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#1

Marty Thomas "Defying Gravity"?

Posted: 4/12/05 at 11:17pm

Does anyone know of a site that has the clip of Marty Thomas singing "'Defying Gravity' in the original key!"

Updated On: 4/12/05 at 11:17 PM

#2

re: Marty Thomas 'Defying Gravity'?

Posted: 4/12/05 at 11:24pm

I dont know, but a friend of mine did Defying Gravity in the original key and I was BLOWN away. It was so good.
#3

re: Marty Thomas 'Defying Gravity'?

Posted: 4/12/05 at 11:29pm

ok people. when they say original key, that doesn't necessarily mean the same notes as idina. it can simply be an octave down and still be in the same key.
#4

re: Marty Thomas 'Defying Gravity'?

Posted: 4/12/05 at 11:30pm

Pardon the ignorance; who exactly has sung "Defying Gravity" in the "original key"? I assume they might be referring to Idina, ie, original "Elphaba"?
#8

re: Marty Thomas 'Defying Gravity'?

Posted: 4/12/05 at 11:54pm

OK - yes, an octave down would be the same key - but obviously he did not just sing it one octave down - he hit the same notes in the same octave that "Elphabas" sing it...

One whole octave down of "Defying Gravity" is pretty low and easy for a male voice...that wouldn't be very impressive - for example - when Raul Esparza sang it at Chatterbox, he didn't sing it in the original Idina octave, but sang it way higher than one octave down...

Updated On: 4/12/05 at 11:54 PM

#9

re: Marty Thomas 'Defying Gravity'?

Posted: 4/12/05 at 11:56pm

i know that. that's why i was wondering what the big deal was... because it didn't say the original voicing, it said the original key.
#10

re: Marty Thomas 'Defying Gravity'?

Posted: 4/12/05 at 11:58pm

I'm trying to remember what note Raul's version went up to. He said it was in "his key," but that's still pretty damned high for a guy.
A work of art is an invitation to love.
#11

re: Marty Thomas 'Defying Gravity'?

Posted: 4/13/05 at 12:02am

I'm very non-technical when it comes to this voice/note thing, but... having heard Marty do the song last night, I have to say, from my untrained ear he went just as high as Idina did. It was actually almost absurd (in a good way).
"Too young to hold on and too old to just break free and run" - Jeff Buckley
#12

re: Marty Thomas 'Defying Gravity'?

Posted: 4/13/05 at 12:04am

Raul's version is damn high lol. I've been practicing it, and now I can sing it as high as him(I'm so proud of myself :).
#13

re: Marty Thomas 'Defying Gravity'?

Posted: 4/13/05 at 12:05am

He can get something like a B flat, normally... I think they said how high the DG arrangement went at the Chatterbox, but I can't remember and it's driving me insane.
A work of art is an invitation to love.
#14

re: Marty Thomas 'Defying Gravity'?

Posted: 4/13/05 at 12:05am

Anyone know where I could get my hands on a clip? Sorry, I know that's probably been asked 100 times before but I'm curious.
I wanted to get something that an "ex"-junkie like him would really appreciate and cherish....it's a brick of heroin shaped like a heart. -Scrubs
#15

re: Marty Thomas 'Defying Gravity'?

Posted: 4/13/05 at 12:33am

I'm pretty sure Raul's version went up to a B. That would mean that the "deFying" crazy, insane, belt note was a B which is extremely high for a guy.
#16

re: Marty Thomas 'Defying Gravity'?

Posted: 4/13/05 at 12:35am

i heard a clip, (not to say that it was bad - which it wasn't) but i didnt really care for it all that much. it was a heck of alot better than i could ever do, but i just like when men sound like men.
#17

re: Marty Thomas 'Defying Gravity'?

Posted: 4/13/05 at 12:46am

I loved Raul's Defying Gravity. I've only heard the clips he had on his website, but I wish I could hear the whole song.
Like a firework unexploded
Wanting life but never knowing how
#18

re: Marty Thomas 'Defying Gravity'?

Posted: 4/13/05 at 12:47am

He got bonus points for doing the "Idina hands," too.
A work of art is an invitation to love.
#19

re: Marty Thomas 'Defying Gravity'?

Posted: 4/13/05 at 1:04am

Marty Thomas has an incredible range. I heard him do Celine Dion's version of "I Drove All Night" in her key and he was amazing. I'd not be surprised if he did it in the "female" key the way it is done on stage.
#20

re: Marty Thomas 'Defying Gravity'?

Posted: 4/13/05 at 1:05am

A B isnt extremely High for a guy.....All Tenors should have a B. Now.....the D and the F that Marty sings in Defying Gravity is extremley High.
#22

re: Marty Thomas 'Defying Gravity'?

Posted: 4/13/05 at 1:32am

I am a friend of Marty's and I didn't hear him do Defying Gravity last night but I did hear him sing it at an audition a while back and he most certainly sang it in the origional show key....Idina's key, Shoshana's key, the same key. He has this freaky middle range between his normal voice and his falsetto, it's really impressive. He hits the high f....it's crazy.
#24

re: Marty Thomas 'Defying Gravity'?

Posted: 4/13/05 at 2:55am

Please post the clips!

If you don't already have it, go and buy Marty's CD from cdbaby.com. It's ridiculous. He's one of the craziest tenors I've ever heard.
Eeeeeeyyyyyyyyaaaaaaaannnnnddddd aaaaaaaiiiiiiiiyyyyyyaaaaaammmmmmmm teeeeeeeelllllliiiiiinnngg yyyyooooooouuuuuuuwwwaaaahh...
#25

re: Marty Thomas 'Defying Gravity'?

Posted: 4/13/05 at 3:03am

Insane is more like it, LOL, he belts the freakin' F better than Shoshana does.
I don't WANT to live in what they call "a certain way." In the first place I'd be no good at it and besides that I don't want to be identified with any one class of people. I want to live every whichway, among all kinds---and know them---and understand them---and love them---THAT's what I want! - Philip Barry (Holiday)

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