Am I the Only One
Am I the Only One
#1Am I the Only One
Posted: 8/26/09 at 9:21pmSomething about Betty Buckley and Alice Ripley's voices are similar. They aren't quite pleasant, not quite unpleasant. They have this piercing quality, It's like cold electricity
#2re: Am I the Only One
Posted: 8/26/09 at 9:26pm
Well I don't know if you're the only one, but I LOVE Alice Ripley's voice. I don't know why you would say her voice is not quite pleasant.
(One more thing, why are you like making fun of Alice Ripley's unique voice and have her as your profile picture?)
#2re: Am I the Only One
Posted: 8/26/09 at 9:28pmI am NOT making fun of Alice or Betty's voice, But her intonations and vowels are not quite pleasant, BUT there is something striking and beautiful about them at the same time
#3re: Am I the Only One
Posted: 8/26/09 at 9:29pmShe's not making fun of her voice. It's not a pleasant voice per se, but as an actress you may not want a "pleasant" voice. Especially not for this role...
#4re: Am I the Only One
Posted: 8/26/09 at 9:31pm
I know what you mean about the 'piercing quality,' especially when she's belting, but I actually think Alice's voice is one of the prettiest I've heard when she's singing in head voice. I guess it's that Ripley and Buckley both have a higher-pitched sounding tone to their voices, which you don't normally hear in belters.
And the thing about sounding not quite pleasant, not quite unpleasant is exactly how I feel about when I listen to Patti LuPone, though, especially in Evita, but it's the opposite of 'piercing.'
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#5re: Am I the Only One
Posted: 8/26/09 at 9:31pmMaybe I'm not understanding of what you mean by unpleasant, because of something being unpleasant is not a compliment.
#6re: Am I the Only One
Posted: 8/26/09 at 9:33pmShe is like Patti LuPone the voice is not angelic, but it is a good voice. I noticed that you said nothing about Betty Buckley being called "unpleasant yet pleasant at the same time" so go read your N2N playbill and fantasize about Aaron Tveit
philly03
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#7re: Am I the Only One
Posted: 8/26/09 at 9:35pmRipley's voice was once VERY pleasant and sweet to listen to (or IMO anyway) - back when she was in SUNSET BLVD.
#8re: Am I the Only One
Posted: 8/26/09 at 9:36pmAlso Next to Normal has beaten the **** out of Alice vocal chords
#9re: Am I the Only One
Posted: 8/26/09 at 9:42pm
Um, I have never heard Betty Buckley sing live. I have only heard recordings on youtube and I don't think her voice sounds much Alice's.
Anyway, I'm straight and don't fantasize about guys, but good try.
#10re: Am I the Only One
Posted: 8/27/09 at 2:10am
I noticed the similarity when Broadway.com had that video of them recording NEXT TO NORMAL. Something about Alice Ripley in that video really does remind me of Betty Buckley.
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#11re: Am I the Only One
Posted: 8/27/09 at 2:26amYour threads are unpleasant.
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#12re: Am I the Only One
Posted: 8/27/09 at 2:31am
"Something about Betty Buckley and Alice Ripley's voices are similar. They aren't quite pleasant"
I agree a 100%
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