You Drive Me Crazy

1. Bopping Wig Wam Willie
2. I'll Never Be a Dreamer
3. Goodbye Little Girl [*]
4. Boll Weevil Junction [*]
5. You're the One That Done It [*]
6. Train's Done Gone
7. Just Behind Your Smile
8. You Drive Me Crazy
9. So Long, I'm Gone [*]
10. High Heel Sneakers [*]
11. One of These Days [*]
12. Memphis [*]
13. Folsom Prison Blues [*]
14. Haunted House [*]
15. Boy Meets Girl
16. Tonight Will Be the Last Time
17. I Just Don't Figure [*]
18. Whipering Winds [*]
19. San Antone
20. Loving Wanting You
See all 24 tracks on this disc

You Drive Me Crazy,Ray Scott,Collector/ Wht Label,Pop,Rock,Rockabilly

You Drive Me Crazy

Barbara Cook Sings Mostly Sondheim (Live at Carnegie Hall 2001)

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Wow!
Everyone Should Whistle
An amazing intro to the body of work of a true master
Beautiful, moving concert
... and I love Barbara Cook

Barbara Cook Sings Mostly Sondheim (Live at Carnegie Hall 2001)

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ASIN: B000059LFF
Release Date: 2001-05-08

Tracks:

Everybody Says Don't
I Wonder What Became of Me?
The Eagle and Me
I Had Myself a True Love
Into the Woods / Giants in the Sky (Malcolm Gets)
Another Hundred People / So Many People (Malcolm Gets)
Let's Face the Music and Dance / The Song Is You (duet with Malcolm Gets)
Happiness
Loving You
You Could Drive a Person Crazy
Not A Day Goes By / Losing My Mind

Tracks:

Buds Won't Bud
I Got Lost in His Arms
West Side Story Segment: Something's Coming / Tonight (Malcolm Gets)
Move On (duet with Malcolm Gets)
Medley: Hard Hearted Hannah / Waiting for the Robert E. Lee / San Francisco
Ice Cream
Send in the Clowns
The Trolley Song
Not While I'm Around (duet with Malcolm Gets)
Anyone Can Whistle

Amazon.com's Best of 2001

Barbara Cook is one of today's most accomplished song stylists, and if you don't believe us, just listen to this live album. It's a master class in the art of singing. It documents an evening at Carnegie Hall during which Cook proved that she can dissect and extract the substance out of the simplest of lyrics. One of the best surprises is "You Could Drive a Person Crazy" (from Company), which is taken at an amiable trot and allows the singer to display its humor. Cook is not a swinging singer and uptempo is not her pace; give her a ballad, though, and she'll wring the last drop of emotion out of it. Her version of "Losing My Mind" (here paired with "Not a Day Goes By") is simply astonishing. The singer also performs songs that Sondheim has said he wished he had written, an awful lot of them by Harold Arlen. No complaints here. Guest Malcolm Gets solos on a few songs and duets with Cook on others, including "Let's Face the Music and Dance." This is classic material done masterfully by a classic singer. --Elisabeth Vincentelli

Customer Reviews:

Wow!.......2004-02-20

Having read the other reviews there is little more for me to add. I have been a Barbara Cook fan for a longtime and for me, this is one of her best concerts ever. I do, however, prefer the DVD. As with some other reviewers, I do not want to hear Malcolm Gets (as much as I like him) when I want to listen to Barbara. Her flawless interpretation of music is a hard act to follow for any singer! I managed to see this concert 4 times over a year and a half. Each time I saw her the voice was stronger and more assured (I would not have thought that possible). I can't help but think we will have the pleasure of hearing Ms Cook for many years to come. For those people who enjoyed his CD I strongly recommend purchasing the DVD. Barabara's rendition of So Many People is breathtaking (literally, I don't think I breathed once during the entire song). If you ever have opportunity to see her live - go! She has an ability to make you feel as if every song she sings and every word she speaks is directed to you alone. She can take a large venue and make it feel as intimate as your own living room. Having had the pleasure of meeting her I can say she is as youthful and pleasurable in person as she is in her performance.

