Seattle G&S The Nightmare Song 1997

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  • @Lanegirl902
    @Lanegirl902 Місяць тому

    He was so good. I had the privilege of performing with him for many years in Seattle.

  • @ShaddySoldier
    @ShaddySoldier 4 роки тому +7

    Dave Ross is a thing to see in person. I'm so glad I got to see him perform multipul times

  • @cbailward
    @cbailward 12 років тому +12

    What an excellent performance with crystal clear words. How lucky you are to have such a superb orchestra.

    • @Gravelgratious
      @Gravelgratious Рік тому

      That’s the Washingtonian accent for you!

  • @lesscott8668
    @lesscott8668 8 років тому +8

    From o'er here in England, to Mr Ross and co.....brilliant version!! Well done.

  • @seanhenry2921
    @seanhenry2921 2 роки тому +1

    Marvelous performance!

  • @alanjones8465
    @alanjones8465 8 років тому +9

    I saw John Read perform this in 1965 Liverpool Empire uk . Cant understand why it's not more popular . Well performed

    • @anitamason1325
      @anitamason1325 6 років тому +1

      alan jones Gilbert & Sullivan operas all contain at least one tongue twisting song. This must be the most difficult one to sing out of all of them. John Reed was an expert, I saw him as the Lord Chancellor in Iolanthe nearly 40 years ago & as I remember, he delivered this one brilliantly. The operas like Iolanthe get overlooked because everybody automatically thinks of The Pirates Of Penzance whenever Gilbert & Sullivan get mentioned. A good opera yes, but bettered by Iolanthe, Yoemen of the Guard & Ruddigore?

    • @walrusassociation9317
      @walrusassociation9317 5 років тому

      @@anitamason1325 Is there one in HMS Pinafore?

    • @anitamason1325
      @anitamason1325 5 років тому

      @@walrusassociation9317 I think it would be 'I am the Very Model of A Modern Major General'.

    • @walrusassociation9317
      @walrusassociation9317 5 років тому

      @@anitamason1325 That's from The Pirates of Penzance.

    • @anitamason1325
      @anitamason1325 5 років тому

      @@walrusassociation9317 of course it is, please forgive the error. I typed it in first thing this morning while trying to eat breakfast before going to work while being harassed by my cat. Truth be told, I'm not really up to speed with HMS Pinafore. Not my favourite one by G & S & it's been years since I saw it last. The worst tongue twister amongst their masterpieces must be in Ruddigore with the ' Matter' song.

  • @acezar2644
    @acezar2644 3 роки тому

    this is simply fantastic

  • @Gravelgratious
    @Gravelgratious Рік тому

    The Washingtonian accent is by far the most discernible accent in English language. This is the most articulated performance I’ve ever seen.

