Blog 3: Broadway

I picked Judy Garland’s and Michael Bublé Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas because my mom in the middle of July will start playing Christmas music. The first song that usually comes on is Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas which for me always brings up me in sitting in the car in July going “why?” After watching these two videos you could see how even throughout the years the words of the song are the same, but the composition of the song changes. In Garland’s hers is more somber, and slow because she seems to be trying to cheer up the child who is on the verge of tears. In Bublé’s his sounds happier in comparison to Garland’s, yes, the music is still on the low side but his sound is much more cheerful.

Fifty Percent sung by Dorothy Loudon was very beautiful, the music that is soft when Loudon sings softly but then gets powerful when she brings more emotion in it. I love the line when she says “…you don’t plan to fall in love. When you fall, you fall.” This concept is very true for many people, and still holds true. I love when she sings this because she becomes very powerful, because even though falling is scary she sounds confident even if she is afraid. Even if you don’t like this song that one line everyone can relate to because even if you don’t think anything about falling in love, when it happens it happens.

           Liza Minnelli The Act 1978 Tony Awards, I love when she stops singing and dances because the people on stage make noises like slapping their legs, tap dancing, and the band who when she looks like she’s stomping harder they banged the drums a deeper note to show that. I also love the way she started the song off as she said, “An old woman sitting on the porch…” she even started off in a different outfit that I would say is more girly, and then she changes into a glittery red pant suit. It kind of reminded me of when she performed the Mein Herr it had that same flare, and excitement. Yes, this performance wasn’t a cabaret but it still held that exhilaration that people get watching something that is new, and different. Also in Mein Herr, the women in that scene also did something similar with them snapping their fingers, stomping their feet, or the chair to create a sound that matched the performance.