If you could not get excited about the music through Seth Rudetsky's deconstructions, you are DEAD. Thank you for the passion Seth. It is so contagious.
This is what I tell my soprano students: God invented altos, tenors and basses to pronounce things while you sing crazy high notes and everyone cheers.
There really is something about Gavin Creel's "e" vowels that warms my soul! His diction in general is just fantastic- I'm obsessed with that hard "k" in "Yonkers" 😍
Literally this is me obsessing to my friends about musical theatre and this album..... oh and I relate to Seth crying to “Sunday Clothes” on a personal level.
I saw the show three times and teared up every time at that same moment Seth describes. The chorus, the orchestrations, and that huge train coming on stage were all perfectly overwhelming and wonderful affirmations of the magic of Broadway (and why I love it so much).
@@chazsallen I’m late to this but same! My friends thought I was crazy for uncontrollably weeping during that part. Best moment in musical theatre ever!!
Again, for me music is for enjoyment, but your deconstructs confirm some of those "things" that also moved me when listening to music, just didn't know how to verbalize it. Thank you, thank you.
Awesome assessment. I have the technical skill to verbalize what I hear but thanks to Seth it has a more powerful and nuanced approach. I'm an enthusiastic musical theatre teacher, director and choreographer but when words fail I often show my students one of Seth's videos.
I cried at the exact same moment. And the 'shoes' is something I just keep coming back for, it is true... it's exciting!! So grateful that I saw this production a couple of years ago, I still talk about it weekly!
I can't explain why but but listening to this on auto-replay as I fall asleep is magic. When I awake, it is comforting and I look forward waking up again. (I have this on constant replay.)
Thanks for the mention of Charles Nelson Reilly’s ‘74 Tony Award appearance. Laughed my arse off. Needed the humor ... well ... ‘cause the world is imploding. Thx, Seth. Big fan. Of you, too 😂.
Just found these "Seth Rudetsky Decontructs" and wow, LOVE THEM!!! I listen to Seth on Sirius Radio but this is SO MUCH Better seeing him as well as getting the specifics on our favorite musicals.
I just saw this in NYC and I think I might have wept after every song... but "Put On Your Sunday Clothes" was SOOO moving! Gavin Creel was outstanding at everything he did, and I'm hoping you deconstruct Kate Baldwin's rendition of "Ribbons Down My Back." Her vocal control was NUTS!! I mean that in the best way possible! :) My brother, sister-in-law and myself (all music teachers) were weeping from the sheer joy and at times [as you said] simplicity of this production. I have "Seth's Broadway Diary" vol. 1 and I too, am obsessed with high belting. I love the ear SR has, and I'm guessing there were both altos AND a tenor or two on that low harmony line in POYSC.
Thanks - so right regarding “Put On” so many highs & lows - a great build - just listening it stirs the emotions and when standing you can’t fail to strut.
I wept like a maniac through the entire show, so overhelmed by the sensory overload! Now that I've somewhat recovered, I must get the cast album to really hear the arrangements.
Awesome deconstruct. You can't say enough about Philip J. Lang's orchestrations for Dolly. They made the show. Lang along with Russell Bennett were the premier broadway orchestrators who brought the tunes to life with their musical coloring. Thanks so much Seth. I enjoy listening to you on the radio!
I can relate to this video so much, because when I saw Hello, Dolly! With Donna Murphy and this song started I was just absolutely amazed with how great it was. Gavin is SO TALENTED!
Thank you so much. I just love this. What an incredible deconstruct...totally appreciate all the delicious details! and what a voice: Gavin Creel..and YES Jerry Herman IS so under appreciated...keep these videos coming.
10:30 the word you're hunting for is "drone" -- the underlying constant notes from bagpipes. You nail it -- it's THAT chord change in the song which blossoms and makes the song memorable as it can cause an ASMR event which emotionally binds the listener to the music; that, in turn, creates a memory of comfort and familiarity which draws them in deeper.
I've only recently discovered this channel but I absolutely love it and I have learned SO much from you!! Discovered Barbara Cook and Candice as well as so many musical terms I had no idea about!! Love love love!! Thank you!!!!!!!
Thank you, Seth, for sharing your thoughts from your amazing and genius analytical mind. This is fascinating and makes my day each and every time you post a new video. Lots of love from Belgium!
Love your videos Seth -we have a friend in common John Ellis (Gilbert)-I should say had as he passed away (heart attack)-the "crash' in sunday clothes is the train sound-when you were miming it you actually did the movement that is so associated with train choreography-love it
Saw Hello, Dolly! for the 6th(!) time the other night, and Gavin added an "ohhh" before "Listen, Barnaby" and I literally got goosebumps. He probably added it to gear up for the high note on "listen" but it was still a great addition. Also I was sitting in the orchestra and I could hear Jennifer Simmard hit that crazy high note in the end, albeit more muted lol.
Embarrassed to admit I just found this channel AND know nothing about music. BUT I got so much out of this on so many levels that I immediately subscribed. One of my most beloved shows was Hello Dolly because the score was an emotional escapade wrapped in a romantic era in Yonkers, New York before the turn of the century. Thank you so much for explaining why my heart soars to the music of this wonderful show. Much respect to you.
This is excellent! I thoroughly enjoyed you. I wish I had seen this before I saw the show. I feel like I would have enjoyed Sunday Clothes more, but maybe not. I probably would have missed the song, by just listening for all the subtleties that an average theater goer like me would otherwise not catch. Can't wait to watch all your videos. Nice work!
Interesting that Seth points out that only the men sing, "To town we'll trot to a smokey spot where the girls are hot as a fuse." Yet in the film Streisand sings this as a solo.
My Theory : Jerry didn't want the lady characters of Yonkers being perceived as the kind of women who would go out to a "smoky spot" so only the men would sing that line.
Maybe in an earlier version of the song the women had a section of their own that balanced the men’s. But it got cut, leaving just the men’s section. Just an idea!
I'm SO glad that you told us who that soprano was at the end of the song! The first time I heard this my response was "who is that soprano at the end because I'm obsessed with her!" Turns out it was someone I was already obsessed with!
This is so wonderful. In case you read your comments, Seth, I'll add a few things: the piano entrance of the ensemble is so perfect because it's ALL ABOUT THOSE COSTUMES, RIGHT? Did you swoon? I DIED. I was DED. Thank you for loving on Jerry Herman. He is indeed underappreciated. I think the word you were looking for for that slightly sinister harmony is drone? I have always especially loved that verse and now I know why! DRONING. Finally, in the original score, the men sing "To town we'll trot" segment and the women respond with a high "OH!" I don't know what note it is but it's in the original recording. I always figured that the verse was a lyrical nod to Cornelius and Barnaby's intention, hence the guys singing it. I found it interested that this production cut the women's response of "OOOH"" I love that you cried. I saw Bette on June 14th, her first performance after winning the Tony and the audience love was titanic.
I've always LOVED Put on You Sunday Clothes from Hello Dolly. I too have cried just listening to the movie soundtrack of this magnificent song. Thank you Seth for deconstructing it. We are going to Bway this summer to see Hello Dolly. I will listen for all of the details you've pointed out. Thank you for sharing this.
Late to this party but here's something I think you'll like, Seth. In the original arrangement, the ladies join the men at the end of the phrase for "girls are hot as a fuse" with a beautiful high note "oooo". Check it out!
