#jonathan sings larson

[sondheim-girly]

Being a theater kid can really lead you to the wildest places. Here I am studying for the SAT listening to a dead composers shitty quality demos for three songs from a musical that was never produced on repeat thinking it’s the most fire shit I’ve ever heard in my life. 

[jonathan-larson-archive]

Song Spotlight: Valentine's Day

To any Tick, Tick.... BOOM! fans, I urge you to listen to Valentines Day.

It was one of Jonathan Larson's favourite songs that he had ever written (if not his biggest favourite), and is one of his best.

His best friend, Victoria Leacock remembers, "He swore it would be a big hit [....] he loved that song."

There's a demo of him singing it,

And a version with much cleaner production and vocals from the Jonathan Larson Project.

He originally wrote the song for a musical called Prostate of the Union, one of his political satire cabarets and one of his Micheal Lindsay collaborations. The idea for the song coming from it being performed on February 13th.

The song is about a tragic sexual abuse victim that deals with her trauma with hyper sexual behaviour, even when that behaviour harms her.

He tried to rework the song into a couple other projects, including RENT.

In RENT this was the original 'valentines day' song instead of Take Me Or Leave Me. It was sung by Mimi Marquez as Roger watched her path of self destruction, unable to stop her.

It would've been interesting if it was included in RENT, probably more plot relevant than Take Me Or Leave Me even. Though I don't think there's a clear resolution to this conflict in Mimi's and Roger's relationship, and might have just made the conflict in Act Two more complicated.

[sondheim-girly]

So theres this thing called Jonathan sings Larson and uh. Lets just say. Its gonna destroy my mental health.

Anyways I can’t wait to listen to it!!!

[vivalavierent-blog]

Jonathan Sings Larson

This album, available on iTunes, contains Jonathan's demos and RENT songs as they did not appear on stage or on screen. Anthony Rapp sings in at least one of the songs. As Jonathan Larson never got to share more of his genius, this collection has given us a glimpse into his mind and his potential. With just as much love and Bohemian influence as RENT and all of his works, this is a must-have for any RENThead or person interested in seeing more of this wonderful, amazing human who happened to leave us too soon.

[everything-broadway-blog]

[vivalabroadway]

[lorelaigilmores]

I'M GETTING SO MAD AT ITUNES RIGHT NOW YOU HAVE NO IDEA

I finally put my Jonathan sings Larson on itunes. When I did this, itunes put all the songs in the wrong order. No big deal, I went to get info and put them in the right order. Easy right? WRONG. I synced it onto my phone, and then when I clicked on the album to play, it said the names in the right order but it wasn't the right songs, and it wasn't even like the songs were in the same order they were in the beginning, they're in a COMPLETELY DIFFERENT ORDER THAN IT EVER WAS. I check itunes and it's right on there so I have no idea what's going on. If someone could help, that'd be great.