Different lyrics
I realized that lyrics differ from original in many moments. Can anyone explain, why and when the change was made? Is it maybe taken from Las Vegas Spectacular?
shareBecause there are so few recordings of other productions other than the OCR, it's hard to tell exactly when the changes were made, though I think most of them have been changed for quite some time (before the Las Vegas show opened). As for the why? may have just been a case that they felt the newer lyrics flowed or sounded better, or they wanted to freshen things up a bit.
In the case of Raoul's change in lines during Think of Me, I've heard rumors that it was changed because they were afraid that - depending on the singer/how he enunciates it, it could possibly be heard as "You're really not a *bitch*..." instead of "You're really not a bit the gawkish..." so they avoided that possible 'mishearing' by changing it to the "Long ago, it seems so long ago, How young and innocent we were" line instead.
These are just my own speculations though, someone else might know more information than me.
Nillindeiel
"You were made to be ruled. In the end...it will be every man for himself." ~Loki (Avengers Teaser Trailer)
Yeah that "bitch" reference always tickles me when I hear it.
shareWhy does the movie have different lyrics to the 25th anniversary cast? I'm not talking about "to a prosperous year, to our friends who are here" that makes sense, but "Think of Me" is a completely different song.
Geronimo
The movie has different lyrics because is was produced by a complete idiot of a director and naive actors who went along with his vision. Many of the lyrics in the movie, including "to a prosperous year, to our friends who are here" were changed because the director deviated from the original script. For example, he didn't crash the chandelier until the end of the movie. The irony is that he sighted cinematic technique for the changes, but this director has demonstrated over the years that he clearly knows nothing about movie-making.
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