Everyone Should Whistle.......2003-10-11

After being privileged to attend this concert, I had to own the CD. Once a lyric coloratura and the original Cunegonde in Bernstein's Candide, Ms. Cook has become (in her 70s) a true diva, blessed with a velvety, warm sound. Every note has meaning. Her high B-flat on "Ice Cream" is still the envy of any soprano today. Everyone should whistle after hearing the superb performances on this CD. Even better, though, is the experience of having been in the concert hall for the live performance. Brava, Ms. Cook!

An amazing intro to the body of work of a true master.......2003-06-16

When I first bought tickets for the 'Mostly Sondheim' show on tour (in San Francisco) I figured it couldn't be too bad. Besides, I had only been exposed to a few of his songs (Anyone Can Whistle, Losing My Mind...) and had only seen "A Little Night Music". On the way out of the theater I immediately picked up this recording of the program. It is truly amazing. I immediately began listening to it and have barely put it down in the last few months. Furthermore, my Sondheim CD collection increased in size from an unflattering zero to five (and it's still growing)! This is an amazing introduction to the works of Stephen Sondheim, who is now my favorite modern musical composer). Buy this now if you don't already have it!

Beautiful, moving concert.......2003-04-13

This is a wonderful CD set with a great selection of songs. I do want to express a slight reservation, however. Barbara Cook has been one of my favorite singers for a number of years and the way her voice defies time is extraordinary -- for her to be singing with such bright, beautiful tone in her mid-70s with no wobble or beat in the voice is an amazing achievment.

I do have to say that by 2001, when this concert was recorded, Cook seemed to have a lost a little bit of power and intensity in her singing. This is only natural for someone of her age. Her voice is still lovely, but you can sense her keeping it in reserve a bit. She's as expressive as ever, but compare the rendition of "I got lost in his arms" on this album to the one on her previous album recorded in 1999, "The Champion Season", and there's less urgency and vocal depth in her singing here. That said, the high B at the end of "Ice Cream" is sensational.

So, despite that caveat, this is, again, a wonderful album, a must for Cook fans, especially for the gorgeous renditions of songs I'd never thought I'd get to hear her perform: "Not a Day Goes By", "Happiness/Loving You", "San Francisco", etc. Buy it!

... and I love Barbara Cook.......2003-02-11

This recording is a disappointment for me. It is not her best work, and Malcolm Gets is uninspired. My biggest complaint however is the engineering of the recording. Throughout the speaking was to soft, the singing volumes uneven, and the applause deafening. I will be passing this CD on to friends, and will later donate it to my local library.

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Patinkin Live
Sondheim recital
Also a very dissapointed fan
Adequate performance; poor entertainment
a very disappointed fan

Sings Sondheim
Mandy Patinkin
Manufacturer: Nonesuch
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ASIN: B00006JP2C
Release Date: 2002-10-29

Tracks:

Opening
Lesson #8
Another Hundred People
When?
Someone Is Waiting
Johanna
Green Finch and Linnet Bird
Pretty Women
Finishing the Hat
If You Can Find Me, I'm Here
Live, Laugh, Love
Live Alone and Like It
Everybody Says Don't
Rich and Happy, Part 1
Our Time
Broadway Baby
Rich and Happy, Part 2
Uptown, Downtown
Liaisons
Send in the Clowns
Live, Laugh, Love (reprise)
You Could Drive a Person Crazy

Tracks:

Free
Company
Waiting For The Girls Upstairs
Pleasant Little Kingdom/Too Many Mornings
Not While I'm Around
All Things Bright and Beautiful
It Takes Two
In Someone's Eyes
Beautiful
Losing My Mind
Take the Moment
Sunday

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Recorded live at the Prince Music Theater in Philadelphia, this double CD is one heck of an extensive tribute to Stephen Sondheim. Backed only by Paul Ford on piano, Mandy Patinkin gets through nearly three dozen songs penned by the Broadway master. Some are obvious (excerpts from Sunday in the Park with George, in which the singer created the title role), others less so ("If You Can Find Me I'm Here" from Evening Primrose). Patinkin is often mocked for his shivering falsetto, but here, it's actually when his voice explores a lower register that it falters. What's more interesting is when he tackles songs usually sung by women, such as Follies' "Broadway Baby" and Company's "Another Hundred People" and "You Could Drive a Person Crazy"--the latter hammed up so much that you can hear the chewing of the scenery. A distinctively mannered interpreter, Patinkin remains an acquired taste, but fans of his will be in heaven with this set. --Elisabeth Vincentelli

Customer Reviews:

Patinkin Live.......2007-07-19

I am a huge Mandy Patinkin fan, and this is, without a doubt, one of the best CDs in my collection. The transitions between songs are excellent and seamless, plus the song selection was top-notch.

