Other Recordings of "Moonfall" and "Perfect Strangers" from Drood

[BobbyBubby]

Posted: 5/13/06 at 3:13pm

Are these the only recordings of these songs?

-OBC
-"Perfect Strangers": Ripley and Skinner
-"Moonfall": Streisand


I love these 2 songs, and would love to hear other takes on the material. Any other recordings out there of either?

[andyf]

Posted: 5/13/06 at 3:28pm

Eminem and 50 recorded a surprisingly touching version of "Perfect Strangers," but then all that sh*t with Dre went down and they never released it.

You can still find it on Limewire, though.

[BobbyBubby]

Posted: 5/13/06 at 3:30pm

April fools?

[WChafin]

Posted: 5/13/06 at 3:50pm

Judy Collins recorded "Moonfall" (I don't remember the CD though) and two artists on LML records also recorded it. Christina Saffran Ashford on her CD "Temporary Insanity" and Rebecca Spencer on "Wide Awake and Dreaming".

Australian performers Judy Connelli and Suzanne Johnston recorded a version of "Perfect Strangers" for a duet CD of the same name.

Those are the only versions that I know of.

[best12bars]

Posted: 5/13/06 at 3:51pm

BobbyBubby---You have to try Judy Collins' recording of "Moonfall." It's on her "Sanity & Grace" CD. The orchestration is great, very haunting, and more "pop" than the original, but it doesn't lose any of its impact. I love it.

[zoran912]

Posted: 5/13/06 at 4:19pm

Renee Fleming recorded it. It's on her "Under The Stars" CD with Bryn Terfel. It's performed as one would expect an opera diva to perform it. Still an interesting listen.

[best12bars]

Posted: 5/13/06 at 4:42pm

Forgot about Renee's recording. It's so heavy-handed though (which is probably why). She "emotes" on every single note, as if she were dying of consumption right then and there.

And the tempo she used was zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

[danny10086]

Posted: 5/14/06 at 5:46am

Australian Marina Prior does an excellent version of Moonfall on her Leading Lady album.

Suzanne Johnston and Judi Connelli also do a wonderful version of the Perfect Strangers.

[Jon]

Posted: 5/14/06 at 6:50am

I have a CD called "Digital Broadway" that has sort of "smooth jazz" instrumental versions of show tunes. I heard "Perfect Strangers" on the radio, and went out and bought the CD. This was about 15 years ago - it might be out of print.

[TheEnchantedHunter]

Posted: 5/14/06 at 9:11am

Nice melody but I defy anyone to tell me what that lyric is about. Singers bring it into auditions frequently and have no idea what they're talking about or how to activate it. Inevitably, it and their audition sink like a stone.




Martin Chuzzlewit
London, England
Updated On: 5/14/06 at 09:11 AM