Dear Evan Hansen on the radio
Dear Evan Hansen on the radio
#1Dear Evan Hansen on the radio
Posted: 6/24/17 at 5:03pm
Although I hate Owl City the new cover of "Waving Through A Window" got me thinking about radio potential for the score. Does anyone think that pop covers could get radio play, or even maybe tracks from the OBC recording?
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froote
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#2Dear Evan Hansen on the radio
Posted: 6/24/17 at 6:04pm
It barely happened for Hamilton despite the ridiculous success of the cast album and the mixtape going to #1. So I doubt it. Most of DEH's score are ballads as well so not particularly radio friendly.
#3Dear Evan Hansen on the radio
Posted: 6/24/17 at 6:47pm
I thought that might have been because the lyrics of Hamilton are so closely tailored to their subjects and characters/action. The lyrics in DEH on the whole aren't quite that specific.
You're totally right though, if Hamilton couldn't achieve radio success what can.
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#4Dear Evan Hansen on the radio
Posted: 6/24/17 at 6:51pm
DREAMGIRLS did in 1982 with the Original Broadway Cast Recording versions of "And I Am Telling You" and "One Night Only."
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#5Dear Evan Hansen on the radio
Posted: 6/24/17 at 7:06pm
I sincerely thought Hamilton had a chance to make the radio, and it never did. Hell, the mixtape barely did. Waving Through A Window is the only DEH song that could work on radio anyway.
#6Dear Evan Hansen on the radio
Posted: 6/24/17 at 10:54pm
froote said: "It barely happened for Hamilton despite the ridiculous success of the cast album and the mixtape going to #1. So I doubt it. Most of DEH's score are ballads as well so not particularly radio friendly.
I'm not so sure. The song that I think could be very radio friendly is You Will Be Found, because aside from being a great song, it resonates with the right demographic in terms of the radio audience I could see Adele or some other popular ballad singer making a killer cover. I'd produce that record
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froote
Broadway Star Joined: 2/14/17
#7Dear Evan Hansen on the radio
Posted: 6/24/17 at 11:00pm
Except Adele only appears to sing her own songs every 5 years or so, never mind covering a song from a musical she's probably never heard of.
You Will Be Found is a decent musical theatre song but I'm pretty sure if someone heard it on the radio they'd think they'd accidentally changed the station to a religious one. It's very cheesy out of context and wont appeal to the type of people type of people that are making DJ Khaled and Kendrick Lamar go to the top of the charts. Rap and EDM is really what sells these days and DEH can't be further from that.
I actually think they messed up any chance of radio play through this Owl City cover. In my opinion Waving Through a Window is the only song that would have had any chance whatsoever but not with this awful cover by a group that haven't had a successful song since they debuted.
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#8Dear Evan Hansen on the radio
Posted: 6/22/21 at 5:56am
A perfect recording for an interesting piece of music.
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SouthernCakes
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/29/19
#9Dear Evan Hansen on the radio
Posted: 6/22/21 at 7:35amYou will be found comes off cheesy in the context of the show. I can’t imagine hearing Sia cover it and feeling any different.
#10Dear Evan Hansen on the radio
Posted: 6/22/21 at 7:44am
Katy Perry also did a cover of “Waving” in 2018 and it was very meh. No shade to Katherine, cause I live for her, but if she can’t successfully turn this song into a radio friendly pop-ballad, I’m not sure who could. And I deff don’t see it for Adele.
#11Dear Evan Hansen on the radio
Posted: 6/22/21 at 9:13am
To quote Madame Rose, Pasek and Paul write show tunes for “deaf, dumb and blind.” I find their music so bombastic and overwritten. It punches you in the stomach with no subtlety. Occasionally I feel they find a gem like Words Fail or So Big So Small.
That’s not to say it’s not good pop music. It is. I just don’t find it’s good theatre music that shows you the nuanced inner world of a character. It feels generic. I think they should write for Selena Gomez, Demi Lovato, Dua Lupa, etc.
I think when they write for stage it’s in a limbo where it’s not exactly right for radio.
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#12Dear Evan Hansen on the radio
Posted: 6/22/21 at 9:43am
^ agreed, Bettyboy. They just released a new song for Pink's greatest hits/documentary CD, and it's really good! They've lost the specificity that "Dogfight" or "A Christmas Story" have, but they can write the hell out of a pop tune.
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#13Dear Evan Hansen on the radio
Posted: 6/22/21 at 12:23pm
What about "Only Us"?
I think that's a beautiful love song/duet with radio potential.
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#14Dear Evan Hansen on the radio
Posted: 6/22/21 at 1:29pm
In the same way that earnestly anthemic "This Is Me" caught on, I'd expect "You Will Be Found" to be translatable into a hit on radio. Lord knows if you live in the tri-state area and listened to local radio, you heard "You Will Be Found" every commercial break for like a year it was coming to Broadway.
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#15Dear Evan Hansen on the radio
Posted: 6/23/21 at 5:29pmJennifer Nettles' upcoming album is all showtunes. She covers You Will Be Found
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#16Dear Evan Hansen on the radio
Posted: 6/25/21 at 11:18pm
Indeed....Jennifer Nettles, You Will Be Found https://youtu.be/6ojYs0T2hKw
SouthernCakes
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/29/19
#17Dear Evan Hansen on the radio
Posted: 6/26/21 at 12:42am
But was “this is us” on the radio! I listen to top 30
And pop rising on Spotify and havent seen any musical theater.
To me this score is crazy cheesy and even in context is crazy cheesy.
It’s not gonna compete with Doja Cat and Megan Thee Stallion.
Fantod
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/3/14
#18Dear Evan Hansen on the radio
Posted: 6/28/21 at 8:15pm
One of the biggest problems with modern pop musicals is that the pop music is quickly outdated. 2021 pop is very disco. In the current music market, I just don't know if Evan Hansen stands out enough to get radio play.
Maybe Due Lipa's cover of Requiem will prove me wrong, though...
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