That was my first reaction, too. "If everybody is all over it, it can't be that good." It is that good. I am astonished. And yes, it reminds me, in mood and execution if not in musical style, very much of Sondheim. King George III's ballad could be straight out of ASSASSINS or FOLLIES.
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Date: 2016-01-27 08:51 pm (UTC)