haines his way

12/06/2002:
"HUMMING/SINGING THE GLORY OF LOVE"

Well, dear readers, it is Friday, another end of the work-week and I have just been told that I will be continuing on at least through the end of next week. So, I suppose that is a good thing, money-wise. As of the 13th of December, I shall be back writing full time, writing like a house afire (no mean feat), writing until the cows come home. Isn’t that exciting? Isn’t that just too too?
I was at work until eight last night and I must be back shortly, so again I apologize for having to cut these here notes short. Have you ever awakened and had a song in your head that you then continued to hum and/or sing all the live-long day because you are unable to extricate said song from said head? That is what happened to me this fine morning, and I have been humming/singing ever since – “You’ve got to give a little, take a little, and let your poor heart break a little, that’s the story of, that’s the glory of love.” What a wonderful song that is and I do think I may just have to have my close personal friend Guy Haines record it some fine day. The first time I ever heard that song was when I saw the motion picture entitled Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner, and it was love at first hear. “As long as there’s the two of us, we’ve got the world and all its charms. And when the world is through with us, we’ve got each other’s arms”. Yes, I shall be humming/singing The Glory of Love all the livelong day. Feel free to join me in a chorus or two should you be so inclined.
Don’t forget, we have a big weekend coming up here at haineshisway.com. First off, at some point today or early tomorrow we have the Max Preeo Unseemly Interview going up. Tomorrow I answer all your excellent questions and we have an Unseemly Triva contest, and then Sunday we have a big bash here at haineshisway.com. Monday, of course, is our Unseemly Live Chat. So, this is the place to be, there is no other place to be and you will simply not be if you are not here. After all, we are the ginchiest.
Well, why don’t we all click on the Unseemly Button below because I must cut these here notes short and vamoose or, at the very least, vamaardvark.

Have I mentioned that I have been humming/singing The Glory of Love constantly? Have I mentioned that I must cut these here notes short? Have I mentioned that we’re having a big bash here on Sunday?
Well, dear readers, I must take the day, I must do the things I do and I must work all the livelong day because we must send the epic piece that I’ve been working on for three weeks to the network for their mental delectation. There is quite a bit left to do in quite a short amount of time, so it will be a pressure-filled day filled with pressure. However, you won’t know it by me, because I’ll be humming/singing The Glory of Love and driving everyone crazy, I’m sure. Today’s topic of discussion: It’s Friday – the day in which you get to tell everyone what is in your CD player and what is in your DVD or video player. I’ll start – CD player: A new Naxos album of Jerome Moross music which is so ineptly recorded I can’t even enjoy it. Also, a double CD of marvelous Malcolm Arnold music, which I am enjoying (CD 1 opens with his A Grand, Grand Overture, a not-that-well-known piece that is really fantastic – an overture for orchestra and vacuum cleaner solo. In my DVD
player are the various and sundried PAL Region 2 DVDs that I am now checking out on the big screen. Your turn. Now, post often so I have something to read today, because I shall need it in the midst of the pressure and the humming/singing of The Glory of Love.

Replies: 50 Unseemly Comments

(dum...dum dum dum...dummmmmm) <-- ominous music. Next Friday, is FRIDAY THE 13th!!!
More later
Posted by Craig @ 12/06/2002 07:20 AM PST

In the CD player: Cy Coleman's It Started with a Dream. He is sooooo good. Also Bernadette Peters' Loves Rodgers and Hammerstein which I found rather disappointing.
In the DVD: Just finished Mysterious Island, one of my favorite films when I was a kid and full of keen special features. Next up: Star Wars, Episode II and all the extras!
Posted by Philip Crosby @ 12/06/2002 07:26 AM PST

Great song to be stuck with today, Mr. BK. I also first heard it in the 'Dinner' movie. Another week of work...and who says there are no guarantees?
In my CD player (since Tom's posts yesterday encouraged me) the Ultimate Annette Collection (not the CD set). This contains Annette's song 'The Perfect Boy' reminding us that the perfect doesn't have to be Hercules OR Euripides...but only true and faithful.
Also Miss Teresa Brewer and the two songs that I am stuck with today....Mutual Admiration Society (from Happy Hunting of course) and Milord. Neither of which she sings on her Carnegie Hall CD...which is a lot of fun if you have never heard it. And come to think of it, is a lot of fun even if you HAVE heard it.
I have been taken this week with the SCIFI channel miniseries TAKEN, but in my DVD player is MOHAWK directed by Mr Kurt Neumann with music by Mr Kurt Neumann, JR. "Mohawk.........you are my Destiny........Mohawk" featuring Grace Kelly's bridesmaid Miss Rita Gam and MISS ALLISON HAYES as Greta and Scott Brady with his shirt off.
Posted by Jrand55 @ 12/06/2002 07:43 AM PST

