Monday, September 17, 2018

Random Memorial for Monday 9/17/18

Gone but not forgotten:  Liza.  Well, the live version of her.  Or, even more accurately, the version of her artistic output released in 1992 as 'Liza Live (from the Radio City Music Hall)'.

Fear not -- Ms. Minnelli isn't dead (yet).  It's just that this 5th live release of hers is also in the music collection as a CD, so the ancient cassette is being discarded because it is apparently healthy to purge ... (slowly ... one cassette at a time ... on a fortnightly schedule ... 'cause deep down inside I actually don't like to purge).

As for the tune to include with the post -- it's probably not a surprise that it would be a Kander/Ebb song, what with her affinity for their work, but the question is *which* one.  And the answer is -- the passive-aggressive ditty about wanting to know and not wanting to know but really wanting to know when you've been cheated on ... and especially with whom ... featured in 'Sorry I Asked'.  An emotional roller-coaster of a song ... with a big "burn" payoff at the end ... PLUS a natural timeline defying "easter egg" hidden at the end of the song tied to her 'Arrested Development' storyline years later (you know if you know)... what's not to love?

YOU KNOW WHAT MISTER ... BUSTER ... STRANGER?:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJJGaUbCsmY