Listen to Spencer Day sing "I'd Be Surprisingly Good For You" from Evita
Listen to Spencer Day sing "I'd Be Surprisingly Good For You" from Evita
#1Listen to Spencer Day sing "I'd Be Surprisingly Good For You" from Evita
Posted: 2/24/22 at 10:45pm
https://www.playbill.com/article/listen-to-spencer-day-cover-evitas-id-be-surprisingly-good-for-you
"Noel [Coward] and I were in Paris once. Adjoining rooms, of course. One night, I felt mischievous, so I knocked on Noel's door, and he asked, 'Who is it?' I lowered my voice and said 'Hotel detective. Have you got a gentleman in your room?' He answered, 'Just a minute, I'll ask him.'" (Beatrice Lillie)
#2Listen to Spencer Day sing "I'd Be Surprisingly Good For You" from Evita
Posted: 2/25/22 at 8:07am
This was... Interesting. The melody and lyrics from the actual song are so hot that a jazz take seems redundant, but i do enjoy the slower tempo.
Caption: Every so often there was a rare moment of perfect balance when I soared above him.
John Adams
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/1/13
#3Listen to Spencer Day sing "I'd Be Surprisingly Good For You" from Evita
Posted: 2/27/22 at 8:21am
"'I'd Be Surprisingly Good For You' [is] a real standout of [the Evita] score, yet never explored outside of the show and really does stand on its own. The work of the incredible Mexican guitarist Eduardo Leon is especially valuable on this track"
I agree that the song stands on its own very well. Unfortunately, Day's vocals are uninventive and lack any character.
I loved the sultry tempo, and the instrumental arrangement. Eduardo Leon's guitar is absolutely beautiful, but I'd be grateful if he'd swapped the guitar for a charango in at least a few bars (or they'd employed an additional instrumentalist to supplement the guitar with charango).
I've always been disappointed by Webber's anglicized misrepresentation of Mexican or Spanish instrumentations/rhythms as being Argentine.
BrodyFosse123
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/06
#4Listen to Spencer Day sing "I'd Be Surprisingly Good For You" from Evita
Posted: 2/27/22 at 9:55am
John Adams said: "I’ve always been disappointed by Webber's anglicized misrepresentation of Mexican or Spanish instrumentations/rhythms as being Argentine."
He has admitted to being totally unfamiliar with Argentinean music styles when he wrote EVITA in the early 70s. He cringes today when he hears the original score.
John Adams
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/1/13
#5Listen to Spencer Day sing "I'd Be Surprisingly Good For You" from Evita
Posted: 2/28/22 at 9:32am
BrodyFosse123 said: "John Adams said: "I’vealways been disappointed by Webber's anglicized misrepresentation of Mexican or Spanish instrumentations/rhythms as being Argentine."
He has admitted to being totally unfamiliar with Argentinean music styles when he wrote EVITA in the early 70s. He cringes today when he hears the original score."
So, he's got an opportunity to revive Evita with updated orchestrations, right? There was that revival that employed an Argentine actress as Evita, but I didn't (speaking personally) find that choice to be effective in any way.
I would love to see a revival where the orchestrations were revamped from scratch, and incorporated authentic, traditional instrumentation and rhythmic styles.
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