Hair benefit recording...I'm speechless. — Page 3

"Hippie Life" does not fit in with the rest of the show. In a concert setting, perhaps it can slip in there a little more unnoticed in in the current and revised version of the script, it is written to be performed after the curtain call. The song is terrible, the lyrics absolutely heinous, and it's just pointless.

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Are you familiar with the OBC?

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Yes, RustyJusty, it will be in my top 10 for the year, I'm sure. Its just awesome across the board and has been in regular rotation in my CD player since I got it.

I think Hippie Life is cut from most productions.

I asked two of the actors to sign the CD insert so far, and they both got quite excited to talk about how much fun the experience was. That was nice to hear.

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i love anything featuring the talents of annie golden. FRANK MILLS is a strange number and she brought it off with wit.

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"Frank Mills" is the best song on the CD - it's the only song that has any sense of authenticity and meaning to it.

"Black Boys" is also a highlight, but I cannot listen to "White Boys-" it's just obnoxious, especially the shrill, ear piercing "YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA" in the introduction of the song.

"The Flesh Failures" is okay when Norm Lewis isn't singing it - and I hate the way the chorus sounds when everyone starts singing- it's so flat and uninspired!

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i'm in the middle on this one. some songs i think are performed wonderfully, others i cannot skip over fast enough. those in the first group are
*Gavin's "Going Down"--i always skipped it on the OBC but he does something special with it here...
*Laura's "Initials"--great concept--love it!
*Raul's "Hair"--how can you comment on perfection?
*Liz's--"Good Morning Starshine"--again, perfection!
*"What a Piece of Work is Man"--love the voices....very smooth.
*Flesh Failures--no, not an ideal rendition, but WOW...what a finale
*Shoshana's "I Believe in Love"--what can this girl NOT do vocally?!
*Julia's "Where Do I Go?"--Jennifer Hudson could take a lesson from Ms. Murney--power ballads are so much more powerful when they're SUNG, not RIFFED.

Those in the "CANT STAND" category

*Jennifer Hudson's "Easy to be Hard."--see above. played it once, skipped it every time since. hate it just as much as i love Gavin's song.

*Black Boys/White Boys

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I too love Annie Golden's "Frank Mills." It's perfection. I actually watched the HAIR film this past weekend. I wish that Ms. Golden had more to do vocally in it. So nice to see some great theatre talent in there. I also love that the "White Boys/Black Boys" segment has Laurie Beechman, Nell Carter and Charlaine Woodard in it too.

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I've only heard a few clips from it, but from what I've heard, it sounds as if the singers never bothered to learn the actual melodies of the song correctly. They seem to prefer "riffing", or "making it their own", or just making it up as they go along. It sounds like American Idol on acid.

Great cd except a few notable misses. Shoshana, Eden, and Jai ROdriguez are all a "bit much" on their tracks and try too hard to impress. Hard when compared to Lilias, Norm, Raul, and Julia who all do it with such ease.

I have to completely disagree with you about Sherie. I think she is glorious perfection on thay song. The flawlessness and ease is actually pretty amazing to me and perfect for the song. Her voice is seamless - I believe those high notes are Es.

Also, I think Hippie Life is really thrilling.