song question
song question
ponine24601
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/4/03
#0song question
Posted: 8/9/04 at 6:00pm
k guys i need your opinion on something. my voice teacher told me to pick a song out for my recital and i'm trying to choose. so far i have the following to choose from. i can pick 3 songs.
Defying Gravity
One Song Glory
Out Tonight
Jimmy
Popular
Think of Me
I Know the Truth
Every Story is a Love Story
On My Own
I Can Hear the Bells
The Phantom of the Opera
help please!! thanks everyone!
"People asking questions, lost in confusion. Well I tell them there's no problems, only solutions."
~The one and only John Lennon
#1re: song question
Posted: 8/9/04 at 6:02pm
One Song Glory
Popular
Jimmy
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millie_dillmount
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/22/04
#2re: song question
Posted: 8/9/04 at 6:05pm
Jimmy
Popular
Think of Me
On My Own
I picked four. Anyways, can you handle the Defying Gravity, because then I would add that to my list.
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ponine24601
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/4/03
#3re: song question
Posted: 8/9/04 at 6:07pmwell the only part of defying gravity that i don't belt on it the 'so if you care to find me...' to the end.
"People asking questions, lost in confusion. Well I tell them there's no problems, only solutions."
~The one and only John Lennon
#4re: song question
Posted: 8/9/04 at 6:19pmOne Song Glory, I Know the Truth, and On My Own. PLEASE!
"The stage is where I live and come alive and act out all the things that go on in my life. It's not just what I do for a living, it's my shrink and my love affair. No one in my life has ever or ever will kiss me on the mouth like this lover called my relationship with my performance."
#5re: song question
Posted: 8/9/04 at 6:20pm
Definitely "Jimmy".
"One Song Glory" for a female?...hmm...I dunno.
There's a light in the darkness of everybody's life.
ponine24601
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/4/03
#6re: song question
Posted: 8/9/04 at 6:22pmyeah don't ask me about that. lol. thanks for the help guys. this is going to be such a hard decision. i love them all!
"People asking questions, lost in confusion. Well I tell them there's no problems, only solutions."
~The one and only John Lennon
#8re: song question
Posted: 8/9/04 at 6:29pm
On my Own ( my favorite from your list)
Popular
Jimmy
"All I ask of you is one thing: please don't be cynical. I hate cynicism -- it's my least favorite quality and it doesn't lead anywhere. Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard and you're kind, amazing things will happen."
Conan O'Brien
ponine24601
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/4/03
#9re: song question
Posted: 8/9/04 at 6:35pmthe thing that gets me with on my own is that i sang that song so many times before, so i want to try something new. i don't know. thanks again for all your help.
"People asking questions, lost in confusion. Well I tell them there's no problems, only solutions."
~The one and only John Lennon
#10re: song question
Posted: 8/9/04 at 6:37pmDo Jimmy instead of On My Own. PLEASE OH PLEASE!
"The stage is where I live and come alive and act out all the things that go on in my life. It's not just what I do for a living, it's my shrink and my love affair. No one in my life has ever or ever will kiss me on the mouth like this lover called my relationship with my performance."
ponine24601
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/4/03
#11re: song question
Posted: 8/9/04 at 6:39pmok every person has suggested jimmy so that's one of my picks. *writes it down on a piece of paper* 2 more!
"People asking questions, lost in confusion. Well I tell them there's no problems, only solutions."
~The one and only John Lennon
#12re: song question
Posted: 8/9/04 at 7:04pmOut Tonight, One Song Glory, Popular
I have my books and my poetry to protect me...
VoiceofReason
Leading Actor Joined: 2/18/04
#13re: song question
Posted: 8/9/04 at 7:10pm
If you do Jimmy, Popular, and Think of Me, it'll show off your range, both vocally and emotionally. And I think if you ever want to sing Popular now would be the time, before people really start getting sick of hearing it.
~m~
For heaven's sake, don't try to be cynical. It's perfectly easy to be cynical.
~The Importance of Being Earnest~
timote316
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/04
#15re: song question
Posted: 8/9/04 at 9:43pmIf you can belt Defying Gravity correctly, that would be impressive. Good luck with whatever you choose!
#17re: song question
Posted: 8/9/04 at 9:55pmOn My Own. I just LOVE that song. Good luck!
#18re: song question
Posted: 8/9/04 at 9:59pmI choose the same as TM Cara.
"The stage is where I live and come alive and act out all the things that go on in my life. It's not just what I do for a living, it's my shrink and my love affair. No one in my life has ever or ever will kiss me on the mouth like this lover called my relationship with my performance."
Miphba
Understudy Joined: 7/8/04
#19re: song question
Posted: 8/9/04 at 10:05pmI love all those songs so I see why your having trouble. My personal favorite song of all time is Out Tonight, so I highly reccomend that, followed closely by Defying Gravity, great if your a power belter, which judging by your song selections it looks as though that is your forte. One Song Glory is great but seeing as you are female, it might be strange so in that case I'd choose either Popular, to show off your comedic side, or On My Own because if you can sing that, it's a powerful song, and its probably my favorite Les Miz song.
Understudy Joined: 12/31/69
#20re: song question
Posted: 8/9/04 at 10:35pmIf you can do defying gravity do it! It is a wonderful and moving song! Also do I Can Hear The Bells because it is very original and catchy! Do Popular to because it's a wonderful song!
CurtainUp
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/9/04
#21re: song question
Posted: 8/9/04 at 10:50pmI Know the Truth, it's so underdone and beautiful! Jimmy and Out Tonight for some versatility!
Rosencrantz: "Be happy - if you're not even HAPPY what's so good about surviving? We'll be all right. I suppose we just go on."
- from Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
marebare
Stand-by Joined: 7/6/04
#22re: song question
Posted: 8/9/04 at 11:40pmDefinitely I Know The Truth!!! Puh-leasee! I love that song and I've always meant to sing it...so I'll live vicariously through you! lol, and if you sing that and Jimmy I would say that Think Of Me would be a good balance to those, although I think it's pretty overdone and that Popular would be fun!!
judy_in_disguise
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/31/04
#23re: song question
Posted: 8/9/04 at 11:48pm
Think of Me
Popular
I Know The Truth
Three great songs, three very different styles.
#24re: song question
Posted: 8/11/04 at 1:45amI love I Know The Truth, I think that would be an exellent choice. Let us know which three you end up picking and how it went. Good Luck!
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