The Official Raúl E. Esparza "Spread the Love" Thread — Page 56

eek. That sounds... scary.

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I'm listening to the Downstage Center interview now. He's so nice and CUTE! And so freaking eloquent.

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So, where was Raul in those days of Sept. 11th?

"Our album came out on September 11th, and I kept recieving letters from people saying that they had gone to buy the album that morning.... A few days later, we went back to work and I thought, 'this is the stupidest thing. How can we be doing this? The city's burning. How can we do this?' ...and the second performance back the sound board blew, and just... huge, it sounded like a bomb. Everybody screamed in the theatre. I was playing the piano on the song 'Why.' I couldn't breathe. I just pushed the piano away from me and the band took over and I just sat in the chair, and sang it, tears streaming down my face, looking at all of these young kids, looking up at me. The city's just been blown up around them, and I'm singing about.... you've gotta go on. I know things are bad, but you've gotta go on. This is why we do this."

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There's much more to that. He talks about volunteering at Chelsea Piers, and being recognized by a cop at St. Patrick's when he went to light a candle that night. It's really, really powerful.

ETA - Downstage Center, Elphie. You'll get there. It's about TTB.

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Updated On: 9/11/05 at 10:04 PM

Oh, good. I'm only at about 16 minutes right now, though.

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Can I just say that I am in love with his Spanish accent and his "r"s. *sigh*

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Elphie, he's Cuban...

Much lofe, yes.

His accent only creeps in very occasionally, unless he's speaking Spanish, though. It's very faint, if you hear it at all.

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mmm. About the guy who did something for Sesame Street, or something? I've listened to it WAY too many times. gah.

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Yeah, I forget why/what.

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Awww, he's crying. Now I'm crying.

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He cries, and then I cry, too. It's awful.

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