Dewey’s used to it, of course, and patiently answered all our questions. We’ve been wondering about this stuff for year. Did Prince discover purple rain in “Ventura Highway”? (Where else?)
Like that famous horse nobody named, this one has Joe, leading to the inevitable question, What’s with that guy? Not to mention those alligator lizards up in the air, and of course, the first appearance of purple rain in a song, written when Prince was all of 14. But he’s the guy, after all, who wrote “Horse With No Name,” after all ( discussed here), and also “Tin Man.” So he’s one of the kings of enigmatic songs, the kind which people have been obsessing over forever – especially those who might have listened back in the day while enjoying some of “God’s herb,” (to quote our friend Henry Diltz). “Now, we’re really getting deep into this,” he said with a slight laugh, in regard to the endless barrage of questions about this and other enigmatic facets of this song. It’s also been the subject of some confusion, as people assume it is about the Ventura Freeway, also known as the 101. He saw it all on a sign by the sea when he first arrived with that word on it. California! To kids from the Midwest, especially during those long frozen winters, the idea of going to sunny California seemed as exotic and unlikely as going to Tahiti.
Its evocation of adventure matched how he felt as a kid in Omaha told the family was moving to California. How many of us thought of it the very first time we started driving on the 101 and realized it was called Ventura?Īs Dewey explains herein, it was the word itself that triggered the song. A classic California anthem, it’s one of the great L.A. “Ventura Highway” was written by Dewey Bunnell of America in 1972, from their second album, Homecoming, which they produced themselves. They went on the create the soundtrack for the Disney+ original Marvel series, WandaVision.In his own words, Dewey Bunnell breaks it down from a recent interview during lockdown time This duo wrote for other Broadway musicals, including Avenue Q and Book of Mormon. “We would sometimes say to Jen, ‘For the coronation, in your mind, how is she feeling?’ And Jen would write a page of inner monologue, a free-write as Elsa.” “We had to really whip the score up very fast for Frozen Broadway,” Lopez added. “We did get to find a lot more of Kristoff’s humor while working on the Broadway version-where the sweet spot for Kristoff is as this sort of modern Marlboro Man,” Anderson-Lopez said during an interview with Playbill. This musical also includes fan-favorite musical numbers from the original animated film, including “Let It Go.” This wouldn’t be the first time Disney created a stage production, as shows like Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, and The Lion King previously made their Broadway debut.Īmong the songs included in this Broadway production are “Dangerous to Dream” and “Monster” performed by Elsa, “Hans of the Southern Isles” performed by Prince Hans, and “Kristoff Lullaby” performed by Kristoff. Disney’s ‘Frozen’ premiered on Broadway in August 2021įollowing the success of Frozen, Disney transformed this animated film into a Broadway production.
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