Sondheim recital.......2007-01-22

Probably the best way to approach these disks is to treat them like a recital in a concert hall. Rather as you would listen to a Schubert or Schumann song cycle. Taken together this way, we come to hear Sondheim as one of our finest composers, serious, comic, manic, depressive, always dead on target no matter what the subject matter. And Patinkin is perfect for these songs; he understands the meaning and value of every note and every word, just as a fine concert singer would do, and he makes his listeners understand, too. One of the most intriguing concept albums in recent memory, and a joy all the way through. Bob Finley, Palm Springs, CA.

Also a very dissapointed fan.......2003-08-22

I too LOVE Mandy and Stephen Sondheim and own just about everything both has ever made! I also have been to 6 of Mandy's live performances. This was truly a big dissapointment to me. Every concert I have seen Mandy in has been filled with emotion and his personality just grabs hold of you for an evening of wonderful escape-ism. This to me was very un-entertaining and I actually became irritated after awhile of listening to it. It seemed to drone on with out the wonderful feelings and emotions and soaring voice that Mandy typically puts into his music. I gave this as a gift too (since my friend and I had missed Mandy at his Sondheim review in DC last year) and felt badly that I had. There are so many other great recordings of Mandy...Kidults, Saturday in the Park with George, The Secret Garden, Mandy sings Rogers & Hammerstien and Sondheim. This one has just sat on my shelf after I played it through twice hoping to warm up to it...while my other recordings are very worn out with years of playing!

Adequate performance; poor entertainment.......2003-05-04

I received this disc the same day a "Philip Quast Live at the Donmar". The Quast disc has its own flaws (and I dont wish to compare the two performers) but it has been strung together in a more thoughtful manner, with witty imagination and using a more dangerous in the choice of songs, which is really where this disc fails. The songs here are generally enjoyable though rather standard, and the lack of cohesion (running the songs together doesnt count) means I just dip into the discs listening to a few favourites, rather than enjoying the whole show.

a very disappointed fan.......2003-02-05

I have every recording Patinkin appears on, even if he's only on one track; I adore his voice, his flair, his emotion, his ability to deliver a song.

But (much of) this recording is disappointing, mainly because Mr. Patinkin's voice in the lower range sounds muddled and forced, as though he's lost ability to control it (however, the more falsetto sounds are as clear and sharp as ever).

And I don't care for the format of this performance. Live recordings should have live audience reactions: one (often unrelated) song after another without applause had me wondering when--if ever--was the audience was going to be allowed to react.

Also, while I've never had the privilege of attending a Patinkin concert, I imagined that--above all-- he would be passionate. Perhaps he was. But what (mostly) comes across on the CD is a somber--almost technical--performance.

Tracks:

