Posted by Phyllis Rogers Stone 2012-06-11 13:50:34
Or did Ricky Martin just mess up half the song last night?Were the lyrics to And the Money Kept Rolling In rewritten for the revival?
Posted by jv92 2012-06-11 13:54:08
I don't know-- pretty sure he messed them up, but that master of his craft, Tim Rice, could have made changes.
What was sad was Patti and Mandy's impromptu performance of the end of "Don't Cry For Me..." was better than that entire EVITA production.
Were the lyrics to And the Money Kept Rolling In rewritten for the revival?
Posted by Phyllis Rogers Stone 2012-06-11 13:55:17
I blocked most of it out now that it's over, but I know there were at least three lines he sang in that song that were lyrically different from anything I've ever heard.
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Posted by Jordan Catalano 2012-06-11 13:56:20
I saw the show the other week and don't remember any changes so I guess he just F-ed it up.
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Posted by Phyllis Rogers Stone 2012-06-11 13:57:09
Maybe he'd do it better if it wasn't given the tempo of a dirge.
Were the lyrics to And the Money Kept Rolling In rewritten for the revival?
Posted by jv92 2012-06-11 14:01:39
I'm noticing...
"A voluntary fall" instead of "voluntary cause"
A high note on "PerOOOON" that sounds like he was thinking, "Oh ****, Mandy Patinkin's here and did that. I better do it, even though I'm two counts off."
Otherwise, no mistakes. He's just way too chipper and badly miscast and/or misdirected.
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Posted by CATSNYrevival 2012-06-11 14:22:47
^I think it's just the accent on fall/cause, but I could be wrong.
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Posted by Rainbowhigh23 2012-06-11 14:26:42
Sounded like he said "voluntary fall" to me. He sounded better when he was yelling "EVA!!!" and hooting and hollering during the dance sequence.
Aren't most of the vocals pre-recorded? The way he was running around I'd think he'd be panting through the song.
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Posted by Bettyboy72 2012-06-11 14:29:09
He acted it like he should be in Newsies. Horrendous. Between his scenery chewing good boy and Elena's ice queen I could barely watch.
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Posted by adamgreer 2012-06-11 14:32:32
Were the pitches for Eva's 6 bar introduction re-written, or does Elena Roger just not know how to sing?
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Posted by jv92 2012-06-11 14:34:53
She doesn't know how to sing. Ricky doesn't know how to act. It balances out.
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Posted by Gothampc 2012-06-11 14:35:12
He so wildly over-enunicated everything that I couldn't understand anything.
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Posted by Phyllis Rogers Stone 2012-06-11 14:42:16
It was definitely "voluntary fall."
Followed by "think of all the people, gonna see some good times now."
At the end of the first "rolling on" chorus he mouths something else while the other people sing "rolling on in."
"Never been accounts in the name of Eva Peron" didn't sound quite right either.
I did like the sexy hex hands he put on Eva right before the number ended, though.
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Posted by Bettyboy72 2012-06-11 14:44:11
Ricky flubbed lyrics when I saw the show. Clearly he can do what he wants-it's his show.
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Posted by Phyllis Rogers Stone 2012-06-11 14:50:37
He reminds me of Doug Henning with the big eyes and big hand gestures.
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Posted by The Distinctive Baritone 2012-06-11 15:40:11
BTW, what's going on with his facial hair? He had a moustache, then shaved it, then had it for the Tonys--or it might hacmve been a fake, I couldn't tell.
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Posted by TheatreDiva90016 2012-06-11 15:43:58
And on that note, what was Tracie Bennett singing, because it's wasn't CLANG CLANG CLANG?!
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Posted by jv92 2012-06-11 15:45:08
It sounded like "CLAM, CLAM, CLAM" or something. Does she think she's The Little Mermaid?
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Posted by TheatreDiva90016 2012-06-11 15:52:35
She didn't get one of those lines right but I couldn't tell what she was saying.
I had to go back and listen to it again... Still didn't understand it.
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Posted by Neverandy 2012-06-11 16:30:37
The whole sequence made me thank my lucky stars that I didn't waste money on this show this season.
Does Ricky (or the director) know what the show is about? Maybe the "everyman" idea that we all have been dissecting wasn't anything more than the creative team covering for Ricky's complete inability to convey the resentment and frustration that a character who, in his opening song says "Just a man, who grew and saw, from 17 to 24, his country bled, crucified, she's not the only one who died!" might actually feel. And the Money Kept Rolling in is, like most of the show, a display of the irony of the situations and economic realities that were occurring in Argentina during the time of Peronism. Ricky made it seem like he was performing at a county fair.
Can he do anything besides stick his arms out to the side and smile like he did in the La Vida Loca video?
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Posted by Phyllis Rogers Stone 2012-06-11 16:34:01
Were the lyrics to And the Money Kept Rolling In rewritten for the revival?
Posted by TheatreDiva90016 2012-06-11 16:36:28
LOL^^^
"You want thingamajiggers?! I've taken 20!"
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Posted by moym471 2012-06-11 23:00:56
That photo is too perfect!!
Were the lyrics to And the Money Kept Rolling In rewritten for the revival?
Posted by Phyllis Rogers Stone 2012-06-25 17:57:45
So, on the album, he sings "think of all the people gonna see some good times now." I wonder if it was really changed, or if it's just a mistake no one bothered to correct. Also, on the album, it sounds like he's saying "voluntary clause."
ETA - I just listened to the London revival recording and Matt Rawle also sings "gonna see some good times now," so I guess it was an intentionally, if mystifyingly arbitrary, change to the lyrics.
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Posted by CATSNYrevival 2012-06-25 18:03:30
^There are a few moments on the recording where it sounds like people are paraphrasing the lyrics, even if it's just making something plural that I'm not sure is supposed to be, but I'd have to check the libretto to be sure.
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Posted by CATSNYrevival 2012-06-27 21:32:54
I'm pretty sure he also says "simply disappeared" during "Waltz For Eva and Che." It's supposed to be "simply disappear" so that it rhythms with "clear." I'm sure there's more.
It sounds like, maybe, he learned the music by listening to a recording and not actually reading the correct lyrics in the score.
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Posted by BrassBandBoy 2012-06-28 02:07:08
As far as I know, the lyrics have been "gonna see some good times now" ever since the Concept Recording (with Julie Covington and Colm Wilkinson).
Have to admit I hardly ever listen to the OBC recording, so I don't know if the lyrics are different there...
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Posted by Phyllis Rogers Stone 2012-06-28 02:09:17
On the OBC and the movie recordings its "guaranteed a good time now."
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Posted by tazber 2012-06-28 07:13:34
Never been accounts in the name of Eva Peron" didn't sound quite right either.
I listened to the OBC yesterday and he say the same line. He's referring to her Swiss bank accounts where she hides her embezzled money, which are numbered, not named.
The previous line is something like "when you can sign her checks 35107"
So there are no accounts in her name and therefore untraceable.
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Posted by PalJoey 2012-06-28 08:11:55
Clam, clam, clam went the seashell!
Swim, swim, swim went the fish!
...
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Posted by sassylash3s 2012-06-28 11:43:54
I just checked and it's definitely "gonna see" on the concept recording.
What really bothers me is that he sings the line "Name me anyone who cares as much as Eva Peron" twice instead of "Never been a lady loved as much as Eva Peron" the second time. At first I thought it was just a mistake on the recording, but that's how it's written in the lyric booklet as well.
This isn't the first time unique lyrics in this show have been replaced with duplicate ones, either--Sometime around the making of the movie, I think, "and I shall be Rainbow High" became another "I want to be Rainbow High."
I assume Tim Rice is behind this, as he's also tinkered with Jesus Christ Superstar lyrics over the years. I don't particularly like most of the changes to that show either, but at least they seemed driven by some kind of logic.
Were the lyrics to And the Money Kept Rolling In rewritten for the revival?
Posted by Phyllis Rogers Stone 2012-06-28 13:00:16
Taz, I know it's the right lyric (the accounts line). I just thought it sounded weird the way he sang it on the Tonys.
I didn't realize that about Rainbow High, sassy. That IS annoying.
