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Post by loureviews on Apr 27, 2016 12:29:18 GMT
There's always the Bernadette Peters' version where she sings completely out of sync with the orchestra (I know there's a name for this but I have forgotten it!). I just love this. It's another of my all time favourite play it LOUD and singalong songs. I can even do it out of sync like she does! Available on the Hey Mr Producer! concert recording. Back-phrasing is possibly the word you're looking for here, and I must confess that Bernadette's Hey Mr Producer version is probably my favourite too. Every time I think of it in my head I think it can't be as bad as I'm imagining, then I watch it and yup.....there she is just completely ignoring the orchestra, conductor and tempo and doing her own thing and I just love it!!! But it is just a beautiful and amazing rendition of that song, so it doesn't matter one little bit. |
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Post by theatremadness on Apr 27, 2016 12:44:30 GMT
Back-phrasing is possibly the word you're looking for here, and I must confess that Bernadette's Hey Mr Producer version is probably my favourite too. Every time I think of it in my head I think it can't be as bad as I'm imagining, then I watch it and yup.....there she is just completely ignoring the orchestra, conductor and tempo and doing her own thing and I just love it!!! But it is just a beautiful and amazing rendition of that song, so it doesn't matter one little bit. Well I would argue that it's a little self-indulgent and (possibly) off-putting to both the orchestra and conductor (maybe someone who has experience of playing for musicals can offer us their opinion on back-phrasing during this particular performance!), and it certainly sounds a little weird on the ears when the sung melody is stretched so far over an orchestration that is playing the actual vocal line being sung, BUT, I never said it wasn't any good. I agree it's amazing and that's why I love it - and her rendition of Being Alive in the Sondheim section, too!  |
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Post by danb on Apr 27, 2016 12:48:09 GMT
Mmmmm, It's alright. I really like the Sarah Brightman version but it was for my wifes car & she can't stand her. Theres a load of dialogue before Peters version aswell which is annoying, and there is an element of "just f@cking sing it properly woman!". However, when she reigns it in at the end it is wonderful.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Apr 27, 2016 14:32:09 GMT
Have you seen the price of that Hey Mr Producer collection on iTunes?  |
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Post by SamB (was badoerfan) on Apr 27, 2016 15:29:10 GMT
But it is just a beautiful and amazing rendition of that song, so it doesn't matter one little bit. Well I would argue that it's a little self-indulgent and (possibly) off-putting to both the orchestra and conductor (maybe someone who has experience of playing for musicals can offer us their opinion on back-phrasing during this particular performance!), and it certainly sounds a little weird on the ears when the sung melody is stretched so far over an orchestration that is playing the actual vocal line being sung, BUT, I never said it wasn't any good. I agree it's amazing and that's why I love it - and her rendition of Being Alive in the Sondheim section, too! OMG love that too. BAY-YANG. AAAH-LLLLAAAAAIIIIIII- VAH |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 27, 2016 17:55:09 GMT
There's always the Bernadette Peters' version where she sings completely out of sync with the orchestra (I know there's a name for this but I have forgotten it!). I just love this. It's another of my all time favourite play it LOUD and singalong songs. I can even do it out of sync like she does! Available on the Hey Mr Producer! concert recording. God I love that version from Hey Mr Producer, and standing in the middle of my living room screaming it at the top of my lungs. Sometimes I even hold a clipboard for the full effect. I'm picturing you with a curly perm...  |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 27, 2016 17:58:12 GMT
Well I would argue that it's a little self-indulgent and (possibly) off-putting to both the orchestra and conductor (maybe someone who has experience of playing for musicals can offer us their opinion on back-phrasing during this particular performance!), and it certainly sounds a little weird on the ears when the sung melody is stretched so far over an orchestration that is playing the actual vocal line being sung, BUT, I never said it wasn't any good. I agree it's amazing and that's why I love it - and her rendition of Being Alive in the Sondheim section, too! OMG love that too. BAY-YANG. AAAH-LLLLAAAAAIIIIIII- VAHSorry but that one's got to have Patti for me! (And I not only sing, I "sing" the piano part as well! ) |
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Post by max on Apr 27, 2016 18:10:41 GMT
If Bernadette's back singing, Betty Buckley's front singing like she just remembered she left the iron on, has a casserole in the oven, and a taxi outside with the meter running.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 27, 2016 18:12:37 GMT
Have you seen the price of that Hey Mr Producer collection on iTunes? Only £13.99 on Amazon or even cheaper via Marketplace! |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 27, 2016 18:13:03 GMT
If Bernadette's back singing, Betty Buckley's front singing like she just remembered she left the iron on, has a casserole in oven, and a taxi outside with the meter running. What's Glenn's version like? |
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Post by max on Apr 27, 2016 18:21:43 GMT
If Bernadette's back singing, Betty Buckley's front singing like she just remembered she left the iron on, has a casserole in oven, and a taxi outside with the meter running. What's Glenn's version like? She does a mash up with 'Sheldon Bloom' to add the line "I will make you feel well when you feel fluey" |
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Post by westendcub on Apr 27, 2016 19:17:34 GMT
Personally love the Denise Van Outen recording, 'Show & Dance' had been my mums CD & when she played it I enjoyed it but as it was something I had seen on stage or the televised version so I couldn't quite relate!!
