re: Elisabeth

impressioniste:

downwithempires replied to your post: Musicals.

I LOVE the clips I’ve seen of Elisabeth. I have had a minor obsession with “Die Schatten werden länger” ever since I saw a clip of the Takarazuka version.

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Die Schatten werden länger, Wenn Ich tanzen Will, and ich gehör nur mir are my three favorite songs in the entire show (though Wenn ich tanzen will was added later, so it’s not in the earliest versions). Serkan Kaya as Lucheni in the 2005 Wien production is also bloody fucking brilliant.

I’ve seen both the regular and Takarazuka flavors, and a couple different productions of each (I’m actually a fan of takarazuka in general), and I like them all, though the 2005 Wien production is my favorite.

I love the 2005 Wien production’s Der Tod. I also love the act 1 version of Die Schatten werden länger. I had version of it from a Hungarian production fave’d on YouTube, but it disappeared 😐 I think it’s a show anyone who likes historical fiction musical or fairy tale musicals should definitely check out.

Stray Italian Greyhound – Vienna Teng

Jen Shepard’s falling-in-reciprocated-love-in-ME3 song.

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Whispering Pines – Johnny Horton

I am learning to play this on the ukulele (because it only needs three chords that I can play easily and know) and as such it is STUCK IN MY HEAD. A lot.

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Canta Per Me – Noir OST

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Salva Nos – Noir OST

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“Call Your Girlfriend (cover)” – Erato

This is another instance where I prefer a cover version to the original. The way their voices blend is just…gorgeous. Also, butter/yogurt/whatever-tub percussion is glorious.

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“Matty Groves” – Fairport Convention

“Matty Groves” is one folk ballad I will listen to any version I come across. I have more such songs, most of which also involve some form of violent death. And I really, really like this version.

I love Fairport Convention. And Steeleye Span.

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…the hell?

Saying that Nickle Creek’s “The Lighthouse’s Tale” is a murder ballad and summing it up as “When its keeper falls head-over-heels in love with a girl, a lighthouse feels threatened and takes action” boggles the mind.

You, “murder ballad” playlist creator, are either trying too hard, or you are trolling. The song is not about murder. It’s not grisly.

Boggled.

“Loreley” – Blackmore’s Night

This is another song that tends to earworm on me. I first heard it on NPR, on either Thistle and Shamrock or All Things Accoustic.

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“My Jolly Sailor Bold” from Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

This thing is SUCH an earworm to me at the moment.