  • @genilsonmedeiros3451
    @genilsonmedeiros3451 4 роки тому +4

    Lyrics:
    (Recitative)
    Love, unrequited, robs me of my rest:
    Love, hopeless love, my ardent soul encumbers:
    Love, nightmare-like, lies heavy on my chest
    And weaves itself into my midnight slumbers!
    (Song)
    When you're lying awake
    With a dismal headache
    And repose is taboo'd by anxiety
    I conceive you may use
    Any language you choose
    To indulge in, without impropriety;
    For your brain is on fire
    The bedclothes conspire
    Of usual slumber to plunder you:
    First your counterpane goes
    And uncovers your toes
    And your sheet slips demurely from under you;
    Then the blanketing tickles
    You feel like mixed pickles
    So terribly sharp is the pricking
    And you're hot, and you're cross
    And you tumble and toss
    Till there's nothing ‘twixt you and the ticking
    Then the bedclothes all creep
    To the ground in a heap
    And you pick 'em all up in a tangle;
    Next your pillow resigns
    And politely declines
    To remain at its usual angle!
    Well, you get some repose
    In the form of a doze
    With hot eyeballs and head ever aching
    But your slumbering teems
    With such horrible dreams
    That you'd very much better be waking;
    For you dream you are crossing
    The Channel, and tossing
    About in a steamer from Harwich
    Which is something between
    A large bathing machine
    And a very small second-class carriage
    And you're giving a treat
    (Penny ice and cold meat)
    To a party of friends and relations
    They're a ravenous horde
    And they all came on board
    At Sloane Square and South Kensington Stations
    And bound on that journey
    You find your attorney
    (Who started that morning from Devon);
    He's a bit undersized
    And you don't feel surprised
    When he tells you he's only eleven
    Well, you're driving like mad
    With this singular lad
    (By the by, the ship's now a four-wheeler)
    And you're playing round games
    And he calls you bad names
    When you tell him that "ties pay the dealer";
    But this you can't stand
    So you throw up your hand
    And you find you're as cold as an icicle
    In your shirt and your socks
    (The black silk with gold clocks)
    Crossing Salisbury Plain on a bicycle:
    And he and the crew
    Are on bicycles too
    Which they've somehow or other invested in
    And he's telling the tars
    All the particulars
    Of a company he's interested in
    It's a scheme of devices
    To get at low prices
    All goods from cough mixtures to cables
    (Which tickled the sailors)
    By treating retailers
    As though they were all vegetables
    You get a good spadesman
    To plant a small tradesman
    (First take off his boots with a boot-tree)
    And his legs will take root
    And his fingers will shoot
    And they'll blossom and bud like a fruit-tree
    From the greengrocer tree
    You get grapes and green pea
    Cauliflower, pineapple, and cranberries
    While the pastry-cook plant
    Cherry brandy will grant
    Apple puffs, and three corners, and Banburys
    The shares are a penny
    And ever so many
    Are taken by Rothschild and Baring
    And just as a few
    Are allotted to you
    You awake with a shudder despairing
    You're a regular wreck
    With a crick in your neck
    And no wonder you snore
    For your head's on the floor
    And you've needles and pins
    From your soles to your shins
    And your flesh is a-creep
    For your left leg's asleep
    And you've cramp in your toes
    And a fly on your nose
    And some fluff in your lung
    And a feverish tongue
    And a thirst that's intense
    And a general sense
    That you haven't been sleeping in clover;
    But the darkness has passed
    And it's daylight at last
    And the night has been long
    Ditto, ditto my song
    And thank goodness they're both of them over!

  • @redstrat1234
    @redstrat1234 4 роки тому

    Excellent

  • @OlDoinyo
    @OlDoinyo 12 років тому

    Two thumbs up...a performance both precisely executed and wonderfully connected.

  • @brianthomas2434
    @brianthomas2434 3 місяці тому

    Believe it or not, this song has been recorded by Danny Kaye, Mandy Patinkin and Todd Rundgrenn.
    Possibly the only thing they have in common.

  • @KayeTalbot
    @KayeTalbot 28 днів тому

    I could actually remember the words after at least 60 years. I think I knew most of the score.....

  • @daisybtoes
    @daisybtoes 10 років тому +2

    Dave Ross performed this a lot more recently, and he has improved wonderfully with time: a little older, a little better looking, and just amazing. It is also staged more interestingly. It is available on DVD.

  • @manfredatee
    @manfredatee 12 років тому

    Love the gestures. "When you're lying awake with a dismal headache and repose is tabooed by anxiety"

  • @daisybtoes
    @daisybtoes 11 років тому

    Everything he does is great.

  • @SusannahMacDonald
    @SusannahMacDonald 12 років тому

    Spot on!

  • @thebrasshole6204
    @thebrasshole6204 8 років тому +3

    These lyrics relate to every Englishman

  • @Iriscal
    @Iriscal 7 років тому +9

    I dunno who this is but they totally ripped off Todd Rundgren
    :^)

    • @DanJB_9701
      @DanJB_9701 6 років тому

      Todd Rundgren is awful.

    • @piiYT
      @piiYT 5 років тому

      LOL

    • @PrinceZappa
      @PrinceZappa 4 роки тому

      @@DanJB_9701 LOL

    • @daisybtoes
      @daisybtoes 4 роки тому

      This is the Great Dave Ross, not even his best performance as the Lord Chancellor. He's just...fantastic.

  • @mrchdant
    @mrchdant 8 років тому +4

    not bad except you cant understand most of his words

    • @Tocsin-Bang
      @Tocsin-Bang 6 років тому +4

      I can understand every word, the diction is actually superb, with a great orchestra under an excellent baton.

    • @csmatthew
      @csmatthew 7 місяців тому

      it is known as the 'Nightmare Song' in no small part to the extremely challenging lyrics. Non-fricative plosives (k, p, s, t, etc.) present the greatest of challenges to the even the most experienced singer. 'Black silk with gold clocks'...I think he managed exceptionally well, and his stage presence with acting gives an excellent performance to the role of the Lord Chancellor