When it got announced with Denise, mum & I brought tickets & I brought the CD (came out before the show) & then we went & I just loved (I also came out to my mother afterwards (officially), I took her to 'The Yard' for wine afterwards!!). Saw that twice but have not seen since all those years ago but often enjoy a listen.
'Speed Dating' would be a little out-dated now but I loved those changes & the new songs - surprised have gone back to the original writing over the revival
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Apr 27, 2016 19:55:07 GMT
Have you seen the price of that Hey Mr Producer collection on iTunes? Only £13.99 on Amazon or even cheaper via Marketplace! Does that involve an actual CD? I mean a physical object thingy that you actually put in an actual "machine"? Sorry love it's all virtual chez Burlz. Zero touch. I'm not even real myself! |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 27, 2016 20:18:29 GMT
Only £13.99 on Amazon or even cheaper via Marketplace! Does that involve an actual CD? I mean a physical object thingy that you actually put in an actual "machine"? Sorry love it's all virtual chez Burlz. Zero touch. I'm not even real myself! Once burnt and put on your "appliance", you can use the actual object as a coaster to put your Pot Noodle on. Saves making rings on your coffee-table. (Anyway, you are a fibber: we know you're real coz we've seen your elbow, a wrist and a watch.) |
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Apr 27, 2016 20:42:04 GMT
Does that involve an actual CD? I mean a physical object thingy that you actually put in an actual "machine"? Sorry love it's all virtual chez Burlz. Zero touch. I'm not even real myself! Once burnt and put on your "appliance", you can use the actual object as a coaster to put your Pot Noodle on. Saves making rings on your coffee-table. ( Anyway, you are a fibber: we know you're real coz we've seen your elbow, a wrist and a watch.)That was my understudy. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 27, 2016 20:48:21 GMT
Once burnt and put on your "appliance", you can use the actual object as a coaster to put your Pot Noodle on. Saves making rings on your coffee-table. ( Anyway, you are a fibber: we know you're real coz we've seen your elbow, a wrist and a watch.)That was my understudy. I do hope that's not another case of the understudy being better than the real thing! |
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Apr 27, 2016 20:51:45 GMT
Speaking of which, I hear Jodie bailed out of Leeds tonight.
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Post by richey on Apr 27, 2016 20:54:18 GMT
Speaking of which, I hear Jodie bailed out of Leeds tonight. yes just been reading a post from a friend on Facebook. Jodie was off so show only lasted an hour, no second half |
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Post by d'James on Apr 27, 2016 20:56:47 GMT
Why no second half? Does the understudy normally not do the second half of this show?
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Apr 27, 2016 20:58:59 GMT
Speaking of which, I hear Jodie bailed out of Leeds tonight. yes just been reading a post from a friend on Facebook. Jodie was off so show only lasted an hour, no second half Maybe we have a mutual Now THAT merits a refund. She was in fine voice on Monday night. |
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Post by spendleb on Apr 28, 2016 7:51:52 GMT
yes just been reading a post from a friend on Facebook. Jodie was off so show only lasted an hour, no second half Maybe we have a mutual Now THAT merits a refund. She was in fine voice on Monday night. Oooo am I the mutual  Yup she bailed unfortunately, her replacement had a beautiful voice but given they cancelled the Q&A the show lasted an hour! As for the show, my first time seeing it, I obviously knew the two big numbers but not sure what I was meant to feel about the character, she falls in love easily, men are bastards….the end? I came away not with a smile and a song in my head but with disappointment and formulating an email for a refund! |
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Post by spendleb on Apr 28, 2016 7:55:44 GMT
Why no second half? Does the understudy normally not do the second half of this show? Nope as it's meant to be an 'intimate' Q&A with Jodie, pointless when she's not there The actual show lasts just an hour! |
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Post by max on May 1, 2016 10:14:23 GMT
On danb's question re the best version of 'Unexpected Song'... how could I have forgotten this by Andrea Ross. Despite the background noise of a cabaret/dinner setting, it's beautifully sung and acted. My favourite anyway, by a mile.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Apr 19, 2021 12:25:47 GMT
Jodie Prenger is touring this again later this year. Lowry in October.
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Post by richey on Apr 19, 2021 12:51:10 GMT
Jodie Prenger is touring this again later this year. Lowry in October. Got an email for this earlier. I guess it's an easy show to put out relatively quickly and no need for the cast to distance. |
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