On A Clear Day You Can See Forever - "Come Back To Me" and "Finale" (Sung by John Cullum and Cast)
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Uploaded by MonessenBandMan on Aug 26, 2011
Since the revival is definitely on its way and bound to be disappointing, here is a gem from the original cast - John Cullum singing "Come Back To Me" in "On A Clear Day" as it should be. The bright and somewhat offbeat musical about a psychiatrist (played by Cullum) who falls in love with the past self of his patient Daisy Gamble (played by the remarkable Barbara Harris) as she falls in love with his current self opened in 1965 with music by Burton Lane and book/lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner. While the show was very poorly received, its score was praised and ran a respectable 280 performances. The only award the production received was a Theater World Award for Cullum.
A drastically revised film was released in 1970 starring Barbra Streisand and Yves Montand, attempting to fix some of the book problems that sunk the show originally. The aforementioned revival, again heavily revised (this time for the worst) will be opening in early December, with Daisy turned to David and Melinda (Daisy's past self) changed from 18th century aristocrat to 1940s Jazz singer. Perhaps it will work out in the end, but in case it doesn't, at least we have this!
For more of the original cast go here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyw-HEAUr40
From the original cast recording, originally released on RCA Victor and now under the jurisdiction of SME (Sony Music Enterprises)
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dude just saw the revival and it was great.Im not so crazy aboutthis version especially with that accent bleaaagghhh ruins the song. And Conick did a better job at this plus I think the plot changes of the revival made it ten times more interesting. I think the original plot is a little dated and boring to be honest :P but still great show and score
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Just saw the revival at the St. James Theater last night. It was very entertaining although Harry Connick, Jr. does not have to vocal chops to sing the big numbers the way John Collum did.
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Only half the score is intact. The 18th Century sounding stuff had to go because the "past" scenes are in the 1940s and so songs by the composing team originally written for the film ROYAL WEDDING and three songs written for the film version of CLEAR DAY have been used to fill out the score. The interpolations work well. This is a revival of CLEAR DAY the way CRAZY FOR YOU was a revival of GIRL CRAZY. It's all the same and it's all new at the same time.
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I love the lines about "getting lost in Korvettes and getting signed by the Mets!" I never knew that Alan Jay Lerner and Burton Lane were Mets fans..
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@MonessenBandMan Cullum and Harris are great. I do wish the producers were able to have secured their original choice for the male lead - Louis Jordan.
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@pudgeuncle but someone else is
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Just saw the Harry Connick Jr revival tonight. Quite magical and very entertaining! All you who have posted your premature disappointment should know that the original book needed help and it got it. The new version is a lot of fun and beautifully sung by exceptionally talented people.
1968born 3 months ago 2
@1968born Is the entire score at least intact?
MonessenBandMan 3 months ago
Why are people making so many assumptions about a show which has not even had one preview yet? ON A CLEAR DAY is hardly a great show, even a good one and was a flop originally but it has a great score, this time enhanced by the addition of some great Lerner songs like Too Late Now. I have tickets for the night before it opens. We'll see.
pudgeuncle 4 months ago
@pudgeuncle As I said, I hope the revival surpasses my rather low expectations, but until it does, I will continue to be satisfied with what remains of the original production. You are right, it's hardly a perfect work as a whole, but there were some amazingly talented people in the original cast (John Cullum and the brilliant Barbara Harris) and it has a wonderful score as captured by the original cast album (and several bootleg recordings)
MonessenBandMan 4 months ago