I just belly laughed at "Just a little torture starts with a T" 😂😂😂
@brawleywoo13976 жыл бұрын
Seth - I absolutely LOVE what you do! I was 11 when I first heard Evita in 1981 and became obsessed with it - knew it backwards and forwards - then I lost all my hearing at age 36. Evita was so ingrained that, after becoming deaf, as I was watching a performance of “New Argentina” I was able to follow along by kinda lip-reading (and counting). And I hit all the right pitches to the complete amazement of my partner (and myself). I now have a cochlear implant and can hear, but music is...strange. Sound is directed right to my auditory nerve since my ears are useless. The range of pitch is limited and I hear every single harmonic so my brain has to pick out the relevant ones in order for music to make sense. But my auditory memory fills in the blanks and I still sing along to Evita like I did when I was 11! And EVERYTHING you’ve pointed out, the meter changes, key changes, etc are things I’ve mused over in my mind - alone - for years. Your videos make my brain happy!
@ascotberks20185 жыл бұрын
Tina Matyskela great post. So fantastic you have your hearing back. Best wishes.
@jenkosegi77195 жыл бұрын
Lol, we could've been 11-year-old Evita dorks together! So glad you're able to sing along again (and horrify your family as I am after loading Evita up on Spotify)!
@Bailey2006a6 жыл бұрын
I love this man.. he’s a genius and the best gift the American Musical Theater has ever had
@MrTibbs-yy8kq6 жыл бұрын
Seth always manages to point out the most unimaginable aspects of all of my favorite showtunes, forcing me to go back and listen to them in a whole new light, all while making me laugh my butt off!! My eyes are watering, this was so hilarious 😂😂 I’ll never listen to this song the same way again, and I’m so grateful for it. This was so amazing! Thanks, Seth!
@haydenanderson88044 жыл бұрын
***hand to the hip*** “why am I nicknaming seven?”
@larissabrewington90654 жыл бұрын
THIS was unbelievably hilarious. I ENJOYED the HELL out of every SECOND!!
@katiehough24996 жыл бұрын
I personally welcome the tough notes in a song being a little low rather than excessively high as seems to be the current trend in a world with less and less time for altos and baritones (not to mention basses).
@soaribb325 жыл бұрын
True
@ea61025 жыл бұрын
Right! Altos need more love!
@mycatisabastard23613 жыл бұрын
As an alto, I feel this deeply. Ugh.
@nalabees4 жыл бұрын
how is this only shy of 34k views when I've watched it 100 thousand times myself. come on people get with the program.
@ladyshkspre4 жыл бұрын
I don’t always understand some of the references and terminology but I am always thoroughly entertained by these deconstruction videos. This man is a musical genius!
@Chishannicon5 жыл бұрын
Pleeeeeaaaase do more Evita deconstructions. The two you have already done are so good.
@josiedivincenzo7925 жыл бұрын
"Why am I nicknaming 'seven'?" LOL Love you Seth!!!! Another GREAT deconstruction! Also, your sense of humor (violin's faces and yours during A Chorus Line etc). mixed with the breakdown of the musicality is nothing short of brilliant.
@eycee146 жыл бұрын
The Ethel Merman comparison.. I died laughing! 😂😂😂
@jlisandross4 жыл бұрын
I was kind of disappointed he didn’t mimic Patti hitting that note while smoking. 😂
@joselgarlitos2365 жыл бұрын
Obsessed with Evita too. Obsessing with Seth’s videos now
@DivoGo4 жыл бұрын
When I started to learn how to sing when I was a kid, I would sing the ÉVITA (Lapone) soundtrack from beginning to end because I thought the vocals (all roles) were awesome. The singing felt “clean” to me. To find this post and have it deconstructed just points out how brilliant everyone involved in this production is! Must say saw a touring production of ÉVITA a couple of years ago. One word: sad. Love you Seth!!! You rock! Wish you were my music teacher when I was growing up!❤️⭐️❤️⭐️❤️⭐️❤️
@eduardopardogarreton93735 жыл бұрын
Please rainbow high! Regards from Chile
@anniedancer12344 жыл бұрын
Eduardo Pardo Garretón he already did rainbow high on his channel. Elaine Paige 👍
@VintageGirlMemories5 жыл бұрын
Newest drinking game.. take a shot every time Seth says “obsessed”
@verahalyn47566 жыл бұрын
andrew lloyd webbers muicals are REALLY complex and thats what makes it unique. If you look at "New Argentina" the notes are really high e5-g5, and the notes on "Rainbow High" are high and not many people can hit those high notes. And i think this is what makes andrews musicals stand out from other musicals.
