Initial opinions on RENT soundtrack — Page 9

LMFAO. She is so funny! "Mewww...yes...mewyesmewwww" LOL. I love when she is saying "...gotta gotta gotta gotta gotta gotta gotta" and she takes a long break and you think shes done, but then she starts up with the "gotta"s again. Oh, Idina...:)

It's going to sell extremley well. The OBCR was, I think, the second best selling Bway CD ever (up til last year when Wickeds OBCR came out)...it will sell wonderfully.

I love when she is saying "...gotta gotta gotta gotta gotta gotta gotta" and she takes a long break and you think shes done, but then she starts up with the "gotta"s again. Oh, Idina...:)

I'm not sure if Idina actually invented that as I've seen other Maureens do that prior to this, but perhaps it came alond after the OBC was recorded or was cut for the OBCR... I dunno...

Hmm...*trying to remember if the Maureen I saw did that...well, first trying to remember the name of the Maureen I saw LOL*.

Did anyone see the OBC on Bway? Did Idina ever do it on stage?

*has completely lost it*

Updated On: 9/27/05 at 10:27 PM

does anyone read the threads already posted before they continuously repeat themselves, god that it annoying to read through

B&N has it for 15% off and then memebers get another 10% on top of that, it works out to about $22.00
if you dont know a member find someone else who is checking out, and ask if you can use their phone number, thats all you need

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A note on OVER THE MOON....

Besides the obvious - Idina will be performing this with a camera inches from her face, and the already hypothicized: "this isn't the take used in the actual film" opinions -- I'd like to add the following.

OVER THE MOON was written to be a PERFORMANCE ART piece, not a Broadway showtune. The spaced out tone Idina adopts on the film soundtrack along with the more pronounced electric cello is, in my opinion, a very obvious choice to emulate Laurie Anderson, who the performance artist Maureen is based on.

To work, the number on film should be bizarre, droll, and to a degree, unintentionally hilarious. Listening to the track, my guess is that it will actually accomplish this quite well.

Updated On: 9/27/05 at 11:34 PM

hands down the best part of the entire thing is goodbye love.

Pretty much everything has been said at this point - just want to share in the excitement! The Borders by me had the covers with Jesse, Wilson, Tracie, and Adam, and after MUCH deliberation I chose Jesse - don't really know why, but I'm happy with my choice! It was going for $27.99 but was on sale for $23.99. I cringed a little but it was worth it.

Anyway, the main point I agree with and that I'll reiterate is that this will take some getting used to - if you love it off the bat, great. If not, give it a chance. It's very possible it will never live up to some people's expectations, nor will it surpass most people's love for the OBCR. But I think everyone sounds great - the OBC folks sound as fresh as ever, Rosario has been surprisingly delightful to listen to in my opinion, and Tracie, well, I think we all know what the general consensus is regarding her...simply outstanding.

As far as all the little nuances and specific things that are good/bad/different, as I said before they've pretty much all been pointed out. But they (Sony, the cast, the musical directors, everyone) did a fantastic job bringing this to life. For me at least, it only adds to my love for the show and furthers my excitement for the movie.

Oh, and Love Heals....wow, wow, wow.

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Updated On: 9/28/05 at 12:35 AM

I LOVE JESSE ON THE NEW SOUNDTRACK!! His reprise has nothing but improved, he rocks. Idina is of course perfect and I love the changes made to Over the Moon. Adam I don't really care for. His new voice just doesn't do it for me. Tracie has pretty much one of the most amazing voices EVER! I love her to death. Rosario is totally sexy in Out Tonight and I love her. Wilson is great as always, he's great on the new soundtrack. Anthony is my man! HE ROCKS!! I love him so much he showed them all how it's done. Way to go Anthony. The soundtrack gets an A in my mind. SO EXCITED FOR NOVEMBER!

I miss the song right before "Over the Moon" where Maureen finally appears after being talked about many times and she says "Joanne which way to the stage?" I just always thought that was a nice entrance.

Hey everyone --

Do we have any idea if these o-card releases are just temporary? (i.e. do I have to figure out how to buy one TODAY?) or do we think they'll be around for a while (so I can buy one in 3 weeks when I have a car and easy access to stores)?

gracias :)

Well, hmm, not sure what to say about the soundtrack, I think it's fine overall and there are places that are moving, but I don't know.

I really don't like how blurred and mechanical Out Tonight sounds. It's not even Rosario's voice that really bothers me. The music itself just sounds too much like a computer rather than a real drums and guitar. The raucous raw sound of the OBC is much better. Rosario also could've been a bit more exuberant with her performance, but she was fine I guess. She does take some getting used to. Maybe I'll like her more eventually.

I think everyone else on the soundtrack is good overall with some questionable moments here and there.

I guess I just really don't want to overhype myself for this movie because I did that with POTO and it was really really disappointing to me. It's not even that I thought POTO was bad necessarily, it just wasn't the amazing experience I wanted it to be.

Maybe I'm just not in a good enough mood right now to enjoy the soundtrack fully, but it's not totally wowing me. I do really like "Another Day" though. The lyrics are pretty clear on the soundtrack, which was good.

I just hope it all works well onscreen.

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Updated On: 9/28/05 at 10:24 AM

Any insights on the lyric change in Goodbye Love...

"Mimi still loves you, are you really jealous..."

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