The Official Adam Pascal Love Thread, part ten — Page 100

Yay for Amber!

I was looking at the Rent blog & there's this one video where they ask the cast "What Was Your Favorite Scene From Rent?' I realized that Adam's outfit is...indescrible. That's how interesting it looks. It like a flowery buttom down shirt w/ a black blazer. I would post a screen cap but I don't know how.

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Updated On: 6/21/06 at 12:05 AM

You don't know how to screencap or how to post an image? I can help with the second one.

I think I remember that blog - Adam seemed to be going through an upholstery fabric shirt period at the time.

That's what I've heard too, Amber, and I believe there are a number of them in Pity the Child. There's an earlier point when Freddie sings a verse of that music to different words, but it's up a half-step higher, so the high note is C sharp at the end of "But the fools never learn." Not even operatic tenors try to sing C sharp very often.

ETA: I can only screencap (barely) using a Mac. That probably won't be of any use to you.

Updated On: 6/21/06 at 12:20 AM

I'm not trying to be obnoxious, but Pity the Child goes up to C#. I believe the "pity the child with no such weapons" line ends with one (on the "pons"), as well as "I was only her son." He hits the C# on the word "son," but takes it down a step or two after intitially hitting it.

And yes, A Taste of Pity (the song featuring the "fools never learn" line) goes up to C# as well.

Updated On: 6/21/06 at 12:25 AM

The C# on "But the fools never learn" is so thrilling for some reason, maybe because it comes out of nowhere. It gives me chills sometimes.

Definitely, Ash. I think it's also because he makes it seem so effortless.

This reminds me of a time when I was playing Chess and my parents walked into my room to hear Adam hit that C#. They kind of gave me a bewildered, "this is Roger from Rent?" look.

ETA: Goodnight, Amber. Apologies if I sounded like a know it all with regards to the notes -- I certainly do not know much when it comes to musical theory, but I've just picked up quite a bit of Chess information.

Updated On: 6/21/06 at 12:32 AM

I was just reading back a bit... Raul can hit a B-flat, can't he? I think that Seth mentions that he did it in Chess. He has so much more of a baritone tone to his voice, though.

Goodnight, everyone who's going to bed!

Good night, Angela. Sleep well.

Yeah, I guess I think of Raul as more of a baritone. An interesting thing about Adam's voice is that it can have a baritone sound too, or at least that's how I think of that growl that's in his voice at times. It comes out especially at the end of The Ringing in My Ear. He must be able to sing fairly low too, since he does that "Dies irae" bit in LVB.

If I'm remembering the same thing from that Chess board, my impression was that the C sharp comes only in the little turn (quick passing note) on "son" and "who" before they drop down to lower notes. The main held notes are C's, while "learned" is held as a C sharp. That's what I thought the guy said, and it also squares with Seth Rudetsky's description of "a string of high C's" in Pity the Child.

I'm not sure we're remembering the same thing, as someone (it might have been the same person to make posts on this) PMed me with this information.

"Son" is definitely initially a C# and then drops down, but I thought that's what I wrote. I'm also positive that this person told me the "pons" on "weapons" was a C#. I wasn't under the impression that "who" was a C# as well, although it very well could be.

Hah, what's up with the miscommunication between us late at night lately?

ETA: Oooh, so I guessed correctly, Ash! It really does stand out in the song.

Updated On: 6/21/06 at 12:58 AM

"weapons" sounds as though it would be.

Would be a C# or would be definitely lower? Heh. I'm completely positive that this person told me the last syllable of "weapons" (which is admittedly not held long at all) was a C#, but I suppose even he could have read the score incorrectly.

Ash, don't worry, I'm not sure about the "who," either! Like you, I'm going to bow out as well, if not because I'm not the best at judging this sort of thing, I'll bow out because I'm probably boring the hell out of everyone else.