Teresa Brewer - love her madly. But my favorite TB song is not one of her hits, I think it was the "B" side of How to Be Very Very Popular (I have the 45 somewhere) - Bell Bottom Blues - "I've got the bell bottom blues 'cause my sweetie is a sailor"
Posted by bk @ 12/06/2002 07:52 AM PST

Yup...cute song....I think it may have been written by her hubby. I only have that song on a Coral Stereo LP...Chain of Friendship...which also includes the hula hoop song. 8-D
I haven't been able to find my favorite Teresa song on CD...."Gonna Get Along Without You Now"...someday.
AND you always tell that you can have one more drink if you can say "Teresa Brewer....Teresa Brewer....Teresa Brewer...." without slurring the words! Really!
Posted by Jrand55 @ 12/06/2002 08:02 AM PST

Only 2 days until BK's birthday. The anticipation is mounting.
Posted by The count @ 12/06/2002 08:15 AM PST

In my CD player here at work:
My next-office neighbor burned me a CD of Norah Jones' "Come Away with Me" and some of Josh Groban's songs. I quite like Ms. Jones, and if you want to check her out, she has many complete songs (not sound bites) downloadable on her web site, with the obvious URL. I particularly like her rendition of "The Tennessee Waltz".
Ms. Jones will also be co-host of "Saturday Night Live" with Robert DiNiro tomorrow night.
In my DVD player is The Stephen King Movie That Dare Not Speak Its Name, which I have yet to FF through (I've seen it before and didn't particularly care for it) to find Donna Lynne Champlin's uncredited scene as the Babysitter.
I would also like to suggest that perhaps Sunday will give us a new Radio Show, Donald, perhaps with Birthday Songs from musicals? How many can everybody name?
Posted by William F. Orr @ 12/06/2002 09:17 AM PST

Now you've done it! And what version of "Glory of Love" is going through my head?
Mayim Bialik segueing into Bette Midler from "Beaches".
Speaking of that toothy twosome...anyone ever noticed in "The Lord of the Rings" first movie...at Bilbo's birthday party (his eleventy-first)...when the dragon firework is zooming over the fleeing hobbits, there is a face shot on a group looking up, and over on the mid-right of the screen is a young woman who looks frighteningly/disturbingly like both Ms. Bialik and Ms. Midler? Sort of like Bette looked in "Hawaii"!
In my DVD player, the DVD audio disc to "A.I."
New to my CD player, The Mamas and the Papas (forget the name of the CD) and "The Racers", the original soundtrack by Alex North.
Posted by Ron Pulliam @ 12/06/2002 09:25 AM PST

The Racers...ahhhhhh....the lovely Miss Bella Darvi.
And the TB album with 'Bell Bottom Blues' is called Heavenly Lover NOT Chain of Friendship - a song on the album... Is my face red? You can imagine my embarrassment. Norah Jones...nice website. Thanks for the info, Mr William F Orr NOT from Warner Bros but friend to Harlan Ellison.
Posted by Jrand55 @ 12/06/2002 09:30 AM PST

Jrand55:
After checking out Scott Brady on the imdb, glad to see him with his shirt off--mercifully not in Gremlins, though. Is that the same Scott Brady who played Mack the Knife OB (Off-Broadway) and the villian in Destry! OB (On-Broadway)? Anyone know?
Posted by William F. Orr @ 12/06/2002 09:48 AM PST

FYI (that's for your information in Internet lingo and also the show Murphy Brown worked for) "The Glory of Love" has been around a lot longer than "Guess Who's Coming To Dinner". I first heard it on an album in the mid-50s sung by The Crew Cuts, the Canadian quartet that was most famous for the white cover version of "Sh Boom".
Posted by William E. Lurie @ 12/06/2002 10:08 AM PST

Yes William F Orr it is the SAME the very same Scott Brady who was in DESTRY and also starred on television as Shotgun Slade, a western with a jazzy Peter Gunn-inspired score.
Posted by Jrand55 @ 12/06/2002 10:37 AM PST

Car CD player: Why, I believe Guy Haines is still in there.
House CD player: Scarlet Pimpernel, Dear Reader Sandra's second favorite show, after Forever Plaid, of course.
VCR: Um, still dunno. Haven't used it.
DVD player: Don't own one.
Posted by Laura @ 12/06/2002 12:16 PM PST

Hi all!
Sorry been gone for a few days- business trip to NOLA (and a job interview while I was there).
BK - as I am catching up, have you been RIF'd (ie, reduction in force) too?? After 11+ years on the job, I wrap it up next Friday also. Some holiday gift!
And while I'm at it - a Happy and Healthy 8th night of Hanukkah to one and all (cheese is OK, but sorry, no ham chunks on this one!)
Posted by Phil @ 12/06/2002 12:27 PM PST

But if you have cheese, don't have any meat.
Posted by William E. Lurie @ 12/06/2002 01:10 PM PST

In addition to all the
aforementioned excitement
this weekend has in store at
this here site, tomorrow is
also notes #400. Of course,
we all know that it's not really
the 400th edition of the notes
due to various and sundried
numerical glitches in the past
(I'm sure Craig can tell us
when the real #400 shall be),
but they shall be the notes
numbered #400 nonetheless!
CD: Manhattan Transfer -
Swing, after listening to
She Loves Me over and
over the past few days
DVD: Putting It Together
Posted by Jed @ 12/06/2002 01:36 PM PST

On the advice of Mr. Orr, I visited the website to listen to a bit of Norah Jones. Pleasant enough, I suppose, though she sounds to me like a young lady trying her best to do a Billie Holliday impression. Anyone else?
If anyone is interested in hearing some more streaming audio, how about checking out Jessica Molaskey's entire "Pentimento" album. SecurePlayer.com is featuring it, and there is a link to the player from Jessica's own website, with the obvious name...
Posted by Dave @ 12/06/2002 01:49 PM PST

Did you know that Teresa Brewer released some songs from Barnam? I like her early hits but also the mid 60's (I think),"Second Hand Rose" (not the Babs one) and "Ballad Of Lover's Hill".
I still have Brenda Lee in one Cd player and Michael Balls's "Christmas" in the other. Nothing in the DVD but "I Am Sam" could be next.
On the turntable - Brenda Lee with "Rusty Bells". Poor Brenda - what a condition to have at this time of the year.
"Bell Bottom Blues" - obviously a song for Sailor boy Ron. English singer Alma Cogan had a good version too.
Colin's very favourite group of all time is "The Mama's and Papa's". They are usually being played in the car if it is not the soundtrack for "The Mission". At least he is predictable. Favourite M & P song is "Dancing Bear".
Posted by Tom from OZ @ 12/06/2002 01:50 PM PST

DVD - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
CD - bc/efa's Cabaret Noel
Posted by Mark L. @ 12/06/2002 02:06 PM PST

Sailot Boy Ron !!
I like that; nice ring to it !
I just can hear mae West sing
a song by that title....
The Glory of Love sure is a
lovely song for a lovely film.....
My cd player is jiggy with the
sounds of Linda Eder's
Christmas album, courtesy of
Tom from Oz..........
Posted by François @ 12/06/2002 02:59 PM PST

Sorry; typo !!!
Sailor and not sailot: t is after r
on the keyboard............
Posted by François @ 12/06/2002 03:01 PM PST

In re: Ben Affleck as Sexiest Man of the Year.
I would vote for Patrick Stewart. I would vote for Ed Harris. I would even vote for Fred Ward. But shouldn't there be a rule: "A bald man is automatically disqualified for the award if he wears a rug."
Posted by William F. Orr @ 12/06/2002 03:02 PM PST

William..... you're just orrible !
:-)
Posted by François @ 12/06/2002 03:24 PM PST

François:
You're just darn lucky there's no groaning allowed here at haineshisway.com.
Posted by William F. Orr @ 12/06/2002 03:47 PM PST

"Oh, boy, I'm lucky !
Oh, say, I'm lucky !
This is my lucky day !"
Posted by François @ 12/06/2002 04:14 PM PST

