Oh, yeah, and then there's his Bonnie & Clyde-style growl at 3:36. (And, OMG! Anna Kendrick's breath at 4:49… #acting #choices.)įirst of all, how brilliant is it to set this song (entitled "Moving Too Fast") on a bicycle? All you really need here are Jeremy Jordan's riffs from 2:06-2:25 and 3:15-3:28 (the option up on "rolling along"!) - they're pretty epic. The music shift at 3:32 is perfect, and the drums coming in around 4:09 (setting the tempo and amplifying her anger) is great. Of course, Kendrick is giving another heartbreaking performance as she tries to find compromise and middle ground with Jamie. Adam Kantor's ending on the recent Off-Broadway recording more closely reflects what's written.įirst off, we're in love with the gorgeous piano/string intro for this song that is not heard on either recording of The Last Five Years, and the faint sounds of the outdoors is a real nice touch since this song is set on a dock. He gives a nice nod to Norbert Leo Butz's final riff (an embellishment not written into the song's sheet music) on the original Off-Broadway cast album at 3:48. (That laugh at :27 seconds in is adorably fitting!) Jordan is humorous throughout, and now we're totally curious about what happened between Jamie and past flame Lisa Katz (why does he say her name like that at 1:33?). We love the giddiness in his voice and the speak-singing moments from the very beginning. Jeremy Jordan's first shining moment is "Shiksa Goddess," in which he sings to Cathy in a bedroom just moments prior to having sex. The bitterness in her voice rings through.
Her choices and vocal inflections make her sound emotionally drained ("What about you Jamie? What about you?" at 1:55 is frail, as she realizes the relationship is over) and broken (listen to 2:47, when she sings, "Go and find something better"). She's stoic, she's solid and, in the film, sings through a clenched jaw at a desk in her apartment.
Anna Kendrick sets the tone in the first tune. We begin at "Still Hurting," the end of Cathy and Jamie's five-year relationship.
#Five years lyricsx movie
Beware of spoilers (!), or watch the movie (in select theatres or Video On Demand) before reading. We revisit the score, a third version that is now preserved with Tony nominees Jordan and Kendrick, and break down the movie track by track. Unlike the stage version, songs and scenes in "The Last Five Years" are fully imagined, with Jamie and Cathy singing to each other and the obstacles of their relationship coming to life. Cathy tells her story from end to beginning, with Jamie chronicling the relationship from beginning to end the two meet at the middle, their wedding and the turning point of the show.
#Five years lyricsx series
The semi-autobiographical, two-person musical documents a five-year relationship of a couple falling in and out of love and is told through a series of solo songs. 13, with Jeremy Jordan and Anna Kendrick as the couple at its core. The big-screen adaptation, directed by Richard LaGravenese, hits select theatres Feb. Jason Robert Brown re-examines The Last Five Years once again - this time on film.
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