I still find myself amazed at how powerful music is.
In my sophomore year of college I was taking out my copy of Act 1 of Ragtime and found that the cd was cracked in half. I was instantly angry and threw it down the stairs.
Just recently, a friend gave me the music from that first act. It's been so long. First there was resentment at the musical because the cd broke, and then there was the general push away from musical theatre. It's kind of funny that I ended up working at a theatre that has produced quite a number of musicals recently, and my ipod gets more and more showtunes on it.
There is one particular song on it that makes me want to drop everything I am doing for about 30 seconds. I find it so powerful that I just want to close my eyes and take it all in.
I guess I can't walk down the street to it.
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You can't just have a post like this and not tell us what song it is that makes you feel that way. Do share!
I love Ragtime. It and Rent were two of my post-Phantom/Les Mis forays into musical theatre.
WHICH SONG?!
For me, it is the Act I trio of "Your Daddy's Son", "New Music", and "Wheels of a Dream" that just takes my breath away.
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