@henryatdidk5 жыл бұрын
he didn't mean they're complex because some of the notes are high...
@DiegoEJorge Жыл бұрын
Mmm i m a baritone and i can sing rainbow high 🤷🏻♂️ so I don’t know how much HIGH can be
@Madmen60411 ай бұрын
And why we remember the singers...
@thomassutherland70326 жыл бұрын
Obsessed with the Italian pronunciation of "face."
@ernlwjr23 жыл бұрын
YOU are Ah-mah-zing!!! A national theatrical treasure!!!
@ejones15715 жыл бұрын
"why am I nicknaming seven?"
@angelgolds6 жыл бұрын
Love these newer deconstructions, Seth :)
@anniemacgregor35434 жыл бұрын
I was in this show in high school and I am STILL OBSESSED with it!!! You're so right though, the score is so insane! We started learning it in June and presented it the following April and KILLED IT.
@lavidalita6 жыл бұрын
I can't believe this video has only 700 views. I enjoy what you do so much. Greetings from actual Buenos Aires.
@kewlbean6 жыл бұрын
Somehow I missed this when it came out. Buenos Aires is my fave show tune. Great video, thanks so much.
@trailblazehaze6 жыл бұрын
LOL, the clapping! I died ^;_;^
@OhWattFun20204 жыл бұрын
I stumbled onto this during our national quarantine. Seth, you made my life worth living! 🥰 Thank you for your entertaining and brilliant analysis. 💙
@honeyjbc15 жыл бұрын
I also loved the original recording with Julie Covington. The band was raw and so exciting. Seth, you are a genius and outstanding in what you do for us. Thank you.
@briansieve5 жыл бұрын
Seth! Love you. Those cords in the break sounds like a tribute to Bernstein from West Side Story IMHO
@waterlily25836 жыл бұрын
I am not musically inclined (despite having many family members who are!) yet I understood every word that you said. Loved this.
@ellenorchid014 жыл бұрын
I love you, Seth and how passionate you are about the details. If I had to be on a desert island with someone, it would be you - and a piano!!!
@ascotberks20185 жыл бұрын
Seth, you are amazing. If I ever live in NY I would want to take classes from you-only to have a better understanding of music. Thank you so much for the education.
@JaJaM.C.3 жыл бұрын
Seth, I just want to thank you for not only the amazing gifts of your insight and comedic commentary, but honestly you are such a brilliant teacher and musician as well. Thank you for this video... Thank you.
@spicedclay3 жыл бұрын
Seth!!! This is amazing!
@mothcub5 жыл бұрын
This is my FAVOURITE thing omg
@d43imoet4 жыл бұрын
I’m ashamed that I’ve only been familiar with the movie version of this song (I was obsessed with the movie when it came out and that soundtrack was my only reference to the musical). But wow the stage version is so rich and complex and just wow. The movie version is kinda toned down for this song, especially with Madonna in the vocals. I definitely need to listen to the stage version album. Thanks Seth for yet another great deconstruction video! Am obsessed with your channel too 😁
@kazza60783 жыл бұрын
Three years later Seth is still fighting for the full orchestra, thanks seth
@terryt77883 жыл бұрын
You are brilliant, and I am howling throughput this! (nickname sev, clapping? your face playing the violin…) I am obsessed.
@joseluisbringas86446 жыл бұрын
ARGENTINA Simplemente TE AMO.
