OMG, she sounds freakin' AMAZING!!! Although this pisses me off that he took the melody of "Our Kind Of Love" to do this (although the melody was originally written for this musical).
"They're eating her and then they're going to eat me. OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!" -Troll 2
I LOVE IT!! The whole concept of a Phantom sequel makes you laugh. Then they throw all these videos, songs and blogs at you and you are caught under the Phantom's spell!! I cannot wait for this to start previews in 20 days!!!
WOW! The lyrics are surprisingly very good. My aunt's brother wrote a musical of Age of Innocence and had a reading for it and Sierra played one of the leads. The reading did have opera singing in it, but she was sooo much better in that video. I can not wait for this to come to Broadway.
Oh I agree. The lyrics are a million times better than "The Heart is Slow To Learn" which was the original song for the proposed Phantom sequel a few years ago.
"They're eating her and then they're going to eat me. OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!" -Troll 2
"You drank a charm to kill John Proctor's wife! You drank a charm to kill Goody Proctor!" - Betty Parris to Abigail Williams in Arthur Miller's The Crucible
My thoughts: Lyrics are repetitive, highly so. Sierra Boggess sings well and looks very beautiful. After the first two minutes I knew what point they were trying to get across. When she hit the high notes, I thought they were pointless. All told, better lyrics than Till I Hear You Sing (Once More). They were just bad.
Glenn Slater has officially made up for TLM with that song alone. Those lyrics are so poetic and gorgeous, simple and eloquent and spot-on perfection. I really could not have asked for anything better, lyrically. This is the "Music Of The Night" for the 21st century, love it or hate it.
Damn, Slater is on fire between this, SISTER ACT and the LEAP OF FAITH workshop. Best lyricist in the industry!
I love the song and LOVE Sierra. But 8 times a week-can you say "blown out" vocal cords? Can you say alternate Christine at matinees? :)
"The sexual energy between the mother and son really concerns me!"-random woman behind me at Next to Normal
"I want to meet him after and bang him!"-random woman who exposed her breasts at Rock of Ages, referring to James Carpinello
Bettyboy, I bet they will go with the tracked-in-vocals ala "POTO" ending for the Christines' sanity, though maybe not.
Also, can anyone with a better grasp of music-by-ear tell me what that high note is? I'm thinking a high D sharp (the POTO title song goes up to a high G, no?), but I could be wrong. Definitely right up there with "Poto" chord-busting notes though.
So happy this is so good! Frankly, I'm a bit shocked to see the love 'round here for it, and I suppose I'll even let down my guard a tiny bit and admit it brought a tear to my eye the first time I heard it, yes, a spark of warmth to this chilly, cold, cruel heart! Haters hate, if you must. I'm a sentimental fool!
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P.S. This is the best lyrical quatrain in any ALW show since Rice (save Steinman's work on WDTW): "Try to deny it/ And try to protest/But love won't let you go/Once you've been possessed."
Updated On: 1/31/10 at 07:41 PM
How can we get excited about the "premiere" of a song that has already been used in one ALW show and bears a strong resemblance to one from the original Jeeves?
Sonheim should write a sequel to Follies, and use a couple of songs from Anyone Can Whistle- nobody will notice!!!
The POTO title song goes up to a High E. I just looked at this song. It goes up to a High B flat. It depends on how high the rest of the score is in order to determine if they need an alternate. If she is singing it properly, there is no excuse not to perform it 8 times a week. Opera performers can do it.
For some reason, it reminded me of a mixture of "We Are The Champions" and "Love Will Find A Way" from The Lion King 2. She looks and sounds beautiful, though!
In my pants, she has burst like the music of angels, the light of the sun! --Marius Pantsmercy