I love hearing the count off..
I love hearing the count off..
italianpride888
Stand-by Joined: 12/27/07
#1I love hearing the count off..
Posted: 3/27/08 at 10:03pm
I love when I'm in a show and a really powerful song is coming on and you can hear the conductor count off. It just adds another level of intenseness to the song. In RENT for example, before the title song, you can always here the conductor go "2,3,4!!". I've heard this in many other shows too.
Funny enough, I saw the Nutcracker one year, and the conductor did that during one of the songs.
FIERCEY516
Featured Actor Joined: 3/25/08
#2re: I love hearing the count off..
Posted: 3/27/08 at 10:31pm
you have a count-off fetish?
not exactly count-off but I like the concept of the pit speaking.
in "City of Angels" they yell HA! at the end of their big finale playoff and for those who have seen "Cry-Baby", I actually thought the spoken lines written into the overture was cute and clever.
my favorite... WATCH YOUR CHOLESTORAL.
#4re: I love hearing the count off..
Posted: 3/27/08 at 11:37pm^I was about to ask the same question.
#3re: I love hearing the count off..
Posted: 3/28/08 at 12:01amDid this thread get shorter?
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#4re: I love hearing the count off..
Posted: 3/28/08 at 12:05am
Gone Missing!
"the will to live..."
TWO THREE FOUR
dun dun na na na woo
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neddyfrank2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/23/05
#5re: I love hearing the count off..
Posted: 3/28/08 at 12:06amYes. Somebody SpellingBeeFan said he heard a recording of Avenue Q recorded from the front row and he heard the conductor. I asked him how this was possible since the conductor is under the stage.
#6re: I love hearing the count off..
Posted: 3/28/08 at 12:07amWhat happened to SpellingBee's posts?
#7re: I love hearing the count off..
Posted: 3/28/08 at 12:10amWere they removed because he mentioned a bootleg?
#8re: I love hearing the count off..
Posted: 3/28/08 at 12:17amI love watching the conductor before Omigod You Guys during Legally Blonde. He just looks ready to go and rock out. It's cool.
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#9re: I love hearing the count off..
Posted: 3/28/08 at 12:34amThis is a bad omen. First the hacking, now this.
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With Clay Aiken in Spamalot, all of Broadway is singing a collective "There! Right! There!" -Me-
"Not Barker, Todd is the only person I've ever known who could imitate Katherine Hepburn...in print." -nmartin-
With Clay Aiken in Spamalot, all of Broadway is singing a collective "There! Right! There!" -Me-
"Not Barker, Todd is the only person I've ever known who could imitate Katherine Hepburn...in print." -nmartin-
#10re: I love hearing the count off..
Posted: 3/28/08 at 12:34amThis is a bad omen. First the hacking, now this.
PLEASE! Do not post anything negative or dramatic! DidYouReallyHearMe has LOST the ability to ignore such posts and he will comment! Please, help him.
With Clay Aiken in Spamalot, all of Broadway is singing a collective "There! Right! There!" -Me-
"Not Barker, Todd is the only person I've ever known who could imitate Katherine Hepburn...in print." -nmartin-
With Clay Aiken in Spamalot, all of Broadway is singing a collective "There! Right! There!" -Me-
"Not Barker, Todd is the only person I've ever known who could imitate Katherine Hepburn...in print." -nmartin-
#11re: I love hearing the count off..
Posted: 3/28/08 at 12:34amTriple post! Triple post! Sign of the devil! Sign of the devil! Board on Fire!
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With Clay Aiken in Spamalot, all of Broadway is singing a collective "There! Right! There!" -Me-
"Not Barker, Todd is the only person I've ever known who could imitate Katherine Hepburn...in print." -nmartin-
Updated On: 3/28/08 at 12:34 AM
With Clay Aiken in Spamalot, all of Broadway is singing a collective "There! Right! There!" -Me-
"Not Barker, Todd is the only person I've ever known who could imitate Katherine Hepburn...in print." -nmartin-
italianpride888
Stand-by Joined: 12/27/07
#13re: I love hearing the count off..
Posted: 3/28/08 at 10:41amWell I wouldn't say fetish.. but I find it really awesome to hear it. It just sends the energy up like 6 steps.
morosco
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/10/04
#14re: I love hearing the count off..
Posted: 3/28/08 at 10:57amCHICAGO has a great one. A 5-6-7-8!
#15re: I love hearing the count off..
Posted: 3/28/08 at 11:04amThe "GO!" before Angry Inch in Hedwig used to do that to me. Mmm....
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#16re: I love hearing the count off..
Posted: 3/28/08 at 11:30amIn 42nd Street the girls are telling Peggy Sawyer to watch out for the musicians, that's why "they're in the pit, where they belong." In one production I saw, after the laugh subsides, the conductor stands up and looks at the audience sheepishly, cueing another laugh.
#17re: I love hearing the count off..
Posted: 3/28/08 at 12:49pmomg- Tony, I was in a production of 42nd, and after that line, the orchestra used to boo to it. It was a lot of fun. :)
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LittlexFallxOfxRain
Featured Actor Joined: 2/25/08
#18re: I love hearing the count off..
Posted: 3/28/08 at 12:52pmOh my God, yes, I didn't think anybody else cared. But I love it when the count off. just like you said, in Rent, it adds a bit more energy.
slimandslam
Broadway Star Joined: 9/26/05
#19re: I love hearing the count off..
Posted: 3/29/08 at 3:08am
For some reason, I don't love hearing the count-off in musicals.
This is strange, because I generally do love hearing the wordless count-off done by drummers on rock albums (usually live albums). What is this wordless count-off? Clicking the sticks together. It makes me happy.
Well, I also love the way Frank Zappa would occasionally count off the start of a song "One, one, one, one!"
#20re: I love hearing the count off..
Posted: 3/29/08 at 4:19amits not really count offs, but i just love watching Alex Lacamoire conduct.
#21re: I love hearing the count off..
Posted: 3/29/08 at 11:33amThis is a different counting story, but during the opening number of A Chorus Line, apparently one of the cut dancers is supposed to count out loud. I was always confused as to why the guy was counting until I was sitting close enough to hear "Zach" tell him to stop.
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#22re: I love hearing the count off..
Posted: 3/29/08 at 11:58am
He's a faker, and you've been taken in by his con. And in doing so, you are enabling him. He is doing more damage to aspergers than papa's words ever could. -Chane/Liverpool on me having asperger syndrome.
#23re: I love hearing the count off..
Posted: 3/29/08 at 2:58pmWow the board DID get shorter!
He's a faker, and you've been taken in by his con. And in doing so, you are enabling him. He is doing more damage to aspergers than papa's words ever could. -Chane/Liverpool on me having asperger syndrome.
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