wendy coakley-thompson wrote the song what you won't do for love.
wendy coakley-thompson wrote the song what you won't do for love.
who wrote the song what you won't do for love?
wendy coakley-thompson
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r.l. shaffer of ign identified "beauty and the beast" as a "tear-jerking poetic ballad". "film genre 2000: new critical essays" author wheeler w. dixon believes that the song's lyrics are about the couple's "implicit promise of regeneration through love". 29 lines in length, all of which are exactly five syllables, "beauty and the beast" is a love song about a couple's transformation from friends into "something more". the film's theme song, its lyrics "capture the essence of the film" by describing the relationship between "beauty and the beast"'s two main characters, specifically citing ways in which the two have changed each other for the better and finally learned to accept their differences and mistakes. according to jake cole of not just movies, the first stanza begins "in earnest, and the subtlety of it has the ironic effect of being overpowering". beginning with lansbury singing the lyrics "tale as old as time, true as it can be," joblo.com wrote that the song "offers a sure sign of romance between the beauty and her beast". meanwhile, songfacts believes that "the message of the song is that a couple can be 'as old as time' no matter how different they are". according to chris lucas of moviepilot, ashman's lyrics describe the couple's "hesitation and surprise at falling in love unexpectedly," while author thomas s. hischak wrote in "the disney song encyclopedia" that the song is "about how two tentative hearts are united in love". featuring the line "barely even friends, then somebody bends, unexpectedly," gene siskel of the "chicago tribune" believes that the ballad "makes the case for all lovers to look past their partners' faults and into their hearts," while cole wrote, "ashman goes for the truth ... we don't know we're in love until we spend time with someone and unforced adjustments make the pieces fall into place". "the emperor's old groove: decolonizing disney's magic kingdom" author brenda ayres cited the song as an "[indicator] that a reciprocal power relationship has developed between belle and the beast ... confirm[ing] 'his transformation, her legitimacy, and their powerful unity". according to the lyricist's website, "beauty and the beast" summarizes the way in which "belle tames the beast and finds the happy ending she has dreamed about". "the meanings of "beauty and the beast": a handbook" author jerry griswold believes that the song's opening line "tale as old as time" alludes to the fact that belle's story is an ancient, timeless one "deliberately situated within the context of other traditional tales;" hers is simply "the newest incarnation" of it. "the translation of the songs in disney's "beauty and the beast": an example of manipulation" author lucía loureiro porto agrees that although the song "does not tell any story, it is made of phrases that imply that love is as old a feeling as mankind". according to perry seibert of allmovie, "beauty and the beast" is "as sappy as ashman ever got as a lyricist". seibert believes that the song "acknowledges its own banality ... without minimizing or mocking its inherently sweet description of true love". reflecting upon ashman's death, roger moore of the "chicago tribune" believes that the song "was [ashman's] farewell to love and life and imagination".
beauty and the beast (disney song)