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#1

OOOOOOW!

Posted: 12/19/04 at 5:52am

Sorry for making a new thread, but I need people to share my pain!

There is a new DEFYING GRAVITY vid on the Labbadia Sisters' website. Oh God my ears! If anything it has become MORE painful and more strained. Sounded as though they'd each had 3 cuban cigars & a bottle of brandy before singing!

Girls, please, if you're reading this GIVE YOUR VOICES A BREAK!!! Either that or welcome the nodules.

And, yes, the UK has all of this to look forward to. It would appear to be impossible to tell a 15 year-old girl that she is NOT trained or developed enough to do that sort of song. (Can you imagine it! A 15 year-old saying "I HAVE been trained"!) Methinks recitals & talent contests will be a no-go zone for me once it hits the West End (whenever that will be)

#2

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Posted: 12/19/04 at 2:46pm

Wow, I listened to that just now. I really do not appreciate the girl who is singing for elphie's voice. But I kind of like the younger sister's voice. You know not until listening to that sound clip do I realze just how much of a friend head voice can be to people.

"I guess she is one very confident girl who feels if you see it, it shall be. I hope she sees a room with a piano player and a bunch of scary middle-aged queens sitting behind a table, talking to each other as she auditions!!" -Marc Shaiman on Kelly Osbourne in Hairspray

#3

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Posted: 12/19/04 at 3:06pm

will you post the link?

"Picture "The View," with the wisecracking, sympathetic sweethearts of that ABC television show replaced by a panel of embittered, suffering or enraged Arab women" -the Times review of Black Eyed

#4

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Posted: 12/19/04 at 3:25pm

http://www.labbadiasisters.com/media.htm

There's two DEFYING GRAVITY videos - one from last year, one from this year. Watch them both - I'd swear the older one's voice is showing serious signs of overuse!

#5

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Posted: 12/19/04 at 4:09pm

ouch. not only are the voices strained but they are not all that good. i mean, they're ok... but...

"Picture "The View," with the wisecracking, sympathetic sweethearts of that ABC television show replaced by a panel of embittered, suffering or enraged Arab women" -the Times review of Black Eyed

#6

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Posted: 12/19/04 at 4:16pm

I think they should have picked a song that allowed the younger sister to have an equal part in.

"I've got to get me out of here This place is full of dirty old men And the navigators and their mappy maps And moldy heads and pissing on sugar cubes While you stare at your books."

#7

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Posted: 12/19/04 at 4:45pm

Eeek....and they've clearly listened to the OCR too many times...

OK, who are these girls???

"UnlimiTEDDDDDDD....together we're unlimeTEDDDDD..."

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#8

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Posted: 12/19/04 at 4:47pm

Who are they?

#9

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Posted: 12/19/04 at 4:52pm

I think they're like a younger version of the Sweeney Sisters.

"Word of advice: Be who you are, wear what you want---just learn how to run real fast." Marc, UGLY BETTY

#10

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Posted: 12/19/04 at 4:55pm

I hate the sound of vocal damage. :P

#11

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Posted: 12/19/04 at 4:55pm

oh my god. if you listen to any of them, you can tell they've just copied the CD recordings.

"my strongest suit" was killed. no, murdered.

can we say vibrato?

Updated On: 12/19/04 at 04:55 PM

#12

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Posted: 12/19/04 at 5:03pm

That ending is very painful. Ouch. They are going to ruin their voices if they keep singing like that.

#13

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Posted: 12/19/04 at 5:08pm

It hurts me to listen to them, but in all honesty, I do think there is some potential there. A really good vocal coach needs to get their hands on these girls, pronto, and nip that screeching in the bud.

It's interesting...years ago they all wanted to sound like Streisand...now we're gonna have a new generation of Idina wannabes coming out of the woodwork.

"Word of advice: Be who you are, wear what you want---just learn how to run real fast." Marc, UGLY BETTY

#14

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Posted: 12/19/04 at 5:08pm

"Glinda, come with me, think of what we could do. Together."

When she said that, I laughed.

okay the begninng was pretty good, but then it went DOOOWWWN I mean dammit

okay ill give the youngest one this, "ON My Own" is good

but this melissa girl def. tried to hard copying the CD in "My Strongest Suit"

"It's a great feeling of power to be naked in front of people. We're happy to watch actual incredible graphic violence and gore, but as soon as somebody's naked it seems like the public goes a bit bananas about the whole thing."

