Song(s) Of The Day

Filed in Arts and Entertainment by on March 16, 2018

Sondheim Week rolls merrily along with two from Sweeney Todd.  We start with Sweeney’s love song…to his razors:

In  this scene, Toby, who does not trust Sweeney Todd, promises to protect Mrs. Lovett.

 

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  1. Alby says:

    For REV, if nobody else, an alternative.

    The West End production of “Sweeney Todd” opened July 2, 1980. In Queensferry, Wales, 10 days later, Wales, Bob Marley played one of his last concerts, his penultimate UK appearance before his death 10 months later. He had just released “Uprising,” which contains “Redemption Song” — or, as he introduces it at 53:30 of this full-concert audio, “Old Pirates.” The full-band arrangement has a more defiant spirit than the familiar acoustic recording:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8MQat5YRwo

  2. RE Vanella says:

    I enjoy being at a beach bar in the summer hearing bros and crackers drunk on Bud Light sing along with the refrain of Redemption Song. I don’t think they’ve ever listened to the lyrics in each verse… Fascinating.

  3. Alby says:

    In case any of them are lurking about:

    “Redemption Song”

    Old pirates yes they rob I
    Sold I to the merchant ships
    Minutes after they took I
    From the bottomless pit
    But my hand was made strong
    By the hand of the almighty
    We forward in this generation triumphantly
    All I ever had is songs of freedom

    Won’t you help to sing these songs of freedom
    Cause all I ever had redemption sings, redemption songs

    Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery
    None but ourselves can free our minds
    Have no fear of atomin energy
    Cause none of them can stop the time
    How long shall they kill our prophets
    While we stand aside and look
    Some say it’s just part of it
    We’ve got to fulfill the book

    Won’t you help to sing, these songs of freedom
    Cause all I ever had, redemption songs, redemption songs, redemption songs

  4. bamboozer says:

    Saw Bob Marley at the old Spectrum in Philly, it was the Kaya tour (’78?). We went as a joke and emerged big fans. Few song writers have lyrics I give a damn about, Marley is one of them, heavy patois or not.

  5. RE Vanella says:

    irie

  6. Alby says:

    Just providin’ a little variety…