rec.arts.theatre.musicals

On Aug 9, 12:56 am, NewportsRe...@ (Steve Newport) wrote:
> jtma...@ (Tim McNair)
> many of the same concerns and criticisms that you had for The Producers
> and I suppose they are valid. In comparison with "Puttin' on the Ritz"
> Mel's songs are not memorable.
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> The Irving Berlins are gone. We just have to FACE THE MUSIC.

Tim - I should add that "Puttin' On The Ritz" isn't what I would think
of as an automatically "memorable" tune on first hearing either - you
might get the gist of the repetitions in the melody, and you might
remember the title "hook," but you'd surely want to hear that rhythm a
number of times before it became "memorable" to the ears/brain. The
only reason you're saying that tune is more "memorable" than the NEW
songs you heard for the first time in YF is because you're heard
"Ritz" before, probably many times. If you were hearing it for the
first time as part of a new score, I'm pretty damn sure you would
include that song in the "not memorable" category.