No Way To Stop It
A song that should have had more
prominence but since it was cut from the 1965 film version of The
Sound of Music (for political reasons) it did not achieve the
fame it should have. I wished every Politician would listen to it
(especially Conservative Republicans) and try to
"think" while doing so, perhaps it could help to mend their
ways.
There's no way to stop it but we sure can start thinking about taking
care of our Earth instead of concentrating only on the
bottom-line $$$.
(Are you listening
Republicans?). thinkingblue
The Sound of Music Lyrics
{{The satiric cynical
number, which is about "amoral political compromising"
(and in fact an anti-protest song), is theorised by Broadway
Musicals: A Hundred Year History to be the first-ever rock song
to be introduced to a Broadway musical. The book cites its
similarity to songs by the Kingston Trio from around that time.
The song, along with "How Can Love Survive" (which was
also cut from the film), was cited in The Oxford Companion to the
American Musical: Theatre, Film, and Television as an example of
Roger and Hammerstein's "wry sense of sophistication".
The American Musical and the Formation of National Identity
compares the song to So What? from Cabaret, in that they both
"articulate [the] general sense of indifference among many
constituencies that would eventually allow the Third Reich to
expand its influence beyond the point of return". Both these
songs include the theme of obsessive circular motion in order to
create a sense of inevitability. In the case of "No Way to
Stop It", the lyrical motif is the orbit of various
satellites, and by the end of the song, it is implied that
"I" is the centre of the universe. As a result of this
duet (in which the Captain and the Baroness "attempt to work
out their competition and the complexities of a dually rich
marriage") being cut from the film: class and political
tensions are eliminated, secondary characters become less
complex, and Maria and the children most of the film's focus.}}
No Way to Stop It Lyrics
[She] You dear attractive dewy-eyed idealist,
Today you have to learn to be a realist.
[He] You may be bent on doing deed of daring due,
But up against a shark, what can a herring do?
[She] Be wise, compromise.
[He] Compromise, and be wise!
[She] Let them think you're on their side, be noncommittal.
[He] I will not bow my head to the men I despise!
[Other He] You won't have to bow your head to stoop a little.
[She] Why not learn to put your faith and your reliance,
On an obvious and simple fact of science?
Refrain
[She] A crazy planet full of crazy people,
Is somersaulting all around the sky.
And everytime it turns another somersault,
Another day goes by.
And there's no way to stop it,
No, there's no way to stop it.
No, you can't stop it even if you tried.
So, I'm not going to worry,
No, I'm not going to worry,
Everytime I see another day go by.
[He] While somersaulting at a cockeyed angle,
We make a cockeyed circle 'round the sun.
And when we circle back to where we started from,
Another year has run.
[Both] And there's no way to stop it,
No, there's no way to stop it,
If the earth wants to roll around the sun.
You're a fool if you worry.
You're a fool if you worry,
Over anything but little number one.
[He]That's you!
[She] That's I!
[He] And I!
[Other He] And me!
[He]That all absorbing character.
[She] That fastinating creature.
[Other He] That super special feature,
[All] Me!
[He]So every star on every whirling planet,
And every constellation in the sky,
Revolves around the center of the universe,
That lovely thing called, I.
[All] And there's no way to stop it.
No, there's no way to stop it,
And I know, though I cannot tell you why (sigh).
Just as long as I'm living,
Just as long as I'm living,
There'll be nothing else as wonderful as I.
[All] And there's no way to stop it.
No, there's no way to stop it,
And I know, though I cannot tell you why (sigh).
Just as long as I'm living,
Just as long as I'm living,
There'll be nothing else as wonderful as I.
I! I! I! Nothing else as wonderful as I! (I think this lyric is a Paul Ryan GOP Mantra )
[She] You dear attractive dewy-eyed idealist,
Today you have to learn to be a realist.
[He] You may be bent on doing deed of daring due,
But up against a shark, what can a herring do?
[She] Be wise, compromise.
[He] Compromise, and be wise!
[She] Let them think you're on their side, be noncommittal.
[He] I will not bow my head to the men I despise!
[Other He] You won't have to bow your head to stoop a little.
[She] Why not learn to put your faith and your reliance,
On an obvious and simple fact of science?
Refrain
[She] A crazy planet full of crazy people,
Is somersaulting all around the sky.
And everytime it turns another somersault,
Another day goes by.
And there's no way to stop it,
No, there's no way to stop it.
No, you can't stop it even if you tried.
So, I'm not going to worry,
No, I'm not going to worry,
Everytime I see another day go by.
[He] While somersaulting at a cockeyed angle,
We make a cockeyed circle 'round the sun.
And when we circle back to where we started from,
Another year has run.
[Both] And there's no way to stop it,
No, there's no way to stop it,
If the earth wants to roll around the sun.
You're a fool if you worry.
You're a fool if you worry,
Over anything but little number one.
[He]That's you!
[She] That's I!
[He] And I!
[Other He] And me!
[He]That all absorbing character.
[She] That fastinating creature.
[Other He] That super special feature,
[All] Me!
[He]So every star on every whirling planet,
And every constellation in the sky,
Revolves around the center of the universe,
That lovely thing called, I.
[All] And there's no way to stop it.
No, there's no way to stop it,
And I know, though I cannot tell you why (sigh).
Just as long as I'm living,
Just as long as I'm living,
There'll be nothing else as wonderful as I.
[All] And there's no way to stop it.
No, there's no way to stop it,
And I know, though I cannot tell you why (sigh).
Just as long as I'm living,
Just as long as I'm living,
There'll be nothing else as wonderful as I.
I! I! I! Nothing else as wonderful as I! (I think this lyric is a Paul Ryan GOP Mantra )
Sound of Music, The (1959), a musical play by
Howard Lindsay, Russel Crouse (book), Richard Rodgers (music),
Oscar Hammerstein (lyrics). [ Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, 1,443 perf.;
Tony Award.] When the lively Maria (Mary Martin), a postulant at
an Austrian convent, seems an unlikely candidate for her
religious order, the Mother Abbess (Patricia Neway) arranges for
her to serve as governess to the seven children of the stern,
widowed naval officer Captain Georg von Trapp (Theodore Bikel).
Maria wins the children's love immediately and inadvertently
falls for the Captain himself. He is opposed to the Nazis, so
when they order him to report for duty, the whole family flees to
the safety of the West. Notable songs: The Sound of Music; My
Favorite Things; Edelweiss; Do-Re-Mi; Climb Ev'ry Mountain; The
Lonely Goatherd; Sixteen Going on Seventeen. Written shortly
before Hammerstein's death and thus this great partnership's last
work, the musical, which was based on Maria von Trapp's
autobiography The Trapp Family Singers, was condemned by such
staunch detractors of operetta as Brooks Atkinson. The public,
however, adored it. A 1965 film version broke records, helping
the show to remain a favorite in theatres across the country. A
1998 Broadway revival was well received by audiences and the
critics.
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