We Said We Wouldn't Look Back [Salad Days] - Martin Koch
Cats Overture [From Cats] - Martin Koch
Food Glorious Food [From Oliver!] - Workhouse Children
Wouldn't It Be Loverly [From My Fair Lady] - Gillian Lynne, Liz Robertson, Company
Quit Professor Higgins [From My Fair Lady] - Company
Rain in Spain [From My Fair Lady] - Jonathan Pryce, Liz Robertson,
Get Me to the Church on Time [From My Fair Lady] - Peter Bayliss, , Company
I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face [From My Fair Lady] - Jonathan Pryce, Liz Robertson
Introduction (Show Medeley) - Julie Andrews
One Two Three [The Fix] - John Barrowman
Little Shop of Horrors - Wendy Mae Brown, Dawn Hope, Femi Taylor
Somewhere That's Green [Little Shop of Horrors] - Ellen Greene
Suddenly Seymour [Little Shop of Horrors] - Ellen Greene, Teddy Kempner
Day by Day [Godspell] - Company
I Get a Kick Out of You [From Anything Goes] - Laurie Holloway, Marian Montgomery,
Variations [Song and Dance] - Julian Lloyd Webber, , Company
Unexpected Song [Song and Dance] - Bernadette Peters
Nicer in Nice [The Boyfriend] - Jasna Ivir, Company
I Love a Lassie [Lauder] - Scottish Power Pipe Band
Five Guys Named Moe/Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby? [Five Guys ...] - Trent Armand Kendall, , , ,
Pick a Pocket or Two - Russ Abbot, , ,
As Long as He Needs Me [From Oliver!] - Sonia Swaby
Introduction - Julie Andrews
I'm Martin Guerre - David Campbell
How Many Tears? [Martin Guerre] - Maria Friedman
Heat Is on in Saigon [From Miss Saigon] - David Campbell, , Lea Salonga, Company
Wedding [From Miss Saigon]
Last Night of the World [From Miss Saigon] - David Campbell, Lea Salonga
This Is the Hour [From Miss Saigon] - Company
American Dream [From Miss Saigon] - Jonathan Pryce, Company

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Phantom of the Opera [From The Phantom of the Opera] - Lisa Vroman, Colm Wilkinson
Music of the Night [From Phantom of the Opera] - Colm Wilkinson
Broadway Baby [Follies] - Maria Friedman, Julia McKenzie
Oh, What a Beautiful Morning [From Oklahoma!] - Hugh Jackman
Carousel Waltz/Ballet [From Carousel] - Dana Stackpole, Company
Porch Scene [From Carousel] - Hal Fowler, Barbara King, Joanna Riding, Dana Stackpole
You'll Never Walk Alone [From Carousel] - Joanna Riding, Company
Introduction - Ned Sherrin
Side by Side [Company] - David Kernan, Millicent Martin, Julia McKenzie, Ned Sherrin, Stephen Sondheim
You Could Drive a Person Crazy [Company] - Maria Friedman, Ruthie Henshall, Millicent Martin, Lea Salonga
Send in the Clowns (A Little Night Music) - Judi Dench
Losing My Mind [Follies] - Michael Ball
Being Alive [Company] - Bernadette Peters
You've Gotta Have a Gimmick [From Gypsy] - Michael Ball, Judi Dench, Maria Friedman, Ruthie Henshall, David Kernan, , Dean Martin, Julia McKenzie, Bernadette Peters
Introduction - Stephen Sondheim
Duelling Pianos - Andrew Lloyd Webber, Stephen Sondheim,
Poisoning Pigeons in the Park [Tom Foolery] - Tom Lehrer
Jellicle Songs [From Cats] - Brian Blessed, , Paul Nicholas, Company
Memory [From Cats] - Elaine Paige
At the End of the Day [From Les Miserables] - Company
Stars [From Les Miserables] - Philip Quast
Do You Hear the People Sing? [From Les Miserables] - Hal Fowler, Company
On My Own [From Les Miserables] - Lea Salonga
Bring Him Home [From Les Miserables] - Colm Wilkinson
One Day More [From Les Miserables] - Michael Ball, Hal Fowler, Ruthie Henshall, Tammi Jacobs, Teddy Kempner, Philip Quast, Lea Salonga, Colm Wilkinson, Za
We Said We Wouldn't Look Back [From Les Miserables] - Cameron Mackintosh

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Subtitled the Musical Word of Cameron Mackintosh. Import only 56-track collection. A live recording at the Lyceum Theatre in London, in the presence of her majesty the Queen and HRH the Duke of Edinburgh. In aid of the Royal National Institute for the Blind and the combined theatrical charities. Universal.

