The Best of Times Is Now

[+ Lucky]

Does anyone know who actually wrote the lyrics to this song, which is an anthem in La Cage Aux Folles? Jerry Herman? Perry Como?

 

As for tomorrow, who knows?

[rland]

I did a search on the lyrics for The Best of Times is Now on Ask.com. It came up with quite a few hits.

 

"~ from the score of the Broadway musical "La Cage Aux Folles"

Words and Music by Jerry Herman, 1983"

 

Hope this is what you are looking for.

 

Rick

[+ Lucky]

I was thrown off by a Perry Como recording of the song which had a copyright for the lyrics, but further research shows that Herman wrote them.

 

He was right too. That is, the best of times is now.

[bigguyinpasadena]

Lucky it was indeed Jerry Herman.That show was sooooo Great!Took my folks to see it in SF(back when stars used to take the show on the road)and they not only loved it-it helped them with my gay"phase"!

[+ deej]

A better question might be why you were listening to Perry Como :9, but I've been known to go there too.

 

>He was right too. That is, the best of times is now.

 

Yep. It's a great tune, and right on the mark.

[+ Charlie]

The date of those lyrics was certainly ironic, as far as the gay community, of which Herman was very much a part, was concerned: they were written just as the AIDS epidemic was starting.

[+ Lucky]

Yes, and there was criticism because the Herman version of La Cage did not reference AIDS. I didn't agree with that criticism.

Mr. Deej, I was researching the lyrics, not listening to Perry Como when the authorship confusion arose. Como puts me in a coma!

 

As for tomorrow, well, who knows?