Which CoP would you rather have ???

[maggiegrace1]

Now is the Best Time of Your Life..

It is..

 

[LudwigVonDrake]

"There's a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow" sung by Rex Allen!

 

[aeillill]

I've never heard 'Now Is the Best Time of Your Life' to be honest, but I can't imagine the Carousel of Progress without 'It's A Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow' wouldn't be the same to me, plus it's the original so I always try to default to the original whenever available.

Also I have a whole sitting hand dance routine to 'It's A Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow' I'd hate to have to go through all the work to choreograph a new song.

 

[DznyGrlSD]

:fork: Darn this thread...I'm gonna be singing this song ALL day now...

...shining at the end of every day....


...there's a GREAT big beautiful tomorrow....

:hammer:

 

[Nemo14]

Definitely "There's a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow". I was so excited when they changed it back to the original I had seen at the New York World's Fair!!! :sohappy:

 

[BalooChicago]

It would be really cool if they were able to switch it up during the day, or day to day. Would love to be able to hear both during the same trip.

 

[WDWmazprty]

It would be really cool if they were able to switch it up during the day, or day to day. Would love to be able to hear both during the same trip.

That would actually be a good idea.

 

[Pooh'sBuddy]

Since both songs get stuck in my head when I hear them, I'd rather have "It's a great big beautiful tomorrow..."

 

[Missy Skywalker]

Certainly Great, Big, Beautiful Tomorrow- It's just classic! It's the one I am used to, and I love it!

 

[Now Is The Time]

You're not going to get many folks under 30 saying "Now Is The Time"

 

[dxwwf3]

Either one, as long as the show is still operational it doesn't matter to me.

 

[Kuhio]

I don't mind Beautiful Tomorrow, but it's always struck me as a bit simplistic and treacly. I much prefer Best Time, both in terms of its music and its meaning.

Ironically, though, the meaning of Best Time is subtly subversive in that it's actually antithetical to the idea of both Tomorrowland and, in a broader sense, the essence of "Disney" itself: the song asks the listener not to become preoccupied in fond memories of the past or hopeful daydreams of the future, but rather to enjoy the here and now. In urging the listener to grasp the present -- whether it be "a time of joy or strife" -- I always found a touch of the profound in the song. It evoked a bit of the idea of Thornton Wilder's "Our Town," and its ending -- where the audience realizes that very few people value life as it's lived, minute by minute, in their preoccupation with pining for the past or yearning for the unknown future. Although the theme of Best Time touched on inherently melancholy issues of mortality, I always left the CoP feeling happy and resolved to enjoy my vacation and my life -- because we each only have a single life to live: our own, and no one else's. For that reason, I always appreciated the CoP -- not just for its AAs or effects, but for transcending its own nature as "just" another theme park attraction.

In contrast, Beautiful Tomorrow is a catchy little ditty that adequately fits the theme of the attraction -- but without imparting any deeper meaning to any of the acts or eras lived through by the show's AA figures. It's fine for what it is, but disappointingly shallow in comparison to its predecessor.

 

[SirNim]

The Walt Disney connection ensures that GBBT is the ultimate CoP song.

Said well here.

 

[Studios Fan]

There's a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow, definitely.

 

[Pluto Princess]

Another vote here for Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow. I just love that song. It is uplifting to me... and yes, I too love the fact that it gets stuck in my head for days after the fact.

(Plus, it is in my signature lol)