Aww. John's part is sweet. Not that much so in context, but on its own, it's sweet. Fromme's part just seems subtly and self-destructively crazy, which is nice, though less sweet.
Part of the genius of Sondheim is how he's able to make the most unlikely characters human. I mean, the two people singing this song are psychotic, but they're still human beings, and to them they've never felt more passionate about anything in their lives. This creates what is actually a rather beautiful (if undeniably messed-up) sort of love song.
This song always reminds me of how so many people interpret "Every Breath You Take" as romantic. Our society has some pretty sick ideas about how men and women are supposed to express love.
@HaraldJoe69 I guess I couldn't really put a figure on it. Part of it is he's a tenor playing a baritone role (sour grapes, honestly), and he sounds kinda not completely there on the low notes. It also annoys me how they completely axe the awesome harmony near the end, instead both just singing the melody.
My favorite rendition's always been the Barrowman/Henshall one on "Putting it Together."
@pannicatack Really? I think Alex sounds great. I don't think his low notes sound flimsy at all. Getting rid of the harmony isn't really his fault, it's probably a poor decision on the part of the music director.
I have the same feeling you have about this rendition about the Barrowman version. I think his is emotionless, and his voice always sounds a bit like Kermit the frog to me. He just really doesn't do it for me...
@pannicatack I hate being a tenor that has to do so. I would have been made to sing this song for an audition (I am a tenor, like REALLY a tenor), but luckily we can use any 32 bars from any song.
@asmileisspecial This is a very unique score because each song is written in the style of the Assassin who's singing it. That's why this is in the style of a cheesy 80s pop ballad, while Charles Guiteau's song is full of late late 19th Century American folk idioms and "How I Saved Roosevelt" is very literally John Philip Sousa. It's a neat concept, though some feel like it makes for a score that lacks continuity. I disagree, and think Weidman's book is among the best in Sondheim canon, too.
Hinckley is perfect, creepy and pathetic as heck. But the woman playing Fromme...just, someone upload the original off-Broadway recording, because this actress sounds like she's trying her hardest to deny there's anything creepy about the song. You're obsessed, sound obsessed, this is sweet and there's no hint of malice or even crazy.
The original Fromme is stunning, using a character voice and dipping into beautiful and terrifying places. This girl can't touch her.
@artofpoetry I don't think that's so bad. (And I agree.) I mean, Sondheim clearly wrote this to be reminiscent of a pop/folk/rock song - something familiar, given the context.
Definitely the creepiest song ever made.
gasolinedreamer 1 week ago
Aww. John's part is sweet. Not that much so in context, but on its own, it's sweet. Fromme's part just seems subtly and self-destructively crazy, which is nice, though less sweet.
Thnikkafan 2 months ago
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peaceloveanime286 3 months ago
Having a love song to Charlie Manson stuck in your head? Creepy... Brilliant. All. Day.
Its4Olive 4 months ago
Part of the genius of Sondheim is how he's able to make the most unlikely characters human. I mean, the two people singing this song are psychotic, but they're still human beings, and to them they've never felt more passionate about anything in their lives. This creates what is actually a rather beautiful (if undeniably messed-up) sort of love song.
GiantPetRat 5 months ago 2
is it bad that this fromme expresses me in a way? yeah? okay. i'll go away, now.
sbarkl2 5 months ago
This song always reminds me of how so many people interpret "Every Breath You Take" as romantic. Our society has some pretty sick ideas about how men and women are supposed to express love.
anemone9 5 months ago
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Jbarker98 6 months ago 2
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Jbarker98 6 months ago 2
assassins is so incredible.
ProblemStick 7 months ago
This is such a sweet song... then you remember who the singers are and it takes on a very creepy tone. Sondhiem, you are amazing.
EHH246 10 months ago 4
Am I the only one who can't stand Alex Gemignani in this?
pannicatack 11 months ago
@pannicatack Why don't you like him?