Does this mean that you are no longer disenchanted Francois?
I thought that you may be having a dog's day being so lucky lucky luckie. Maybe a "three dog night" if it is cold in Paris.I think that is an Australian saying that an American pop group used for its name. But also think that Jeramiah was a bull frog so what do I know?
Ron the matelot. Ron the "tar". Just thought of the of the sailor boy lines from Sweeney Todd but this is not the place to discuss starboard and port. I must now go back to the wonders of Miss Brenda Lee for another 60 minutes or so. At least I can enjoy the sixties whilst I am nearly in mine. That is of course not for three years but it seemed like a good line. BK's birthday is rapidly approaching and then mine.
And not a negative Linda Eder comment yet!
Posted by Tom Guest (from OZ) @ 12/06/2002 04:31 PM PST

"Matelot !": oh, a Noël Coward
reference !
No, I'm enchanted by the
charming chansons of Noël
chanted by enchanting Linda--
pretty, in Spanish -- Duck.....
Duck ???? She sur doesn't
quack like Donald.
Linda Eder. Yes, no banning,
no bashing yet.
Tom, you're a golden boy ! Oh,
a Strouse reference......
Posted by François @ 12/06/2002 05:17 PM PST

I'm happy to inform you that Mr. Max Preeo's Unseemly Interview is now up and running and you simply must read it as it is simply too too. After you've read it come back and post your thoughts for there aren't nearly enough unseemly posts.
Posted by bk @ 12/06/2002 05:55 PM PST

Wow, the FIRST time I heard "The Glory of Love" was also at the end of "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?"
I just read Max Preeo's magnificent, personable Unseemly Interview! What a guy! (not Haines, MAX!)
In the cd player:
SMILE - obc
BLOOD BROTHERS - New Zealand Cast
Stage 3 - True Colors
JACQUES BREL - film soundtrack
KING DAVID - Menken & Rice
Guy Haines - Haines His Way
nancy LaMott - Just in Time for Christmas
Michael Ball - Christmas
Michael Ball - Stage & Screen
THE LITTLE PRINCE - original soundtrack
RAINTREE COUNTY - original soundtrack
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD - original soundtrack
HAWAII - original soundtrack
DVD PLAYER:
MEN IN BLACK II
STAR WARS: ATTACK OF THE CLONES
MICHAEL BALL LIVE AT THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL
LILO AND STITCH
VCR:
ZERO PATIENCE
Posted by td @ 12/06/2002 05:56 PM PST

Isn't Linda Eder the world's only female Barbra Striesand Impersonator?
Posted by William E. Lurie @ 12/06/2002 05:57 PM PST

I'm too, but ONLY in private !
You type too fast, William L.
It's Streisand... ans i think
she's the one who sounds a
lot like Eder.
Eder is wrong tho when it
comes to the nose !!!!
Posted by François @ 12/06/2002 06:19 PM PST

Look who's talking ?!! I type too
fast too.....
Now I'm gone to read the
interview......
Posted by François @ 12/06/2002 06:21 PM PST

It's I before E except when sounded like C...
Posted by William E. Lurie @ 12/06/2002 06:21 PM PST

I knew we would get there Francois. I find it is quite possible to enjoy Linda and Barbra. Linda reminds me of Streisand - of Streisand when she too was young. There is room enough for two. (or is that an obscure Rolf Harris reference).
Glad you "got" the Noel reference. Well it is nearly that season. Check your email Francois.
Posted by Tom Guest (from OZ) @ 12/06/2002 06:27 PM PST

No! It's Celine Dion who's the Streisand impersonator.
Eder is the new Lainie Kazan!
Posted by Oy! Veh! @ 12/06/2002 06:48 PM PST

Celine will never have the
fullness of voice Streisand
has.
Celine yells, the way Streisand
did at the beginning.......
This is my humble opinion, of
course.
Mr Preeo is quite a gentleman,
and i'm sorry to admit I've
never read or seen Show
Music...
I have a few Overtures
issues...
Posted by François @ 12/06/2002 07:14 PM PST

In the car , I am listening to a cassette of various Christmas songs. A number of them are from "A Broadway Christmas" with a little Rosemary Clooney, Charlie Brown and Jolly Dmeis thrown in.
In the VCR, a tape of the first tow episodes of "Taken" which I taped but have not seen. I have forgotten to tape the subsequent days.
In the CD player in the car- the Linclon Center revival of "Annie Get Your Gun" with Merman and Bruce Yarnell. It's terrific. I have this somewhere on reel-to-reel but haven't heard it in years. Dear Reader Laura was kind enough to lend me the CD. I'd forgotten just how good it was.
Posted by Kerry @ 12/06/2002 08:52 PM PST

And although it was also a hit in the 50's, "Glory of Love" was written in 1936.
Posted by Kerry @ 12/06/2002 08:52 PM PST

