He was called the most beautiful voice on Broadway. He is a Legend.

He’s just pure talent walking!

Mandy and Madonna have such a beautiful voices

Madonna is...very pretty, but she is utterly outclassed here.

He is just pure heartbreaking gold

Agree 100%

If this movie had been a full-fledged Sondheim movie musical, it would have been a classic. Sondheim even knew how to write music for Madonna that showed her at her best as a movie star/actor (usually her weak spot). This song is a great example of what could have been.

@@rev.jasoncook5799Sondheim was a master at writing for voices that weren’t traditional singers. People forget that he wrote “Send in the Clowns” for Glynis Johns, who had a very limited register, and it’s so good that it became a standard.

This is the greatest comment of all time!

I don’t feel like it’s friend-zoned. I feel like they want to pursue the relationship but they’re afraid of losing their friendship if it doesn’t work out. That’s a tale as old as time😔😱!~!

Totally

So so true

@@Goland454 That's a classic friend-zone excuse. I'm sure he would love to have a relationship. It's her that brings up the "I don't want to lose the friendship" excuse, which is just a classic "rather than be honest and say I'm not into you, I'll just use this bullshit excuse because I want to keep you on the hook" routine. He's likely only friends with her because he wants to be with her in the first place and instead of putting his foot down and then moving on, he devalues himself and is her "friend" just to keep her around in some capacity. Women don't pursue "friendships" with men. They very rarely become friends with a man unless there is something to be gained. For men they're interested in, they pursue them as such. It's men that pursue "friendships" because they're hoping it'll lead to more. It rarely ever goes from friendship to relationship and if it does, it's because the woman has exhausted other options and comes sauntering back OR because she has been devalued, example being she has kids with somebody else then the guy leaves, and then needs you, the ole trusty "friend" to raise them, so you receive the coveted and very, very rare golden ticket out of the friend-zone and into her britches. These are the exceptions to the friendzone friendship to intimate relationship rule, and honestly even THIS hardly ever happens. Usually once you have been placed in the friendzone you never, ever leave. She doesn't see you as being a sexual being anymore. You basically become a eunuch to her. So again, I'm sure Mr. Combover, if ever given the opportunity, would abandon that "too good to lose" friendship so goddamned quick his head would spin.

Stephen Sondheim you mean?

@@maticbukovac6966 None other than Stephen Sondheim wrote five original songs for this movie: What Can You Lose (featured here), Live Alone and Like It, Back in Business, More, and Sooner or Later (I Always Get My Man). Arrangement for this song was done by Shirley Walker, the longtime arranger for Danny Elfman, who handled the scoring for this movie. Elfman had previously composed the music for Tim Burton's Batman, with Walker handling arrangement. Walker would later go on to compose the music for Batman: The Animated Series. Burton would go on to adapt Sondheim's Sweeney Todd to film.

Gabriel Juarez it’s great because it’s short

@@lepetitchat123 I know! I always have to listen to it more then once. I still wish it was longer

I have an extended version...

@@robertt4176 is it looped? I doubt there's actually more lyrics.

It's so beautiful, you wanna hear it for at least 5 Mins more🙄

Yes her ballads are the best....

yeah, she had a Marlon Monroe vibe

Yes she is beautiful

She always pulls off the old Hollywood glamour with such perfection.❤️💕❤️

@@GetToDaChoppa-k5r Is Marlon Monroe Marilyn's long-lost brother?

And on the Academy Awards that year.

Wait really? What was he like? So jealous! 🙂

Its written by Sondheim. And Mandy co-sang it.

@@lepetitchat123 and Madonna co-sang it too

Same. I was 12 and a huge Madonna fan, huge, my grandpa took me. Of all people it was my big scary and gruff Grandpa. One of my favorite memories.

This movie honestly deserves way more appreciation

she still is.

C R 28 years ago when it was released in 1990 it is crazy

Damn

No. I can't. Where has thw time gone?

I can’t believe it! I was 13 when it came out and I saw it in the theater 4 times, bought the VHS and the soundtrack. I also imagined I played the part of Breathless. Love it! Edit: I just looked up the soundtrack and yes I did own that but I also had that Breathless cassette with songs from the movie and inspired by it. Boy, it has been a long time!

