Best version of "And I Am Telling You"
Best version of "And I Am Telling You"
FutureAladdinOnB'Way
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/21/07
#1Best version of "And I Am Telling You"
Posted: 11/16/07 at 7:04pm
Sorry if this has been posted before, but I wanted to share this girl's version of "And I Am Telling You" that I found on youtube; I think it's the best version I have heard! Enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cj51HxP6Bg0
BDrischBDemented
Broadway Star Joined: 11/13/05
#2re: Best version of 'And I Am Telling You'
Posted: 11/16/07 at 7:23pmJake Gyllenhaal's is still the best. And those arms... mmmm.
"Your lyrics lack subtlety! You can't just have your characters announce how they feel! That makes me feel angry!"
#2re: Best version of 'And I Am Telling You'
Posted: 11/16/07 at 7:32pmParrot. The words of the song are beyond her comprehension. Like Streisand. Sounds all right, but where's the believable delivery? Has Babs ever had rain on her parade? So too I doubt that youtube girl has ever woken 'up tomorrow morning' and found her lover not there.
#3re: Best version of 'And I Am Telling You'
Posted: 11/16/07 at 7:50pm
I think the words are both literally and figuratively beyond her comprehension. She's got a great voice but her "...no, no no way, I'm livin without you" is like a child who doesn't get a toy she wants in the store.
Ms. Holiday- 1st
Jake- a distant but enjoyable second
Joshua488
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/29/04
#4re: Best version of 'And I Am Telling You'
Posted: 11/16/07 at 7:57pm
My friends and I have been following this girl on YouTube since last year. We're not sure if she has any idea of what she's saying, but we sure do love to listen to her sing and watch her perform.
Her name is Charice Pempengco.
Joshua488
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/29/04
#5re: Best version of 'And I Am Telling You'
Posted: 11/16/07 at 7:58pm
Double post.
Updated On: 11/16/07 at 07:58 PM
Lynnespock2
Broadway Star Joined: 5/14/04
#6re: Best version of 'And I Am Telling You'
Posted: 11/16/07 at 8:09pm
Jennifer Holiday took my breath away. It was one of the most memorable experiences of my life.
I did like Jake too, but for different reasons...
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Ed_Mottershead
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/20/05
#7re: Best version of 'And I Am Telling You'
Posted: 11/16/07 at 8:11pmHands down, Jennifer Holliday. I saw her in Dreamgirs 3 times and every time the theare went beserk. No one has ever touched her.
BroadwayEd
#8re: Best version of 'And I Am Telling You'
Posted: 11/17/07 at 1:49am
Jennifer Holiday's performance at the Tony's.
Breathtaking.
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#9re: Best version of 'And I Am Telling You'
Posted: 11/17/07 at 4:57amI'm TIRED of it, to be honest - BUT I think that girl in CAMP did the best!
George:
Rubbing alcohol for you, Martha?
Martha: Never mix, never worry!
#10re: Best version of 'And I Am Telling You'
Posted: 11/17/07 at 5:12amOMG !!! That little girl's voice is AMAZING !!!!! Check her belt Beyonce's "Listen" !!!! Incredible, rich, unbelievable voice !! And she is only 14-15 years old !!!!
#11re: Best version of 'And I Am Telling You'
Posted: 11/17/07 at 8:52amThey even know of CAMP in Greece. There truly IS a God.
George:
Rubbing alcohol for you, Martha?
Martha: Never mix, never worry!
#12re: Best version of 'And I Am Telling You'
Posted: 11/17/07 at 10:02am
wow that girl is Fantastic
Jenifer Holiday back in the day did the best version but now she sounds a bloody mess when she sings it
Jenifer Hudson also blew me away in the film, i had shivers down my spine all he way through it
Namo i love u but we get it already....you don't like Madonna
#13re: Best version of 'And I Am Telling You'
Posted: 11/17/07 at 10:12amthere is a version by (of all people) Bonnie Tyler that I have that I have to say is very very interesting. I like it the more I listen to it but I have to say Jennifer Holliday's version from the Tony's was the best IMHO.
