The version of "You Are My Home" that is on the concept is, despite being sung by Marguerite and Armand, very much a romantic love song. It was evidently intended to be taken out of context so it could find a place on the singles charts. It ended up doing quite well for itself as a single. The problems I have run thusly:
In the Broadway version, it's, obviously, about sibling affection, and so the concept version retroactively squicks me. Also, newer versions of the show have given the song to Marguerite and Percy as a wedding song, and have only let Armand and Marguerite sing it as a reprise. This... actually bothers me more. It makes Armand seem desperately clingy and possessive, which he kind've is, but not nearly to the degree that the song implies. Also, the tone of the song doesn't fit for Percy and Marguerite, but that's a whole 'nother rant.
As for Dracula -- Douglas Sills already reminds me of a shark. This album does not help. D:
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In the Broadway version, it's, obviously, about sibling affection, and so the concept version retroactively squicks me. Also, newer versions of the show have given the song to Marguerite and Percy as a wedding song, and have only let Armand and Marguerite sing it as a reprise. This... actually bothers me more. It makes Armand seem desperately clingy and possessive, which he kind've is, but not nearly to the degree that the song implies. Also, the tone of the song doesn't fit for Percy and Marguerite, but that's a whole 'nother rant.
As for Dracula -- Douglas Sills already reminds me of a shark. This album does not help. D: