MAME....Angela Lansbury,Frankie Michaels.Beatrice Arthur. SONY / COLUMBIA LEGACY (
includes previously unreleased material )
tracks played.....
Overture / Open a new window / My best girl / Camouflage (Jerry Herman at piano. cut from show).
This show CD has great Big Lady numbers which, I think, is an improvement on Hello Dolly's
songs. Mame is a little Hello Dollyish but the rest of the songs are vastly entertaining and the spirit
of the show comes across unlike a lot of other soundtracks. The stars are in excellent vocal form
and although there are Extras on the CD they are just Jerry Herman singing with just a piano.One
song "Camouflage" is interesting but I think it must have been replaced by Bosom Buddies as
both songs say the same thing. If you like extras these additions are fine but the fifteen tracks
are the star turns on this CD. ****. 4star.
I saw this show in London many years ago. I think it was Ginger Rodgers playing Auntie Mame.
It was a joyous experience. It's full of fun and time passed by very quickly. The "Mame" song
was stunning and the set changes and costumes extremely colourful. It's only once been revived
surprisingly.....on Broadway with Angela Lansbury.....It soon failed.
THE X FACTOR 2014.
It can be a hard watch sometimes. Adverts, competitions,tears, repetitious back-stories,
disagreements between the judges and that noisy audience. As it begins to reach it's
final stages...the choosing of the last twenty four ,it resembles cock-fighting with an audience out
for blood trying to persuade the judges to see it their way or else. Louis Walsh was in trouble
with that situation. How these young performers wish to sell their soul to the Cowell is beyond
my imagination. There is only one winner and it is not difficult to spot three or four front-
runners. Is it good Television ? The auditions are always fascinating, but when they perform
in the judges houses???? things slip a bit, and when the final dozen take to the stage,live,
things seem to slip even further. Of course Simon Cowell probably knows this and already
has extras to throw into the mix at the end to make sure the viewing figures remain high.His re-
appearance after a couple of years has improved the quality of interest and sensation , for there
is nothing better than seeing his smile when somebody extraordinary appears and sings well.
K-ching!!!
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