Remarks:
Tale as old as time…
This is from the 1991 Disney film of the same name where Angela Lansbury played Mrs Potts, an enchanted teapot. In the video above the song starts at the one-minute mark, the most memorable scene in the movie, historically inaccurate dress and all.
The radio version was sung by Celine Dion and Peabo Bryson. It sounds dated to me now, unlike the film version. Dion was a good singer but she was so unknown at the time that they made the song into a duet and brought in Peabo Bryson.
In the 2017 live-action remake of the film Ariana Grande and John Legend sing the song.
The song was written by Broadway songwriters Howard Ashman and Alan Menken. Menken has appeared in this space twice before: “Part of Your World” from Disney’s “The Little Mermaid” (1989) and “Colors of the Wind”, from “Pocahontas” (1995), another Disney film. Menken wrote “Part of Your World” with Ashman.
See also:
- Beauty and the Beast
- songs: the 1990s
- also Disney:
- also Broadway:
Lyrics:
[Mrs. Potts]
Tale as old as time
True as it can be
Barely even friends
Then somebody bends
Unexpectedly
Just a little change
Small to say the least
Both a little scared
Neither one prepared
Beauty and the Beast
Ever just the same
Ever a surprise
Ever as before
Ever just as sure
As the sun will rise
Tale as old as time
Tune as old as song
Bittersweet and strange
Finding you can change
Learning you were wrong
Certain as the sun
Rising in the east
Tale as old as time
Song as old as rhyme
Beauty and the Beast
Tale as old as time
Song as old as rhyme
Beauty and the Beast
(spoken)
Off to the cupboard with you now, Chip
It’s past your bedtime. Goodnight, love
Source: Genius Lyrics.
Lovely song.
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The Angela Lansbury version is my favorite.
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