The Raúl E. Esparza "Spread the Love" Thread, Part Four — Page 115

#2851

The Raul E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four

Posted: 7/7/10 at 9:38am

Hey Jay, apparently you weren't the only person filming (although the audio on these isn't as good). But look what I found! :)

http://www.youtube.com/user/pgam35

#2852

The Raul E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four

Posted: 7/7/10 at 10:02am

Oh god, I just made the mistake of listening to "Younger Than Springtime".

How the hell am I supposed to go to work now with that echoing in my head?? It's gonna be a loooong day.... but thank you, andi, for finding that.

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#2853

The Raul E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four

Posted: 7/7/10 at 10:41am

Holy holy holy crap. That is one of my favorite showtunes of all time and I simply cannot deal with this. And yet here I am listening to it grinning like a moron. It's got a lot of the gentler colors of his voice that we don't hear much, but that I love. And Old Red Hills of Home! I can't take it. Ahh.

(The chatter is awkward. He sounds so nervous.)

I have been hoping for Raul to go back to the Chatterbox for years. That last one was during my first... month or two in New York, I believe, and it was one of my favorite things I did that year. I think I was still adjusting the idea of, "Oh, I can do all this stuff now!" Honestly, though, who needs the interview portion as much as he should just do a "Raul Sings His Audition Book" concert.

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Updated On: 7/7/10 at 10:41 AM

#2854

The Raul E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four

Posted: 7/7/10 at 11:25am

Babalu video:

http://www.arshtcenter.org/tickets/calendar/view.aspx?id=8287

Bye, focus.

If anybody can figure out how to save this, seriously, grabby hands. Please and thank you.

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#2855

The Raul E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four

Posted: 7/7/10 at 12:00pm

Ask and ye shall receive: Babalu video

http://www.mediafire.com/?j2ydvjndtg1

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#2856

The Raul E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four

Posted: 7/7/10 at 12:12pm

He sounds very young in "Younger than Springtime"!

And it doesn't seem like there is any video of the ACW song? Pity -

#2857

The Raul E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four

Posted: 7/7/10 at 12:45pm

Eh. There's video from New York.

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#2858

The Raul E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four

Posted: 7/7/10 at 1:11pm

Can I just say how nice it is to see this thread on the first page again?

#2859

The Raul E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four

Posted: 7/7/10 at 1:28pm

andi, I have John Barrowman's version as well, but I much prefer the orchestrations and- god help me- Clay's voice on this song. John Barrowman's just seems too anemic. I want the big Menken-Disney music.

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#2860

The Raul E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four

Posted: 7/7/10 at 1:41pm

Liking Clay is not a crime!

... says the newly minted Ace Young enthusiast.

I digress.

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Updated On: 7/7/10 at 01:41 PM

#2861

The Raul E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four

Posted: 7/7/10 at 8:47pm

Bigger. (--> better.)

https://www.broadwayworld.com/videoplay.php?colid=147947

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#2862

The Raul E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four

Posted: 7/7/10 at 11:15pm

Another pic from the press conference.

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#2863

The Raul E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four

Posted: 7/8/10 at 9:57am

Growin' that hair for Jonas Nightengale!

#2864

The Raul E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four

Posted: 7/8/10 at 10:02am

Yes, because it needs to be down to his shoulders in September. =P

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#2865

The Raul E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four

Posted: 7/8/10 at 11:15am

Mullet??

#2866

The Raul E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four

Posted: 7/8/10 at 11:18am

In fact, yes, my sources tell me Jonas will have a mullet, as all suave New York City con men do.

You can all cry now.

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Updated On: 7/8/10 at 11:18 AM

#2867

The Raul E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four

Posted: 7/8/10 at 12:22pm

Let's chip in and buy him a mullet wig instead.

#2868

The Raul E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four

Posted: 7/8/10 at 12:27pm

Are you discriminating against real mullets?

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#2869

The Raul E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four

Posted: 7/8/10 at 12:43pm

If Jonas is going to have a mullet, he has to have a beard, too!

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#2870

The Raul E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four

Posted: 7/8/10 at 12:54pm

So if he doesn't have a mullet, he won't have a beard. And since he won't have a mullet, well, team no-beard wins. :)

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#2871

The Raul E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four

Posted: 7/8/10 at 1:38pm

A mullet AND a beard is just too much hair for me - and yes - DOWN WITH MULLETS!

#2872

The Raul E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four

Posted: 7/8/10 at 3:12pm

Maybe they will get radical and decide Jonas needs a beard but NO mullet! I could be very happy with that.

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#2873

The Raul E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four

Posted: 7/8/10 at 3:13pm

Veto.

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#2874

The Raul E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four

Posted: 7/8/10 at 3:32pm

Interesting interview with Raul in a Spanish newspaper. I found my rusty Spanish adequate to get the gist of it. I think my favorite part was his comment about not changing his name - "If they (the audience) can pronounce 'Schwarzenegger' they can pronounce 'Esparza'". LOL!

You can get a rather rough translation of the article at babelfish, who for some unknown reason decided to translate "Esparza". It came out as "Scatters".
Raul Esparza El Actor Cubano-Americano

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#2875

The Raul E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four

Posted: 7/8/10 at 3:37pm

If you really want to put it into a translator, freetranslation.com is a little better than babelfish, but honestly, they all suck. Because of the phrasing and inversion of syntax, they make it almost impossible to come up with a sensical translation. You're better off just looking up words that trip you up here and there if you have even an elementary knowledge of the language.

Once upon a time, I had a lot of difficulty with his name -- not because it's hard, but because apparently I was convinced that there was an extra "a" in there somewhere. Sorry, R.

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Updated On: 7/8/10 at 03:37 PM