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You Drive Me Crazy
Ray Scott
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Release Date: 2003-02-13

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Bopping Wig Wam Willie
I'll Never Be a Dreamer
Goodbye Little Girl [*]
Boll Weevil Junction [*]
You're the One That Done It [*]
Train's Done Gone
Just Behind Your Smile
You Drive Me Crazy
So Long, I'm Gone [*]
High Heel Sneakers [*]
One of These Days [*]
Memphis [*]
Folsom Prison Blues [*]
Haunted House [*]
Boy Meets Girl
Tonight Will Be the Last Time
I Just Don't Figure [*]
Whipering Winds [*]
San Antone
Loving Wanting You
Say Anything But Not Goodbye
High Heel Sneakers [*]
Josephine [Live][*]
Gone Gone Gone [Live][*]

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This remix rocks!
The one to buy!

You Drive Me Crazy - The Stop Remix
Britney Spears
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ASIN: B00002DDBH

Album Description

The third single from the hit female pop vocalist's 1999 debut album, 'Britney Spears'. Contains three mixes of '(You Drive Me) Crazy' (The Stop Remix!, Spacedust Dark Dub & Spacedust Club Mix). Slimline jewel case. 1999 release.

Album Details

Uk Version. Includes 2 Exclusive Mixes 'spacedust Dark Mix'& 'spacedust Club Mix'.

Customer Reviews:

This remix rocks!.......2000-04-09

I absolutely love Britney Spears, and when I first bought the CD, Drive Me Crazy was in my opinion one of the best songs on it. Now I'm usually not a big fan of remixes, because like books and movies, the original is almost always better. But in this case, the Stop! remix was superb, and definately better that the original! My recommendation is to buy it @ this great price. For further consideration, it's on the soundtrack for the movie 'Drive Me Crazy'

The one to buy!.......2000-02-21

This Crazy single if the best of them all, to me! The tracks include the following: "(You Drive Me) Crazy (the stop remix)", "(You Drive Me) Crazy (Spacedust Dark Dub)" and "(You Drive Me) Crazy (Spacedust Club Mix)." If you're the type of person who just wants to listen to a CD and lay on your bed then I would definitely not reccomend this CD, because the songs are high energy dance music. The Spacedust Dark Dub is about 9 minutes long I think and she only says one phrase through the whole song which is "the earth is movin'" so I look at that remix as something they'd play in a club or at a party but if you're just someone who listens to the CD on your bed then you won't enjoy that remix because of how long it is and it's somewhat monotnous. The remix, Spacedust Club Mix is really cool. I love it! I would most definitely reccomend this CD to someone who loves to dance or to blast the stereo and goof around like a "goob" when no one's home! Buy it!

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This song drives me crazy! (In a GOOD way)
You Drive Me Crazy? Honey, we already knew that
Crazy
Britney's best song ever.
(You Drive Me) Crazy (the Stop Remix) Cd Single (Import)

(You Drive Me) Crazy (The Stop Remix!)
Britney Spears
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ASIN: B00002DDBQ
Release Date: 1999-09-28

Tracks:

(You Drive Me) Crazy (The Stop Remix)
(You Drive Me) Crazy (The Stop Remix)-Instrumental
I'll Never Stop Loving You

Album Description

The third single from the hit female pop vocalist's 1999 debut album, 'Britney Spears'. The German edition contains two versions of '(You Drive Me) Crazy' (The Stop Remix! & The Stop Remix! Instrumental), plus the non-album track 'I'll Never Stop Loving Y

Album Details

Latest 1999 Single. Includes Exclusive 'stop Remix' plus 'instrumental Stop Remix' Version of the Title Track.

Customer Reviews:

This song drives me crazy! (In a GOOD way).......2002-10-28

"(You Drive Me) Crazy" is Britney Spears's third single off her first album, '...Baby One More Time'. The "Stop Remix" is definitely the best version of the song, no doubt about it. Here are the track listings:

1.) "(You Drive Me) Crazy" [the "Stop Remix"] ~ one of Britney's best songs ever. The video, which unfortunately is not included on this CD single, is really good too. Still the best Britney song yet! 5/5 stars

2.) "(You Drive Me) Crazy" [Instrumental version] ~ in case you would rather hear yourself sing the song, here is the perfect way to do it. It's good, but the song sounds a lot better with Britney singing. 3/5 stars

3.) "I'll Never Stop Loving You" ~ a nice track from her import album. International song that was not previously released in the United States. 4/5 stars

If you love this song, then you must get this CD single. The only other place you can find the "Stop Remix" version of "(You Drive Me) Crazy" is from the Melissa Joan Hart's film soundtrack, 'Drive Me Crazy'.