Updated On: 12/19/04 at 05:08 PM

#15

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Posted: 12/19/04 at 9:12pm

How interesting I didn't realize there were 2 defying gravity videos..hmmm the older one definitely is showing signs of vocal wear and tear (at 15??ouch!) but it is amazing how much better the first one was sans the recording to imitate. Although I would also say it just goes to show all these young performers out there who all they work on is their voice, that so much more is required of you on stage.
You need stage presence and flailing your arms around in the air in the exact same osition over and over and looking angry does not make up for magnetism on stage. IMHO: stage magnetism and presence is the difference between the people with good voices who get cast and the people with incredible voices who do not get cast.

"I guess she is one very confident girl who feels if you see it, it shall be. I hope she sees a room with a piano player and a bunch of scary middle-aged queens sitting behind a table, talking to each other as she auditions!!" -Marc Shaiman on Kelly Osbourne in Hairspray

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Posted: 12/19/04 at 9:16pm

Didn't one of them used to be on this board?

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#17

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Posted: 12/19/04 at 9:16pm

oh dammit

"It's a great feeling of power to be naked in front of people. We're happy to watch actual incredible graphic violence and gore, but as soon as somebody's naked it seems like the public goes a bit bananas about the whole thing."

#18

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Posted: 12/19/04 at 9:19pm

The vowel placement on the word "down" at the end was awful. Completely terrible. These girls should get a better vocal coach and some acting lessons. I agree with whomever said they lack stage presence. It is not there. I ended up watching the curtain. These girls should stop belting their brains out and try something softer and something with more of an emphasis on the acting example: "Send In The Clowns"

BSoBW2: I punched Sondheim in the face after I saw Wicked and said, "Why couldn't you write like that!?"

#19

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Posted: 12/19/04 at 9:44pm

Did I just waste an actual ten mins of my life watching those videos? I ask again...why are we supposed to care about these people? They do have potential...but dear god get them some coaching before the kill themselves trying to belt high notes...

say the word...and i just might listen...

#20

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Posted: 12/19/04 at 10:08pm

Didn't one of them used to be on this board?

i think one of the girls did use to come on this board cause i remember her posting the link and telling people to listen to her sing defying gravity

#21

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Posted: 12/19/04 at 10:14pm

Okay, okay, so who am I to judge, since I cannot sing for beans? But I'll add my two cents anyway. The younger girl sounded good. The older one was okay. There was just something about her voice that didn't click with me. Why did she get most of the singing in the song? They should have picked a song that let them shine off both of their talents.

Overall? I would give it a 6 out of 10. I don't want to insult anyone, because you can tell that they love what they are doing, enough for them to make a website with all their recordings. I give an A+ for efforts.

"We like to snark around here. Sometimes we actually talk about theater...but we try not to let that get in our way." - dramamama611

#22

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Posted: 12/19/04 at 10:20pm

Yes, the one used to post on this board. And she did indeed post a link. Not only can't she sing a song that's within her range, she doesn't have good taste in clothing. haha...okay, I admit that was uncalled for. But oh well.
EDIT:
And to think, the people from those girls' hometown are probably praising them to no end. Who else thinks that they would believe themselves to be the best singers and will be the next hot thing on Broadway? haha...keep singing in your recitals, girls.

I'm feeling especially catty this evening.

Updated On: 12/19/04 at 10:20 PM

#23

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Posted: 12/19/04 at 11:02pm

Is there some way that Mac users can watch WMVs? Just wondering, I'd love to see what you're all talking about. Thanks. :)

#24

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Posted: 12/20/04 at 1:33pm

If the older sister continues to sing like that she will blow her voice out somtime within the next few years. The vowels were bad. I sing in my school choir and my teacher tells us how to sing vowles so the words sound good. I was also wondering why they didn't choose a song that could show off both of their talants. I would choose "I Still Belive" from Miss Saigon but thats just me.

The towel waving reminded me of a Per?nist rally. I kept chanting "Evita!" whenever they'd pan to the crowds. - SM2

#25

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Posted: 12/20/04 at 1:51pm

DID ANYONE LISTEN TO FOR GOOD? The younger sister sounds better than the one singing Elphaba...Oy.

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