And I Am Telling You "AAAM" not going..

[fiyero8132]

And I Am Telling You "AAAM" not going..#0

Posted: 6/21/05 at 1:21pm

Has anyone else noticed that when people sing that song it always comes out as And I Am Telling You AAAAAM not going? Like "am" instead of "I'm.

[Dirty Rotten Scoundrel]

re: And I Am Telling You 'AAAM' not going..#1

Posted: 6/21/05 at 1:22pm

i didnt understand a word of what you just wrote.

[TheatreDiva90016]

re: And I Am Telling You 'AAAM' not going..#2

Posted: 6/21/05 at 1:24pm

Sort of like when Celion Dion sing's the word LOVE...

It always comes out "Luuuuurv"

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[fiyero8132]

re: And I Am Telling You 'AAAM' not going..#3

Posted: 6/21/05 at 1:24pm

Exactly! Haha! You're so right! ewwww lurrrv? who says that? Ha! Celine! Good times...mmm

[Plum]

re: And I Am Telling You 'AAAM' not going..#4

Posted: 6/21/05 at 1:34pm

In an extended note, the "aaaah" sound is more natural than the "eye" pronunciation.

[fiyero8132]

re: And I Am Telling You 'AAAM' not going..#5

Posted: 6/21/05 at 1:40pm

Yea I know but it wasn't "Ahhh" as in "alright", they sang it "Aaaaa" as in "Angela" or "Ant". It was weird.

[grizzabella]

re: And I Am Telling You 'AAAM' not going..#6

Posted: 6/21/05 at 7:25pm

My choir director always discourages us from singing "I" as "I" because it comes out "IIIAAAEEEE." Say it and feel how much it lifts your jaw and narrows your palate, pushing everything to the front of your mouth. If you drop your jaw, it comes out more "AHHH." It's still understood, but sounds better.

"And the postman sighed as he scratched his head, you really rather thought she ought to be dead..."

[Ebonic_Singer]

re: And I Am Telling You 'AAAM' not going..#7

Posted: 6/21/05 at 7:29pm

I have seen the original b-way production (lalalaon videodlalala) and it doesn't matter how she sings it--because she saaaaaaaaangs it!

[dietcherryemma]

re: And I Am Telling You 'AAAM' not going..#8

Posted: 6/21/05 at 7:30pm

It definitely sounds better. When I think of someone singing it without that pronunciation, I mentally hear someone doing it opera-style, overenunciating everything.