Looking at this grey hair in my beard I can say yes lol

Sondheim wrote this. Surprised he didn’t put this into a proper musical

Daniel De Kok Day if I love his music for dick Tracy what musicals from him do you recommend?

@@lepetitchat123 Into the Woods and Sweeney Todd are two of his best

A bit late to this but you could try Sunday in the Park with George kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nLuUmauUy9DXgIE.html as it stars Mandy Patinkin who played the pianist 88 Keyes in Dick Tracy.

Star Wars

@@puuxexil Sondheim didn't compose Star Wars. That was John Williams.

That's Mandy Patinkin - better known to millions as “Inigo Montoya: You killed my father, prepare to die” - in the Princess Bride. Remember? Maybe my favorite six minutes in all of film history: for the sword fight, ending with, "Kill me quickly." "I would as soon destroy a stain glass window, as an 'artist' like yourself. However. Since I can't have you following me either . . . " kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jaqcjcKEvd6Zl3U.html

Smh 🤣

Maybe so

The answer is she friend-zoned 88 Keys. Doing that her heart only beats for Tracy. A man she can't have. 88 Keys is not a challenge for her to have. Bottom line. Like most women like her. She's blind and deaf to what's in front of her. Which makes women like her totally nuts.

@Dark Demonik I can't agree with that. He allowed himself to be used hoping it would help him win Breathless.

I would take Mandy Patinkin over Al Pacino and Warren Beatty....especially mandy in Yentl Omg yes

From Sondheim

She was incredible in the film I thought.

Agreed, but Patinkin carries the song; he so much stronger but he still collaborates.

Maybe her only good duet ever

Love Song with Prince says hi.

The songs were all great. This was one stood out the most.

As a kid I never even realized his longing stare was because he was singing this to Breathless. I have to get this movie again. The lyrics are actually heartbreaking.

Mandy Patinkin is kind of too good for this. He's earnest and everyone else is so broad. This is when I became a huge fan. I was 13 and could tell he was incredible.

Pausen Think I think this is honestly one of the most beautiful heartbreaking songs I've ever heard, I'm familiar with the situation conveyed here. It's treacherous territory to tread. They nail it!

That’s why life sucks

@@saramunozmunoz I genuinely think this movie doesn't get enough credit. Is it outlandish? Cartoonish? Overblown? Absolutely, but it was also clearly designed to be all of those--it's based off a comic strip, after all. Visually it's stunning, I'm hard pressed to think of another live action movie that comes close to capturing the cartoon aesthetic. The environment design is unparalleled. The music is extremely memorable and phenomenal throughout, and there's some phenomenal performances in it both sincere and hammy. Is it deep? No. But I didn't ask it to be. It's a straightforward detective-and-gangster story and it doesn't need to be anything else.

Yes!!!

You may want to review an official site for the lyrics; you’ve make some mistakes with your version.

I know!! What a gorgeous talent she was! I'll forever remember her in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. Such a dynamic actress.

Wonderfully said!! :)

I AGREE! Her voice is not the most powerful but it is UNIQUE and extremely VERSATILE. That is one powerful combination of attributes if you know what to do with it and SHE DOES!!!

@@walterhigo7658 You got it right

He’s had quite a successful career with musicals on Broadway.

I think this is her only great duet

Me too

Originally, Disney was going to make an Evita movie with Madonna and Mandy, shortly after this, but, it never panned out.

No creo. Aparte de porque contiene "Vogue", no es de sus trabajos más conocidos

Yo si creo....solo para los conocedores, de lo mas delicado y transcedental que ha hecho Madonna entre otras muchas cosas

A lot of people aren’t aware that Vogue was introduced on this great soundtrack. I played the cassette tape to death. Youngsters have no idea what I just said

Glad you like it!

You give Madonna way too Much credit. Sondheim wrote all the music to this movie. I think he was more behind that

Unfortunately voices age and after a certain point, not for the better.

Exactly. Is a little surprissing how good her voice was in this album/era

@@helloskinny510 it was BETTER with Evita, she really belted it out

Thanks a lot!

He’s lucky? Madonna is the lucky one, she can’t hold a candle to him.

Wow, thank you!

This man has been a Broadway star for longer than the bleached blonde