Little Moments on Cast Recordings That You Love — Page 15

This is not really a FAVORITE moment, as much as something I just really love. That being said, I enjoy it enough to play the song over and over again and also take an active part in it. Basically one of my favorite songs (ONE of them, I have a plethora of favorites) is "With One Look" from the London Cast Recording of Sunset Blvd., sung by Patti LuPone.

My favorite moment in the song is a combination of things. The last twenty seconds or so of her singing, from "they'll say 'Norma's back at last'" to the end are fantastic. But any time I listen to it on my iTunes I stop the second a few seconds after, ending it with LuPone/Norma ordering, "Now go".

For me it is just so very LuPone and such a perfect way to end the song, despite the fact that there is still more dialogue. Even despite the fact that said dialogue includes the line about her hating the term 'comeback', which I really do like. I just like the song to end that way and thus this is one of my favorite moments.

I have a lot but my two favorites are on the Wicked OBCR.

At the end of "The Wizard and I" when Idina sings "The wizard (pause/music stops) AND I" I love the music in those last few seconds.

Also, in Defying Gravity where Elphaba is rising, the music that builds to "So if you care to find me" I think is amazing.

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Bumpity bump bump.

Caroline, Or Change -

At then end of Caroline and Noah's fight, Caroline sings, in a voice so low you can barely hear it: "And hell's where Jews go when they die." It's chilling, beautiful, and hideous all at the same time.

Hair -

I love the trombones at the end of Three Five Zero Zero.

During White Boys, when the backup singers go, "Groovy groovy groovy."


9 to 5 -

The only song from this show that I really like is One of the Boys, and I especially like the part where Violet says, "Competing is my greatest joy."

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During White Boys, when the backup singers go, "Groovy groovy groovy."

I noticed that the other day and laughed for a minute, I love it.

Keys (Marianna)- This is kind of creepy, but I love the way Marianna says 'Underwear are everywhere'.

I love the way she says it too, with a little laugh or something like she's embarrassed.

These are from the Hair New Broadway Cast Recording:

Colored Spade - The way Darius is really low on "I'm" and then he hops up with a breathy "a."

Hashish - There's a VERY high harmony on "LSD" that I love a lot. Pretty sure it's Katie Kiyan.

Going Down - When the Berger's singing "Forgive me if I don't cry/It's like the Fourth of July/Thank God that angels can fly" and the Tribe is singing softly "Down, down, everybody going down, down, everybody going..."

Ain't Got No Grass - There are these chords that bounce leading into the actual song that I cannot get enough of, every time I listen to this song, I instinctively tap my feet on those beats.

I Got Life - Gavin's insane riffs on the second "Amen."

Hare Krishna/Be-In - Katie Kiyan's high harmonies are incredible. Absolutely phenomenal. I also love the "High, high, be high" (I think that's what they're singing, I'm not sure) during the second round of "Take a trips, get high..."

Walking In Space - Sasha's riff on "tripping from potville to mainline" gives me chills, followed by Kacie's beautiful solo where she goes up on the end of "air."

3-5-0-0 - Kacie's ridiculous "ripped open by metal explosion."

Let the Sun Shine In - Sasha's riffs during the a capella part put a lump in my throat immediately.

That was a lot. Sorry.

Updated On: 8/22/09 at 10:27 PM

Hair New Broadway Cast Recording

Aquarius: Around 1:39 in the song...when Sasha sings the word..."aquarius" and she pushes her voice out a little. For some reason I love that one second.

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I've got quite a few....

Basically all of L5Y. To name a few specific moments, in "Miracle Would Happen", "I'm gesTICulating with my left hand, and then whap! there's Cathy..." NLB is a fantastic comedic actor. Also in "See I'm Smiling", Cathy's break down at the end breaks my heart.

In Wicked, I love the dance break in Dancing Through Life, for some reason.

I'm partial to the majority of the N2N album, but the first moment that came to mind was the little guitar riff in Catch Me I'm Falling at 3:07.

And lastly, in "Get Out and Stay Out" from 9to5, I love the "I'd be-ee the one" at around 2:35. That moment sticks out to me every time I listen to it, again not sure why lol.

Next to Normal
"Every day's just another and another and another, I will hold it all together"
"I'm alive, I'm right behind you. You say forget, but I remind you."

9 to 5
"If you don't want your little life to never shine, change it"
"Now that I'm unfettered and unbound, Get out and stay out, I've finally had enough!"

oh and it's not on the cast recording but I love when the girls in 9 to 5 have their lines right before the song really starts like
"We're not taking orders from you anymore", "The tables are turning", "Don't you get it?"

There's a lot more. I just have to listen to the songs to realise them.

I'm resurrecting this thread specifically to mention this:

Book of Mormon - Turn it Off: "Find the box that's gay and CRUSH IT!!" I laugh every time.

I also like:

Billy Elliot - Shine - "There's no time for half-assed frolics. Grab the buggers by the bollocks."

Caroline, or Change - Moon Trio - "Lost your old shine. Lost Caroliiiiiiiine."

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Les Mis- This I Swear by (pause) the stars!
I love the pause and then how he holds the note.

Rent- The piano transition in Goodbye Love from everyone to the fight between Mark and Roger.

cracks me up:

Ilona (Barbara Baxley) to Amalia (Barbara Cook): Supposing he's a knucklecracker, Amalia!

breaks my heart:

C.C. (Obba Babatunde) to Effie (Jennifer Holliday): Effie, I've got a song I want you to sing!

These are by no means the most striking bars of the scores of She Loves Me or Dreamgirls, but they are gotcha moments and I cherish them.

The little trumpet wrong note towards the end of "Music and the Mirror", OBCR.

AVENUE Q - During "There Is Life Outside Your Apartment," when Christmas Eve says "ew!" after the line "There's a pigeon squashed on the street." It's so cute. Laugh every time.

GYPSY (OBCR) - The trumpet solo during the overture (that starts at 3:30). Gives me chills! Also.. during "Everything's Coming Up Roses" - the way Merman sings "MAMMA is gonna see to it." You can hear her conviction.

Updated On: 8/15/11 at 11:14 PM