@conductenor4 жыл бұрын
This is great! The first time I MDed this show I just memorized the score. I basically never looked at it. Lol
@marvelboy745 жыл бұрын
I love your shirt!
@haydenanderson88045 жыл бұрын
I ADORE him!!!
@oliviaperez79795 жыл бұрын
hands down the best song from this album alone because of the orchestrations
@manueldasilvapessanha94082 жыл бұрын
Sir, you are amaizing.
@atrocchia Жыл бұрын
Before Broadway Evita, I was in love with Boris Midney's Disco Evita album.
@jenkosegi77195 жыл бұрын
EVITA DORKS UNITE!!!
@carlosalejandroalvarenga49134 жыл бұрын
I'm a sucker for hearing pianos in orchestras arrangements. When it's exposed or when it slips out occasionally.
@helenpalmer7574 жыл бұрын
You are hysterical-the clapping...haha
@TomBacchus4 жыл бұрын
Love Seth!
@MondoR17475 жыл бұрын
No one explains the genius of Patti LuPone’s singing better than Seth
@kevdebable3 жыл бұрын
Full orchestras, hell yeah!!
@MisterMel926 жыл бұрын
He is hilarious!
@ascotberks20185 жыл бұрын
Seth, please consider deconstructing City of Angles.
@healthyholemealbread6 жыл бұрын
someone watching this must know of a way to somehow share it with Tim Rice, how cool would that be if he responded!
@sessa971013 жыл бұрын
Just a little torture starts with a T 😂😂😂
@giovannirastrelli98213 жыл бұрын
You should also deconstruct the version from the 1980 Spanish album, it sounds even more different there.
@hannahlynn80286 жыл бұрын
I think Patti's sounds harder because "and" is a weird word to hit any kind of note on vs "you" For me, O and U vowels don't feel as hard as "and" or E vowels. the "you" at the end of Everything's Coming Up Roses seems more managable, I guess?
@livelaughlove02095 жыл бұрын
The clapping KILLED me
@czahnie6 жыл бұрын
Please deconstruct Julie Covington s Evita
@AngryGayPope2 жыл бұрын
I am an evitaholic I freely admit that! The complex musical harmonies just provide a bed for the complex lyrical issues about love, one night stands, politics and more. EVITA the woman was criticized for Hollywood-izing politics. Now, we ask, how could it be any other way?
@rachelsingleton20235 жыл бұрын
16.42 onwards sounds like part of what he wrote in CATS....the cacophony
@benjaminwambeke94586 жыл бұрын
Anyone know the video he's talking about near the end I can't figure it out for the life of me
@benjaminsagan58616 жыл бұрын
kzbin.info/www/bejne/eGSYqohmhc6piac
@barbaraarmy39746 жыл бұрын
I hear a JCSS similarity in part?
@gavinconnelll67574 жыл бұрын
This gave me a newfound respect for Andrew Lloyd Webber. Brava!
@barbaraarmy39746 жыл бұрын
Note to Stephen Sondheim who talks about someone In acceptance speeches (sorry I can’t remember name) of someone who can play all songs and knows every note ever written in musical theatre on piano (and lyrics too) and is tireless. Excuse me I thought that was Seth Rudetsky
@benjaminsagan58615 жыл бұрын
The rehearsal pianist Stephen Sondheim has recently, repeatedly, thanked is Paul Ford. [This is apart from his literally-every-show-win thanks to orchestrator Jonathan Tunick and his opening night conductor (Harold Hastings for the first three winning scores, but then Paul Gemignani, who -- as a side note -- started his theatre career as a percussionist in the Follies orchestra, before graduating to the role of preeminent Broadway MD.)] A master-cut of all of Sondheim's Tony wins: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rZm7fpxrhdaZac0 An example of Paul Ford being amazing (and, not for nothing, also of Stephen Sondheim proving his genius ten-fold as he rewrites circles around Ira Gershwin): kzbin.info/www/bejne/sIOlXnuGbteDfbM That last link is also the best argument I know for giving two Tonys to Lauren Bacall for musicals. She may not have had the finest voice, but boy did she know how to deliver a song!
