Just finishing listening to Kerry Butler's new CD- Page 2

[JBSinger]

Posted: 5/29/08 at 8:19am

I received mine a couple days ago and have given it a full listen. While I appreciated her reinterpretations, I was hoping for a little more "full throtle" belt moments. The album is very relaxed and hardly seems like a vocal workout for her at all. I was probably most pleased the with tracks I hadn't heard before: "Only Happens in the Movies", "I'll try" because I had no existing interpretation in my head. "Minnie's Yoo-hoo" was fun and there could've been more of that energy on the disc.
Arrangements are pretty, but a little heavy on folk-fiddle and guitar. This is the Appalachian Disney album. :)

All in all, it is a well sung, very pleasant collection with a couple outstanding tracks. I'm sure I'll come to appreciate it more with repeat listenings.

[FrontRowCenter2]

Posted: 5/29/08 at 9:12am

Slight thread jack -
If you're a Barbara Cook fan, her Disney album is a must have. If it is out of print as someone mentioned, find a way to get it or listen to it, it's absoutely beautiful.

Track List:
1. With a Smile and a Song
2. Someday My Prince Will Come
3. Give a Little Whistle
4. Lavender Blue
5. Someone's Waiting for You
6. Sooner or Later
7. The Second Star to the Right
8. I'm Late
9. A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes
10. When I See an Elephant Fly
11. Baby Mine
12. Pink Elephants on Parade
13. When You Wish upon a Star
14. Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah






Updated On: 5/29/08 at 09:12 AM

[Craig]

Posted: 5/29/08 at 9:16am

JBSinger-

You might want to watch http://www.broadway.com/Gen/Buzz_Video.aspx?ci=566099

She talks about your analysis of the album...

[best12bars]

Posted: 5/29/08 at 10:11am

bk---That was a horrible, shameless plug.

...and I'm proud of you for going there.


Craig? Did they edit it out? I didn't see/hear any BWW reference just now. I wouldn't be surprised.

[Craig]

Posted: 5/29/08 at 10:17am

No.. I meant that she speaks about keeping the album intimate and not using it to "show off" her voice with belting, etc

[JRybka]

Posted: 5/29/08 at 10:31am

I have to say that the best version of Disneyland will forever be the Jodi Benson version.... I love love love this song.

[JBSinger]

Posted: 5/29/08 at 1:40pm

Thanks, Craig. I did have an idea going into the CD that she wouldn't be belting to high heavens, but I hoped for at least one track. That live performance you posted has her singing out WAY more than she does on the disc.
Now I don't think that these artists should pander to their fan-base, but we should at least get a little of what we expect from our stars. Kerry is a belter and I'm sure her fanbase has come to expect a certain level of beltiness in her recordings. so, it is understandable if some of her fans might be disappointed (from that standpoint) in this Cd.
It's still a nice album and I enjoy it.

BK - love your plug too. I started buying the UNSUNG and LOST in BOSTON series back in the 90s. Jodi Benson rules on "Disneyland"!

[acrocksyo]

Posted: 5/29/08 at 4:37pm

I was kind of taken aback by the arrangements, but they grew on me when I kept listening. They are nice and cozy(as someone mentioned before) and it is a nice change of pace from big belty songs that you might normally hear from a Broadway Performer.

[Not Barker, Todd.]

Posted: 5/29/08 at 4:40pm

I listened to "Call Me A Princess" and wasn't thrilled at all. It was boring and very unlistenable. I tried listening to Disneyland (which I was very familiar with) and couldn't get through it. I might try and get through the other tracks later, but I don't have much hope. With any luck, it will improve with futher listening.

Updated On: 5/29/08 at 04:40 PM

[BobbyBubby]

Posted: 5/29/08 at 4:49pm

Barabara Cook's Disney CD is a MUST HAVE. Much better than Butler's.

[B3TA07]

Posted: 5/29/08 at 4:55pm

Wait, people belt "When You Wish Upon A Star?"

[Eris0303]

Posted: 5/29/08 at 4:58pm

Disney dork here too! I work for a Disney Store that's closing next month *tear*. Just today I was explaining the history of Oswald the Rabbit to a customer and she asked me if we're schooled in the trivia so we can share it with our guests. I told her no and that I just happened to know. I also spent my birthday in Disneyland this year (for free).

This album has some great tracks. Baby Mine is always a joy and I love I'll Try. If I'm not mistaken Jonatha Brooke performed I'll Try at Ground Zero for the one year anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. For me, the song has been forever associated with that moment in time. It's about needing to be grown up and having to face the harsh realities of the world and being "grown up". The title of the album comes from this song. "I'm too tired to listen; I'm to old to believe all these childish stories. There is no thing as faith and trust and pixie dust." Then later in the song she comes to terms with the fact that she can believe in the stories but be an adult at the same time. To not hold back and to just "fly". "I can finally see it. Now I have to believe all those precious stories. All the world is made of faith and trust and pixie dust."

Updated On: 5/29/08 at 04:58 PM

[bk]

Posted: 5/29/08 at 8:22pm

best twelve bars wrote:

"bk---That was a horrible, shameless plug.

...and I'm proud of you for going there. "

Someone had to :)