A good point about Adam Pascal on Rent soundtrack... — Page 2

I'm confused. So, in short, you're blaming it on something technical in the recording, or a sudden mysterious disappearance of Adam's ability to sing? (And even if it is a recording issue, there ARE very obvious changins in inflection and delivery at some points that ARE acting choices, no matter on what you want to blame the issue as a whole.)

The last time I heard him sing live was like nine months ago, and he was in top shape. His voice hasn't gone anywhere. But then again, I don't think this recording is as much of a mess as some of the opinion holds.

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Updated On: 9/29/05 at 09:09 PM

I don't think the acting is something to "buy." It's there. He's an actOR. They're all actors -- what we can contest is the choices they make, and if you don't think the choices he's made work, that's a different story. He's approaching certain nuances in a different way, maybe. But this isn't a concert-style CD. The fact that there is acting on it isn't something debatable, or something to be bought.

Maybe elements of the CD just don't sit right with you... and that's cool. Everyone's entitled, after giving it fair chance.

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Updated On: 9/29/05 at 09:44 PM

:::applaudes Emcee and 11/11/05:: I agree completely! I think I fell in love with Adam even more....

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I think Anthony, of all the originals, sounds the most like he did in '96. And that's a total compliment.

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Emcee, what I was saying is that I don't buy that it IS an acting choice. That tone in his voice is so awkwardly placed so often that I couldn't imagine it being an acting choice so much as where his voice was at at the time of recording. There is something very one-note about him on this soundtrack, which wasn't really the case on the OBCR, which is why I don't "buy" the excuse that it's an acting choice. I would think if it were an acting choice, there'd be levels.

Lari, my "gripe" with Anthony is that he uses no vibrato whatsoever, and also has that harsh tone that works beautifully in some moments, but is just so out of place in others. The fact that he's so harsh throughout the whole thing makes it sounds as though he's lost singing ability. It almost sounds like he can't sing some of it, so he yells it.

So he screwed up *JUST* the recording?

... You do realize that they rehearsed this music for months? How he sings it on the recording is how he'd been planning to sing it for a long time.

It's definitely Adam's acting.

As for Anthony.......... Yeah. I agree with Emcee on that one.

(PS - Em, are your IMs working?)

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...*Frown!* Very interesting.

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Emcee, I just think it's a poor recording of a man with a good voice. I think what I'm getting at is that I don't think he's lost his voice, but for some reason feel he could make this vocal choice, but as an actor (and as much as I criticized him, I think he could have some good acting sense) he would know when that character's voice is sounding this way and when it's not. Even as his moods change on the CD, there is something off about his voice.

*shrug* I just think it's not a great recording. As I said before..it happens. Idina, to me, doesn't all that great on either the Rent or Wicked recordings. That's not to say she's not talented, but that something is off on those recordings. I guess it's sort of the same deal here with Adam.

Trust me, I'm not trying to take away from his talent; I think I've said before I think he has a good--great even--voice. I'm just...confused by how he sounds on this soundtrack. I'm not trying to say I know what it is that caused him to sound that way so much as wonder why it is he does.

And no, I don't think that's just the tone fo Anthony's voice...on the OBCR he seems to have better control over it--softening it when necessary, choosing good places for vibrato...just better control over his dynamics.

Idina has done her share of yelling, but most of the time when I'm fighting against the claim that she's yelling, it's because I really don't think she does much of the time. She has a unique technique, a unique voice, and a harsher vocal tone that your typical Broadway singer, and much of the time she gets attacked for screaming when she's just singing differently. If someone were to say that Adam and Anthony were yelling on the OBCR of Rent, I'd completely disagree. At some points on the soundtrack, I do think it sounds that way. That's not to say they always sound like that, because when I've heard them otherwise, they don't. And I do think Idina does some "yelling" in the beginning of "Over the Moon," but that tone is very fit to the moment. I don't think she has that harsh tone at softer moments where its not appropriate on this particular recording. She just doesn't do that in general. But, if she is doing that yelling/singing thing, I'll admit it. The Tonys come to mind.

Chess Benefit is one of my favorite recordings I own. Everyone in that cast was just *amazing*. Adam really really defined himself as a Broadway Star.

As far as the Rent Movie goes, I think alot of the natural dynamics of the actors voices, as stage actors would filter differently in the movie. (I know this point was already touched on) It doesnt have to be "Belt Belt belt belt Belt" for it to be a powerful performance.

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Lari, there are PLENTY of times when people screw up JUST the recording and they sound great live.

Emcee, I saw Adam in Chess, and he sounded spectacular. I still need to be convinced on his acting. I see him more of a person with presence. But that's a whole 'nother story.

All in all, I'm just thrilled Adam got to be in the movie
I think he sounds fine on the soundtrack and as for his acting, only time will tell

Emcee, that would be the lovely Jeremy Kushnier in my Avatar. :)

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Ugh. Now I'm regretting not seeing that show. Like...not even just with Adam. I never saw it at ALL.