Word: songs
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...most important cut is "Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts," an immediately catchy song used for the album's commercials that goes on for nine minutes, but feels like it could go on forever. The music behind it certainly could--it's fast and romps through the same rhythms again and again without going stale. Hearing the song for the first time is a tremendous rush--it's not only that it's good, but that it means that Dylan is writing good songs again...
...laaaaaa. Up and down the scale, hold for 12 beats, faster, slower, "watch my hands!" The chorus is finishing its warmups. After it sings the first number, Krag remarks, "The reason we went over diction in the beginning was so you would do it in the song. Also, there was no difference between the forte and the rest of the song." It is the mildest of reproofs...
...impressionism. Meany also taught himself to play the piano by ear and now has a console organ in his home. At night, passersby can sometimes hear him beating out Dixieland jazz and old Irish ballads. After three martinis, a solid meal and a good cigar, Meany may break into song, if the company is congenial. Galway Bay is the likely choice, or Cockles and Mussels...
...Dame games. The senior Grindingers and two of Dennis' younger brothers laughed nervously. Then Dennis said shyly, "I think I could see myself saying that, sir." A smile flashed across Boulac's face. "In that case," joked Devine, "I'd better teach you the Irish fight song." In a moment the family was arrayed around Dennis and his mother at the piano as Devine directed a spirited rendition of the old tune. When the coaches departed two hours later, Boulac said, "I've got the feeling he'll sign with...
Phillip laZebnik's lyrics are at their best sublimely witty in the tradition of Noel Coward. Cole Porter and Tom Lehrer. "We'll be the perfect duet Two mouths sucking the same Sucret." "Call up Ronald Reagan and ask for my Friend Flicka." There are ten songs in the long first act, and nine in the second act, which is only 40 per cent as long. Some of these--"Power to Persuade" and "Team Song are the standouts--are clearly what makes the second act so much tighter than the first. The script is not quite funny enough--though...