I'm Under Its Spell

[mindstalk]

For some reason I kept trying to reconstruct "I'm Under Your Spell" from Once More, With Feeling, the Buffy musical. I think I reconstructed the tone changes, though it's hard to be sure without listening. But now it pops up almost any time I'm not thinking of something else.

Condition here: up and down. Quality of life: still low. Verbal abilities: disappeared, but back slightly today. Appetite: weirdly healthy. *Now* she decides she wants to eat?

Comments

[schenker28.livejournal.com]

I think that song is sort of weird and strangely-constructed. I have trouble following it, and I think it would be easy to get it wrong. I've never liked it so much because something just seems slightly off about it. But that's probably just me.

[mindstalk.livejournal.com]

I love listening to it, especially the first half -- 'tis a great love song. (The second, orgasmic, half strikes me more as funny, though still sweet.) And Tara/Amber Benson is one of the best singers in the cast. But yeah, some unusual stuff, especially the "I'm under your spell" line itself, which I think I have as

low, up several steps, down a step, same note, up a step.  
I'm     un                 der         your      spell

Not your normal folksong.

[(Anonymous)]

Apparently I have no recolection of this. But, then again, my sisters were more into Angel than Buffy. But I remember watching at least one of those musical things - hilarious! :)

[mindstalk.livejournal.com]

Probably an MP3 or Youtube video out there. Definitely lyrics.

Don't think Angel had a full blown musical, though there was some ballet, and a recurring character who made other characters sing a lot so he could read their future. Or maybe he just enjoyed making them sing.