Lippa's "Maybe I Like It This Way"

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Lippa's "Maybe I Like It This Way"#1

Posted: 2/19/08 at 12:33am

So I really love the song "Maybe I Like It This Way" from Lippa's THE WILD PARTY and of course I love Julia Murney's powerful rendition of the number but I always like listening to different versions of the same song. Anyone knows if there is any recording of this song out there apart from the OCR?

"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"

[ljay889]

re: Lippa's 'Maybe I Like It This Way'#2

Posted: 2/19/08 at 12:46am

I found a version on iTunes by an artist named Lisa Ostrow.

[ashley0139]

re: Lippa's 'Maybe I Like It This Way'#2

Posted: 2/19/08 at 12:47am

I would say probably not. It's not on the demo because it was like, the third version of that song (When I First Met Him/Burrs were two other versions). I have never heard of anyone else recording it.

EDIT: Apparently, as ljay889 said, Lisa Ostrow recorded it. Who is this person? She does Once Upon a Time from BKLYN and I Will Never Leave You from Side Show too.

"This table, he is over one hundred years old. If I could, I would take an old gramophone needle and run it along the surface of the wood. To hear the music of the voices. All that was said." - Doug Wright, I Am My Own Wife

Updated On: 2/19/08 at 12:47 AM

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

re: Lippa's 'Maybe I Like It This Way'#3

Posted: 2/19/08 at 12:58am

Thanks, Ljay! I just found it. Not sure I wanna download it, who is this girl anyways? That's an awful rendition of "Unusual Way."

"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"

[ljay889]

re: Lippa's 'Maybe I Like It This Way'#4

Posted: 2/19/08 at 1:06am

I went to her website, she's done some regional theatre, national tours. The clip of "Maybe I like it this way" sounds a lot better than her 'Unusual Way' clip. Apparently she sells quite well on CDbaby. Updated On: 2/19/08 at 01:06 AM

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

re: Lippa's 'Maybe I Like It This Way'#5

Posted: 2/19/08 at 1:08am

Yeah I went ahead and got "Maybe I Like It This Way," thanks for directing me to this. I really dislike her "Unusual Way" clip though.

"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"

[ljay889]

re: Lippa's 'Maybe I Like It This Way'#6

Posted: 2/19/08 at 1:30am

How is her full 'Maybe I Like It This Way?'

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

re: Lippa's 'Maybe I Like It This Way'#7

Posted: 2/19/08 at 1:37am

This may sound harsh, but I feel I just spent 99 cents to buy one of those performances you see on youtube by a drama high school student.
She is good at times, her voice reminds me a little of Frances Ruffelle, a slightly bland, untrained, not very good Frances Ruffelle but still, sort of a similar sound. She decided to leave the spoken dialogue about Burrs and her deliver of it is amateurish at best.
Maybe I'm being overly harsh but since I paid for it and I'm obsessed with Murney's mind-blowing, heart-wrenching rendition, I feel I can be critical.

"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"

Updated On: 2/19/08 at 01:37 AM

[ljay889]

re: Lippa's 'Maybe I Like It This Way'#8

Posted: 2/19/08 at 1:42am

Yep. You have every right to be critical. I guess it's better than nothing though. Judging by her website, it seems she's just a regular mom/homemaker (who performs sometimes) living out her dream of recording an album.

This is from her site


Unconditional is literally a labor of love, with backing vocals provided by Lisa's husband and her three children. Lisa's arranger and co-producer, Patrick Dreier, also contributed additional instrumental support and vocals, along with those of his own daughters. This 16-track collection includes a variety of Lisa's unique musical stylings, with instrumentals by many exceptional musicians from Boston and Rhode Island.
Profits generated from the sales of Unconditional will be donated to the Polycystic Kidney Disease Foundation.

www.lisaostrow.com