I've been listening to lots of new musicals recently - I'll play lots of them for you on ShowTunes on Cam FM 97.2 along with our old favourites - and there seem to be lots of musicals which require the actors to sing at extraordinary speeds!
Take a listen to some of these and you'll see what I mean!
Take a listen to some of these and you'll see what I mean!
1. This first one is 'Shakalaka Baby' from 'Bombay Dreams' - listen out for the male part "shakalaka shakalaka shakalaka...."!
2. Michael Crawford must have had to practice these lines like nobody's business when he starred in the original cast of 'Barnum'...
3. A friend reminded me of this song... Perhaps the greatest high-speed song of all time (and the subject of a great many parodies!)
4. And here's an old favourite from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang! Perhaps not quite up there with the Major General song, but still quite fast!
Can you think of any musical theatre songs with high-speed lyrics? Think fast!!