@keyboards1016 жыл бұрын
I think some of the clapping uses part of a rumba clavé pattern
@Madmen60411 ай бұрын
Claps sound like dancing on the street? Spanish dancing ?
@loferx3 жыл бұрын
Just a little torture starts with a T will be in my head for eons now
@giovannirastrelli98214 жыл бұрын
No mention of Elaine Paige’s “transitional” version on the OLC album?
@matthewtzivakis95673 жыл бұрын
yeah, strange. Sure Patti does Evita brilliantly, but Seth is sorta acting like she wrote it and all the 'amazing parts' are her decisions. The jump from the low E to the high C is literally in the score, so not sure why he's so obsessed with Patti doing it, when Julie Covington and Elaine Paige had already done it before
@giovannirastrelli98213 жыл бұрын
Matthew Tzivakis The only thing Patti “pioneered” in the score is that she sang it in a faster tempo.
@matthewtzivakis95673 жыл бұрын
@@giovannirastrelli9821 ahaha true. Which she shouldn’t have done! There are videos of her and the comments are all ‘she doesn’t follow the orchestra, the orchestra follows HER! What a queen’. Umm, that’s a sign of being unprofessional! Conductor is in charge of tempos, not cast. Of course she’s good, and she really brings out the presence of Eva Peron, but she’s not the best. Also her slides are terrible... particularly sliding from ‘bow’ to ‘high’. It’s not particularly obvious in the cast recording, but the live performances are tragic
@giovannirastrelli98213 жыл бұрын
@Matthew Tzivakis, all good points, but I also meant she was the first to sing the faster version of the score. I have a full audio of an early performance of the original London production with Elaine Paige and David Essex, and I can’t even begin telling you how SLOW the tempo is, it’s unbearable in places.
@matthewtzivakis95673 жыл бұрын
@@giovannirastrelli9821 ah, righto. Tempos were slow on the original concept album as well. A new Argentina is woeful!! That is one song that sounds so much better when it’s faster. A full audio of the London production? Can you please share it with me! I only have the London cast album, which leaves out most of the show. I’d do anything to hear the full thing!
@MissAmynae4 жыл бұрын
lol, the violins have to be the altos for once. there's a celebration when things go up a half-step.
@lafollies2 жыл бұрын
? is there anyone better than Seth A- No , no there is no one better
@zackelliott47223 жыл бұрын
Do you understand the claps?
@flavio71743 жыл бұрын
I think the piano part was borrowed from "Aquarela do Brasil". Here kzbin.info/www/bejne/bnLdoX6iqNl1r6s
@TimWil4 жыл бұрын
Seth, I don’t get why you never bring up the issue of the dance bridge-on the concept album the first 11 notes sound like a plagiarized version of the Beatles’ “All My Lovin’”! With each successive version it became more and more obscured, perhaps to avoid litigation?
@Palpatine4Senate4 жыл бұрын
16:20 "Listen to these chords! *plays chords* what the hell??"
@brianeduardo12346 жыл бұрын
Does Ms Lu Pone not always belt? - her diction is very poor in the fast phrases, can't hear the words at all - love these videos.. so interesting... Tim Rice is a great lyricist
@goodhotfreshfly5 жыл бұрын
Lmao 9:18
@AdamSank3 жыл бұрын
Can't stop laughing at the bored violin player.
@markmywords28402 жыл бұрын
Patti Lupone unquestionably has volume and a very hi belt. She also has some of the worst musical instincts on the planet. Whenever I watch her crucify a song, I'm half expecting Jan Hooks and Nora Dunn to join her for a Sweeney Sisters trio
@jacquelineedwards41404 жыл бұрын
More I'll informed pretentious claptrap.
@TexasEli4 жыл бұрын
Ugh. Play a Sousa march on French Horn and talk about poor violins not having a melody.
@fundifferent15 жыл бұрын
Sorry, but I secretly like Madonna's version better. Don't @ me.