Beautiful - and romance is alive and well
As many of you know, we went to see "Beautiful" the Carole King musical last night.
I was expecting lots of good music - she has written such a wide variety of songs over the years - and I wasn't disappointed. The singer taking the part of Carole was absolutely brilliant with an amazing powerful voice. So many of the songs took me right back in time. It's a bit shocking though that you find you can remember all the words to s song that's over 50 years old! What kind of a misspent youth did I have!!!
The production was excellent with the story of Carole's early years interspersed with her music.
I was struck by the variety of songs she wrote - from her first success - Will you Love me Tomorrow, via The Locomotion, Up on the Roof, We Gotta Get out of this Place, you've Lost that Loving Feeling, One Fine Day .... I could go on and on.
As always I managed to sit behind the biggest fidget in the theatre. Her head kept wobbling from side to side, and if I didn't wobble the other way I couldn't see anything on the stage!
And the romance? Awww ..... at one point my not very romantic OH's hand crept over to hold mine in a lovely warm clasp. The song? "You've got a Friend". Who says you can't be romantic after 50 years of marriage!
I was expecting lots of good music - she has written such a wide variety of songs over the years - and I wasn't disappointed. The singer taking the part of Carole was absolutely brilliant with an amazing powerful voice. So many of the songs took me right back in time. It's a bit shocking though that you find you can remember all the words to s song that's over 50 years old! What kind of a misspent youth did I have!!!
The production was excellent with the story of Carole's early years interspersed with her music.
I was struck by the variety of songs she wrote - from her first success - Will you Love me Tomorrow, via The Locomotion, Up on the Roof, We Gotta Get out of this Place, you've Lost that Loving Feeling, One Fine Day .... I could go on and on.
As always I managed to sit behind the biggest fidget in the theatre. Her head kept wobbling from side to side, and if I didn't wobble the other way I couldn't see anything on the stage!
And the romance? Awww ..... at one point my not very romantic OH's hand crept over to hold mine in a lovely warm clasp. The song? "You've got a Friend". Who says you can't be romantic after 50 years of marriage!
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