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Oosha

help! patter song

I need a patter song, im at performance school and I have to sing a patter song, i know that gilbert and sulivan have a few but i dont know many modern ones. any suggestions? I know that adelaides lament is probably one but im scared of stuffing up her accent and ruining the song. eek! help appreciated...
Salome

female patter is hard to come by. try Cole porter's "Lets Not Talk About Love" or "The Wolrd Belongs to the Young" from Coco
star2ballie

"Getting Married Today" from Company... is a more modern female patter song. (Don't let the beginning fool you, wait for Amy's part)
qpidsangel

star2ballie wrote:
"Getting Married Today" from Company... is a more modern female patter song. (Don't let the beginning fool you, wait for Amy's part)


that's what I was going to suggest.

how much do i adore that song? so much.
Salome

our amy was ---- brilliant .
star2ballie

We used that song in a revue, and my best friend did it...brilliant as well. Truthfully, she isn't the strongest singer we have, but she kicked the arse out of that patter song. I mean, she brought the effing house down.
DancnInTheRain

"If You Hadn't But You Did" from Two on the Aisle by Styne/Comden/Green...performed here by Kristin Chenoweth http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfOdQPH5g8Q&search=chenoweth
TheNextTenMinutes

Ooh, ooh, How about "Words, Words, Words" from Witches of Eastwick? It graduates from a slower marching type piece to full blown patter and it's AWESOME. Only the best musical ever!
BroadwayBud

What is a patter song?
what_the_heck013

BroadwayBud wrote:
What is a patter song?
Someone can explain this better than I can. Basically, it's a very fast song with lots of words that are almost spoken.
BroadwayBud

Oh, thanks! So, would "Show Me" from My Fair Lady be a patter song? That might be good for the performance.
Salome

Show me is not a patter sdong.


but in My Fair Ldy you have many patter songs

Hymn to Hymn, Ordinary Man and WHy Cant The English.
boq

Patter Song

I was listening to my Barbra Streisand "The Broadway Album" and a good song is "Putting It Together" from "Sunday In The Park With George" You could use her lyrics if the original lyrics weren't in full context for you.
Monsieur D'Arque

If you don't mind sharing the number with a man, you could do "The Speed Test" from Thoroughly Modern Millie. The song appears at first to be a clever Gilbert and Sullivan pastiche, but is lifted, almost word for word (but changed for context) from the patter song "My Eyes Are Fully Open" from their obscure work Ruddigore.
Salome

Monsieur D'Arque wrote:
If you don't mind sharing the number with a man, you could do "The Speed Test" from Thoroughly Modern Millie. The song appears at first to be a clever Gilbert and Sullivan pastiche, but is lifted, almost word for word (but changed for context) from the patter song "My Eyes Are Fully Open" from their obscure work Ruddigore.

Ruddigore is far from obscure. plus that song was added to the broadway version of Pirates of Penzance and its film version.
Monsieur D'Arque

Really? I missed that. But Ruddigore is not one of the "Great Big Ones" that even a non-theatre buff knows about... thanks to the pinnacles of blue-collar culture, The Simpsons and Family Guy's broadwayphilia, even hillbillies with rabbit-ears TVs can sing a few songs from HMS Pinafore. Thank you, Sideshow Bob.
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