Beyonce singing
Beyonce singing
#0Beyonce singing
Posted: 2/10/05 at 1:47pm
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/91128.html
this should be interesting.. your thoughts? i guess minnie driver just wasn't up to it, haha.
Updated On: 2/10/05 at 01:47 PM
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#3re: Beyonce singing
Posted: 2/10/05 at 2:07pmIs anyone sick of her yet? I feel like she has been so overexposed for last year and a half.
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#4re: Beyonce singing
Posted: 2/10/05 at 2:17pmPerhaps she'll rescue what is a dismal failure of a song, it has NO musical relation to ANYTHING in the Phantom of the Opera, "child of the wilderness", excuse ME?!
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#5re: Beyonce singing
Posted: 2/10/05 at 2:28pmIt doesn't relate to the original score, but the melody of "Learn to Be Lonely" is played several times during the film.
#6re: Beyonce singing
Posted: 2/10/05 at 4:00pm
i agree with marquise.....
Beyonce is really not that bad of a singer.... She can probably do some justice to "Learn to be Lonely," a song that, to me, is not all that great. I have to say that i am very interested to listen to her sing with Josh Groban.... could be interesting
#7re: Beyonce singing
Posted: 2/10/05 at 4:08pmShe'll also be performing 2 or 3 other songs that evening, which I don't like. It takes away the character and some uniqueness away from each nominee, since 3 or the 5 songs will be sung by the same person. It just seems sort of pointless to me. I'm glad though that she's singing LEARN TO BE LONELY - not that it's Beyonce, but because Minnie Driver does nothing for the song and hopefully someone talented will make it seem like it's actually a decent song.
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#8re: Beyonce singing
Posted: 2/10/05 at 7:26pmI can understand her singing one song but three? Absolutely ridiculous. She isn't the only singer out there. This is so typical of how things are in show business. One person is always singled out when there is loads of talent out there.
#9re: Beyonce singing
Posted: 2/10/05 at 7:29pmBeyonce is a FANTASTIC singer. Like her or not, she has a fab voice.
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#11re: Beyonce singing
Posted: 2/11/05 at 11:38amBeyonce will be very classy not to mention amazing. I can't wait to hear her with Josh Groban and what ever she does with the phantom song will be better than what was done in the film. She was very good at the awards last year and look what a power house she was at the superbowl...come on , give credit where it's due.
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#12re: Beyonce singing
Posted: 2/11/05 at 11:43amGive credit where credit is due? There are 3 songs. They easily could have found two other singers in the business to sing them. That's the problem with show business. No one ever wants to step up to the plate and voice their objections to ridiculous things.
#13re: Beyonce singing
Posted: 2/11/05 at 11:50amI'm with you Silent. Three songs is a bit much. I personally think that she's quite talented, attractive, and marketable, but borders on being overexposed. If her handlers aren't careful, she could experience a backlash in the marketplace soon. It seems that a lot of people online at other sites are wearying of her too. Too much of even a good thing is not good.
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Updated On: 2/11/05 at 11:50 AM
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#14re: Beyonce singing
Posted: 2/11/05 at 11:54amsilent, she is singing an completely different style than she usually does, maybe thats why they are giving her more than one song.
#15re: Beyonce singing
Posted: 2/11/05 at 2:46pm
Minnie Driver is not singing because it was a computer generated voice in the movie.
And I think it's really dumb that Beyonce is singing two songs at the academy awards... 0/2 that she was nominated for. She better not pop up "Believe" or I am going to be so mad! I love Josh Groban... and she better not ruin the song for me.
It sort of makes sense, because they need someone who people will watch... but I don't think she needs to sing two songs. One maybe, but two is way too much. She is not talented enough, nor did she earn it.
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#16re: Beyonce singing
Posted: 2/11/05 at 4:33pm
"Minnie Driver is not singing because it was a computer generated voice in the movie. "
What makes you think the voice singing over the end credits was computer generated?
It would be nice if the Academy would offer a little variety in the singers, though.
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#17re: Beyonce singing
Posted: 2/11/05 at 4:40pm
Kangaroo, its actually 3 songs, not two. That really bothers me as well. Let someone else get a chance! I agree with you that she doesn't deserve to sing three of the songs. Even if she were incredibly talented (which I'm not convinced she is), I just think a little variety would be better.
And I'm also wondering why you think Minnie Driver's voice is computer generated: I know she didn't sing her other songs in the movie, but I've never heard anything about Learn To Be Lonely being computer generated.
#18re: Beyonce singing
Posted: 2/11/05 at 4:41pmim excited to hear her rendition...
awkward.
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#19re: Beyonce singing
Posted: 2/11/05 at 6:06pmI AM SO TIRED OF ALL THIS HATRED TOWARD BEYONCE. YOU ARE ALL HATING!!!! STOP. I WOULDNT WANT ANYONE TO KNOW HOW MUCH OF A HATER I WAS. IT'S EMBARRASSING. ALL THIS HATRED JUS SHOWS HOW POPULAR AND HOW TALENTED SHE IS. SHE CAN SING HER ASS OFF. SHE'S TALENTED. THE PEOPLE UP TOP KNOW THAT SHE CAN SING THREE DIFFERENT SONGS WITH DIFFERENT STYLES. SHE'S AWESOME. IF YOU'RE GONNA HATE, BACK IT UP. I BET YOU ALL WOULDNT BE MAD IF BERNADETTE, IDINA, OR KRISTIN WERE GIVEN THREE SONGS TO SING AT THE OSCARS. AND BEYONCE CAN SING BETTER THAN ALL OF THEM. NO ILL REPHRASE. SHE CAN OUTSANG ALL OF THEM. STOP HATING ON HER WITHOUT BACKING UP THE HATE. THANKS (YOU KNOW I STILL LOVE YALL RIGHT?)
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#21re: Beyonce singing
Posted: 2/11/05 at 7:30pmI think Beyonce has an amazing voice. But I doubt she can outsing Kristin Chenoweth. She doesn't have a range close to Kristin. Beyonce's upper range is mainly mezzo. But I don't really think you can compare Beyonce to any of those Broadway singers you mentioned, they are aren't really similar to Beyonce in singing style.
#22re: Beyonce singing
Posted: 2/11/05 at 7:55pmI obviously disagree with you "tonyafanatic". I don't think that Beyonce is better than any of the women you mentioned, or be put in the same sentence. You are comparing two totally different genres... in which I believe Broadway is a LOT harder than what Beyonce is singing now. I think that Beyonce is talented for a POP SINGER, but she doesn't deserve to be up there with the likes of Idina, Kristen, and Bernadette... who are much more talented than she is.
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#23re: Beyonce singing
Posted: 2/11/05 at 8:09pmI agree with kangaroo. Beyonce is an extremely talented person, and she has a wonderful voice, but I wouldn't go as far as to compare her to Bernadette Peters...... hmmmm
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#24re: Beyonce singing
Posted: 2/11/05 at 11:27pmBeyonce is a good diva for booking solo gigs while in the midst of a group project! I love that I get to see her perform three times, but I would like to know how the decision making process went. Because of her, I'll be taping the show.
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