"Whenever I get gloomy with the state of the world, I think about the arrivals gate at Heathrow Airport. General opinion's starting to make out that we live in a world of hatred and greed, but I don't see that. It seems to me that love is everywhere. Often it's not particularly dignified or newsworthy, but it's always there - fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, husbands and wives, boyfriends, girlfriends, old friends. When the planes hit the Twin Towers, as far as I know none of the phone calls from the people on board were messages of hate or revenge - they were all messages of love. If you look for it, I've got a sneaky feeling you'll find that love actually is all around."
Lynnespock2
Broadway Star Joined: 5/14/04
#14re: Best version of 'And I Am Telling You'
Posted: 11/17/07 at 10:19am
Jennifer Holiday did it without benefit of retakes and voice enhancements that might be done in a film. Talk about a show stopper, she ripped the audience apart. My husband had a friend whose name I remember as CB who was in the ensemble. I took my 6 year daughter (at that time) to see it and she didn't want to leave her seat because she was afraid someone would take it. Even a six year old was blown away by Ms. Hudson. Wonder what happened to Charles Bernard? He was very talented.
Jennifer Hudson didn't sound so wonderful when she did it at an award show, think it was the Oscars. I like her a lot, but didn't think it was her best performance.
Ok, is it Jenifer or Jennifer?
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#15re: Best version of 'And I Am Telling You'
Posted: 11/17/07 at 11:11am
https://forum.broadwayworld.com/readmessage.cfm?boardname=bway&thread=947749
https://forum.broadwayworld.com/readmessage.cfm?boardname=bway&thread=948415
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#16re: Best version of 'And I Am Telling You'
Posted: 11/17/07 at 12:10pmChason, yep, I own CAMP on DVD, but my post was actually about the girl on the link !
#17re: Best version of 'And I Am Telling You'
Posted: 11/18/07 at 3:04am
Oh! Sorry. I misunderstood. Well you like CAMP, anyway. What thread, exactly, is it that has the woman/girl singing that you like best?
I like whatever YOU like (but let me test it out, for sure). :)~
George:
Rubbing alcohol for you, Martha?
Martha: Never mix, never worry!
#18re: Best version of 'And I Am Telling You'
Posted: 11/18/07 at 8:26am
Best version? Jon Robyns as Princeton singing it to Simon Lipkin's Trekkie Monster, finshing with a kiss XDD
That's the best rendition of the song!
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anpat13
Swing Joined: 6/27/07
#19re: Best version of 'And I Am Telling You'
Posted: 11/18/07 at 12:43pmJennifer Holiday on the Broadway Leading Ladies DVD brings the house down, and that's amidst some of the best vocalists around. Def my favorite performances
#20re: Best version of 'And I Am Telling You'
Posted: 11/18/07 at 12:51pm
There is a great version of a tall thin white woman singing it at some community theater that was posted a few months back on "the site that can't named"
Definitely worth searching
Other than that, did you enjoy the play Mrs Lincoln?
#21re: Best version of 'And I Am Telling You'
Posted: 11/18/07 at 1:39pm
A child singing "And I Am Telling You" reminds me of the old joke about a child mixing martinis:
Not only is it unseemly, they use too much vermouth.
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MargoChanning
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/5/04
#22re: Best version of 'And I Am Telling You'
Posted: 11/18/07 at 1:42pmFran Lebowitz?
"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie
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Jonny boy
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/30/07
#23re: Best version of 'And I Am Telling You'
Posted: 11/18/07 at 1:45pmWOW!!!! That little girl has some lungs!!! I'm sure we will here more about her in the futer.....Thanks for sharing... she is AMAZING!!
#24re: Best version of 'And I Am Telling You'
Posted: 11/18/07 at 2:04pmMy personal favorite is Christine Pedi.
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