Shrek Download - I Know It's Today

[balto]

Posted: 9/29/08 at 12:04pm

Received an email from Playbill.com with the link - an mp3 version...



I Know It's Today Updated On: 9/29/08 at 12:04 PM

[Bobby Maler]

Posted: 9/29/08 at 12:20pm

wow, I loved it. Really smart, funny lyrics, catchy tune. ...and sounds like Sutton will be perfect for this role (unlike her role in Young Frankenstein, which seemed illsuited for her). Can't wait to see it now.

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 9/29/08 at 2:19pm

Thanks for sharing, though I have to admit that it gave me a headache. The first two girls that sing are awful.

Posted: 9/29/08 at 2:54pm

Ten effin' seconds? That's all we get on the download?

[NGD2225]

Posted: 9/29/08 at 3:01pm

Is it just the Orchestra test?

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 9/29/08 at 3:01pm

That song is pretty bad...banal and totally uninventive.

Sutton sounds fantastic as usual though.

[Taryn]

Posted: 9/29/08 at 4:10pm

Very underwhelming. Poor Sutton!

[koolaid mustache]

Posted: 9/29/08 at 4:37pm

i dunno what all the hate is for...

it sounds cute, and having seen it live, it works as a wonderful song within the show, one of it's many highlights!

:)

[koolaid mustache]

Posted: 9/29/08 at 4:47pm

it is a great musical theatre song...

1. It continues the story, and introduces us to the character of Fiona

2. It makes some cute jokes, that get a good reaction from the audience, and sets up some foreshadowing

3. It is a catchy tune, that I sang as I walked out of the theatre

4. It is inventive by having all three sing at once, instead of just having sutton belt out a song about her "want"

what else do you want?

[H.Higgins]

Posted: 9/29/08 at 4:54pm

I agree that Sutton sounds great, as usual.

That said, I wanted to like it, but kind of hate it.

[pli1018]

Posted: 9/29/08 at 5:03pm

This is just the orchestra test that was released ages ago.

[Vespertine1228]

Posted: 9/29/08 at 5:33pm

I don't quite understand how this works within the context of the show, but I didn't like it. It certainly doesn't make me want to see the show. Still, most people I know at home in Seattle who saw it enjoyed it, so I'll probably go eventually.

[SugarPlumFairy]

Posted: 9/29/08 at 6:09pm

i have had this since beginning of august and it definately grows on you.
it also works very well in the show (i saw 4 performances and 3 rehearsals and attended classes with Tesori and Justin Greer.)

[justafan2]

Posted: 9/29/08 at 6:17pm

This seems like the type of number you enjoy more if you actually see it performed in the context of the entire show. To just listen to it randomly----it's a disjointed piece of singing/narrative---(altho' Sutton's voice is beautiful, as usual)

[PSLove302]

Posted: 9/29/08 at 6:31pm

Wow.

More SHREK hate.... what's new?

nothing changes.

[H.Higgins]

Posted: 9/29/08 at 7:28pm

- "Wow. More SHREK hate.... what's new?"


I'm not sure who that's directed to or why I really feel the need to defend my opinion ( I don't and I didn't say anything offensive), but since I did have a negative response to the song, I feel compelled to clear my name just in case:

Sutton is wonderful (as always). The song just didn't appeal to me, personally, because the young ladies singing before her sound fairly awful and the lyrics were cringe-inducing at times (see: "seem a bit bipolar" to "very gifted bowler!").

Doesn't mean I have anything against the show. No "SHREK hate" here. I wish the production all the best, actually.

Just didn't like the song so much, that's all. Updated On: 9/29/08 at 07:28 PM

[PSLove302]

Posted: 9/29/08 at 7:30pm

not directed at you Higgins.

[H.Higgins]

Posted: 9/29/08 at 7:37pm

Thanks, PSlove! I'm glad. I was concerned that I was being perceived as one of the flamers or haters of this show because of my reaction to the song. I just didn't want to be misunderstood.

[clever name]

Posted: 9/29/08 at 7:55pm

Thanks,balto! So far I'm on the fence with all the songs I have. But it may grow on me

[fnyboi88]

Posted: 9/29/08 at 10:41pm

I didn't want to start another thread, but is something going bad with Shrek. Chester Gregory's facebook status hints something has changed.

Chester Gregory is devastated & will miss his former cast mates...

[BobbyBubby]

Posted: 10/1/08 at 2:04am

It works better on stage.

[B3TA07]

Posted: 10/1/08 at 2:10am

A random question I was going to post in the new thread before it was deleted: Sutton got a new song during the Seattle run? What?

[ChecksintheMayo]

Posted: 10/1/08 at 3:12am

It was a short reprise of "Morning Person," the morning after her "who could love a hideous beast" chat with Donkey. Before that, it was a reprise of "When Words Fail."

[SporkGoddess]

Posted: 10/1/08 at 10:07am

Actually, I really like the singer who plays teen Fiona. I think that she has a lot of potential.

And, yes, that "bipolar" lyric just kills me.

Updated On: 10/1/08 at 10:07 AM

[4thRowAsile]

Posted: 10/1/08 at 10:31am

I only listened to the song once, yesterday, but struck me this morning that it is kinda a rip off (and a B-version, at that) of Happily Ever After from Once Upon A Mattress.