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#3

re: 2009 Dreamgirls - The Ghetto Fabolous version

Posted: 8/23/09 at 1:06pm

I didn't know they were re-working the song!! I think it's GREAT as a duet & the new lyrics!!
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
#5

re: 2009 Dreamgirls - The Ghetto Fabolous version

Posted: 8/23/09 at 1:29pm

I think they sounded very good. Not sure I like all of the new lyrics. Not sure why. It is kinda cool that they turned it into a duet since they decided to add the song to the show.
Just give the world Love. - S. Wonder

Updated On: 8/23/09 at 01:29 PM

#6

re: 2009 Dreamgirls - The Ghetto Fabolous version

Posted: 8/23/09 at 2:46pm

I really like that "Listen" is in the show. And I love that it's been placed where it has and made a duet, I think it's extremely appropriate and gonna be a really nice moment in the show.

The only part I don't really like is with the new lyrics, it sounds like a bunch of sung dialogue instead of a song song. The 2nd act of Dreamgirls is SO heavy with all that sung dialogue, I wish it had more of a verse/chorus structure. BUT, I'm nitpicking. I think it'll sound great, and I love Dreamgirls, and I think Henry Kreiger is a brilliant composer. I can't WAIT to see this tour! :)
"...and in a bed."
#8

re: 2009 Dreamgirls - The Ghetto Fabolous version

Posted: 8/23/09 at 2:50pm

If it weren't sung dialogue, it'd stick out like a sore thumb, no? And I don't think it is the intention for this song to stick out...at least not as used in the stage production. But neither of us has seen it yet, so let's wait and see how the addition works...
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle

Updated On: 8/23/09 at 02:50 PM

#12

re: 2009 Dreamgirls - The Ghetto Fabolous version

Posted: 8/23/09 at 3:54pm

I think it sounds quite beautiful, and I like the reworked lyrics. I'm really interested to hear Moya Angela sing 'And I Am Telling You'.

'Ghetto fabolous' is a little tactless...
#13

re: 2009 Dreamgirls - The Ghetto Fabolous version

Posted: 8/23/09 at 3:58pm

The re-working of "Listen" is brilliant. Wish I could see the tour. Looks great!
"The sexual energy between the mother and son really concerns me!"-random woman behind me at Next to Normal "I want to meet him after and bang him!"-random woman who exposed her breasts at Rock of Ages, referring to James Carpinello
#14

re: 2009 Dreamgirls - The Ghetto Fabolous version

Posted: 8/23/09 at 4:04pm

"Just wondering why you chose to name this thread the Ghetto Fabolous version?"

I can't read Kavana's mind, but the "Dreamgirl's Mix" on the website isn't professionally recorded. Shoot, the video on the website that Kavana is referring to looks like it was just pulled off of someone's private YouTube page.

Plus, it was just an easy shot.
#15

re: 2009 Dreamgirls - The Ghetto Fabolous version

Posted: 8/23/09 at 4:17pm

Why is this "Ghetto fabulous???" Bad choice of words.

I really like the reimagining of the sets and costumes, and what little I see of the choreography. It all looks like a first-rate production. Very fresh.

The girls are very good, but not great. Seems like they're the understudies or stand-ins for Beyonce and Hudson. Not unique or original enough personalities. But definitely capable. They're making the story and the production into the star, from what I can tell. Rather than the people. Ultimately, after Jennifer Holliday left, that's what happened to the original Broadway production.

This could be a really solid revival/reworking.
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#16

re: 2009 Dreamgirls - The Ghetto Fabolous version

Posted: 8/23/09 at 4:25pm

I thought the video was fine. I found the thread title more of a cheap shot that an easy one. And Ghetto Fabolous is the CD by the hip hop artist Fabolous. I think the op meant Ghetto Fabulous. Just an observation.
Just give the world Love. - S. Wonder
#18

re: 2009 Dreamgirls - The Ghetto Fabolous version

Posted: 8/23/09 at 5:25pm

i like it.. alot... but i get what that one poster was saying... it sounds interesting as dialogue and the lyrics, to me, sound too wordy for the music... did that make sense? either way... i enjoyed it

as for the "ghetto fabolous"... i honestly think the poster was just trying to be funny but it just made him sound REALLY ignorant and racist...
#19

re: 2009 Dreamgirls - The Ghetto Fabolous version

Posted: 8/23/09 at 5:36pm

I don't think the song should have been incorporated, the new lyrics are sort of weak and making the song a duet just doesn't seem to work. Perhaps it will translate better on stage.

Updated On: 8/23/09 at 05:36 PM

#20

re: 2009 Dreamgirls - The Ghetto Fabolous version

Posted: 8/23/09 at 5:48pm

Curtis, I think that is my problem with it. I don't think it needs to be included. Why tinker with the original by adding a song from the movie? I liked the song in the movie and feel they should have left it there. JMO
Just give the world Love. - S. Wonder
#21

re: 2009 Dreamgirls - The Ghetto Fabolous version

Posted: 8/23/09 at 6:08pm

Let me just address "eatlasagna" As for being "raciest" im BLACK myself K BOO?

I titled this thread "Ghetto Fabulous" because the lyrics of Listen. They are very "ghetto" dumbed down and as CurtisT2 said weak.
ALSO the choreographer is hip-hop Shane Sparks from "Americas Best Dance Crew"

Updated On: 8/23/09 at 06:08 PM

#23

re: 2009 Dreamgirls - The Ghetto Fabolous version

Posted: 8/23/09 at 6:30pm

Wow! I'm disappointed this isn't coming to Detroit, I mean here's where it kind of all started!

Actually, in the original Broadway production Deena and the girls perform "Move" at the Apollo Theater in New York City. They're from Chicago, Illinois.

For the film-version, director/writer Bill Condon changed all that. He made the girls from Detroit, MI (ala Diana Ross and the original ladies) and "Move" takes place in a theatre in Detroit, MI.
#24

re: 2009 Dreamgirls - The Ghetto Fabolous version

Posted: 8/23/09 at 6:38pm

is there by any chance gonna be a cast recording? their version of "dreamgirls" in the music player is amazing!
on the evening of the great crackling is part of a hurricane named karen olivo, whose anita impact of the measure, if it is displayed. olivo, an alum of "in the heights", has an indelible personality, a galvanized insistence that latin women on stage. ~ susanne klatten
#25

re: 2009 Dreamgirls - The Ghetto Fabolous version

Posted: 8/23/09 at 7:59pm

Looking at this production it looks far from ghetto. Im talking thousands of bucks far from ghetto...just saying. It would be more accurate to call this "2009 Dreamgirls-The Aristocratic version"

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