HaraldJoe69 8 months ago
@HaraldJoe69 I guess I couldn't really put a figure on it. Part of it is he's a tenor playing a baritone role (sour grapes, honestly), and he sounds kinda not completely there on the low notes. It also annoys me how they completely axe the awesome harmony near the end, instead both just singing the melody.
My favorite rendition's always been the Barrowman/Henshall one on "Putting it Together."
pannicatack 8 months ago
@pannicatack Really? I think Alex sounds great. I don't think his low notes sound flimsy at all. Getting rid of the harmony isn't really his fault, it's probably a poor decision on the part of the music director.
I have the same feeling you have about this rendition about the Barrowman version. I think his is emotionless, and his voice always sounds a bit like Kermit the frog to me. He just really doesn't do it for me...
HaraldJoe69 8 months ago
@HaraldJoe69 Well, I dunno. I can't really pin down anything *wrong* with it, I just find it kinda... dull.
And again, I really just hate hearing tenors singing baritone parts. But that's not a very good reason.
pannicatack 8 months ago
@pannicatack I hate being a tenor that has to do so. I would have been made to sing this song for an audition (I am a tenor, like REALLY a tenor), but luckily we can use any 32 bars from any song.
corndawg2123 8 months ago
This song is like the least Sondheim-esque Sondheim song I've heard! :D
I need to see Assassins, I think!
asmileisspecial 1 year ago 2
@asmileisspecial This is a very unique score because each song is written in the style of the Assassin who's singing it. That's why this is in the style of a cheesy 80s pop ballad, while Charles Guiteau's song is full of late late 19th Century American folk idioms and "How I Saved Roosevelt" is very literally John Philip Sousa. It's a neat concept, though some feel like it makes for a score that lacks continuity. I disagree, and think Weidman's book is among the best in Sondheim canon, too.
pardothepianoman1987 6 months ago
to the 1 person who dislike this.... FUCK YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!
MarineForceAlpha 1 year ago 3
This song is so amazing. I'm in love with this song :)
broadwaylyfe17 1 year ago
im a freshman in high school and all of the freshmen in my performing arts major are doing a cabaret and get assigned duets or trios.
I AM SO GLAD I GO THIS SONG!
its my favorite out of all of them :)
emmiac12 1 year ago
Hinckley is perfect, creepy and pathetic as heck. But the woman playing Fromme...just, someone upload the original off-Broadway recording, because this actress sounds like she's trying her hardest to deny there's anything creepy about the song. You're obsessed, sound obsessed, this is sweet and there's no hint of malice or even crazy.
The original Fromme is stunning, using a character voice and dipping into beautiful and terrifying places. This girl can't touch her.
poetoffire 1 year ago 2
LOVE this song.
redsteelchair 1 year ago
i always feel horribly guilty that i find this song so catchy.
artofpoetry 1 year ago 43
@artofpoetry don't
kspuppet 1 year ago
@artofpoetry I don't think that's so bad. (And I agree.) I mean, Sondheim clearly wrote this to be reminiscent of a pop/folk/rock song - something familiar, given the context.
overthemoo 10 months ago
Great song but... can we change the title? It's not the OBC :( I have the revival cast on my itunes, I was hoping to hear the original.
wannabe1491 1 year ago
@wannabe1491 This is the original BROADWAY cast. The original recording was from the first production in 1991 which was Off-Broadway.
briandbl 1 year ago
@wannabe1491 this was the original OBC the other cast was the original off broadway cast
LukeWittz 1 year ago
The most effed-up love song of all time award goes: Unworthy of Your Love from Assassins, music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. Great song.
PeterBluth 1 year ago 5
I love this song so much. The melody is so pretty, Thank you! :)
broadwaylyfe17 1 year ago 2
my town showcase did this show last year and i got 2 see it because my brother was in it and my sis inlaws sis inlaw was Fromme.
teamSeth101 2 years ago
amazing. upload the rest of the album, please?
007agentmichaelscarn 2 years ago
I love this play, this song, this everything.
NikkiRockstar3 2 years ago 26