Don't get me wrong, I am a complete advocate for respecting musical theatre as a genuine and significant art form, I just also enjoy finding funny (not always intentional) moments and running with it! My latest ridiculous mission is a hunt to find as many musicals as possible with the lyrics follow through in them!
So far, my list is four musicals long:
1. RENT (Take Me or Leave Me)
2. Legally Blonde (Chip on My Shoulder)
3. The Last 5 Years (Moving Too Fast, A Part of That, The Schmuel Song)
4. Assassins (The Gun Song) - thanks Olly!
If anyone has any further discoveries that they would like to share with me, I would be most grateful :-) haha!
I will try to post something more constructive soon!
We can't win if we don't follow through.
Flis xx
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Greetings from Sheffield, Flis!
ReplyDelete"My Heart Belongs To Daddy" from, er...Let's Make Love (1938) - one of those famous songs from an utterly obscure show.
"But if I do I don’t follow through
‘Cause my heart belongs to Daddy."
OH - what about a whole SHOW called "Follow Through"?
ReplyDeleteYou won't know that 1929 non-masterpiece, but apparently "You Are My Lucky Star" (viz. Singin' in the Rain) first appeared in it.
And what about "One" from Chorus Line???
ReplyDeleteOne, two, shoulder up
Singular sensation
Point an' point
Leap, step, kick
Hat to the head
Three, four
Leap with the hip
Follow through
Up, down
Feel the phrase
Elbow right, down, point ... (etc.)