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The Birdcage “La Cage aux Folles” : Original United Artists Motion Picture Soundtrack 1996 CD-New $42.99
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Linda Ronstadt, Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra: Round Midnight (1986) 2CD-Used Like New $49.99Description The Birdcage 1996 In this remake of the classic French farce “La Cage aux Folles,” engaged couple Val Goldman (Dan Futterman) and Barbara Keeley (Calista Flockhart) shakily introduce their future in-laws. Val’s father, Armand (Robin Williams), a gay Miami drag club owner, pretends to be straight and attempts to hide his relationship with Albert (Nathan Lane), his life partner and the club’s flamboyant star attraction, so as to please Barbara’s father, controversial Republican Sen. Kevin Keeley (Gene Hackman). The Birdcage is an American remake of the French comedy film La Cage aux Folles, about a gay couple who run a nightclub for female impersonators trying to pass for straight one night so that the son of one can marry the daughter of homophobic parents. Reset from the French Riviera to Miami and starring Robin Williams and Nathan Lane, it employs a soundtrack that combines Latin pop (Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine’s hit “Conga”) with disco hits (Donna Summer’s “She Works Hard for the Money” and a soundalike version of “We Are Family”) and, oddly enough, a few songs written by Broadway composer-lyricist Stephen Sondheim. The oddity comes in when one recalls that La Cage aux Folles previously was adapted into a Broadway musical by Jerry Herman, a rival of Sondheim’s who notoriously gloated when La Cage won the 1984 Tony Award over Sondheim’s Sunday in the Park with George. Actually only one of the songs, a slight number called “Little Dream,” is a new composition. The suggestive “Can That Boy Foxtrot,” flamboyantly sung by Lane, and “Love Is in the Air,” an impromptu duet by Williams and Christine Baranski, are both old songs that were cut from the scores of Sondheim musicals. The resulting score is an odd mixture of dance tracks and clever show tunes either tossed off or arranged into a ’30s pastiche style. Track Listing 1 We Are Family Bernard Edwards / Kalama Koanui / Nile Rodgers The Goldman Girls 03:54 2 William Tell Overture Public Domain 01:27 3 She Works Hard for the Money Michael Omartian / Donna Summer Donna Summer 03:54 4 Can That Boy Foxtrot! Stephen Sondheim Nathan Lane 02:36 5 Mi Guajira Cachao Cachao 03:53 6 Little Dream Stephen Sondheim Nathan Lane 03:25 7 No Pain for Cakes John Lurie The Lounge Lizards 03:57 8 Love Is in the Air Stephen Sondheim Christine Baranski / Robin Williams 03:08 9 I Could Have Danced All Night Alan Jay Lerner / Frederick Loewe Hank Azaria / Gene Hackman / Nathan Lane / Dianne Wiest / Robin Williams 01:10 10 We Are Family (Reprise) Bernard Edwards / Nile Rodgers The Goldman Girls 02:58 11 Family Salsa Bernard Edwards / Nile Rodgers 02:14 12 Conga Enrique García Gloria Estefan / Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine / Miami Sound Machine 03:52 Video: The Birdcage 1996 Like this:Like Loading… -
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