Eden Espinosa - Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Eden Espinosa - Somewhere Over the Rainbow
musicalsFan
Broadway Star Joined: 3/3/04
#1Eden Espinosa - Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Posted: 1/12/08 at 10:44am
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she's performing this Friday Jan 18 in Palm Springs
Updated On: 1/12/08 at 10:44 AM
Mattbrain
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/23/05
#2re: Eden Espinosa - Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Posted: 1/12/08 at 10:56amBeautiful
SueleenGay
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/9/03
#2re: Eden Espinosa - Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Posted: 1/12/08 at 4:00pm
Wow, not since Patinkin!
FosseBoi
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/30/04
#3re: Eden Espinosa - Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Posted: 1/12/08 at 5:21pmI normally don't care for her, but that was wonderful! Thanks for posting that.
#5re: Eden Espinosa - Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Posted: 1/12/08 at 6:07pmShe totally butchers the song.
Funny Face
Broadway Star Joined: 7/6/06
#6re: Eden Espinosa - Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Posted: 1/12/08 at 6:12pmGod, that song should be banned or something
#7re: Eden Espinosa - Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Posted: 1/12/08 at 6:15pmI don't like it. A song is written in a certain way for a reason. You can't even tell that she's singing "Somewhere over the rainbow" unless you listen to the words. She played around with the notes and timing too much.
#8re: Eden Espinosa - Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Posted: 1/12/08 at 9:43pmI love her voice. This is really nice.
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Allshowsrock
Stand-by Joined: 11/16/07
#9re: Eden Espinosa - Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Posted: 1/13/08 at 12:37amguys give her a break. If it was say Sutton Foster doing that you prolly wouldnt be complaining. Sure...she did do a few riffs to many, but I think it was okay. Its not the best version I've heard, but certainly not the worst.
#10re: Eden Espinosa - Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Posted: 1/13/08 at 3:15amActually, if it were anyone I would be complaining. I would complain if Angela Lansbury sang the song like that. There was not one point during the song where a given melodic phrase actually sounded the way it was written. The quality of her voice is fine, but the rendition of the song is dreadful. Judy would be rolling over in her grave.
bwaybound865
Stand-by Joined: 5/30/05
#11re: Eden Espinosa - Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Posted: 1/13/08 at 9:07am
Yeah she tried way too hard to make the song "her own".
Sorry to say Eden but the song isn't yours. Her voice is beautiful though.
Harpz2006
Broadway Star Joined: 1/3/08
#12re: Eden Espinosa - Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Posted: 1/13/08 at 9:31am
She was doing the Eva Cassidy version of the song. She sounds gorgeous! In general, though, I agree that this is a song that gets "changed up a little" excessively a lot.
Updated On: 1/13/08 at 09:31 AM
SueleenGay
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/9/03
#13re: Eden Espinosa - Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Posted: 1/13/08 at 9:35amI hate it when people say they are "doing so-and-so's version" of a song. Do the song. If you rip off someone else's interpretation that just makes you a rip-off artist, or impersonator. Or a Harry Connick, Jr.
#14re: Eden Espinosa - Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Posted: 1/13/08 at 10:40amIt was nice. It seems as if she wasn't totally comfortable with the arrangement and a few notes were a bit jarring. She s eemed to just drop the last note and the vocal "outburst" with the higher not really wasn't needed. But I enjoy different versions of this song. Patti LaBelle's being one of my favorites.
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