#olc

[euphoricjester]

Whaaa… is this high quality version of No Comeback we have been blessed with. Electra is so chaotic I don’t know what’s happening - London 1986

[gutsofgold]

“let’s boogie!!”

[melonmard]

LLPSI this and ecce romani istud and CLC that

WHERE IS MY OXFORD LATIN COURSE REPRESENTATION

Scintilla cenam parat

Argus intrat

Argus cenam rapit

Scintilla irata est

[lynniezdoodles]

OLC drawing dump!

[pos-itivelypeachy]

I’m Belle Belle Belle the sleeping car.

She was here for a good time but not a long time.

[cometomecosette]

Standout Moments from "Les Misérables" Recordings (audio and video), #1

Original London Cast Recording, 1985

Colm Wilkinson (Jean Valjean), Roger Allam (Javert), Patti LuPone (Fantine), Alun Armstrong (Thénardier), Sue Jane Tanner (Mme. Thénardier), Frances Ruffelle (Éponine), Michael Ball (Marius), David Burt (Enjolras), Rebecca Caine (Cosette)

The beginning of “Look Down.”

That’s right. My moment doesn’t involve Colm Wilkinson, Patti LuPone, Michael Ball, or any of the other leads. It’s the opening verse of “Look Down,” because the way it’s performed sums up the tone of the OLC recording. The tempo is slower than it would later become on Broadway, and the beggars sing their pleas in an intimate, understated way. It doesn’t sound like a grand chorus in a mega-musical: it sounds like real homeless people on the street quietly begging for help. The prevalence of rough-sounding, unpolished voices among them enhances this quality. At this point, the show wasn’t Les Miz,The World’s Most Popular Musical, it was just Les Misérables, A Musical, as its original poster read. Not a polished, mass-produced theatrical hit, but an intimate, gritty, earnest new adaptation of Victor Hugo’s novel. At least that’s the impression the OLC recording creates for me, and the slower, more understated rendition of “Look Down” typifies it.

Honorable Mention:

*The full version of "Little People." I understand why it was cut, but I do enjoy it.

*The fact that in “On My Own,” Frances Ruffelle sings “Without me, this world will go on turning” instead of “his world…” At first, I thought she was just singing “his world…” with her Cockney accent, dropping the H, but having seen video clips of her singing the song and read her lips, I can confirm now that she sings “this.” It means that the final verse isn’t about Marius anymore: it’s about Éponine feeling excluded by and insignificant to the whole world, with her unrequited love as just one aspect of it all.

[maydaydreamer]

How To Talk To Tall People

Ft. Hana (by @sleepyxleaf) and Yume (by me)

This is how Hana talks to her girlfriend and you can’t change my mind.

[evilgoof]

we're in some deep shit...