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#1

Anthony Rapp "Take Me or Leave Me"?

Posted: 10/11/05 at 10:13pm

A friend told me he went to a certain performance in which Anthony Rapp performed "Take Me or Leave Me" singing Joanne's part in the song, does anybody know about this performance and who did Maureen? Or was I lied to?
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#2

re: Anthony Rapp 'Take Me or Leave Me'?

Posted: 10/11/05 at 10:15pm

I've heard it. I have no idea when it's from, and I've been trying for a while to figure out who's singing with him.
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#4

re: Anthony Rapp 'Take Me or Leave Me'?

Posted: 10/11/05 at 10:19pm

It was Alice Ripley.

It is a bit of a stretch to say he "sang" Joanne's part. From what I remember he basically talked the lines while Alice ripped a new hole in the Maureen part.
#5

re: Anthony Rapp 'Take Me or Leave Me'?

Posted: 10/11/05 at 10:22pm

Listening to it right now - he does sing part of it, but a lot of it is spoken. Basically they're just having fun with each other, though I do have to agree about Alice "ripping a new hole in the Maureen part," as Patronus so eloquently put it re: Anthony Rapp 'Take Me or Leave Me'?.
If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?
#6

re: Anthony Rapp 'Take Me or Leave Me'?

Posted: 10/11/05 at 10:24pm

I had no idea it was Alice Ripley. Thank god THAT mystery is solved. This was the first song I heard from RENT (this recording, and I had NO IDEA what RENT was about.) When I heard the actual recording with Fredi and Idina, I was shocked it was two women!
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#7

re: Anthony Rapp 'Take Me or Leave Me'?

Posted: 10/11/05 at 10:25pm

I see, thanks guys, was Alice Ripley that bad? Well, I thought Rapp would do justice to the song but with someone like Idina, not because she's the only one that could pull off Maureen but because they're both OBC members.
Side note: loving the Elphaba version of the Cabaret MC,Patronus.
"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"
#8

re: Anthony Rapp 'Take Me or Leave Me'?

Posted: 10/11/05 at 10:30pm

Well now I'm confused - I've heard the expression "rip/tear something a new a**hole" in both positive and negative connotations, and I thought Patronus meant it in a positive way. I was pretty impressed with Alice's rendition, but perhaps Patronus was not?
If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?
#9

re: Anthony Rapp 'Take Me or Leave Me'?

Posted: 10/11/05 at 10:36pm

I've heard this recording. Doesn't she make some comment about Anthony being albino or something?
Like a firework unexploded
Wanting life but never knowing how
#11

re: Anthony Rapp 'Take Me or Leave Me'?

Posted: 10/11/05 at 10:41pm

Yeah, during the part where Anthony is singing Joanne's chorus, where Maureen would usually say "control freak, snob yet over-attentive, etc," Alice ad-libs...oh hell, I'll just post the whole thing re: Anthony Rapp 'Take Me or Leave Me'?

Take me for what I am
-Oh my god Anthony Rapp is so cute!

Who I was meant to be
-He's just got the cutest little ass I've ever seen

And if you give a damn
-And these little eyebrows that are really white, like albinos

Take me baby, or leave me
-But he is an anal retentive
If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?
#13

re: Anthony Rapp 'Take Me or Leave Me'?

Posted: 10/11/05 at 10:46pm

It was funny and cute, but Ripley sang the hell out of the part. As far as I'm concerned, she's one of the best people who have sung it. When she holds that note on 'who's in your bed' etc... i nearly flipped.
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#15

re: Anthony Rapp 'Take Me or Leave Me'?

Posted: 10/11/05 at 11:02pm

Is this a "download only" kind of song? Where can you get it?
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#16

re: Anthony Rapp 'Take Me or Leave Me'?

Posted: 10/11/05 at 11:12pm

I did download it from Limewire. By the way, when it comes up on Limewire, it lists it as Anthony Rapp with Idina Menzel. Mistake? I guess so, according to this board.
My favorite part when Anthony says,
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#17

re: Anthony Rapp 'Take Me or Leave Me'?

Posted: 10/11/05 at 11:16pm

I meant "ripping a new hole" in the most positive of ways. I thought Alice's version was fantastic.

Also, NorbertEmcee thanks you for the compliment on his Halloween costume. re: Anthony Rapp 'Take Me or Leave Me'?
#18

re: Anthony Rapp 'Take Me or Leave Me'?

Posted: 10/12/05 at 2:13am

Thanks to JACXR71 I have listened to the recording of the song. I must say that as much as I love Anthony Rapp's voice, I was not amazed or impressed by his rendition of "Take Me or Leave Me," actually I didn't like it, but that's just my personal opinion. And although everyone's raving about Ripley, I didn't love it either, not a bad performance but it wasn't my favorite "Take Me or Leave Me."
"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"
#19

re: Anthony Rapp 'Take Me or Leave Me'?

Posted: 10/12/05 at 2:20am

It wasn't meant to match the greatness of the Fredi-Idina version or whatever, it was just a song he did for fun at his concert.
Like a firework unexploded
Wanting life but never knowing how

Updated On: 10/12/05 at 02:20 AM

#21

re: Anthony Rapp 'Take Me or Leave Me'?

Posted: 10/12/05 at 6:43am

I have it. It's a pitiful rendition of the song. People claimed that it is Idina singing Maureen, and they are liars. Whoever it is, Alice or not, she does not have the Maureen character voice or emotion. As for Anthony, he's just having fun with it, and it shows that that's all he wants to do with it.
#22

re: Anthony Rapp 'Take Me or Leave Me'?

Posted: 10/12/05 at 9:39am

I agree, but I don't think she is intending to have the "character voice or emotion". It's obviously just Alice Ripley and Anthony Rapp having a good time.
#23

re: Anthony Rapp 'Take Me or Leave Me'?

Posted: 10/16/05 at 9:47pm

Where exactly might I find a download of this song? I'd love to hear it.
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