You don't want to be only half dressed in your own home, do you?
After all, "You're Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile"!
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(Manhattan will look like that again. I promise.) (Only grumpier, unless you come equipped with dancing moppets.) (Maybe even if you come equipped with dancing moppets.) (Maybe especially if you come equipped with dancing moppets, because come on.)
Well, that's the 2014 cover by Sia. The original, from the first Broadway run of Annie, went more like this rendition from the 1977 Tony Awards:
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(I miss the reference to Beau Brummell. It made me feel smart in high school to know who Beau Brummell was--thank you, Georgette Heyer!)
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As we've already established, Charles Strouse (the composer of Annie, is Jewish, and so was the lyricist, Martin Charnin, the man who had the idea for Annie. A pretty good idea as it turned out--not only did it run forever (not counting the two movies, the TV movie, and the various revivals), but the original picked up 7 Tonys (and was nominated for 3 more).
Video posted by anniemovieVEVO
(Manhattan will look like that again. I promise.) (Only grumpier, unless you come equipped with dancing moppets.) (Maybe even if you come equipped with dancing moppets.) (Maybe especially if you come equipped with dancing moppets, because come on.)
Well, that's the 2014 cover by Sia. The original, from the first Broadway run of Annie, went more like this rendition from the 1977 Tony Awards:
Video posted by LMFA
(I miss the reference to Beau Brummell. It made me feel smart in high school to know who Beau Brummell was--thank you, Georgette Heyer!)
As we've already established, Charles Strouse (the composer of Annie, is Jewish, and so was the lyricist, Martin Charnin, the man who had the idea for Annie. A pretty good idea as it turned out--not only did it run forever (not counting the two movies, the TV movie, and the various revivals), but the original picked up 7 Tonys (and was nominated for 3 more).
I'm so old that I had no idea that Sia made a remake of that song!
ReplyDeleteIt came as a surprise to me, too. It tickles my funnybone, that she was associated with that humongous flop!
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