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#1

Hair benefit recording...I'm speechless.

Posted: 8/23/05 at 3:39pm

I just bought this recording and I just neeed to get out my feelings...
ITS FANTASTIC!
What an awesome cast that really tears up this awesome score!
Do any of you guys love it as much as I do?
"I need to know that someone out there cares...Are you there?"
#2

re: Hair benefit recording...I'm speechless.

Posted: 8/23/05 at 3:40pm

I totally agree! Definatly one of the best of all my cds!
(Martha Graham from a letter to Agnes de Mille) "There is a vitality, a life force, a quickening That is translated through you into action, And because there is only one of you in all time, This expression is unique. If you block it, It will never exist through any other medium And be lost. The world will never have it. It is not your business to determine how good it is, Nor how valuable it is, Nor how it compares with other expressions. It is your business to keep it yours, clearly and directly, To keep the channel open. You do not even have to believe in yourself or your work. You have to keep open and aware Directly to the urges that motivate you. Keep the channel open. No artist is pleased. There is no satisfaction whatever at any time. There is only a queer, divine dissatisfaction, A blessed unrest that keeps us marching And makes us more alive than others."
#3

re: Hair benefit recording...I'm speechless.

Posted: 8/23/05 at 3:41pm

I've been in love with that CD since the moment it graced my mailbox. Everybody sounds SO GOOD.

And Esparza on the title song? Vocal. Perfectionnnn.
A work of art is an invitation to love.

Updated On: 8/23/05 at 03:41 PM

#4

re: Hair benefit recording...I'm speechless.

Posted: 8/23/05 at 3:44pm

I absolutely love this CD. My favorites are
Ana Gasteyer -- Dead End
Shoshana Bean -- I'm in Love
Eden Espinosa -- Hippie Life
Euan Morton -- Manchester England
Raul Esparza -- Hair
Gavin Creel -- Going Down
Adam Pascal -- I Got Life

PERFECTION!!!
"I wish the stage were as narrow as the wire of a tightrope dancer, so that no incompetent would dare step upon it." Goethe
#7

re: Hair benefit recording...I'm speechless.

Posted: 8/23/05 at 3:48pm

BIG omission:

Jennifer Hudson, who TEARS IT UP on "Easy to Be Hard"


No one has sung like her since Jennifer Holliday, IMHO.
"Fundamentalism means never having to say 'I'm wrong.'" -- unknown
#9

re: Hair benefit recording...I'm speechless.

Posted: 8/23/05 at 3:54pm

I'm still gathering my favorites as it was only recently added to my collection but I love:
Shoshana- I Believe In Love
Gavin- Going Down
Raul- Hair
Black Boys and White Boys!
Eden- Hippie Life
Ana- Dead End
Jennifer Hudson- Easy to Be Hard

Any suggestions for a replay?
"I need to know that someone out there cares...Are you there?"
#12

re: Hair benefit recording...I'm speechless.

Posted: 8/23/05 at 3:57pm

Adam is still in progress and my jaw is dropping further and further. This man does no wrong.
"I need to know that someone out there cares...Are you there?"
#17

re: Hair benefit recording...I'm speechless.

Posted: 8/23/05 at 4:08pm

I'm obsessed with this cd. It's always playing in my car. It does tend to have an effect on my speed though...
"What a mystery this world. One day you love them and the next day you want to kill them a thousand times over." The Masked Bandit in THE FALL
#18

re: Hair benefit recording...I'm speechless.

Posted: 8/23/05 at 4:08pm

Seriously, the best cast recording I've ever heard. Since when has there been a recording where you don't skip a single track? GAH it's amazing.
#21

re: Hair benefit recording...I'm speechless.

Posted: 8/23/05 at 4:18pm

What I would give to be able to see this benefit.

The only song I don't like is Air and that is just because Harvey's voice has begun to get under my skin from all the hairspray i listened to a couple years back.

Otherwise the best track is either Raúl on the title track,
or Gavin Creel on "Going Down" (with Adam gettin an honorable mention on "I Got Life").
#23

re: Hair benefit recording...I'm speechless.

Posted: 8/23/05 at 5:10pm

I agree....i also agree that never skip a track on this! Could imagin if this was actually porduced on Broadway with this cast!
(Martha Graham from a letter to Agnes de Mille) "There is a vitality, a life force, a quickening That is translated through you into action, And because there is only one of you in all time, This expression is unique. If you block it, It will never exist through any other medium And be lost. The world will never have it. It is not your business to determine how good it is, Nor how valuable it is, Nor how it compares with other expressions. It is your business to keep it yours, clearly and directly, To keep the channel open. You do not even have to believe in yourself or your work. You have to keep open and aware Directly to the urges that motivate you. Keep the channel open. No artist is pleased. There is no satisfaction whatever at any time. There is only a queer, divine dissatisfaction, A blessed unrest that keeps us marching And makes us more alive than others."
#24

re: Hair benefit recording...I'm speechless.

Posted: 8/23/05 at 5:17pm

Hearing Jennifer Hudson sing that song live at the concert was literally one of the greatest moments of my life. It was the best rendition of ANY song I have EVER heard.

Updated On: 8/23/05 at 05:17 PM

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