I highly recommend the "(You Drive Me) Crazy" CD single.

Score:
100/100
A+

You Drive Me Crazy? Honey, we already knew that.......2001-12-18

Britney Spears has got to be one of the worst "music" artists on the planet. She has no vocal talent, she can't dance, and her taste in clothing is horrific! I know that sounds quite shallow, but if that's all she cares about . . . well, there's another problem right there. P.S. Stop saying "I want to be a role model" and then dance around in a thong.

Crazy.......2001-09-17

it is one of the best cd's i've ever heard in my whole, entire life! It is the best song ever sang by the pop princess!

Britney's best song ever........2001-07-30

I'm a female fan of Britney Spears, so I like her music and not her looks. I think "(You Drive Me) Crazy" is her best song ever, especially the 'STOP' remix - I think that rocks! I love it when she says, "...Stop!" in the song. By the way, this is one of the only ways you can get the 'STOP' remix for the song. There is a different, slower version on her album. Anyways, even though this is an Import so it costs extra, it's still worth it. There is also an instrumental version for those who would rather sing the song themselves then hear Britney sing (he! he!). And then there's an extra track on this single called "I'll Never Stop Loving You". I don't think it was released in the United States, but it's very good. If you like Britney Spears, then this is a must have. Much better than the album version of "(You Drive Me) Crazy"!

(You Drive Me) Crazy (the Stop Remix) Cd Single (Import).......2000-08-24

Her Best Single! I own this CD and I Though I would Give you a litte info. on it.

1.(You Drive Me) Crazy (The Stop Remix)- this is the video remix of the song and can only been found here and on the Drive Me Crazy album and isnt as good as the single. AWESOME SONG!

2. (You Drive Me) Crazy (The Stop Remix) (Instrumental)- this is a kareoke version of the chart topping single and has all the beat with out the words.

3. I'll Never Stop Loving You (non-album track)- this is a never in the U.S. released song that she has re-done from an 80's version.

Tracks:

If I Were a Bell
Heres That Rainy Day
I Cant Say No
Bewitched
I Feel Pretty
I Hate Men
He Loves Me
Song on the Sand
The Physician
Before I Gaze at You Again
Show Me!
My Ship
To Keep My Love Alive
Bill
You Could Drive a Person Crazy
How Long Has This Been Going On?
A Wonderful Guy
But Not for Me
I Can Cook, Too
Little Girl Blue
Adelaides Lament
Losing My Mind
They All Laughed

Album Description

“Broadway: Love & Laughter” is terrific. Singer/actress Eileen Mager performs twenty-three of the greatest songs from Broadway musicals in a way you won't soon forget. There are some real oldies, as well as more current songs, and everything from tear-jerkers to laugh riots. They have great lyrics (and you'll understand all the words) and great tunes. She'll have you laughing and crying and having a ball. Ellen Brown's accompaniments offer just the right touch -- for example, “Little Girl Blue” has a great blues sound to it. This is a CD not to be missed, and perfect gift for friends and family.

Broadway musicals have always been about love in its infinite forms. This has resulted in a huge crop of wonderful love songs — joyous, sad, flirtatious, angry, passionate, mischievous, touching. They range from the deeply serious to the out and-out hilarious, as, come to think of it, does love itself.

So in this recording, West Side Story's Maria proclaims her joy in “I Feel Pretty” and South Pacific's Nellie Forbush displays similar feelings in “A Wonderful Guy.”

We also have Guys & Dolls's Adelaide singing “Adelaide's Lament” about the cold she's developed because of the frustration of a 14-year engagement to Nathan Detroit that seems destined never to result in a wedding.

Pal Joey's Vera, a sophisticated “older” woman, who knows Joey isn't worth it, sings about finding herself nonetheless “Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered.”

Of course, Kate of Kiss Me, Kate, in no uncertain terms, announces “I Hate Men,” while Oklahoma's irrepressible Ado Annie sings “I Cain't Say No.”