Male power ballbads
Male power ballbads
#0Male power ballbads
Posted: 8/27/05 at 8:04pm
So the search function brought up nothing... but I'm looking for an incredible show-stopping powerful rip the audience's emotions to shreads ballad... any suggestions?
iluvtheatertrash
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/9/04
#1re: Male power balbads
Posted: 8/27/05 at 8:50pmAt the Fountain - SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS
#2re: Male power balbads
Posted: 8/27/05 at 8:50pmIve always had good success with Anthem from Chess. If you can belt g's, and I mean BELT, nothing better that the final run of 'em in Anthem. If your feeling particularly bold pop the last note up to an A..now your in big boy territory...lol. Good luck with your search!
#3re: Male power balbads
Posted: 8/27/05 at 9:33pm
PhillyActor beat me to it--"Anthem" from CHESS. It really should be sung by a tenor, but a baritone with a good upper register can do it too. Anthony Warlow's recording of it is awesome.
FYI, most "power ballads" are usually tenor songs. We baritones usually get neglected on that front 
#4re: Male power balbads
Posted: 8/27/05 at 9:35pmwell... I can go from a low f or e to like a high b flat or C, so I can do most guy songs... but I'm classified as a tenor... but only recently so. Gotta love voice changes... erk... but thanks! I will look for those.
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Joined: 12/31/69
#5re: Male power balbads
Posted: 8/27/05 at 9:41pm
"Where I Want To Be" - Chess
"Funny" - City Of Angels
stage_door76
Broadway Star Joined: 1/18/05
#6re: Male power balbads
Posted: 8/27/05 at 9:44pm
pity the child from chess is the ultimate in my opinion.
i also like why, god why from miss saigon
and aspects of empty chairs at empty tables.
there's of course the classics like being alive or corner of the sky.
if you play with the arrangements for these two, you can come up with some really interesting stuff
#7re: Male power balbads
Posted: 8/27/05 at 9:53pmAh, but Clay, my dear boy, a bunch of g's arent too "powerful" from a tenor. However a good bari-tenor with a run g's is just fabulously priceless! lol. Let 'em see ya workin'..lol
#8re: Male power balbads
Posted: 8/27/05 at 9:54pm
"Pity the Child" from Chess, rips my emotions to shreds and tangos on them.
"I'll Cover You (Reprise)" from Rent does the same.
2. Great buckets of Spoffnor, they're going to sing!
3. "I love shrubs that are historical." -Johnny and The Sprites
4. "We're not singing it to you, we're singing it for us." -Rosario Dawson, about La Vie Boheme
5. "The best moments in reading are when you come across something - a thought, a feeling, a way of looking at things - which you had thought special and particular to you. And now, here it is, set down by someone else, a person you have never met, someone even who is long dead. And it is as if a hand has come out, and taken yours." -The History Boys
6. "Pass the parcel. That's sometimes all you can do. Take it, feel it and pass it on. Not for me, not for you, but for someone, somewhere, one day. Pass it on, boys. That's the game I want you to learn. Pass it on." -The History Boys
freelancer
Stand-by Joined: 2/3/05
#9re: Male power balbads
Posted: 8/27/05 at 10:00pm"Empty Chairs at Empty Tables" from Les Mis
Urban
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/05
#10re: Male power balbads
Posted: 8/28/05 at 8:53am
"Wheels of a Dream" - Ragtime.
(the Sarah parts of the song are basically backing vocals).
Updated On: 8/28/05 at 08:53 AM
WildhornFanatic
Broadway Star Joined: 2/5/05
#11re: Male power balbads
Posted: 8/28/05 at 10:21am
SHE WAS THERE from SCARLET PIMPERNEL
PRAYER from SCARLET PIMPERNEL
I'VE GOT THINGS TO SAY from WAITING FOR THE MOON
WAITING FOR THE MOON from WAITING FOR THE MOON.
#12re: Male power balbads
Posted: 8/28/05 at 1:24pmThanks Guys. Now.. anyone know where I could find the ORIGINAL cast recording for Chess? It's not for sale on the internet as I can see...
#13re: Male power balbads
Posted: 8/28/05 at 1:34pmI saw the cast album available at used music on Amazon last night. There were quite a few copies available. Note that is for the English cast recording. You could also get Colm Wilkinson's Stage Heroes CD which I also saw available on Amazon last night. It has both aforementioned songs from Chess as well as a few others you might like. That is if you sing like you just did a shot of Jack Daniels while simultaneously grabbing your balls!
#14re: Male power balbads
Posted: 8/28/05 at 3:04pm
"Make Them Hear You"--RAGTIME
"Anthem"--CHESS
"Gethsemane"--JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR (The way it is written in songbooks is lower than what performers sing it as)
#15re: Male power balbads
Posted: 8/28/05 at 3:34pm"Love Can Happen" from GRAND HOTEL
Link Larkin Wanabe
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/1/04
#17re: Male power balbads
Posted: 8/28/05 at 3:37pm
"Wheels of a Dream" is my favourite. I can belt the hell out of it and not sound strained. It is also a beautiful message too.
Akiva
#19re: Male power balbads
Posted: 8/28/05 at 3:40pm
Depending on the style you want (and the vocal range)...
"The Impossible Dream" (Man of La Mancha)
"Where Do I Go?" (Hair)
"Soliloquy" (Carousel, but you'd have to cut it way down, unless you've got 10 minutes to spare)
"This Nearly Was Mine" (South Pacific)
"There But For You Go I" (Brigadoon)
"Mamma, Mamma" (Most Happy Fella)
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Link Larkin Wanabe
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/1/04
#20re: Male power balbads
Posted: 8/28/05 at 3:41pm
Nard,
I can't say that about a lot of ballads...it's that song, not me. Which is why i suggest it for other people.
Akiva
#22re: Male power balbads
Posted: 8/28/05 at 3:45pm
"Soliloquy" about seven minutes long, actually. It's good for cabarets and recitals, but only if the audience has a good attention span
#23re: Male power balbads
Posted: 8/28/05 at 3:47pm
...It just feels like ten when I listen to it. What a marathon!
But it's also one of the best ever written!
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RippedMan
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/14/05
#24re: Male power balbads
Posted: 8/28/05 at 5:00pmId say "what is it about her?" I just sang and the crowd loved it. its a very powerful song if you have a loud voice and a good belt.
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