Last Song:DEYFYING GRAVITY
Last Song:DEYFYING GRAVITY
yarn769fink034
Stand-by Joined: 11/28/04
#0Last Song:DEYFYING GRAVITY
Posted: 5/23/05 at 10:39pmOkay, so generally I wouldn't post about this but I'm singing Defying Gravity for my last Choir concert before i graduate, and I’m so excited! I was originally going to sing FOR GOOD w/ my best friend, who can sing like a mofo, but that "runs in her family”, but my director decided the whole choir would sing it. That’s okay b/c I got the solo in that so I now I get to sing 2 WICKED songs and I get to Sing the FOR GOOD solo at graduation for about 6'000 people. YAY>Wish me luck. Updated On: 5/23/05 at 10:39 PM
Thesbijean
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/9/04
#2re: Last Song:DEYFYING GRAVITY
Posted: 5/23/05 at 10:43pm
Perhaps an English lesson or two would do before attempting Defy Gravity - which I had no idea was the ultimate song to sing....
#3re: Last Song:DEYFYING GRAVITY
Posted: 5/23/05 at 10:44pmRun and hide. You're about to be bashed about like a piñata...
Kay, the Thread-Jacking Jedi
Quando omni flunkus moritati (When all else fails, play dead...)
"... chasin' the music. Trying to get home."
Peter Gregus: "Where are my house right ladies?!"
(love you, girls! - 6/13/06)
yarn769fink034
Stand-by Joined: 11/28/04
#5re: Last Song:DEYFYING GRAVITY
Posted: 5/23/05 at 10:47pm
You can all bite my half balck ass because I am going to have so much fun and I will kick so much ass.
Updated On: 5/23/05 at 10:47 PM
#6re: Last Song:DEYFYING GRAVITY
Posted: 5/23/05 at 10:47pmfor good is a two person song...how did you get a solo if you're singing it w/ the whole choir? i'm confused.
#7re: Last Song:DEYFYING GRAVITY
Posted: 5/23/05 at 10:48pm
While I appreciate your enthusiasm I have to pose the question to you:
Isn't "Johanna" one of the most beautiful baritone songs you've ever heard?
#8re: Last Song:DEYFYING GRAVITY
Posted: 5/23/05 at 10:51pm
Oh, I don't doubt you'll have fun. Just a warning that this kind of thread... attracts all kinds of feedback that is... less than the enthusiasm you're looking for.
But congrats on the part. And enjoy it.
Kay, the Thread-Jacking Jedi
Quando omni flunkus moritati (When all else fails, play dead...)
"... chasin' the music. Trying to get home."
Peter Gregus: "Where are my house right ladies?!"
(love you, girls! - 6/13/06)
#9re: Last Song:DEYFYING GRAVITY
Posted: 5/23/05 at 10:51pm
Why are so many people rushing to sing this song? Don't get me wrong, I think it's a great tune, I truly enjoy it. However, it's tricky to sing. It requires a high belt, which is really annoying when girls sing it in some light and fluffy head voice. It just never sounds right. I worked with this one girl in my last production, one of the most obnoxious girls EVER, and all she EVER sang was "Defying Gravity," "No Good Deed," and "Once Upon a Time." This is someone with little to NO range, all she did was sing in this annoying head voice, and it just KILLED the songs. I love "Wicked" and it's score as much as the next person, but there are some truly wonderful pieces of music to choose from, if anyone so chooses to search further. Just my humble opinion, sorry.
-Vincent
#10re: Last Song:DEYFYING GRAVITY
Posted: 5/23/05 at 10:54pm
Tch, OJ, is that supposed to mean something? 
yarn769fink034
Stand-by Joined: 11/28/04
#12re: Last Song:DEYFYING GRAVITY
Posted: 5/23/05 at 11:00pm
"Johanna" is a wonderful song.It is one of my favorite from SWEENEY TODD.
and FOR GOOD is a two person song,but the choral arrangement has soloist singing from"I'ev heard it said...because i knew you" and starting "it well may be...rewritten mine by being my friend" and of course where elphba and Glinda sing together and the chior has oh's and ah's.
#13re: Last Song:DEYFYING GRAVITY
Posted: 5/23/05 at 11:03pmnever mind...>____>
#14re: Last Song:DEYFYING GRAVITY
Posted: 5/23/05 at 11:04pmSplendid dahling! I require every Wicked fan to be aware of at least one Sondheim show! You may continue your dance of Oz!
#15re: Last Song:DEYFYING GRAVITY
Posted: 5/23/05 at 11:10pmJohanna...was that before or after I'm Not That Girl?
#16re: Last Song:DEYFYING GRAVITY
Posted: 5/23/05 at 11:13pmI think it's before they eat the dead bodies but after all those married people can't get a date for their gay bachelor...
yarn769fink034
Stand-by Joined: 11/28/04
#17re: Last Song:DEYFYING GRAVITY
Posted: 5/23/05 at 11:18pm
I am the Sondheim Whore. Sweeney Todd is my all time favorite show, fallowed by Assassins. My choir director didn’t believe me when I said I know the entire score to Sweeney Todd, Sunday in the Park, Assassins, Company and into the woods until I went my car got the sheet music for all of them (yes, I carry around sheet music, I’m not ashamed) and told her to pick a song and I would sing it. And as far as the belting goes, I’m a boy and had Defying Gravity transposed into a lower key. Raul and me. <<
#19re: Last Song:DEYFYING GRAVITY
Posted: 5/23/05 at 11:24pmjust makes it THAT much more funny when even boys think they can bring the house down with that song. at least when I did it I was intentionally making a mockery of everyone who's ever sung it. this is just sad...
#20re: Last Song:DEYFYING GRAVITY
Posted: 5/23/05 at 11:24pmooooh, we all just got burned there. who wants some aloe vera?
#21re: Last Song:DEYFYING GRAVITY
Posted: 5/23/05 at 11:29pm
Oh my...again, I love it, but as a man, I don't want to sing it. I'll stick with "I Don't Care Much" and "Poor Child" and "My Boy Bill," you know, songs written for men.
-Vincent
#22re: Last Song:DEYFYING GRAVITY
Posted: 5/23/05 at 11:32pm
A guy singing DG - should not be. Especially not a concert. And For Good?
#23re: Last Song:DEYFYING GRAVITY
Posted: 5/23/05 at 11:32pm
LMC, haha 
yarn769fink034
Stand-by Joined: 11/28/04
#24re: Last Song:DEYFYING GRAVITY
Posted: 5/23/05 at 11:34pmCATS, I’m so glad you have heard me sing and no what I can and cannot do. Believe me if it was anything less than wonderful (no pun intended) my director wouldn’t let me walk out on that stage unless I was doing a different song.
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