The Official Adam Pascal Love Thread, part five- Page 56

[sweetestsiren]

Posted: 1/30/06 at 12:11am

Oh, Raúl...

Right, at a loss for anything productive to say right now.

[Katt]

Posted: 1/30/06 at 12:11am

Heh, Sarah, like my new signature? I just found this amazing quote by Anthony and had to put it up!

[Fantabulous428]

Posted: 1/30/06 at 12:12am

It's Raúl's gyrating hips! Weeeee!

[orangeskittles]

Posted: 1/30/06 at 12:14am

Katt, I love your sig! Doesn't Anthony say the most brilliant things?

And thanks Em, I now have a new LJ icon.

Updated On: 1/30/06 at 12:14 AM

[Shiksa Goddess2]

Posted: 1/30/06 at 12:15am

Need. Chatterbox. Now. That is all, lol.

[Billboard Girl]

Posted: 1/30/06 at 12:16am

Raúl's "Hair" moves are fúcking hot (heh, I'm practicing the accent mark and getting around the censor at the same time!)

[Katt]

Posted: 1/30/06 at 12:16am

He does! He just has all these awesome quotes! He's like the best speaker eva!

[CanadianSnowbird]

Posted: 1/30/06 at 12:16am

Yes, Katt, of course I love your signature. Anthony Rapp is a truly remarkable guy.

[Katt]

Posted: 1/30/06 at 12:17am

There is just no one else like him. Besides Adam of course.

[Fantabulous428]

Posted: 1/30/06 at 12:17am

Heh, BG. I love it.

[orangeskittles]

Posted: 1/30/06 at 12:19am

It'd be so funny if Anthony posted tonight. We'd all be rushing to change our sigs so we could reply without looking like morons.

[CanadianSnowbird]

Posted: 1/30/06 at 12:20am

Yes, but good times nonetheless.

Posted: 1/30/06 at 12:20am

Haha, cute, BG!

I was typing a post for another board and just realized something: For as much as I do like Adam's voice on the Rent movie soundtrack and as much as I think it fits the character of Roger, I am so glad it wasn't that "matured" voice we hear on the Aida soundtrack. I was overplaying my Aida CD again and to be honest, I wouldn't want to imagine that rougher voice on songs like WITS or EPT.

I wonder how much control Adam has over that "roughness factor" in his voice. Hm.

[Shiksa Goddess2]

Posted: 1/30/06 at 12:22am

I love Aida. I need to listen to it again, it's been a while (meaning like a few weeks, lol).

[Billboard Girl]

Posted: 1/30/06 at 12:26am

Aww, glad you guys like my little "fun with accent marks" moment (considering how often I like to throw in the naughty words, that may just become my new trademark )

Interesting point, siamese. I think he probably does have a good deal of control over it. The Rent movie soundtrack was recorded only about a year or so after Civilian, and his voice sounds quite different on the two recordings, plus he didn't sound as "rough" in the live TV performances promoting the movie.

[RENThead414]

Posted: 1/30/06 at 12:27am

like, where did you find those quotes??

[CanadianSnowbird]

Posted: 1/30/06 at 12:30am

He phoned me up and told me.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 1/30/06 at 12:30am

"I wonder how much control Adam has over that "roughness factor" in his voice. Hm."

I've thought about that a lot, since my mom asks all the time in her quest to find out what I like about "that sound." I think, obviously, the quality is natural in his voice. If you listen closely, you can hear it when he speaks -- it's always there. Since I saw him play Radames so many times in such rapid succession, I tried to figure out what the deal might be -- if it came in certain parts of his range, or something like that. I'd venture to guess that that's a factor, because it sounds to me like at least *some* of it is out of his control,, and just the tambre of his voice. I found that, in the AIDA score, it would happen at the exact. same. times. The man sounded like the CD, even in person -- I was amazed at that. The sound takes on a different character when he's tired, and strained, though -- it's kind of obvious when he's been singing too much. So, yeah. I think he has a reasonable amount of control over it -- like when he can be extra growly, but I think that a lot of it is just the natural thing his voice does.

Posted: 1/30/06 at 12:31am

I just can't imagine singing to promote a certain quality in my voice and still sounding natural while doing it, but I guess that's why he's the professional while I'm not. Or... maybe my parents' theory of how he smoked a few packs before recording those songs holds true.

(Kidding, people!)

Edit: Em, thanks for your insight. That sounds about right. Updated On: 1/30/06 at 12:31 AM

[RENThead414]

Posted: 1/30/06 at 12:32am

*pets the natural growlyness* I lurve it.

[Billboard Girl]

Posted: 1/30/06 at 12:33am

I love the growly aspect of his voice, too. I think it's sexy as hell.

[Shiksa Goddess2]

Posted: 1/30/06 at 12:34am

Singers sound differently in shows than in music they have written. They feel it differently, the emotion backing it comes from a different place, so I think there is a great degree of acting that goes into a voice like Adam's.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 1/30/06 at 12:34am

Well, I think he just has the ability to regulate the use of something that occurs naturally.

But like, look at someone like Raul. I think he has *much* more control over that type of sound in his voice. When he growls, it almost always appears intentional, just based on how or what he's singing.

[sweetestsiren]

Posted: 1/30/06 at 12:34am

But Adam's voice can also be astonishingly clear, especially in the higher end of his range. It's really impressive... he has a lot of range, both note-wise and stylistically.

Posted: 1/30/06 at 12:36am

BG, I agree, although I don't know if I like it as prominent as it was on the movie soundtrack. Again, I thought it fit the part well, but I would prefer not to have, say, a solo CD of him singing exactly like that. Updated On: 1/30/06 at 12:36 AM