William F Orr, you mention the Stephen King movie with Donna Lynne Champlin, starring as a babysitter in an uncredited film. I read that the film is The Dark Half. I have wanted to see the film for quite awhile because I like Stephen King's movies (I find his books too lenghtly but like his stories and the movie adaptaions except for Graveyard Shift so far) and I also really like director George A Romero, so I'm curious why you didn't like the film. Can you describe why?
Posted by Brandon @ 12/06/2002 08:54 PM PST

Mr Orr; Ben is deeply affleckted
by your remarks about him...
William, is that you groanning?
Posted by François @ 12/06/2002 09:06 PM PST

I have just read and enjoyed the Max Preeo interview. What a well-balanced view of the musical theatre world he presents. I have so looked forward to my quarterly magazines over the past decade and hope that Show Music shall soon return. I now rely on "word of mouth" and HHW for new releases of CDs from the world of musical theatre.
I have long been a fan of Udell & Geld - their pop songs are IMHO gems of the genre. I did not know that "Angel" had ever made it to record. This site is so educational. Thanks BK. Great interview. Thanks Craig.
Posted by Tom Guest (from OZ) @ 12/06/2002 09:13 PM PST

How can Ben be nominated when Kevin Spacey is alive and well?
Kerry. At least some of us remember the Benny Goodman song from our radio days. Not that we were born in 1936 of course.
Must agree with Brandon. King's books could be edited by a half. Some of the films - IMHO the ones with only a hint of the supernatural - have been entertaining.
Posted by Tom from OZ @ 12/06/2002 09:22 PM PST

Tom,
Ben has not been nominated,
he's been DECLARED.
Posted by François @ 12/06/2002 09:58 PM PST

Good Grief! Hugh Jackman where are you?
Posted by Tom from OZ @ 12/06/2002 10:45 PM PST

Tom,
You're too prejudiced.
The sexiest man alive is
Jacques Chirac !!!!
Posted by François @ 12/06/2002 10:48 PM PST

Another Good Grief. Forget the Prince Charming. Start kissing Frogs. Oh Yeah. I forgot. I meant the fairy tale kind. Not the Chirac kind. At least I didn't say Mel Gibson or Russell Crowe. (But neither of them is really an Australian).
Posted by Tom from OZ @ 12/06/2002 10:52 PM PST

Well, not wanting to be errant and truant, or truant and errant...
We had first preview tonight. Went very well, and the audience was great. We have about 25 hours of day rehearsals before we open next weekend - and I think we officially open on Friday, the 13th - and that should give us enough time to get things tightened up. It's running very well now, but some more runs with an audience will undoubtedly help. *And we had some nice ad libs tonight during "Wash Than Man..." - I'll explain later.
As for the VCR/CD/DVD question this week, same answer as last week... Hopefully, I'll have some time to listen to some other music on Monday other than SOUTH PACIFIC - but I am having a great time with it. *And I brought in the music to "Songs For A New World" tonight to play between the rehearsal and the show - just wanted to give my fingers something new to play today. Felt good. And helped me with my performance.
Well, I'm off to slumberland. Hope to check in tomorrow before the evening show.
Posted by Jose C. Simbulan @ 12/06/2002 11:15 PM PST

RE the discussion about Streisand sound-alikes above - has anyone heard her (half) sister, Roslyn Kind's album "Come Whay May"? She sounds exactly like her. And who said Celine Dion was like Streisand? - sacrilege, sacrilege I tell you!!
In the car CD, spookily enough, BK, I also have the Naxos Jerome Morass CD. I've only listened to about 15 minutes, but so far I'm not impressed. Also the new Naxos 'West Side Story' - not worth buying really, but WAY better than the Te Kanawa/Carreras version, Audra McDonald's 'Happy Songs', Art Garfunkel's 'Everything Waits To Be Noticed', 'The Musicality of Lerner & Loewe'.
In the DVD player - Magnolia - weird!
Posted by Allan @ 12/07/2002 01:13 AM PST

That should, of course, have been Jerome Moross...
Posted by Allan @ 12/07/2002 01:37 AM PST

François:
In a nutshell, I found said Stephen King movie repetititve and predictable. Watched it twice on cable, and twice was pretty much enough. It also seemed to have a lot of recycled material from his earlier works.
Not a terrible movie, but not one of his best.
Posted by William F. Orr @ 12/07/2002 08:45 AM PST

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