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Favorite song(s)/moment(s)


I just wondered what other people's favorite songs/moments in the show were (or in the movie, since it is a board for that!) - it seems that different parts touch different people, I think. (Though the whole show is amazing!)

For my part, I love the Overture (in the show), "Try to Remember", "It Depends on What You Pay", "This Plum is Too Ripe", "They Were You", and "Round and Round", for various reasons. (Though "Metaphor", "I Can See It", and "Plant a Radish" are also good, and there really aren't any songs in the show that I *don't* like!)

The Overture is so unique, so different from any other show, I think - partially because there are only two instruments playing, but it's fun, too! "It Depends on What You Pay" is one of the wittiest songs ever written, I think, and "They Were You" has gorgeous harmonies. As for moments, Mortimer's 'death scene' is hilarious, as is when Henry tries to steal the moon. The "fencing lesson" with El Gallo and Matt is pretty funny (though I feel quite sorry for Matt!), and the scene in the 'tree' with Luisa & El Gallo is fun, too, especially with all of his cynical comments. (And her complete innocence to them.) And Lodevigo and Socrates are, of course, one of the funniest bits in the show!

In the movie, I loved the way they staged many of the dance numbers (and I loved the added dance sequence with Luisa and Bellomy - it's a very sweet scene), as well as "This Plum is Too Ripe". And the fencing lesson was pretty amusing during the film as well. I also loved "Plant a Radish", and I wish they hadn't cut it from the film. (Especially the bit with the watering cans - I thought that was really cute!) I also liked the way they did "They Were You" and the reprise of "Try to Remember".

How about everyone else?

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My school just wrapped up this show last weekend...I adore it...but I'd have to say my favorite song is "I can see it" I was a spotter and it was my absolute favorite song to spot and "sing allong with"...though I never really sang...only mouthed the words...lol...I love the whole show...but La! Time is rushing...I'll be back to talk about it more later...

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I know what you mean! (I do love that song, too.) During rehearsals, the Mute & I would sometimes sing along (quietly) with "I Can See It", hehehe. She'd usually sing for Matt, & I'd sing El Gallo. Or maybe it was the other way around, lol. Oh well! (So much fun!)

And in the next scene:
"He is a descendent...of the T-zars."
"The...the T-zars?"
"Yes! He is the noblest Roman-off of them all!"

Hehehe, gotta love Henry & Mortimer!

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I haven't seen the play or the entier film but I managed to catch the very end on Christmas Day. I saw the song " They Were You" and fell in love with it! It is such a beautiful, sweet song, I haven't been able to get it out of my head. I'm gonna watch the movie just to see how that song fits in. Does the song appear only at the end of the film or does it appear somewhere else before?

Fiddle-dee-dee!

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Just at the end, but it makes a lot more sense when you see the rest of the play/film. And it's so pretty!

"There's a lot more to music than notes on a page."
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I also have seen neither the show nor the movie, but I have heard "Try to remember", and I LOVE IT!!!

R~O
TEAM EDWARD!!!
"You were only supposed to blow the bloody doors off" - St. Trinian's (2007)

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OK, I have now seen the movie (it's not as bad as I thought, as I had read nothing but bad reviews), and my favorite songs are:-

(not in order of preference)

Try to remember
They were you
Much more
Metaphor
Soon it's gonna rain
It depends on what you pay

My favorite scene in the movie has to be when Matt is "rescuing" Luisa from El Gallo.

R~O
TEAM EDWARD!!!
"You were only supposed to blow the bloody doors off" - St. Trinian's (2007)

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