Memorial Day Concert on PBS

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Memorial Day Concert on PBS

Posted: 5/25/08 at 9:00pm

Did anyone see Idina on the Memorial Day concert tonight? I think she did a pretty good job. She had a medley (Saturday Night is the Lonliest Night and I'll Be Seeing You) and sang one of her own songs. And she looked beautiful!

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So, that was the Drowsy Chaperone. Oh, I love it so much. I know it's not a perfect show...but it does what a musical is supposed to do. It takes you to another world, and it gives you a little tune to carry with you in your head for when you're feeling blue. Ya know?

#2

re: Memorial Day Concert on PBS

Posted: 5/25/08 at 9:02pm

I'll agree that she looked great!

#3

re: Memorial Day Concert on PBS

Posted: 5/25/08 at 9:08pm

Dear God, Sarah singing "Pie Jesu" from ALW's "REQUIEM" was horrible! What happened to her angelic voice from the past? Rock-wee-ahm?

#4

re: Memorial Day Concert on PBS

Posted: 5/25/08 at 9:13pm

Ruprecht, I thought exactly the same thing when I heard that. Also, it sounded to me like she took a breath in a wrong place.

The last time I saw her sing that song was in the video of the ALW birthday celebration. She was much worse then, rounding her mouth so you could barely understand the words. At least this time you could understand the words, but the pronunciation was off.

#5

re: Memorial Day Concert on PBS

Posted: 5/25/08 at 11:12pm

Yeah, and did anyone notice that Sarah has aged...just a little, Idina looked and sounded great, but she definitely had DC hair- the humidity down there is awful.

On a slightly less superficial note-- the montages with all of the older vets were touching,definitely reminded me of my grandpa who passed away a few years ago. He was so proud to be a WWII vet and an american.

Happy Memorial Day.

#6

re: Memorial Day Concert on PBS

Posted: 5/25/08 at 11:16pm

I'm not an Idina fan, but she looked and sounded wonderful.

Brightman, on the other hand, was a MESS. What an AWFUL performance and an AWFUL choice of song. "Pie Jesu" was bad enough, but then an operatic version of "There You'll Be?" It was camp.

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"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy." -Charlie Manson

#7

re: Memorial Day Concert on PBS

Posted: 5/25/08 at 11:16pm

I love Idina's spazzy dancing

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Oh, and I almost forgot to mention...I'm the good cop, he's the bad cop.

#8

re: Memorial Day Concert on PBS

Posted: 5/25/08 at 11:19pm

Which of the songs off her album did she sing?

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"Oh look at the time, three more intelligent plays just closed and THE ADDAMS FAMILY made another million dollars" -Jackie Hoffman, Broadway.com Audience Awards

#9

re: Memorial Day Concert on PBS

Posted: 5/25/08 at 11:21pm

where do I begin.

#10

re: Memorial Day Concert on PBS

Posted: 5/25/08 at 11:27pm

Does anyone know if they will replay it on pbs?

#11

re: Memorial Day Concert on PBS

Posted: 5/26/08 at 12:43pm

The choice of Pie Jesu at that point was, to me, very appropriate. But Sarah Brightman should refresh her memory of how she sung it in 1985. No embellishments or changing pronunciation. Just a clean, clear sound that blended well with the boy soprano. Such was not the case this time -- and I have to wonder why the boy soprano was where he was instead of standing a bit closer to her. The balance between the two voices sounded very poor to my ears.
Pie Jesu -- Sarah Brightman Paul Kingston 1985

#12

re: Memorial Day Concert on PBS

Posted: 5/26/08 at 12:46pm

Idina was fantastic!

#13

re: Memorial Day Concert on PBS

Posted: 5/26/08 at 12:47pm

I like "Pie Jesu" and it IS an appropriate choice, but it was just done terribly.

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"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy." -Charlie Manson

#14

re: Memorial Day Concert on PBS

Posted: 5/26/08 at 1:59pm

will this concert be on again today?

#15

re: Memorial Day Concert on PBS

Posted: 5/26/08 at 2:05pm

You'll have to check your local listings -- every PBS station is different. Mine isn't running the concert again today, but some others may be.

Sarah's pronunciation WAS off, but it wasn't as off as it had been during the dress rehearsal the night before. Again, she did better with the second song, I thought.

Idina had her hair in a ponytail at the rehearsal and it looked really nice. She should have gone with that again. It's really the only way to combat D.C. hair, especially in the summer.

#16

re: Memorial Day Concert on PBS

Posted: 5/26/08 at 3:26pm

There shouldn't have been any problems with DC hair. It was a beautiful day in the 70's with no humidity. Extremely unusual weather for Memorial Day in DC.

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re: Memorial Day Concert on PBS

Posted: 5/26/08 at 5:10pm

I don't think there were any problems. I thought her hair looked gorgeous. She had it 1940's style---side part with pin curls.