pianissimo. I don't know why I love that so much. Thank you for doing this deconstruction, I ADORE this song! Mame is so underrated.
Seth, I love you. You’ve validated all the great things I always knew about Angela and Mame. You’re so damn good. You’re 1000% on all this. Also, I’d love to meet you sometime. Thanks and goodnight!❤❤🎉🎉
thank u, one of my alltime fave bway shows !!!!! would give a lot to have seen her in it !!!!
seth ur so upbeat we adore u !!!
I've listened to this album many many a time. Angela seriously has such a bangin voice though. Which I never reaaallly took note of, but yea, it is just gorgeous and strong.
Also, did not know that about Mr. Herman's mama. How great! Love it
I love show tunes too. You are wonderful.
"Shut UP violins!" LOL
What a beautiful deconstruction on this beautiful day. Thank you Seth. :)
love Angela so much u should deconstruct her Sweeney Todd and Patti lupons to there both so good
Joy sweat!! I have now added that to my verbal arsonal. Thank you Seth.
Love this guy.
I completely agree about the song and Angela. You're great.
Thank you, You Tube... we are so luckey we live in the computer age arnt we... That was a brillaint analysis and fun watching you perform..
Its wonderfuyl we can share things and feelings and insights from all four corners of the world..
We should mount an all male version of mame and tour saudi arabia
Heres a Big thank You from Brighton England
I thought he did a couple of times.. but then i realized he wasn't saying that.
PS: Seth, you made my day with this. I love Angela Lansbury!
These "deconstructs" are great! I feel as if I'm hearing these shows for the first time. I particularly like what you said about the brass...I always liked the sound but you really brought it into focus. Now, I'd like to hear you deconstruct one of my favorite shows (that I've never seen...) "House of Flowers" and, since I'm wishing, "The Grass Harp" and "The Golden Apple".
I can listen to Mame. I'm not a huge Herman fan, but I really love "It's Today." Mame definitely has Herman's best songs.
I don't know who you are, or even what you are, but I do love you. This is MY song, and only I know it's true genius.........well, it used to be only I. Thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts. I'm gonna do Bea next.
"Where's the hey?" So cute.
There's a Thank You , you can give life , if you live life , all the way . . . .I never heard or understood that line until I listened to you !
LISTEN TO THE LYRICS!! Your assignment is to listen to “Oh, what a beautiful morning” and report back on what I’d being said/sung. Hint: The cattle are not actually statues.
As someone who has just written an opening to musical, your interpretation is most instructive! I don't orchestrate. But I surely understand and am most appreciative of how music gets structured now.
Thanks Seth! Keep up the utterly fantastic work!
So I shall give you a "HEY!" :)
Angela is the greatest ever. I really need to get my ass from Australia to NY to see Blithe Spirit.
Great deconstruction Seth as always :)
I didn't think anyone loved this song as much as I do but Seth we were clearly separated at birth!
The "HEY" is missing at the end because in context of the show it is used as a transition into scene change music. I guess they thought for the cast recording it should have a clear ending, so they tagged the ending on from the song proper.
Seth - if I could wrap up a "hey" in paper with a ribbon... I'd give you a "hey"!
Where's the "hey"? Oh Seth, gotta love ya.
Hey!!!!!!🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶
thnx
This guy is in every Jerry Herman chorus - i know the voice you mean!
Wonderful stuff, Seth. Now....how 'bout a deconstruction for Lucy's version? :)
It’s not required because Lucille Ball already deconstructed it by trying to croak-I mean trying to sing-it. She didn’t deconstruct it, she destroyed it. It was so slow, to give her time to sing, that it was like a dirge. No “hey” is necessary as “the party’s over, time to call it a day.”
did Don Pippin vocally arrange Mack and Mabel too? Because on the original cast album the ensemble harmonies are all the same way; reaching for the stars at the top of their range haha
Is it "hey" or "yo"?! ;)
Who else thinks that Mame needs to come back for the 2012 season on broadway
baci baci baci
love love love
I literally had to listen to 7:56 like 3 times because I could not believe what I was hearing. I thought you said Crazy Penis Mode, and I was just shocked.
Angela is so deep
Seth, listen to KIM BURRELL. you will love her lines.
pianissimo : pianissimo - (music) low loudness
Hey is for horses
"Hay" is for horses
MyrnaL34 Lewis: Ah, the wit and sophistication of a grade school drop out. Bryan David made a typo; What’s your reason for living? And don’t blame your parents. They already said it was an accident.
FIRST VIEW!
Me three! I kept playing it back and was like "That doesn't make any sense! 'Penis Mode?' What?" And then I realized he was saying pianissimo and felt really dumb. Knowing I wasn't the only one makes me feel much less so, though. :)
"Mame" will probably never get a major Broadway production again. They'd have to lose the title song, which is great but a bit too Confederate-friendly for the woke crowd.
Sadly, you are probably right! This is because there are no Angela lansburys, Judy Garland's, Ethel merman's, etc left that can give the excitement, the energy, the thrill, magic etc that can hypnotise and do this role the Justice it's so deserves. Yes there are some truly excellent broadway stars like Patti LuPone, Betty Buckley etc but they are not angela Lansbury or Judy Garland. The only great broadway star who today would probably be the great underrated, mega-talented singer/actress Bernadette Peters! She is still young enough , and her great unique lovable talent could/, would give the "mame" character a new , fresh wonderful and exciting performance! This girl is truly amazing and is magical on live stage just like Judy Garland was, 🤔♥️🥰💌
you should deconstruct how awful the movie version of this song is! Even the chorus is bad.
See my comments below. Rudetsky may be great but he is not God (I am writing this on Easter weekend.) He can not resurrect the dead, even if he is one of the chosen people: Someone who knows what he’s talking about and can support it with fact. HEY!!
why are in the kitchen??
He had dishes to do.