Putting It Together (Album Version)-Barbra Streisand

[ti:Putting It Together] [ar:Barbra Streisand] [al:The Essential Barbra Streisand] [by:] [offset:0] [00:05.88]Barbra: Look I've spent a lot of time working on this [00:07.75]Producer 1: Look no one's gonna buy it -- no one [00:10.19]Producer 2: No one in Middle America anyway That's for sure [00:12.44]Producer 3: He's right [00:13.13]Producer 1: Sweetheart it's just not commercial [00:14.32]Barbra: What is commercial [00:15.06]Producer 2: It's not what's selling nowadays [00:16.88]Producer 1: I mean - personally I love it but [00:18.82]Barbra (sung):Be nice girl [00:20.13]Producer 3: Nobody's into this kind of material [00:21.69]Barbra (sung): You have to pay a price girl [00:23.38]Producer 2: This album needs a hit single we can push [00:25.44]Barbra (sung):They like to give advice girl [00:26.57]Producer 1: The whole idea's too risky [00:27.69]Barbra (sung): Don't think about it twice girl [00:29.19]Producer 2: The audience won't understand this kind of thing [00:30.32]Barbra (sung):It's time to get to work [00:30.50]Barbra(spoken): I disagree Why don't you wait until you hear it [00:31.82]Producer 3: This is like your old stuff [00:32.07]Barbra (sung): Art isn't easy [00:32.25]Producer 3: You've got to appeal to the kids [00:37.57]Barbra (sung): Even when you're hot [00:39.25]Producer 2: Why would you want to make an album like this anyway [00:42.88]Barbra (sung): Advancing art is easy [00:43.07]Producer 1: I think we ought to talk seriously about this [00:45.00]Barbra (sung): Financing it is not [00:45.19]Producer 2: Why take chances [00:45.38]Barbra (sung): A vision's just a vision if it's only in your head [00:46.81]Producer 1: Nobody respects your artistic integrity more than I do but [00:47.19]Barbra (sung): If no one gets to hear it it's as good as dead [00:51.13]Producer 2: You have to think about you career [00:58.50]Barbra (sung): It has to come to life [01:01.25]Barbra (sung): Bit by bit putting it together [01:02.75]Piece by piece only way to make a work of art [01:04.88]Every moment makes a contribution [01:05.82]Every little detail plays a parts [01:08.13]Having just a vision's no solution [01:10.31]Everything depends on execution [01:11.13]Putting it together that's what counts [01:13.94]Ounce by ounce putting in together [01:16.94]Small amounts adding up to make a work of art [01:22.63]First of all you need a good foundation [01:24.44]Otherwise it's risky from the start [01:25.69]Takes a little cocktail conversation [01:26.69]But without the proper preparation [01:27.69]Having just a vision's no solution [01:28.94]Everything depends on execution [01:29.75]The art of making art [01:31.94]Is putting it together bit by bit [01:39.57]Producer 2: Do we really need all these musicians [01:40.75]Barbra: Link by link making the connections yes we do [01:45.56]Drink by drink taking every comment as it comes [01:46.63]Learning how to play the politician [01:47.06]Like you play piano bass and drums [01:52.38]Otherwise you'll find your composition [01:54.25]Isn't gonna get much exhibition [01:55.94]Art isn't easy [01:57.25]Every minor detail is a major decision [02:02.88]Have to keep things in scale [02:04.75]Have to hold to your vision [02:07.06]Producer 1: Why don't we talk about this over dinner darling [02:10.32]What's a little cocktail conversation [02:11.25]If it gets the funds for your foundation [02:12.69]Every time I start to feel defensive [02:14.06]I remember vinyl is expensive [02:15.94]Producer 3: Would you agree to do an interview [02:17.63]Barbra: Maybe one [02:18.19]Dot by dot building up the image [02:21.32]Shot by shot keeping at a distance doesn't pay [02:25.32]Still if you remember your objective [02:27.25]Not give all your privacy away [02:28.69]A little bit of hype can be effective [02:30.69]As long as you can keep it in perspective [02:32.44]Even when you get some recognition [02:33.82]Everything you do you still audition [02:36.25]Art isn't easy [02:37.07]Overnight you're a trend [02:41.31]You're the right combination [02:42.13]Then the trend's at an end [02:44.82]You're suddenly last year's sensation [02:46.25]All they ever want is repetition [02:49.82]All they really like is what they know [02:51.38]Gotta keep a link with your tradition [02:53.19]Gotta learn to trust your intuition [02:54.50]While you re-establish your position [02:56.38]So that you can be on exhibit [02:58.00]So that your work can be on exhibition [03:01.13]Be new girl [03:02.44]They tell you till they're blue girl [03:07.63]You're new or else you're through girl [03:10.69]And even if it's true girl [03:12.63]You do what you can do [03:15.00]Bit by bit Putting it together [03:22.75]Piece by piece working on the vision night and day [03:25.63]All it takes is time and perseverance [03:28.75]With a little luck along the way [03:31.69]Putting in a personal appearance [03:33.44]Gathering supporters and adherents [03:35.63]Producer 1: Well she's an original [03:36.82]Producer 3: WAS [03:37.38]Barbra: Mapping out the songs but in addition [03:39.16]Harmonizing each negotiation [03:39.79]Balancing the part that's all musicians [03:42.44]With the part that's strictly presentation [03:43.75]Balancing the money with the mission [03:45.69]Till you have the perfect orchestration [03:47.38]Even if you do have the suspicion [03:49.32]That it's taking all your concentration [03:51.38]The art of making art [03:54.19]Is putting it together bit by bit [03:57.94]Beat by beat part by part [03:59.88]Sheet by sheet chart by chart Track by track bit by bit [04:02.94]Reel by reel pout by pout [04:04.32]Stack by stack snit by snit [04:05.44]Meal by meal shout by shout [04:06.63]Deal by deal spat by spat [04:09.19]Shpiel by shpiel doubt by doubt [04:11.44]And that Is the state of the art