Taking jabs at Marie Osmond’s circa 1982 performance of Andrew Lloyd Weber’s “Memory” from Cats may seem a bit redundant once you’ve watched the clip, but evidence of this performance, once believed lost, is an opportunity…
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A List of Songs Stephen Sondheim Wishes He Wrote Himself (At Least in Part), Volume 1
This most interesting list of songs Broadway legend Stephen Sondheim wishes he wrote himself (at least in part), originally appeared in the New York Times Magazine in 2000 and was a fascinating sidebar to a…
Joni Mitchell’s “River”: When a “Song” Becomes a “Copyright,” Christmas Edition
accapellaJoni Mitchell’s “River” is one of the more sturdy and widely covered contemporary holiday standards. What makes its seasonal holiday music prominence a bit usual is that other than it’s opening line, “It’s coming…
A Conversation with Bridget Everett, the Outsider Who Is Redefining Cabaret Music for a New Generation
Half-way through the recent Joe’s Pub debut of Rock Bottom, Bridget Everett’s terrific new show which was written in collaboration with musical theater titans Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman (Hairspray, Smash), along with Adam “Ad-Rock”…
Shanghai’s Jinjiang Hotel Has Its Very Own Pop Song and It’s One Hell of An Ear Worm
One of the highlights of breakfasting in the dining room of the lovely Jinjiang Hotel in Shanghai, was the cognitive dissonance of reading the International Herald Tribune’s coverage of North Korea possibly restarting its…
Stargayzing Mix Tape: The Most Unbelievable Cover Songs of All-Time, #6 – 10
6. Robert Goulet, You and Me Against the World (1976) “Robert Goulet out, Steve McQueen in!” In addition to being name checked in Hello Twelve, Hello Thirteen, Hello Love, one of the great songs in Marvin Hamlisch and Edward…
Stargayzing Mix Tape: The Most Unbelievable Cover Songs of All-Time! #8: Barry Manilow’s Cover of Journey’s Open Arms
8. Barry Manilow, Open Arms Readers of Stargayzing know that I am an unabashed “Fanilow”, but for every musical gem Barry has recorded, for instance Mandy or When October Goes, is something regrettable like—well—like anything recorded…
Stargayzing Retaliates: I Need Your Help, Barry Manilow!
Stargayzing was recently quite disappointed by the legendary Barry Manilow, or at least his representative, in a perfect illustration of the old media/new media divide that runs like a fault line through our culture…
12 Essential Holiday Recordings…(You’ve Probably Never Heard)
So here my Christmas gift to you, dear friends, because you’ve been so good all year: a carefully curated list of 12 Holiday Songs You’ve (Probably) Never Heard
Bette Midler’s “Merry Christmas”: 12 Holiday Songs You’ve (Probably) Never Heard, Day Ten
If the world were fair and just, “Merry Christmas,” which was memorably performed in the film by Judy Garland with all of the customary pathos one would expect, would have joined the singer’s Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, introduced a few years before in Meet Me in St. Louis, as a holiday standard.
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