Dreamgirls Soundtrack Deluxe Edition — Page 4

JUST LISTENED TO THE DELUXE EDITION FROM START TO FINISH (with no interruptions). Love it.

Hot damn, can Eddie Murphy rock!
And Hudson, yeah, don't get me started.

Fun recording.
Y'all hear the little 50 second hidden track at the end?

You saw the original Broadway production and you didn't know the Supremes connection until NOW? 25 years later?

Dude...that must be one huge boulder you've been living under for these 2 past decades.

OUCH!

Even on the liner notes of the Original Broadway Cast Recording LP it mentions (and disclaims) The Supremes connection.

Wow!

Wow, Mischief, you got me. You TOTALLY got me. I'm in disbelief. I've been shot down. I'm finished. Wow. And, in all fairness the post I was replying to seemed like people were laughing at the film, not Michael Jackson's personal life. Sorry for not understanding you. I can't live with myself anymore.

Oh, and no, Wicked is NOT based off of The Wizard of Oz. It's loosely based off of Michael Bennett's relationship with Jennifer Holliday (Elphaba representing Holliday). The whole "What is This Feeling?" number is based off of a real conversation they had. Didn't you KNOW that? Jeez. I guess I DO know so much about Dreamgirls.

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Totally validate your comment about my post.

I actually didn't read your WICKED portion, which explains my 'attack'.

So sorry. That what happens when one 'assumes'.

S'all good. It just thru me on a huge loop the whole Supremes bit.

Woof!

OK, I think my remarks about Beyoncé’s singing voice as a soloist or member of Destiny’s Child were slightly misconstrued. To me, Beyoncé’s performance on the subject soundtrack was spot-on and well within character. It’s on her personal studio projects that she and the current crop of pop/rnb-lite singers just don’t meet my muster. On much of her solo work, I still find Beyoncé’s singing voice shrill, sharp, monotonous and cookie-cutter. To her credit, she really delivered on ‘Dangerously In Love’ and ‘Listen’ which I’m calling a masterpiece to anyone willing to listen. And no one has ever accused Diana Ross of being a vocal powerhouse but the lady has always been a song stylist/interpreter-extraordinaire capable of thoroughly engaging an audience and giving a first-rate interview.

I’d also like to remind this audience that Diana Ross entered the business prior to the advent of the present-day ubiquitous cable video complex which I always use as the line of demarcation in any discussion about recording artists of today versus yesteryear. Heck yeah I tend to defend my era because the legacy acts then had to sell the product the hard way, by radio and a kick-azz road show. Today, some acts, especially the young ladies, simply have to be eye candy, lay some Pro-Tools assisted vocal tracks produced by some egomaniacal blinged-out producer who changes his name every 3 months, pay friends for adds on the web space that dare not be mentioned on here, pay “pitchers” who in turn DJ’s & station programmers for radio spins, lip sync through a video directed by hot-producer-du-jour and BAM. There barrier to entry in show business is substantially lower today than it was for Diana Ross since she’s been put out that as an example. I’m just not quite ready to declare Beyoncé this generation’s Diana Ross in terms of her artistry as a soloist and the dues she’s paid to make her mark in the business. She’s on course though.

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Updated On: 12/7/06 at 04:03 PM

That little snippet at the end of Disc 2 of the Deluxe Edition (on the "Patience" - Composer Demo track) comes from a scene towards the end of the film. Even if you're somewhat familiar with the plot, it is simply Effie finally having her last word to Curtis, after all is said and done.

No need to touch on it further

If you're not at all familiar with the plot, I definitely don't want to spoil it for you.